LOGINChapter 58 - better story Rosie I was in the hospital under the scrutinizing gaze of doctors as they did so many tests on me that I didn't even understand half of what they were checking for. My side, where the silver blade had pierced me, was healing fast—faster than it should have been for a human— and the doctors kept murmuring to each other about it. They told me maybe it was because of the child growing inside me or maybe because I was mated to a wolf that my healing abilities spiked up.I still couldn't believe I was carrying a child until they showed me the ultrasound.The screen had been black and white, a tiny blob with a flickering heartbeat. A baby was growing inside me. A life. A human-wolf.Although I was happy and overjoyed when I saw the little heartbeat pulsing on the screen, there was still a part of me that questioned whether I would be a good fit for this child. Would I be worthy of being a mother when I was so much of a mess myself? And I didn't show Jude that sk
Chapter 57 - his unwillingnessRosieI looked around and saw a deserted area that didn't feel deserted at all but alive in a way I couldn't quite explain. I blinked confusedly because I was very sure I was in... I winced when I felt a throb in my head sharply. What was that? I looked around again, and everything looked beautiful and otherworldly, like something out of a dream. The lake before me was bioluminescent, glowing with soft blues, purples, and greens that rippled across the surface like starlight. The sun and moon hung together in the purple sky, casting this ethereal twilight glow over everything.Wait… What's going on? Have aliens conquered the world? I chuckled lightly at my silly joke, but stopped abruptly when I heard a gurgling, splashing sound. I glanced toward the lake to see something small struggling in the water, drowning.Without thinking, I rushed forward and jumped into the water, swimming toward the struggling creature. The water was warm against my skin, and
Chapter 56 - Pup? JudeI saw red.Red from the blood oozing from my mate's side and red from the fury burning through every nerve in my body as I stood in one swift motion and turned to face the culprit who stood there shaking like a leaf with blood dripping from the silver knife in their trembling hand.Without another beat I lunged forward and my claws extended with a sickening sound as they pierced through the culprit's chest as my hand closed around their heart and I ripped it out in one brutal motion. The person fell limp onto the sand, their eyes still wide with shock and terror but that didn't stop the pain or the fury roaring through me as I dropped the still beating organ and immediately turned back to Rosie.I cradled her in my arms, lifting her carefully against my chest. Her blood was warm and wet, seeping through my fingers as I pressed against the wound as I started running toward the pack house.We met a stretcher on the way with pack doctors rushing toward us but I he
Chapter 55 - The fightRosieThe pack had been buzzing about the trial for the entire week, and everyone had been talking about it nonstop, with pack members excited and happy to see their young alpha in action and put someone who'd hurt their young Luna in their place.But people weren't seeing it from my eyes because I was scared, terrified actually. I'd never seen Jude in a fight before, although I'd seen his enormous majestic wolf, but this was different.No one else seemed worried as I watched some pack members walk around smiling as if Jude were already the winner before the trial even started.Was that how much faith they had in him? It wasn't like I didn't believe in Jude because I did—but a trial by combat was always brutal and nasty in every historical movie I'd ever watched, and I wasn't ready to watch my mate get pounded on in some arena.God, I could feel my head thump with a headache, with nausea creeping up my throat that made me swallow the lump down. I didn't want to
Chapter 54 - ReassuranceRosieI curled up on the couch wrapped in one of Jude's jerseys that still smelled like him while trying to focus on anything other than the fact that he'd been gone for two hours now. Two whole hours with no word, no text, and the silence of our cottage felt deafening.I resisted the urge to bite my thumbnail as I stared at the wall clock, watching the minutes tick.I patted my chest, feeling something brewing beneath my ribs like my emotions had spiked up in sudden fury, and I was very sure I wasn't angry because I had nothing to be angry about, so that meant it wasn't my emotion, and that made anxieties roll up in me.Jude wasn't here, but I could feel his emotions. Immediately, I jumped off the couch and started pacing from one edge of the living room to the other, my eyes darting back to the wall clock. He was late. He'd promised he'd be back soon, and it had been two hours, and I couldn't just sit here.I winced, feeling a sharp sting from the thumbnail
Chapter 53—Trial by Combat JudeI was so angry that my moment with Rosie had been cut short just when I'd finally had my mate to myself and was already planning how the rest of the evening would go, but instead I'd been interrupted by a goddamn emergency. "Angry" would be an understatement for what I was feeling right now. I didn't miss the disappointment that flickered across Rosie's face when I'd told her we had to leave nor the sadness that tugged through our bond, yet she'd smiled sweetly at me as if she was completely okay with it. After I'd successfully driven Rosie home on Baby with her arms wrapped tightly around my waist the entire ride, I found myself reluctant to let her go as I hugged her at the cottage door, savoring her scent and kissing the crescent-shaped claiming mark on her neck. It was physically painful to detach myself from her, to pull away from her warmth, her scent, and the way she fit perfectly against me, but I'd make it up to her later after meeting Marc
Chapter 30RosieI sat on the couch, where he’d left me, dumbfounded, and everything felt wrong. The room suddenly became so empty and cold with the gust of wind he left behind. I could still feel tingles where his hands had been on my waist, could still taste him on my lips and it made my chest a
31RosieMy eyes fluttered open and I blinked with a painful moan escaping my mouth. Everything hurt, I could feel my eyes swollen and my throat raw from crying. My stiff muscles ached from falling asleep curled up on the floor against the door.The reflection of morning light was coming through th
Chapter 32 - jealousy jealousYJudeEarly MarchThe new season had kicked off, all our training paying off as I got ready to head to the rink to release some pent-up tension even though Rosie and I had patched things up after that night, but there was still strain in our relationship, I knew it and
27RosieA week passed in a blur after dinner with Jude’s family and honestly, I was still processing everything that had happened. Elena had gotten my number and we’d been talking back and forth almost every day, texting about random things and the woman was really lively, interesting, and funny. I







