#Chapter164Instead of panicking, I called out to my wolf to help me walk down the steps to the foyer of the huge pack house. The ceremony would take place in the backyard of the pack house, and the whole pack would be there to watch the transfer of the power from my parents to me and Natalie.I sto
#Chapter165'"I'm sorry it didn't turn out the way you hoped it would be."'******I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I had to repeat the words over and over again in my head. I was standing on the precipice of the back yard, with Ethan standing behind me. I was back home, after so many months,
#Chapter166It might seem silly on the surface, the fact that I was crying even when nothing really happened but it somehow felt like a dam had been broken. A dam to my emotions. Everything I had consciously or subconsciously bottled up in my heart over these last couple of months. And now, I was ov
#Chapter167'It would have been such an easy choice if I didn't love Harper.'******I opened my eyes slowly and blinked them rapidly to ward off any residual sleepiness. When I had rested my head on the pillow of MY bed, which somehow mysteriously smelt of Harper and did an amazing job of relaxing
#Chapter168---How could I have ever forgotten how these people made me feel when I had made the decision to go away? How did I not miss the warmth my mother emanated or the safety my father projected or the pretense hatred my brother had for me? How could I have thought, even for a second, that I d
#Chapter169'HIS DISBELIEF'******One minute I was standing on the stage, overcome with pride and satisfaction that this day had finally come. I was the alpha of the pack. I was perusing the crowd. My pack. It was my duty to take care of them now, to protect them and provide for them. As an alpha,
#Chapter170Two hours later, we were still sitting on the stiff chairs of the waiting room, eagerly hoping for some good news. The door opened and a young doctor walked towards us, his face betraying no emotion. My mother hastily wiped her face and stood up, as did I."The alpha has suffered from a
#Chapter171'"I, uh, should go."'******I sighed in despair as every other person in the house, with a normal sleep-wake routine, retired for the night. First, my parents turned off their lights, then my brother Cody and then, finally, Ethan went to sleep. Leaving me wide awake in my room.I had s
#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