He looks up into my eyes. “Let Artemis come forward.” I do as he says, letting Artemis come forward. Dean walks up to join our group and whistles. “Whoa.” A couple of other guys who overhear us, turn in our direction and look at me. All of them had various reactions of awe. “What??” I ask impatient
After getting a drink, I’m immediately swarmed by pack members of all ages wishing me a happy birthday. My eyes keep scanning the room, hoping to see Cara. I’m desperate to know if she is wearing the dress I got her. My entire plan for tonight depends on it. Chase comes over to pull me out of the g
I’m pulled into group after group of well wishers, asking about when I’ll take over as alpha, will there be a graduation party, have I found my mate? I try to maintain the conversations as well as I can, but I’m watching Cara. I can’t look away, especially when Trevor and some other younger warriors
When he asked me to dance, I stared at his hand for a moment. What is he doing? When I collect myself, I put my hand in his. It’s his birthday and nearly the entire pack is here. There’s no way I can say no without it becoming a huge issue. He pulls me into him, sliding his warm hand around my wa
“Do I know who Cara Nelson is? Yes, I absolutely do. Did I know that YOU were Cara Nelson? Not until one week ago. Not until I saw you at school and something inside of me drew me to you.” I stared at him speechless. “All this time.” I whisper, shaking my head softly. “All this time, I thought you
Everything was perfect. Exactly as I had planned. I knew she’d be angry at first but unless she made a public spectacle of leaving me on the dance floor, I have about four and a half minutes to tell her how I feel. I could see the change in her the minute I started telling her about her mother’s an
But Cara is special. And I want her to know every day for the rest of her life how special she is to me. I don’t want there to ever be a doubt in her mind that she’s the one and only one for me. Since the moment I saw her across the quad at school, no one will ever compare to her in my eyes. As the
The moment the wolves charge into the clubhouse, Rik pushes me behind him and shifts attacking two almost immediately. I only have a moment to appreciate the quickness of his shift before I’m faced with my own wolves. Artemis pushes forward, about to shift, when Alpha Anders shouts to get those tha
Hello everyone, Thank you for taking this journey with me. As many of you may have read, Lily was adamant that I tell her story. And while it took longer in the beginning than I expected, I hope you got to see what a great person she is. Many of you have asked for a continuation of the series and
We watch as Angel and Cara explain the best that they can what Grace did to save the packs. She probably could have done it on her own, but I was concerned for her child. Having whatever strength she pulled from everyone was great, but she wasn’t reserving any for herself. She would have given every
I find Angel and I know that Selene was correct. She has no problem following me and I help her find her way back to Liam. Watching him on the hospital bed, begging for her to return to him, I’m thankful that I could help him and Angel reunite. I know the pain of losing my mate, and I would never wi
At first, when the vampire sank his teeth into my neck, I fought. I probably could have defeated him, even in my disadvantaged state. But then, I realized if I died, I’d be with my Lily bud. I feel my tether to everyone in my life break and I tell Lily I’m coming as everything goes dark. When I ope
“That was a really good idea, Lily bud. I’ve thought of that last night away so many times over the years. I should have known. It wasn’t like you to suddenly be so stressed out. But hindsight is always 20/20, isn’t it?” Clint begins training Angel and Alessia and it’s like he has a renewed purpose
I’ve continued to watch the life of my family. I’ve watched my daughter grow into a beautiful woman. She is not only beautiful on the outside, but she’s also beautiful on the inside. Clint has done such a great job raising her, as I knew he would. And I love that he still talks to me at night, as if
For the next few years, I get into a pattern of training Cara. We train early in the morning, then while she is at school, I work on my upper body strength by building and testing the training facilities I’m building for her. It’s a work in progress, but I feel closer to Lily while I build this for
My Lily bud is always here, watching over me and Cara. It changes things for me. It makes the days easier. I have no intention of letting my mate down, so I begin to plan what needs to happen to train my daughter and make her the strongest Guardian alive. That does give me a moment of pause. Guardi
Cyran runs with Artemis for hours. Andra had gone to follow and watch over them and I joined her, watching as Cyran nipped at Artemis’s heels and played with her. He’s really good with her. When they finally returned, Clint and Liam helped her shift back before Liam headed home. She was so excited