The sun seemed to scorch everyone's skin as they headed back to the Toody's basement. They defeated Aveera temporarily - it would've been permanent if they had seen her body by the time they went back into the almost destroyed cave. If they were people who didn't know her, they would've thought that she died but they did know her. She always found a way to disappear when she was almost dying. Kyle had extremely weakened her and taken her surprise and if it weren't for him they'd be dealing with a far more frightening situation.When they all reached Darren's house and headed straight for the basement, Aunt Linda and the rest of the families left couldn't believe their eyes that they all came back unharmed. " Darren! Meredith!" She shouted for joy as she saw them and headed to give them a warm embrace but Darren had been bottling up emotions inside that he didn't want to explode all over the place. But Sharlynn - the girl he loved and Tom - the man he

Sharlynn's POVI ran as fast as I could to meet up with Dean and the elder men accompanying him. It had been forever since Dean and I had a talk not less than three to four words and I didn't like that. I knew he was busy but still, I wanted him to squeeze out some time for me besides, he would be the perfect distraction from the whole mate saga with Darren and Tom." You can't be here child." One of the elder men said and I looked at Dean with so much desperation in my eyes. The type that I knew he wouldn't be able to resist and he groaned before he stopped at a rocky path before us." Herald, please give me a moment with Sharlynn." He said and they nodded before one of them - the one who said I couldn't be there said to him, " you only have ten minutes," and then they all left.Dean sighed before he removed the piece of clothing he wrapped around his fist and as he did so, I noticed how muscular he had gotten. His skin glistened in the sun and even the

Sharlynn's POVThis mate bond makes no sense, how can I trust a vampire that I once detested and dreaded? How could I not feel guilty especially for Darren? I knew it wasn't right but it....kinda felt right. I sighed as I looked at my empty note. I couldn't follow any of the classes because I was scared that Aveera would come for me.I jolted at the sound of the bell signifying the end of classes for the day and sighed when I realized that it was just the school bells. Everyone rushed out of class except me, Tom and Nikk." Are you okay?" Tom asked, bending down to my level. I was about to answer when I heard Nikk groaning in frustration." If this is what having a mate means - then I'll pass" he commented with resentment while Tom and I just smiled. " We're not like ... Romantically involved mates though Nikk so you can chill," Tom said as he got up and held out his hands to me" Doesn't matter. You both look ridiculous" Nikk spat and

Sharlynn's POVThere's something mysterious about the moon. The way it just stays up in the sky, shining the brightest possible way that it can. Whenever I looked at a full moon, I thought - " what if the moon is alive, what if it's the supernatural power that watches the things that happen at night?" Vampires were nightcrawlers and I felt mad at the moon for seeing all the evil they do and yet not doing anything about it. But that was few days after Aliyah was killed, I was just looking for anything or anyone to blame. Tonight as I looked at the crescent-shaped moon, I realized that the moon is a wolves thing, not vampires. Something about the way the crescent moon shined made me see the pack in a new light. Each family cottages - a place where each werewolf family stayed when it was time for meetings and training, seemed so enchanting. The cottages were made of a special kind of wood that I'd never seen before - it was white and I kind

Sharlynn's POVTwo weeks after Dean's Alpha ceremony, I found myself thinking hard about the things that happened. Since Kyle's ability to speak " Alpha" was the top topic on my list, naturally, it was the first thing I went to get more information about. According to literally everyone in Dean's pack, Kyle was once an Alpha but that was centuries ago when his family still lived in Veilah. He was the next Alpha after his father and according to them, his wolf was very frightening and intimidating. I couldn't believe that Kyle was once one of the most dangerous Alphas and he never for once bragged about it - not even once. Though maybe that was the source of his unending pride. In my quest to know more about Kyle, I uncovered a rather upsetting secret and it was this secret that led me to the front of Kimmel's office where I stood before I knocked twice and entered. He was concentrating as he wrote in a notebook