DARVIN. I woke up full of energy this morning. Titan wanted to run, so I gave in, and we spent an hour just running around the territory while Celeste was still sleeping. I felt good. In fact, this was the same energy I felt the morning after I marked Celeste in her apartment. I just thought by then it was the adrenaline from the mate bond that made me feel alive. But I guess Constantine was right — the blood of our mates was the missing piece to complete our wolves. I just hoped I wouldn’t end up taking more from her and that she would feel like I was just using her to survive. But if I could last two weeks without drinking and have the same energy I felt for the last two weeks after her marking, then maybe I didn't need to drink too often, and she would be in better condition than Constantine’s mate. I guess I had to wait and see. After my run, I requested to meet Dominic at my office. I just got into my chair when he knocked and stepped inside. We both nodded our heads to ackn

SOFIA. Celeste and I stood on the grounds outside the council building while waiting for our Alphas to finish their meeting with Alpha Marco, the head of the Council. They submitted the document to formally add Dominic as the Alpha of the Moon Stone Pack, and Celeste and I decided to tag along. After Achilles was killed and his group of rogue wolves was disbanded, there were no more threats, so they were confident enough to take us with them, but of course, we were never left behind on our own. Watching us from just a few feet away were Beta Daniel and some of the men we took with us. "Wow! I wasn’t expecting to see you here today. Lucky me." Someone spoke behind me, and it made me and Celeste turn around. "Excuse me, are you speaking with us?" I asked as my gaze tried to remember if I met the man with amber eyes before. But I couldn’t remember him at all. Either I had never met him or he wasn’t really worth remembering. He laid out his hand, and I was sure he was meaning to take

BETA DANIEL. "Give me some slack. I’m only nineteen. I have years ahead of me before I need to settle down." I chuckled as I walked side by side with the three Alphas and Gamma Hayden. We had just finished a short meeting and were heading off to the training grounds to continue a day’s work, but the Alphas still wouldn’t stop teasing me to man up and ask Lizzie for a date. "Well, with two Alphas to work with, I’m sure you would rather have a female to come home to every night." Alpha Lucas stated before he jabbed Hayden’s chest with the back of his hand. "You as well, go find someone." "Nope," Hayden answered right away. "I’m okay here. "I'm waiting for my mate unless Dr. Lizzie turns out to be a hot chick, in which case... I might reconsider." I would have growled at him in annoyance if something hadn’t hit my nose. The air suddenly smelled of fresh-baked waffles mixed with strawberries, and I found myself hungry and salivating. I spaced out for a moment until my wolf howled in

CELESTE. After all the Lunas introduced themselves, as well as their Beta and Gamma Females that were present, Darvin and Sebastian left. They went to where the rest of the Alphas were, and I was left with the rest of the females. None of them asked about Darvin’s condition or about him feeding on me. Either they had no idea or they respected our privacy over the matter. They inquired about my mate bond with Darvin. They asked how our first date went and how Darvin told me he was a shifter. And if there was a moment when I wanted to run away when I found out, but I corrected them and told them I was actually the one who told Darvin I knew he was a shifter, and it was Darvin who ended up shocked, and we all had a good laugh about it. If I had any inhibitions that the Lunas would look down on me because I was simply human, they were all gone by the time we ate up all the ice cream available in Nadia’s fridge. I was never treated differently. I felt welcomed. I felt like I belonged ri

CELESTE.Darvin was checked out at the Silver Moon Infirmary, but after Glenn confirmed that all of Darvin's vital signs were stable, he asked that Darvin be moved to our hospital because all of Darvin’s records and the tools he was using to check on him were in his special suite.I didn’t even know about this. I got so lost in the moment of falling in love with him that I didn’t even check how he was dealing with his sickness and all the tests and laboratories he had to go through.Maybe because he was Darvin. He would simply not allow anyone to see him weak or know he was suffering. He would always put on a good show.I wondered if my blood was helping him. Or maybe he just wanted me to believe it did.He drank every two weeks, which was too far and too little in comparison to Constantine, who fed on his mate every two to three days.I leaned my back on the chair in which I was seated as I stared at Darvin’s sleeping form on the bed across the room. I had just eaten. I didn’t have a