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Chapter 30

Everly I was completely dreading going downstairs. I had absolutely no desire to attend my birthday party. I missed the years when we were younger, and my mom would throw Luke and me a combined birthday party since our birthdays were only a week apart. But Luke was still gone, and as the daughter of the Alpha, I had to keep up appearances and have an actual full pack party for my 19th birthday. I had to see if I would find my mate. It was interesting how the four of us all ended up growing from close friends to wanting to be with one another — Luke and June, and Drew and me. I sometimes wondered if we were all just feeling the mate bond early, because we had all known each other since we were very young, and spent so much time together growing up.I couldn’t help but hope that Drew would be mine. That was why I didn’t want a party. I just wanted to find him privately after midnight and see if we were on our own. But, again, I had to keep up appearances. I had to be the pack princes
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Chapter 31

Drew The sounds of the party at the packhouse faded behind me as my steps took me further into the forest and away from the celebration. The closer it got to midnight, the more I felt the need to be somewhere else, to be anywhere other than in the crowd of waiting, unmated males. I hadn’t even waited to see Everly come out of the house. I wanted to leave before I saw her, because I knew I would change my mind once I had. Logically, I knew this was the ending we had been hurtling towards since the first time we kissed, but emotionally, I was still not prepared to see her claimed by her mate, to find out that what happened with June and Luke was repeating itself with us. Call me a coward, a wimp, a pussy; I would be the first to admit that I was all of those things. The previous week was already painful enough, rejecting her and pushing her away when she asked for just one night with me, but I knew it was the right call. I knew that if she found her mate on her birthday, he would kn
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Chapter 32

Drew “Baby girl,” I began as I stood at the edge of the bed, my hands sliding up her thighs under the skirt of her dress. “If you don’t want me to rip this dress to shreds, I suggest you remove it quickly.” As my hands reached the top of her legs, I moved my palms around to cup her ass, and I realized she wasn’t wearing anything underneath her dress. “Fuck, Everly, what are you doing to me?” I groaned, massaging her cheeks roughly. “Get naked. Now,” I growled, stepping away from her so I could do the same. Our eyes remained locked on each other as her hands undid the ribbon around her waist, and, using a small amount of magic from my witch half, I helped her by sliding the zipper down her back without moving from my spot. She gave me a grateful little smile, and reached up to the neckline of her dress, slowly sliding it off of her shoulders inch by inch, teasing me by making me wait. I pulled my black t-shirt over my head as fast as I could, not wanting to miss even one second of
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Chapter 33

Chloe This was it. It was finally here. The day of our mating ceremony. The day Tidirath would officially recognize me as Finn’s mate and as a Princess of the Kingdom. I spent the entire week prior going to teas and luncheons and fancy dinners and dancing lessons and etiquette lessons. I felt like my feet were going to fall off and my brain was going to explode out through my ears from the information overload. There were so many rules and customs to learn, and I wasn’t sure how I would ever remember all of them. I understood why Finn had left his home. The strict policies and the intense formal atmosphere were not his style at all. I was glad that we were just here for a short while, and he didn’t want to remain here after our ceremony or even come back here to raise our children when we had them. The last two days, they had completely sequestered me in my room, as was the custom here. Finn and I could not lay eyes on each other until the mating ceremony. Not that it stopped us.
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Chapter 34

Finn I was pacing back and forth at the front of the Temple of Eos in the royal palace, one hand on my hip and the other stroking my chin. I did not know why I was so nervous. She had already accepted me, already mated with me, and already bore my first mark and I bore hers, but, for whatever reason, I was a bag of anxiety. My mom sat with my dad and my brothers, so I knew Chloe wasn’t far behind. I stopped in the spot where I was supposed to stand while Chloe entered, and I fidgeted with the bow tie around my neck. Lukas stepped in front of me and swatted my hands away, fixing the tie for me. “Relax, Beta,” he smiled. “She’s already had plenty of opportunities to run and she hasn’t yet. I think you’re safe,” he winked. “Shut up, fucker,” I growled, and he just laughed, clapping me on the shoulder and standing off to the left of me. Normally, it would be one of my brothers or my dad standing with me, but there truly was no one I would have wanted other than Lukas to be our primar
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Chapter 35

Lukas Home. At last. After almost a month, I was finally back at Midnight Moon, back with my pack and my people and my mate. Even though it hadn’t been long, I felt like a different person than I was when I left. I hated to admit it, but Selene had been right when she’d visited me three years ago and told me the challenges I would face would strengthen me and make me a better Alpha. I still wished I didn’t have to have these challenges, these hardships, but I couldn’t deny they had, in fact, strengthened me. As soon as we had crossed the border into the packlands, I handed the wheel over to Finn and took off for Simon and Sofia’s house to see June. Imagine my surprise when they told me she moved out, and was living in a cottage just down the path from them, closer to the stream than they were. I paused along the path to June’s new house and picked a handful of wildflowers and then continued on my way, enjoying the sounds and smells and sights of my packlands. My home. I had misse
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Chapter 36

Juniper “What just happened?” I asked, staring after Lukas as he stormed out of our house. I thought everything was going fine. He hugged me, and held onto me for longer than necessary. He brought me flowers, flowers he had picked himself. He rested his hand on my hip and stood close to me as he got the vase down for me. I swear he even sniffed my hair when I hugged him in the front yard. And then he stormed out after Drew got there. I didn’t get it. What was he so upset about? Was he still that mad at Drew for quitting as his beta? If he was back, then I’m assuming that meant he found a new beta, since that was why he left. But I guess finding a new beta didn’t automatically mean forgiving Drew. “Just Lukas overreacting,” Drew grumbled as he slammed the door shut a bit too hard. I set the vase on the counter, then turned to look at Drew. “Overreacting about what?” “Did I just hear the sweet, dulcet sounds of my dear brother throwing a tantrum?” Everly asked as she walked out o
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Chapter 37

Juniper :I’m telling Lukas,: I linked Drew. :About your undying love?: he replied. :No,: I sighed. :About what I am.: He was silent for a long moment. :Are you sure?: he finally asked. :It’s supposed to be a secret, and—: :And he’s the future alpha and our best friend and we should have told him to begin with,: I finished. :I know you’re worried about protecting me, and thank you, because you are the best protector I could ever ask for, but I need you to trust me on this, Drew.: :Of course, Princess,: he said resignedly, then dropped the link. I dropped Lukas’s hand as the portal closed, then turned to face him again. He put his hands in his pockets, as if he needed to keep himself from touching me again. I was still reeling from what he had all but admitted to me, but I would not focus on that until I got this revelation out of the way. I couldn’t focus on that until I explained what I was to him. I closed my eyes and concentrated on my magic, creating a sound barrier using t
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Chapter 38

Lukas June did her magic fairy portal thing, and I stepped through it, straight into what I was assuming was her bedroom. It smelled like her, and it was filled with art and plants, so I could only guess that it was hers. As soon as the portal closed behind me, I was kissing her again, soaking up every moment of her in my arms and against my body. The only thing I wished was different about all of it, was that I wished she could feel the mate bond, feel the warmth and the sparks and the tingles everywhere our skin touched. With the way she was moving against me and the way her body responded to my touches and my kisses, I could almost forget that she didn’t feel it. I was eating up all her little gasps and moans, and my fingers were loving the feel of her skin and her curves under my touch. I squeezed her perfect ass again, and she pressed her pussy against my cock, grinding herself against the length of it. My hand on her thigh moved closer to the hem of her little cutoff denim
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Chapter 39

LukasI slept like a rock. As soon as my eyes closed, I was out like a light, not waking until the first rays of sunlight began creeping in through the shades.The small, soft, warm body in my arms reminded me of everything that had occurred last night, and I glanced down to see June sound asleep, her head still resting on my chest, her arm wrapped around my waist in a vice grip.I was sure that my uninterrupted sleep was due in part to having her next to me. Her smell and the feel of her body and just her presence itself helped to soothe and calm my wolf and my body, letting me sleep better than I had in years. Probably since the night I first knew she was mine.I grabbed her hand and unwrapped her arm from my body, slipping myself out from under her and off of the bed.I went about my morning business as quickly and quietly as I could, trying to think about anything other than my gorgeous little mate lying in the bed just on the other side of the bathroom door as I brushed my teeth,
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