Erin’s POVIt was about an hour’s drive back to our old home from Gavin’s pack. Henry had come to pick me up much to Gavin’s dismay.We didn’t speak much during the morning as I packed my things, but we said our goodbyes, and I even said my goodbyes to Seth who seemed as if he was actually going to miss me. I wasn’t sure at what point I fell asleep. But one moment I was sitting beside Henry in his car, and the next I was staring at Jessie in her face.It was the moment I found out what she was; she had blood all over her face and soaked through her clothes. Her eyes were red and piercing; it was like she was no longer the Jessie I had known.It’s been a couple of months since I had seen her; when I joined the Moonshadow organization, I hadn’t had a lot of time for her. Perhaps it was my fault for being too busy to notice the changes in her.I saw the drained human on the ground; he was long dead and Jessie was standing over his body.“Jessie…” I croaked, rushing toward her with tears
Gavin’s POVThe next morning. Gavin had a secret; something he had never told anyone, including Erin.Something he didn’t think would surface until this morning.“A letter came in the mail for you,” Seth said, placing an envelope on Gavin’s desk.Gavin frowned at the envelope; there was no return address or name indicating whom it was sent by, but Gavin’s name was sprawled out on the front of it. His heart was pounding in his chest once he recognized the handwriting.Receiving and dealing with this letter was not on his agenda today; what he aspired to do for the day was seek out Bane and make him remember the details of his time as a vessel. He wanted to find out as much information as he could so he could storm the Slayer organization.Seth didn’t stick around for Gavin to open the letter; once Gavin didn’t speak, he turned away and left the office.Gavin took a deep breath and grabbed the envelope, opening it slowly until it recovered a piece of paper.It was a note, and he knew e
Erin’s POVBane had the location of the Slayer organization. I stared at Henry from across the kitchen table with the small radio placed between us.Gavin had done exactly what we wanted him to do without his knowledge that he was actually helping us. He was able to make Bane remember everything and now we had more than enough information.“We should inform Theo of this information,” Henry suggested as he turned off the radio.He had written down the coordinates of the organization and written some notes on what Bane was saying. I hoped that Gavin would be able to get out of there without getting hurt or being harmed in the process. As confused as Bane was, there was a part of me that still didn’t trust him.Maybe it was because of the rumors I had heard about him, or maybe it was because of the way he was when I first encountered him.Or perhaps it was an intuitive feeling.Whatever it may be, I felt like there was something off with Bane. Like he wasn’t telling us the entire story a
Erin’s POV“I’m surprised you wanted to see me,” Gavin said, raising his brows as I approached his desk.He looked as handsome as ever; it was driving me crazy looking at him. My heart was pounding quickly against my chest and every fiber of my being was going insane.Emily could hardly contain herself being in the same room as him.I took a steady deep breath to try and calm my nerves, but his eyes only darkened, and a small smirk appeared on his lips as it often does when he plays with my emotions. He can read me like a book and that was more than infuriating.“We needed to talk,” I told him, sitting in one of his chairs before his desk; I needed him to know that this was only a business meeting.That playfulness left his gaze and now he was staring at me with curiosity. He leaned back in his seat and narrowed his eyes at me.“Go on,” he urged, waiting for me to continue.“The hospital. I think you should lock it down,” I tell him.He waited a moment longer as if he thought I would
Susanna’s POV“Please get out of my head,” Susanna cried, curling up on the hospital bed. Her entire body was trembling; the woman, the leader of the Slayers, was placing thoughts in her mind. Telling her she needed to use her powers for bad; hurt people she didn’t want to hurt.She wanted Susanna to get rid of both Gavin and Erin.“I’m begging you,” Susanna cried again, placing her hands on her ears, and trying to keep her body steady. “Just leave me alone.”Up until that point, they gave Susanna some free range. But now the Slayers were done playing games and they intended to use Susanna as a full vessel.“I’m not leaving you alone until you either complete the mission or die trying,” the woman hissed.She didn’t know the woman’s name, or what she looked like. But the woman was channeling herself into Susanna, giving the powers she never thought would be possible.“What do you need me to do?” Susanna asked as tears escaped from her closed eyes.“We are getting you out of this hospit
Erin’s POV“It was you the entire time?” I breathed, staring at Susanna who stood before me.Her fingertips were on fire, but it didn’t seem to be phasing her. Her icy eyes narrowed at me, and I took an unsteady step away from her. I wasn’t afraid of her, but I was insanely confused as to how I didn’t know it was Susanna the whole time.She killed so many people, including her best friend.“I don’t understand… why are you doing this?” I asked, narrowing my eyes at her.She stared around my face for a short while, a small smile creeping on her lips.“Because of Gavin…” she hissed. “You took him from me, and now I’m ending you.”“You burned down the hospital for what?” I asked, shaking my head with dismay. “What could you possibly gain from that?”“Maybe I knew that Gavin would end up being blamed for such a heinous crime. He doesn’t deserve his freedom! He broke my heart and now I’m going to break him by taking everything that he loves away. Including his precious Erin.”“You are mista
Erin’s POV“Gavin, you can’t be serious,” I said, approaching him.He glared down at me and I saw the resentment in his eyes; it turned my stomach.“She committed a lot of crimes, Erin. I can’t let that go unpunished,” he explained; he turned away to walk in the opposite direction, but I grabbed his arm, stopping him quickly.“That isn’t fair though. She wasn’t herself. She was being controlled,” I argued.“The world isn’t going to see it like that. Until we can prove she was under the control of the Slayers, we need to keep her locked away,” Gavin said with finality in his tone. “Besides, if they got her the first time, they could get her again.”“What about Bane?”“Bane didn’t kill anybody.”“No, but he could if they decide to use him again,” I said, folding my arms across my chest. “If you are worried, they are going to take control of Susannah again, then you should be worried that they will take control of Bane as well. There could be more vessels as well—”“For right now, until
Erin’s POV“You don’t have a team yet?!” I shouted, staring at Theo in disbelief.“We need to be trained for this kind of thing,” Theo said in return. “I have people, we just aren’t ready. Neither are you.”“I’m more than ready, Theo,” I said, folding my arms across my chest. “The fact that they aren’t is concerning to me. We can’t wait any longer. We need to get the show on the road, today.”“We have to be—”“I know…we have to be smart about it. I’m sick of being smart about it. I want to go into action.”“You need to take a step back,” Theo growled in a low and threatening tone as he stood slowly to his feet.He was much taller and more intimidating than I am, but I wasn’t backing down. I was furious. If we didn’t do something about the Slayers and quickly, then Gavin would be running head-first into the danger zone, and I couldn’t allow that to happen.Henry stood a little distance away from me with a mournful look in his eyes.“You also need to calm down,” Theo said, keeping his e
Erin’s POVI often ask myself, if I could go back in time, what’s the one thing I would change?When I was a teenager, I would have said not kissing Gavin as nearly as much as I wanted to. I wanted him to know just how much I loved him and how badly my heart ached for him when I wasn’t there with him.Even before I had got my wolf, I knew Gavin was my mate. He has always been the kind of boy you could never forget.I loved him deeply and I would forever love him until my last breath.When I broke up with him, it was like my entire world had fallen apart. But my father gave me an ultimatum that I couldn’t ignore.If I didn’t break up with him, Gavin would never be able to attend that incredible college he’s been wanting to go to. I couldn’t be the reason that Gavin’s dream didn’t happen. I never wanted to stand in his way.I did the only thing
Gavin’s POVGavin stood at the end of the aisle, which was located in the gardens of Gavin’s pack. The gardens were one of the most beautiful landmarks in the werewolf territory and Erin requested the wedding be held there considering it was just outside the chapel.Gavin didn’t care where they got married, as long as Erin was with him.Jill walked down the aisle with Beta Seth followed by a couple more bridesmaids and groomsmen from the pack.Soon, it would be Kelsey and Tyler, the best man and maid of honor.Then, it would be Erin.His Erin.The thought filled him with so much joy; Roman could hardly wait to see his mate after days of barely seeing her.The music was playing loudly and the doors to the chapel remained closed.Kelsey and Tyler were supposed to walk through the doors by now.What was keeping them?Gavin envisioned his best man being drunk and Kelsey trying to sober
Gavin’s POV“Are you out of your mind?!” Gavin asked as soon as they were back in the packhouse and away from the ears of Theo. “Why would you tell him I’ll join the organization?”“Did you not want to?” Erin asked, raising her brows. “I saw the look in your eyes. I knew you wanted to.”“That doesn’t matter. What about our pup?”“What about our pup?” Erin counter-asked, folding her arms across her chest. “Our pup will be just fine. It’s not like we are going to be absent parents. I’ve been part of the organization this whole time and you’ve never noticed.”“But I didn’t know you were on dangerous missions. If anything happens to us—”“Nothing is going to happen to us. Theo will make sure of that,” she assured him, but he didn’t feel very reassured.“But if something does happen to us… our pup would be an orphan,” he said, meeting her eyes.“Then, let’s make sure nothing happens to us,” she said, taking him b
Gavin’s POVGavin spent the last few days working tiredly in the nursery. He’s been wanting to surprise Erin with this for a long time and he was excited to reveal it to her.Erin spent the next few evenings giving the nursery her own final touches.But one afternoon, she tiredly came into his office, peering over at him with a timid frown on her face.“Have you been sleeping?” He asked, narrowing his eyes at her paling face.“A little at a time,” she admitted. “The pup is very active and makes sleeping difficult.”“I’ll call the doctor and see if he can prescribe you anything,” he said, about to pick up the phone.“I’d rather not take medication. Maybe if he knows of a natural solution or remedies,” I said.“I’ll ask him,” he assured me.“Can it wait until later, though?” I asked. “My boss, Theo from the organization wants to speak with you.”Gavin heard stories about the leader of the org
Erin’s POV5 months later.I sat at the bakery, staring at the many pieces of cake that sat before me on incredibly fancy dining ware.“I think all the cake is delicious,” Jill, who sat beside me, said with a mouthful of cake.“Yes, but I need to find the best one,” I said in return.“I really love red velvet,” Kelsey said from the other side of Jill as she took a big spoonful of the red velvet cake.“I never get to eat like this. I’m always worried about my figure. Let me have my moment,” Jill pleased. “Besides, I spent the last few months hiding in a safe house.”After months of searching for Jessie to no prevail, we decided to move on with our lives. Which meant bringing Gavin’s family home.“In just a few days, I’m going to be walking down the aisle to marry my mate,” I breathed, a large smile spreading across my face. “Everything has to be perfect.”“Oh, don’t forget, you have lunch with my mother th
Gavin’s POVOut of all the things for Erin to blurt out at that moment, Gavin certainly was not expecting that one.Her face was as red as cherry as soon as those words left her mouth.She couldn’t believe she blurted it out like that either.“You’re pregnant?” Gavin managed to ask after what felt like an eternity of silence.Tears filled her eyes, and he could see the shame that lurked behind her gaze. She was truly struggling with this, and Gavin didn’t understand why.Unless the baby wasn’t ours.“Oh… it’s ours,” Roman said, sniffing the air. “She’s having our pups!”“You knew about this?” Gavin growled at his wolf. “And you didn’t think to tell me?”“Our mate was right, with everything going on, it never seemed like the right time. Besides, I only now just picked up the scent. Go easy on her… I don’t want anything disrupting this baby of ours.”“Are you mad?” Erin brought Gavin out of his con
Erin’s POV“Gavin is awake,” Beta Seth said into the phone.Relief flooded through me.Thank goddess; that meant he was going to be okay, and I could finally breathe. It’s been killing me not being able to go to the hospital. But with Jessie still, out there, we were all still in so much danger.Theo doesn’t think Jessie is going to strike back this soon, especially when her reputation has been tanked as soon as her identity was revealed to the public.But that didn’t make me any less worried that she would soon return.“The first person he asked about was you,” Seth continued, pulling at my heartstrings painfully.I hated that I couldn’t be with Gavin, but finding Jessie right now was way too important.“He also doesn’t think bringing his family home is a good idea,” Seth said with uncertainty in his voice. “I thought it was mentioned that there’s no trace of Jessie or anyone left in her organization.” 
Erin’s POV“…!!”“Oh, my goddess,” Emily cried from within me.I felt her heart shattering just as I saw Gavin falling to the ground.Red was oozing under my wolfed paws as his blood mixed with the water.The water was done spraying, and Gavin and I were left on the roof alone. I fell to my knees and placed my hands on Gavin’s chest. The dagger stuck out of him, and blood continued to ooze.“Gavin… no…” I whispered as tears fell from my eyes. I felt so broken at this moment; I couldn’t lose him. Not like this.“Don’t let her get away,” he said in a raspy whisper. “She’s still alive…”I knew I needed to go after her; I couldn’t let her get away after it took us so long to find her. But the image of Gavin bleeding out before my eyes was too painful. I couldn’t just walk away from him.Theo and a couple of the men from the organization burst through the doors of the rooftop and he narrowed his eyes at
Erin’s POVPregnant?!My heart thudded violently against my chest.Could I really be pregnant?I pressed the palm of my hands to my stomach and felt that warmth radiating throughout my body and giving me strength.I gasped.I knew at that moment that it was true.I had a little pup in me.I kept my hands on my stomach as I turned to face Jessie.“You wouldn’t hurt me knowing that I’m carrying a small pup,” I said to her, narrowing my eyes at her stunned expression.“You’re pregnant?!” She gasped, staring at me with wide eyes. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” In high school, when envisioned getting pregnant with Gavin’s baby much later in life, I obviously thought it would be much different than this.I never imagined in a million years that my best friend would be trying to kill me.I always thought Jessie would be the first person who knew that I was pregnant, and I gue