THIRTY-ONE"How could you guys be so irresponsible?" I was enjoying every moment of the scolding session, mainly because it was not directed to me. Vera and Danielle were getting continuously reprimanded by Cora and I sat on the couch with a pout and an innocent look crossing my face. A small part of me felt terrible for them- key word, small. Cora crossed the room again and glared at the two who were seated on the same couch. Taylor walked into the room and handed me a cup of juice with a smile before sitting too."You were supposed to be her company regardless of anything, imagine if anything bad happened." Cora threw her hands in the air and sighed. "I know that meeting your mate was exciting but you could have made it back earlier. As for you," Cora turned to Danny after lecturing Vera. "I'm sure your cousins would have been okay without you." "I'm sorry, they couldn't sleep because of flu." Danielle apologized with a guilty look and that made me feel bad for her."This is kind

THIRTY-THREEThe ride was surprisingly not as long as I had anticipated, mostly because of Adam's never-ending blabber. Cora had slept halfway through the journey, resting her head on the headrest and her arms crossed in front of her chest. Adam had made fun of her posture by noting that she must have been uncomfortable. Anderson on the other hand decided to ignore each and every comment Adam passed and kept his eyes on the road with a tight face. Only the goddess knows how he manages to pull off a straight face for that long, I would start laughing in the middle of having a straight face. It definitely would not last a whole drive.From the way, everyone's characters were polar opposites I could tell that this trip would be nothing any of us planned for. I tapped Cora causing her to stir in her sleep and only reposition herself, I tapped her once more but with a shake to it. She opened her eyes, glaring at me as if I had pulled her back from heaven to hell. "We've arrived sleepyhead

THIRTY-FIVEMy head was on one of the pillows on the bed, my eyes staring intensely at the ceiling as if it were the most interesting thing at that moment. I was in this stupid trance ever since I had the encounter with Alpha Luke. The sun had already set and darkness engulfed everything, the sky was clear of any stars and moon. It was quiet except for the voices that roamed around the house and outside too. People were still awake and wandering around. Cora had retired to bed and so did the rest of the men. I was stuck in this room with no one to talk to and with my thoughts constantly haunting me. I had closed and opened my eyes for the nth time for the last two hours but sleep would not find me. My thoughts were all over the place and the fact that I had nothing to distract me only made it intense.I straightened my body and leaned on the headboard, combing through my hair with my fingers and letting it fall to my shoulders. I breathed out a sigh and looked at the window that was c

THIRTY-SEVENI crossed my arms and continued pacing in front of Danielle's bed. I could not come up with any Reasonable explanation of my and Alec's conversation. Taylor was seated cross-legged on her bed that was next to Danielle's bed. I looked down at Taylor and she shrugged and returned to painting her fingernails. She was not being much help as she is the one who speaks the most sense. I had to do all the thinking because Danielle was caught up with helping Cora because she was the beta-female's right-hand omega. Shocked? I was too when I found out that I'm also supposed to have one, that is when I choose the one who I think is worthy. I was excited and thought of picking Taylor but she told me that she could not be anyone's "right-hand something" because she takes care of the pack house's kitchen and everything related to food. All in all, Cora was stuck tending to something and she needed Danny while Vera was all at Jaxon's house and Taylor did not want to help. I was left alon

THIRTY-NINEAfter showering, I stared into the mirror in my bathroom and failed to wipe off the grin on my face. Needless to say, the shower was soothing and helped me collect my thoughts. Jaxon filled my head more than I wished and the worst part is that I liked it and it made me giddy. The way he held me and reassured me had left me powerless, craving for more and a real mess. In the beginning, I never thought Jaxon and I would ever be in each other's presence without wanting to cut each other's throats. I never thought I would ever love the idea of being in his arms. It all seemed unbelievable and impossible. How did I find myself as Jaxon's mate?'Exactly how other people find their mate,'It was a normal thing for mates to bump into each other and discover that they are mates but this was so different. Jaxon and I were two different people from different setups and we grew up knowing different things. I would have never thought that the man that most werewolves feared would be my