(Harper’s POV) The ride to school was uncomfortable. I could tell that Louise wanted to say something. Most likely about the way that I was acting with Colton. We made it almost the whole way before Louise finally broke the silence.“I’m sorry!” she burst out. Here we go, I thought.“What the hell Harper?” She glanced at me briefly before returning her eyes to the road.“Please don’t Louise,” I pleaded. I really didn’t want to get into an argument on the patriarchy with Louise, certainly not when I felt as crappy as I did right now.“Harper, how can you forgive him so easily?” she said, “Last night you were in so much pain that you practically had to be sedated, and all because he couldn’t keep it in his pants and cheated on you,”“Well, I mean, technically nobody knows we are even together yet. So does it coun

(Harper’s POV) The Beta came stomping down the hallway, his authoritative aura surrounding him, making him appear even bigger than he already was “All of you out, unless you want to be involved in the punishment,” he shouted at the students that were watching. They soon dispersed, and as soon as the block disappeared, Louise and Katie ran to me. I was trying to clear the blood that was pouring from a gash in my head out of my eyes, but it wasn’t slowing. Louise pulled her jumper off and placed it over my head. My wolf was weak right now, so she wasn’t able to heal me as quickly as she normally would. The Beta got to me and took the jumper from Louise and looked under and hissed. He then smiled at me “Just a scratch” I grinned, feeling a little woozy “I’m not sure I believe you on that,” I said, and then covered my mouth with my hand.

(Harpers POV) I stared at myself in the mirror, fascinated by my new eyes. Upon closer inspection, I saw that the colour actually radiated several shades of gold in a starburst pattern that seemed to shimmer.“Strawberries.” Colton drew my attention back to the room and the two waiting pack members “Come here please” Colton had settled himself in the chair behind the desk. I walked over and he pulled me onto his knee and wrapped his arms around my waist.“The reason why I have called you here baby is because Mr Tobbins and his daughter both currently stand accused of crimes against the pack,” I glanced up at Donna and the man, who I now knew was Richard Tobbins, and also the pack business manager, “The Alpha decided that the whole family would be held accountable for their actions, and as you were physically hurt by one of the accused that you would be directly involved in deciding th

(Harper POV)   The next morning at breakfast felt awkward. Colton had seated himself in his father’s normal seat at the end of the dining table. He had put me in his usual seat and Damien had sat himself opposite me. We were already seated in uncomfortable silence when Damien had sat down. He winked at me, and I looked down at my hands. The sound of their sniggers made me feel sick. I felt Colton’s hand on my thigh and tried to pull away and he gripped and squeezed hard. Hard enough for me to cry out. I looked up and saw the whole table looking at me and I covered my mouth. I looked at Colton, who was glaring at me. I lowered my eyes again and heard him chuckle. “Women, eh?” he said and the men around the room chuckled. I glanced up again and Colton began rubbing my thigh where he had previously hurt it.   “Harper dear,” the Luna called from down the table, “Caroline and I were going to get ready for this eveni

(Harper’s POV) A murmur went through the room as I quickly glanced around. My eyes rested on my mothers and then my fathers. Both of them looked so proud, I smiled weakly at them. I could see Tommy next to my father, but his back was to me. In fact, he was the only person in the room who wasn’t looking at me. I wanted to hide behind Colton; I was never one for attention and the amount directed my way was way too much.  Colton tugged gently on my hand and began rubbing circles with his thumb again. I looked up at him and he smiled. I hadn’t even noticed, but my breathing had shallowed with my anxiety. I smiled back as I regained my breath and Colton began leading us down the centre of the room towards the stage. I tried to compose my nerves as we mounted the stairs onto the stage where the master table was. I glanced at Louise, who met my eyes and forced a smile. The Alpha stood in front of us and