#Chapter40'HIS SECRET ( If it isn't clear enough, this Chapter is in Harper's POV!)'******We need to talk.That's exactly what she had said when she messaged me and as clueless as I was in relationships, even I knew that people didn't use this sentence if they wanted to deliver some good news.S
#Chapter41I helped her out of the car when we reached the cabin. I didn't know about her, or how humans felt when they touched their mates, but when I touched her hand or any other part of her body for that matter, sparks shot through my whole body making me weak in the knees and it made me never w
Her eyes were on me now. It was time to show her, and I let my wolf take control. My body curled and I felt bones rearrange themselves. I could feel my mouth change into a snout, a tail extending and fur sprouted out all over the surface. The transformation used to hurt initially, but now it felt li
#Chapter42'"Do I know anyone who, um, can change into a wolf too?" I asked tentatively.'******I wasn't terrified. I was horrified. In fact, more than horrified.My world had turned upside down in just a matter of minutes. Harper had stood almost naked in front of me, in nothing but his black box
#Chapter43He chuckled and his shoulders relaxed the first time we had started this weird conversation. "No, we just change into wolves." He turned his head to look at me. I turned my head the other way to avoid eye contact with him, he sensed it and returned his attention back to the front, steerin
#Chapter44'"Do you believe in soul mates, Zara?"'******I think I was in denial and being so close to Harper didn't help at all. I think my mind rejected the idea of the existence of werewolves right on the spot, even though I conversed with Harper about them like I would, maybe, discuss a fantas
#Chapter45I crossed my arms over my chest, which didn't make me look even a little bit intimidating. "Why are you here? And who goes and taps on people's windows at night?"Aiden looked huge in my room, it wasn't that my room was small, it was just that he held an authoritative aura around him righ
#Chapter46'"Tell me about mates."'******Everything was ready. Harper was supposed to come to my house at 9, when Cody would be at school and my parents would be at work.We would have total privacy and that was exactly what we needed. Me and Harper needed to talk and I was pretty sure the word W
#Chapter254BONUS IIEverything turned chaotic the moment Zara left to be away from Harper, me, and all the rest of us who could possibly remind her of our betrayal. Did it count as a betrayal though when we hardly understood it ourselves? My heart hurt and my wolf whimpered at the possibility of n
#Chapter253BONUS IIWhen all the tests came back negative, I felt I was going mad or my brain was cooking up some insane story and I couldn't make head or tails about my life. I felt I was being crazy because there was no possible way that this was happening to me. If I was indeed pregnant with Ha
#Chapter252BONUS II'Natalie's POV'******I knew something was wrong when I didn't get my period for two months. I never had a smooth cycle so I wasn't really troubled when they didn't happen the first time but their absence in the second consecutive month got me worried. My body had undergone c
#Chapter251BONUS ISomething about her made my protective instincts stand on end. My wolf didn't understand what was happening but I found myself giving an evil eye to anyone who looked at her the wrong way. I could feel that she was attracted to me and it brought a sort of satisfaction to my ego
#Chapter250BONUS IMy father didn't want to see me go, I was his heir. I was supposed to succeed him and impart all the knowledge he had given me to my own son but he could see how darkly I grieved, how she feared I would choose to take my own life than choosing to live on without my mate. So, wit
#Chapter249BONUS I'Ethan's POV'******When you grow up as a werewolf, all you ever hear is the word 'mate', because people around you can't stop talking about them. Some elders talk about mates with a dazed but happy look in their eyes and you can easily tell how much they love their mates. Whe
#Chapter248EPILOGUE 6"God, I sure hope not," Zara whispered in my ear, and I caress her knee and she squeals and tries to get off me but I stop her by holding her tightly against me. She makes a show of it but settles again beside me. "When are Nat and Addison coming back?" Natalie and Addison h
#Chapter247EPILOGUE 5'HARPER'S POV (TEN YEARS LATER)'******It was three years ago when Mason was first teased by a fellow classmate about the unusual arrangement of his parents. I had always known that as he was growing up, he became especially attuned to the fact that the way his family lived
"Everything ok?" Harper's voice breaks my reverie my eyes snap up to look at him. In a daze, I show my healed palm to him and his eyes shine with pride as he recognizes what this means. As a human, seeing my palm heal so quickly is a stunning surprise in itself and I watch as Harper pulls my hand to