Derrick’s POVOne week.Seven days.One hundred and sixty eight long hours filled with six hundred four thousand, eight hundred seconds of loneliness since the last time I have encountered my mate. Though those numbers could go in either direction depending on just how many hours have actually passed since the last time that we spoke, but that is besides the point…the point is that I miss her terribly. Hunter has decided to not speak to me at all since I allowed our mate to cry herself to sleep on her hospital room floor, and the silence from him has only increased the loneliness that has been clawing at me with every second that passes. I have done my best to give Salara the space that she has demanded from me, even if the distance is slowly tearing at my soul, causing me to weaken. If I don’t claim Salara or at the least reject her soon then I risk weakening my pack immeasurably. A warning growl reverberates through my mind. The only indication I get this past week that Hunter is

Salara’s POVHenry and Derrick both stand on opposite sides of me glaring at each other as we wait for the doctor to return to do the ultrasound. I don’t know what came over me when I agreed to allow Derrick to tag along to my doctor’s visit, but at the time I didn’t think it was such a bad idea. All I knew was that I didn’t want to be apart from him.Those thoughts and feelings are what has led me to suffer through the most awkward doctor’s visit I have ever attended. Between the constant glares and periodic growls that erupted from both of them, it has been very difficult to concentrate on the things that Dr. Boyd has been telling me about mine and my baby's health. Usually the constant silence that appears whenever we are all together makes me feel nervous, but this time I am thankful for the quiet so I can focus on the words that I have said to Derrick. I don’t know what came over me when I revealed to him how I have been feeling inside, but it was like something was pushing me t

Derrick’s POVI tried really hard to concentrate on the meeting with the pack Elders this morning, but my thoughts keep going back to Salara and the kiss that we shared in the hallway. The feelings revealed in that single kiss was unlike anything I have ever felt before. If I was unsure about her feelings before this morning, they are in clear focus now. ‘If only that annoying human hadn’t wandered onto our floor.’ Hunter grumbles in my head, his dislike for Henry coming through loud and clear with his words. ‘I still think we should have killed the useless husband while we still had the chance.’ Hunter’s pouting causes a chuckle to tumble out from my lips before I can prevent it from escaping. My eyes quickly snap in the direction of my four Elders, a sheepish look taking over my face. Charles casts me a knowing look, his eyebrows wiggling suggestively as he guessed just where my thoughts had wandered off too. Elder Winifred gives me a disapproving look when I glance in her direct

Henry’s POV‘I have warned you about talking to my mate in that way.’ The menacing growl enters my head, startling me for a moment. I thought the dreadful beast had tired himself out and disappeared, but clearly I was wrong. Letting out a tired sigh, I ignore the annoying voice in my head and continue to make my way to the training grounds in search of my trainer. ‘Do not ignore me, puny human.’‘Oh shove it you annoying old wolf! You and I both know that you can’t do anything to me. So just SHUT UP!’ I must have slipped and yelled the last part out loud because the looks that those around me are giving me are not flattering. After taking in a steadying breath, I smile charmingly at the wolves surrounding me. After giving me a wary look, they all wander off in to different directions, avoiding me as much as possible. With my eyes closed, I look up to the sky and hold my breath for a few. This damn wolf has been nothing but a headache since I discovered that there was one inside of my

Beowulf’s POV“My mate will soon leave this world because of this stupid human’s bite. I have no reason left to live.” The will to live has quickly drained from my body thanks to this stupid human that I have been paired with. At first I thought how perfect it was that the Moon Goddess had put me in the body of the man who is married to my mate. I thought the Moon Goddess had finally smiled down on me and had blessed me with the chance to correct the mistakes of my past. But of course I should have known that the Goddess wouldn’t make things easy on me this time around. Not after how badly I screwed things up the last time we walked the Earth together. It was all my fault that my mate was killed after all. Of course I would have to work to have her in my arms once again. But what I wasn’t expecting was to have to sit back and watch as my mate is abused by the man who swore to love and respect her or to learn that the Goddess has fated her to another. Destiny can be so cruel and I ha