LOGINHe tightened his hold on me while turning his head to call over Mason.“Sir?”“Please inform the Council that Harper and I have taken a sudden leave. She needs to rest, and we’re not to be disturbed,” he ordered.Mason nodded his head. Out of the corner of Aurora’s eye, she caught the pair of us hea
Harper’s POV“Have you lost your mind?!” “Did she put you up to this??” “This is blasphemous! A blood bond hasn’t been initiated in over a hundred years!” “Clearly, this woman had poisoned the Alpha’s mind,” one of the council members announced. “He would never willingly choose to perform such a
Harper’s POV“I can’t believe I let you talk me into doing this,” Lucas grumbled. “It hasn’t even been two days since Calix was dealt with and you’re dragging us back here.”I playfully rolled my eyes at him as the two of us walked into the Council meeting hall. This time, it was I who called the me
Lucas’s POVI was still far too weak to move.Now that the terror Calix had caused was over, all I wanted was for Harper to come back. Regardless of how poor a shape I found myself to be in, all I really worried about was her.Unlike her wolf, she didn’t seem to have much control over this particula
Lucas’s POVThe unearthly sound that tore through the air felt like broken shards of glass were scraping against my eardrums. The noise shook the very ground I was pinned to. I half-expected some of the trees to start falling down around us.Calix staggered off of me, trying desperately to shield hi
Harper’s POVI honestly felt like I was intruding on a personal conversation I had no right to be present for.But it wasn’t as though I could just turn around and leave. I had to stay regardless of the uncomfortable tension that filled the air around us.Once more, Calix’s face took on a look of in
Grand Elder nods again.Truth.“One more question, then,” the Grand Elder says. “Do you wish harm upon anyone in the Midnight Run Pack?”Harper straightens up and clasps her hands together on top of the table before answering, “I do harbor anger and resentment for my family, who live in this pack as
Lucas’s POVMy chest tightens uncomfortably as a growing sense of heaviness presses against my lungs. I can’t pinpoint the exact feeling no matter how hard I focus, but it becomes more restrictive the longer I watch them together.Harper smiles and laughs at something Logan says, and the feeling int
“NO!”I fall back, hitting the ground, and scan my surroundings. My father is nowhere in sight, and neither are the men who tried to attack me the night of Sierra’s party.The only people around me are Lucas, who stands in front of me, and the warriors who are still standing at a distance. Each of t
Harper’s POVMy foot slams into the muzzle of the wolf who has his teeth in my leg while I pummel the wolf tearing at my arm. It does nothing.They’re going to tear me apart.Pain blinds me, my vision blurring and turning red from all of the blood. Another wave of fiery pain shoots through my torso,







