#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
Suddenly, my body feels very heavy and I want to sit down but I don't have the strength to walk towards my bed or to my chair, so that my legs could rest. My eyes meet Harper's and a shock of awareness travels through my body. He holds my gaze and I find it unable to move mine. The air in the room
#Chapter172'All thoughts of being the bearer of bad news flew away.'******I was kissing Harper and he was kissing me. The feeling felt so foreign and yet so natural, as if my body didn't forget what my brain did. Sparks were exploding all over my body. The fabled sparks, which came alive whenev
But I got up from the bed knowing one thing: I had to visit Sebastian today. If he really was in the hospital like Harper had told me last night, I needed to relay the moon goddess's message as soon as possible. All thanks to the pack tour I had got months ago, I knew there could be only one hospita
#Chapter173'HIS ATTACK'******I was being selfish, I knew that. I shouldn't have left Zara last night like that, I knew that too. But the thing was, I had to. Apart from checking on my dad's status, I also had to do a few very important things for the pack. I didn't want to leave her like that.