rthday, s

arents standing at the foot o

ied, stretching out

e and hugged me. "I love you, too, baby."

ild, and they raised me

head. "Nana Gloria se

ion of my sweet, but

e candles, and brought it back to my b

rl, I'd always wanted a sibling to play with and talk to. Sometimes I would hint to my folks that I would love a brother or sister, but they w

re ready, snug-bug, because yo

bed while they each gave me a kis

ick shower and changed into my uniform, which was a navy-blue skirt an inch below the knees

ly connected flashed on my text screen with the caption, "Happy birthday and make sure to make sweet love to your ma

friend," said my wolf

could hear her like she was standing next to me. This means she had developed a sense

illing me with her gladness and excitement. "I bet he'd

e, so I didn't have time to meet with Gia and Cora before classes. At lunch, I had to go to the office of the

move to the territory of other packs, even for university, while Cora i

ded her from moving to other packs while Cora wants to

y Bir

in excitement, crushing m

on Gia, whispering

d, she pulls away, giv

ora to rece

this one made me wait," she says while rolling her eyes at Gia. "Bu

joy, but I can't,

ow their eyes

man, I've got a French a

h, you dork, y

nky in the multiple choices sect

t friends l

"Nerd alert. Okay, f

ngue out at h

ly hitting my face. "Whatev

our big dinner since the Alpha needed them both urgently for a meeting. I replay the scene from Frozen o

d I have done zero studying. Good luck get

nd pull. "Damn it, I should

t like I'm dying of boredom. But the voice on the other line was not Cora. It wa

car. I know my dad is going to ground me for driving with no license, but my friends need

eir tiny pictures in the locket hang

idence. I drive up to the corner and find them sitting on the curb next to a

g possessively into a guy whom I hope is her boyfri

my fashionable ski jacket. Because of my werewolf genetics, my body tends to run a little hot, so when the t

urdered in some dark alley made me forget t

f my feet. The scent is making my head swim even as Alera yips in excitement. As I approached my friends and the

smell by sniffing surreptitiously around my immediate surroundings. Sure, I'm hanging out with we

g in my head. "Holy shit, what is g