Jane’s POVI leapt out of the car. The little girl was huddled on the ground, clutching the rabbit doll she held with a white-knuckled grip, her face dusty and her huge, blue eyes brimming with tears. She wailed silently into the bunny, biting her lip to hold back her cries.I didn’t know why I recognised her as Hunter’s daughter at first sight. It was like instinct. Maybe it was because she had a tiny mole under her left eye, just like mine. Every time I saw that on the television my heart panged, aching for the little girl I had lost six years ago.As always, thinking of her made my heart tear a bit more.I lifted my chin. No matter what had happened between her father and I, the child was innocent. I checked over her body as best a I could, murmuring soothing nonsense to her as she sobbed. My two boys hopped out of the car and gathered around her, their big blue eyes wide with curiosity. They were both unusually quiet as they watched me run my hands down her arms.“Are you all righ

Jane’s POVMy sweet boy blinked up at the giant in front of him. Tears swelled in Owen’s wide blue eyes; he looked as if he were caught in a dream, one that was rapidly becoming a nightmare. In a daze, he lifted his small hand in an attempt to grasp Hunter’s sleeve.Ares raced over and grabbed his brother’s hand before he could touch his dad.Hunter ignored them both. He reached behind Owen and lifted up Ava instead. She cowered against him, tucking herself up as small as she could and hiding her face in his chest. He squeezed her gently and murmured, “Are you going to hide from Daddy forever? Daddy will be very, very sad if you do.” He coaxed the little girl in his arms until she looked up at him, her eyes so like Owen’s that a jolt shot through me.Goddess! I realised then that the gentle patience Hunter showed Amy was just a drop in the ocean compared to that which he gave his daughter. I had never seen such a soft side to Hunter. This child was the apple of his eye.I knew that fe

Carl’s POVNothing had ever hurt as much as being rejected by my mate.Although the Moon Goddess had chosen me to be her mate, everyone knew I wasn’t worthy of her. Whenever I looked into her green eyes, so full of power and desire, even I knew I could never measure up to Amy.I’d loved her long before I’d met Hunter. She’d saved me back when I was a rogue with nothing. I was her only real friend; before I met Hunter, she was mine, too.I could still remember every word she’d said to me that fateful day.“Amy! You’re my mate!” I started to rush towards her, my heart pounding. But, as I met her calm gaze, I stopped dead in my tracks. My heart sank.“You know,” she said, eyeing me with some emotion I couldn’t read lurking in the depths of her gaze, “you’re always smiling. Always. Well – except for the first time I met you. But you were being beaten to death, so.” She smiled and shook her head. “I envy you sometimes. It’s not often that I’m happy, Carl, especially not happy enough to gr

Jane’s POVCold water rushed over my head. I kept sinking, gasping desperately for air; ice slammed down on my chest, filling me inside and compressing from out. Flailing wildly, I managed to bring myself up to the surface. My eyelids were so heavy…Two huge wolves were swimming towards me. Nat and Reg. Relief hit me so hard it made me dizzy.Nat reached for me, biting down on my waterlogged shirt to drag me to the surface. Before he could, Reg snapped at his paws and tossed him aside. Nat rolled in the water, the ripples of his movement lapping at my steadily sinking body. I gargled, trying to cry out for help but just swallowing more lake water in the process.I didn’t understand why Reg was torturing me like this.I could still remember what Hunter had said before – that his wolf had made him help me. So why was Reg teasing me now?Dark water closed over my head. I thought of my boys with my dying breath.Then another jaw locked onto my shirt. As it tightened, dragging me upwards, I

Jane’s POV“No,” I whimpered, my face screwing up as I battled the twin flames of arousal and pain singeing my nipples, “stop.”I was hyper aware of his body against mine, of every breath he took that pushed his chest against my bare breasts. He laved his tongue over my nipples, taking one into his mouth at a time and tweaking the other between his fingertips. He pinched it. Hard.“Too late,” he growled, sliding his hands down my arms to encircle my wrists. He held them above my head, stopping me from pushing weakly at him.“What are you thinking, Hunter?” My voice came out breathless but determined. “Our kids are here!” This stupid place was too cramped for me to be able to escape him, and with every second that passed with his dick pressed against me I was losing the ability to think clearly. Every inch of me wanted him…He peppered kisses down my neck, trailing along towards my ear. He nibbled gently at my earlobe and murmured huskily, “Don’t worry, they’re asleep and it’s dark in