His eyes sent shivers rushing through me as I tried to process what was going on. "Did you just say..." I stammered as my heart began to pound painfully in my chest. "To forget that I found you?" How could he stand there and say that with such a straight face? Wasn't he feeling the same way that I did? That all consuming want to be near and the flutter of butterflies just from our being near? "I have no intentions on ever accepting a mate." He said slowly, his eyes growing darker. "Especially a lycan one." His words felt like knives piercing into my heart. He was rejecting me. He was really standing here rejecting me and not even giving me a chance. "Why?" I asked slumping t

"Leah!" I called, gently knocking on the door. "Open up."I could only imagine what Leah was feeling right now. Our first change was terrifying and painful. I hated that she was alone when the change had begun."Thi..." Leah’s garbled voice came through the door as a loud howl sounded.Cursing I grabbed the door knob and began trying to turn it. I needed to get in there before she completed the change.Sometimes, rarely, we would go mad and forget ourselves during the first change. This didn’t always happen, but it could, and if it were to happen to Leah, I needed to be there to stop her."Leah, let me in!" I c

"Who do you think you’re talking to?" Ashton growled, his eyes growing dark."An idiot." I snapped back.All the feelings of depression and hurt that I was feeling were gone, and now I just felt pure irritation at the man standing in front of me. Sure, he was my mate, but that didn’t mean that I was going to let him talk to my friend like that."Did you just?" Ashton’s narrowed gaze grew wide as he took in my words.Around us, I could feel his alpha aura beginning to seep out. It looked like the man was pretty pissed and wasn’t going to calm down that easily.

 I slowly reached out a finger and pressed it against the smooth skin of Serenity’s little hand. As I did so, it clenched, grabbing hold as tightly as a tiny little creature could."She’s perfect." I whispered, feeling tears pricking at my eyes.Never in my life had I ever considered myself the emotional type, but here I was crying over a newborn as if the child was my very own."She is, isn’t she?" Haidan murmured, smiling down at her daughter."She is the most perfect creature in the world." Antoine ad

"I’ve asked nicely." Ashton said quietly, his eyes flashing gold. "If I have to ask again, I’m not going to be so nice.""Could you two calm down?" Antoine’s voice drifted towards us, but it sounded like a soft whisper in my ear.The room seemed to vanish all around me, and all that was left was me and Ashton. Was this a result of the mate bond due to physical touch? I wasn’t sure if I liked it or if it scared me, but I couldn’t quite find it in me to move away."Stop touching me!"Quick as a whip Ashton’s