#Chapter191"You don't understand, Harper. If you spend another minute here, Aiden will die. He's bleeding out." I took two steps towards him. My voice reached a fever pitch as to gain Harper's attention but he seemed so mesmerized by the goddess that I knew nothing I was saying mattered to him. "Z
#Chapter192'My heart thudded painfully in my chest as my eyes met Natalie's.'******I woke up gasping from my dream. I couldn't believe what had just happened. Never before had the goddess given such a direct answer to any of my questions. She liked to talk in euphemisms and riddles which has alw
#Chapter193I took her hand in mine and sat down beside her. She leaned her head on my shoulders and broke down into heavy sobs. I hugged her back, showing that I was there for her now, even if I hadn't been here for a few months. She curled up against me and I closed my eyes at the pain she seemed
#Chapter194'"Zara, I want you to meet my son, Mason Sebastian Cain."'******Hugging Harper felt so good. It felt right and felt like home. I could fool myself all I wanted, but the truth was that I loved him. I loved him so much that it scared me senseless. Living someone somehow gave them the po
I let him hug me while I watched his baby slowly seep away into dreamland. Mason yawned and I smiled at how cute he looked. I rocked him to sleep, amazed how normal it felt. I hadn't expected to feel this happy when I had imagined holding Harper's baby. I had thought I would break up in tears or ac
#Chapter195'Shivers ran down my spine as I watched him watch me, with his arms crossed across his chest.'******My eyes subconsciously kept drifting to my right side to look at Ethan as he drove his car. I was sitting in the passenger seat, it was 5 p.m. and we were driving to the pack house so t
#Chapter196I just nodded my head and then midway changed my mind and finally shook my head. He laughed at my face and my cheeks burned as a result. "I am going to be back in ten seconds, I need to pick up this call. In the meantime, everyone grab a sparring partner and start hand to hand combat."
#Chapter197'"Ethan, we need to talk."'******It all happened so fast, I barely had any time to blink. I stood stunned in the backyard, while everyone started getting up from their bowed positions. Murmurs and whispers started in the crowd and I couldn't help but roll my eyes. I tried to make way
#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