Everything felt so right. There was not a single thing that I wished to change in my life. I was ecstatic, yet petrified at the same time. It was hard to believe that this dream life I was finally blessed with was not going to be stolen from me. Happiness had a tendency to leave me. I prayed with all my heart to have this life forever. Everything was fine with my pack. Until this very moment, Crimson hadn't taken any step to respond to my not signing the truce. Their silence worried me, but I was ready for anything. My warriors were alert and wide awake and so were my patrols. My family was happy. Every single one of them. Jorah and his mate were living the best moments of their lives. Nobody was able to understand how she managed to speak out of the blue like that, but we were all grateful. Rowena was happy with her second pregnancy even though she wasn't exactly excited about the idea at first. As for Dinah and Keith, their life was stable and calm. Everything was

 I didn't know what Ayla was thinking about, but her face was glowing with happiness. I twirled her around as we danced, not caring about the looks everybody was giving us, even the Alphas and their Lunas. Her smile was wide, radiant, and contagious. I found myself smiling just by looking at her beautiful face. For years, I had wished for somebody like her and now that I had her, it all felt surreal, like a dream coming true. I was petrified of waking up from that dream. The way she said ‘I love you’ out of the blue made my heart skip a beat. It wasn't her first time saying it, but I loved it when she said it out of the blue when I least expected it. The way she held onto me as we danced made me feel that I was the luckiest man in the world. I had never been this happy in my life. Mirk had never been this calm. She brought out the best in us. When we finished dancing, I kept a hold of her hand and pecked her lips. I wanted to declare my

Apart from the unpleasant encounter with Crimson, the trip to Ohio was magnificent. From shopping with the girls to an amazing date with my mate, everything was remarkable and amazing. I event went out with Loana; it felt good to bond with my childhood best friend after so many years. I hadn’t gotten over what happened at the ball. Charlene was forced to apologize to me. Her eyes flickered with bitterness as she uttered the heavy words she had never said to anyone. Although I was content with the way things had changed, it still pained me that I didn’t get to have normal parents or siblings like most people. I wished I had with my so-called sisters the same relationship that Xander had with Rowena. The Moon Goddess made it up to me though. She gave me a wonderful family and a mate who was ready to protect me against the whole world. I was bewildered by Oriana’s behaviour. I didn’t get why she came after me and why she felt the need to tell me what she said. I

I looked at Melanie and motioned for her to stay silent and follow me. I didn’t want anybody to see this or find out about what I could do now, but I had to tell her. There was no lie in my head that could convince her that what she had just witnessed was nothing.The two of us made our way to the backyard and sat down.“care to explain?” she said, keeping her eyes on me.“After I shifted I found out that I can heal myself. I found out about that while I was locked in the cells at Crimson,” I started, looking down. “Nobody knows about this. Not even Xander. I didn’t want to tell anyone,” I continued, lifting my eyes to meet hers.“I understand if you didn’t want to tell me, but I don’t understand why you’re keeping this away from the rest.” I frowned at her words.“Why would I keep it from you but tell the others?”“Maybe because we have only know

I had been sitting here for so long or maybe not. I wasn’t sure how long I had been here. I lost track of time the moment she was taken to the  OR. Jorah kept assuring me that she was going to be okay, but I was still doubtful. I was only going to be convinced of that when she would wake up. I asked them to give me the arrow after extracting it out of her body. I was going to hunt down whoever did that to her. Somebody wanted her dead and I was going to make them wish for death. Against my will and for her sake, I didn’t hunt down her family like the weak prey they were. Had it not been for the way she requested that, they would have all been in my dungeons now, but this is different. This was her life that was at stake. “She’s going to be okay, Xander. The arrow didn’t hit her heart,” Jorah tried to calm me down as I waited on one of the seats in the waiting room. It was close to her heart though. “Somebody tried to kill my mate,” I flatly spoke. “I’m g