I wanted to be in the baby's life, from attending the doctor's appointments to his labour and throughout his life. I knew I needed to step up and take hold of my life and face the consequences of my past decisions. If I had found out that she had any feelings for me, then simply being there would ha
#Chapter118'He raised one of his eyebrows as if to say, Really, Zara?'******It has been two weeks since Ethan found out that I had a mate and that I was staying away from him. That was the last time I have seen or heard from him. He has successfully ignored me all this time, I have no idea how t
I should have known, though, that the only way to lure Ethan would be his love for beer, as amusing and childish as that sounds.Ethan's eyes landed on me and his steps faltered for a second but then he regained his composure. He carelessly walked in the kitchen where Adam was, which was luckily in
#Chapter119'Yay me! This Saturday night is looking great.'******If I had assumed that slowly talking to Ethan would ease him back into our friendship, then I was wrong. We hadn't gone back to being friends and honestly, I just think that he was being a drama queen.He had absolutely no reason to
#Chapter120I couldn't help but think what would we have done if Harper was here, with me, and everything was good between us. We would have danced all night, or till our feet hurt. Well, I would have danced, Harper would have just stop still like a pole, watching me dance circles around him. We wou
#Chapter121'HIS BETA (This is the same Saturday on which Zara went out for Jessie's birthday party.)'******I was frustrated, actually beyond frustrated. I was tired but I wasn't going to have a pity party for myself. Not this time. The pack deserved more from me and I deserved to give more to th
#Chapter122"I was supposed to mark my mate first and make a family. I was supposed to get the alpha position before he got his own position." I turned towards her, my anger pouring off of me on waves."But I can't do that anymore because I wasn't fucking supposed to get my mate's best friend pregna
#Chapter123'"I'm gonna have so much fun breaking you."'******A big, warm hand enveloped my elbow and I turned around to face who it was."What's a pretty thing like you doing out here in the back?" I cringed as the stench of alcohol and cigarettes washed over me. The man who stood in front of me
#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