Chapter 62HardinMaybe it was the way Camila's eyes were bright with life and Jasmine's with joy. Maybe it was the way it looked like oxygen had finally reentered my father's lungs when he saw that Camila had gotten better. But I could not stand it for obvious reasons. It did not mean that I hated them, well that was exactly what it meant, did it not? I was so jealous of the fact that my mother had not survived it. Because if she had, she would still be here, smiling at me, holding my hand and chastising me for being so uptight and irritable. If she was here, then maybe I would not be as unhappy as I was. I needed to leave. The talk of celebrations were getting to me and even though I had contributed my part to ensuring that Camila was well and she had shown her gratitude over and over again, I did not have it in me to participate in a party. Not when every time that I saw Camila on that bed, I remembered the desperation that I had felt everytime my mother deteriorated instead of

JasmineMy vision felt blurred as I stared at myself in the mirror. I felt confused and angry at the same time. Why did he have to continue taking advantage of me that way? It had been weeks since the incident but somehow, I wished that Hardin had actually changed."It is probably not happening,” I muttered out, rather sad, and took a piece of tissue to clear my nose. I washed my face in an attempt to somehow free my emotions and then I walked out from the bathroom.I needed to think up something. Hardin didn't understand the consequences of what he had done. I did not want to care if the full moon effect took a toil on him. There was nothing that I could actually do, it dawned on me. And as I tucked myself into the duvet trying to sleep, I hoped that somehow I was going to forget that Hardin had released into me that night, and that I could not take any pill to prevent whatever effect that might arise as the last thing that I wanted to do was to visit the pack doctor to get pills.

Jasmine"You did great today, Jasmine. You don’t have to look so down. It's progress." My instructor said when she saw the disappointed look on my face and even though I nodded in response, walking to the tree to grab my bottle of water and towel to wash my face, I could not help but feel a very large sense of sadness because I knew that I had been so close to shifting. I had felt it in my bones and in that split second, I had transformed, and even though it was not even completely, I had seen the claws. I had felt my sight sharpen, I had felt everything around me change, my sensations heightening and then before I could blink, it was gone. Like it never even happened. "You did good, Jasmine." My instructor said again and she smiled as she came to sit beside me where I was currently seated, at the foot of the tree. "How do you get over something like this? How do you continue to not give up hope? I was so close and now it felt like I had only imagined everything." I said, my lips

Chapter 68JasmineIt felt like the whole world had collapsed on me after hearing Hardin say those words. My eyes widened in horror and when I looked at my mother, she looked like she could not even believe what she had just heard. Well, that made the two of us.A slut. Hardin had just called me a slut right in front of my mother and it felt like every moment that I had actually thought there was something there, that he was more than this bully, this asshole, that he was just someone that was struggling with his pain and needed to be heard, it felt like those moments were a lie. This was the real Hardin. This was who he was. This was what he was capable of. He was nothing but a dick. "What are you talking about, Hardin?" She asked, her voice calm but shaky as she struggled to grasp the words that had been used to describe me.Hardin merely looked at me, his face filled with disgust and stormed upstairs as fast as he could and I heard the door to his bedroom slam shut. My mother t

Chapter 70Hardin I walked down the stairs behind my father and everyone clapped and cheered. The whole place was filled with different influential people in the pack and from other packs. I glanced around fleetly and tried to see if I could catch the scent of my mate from afar but there was nothing. Where was she when I freaking needed her!? And she was going to put both our futures in danger if she didn’t come today, as in, tonight. I wasn't the kind to actually be dedicated to one chick for so long but just to have her for my wolf and to get that title, nothing more and nothing less. "I thank all of you for coming today to honor my invitations. I hope we all have a wonderful evening, please do enjoy yourselves." My father said and everyone clapped and cheered again. As everyone took their eyes off us, he looked back at me and I got the cue to get to the searching business. He walked away with his beta and omega and a sigh escaped my lips as I walked towards Alex and Sandro wh