When Emma was younger, everything was just perfect. She had loving parents and a younger sister. Her childhood sweetheart was the future alpha of their pack and it was assumed that she would be his mate and their next luna. At first glance, it was a wonderful childhood. All changed when Emma turned twelve and everyone found out that she was not a full-fledged werewolf, because she could not connect to her wolf nature. This meant, among other things, that she could not turn into a werewolf or connect with the other pack members. It also meant that Emma had no mate. She was shunned by her pack and her family. Her sister avoided her and the one who was to be her second half pushed her away. This all happened because everyone thought she wasn't enough. However, on his eighteenth birthday, the future alpha discovers that not everything may be as doctors claimed, and that there is a reason why he could never fully suppress the attraction he had always felt. And what happens if he decides he doesn't want a mate who can't live up to his idea of the perfect woman. What will his choice cause? Will his refusal mean the end for Emma, or will she manage to survive and rise from the ashes? And could there be someone else, someone who didn't even hope to be lucky enough to find a mate? Someone of royal blood, perhaps? ------------------------------------------------------------- I was about to pull back, feeling a little pang in my heart because of his rejection, when suddenly his arms came back around my waist and I was heatedly pulled against a hard chest. His soft velvety lips immediately moved against mine, sending another electric shock through my body, but somehow concentrating in my abdomen and leaving me aroused more than before. His hand came to my neck and pulled me even closer. This made me deepen the kiss, allowing our tongues to meet, which earned me a satisfied growl. While most of my attention was on our lips sharing a passionate kiss, I didn’t fail to notice, that in the meantime his other hand went on an exploratory expedition to the south. It was caressing my knee, his touch gentle and light as a feather. Then it began to slowly move up my thigh, sending shivers to my spine and leaving me almost breathless. When he touched my inner thigh, I couldn’t help it anymore and I moaned loudly. He probably took it as an encouragement because in the next moment I felt his hand lightly touching my...

However, Julian stopped concentrating on her the moment a boy emerged from the last, black, elegant and much less conspicuous car. His whole visage screamed trouble. His black, slightly wavy hair was cut short at the sides and was left longer on the top of his head, styled into an obviously intentional dishevel. His eyebrow above his right eye was pierced. If it weren't for his car, nobody would probably guess, unlike with the others, that he could buy the whole school and its teacher just to skip afternoon classes. When he turned, Julian saw that he was gorgeous. And when their eyes met, all he could do was gasp. The new guy’s gaze did not linger on Julian and continued to explore and seemingly judge his surroundings. But even though they only looked at each other for what was maybe a hundredth of a second, Julian felt petrified and couldn't move. Jasper Lavine. What is he doing here? ------------------------------- Julian has never been lucky in life. His family situation went from bad to worse. He grew up with his grandmother. They often had little to eat, but at least he felt loved. When his grandmother died, he had to move in with his mother and father. At that time, the abuse began. Never physical, but always very painful. Never really visible but always there. But it wasn't all bad. Julian had HIM. They met when they both started elementary school and immediately became friends. Polar opposites, but still always close to each other. One would say that they were like night and day. Very different, but one would not exist without the other. HE, unlike Julian, was from a good family, always well dressed and nurtured. Julian had none of that. But back at that time, they didn't see it that way. Julian was there for HIM whenever the pressure from his parents became unbearable. HE was always there for him, when no one else cared. As their friendship grew, Julian realized that his feelings were slowly transforming into something warmer than a friendship, something delicate and beautiful. But he would never admit it, because Julian knew HE would never feel the same way. He didn't mind. Even a platonic love can be beautiful. That is, until the day five years ago, when HE disappeared without a word. His family moved out and Julian never heard of HIM again. No message, letter or a phone call. That's why it was such a shock for him when on the first day of school the familiar, dark green eyes pierced through him once again.

"Well this fucking sucks. I don’t like to swear, so I don’t do it very often. But since I don’t have any other words to describe my situation, yeah, this fucking sucks." Finn has been in love with his best friend, who also happened to be a wolf shifter, for as long as he could have remember. He thought his infatuation was very onesided, so when Anthony rejected him out of the blue and left him without a second look to deal with the aftermath, well lets say his whole world got turned upside down. Ad to it the humiliating realisation that almost everybody in Tony's pack knew of Finn being the young Alpha's mate and you have the recipe for perfect personal hell. Depressed and scared of loosing the only home he has ever known, Finn's life seemed to take a rapid turn for the worst. So when he stumbled upon a rather big injured cat that turned out to be a young cheetah, with his new "what the hell do I have to loose" attitude, he decedes to try and cure the deadly feline who happened to watch his every move with the utmost curiosity.