LOGINJust one chapter for now as I’ve had a migraine all afternoon. As soon as the next chapter is ready I'll upload it. ❤️
The house is still mostly empty. With bare walls, uncovered windows, and the faint scent of fresh wood and plaster in the air, but I’ve never loved a place more.Sunlight spills across the light oak floorboards, warming the space like it’s already lived in. There’s no furniture yet, just a few unpac
** Harper’s POV **Back at our apartment on the military base, I start to pack up our few belongings. It feels surreal that we will be back at the academy by evening. Although our academy apartment is so much nicer, I’m still kind of sad to say goodbye to this place. We may not have been here long,
**Harper’s POV **We pick our way back through the decaying house, and I hope I never have to step foot in a place like this again.The air is thick with the scent of mould and blood, and just ahead, I see the rectangle of light that is our freedom. The open doorway, where there’s fresh air. I’m abo
** Harper’s POV **“Your fear doesn’t justify the blood you spilled,” I say, stepping forward, voice steady even though my hands are shaking. “You tried to erase people to fix a mistake you made, but we are not your mistake.”“You don’t understand,” he says weakly.“I understand more than you think,
** Harper’s POV **“How are you alive? Didn’t you die like hundreds of years ago?” Finn asks.“I did,” Elias nods. “They executed me for my actions, and it was just. I was messing with things I never should have touched, but the damage was already done. When they found me and took all my research, i
** Harper’s POV **“Is this our location?” Deacon asks, stepping up to study the screen.“That’s where I saw him. He’s bleeding, weak, and alone. This is our chance to finish this,” I say.Finley, Luke and a few of Raff’s men than have filed in step up to study the screen. Getting a good look at the
** Knox’s POV **The air in the gym smells of sweat, rubber and a faint hint of disinfectant. I can’t pick up the scents as easily as I used to when I had my wolf, but it doesn’t stop me from trying. I know the importance of using that extra sense. It can tell a lot about a person or the environment
** Harper’s POV **By the time noon arrives, the sky has darkened, and it feels kind of ominous. The clouds are low and thick over the military grounds.We walk to the meeting room together. All of us in step, like a single force. Raff is already there, pacing beside a map spread across the table. W
** Harper’s POV **One quick phone call to my mum and tomorrow’s meeting is brought forward to now. By the time the meeting starts, I’ve washed the blood off my face, but I can still feel it.It’s not the sting of the cut, Archie healed that before I could so much as find a towel, it’s the memory of
** Harper’s POV **My heat has finally passed. I’m equally happy and sad about it. Having that excuse to cut ourselves off from the world and just be together as a group had been wonderful.Now we have to face reality, though. If we want a safe future together, then we have to work for it.My skin n







