**Artemis P.O.V.** I sat there thinking about what Armand had said and sat in silence. I was stunned at what he said. I could feel that he was being honest. ~”Arya, what do you think about this?”~ I asked her in our shared mind.  ~”I believe Armand. He has no reason to lie to us, Art”~ She said and I inwardly nodded. I moved my focus from the wall to stare at the EMT that had saved me. ~”He is our Delta”~ Arya said causing me to make a confused face. “What?” I accidentally asked out loud. Armand shifted under me so that he was looking down into me eyes.  “Do you not believe

I apologize for not updating recently. I haven't given up on the story, but I am struggling to want to write. I thought honesty would be best here. I am working on more chapters as much as I can, but I am dealing with some stuff in my life. I only hope you can wait just a little longer for an update while I deal with what I have going on. I am sorry if I let you down, but thank you for even reading my work at all. I appreciate you all and hope that life is treating you kindly.

(present time)   I sat down at my desk and slammed my fist against it. Artemis got away and now they would know everything I had done to her. I realized it too late, but at the hospital while watching her closely and listening intently at everything going on, I realized she was carrying my pup. I let out a loud growl that echoed through the pack house. I was beyond livid now and I knew I needed to get her back. I didn’t want to lose her like I lost Claris. If I couldn’t have her than I wouldn’t let anyone have her at all. I would rather her and the pup die, than to have Alpha Armand have either of them. I let out a deranged sort of laugh and began to plan how I would get to Artemis. Her beauty truly was similar to Claris and that was made me keep her and want the pups with her. I was making her my chosen mate without actually marking her because then I would have had to explain to my pack where she came from and I couldn’t trust her not to open

Hello everyone, Thank you so much for being interested in my stories that I work on. I wanted to update you all and let you know that I am back to writing again so I plan to release a chapter or two a day, but I can't promise to do that so I will promise to do my very best to give you a lot of chapters to read. I really love and appreciate you all for sticking with me while I dealt with my mental and emotional health. I hope you are all well. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading this story.   ~xoxoxo, Ari Gunther Hawthorn~

** Artemis/Arya P.O.V. **     I had growled at the nurse because she saw Armand half dressed. I was wearing his shirt so his upper body was on full display. I didn’t mind looking at it, but didn’t want anyone else to look at him. I was surprised when he wasn’t mad at me for growling at her, but I was also happy. I was already starting to fully trust him because he hadn’t shown me that I couldn’t. I also trusted Arya and she trusted him so that made it easier for me to trust him. I was embarrassed when he caught me staring at his lips, but part of that was Arya. When he told me that I could touch any part of him that I wanted to Arya went wild in my mind. He was silently staring at me while I processed that information.          ~”Artemis, I want to try kissing him. Can we please?”~