Skylar POV“What bonfire?” Sierra looks at me accusingly. I shrug my shoulders. “I don’t do parties because I don’t have friends. So I don’t usually pay attention to the social scene.” I look down at the ground after that word vomit confession. Taking a deep breath I look back up at Sierra. I won
“You just met me, why would you trust me with that information?”“Because, you have been taking beatings for something you didn’t do and clearly no one knows, and those who suspect can’t get the truth out of you. You have integrity and loyalty, though your lack of self interest concerns me a bit.”
“Wait, what are you talking about? I am not hot and what do you want to find out from which boys?” Now I was scared. She was looking at me like a predator looks at its prey. “I saw how each of those boys looked at you today at training and again after school. You are not as invisible as you may t
I didn’t realize how lost in my thoughts I am until Sierra nudged me. “Hey where have you been the last ten minutes?”I blink trying to shake the memory from my head and wrap it around what I’m about to do. “I don’t know if I can do this.” I finally blurted out. “I wasn’t lying before, I really hav
“Skylar! It’s so nice to see you! Are you joining the boys for their bonfire?” Speak of the devil. “Hi Luna Ava, how are you? The guys did invite us if that’s okay.” I was suddenly unsure of how all of this works. I’ve never been invited to a party and certainly didn’t expect the Luna to be sitting
I giggle with her and take a sip of water, which draws the attention of Cameron and Dakota. “She is right, it was definitely worth the wait.” Dakota says not taking his eyes off of me and I’m not sure what to make of that, so I break eye contact only to lock eyes with Cameron who is nodding and then
“Do either of you have a variation on short you would like to throw in for good measure?” I look at Oliver and my brother. They both chuckle and I attempt to use the moment to get out of the twin sandwich I am in. But they just move as I move, so I stopped trying to get away and looked around to Ol
“That’s almost 30 hours of combat training a week. You do that on top of school and everything else.” He’s looking at me like he’s never seen me before and I look around at the rest of the group and their looks aren’t much different. “I’ve never done the math before, so I’ll take your word for it,
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Epilogue 85 years later.“There’s no way you’re going to make that happen.” Silas is challenging Mack to a timed speed race. “What’s going on here?” Cam slades up behind me, wrapping me in his arms.“The boys just heard about the challenges we used to do and that I beat all of you guys at one ti
Epilogue 7“You couldn’t just ask one of our warriors for a meeting? You had to interrupt our family dat and demand we see you here.” Oliver comes up next to me.“Seriously? There’s no way any of you would have seen me, and you never would have let her talk to me. If she was my mate, I wouldn’t l
Epilogue 6I was kept in the hospital for a full week after I woke up. Sierra’s parents took all kinds of samples for testing and actually packed a bunch up from me and the girls to take back to their lab to see if they can find a pattern or a way to help our family in the future. Elena and Gentry
Epilogue 5“Yep. On it.” Dakota blurts, momentarily disturbing the tiny girl in his arms. He recovers quickly whispering to her, holding her close to his face and smiling like an idiot, but she loves it smiling at the sound of his voice, or maybe his familiar scent. I'm not sure what they can sens
“I think you’ll find giving us three pups will wear you out a bit.” Oliver says sitting next to me gently tilting his pile of blankets.The tiniest most precious face I have ever seen peeks out. She’s barely the size of his forearm, but looks completely at home snuggled into him. I look at Oliver’s
Epilogue 4“No! Stop that thought right there. Once we start that, I get nothing done the rest of the day.” I put my finger up in his face then move past him to wash my hands, which is another amazing feat since I have to stand sideways. He just laughs behind me. They used to try to hide when th
Epilogue 3“What do we do? What can we do to make this better for you?” Cam climbs behind me, resting against the wall of pillows behind us and pulling me back between his legs. Oliver’s head drops to the bed unceremoniously.“Not okay man.” He half grumbles, half laughs, then crawls towards me t
“We’ll talk more about this tomorrow.” She turns to run at Sam, I’m sure crying again. This hormone sh*t is no joke.Before I can even think about her fast retreat, I am scooped up and carried away. Oliver’s honey scent doesn’t surprise me as I bury my face in his neck to calm my nerves. We obvi