"Oh, you have got to be kidding me!" I seethed.

Harper's mouth fell open. "Did he just say what I think he said?"

I blew out a huff of air through my nose in aggravation. "Yep."

All I saw was the word the dog mouthed, but in the end, that's all I needed to see to make it seem like the end of my world.

The word that made my life SO complicated from that point on was...







'Mate'


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Maria lives in House Crimson as one of the highest-ranking vampires of her house. The second, to be precise. It's not because she's fought in countless wars, or lived so many hundreds of years, or can make people bend to her will with a threatening glare. She hasn't/doesdon't do any of those things. She's only 17.

Her rank might have something to do with her bad@ss nature and undeniable knack for leadership, but who's to say for sure?

Nevertheless, she's only second to the master and mistress themselves, who also happens to be her aunt and uncle.

Yeah... not great leaders, those two. They're cowards who abandon their house after the first signs of an invasion. Disgraceful.

Now, Maria is left to try and fix things on her own with the werewolf invaders. But of course, there will be. . . complications along the way.

Big Bad Wolfie 

"Zach," Wolfie gridded out, looking like he's trying to keep himself from flying off the handle in front of all these people.

What the h3ll? Where did he come from?

Happy gave me a look that wasn't very true to his nickname, and then was off.

The look might have been concerning, if I didn't think I could handle anything these posers throw at me.

Or if I didn't literally walk right into what's about to happen for the sake of screwing things up for Wolfie.

Suddenly Wolfie's hand is on the back of my neck(sending sparks everywhere, as per freakin' usual), and is dragging me along(as per freakin' usual). His grip is painfully tight, and I'm having even MORE trouble than normal keeping up.

Which is crazy because, I have a hard enough time anyway, so I don't know how he's not in a run right now.

He drags me out the door and down the grand marble steps.

Chapter 9)Storm Clouds