#Chapter73As soon as we were outside the door, Harper held me in his arms and planted his lips on mine. I returned his kiss with equal fervor, our lips desperately moving against each other. I clung onto his jacket clad biceps while his arms circled my waist. My body was flush against his, my soft
#Chapter74'"Do you, Zara Sophia Hemming, accept my apology and accept me, Harper Daniel Cain, as your mate?"'******I placed both of my hands in Harper's. His large hands engulfed my own small ones and I felt so small compared to him. I felt shy all of a sudden. This, whatever we were doing, wou
#Chapter75Harper's hands supported me and traced my back. I heard the sound of a zip being opened and I realised he had opened the zip of my dress as the cool wind hit my back. I shivered not from cold, but from the onslaught of butterfly kisses Harper planted on my neck.I felt him moving again an
#Chapter76'"Guys, keep it PG-13, please." Aiden taunted us, making my cheeks flush.'******A hand slid out of nowhere and grabbed a French fry off my plate. I whined in response and took in Harper's amused expression.I pouted at him and crossed my arms over my chest. He just laughed at my mock a
#Chapter77"I do." He cupped my face with both of his hands and I looked into his eyes, which shone with sincerity. "I just think it will be easy if you take in one ritual or process at a time. It's just a general announcement. You will just have to watch from the sidelines."I looked into his green
#Chapter78'"Well, if my mate had been as big a douchebag as yours is, I would have completely lost my mind because of jealousy."'******"Tell me one thing." I said and tugged on Harper's hand so that he would slow down on his way to the pack meeting."What?" He said absentmindedly and pulled my b
#Chapter79Harper tugged on my hand and led me to the front of the hall, towards the stage. I saw Eva gracefully sitting on one of the chairs beside a couple who I had not yet been introduced to."That's Aiden's parents, the Beta couple." Harper pointed towards the couple. As if they could feel my o
#Chapter80'"I don't think Sebastian's warmed up to me yet."'******I have no idea why I didn't notice this before, but now that I did, it was hard to ignore. The back side of the pack house conveniently faced the woods, which made it easier for werewolves to shift and go for a run.After I stood
#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