#Chapter60'HIS PARENTS (Harper's POV, baby!)'******I had absolutely no idea if I was doing it right! Was this the right time to introduce Zara to my parents? Is that how normal humans do it?But it wasn't exactly in my control, either, like so many other things in my life, I thought bitterly.I
#Chapter61I helped her out of the car but didn't release my hold on her. I smiled nervously at her, to find her looking up at me with a gently smile on her face. I pulled her close to me and planted a kiss on her forehead. I smirked at her flushed face and she punched my arm after seeing my smug ex
#Chapter62'Harper with chocolate, that's my favorite flavor now.'******I have no idea why, but the moment I said that Eva might be pregnant, no, scratch that, is pregnant, the mood in the office changed drastically. It was somehow less hostile and cold.I didn't know the story about the couple s
#Chapter63We broke apart from each other, both of us breathless. We smiled at each other.Harper grabbed my hand. "Come on, I want to show you something."He guided me out of the office, up the stairs, across a hallway, and in front of a room. I looked at him, confused as to what this was about.Ha
#Chapter64'"....I haven't accepted you as my mate, yet."'******"So when are you going to introduce us to that lovely boyfriend of yours?" My father said abruptly, while we all were eating breakfast.I stopped cutting the delicious pancake in my plate and looked up to see three pair of eyes looki
#Chapter65Harper shifted nervously from foot to foot, unsure about what to do."Nonsense." Mom rolled her eyes and looked pointedly at Dad, as if reminding him to behave."So, it's set. Harper is coming over tonight for dinner." Mom said cheerfully."Thanks for the invite, Ana." Harper said while g
#Chapter66'"Heard about soul mates?" I chuckled nervously.'******"Your lip is going to bleed if you don't stop chewing on it." Samantha said, concern evident in her voice. We were sitting in the cafeteria, during lunch period. Our group of three had long extended into a group of five, with the
#Chapter67I had always considered my room as a sanctuary of some sort. Not many people had been inside my room because I thought it gave an insightful look into my life and my thoughts, so I was nervous about showing it to Harper. But right now, I was more nervous about the dinner and Emily seeing
#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