#Chapter233'I planted a soft butterfly kiss on his neck.'******I was looking down on Ethan's dead body and I could feel a hollowness inside trying to split me apart. My brain couldn't process the fact that I won't ever hear him talk again, he wouldn't be protecting me anymore. It was only a few
#Chapter234Slowly, very slowly, I got up from the very comfortable grass, every joint of my body screaming in protest. It was as if even my body recognized the need to not mood and grieve for the friend that I had lost. I turned around to find the goddess looking flawless as ever, perched graciousl
#Chapter235'"Why did you help me get away?"'******When I came to my senses, I immediately knew that Harper wasn't in the bed with me. I had lost consciousness when I was engulfed in his body heat, with his arms wrapped around me. The loss of his presence was so pronounced that I didn't want to o
#Chapter236"I knew that Harper and Natalie weren't true mates because Natalie is my mate." She continued speaking as if she hadn't disclosed something phenomenal or substantial while my mind was reeling with everything she was saying. "The moment I arrived at the hostage exchange, my wolf could sme
#Chapter237'HIS MATE'******"You do realize that to break the bond between us, either one of us will have to complete the mating process and mark our mates," I remarked and watched as Natalie nodded her head in acknowledgment. We had just gotten back after performing the final rites of the pack w
#Chapter238I hadn't wanted to leave Zara alone during such a time, when she was grieving for a dear friend. I had felt her pass out from the emotional exhaustion and I had held her in my arms while she slept and mumbled incoherently. It had felt so amazing to be able to hold my mate after so long.
#Chapter239'At that moment, it felt as if everything was going to be ok.'******I think what the moon goddess said somehow helped me get over Ethan's death. I was still wrung and grieving about him for weeks, don't get me wrong but thinking about how must be at peace somehow made it easy to bear
#Chapter240When the final rites of Ethan were finally over, Harper told me that Natalie and Addison have decided to give their mate bond a chance. To do that, Natalie and Harper would have to break the alpha-Luna bond between us. I knew that the only way to do this was for Harper or Natalie to mark
#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