“You know...” Emily finally made it back to Zach’s house and was sitting around with him and the others of their group. All the seniors had the day off since it was the last day of school and a half-day at that, and they all had to prepare for graduation that night. “I think something is going on with my aunt and Adam.” The group stared at her like she announced some major catastrophe was occurring.“What do you mean?” Zach shifted on the sofa so he had a better visual of his mate. She seemed disturbed about something that had gone on over at her aunt’s house.“He’s just so rude. It’s like he can’t even look at me without getting all pissed off.”Zach softly brushed Emily’s cheek so that she would only focus on him. As soon as he touched her, he felt her anxiety level come down a notch. “Em, it’s not you. It’s just the whole idea of what he’s

      “Jacob, I have to get up and get ready for graduation.” Madison picked up his arm that was lying across her chest and slid out from under him, letting his arm thump back on the bed in the process. “You have to get up too.” She rushed around her room and grabbed everything she needed for the shower. “C’mon, Jacob, aren’t you getting up?” Madison yelled once more at her mate, who was still stretched out naked on the bed. Jacob groaned and rolled off the bed. He picked up his clothes from where he'd dropped them earlier. “Are you excited?” he came up behind Madison, who was looking through her closet for her graduation gown. His arms went instantly around her waist and he began to nibble on her neck. “We don’t have time for this again.” Madison tried to wiggle out of his embrace, but he had her too tightly wrapped. “Even though I would really like to crawl back into bed with you right now, I have to get ready so I ca

“What the hell happened?” Jacob met the graduated group in the cafeteria after the class walked back up the aisles. He grabbed ahold of Madison and pulled her closer to him. He knew his mate needed this type of compassion to get through the confusion that had occurred over the last couple of hours.“I need to find the principal or one of the administrators to figure out why I didn’t get a diploma.” Madison sank further into Jacob’s side as it was the only place that brought comfort right now.“There they are.” Zach pointed to the faculty and superintendents that were making their way back toward the offices.Madison, along with Jacob rushed around the rest of the graduates and families to get to them before they got away and locked themselves up in the office. “Wait,” Madison yelled right before the door shut on the last person entering.“Yes.” The door was held open by senior advisor

Alex clutched Danny’s hand a little tighter but refused to look away from the penetrating stares coming from the large gathering of shifters. “Before anyone asks, or postulates, or makes an educated reference, I don’t know if I am.” Alex knew the questions that they were going to ask, but she didn’t have the information they sought.“Well,” one rather large member from the front row stood up, “I think you’ve just answered one of the many questions that we all have.”Alex looked at him perplexed as to what he meant by his statement. “I don’t understand.”“I was the only one supposed to think about the question that we all were wondering about, but it seemed you were able to break through the wall that I had built up and foresee what the question pertained to.” A big smile crossed his face. “Well done, little seer.”Alex looked over at Danny. She was confus

“What do you mean a third child?” Madison had completely forgotten anyone else was in the room until she glanced around. All eyes were on her and her aunt right now. It seemed like everyone had forgotten the reason they’d all come together. She looked over at Emily and Alex and they seemed just as intrigued with this whole development as everyone else. They must have felt her stare as they both looked at her at the same time. Each offered a soft smile that seemed to warrant pity instead of support.“Oh, Madison, you need much more of an explanation than I can offer you right now.” Cecilia felt bad for her niece, who seemed to be going through turmoil over the developing circumstances. “Yes, you have two siblings as the prophecy detailed. You are the sister of good, meaning you will only do white magic. Your sister, only by paternal means, is Brindle and she is the sister of bad. That means she stems from black magic and only looks to harm o