AMBER POV
Whatever I might have said about my eighteenth birthday being the best, I take it back. the day I thought would be the most amazing birthday ever. But boy, was I wrong! It turned out to be the absolute worst. You see, Lucas, the guy I thought was my mate – like, destined soulmate and all that jazz – well, he was also Vanilla's mate! Vanilla, my best friend! And get this, she's human. It felt like a repeat of what happened with my dad, a wolf falling for a human. They'd been together for a whole year! He wouldn't even look my way.
Heartbreak city, population: me. I found myself on the school rooftop, clutching the lunch my dad had packed. I let out this huge sigh, like I'd been holding my breath for ages.
"Calm down, Amber. Take a deep breath! He must have a reason," Brenda, my
