FAYEIt was Monday today. The weekend had gone by so quickly that it was as if it had not happened. The two weeks of private tutoring in school were finally over. I felt like a whole new person after what Yvonne had said to me. I also felt much better about joining the general population of high schoolers in the highschool. Before now, I had been getting individual teaching sessions with some teachers at school. To get me back on track, since I'd been missing school for half the year. I hadn't been in school since I met Nathan. I had totally forgotten everything from my life with my foster father.My mind flew to them. They wouldn't know I was here with Yvonne, either. I had woken up really early, feeling excited and a little nervous. It was my first time going to a school that was werewolf free. My previous school was the high school for the Exodus pack. So there were many werewolves there, both male and female. I got out of bed and took a shower, then changed into one of my new

NATHANThe insomnia was really beginning to weigh on me. I felt tired and damn sleepy. I blinked multiple times to rid myself of the sleepiness. I sat behind my desk and stared at my computer screen. It was way past midnight and here I was, refusing to go back to the pack house and get a good night's sleep. That's because I couldn't get a fucking wink of sleep in that place. I had asked my assistant, Avril, to email me some files earlier before she left for the day and I had to go through them. I was working like I had some imaginary deal to complete with an investor or something else. Avril kept throwing me worried glances. She hadn't brought up the endless hours I spent here yet, even though I suspected she would soon. I could have easily done this tomorrow, but it wasn't as if I could go home and get some sleep. I was sure I'd have that fucking nightmare again. Every time I shut my eyes, I would see her. With the baby. And their eyes, fuck! I hated looking at anything slightly

FAYE Today was the last day of school before we graduated. Kate and I were super excited. I thought it would be awkward graduating high school at nineteen, but it really wasn't. Instead, I'd had a year where I'd been myself and been in an environment with people my age. Besides Kate, I had more friends now. But Kate was still the only one I was closest to. It wasn't my fault that I finished high school later, anyway. It was Joseph's fault. Axel had trained me in marshal arts and self defense some months ago and now I was much stronger than I was before, even though I was still latent. It bothered me. How was it I had such a powerful Alpha for a father and I was born latent? When the time comes, would it be a valid reason for the pack to reject me? To turn me away and refuse to put me on the throne? Was I even worth it? Worth all this attention, time and effort being put into me? I thought that by now my wolf would have awakened, but nothing. I didn't feel even a hint of any

NATHANHoly crap, it was fucking loud in here.I motioned toward the bar and Lannon caught my drift as we threaded our way through the crowd and went to the corner bar.The music stopped for a bit, even though my ears kept thumping right along.Almost immediately, another song came on, blaring loudly through the speakers, making me scowl.I'd been hoping it would stop long enough for me to ask the bartender for a drink. Now I would have to holler at the guy.The bartender was preppy. Wearing a black shirt and looking so serious, I almost laughed.He probably thought since it was a sort of corporate party, he had to watch himself."Hey man, loosen up!" Lannon yelled at the guy.We ordered tequila shots, shouting across the bar at him. He threw us a thumbs up sign to show he'd heard us. We accepted our drinks and both of us turned around, drink in hand, to survey the assortment of people in the dimly lit interior."Your place is going to be super wrecked after this." Lannon said. I he

FAYEI should have guessed he'd show up here. But how had he known which bar and which part of town we'd be in? Mira cranked her neck in the same direction as the entrance to the bar. She told me not to look, but of course I didn’t listen — how could I?Axel had just walked into the bar, and I had to see for myself. As soon as I spotted him, my heart jumped, and the answer to the question Mira had asked just minutes ago became clear in my mind. It had been only a few months since the last time he'd visited.He had gotten busier and his visits had become few and far in between because of his workload and business trips. He'd told me he couldn't make it to the grad ceremony, the same as Yvonne.I hadn't minded that. They'd been present a lot already, and I wasn't so fragile that I'd need family today too. My mouth watered and, like a magnet, his eyes found mine just as the door swung closed behind him.He came with a group of men, all dressed in suits, and one clapped him on the sho