He looks up into my eyes. “Let Artemis come forward.” I do as he says, letting Artemis come forward. Dean walks up to join our group and whistles. “Whoa.” A couple of other guys who overhear us, turn in our direction and look at me. All of them had various reactions of awe. “What??” I ask impatient
After getting a drink, I’m immediately swarmed by pack members of all ages wishing me a happy birthday. My eyes keep scanning the room, hoping to see Cara. I’m desperate to know if she is wearing the dress I got her. My entire plan for tonight depends on it. Chase comes over to pull me out of the g
I’m pulled into group after group of well wishers, asking about when I’ll take over as alpha, will there be a graduation party, have I found my mate? I try to maintain the conversations as well as I can, but I’m watching Cara. I can’t look away, especially when Trevor and some other younger warriors
When he asked me to dance, I stared at his hand for a moment. What is he doing? When I collect myself, I put my hand in his. It’s his birthday and nearly the entire pack is here. There’s no way I can say no without it becoming a huge issue. He pulls me into him, sliding his warm hand around my wa
“Do I know who Cara Nelson is? Yes, I absolutely do. Did I know that YOU were Cara Nelson? Not until one week ago. Not until I saw you at school and something inside of me drew me to you.” I stared at him speechless. “All this time.” I whisper, shaking my head softly. “All this time, I thought you
Everything was perfect. Exactly as I had planned. I knew she’d be angry at first but unless she made a public spectacle of leaving me on the dance floor, I have about four and a half minutes to tell her how I feel. I could see the change in her the minute I started telling her about her mother’s an
But Cara is special. And I want her to know every day for the rest of her life how special she is to me. I don’t want there to ever be a doubt in her mind that she’s the one and only one for me. Since the moment I saw her across the quad at school, no one will ever compare to her in my eyes. As the
The moment the wolves charge into the clubhouse, Rik pushes me behind him and shifts attacking two almost immediately. I only have a moment to appreciate the quickness of his shift before I’m faced with my own wolves. Artemis pushes forward, about to shift, when Alpha Anders shouts to get those tha