As we walk up to the club, my stomach feels like a swarm of bees have suddenly taken up residence and I feel nauseous. As soon as we walk in, it feels like the entire room goes silent and everyone turns to look at my father and I. I feel a slight blush on my cheeks and I’m ready to bolt, until I s
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