My head slowly tilted in her direction before my whole body turned around to face her. "She’s Alpha Jace’s sister, part of the family I am willing to lay down my life for." "Do you like her?" "Is there something going on in your mind?" "I’d been honest with you about my past. Why do I feel you’re
JACE. I took a moment before I finally grabbed the phone receiver and dialed the number that Dad left a few days ago when he called and I was not in the office. If my calculation was right, it was noon in Sydney, and I was hoping they were still in their hotel room. It took a while before I was tr
I was sure if he was here, he would throw me a punch. Amara was his goddaughter. He and Mom had taken that role seriously and had raised me to be protective of her. I was doing so well at that until lately. "I apologized to her, but she wouldn’t hear of it. She just wants to move past it and just
"Just perfect! I think the kangaroos love me better than the people there!" She chuckled. "Not fair. I love you more than those kangaroos! By the way, did you get the last assignment in history class? It’s a group project, and Amber listed you under our group, so you don’t have to do one on your ow
JACE. I just finished my afternoon training session with Alonso. We were headed for the packhouse, as I had invited him to stay for dinner, which he accepted. I hadn’t had a chance to talk with Amara again, but having Alonso around was lessening the guilt I felt inside. Probably because, in a way,
"I just want to ask Jace what time he’ll drive to Amara’s party on Saturday. I’m trying to figure out if I want to go home first or if I’ll stay here and drive with him." "I’m not going," I said in a low voice, and all heads snapped in my direction. They didn’t ask anything, but I was sure they we
JACE. "Whatever it is between me and Lexi, that’s consensual, so leave me out of your miseries. You both, on the other hand, need to man up and admit you suck in this department because whatever you planned before that said, 'I will wait for my fucking mate,' backfired, and you both don’t look happ
"Is that the reason she doesn’t want to have her Beta Female ceremony yet?" I asked. "She doesn’t want to do it without a Luna, but yes, that’s one of the main reasons." "And she didn’t mark you yet," Austin said. "We never talked about it." "It seems like she feels the same way as you do — push