Alexia Angela Ross was never normal, no matter how much she tried to be. What was supposed to be a happy childhood was a living hell that most adults will never experience, full of death, abuse, lying, cheating, broken friendships, violence, secrets and insecurities. And that was all before she was even thirteen. What used to be an extraordinary little girl with only pure intentions turned into a teen mother that went out to bars at least three times a week, got into fights, slept with random people, couldn't trust a living soul and had a contract that promised that she would kill herself on her 19th birthday if she wasn't happy by then. Well time is running out and the broken nine year old is now a broken 18 year old. Even though she loves her kids, siblings and uncle with everything she has, they're not enough to keep her standing and Lexi can't wait until she turns 19.
Jasper Hale has been living in depression for years since the girl he loved died. He found no reason to live, even with a large and caring family to be there for him. Being forced into yet another year wasn't exactly something he was looking forward to and he feels that things are getting very close to the end of his 200 year existence. That is, until he meets Lexi. Her bright green eyes, dark sense of humor, shocking intelligence, caring nature and even her voice has given him a new outlook on life and a reason to continue to exist. It's just a tad bit difficult to love a girl that doesn't trust anything you say and will run away from the first sign of commitment.
Secrets unravel, truths are uncovered, hearts are broken, friendships are lost, tough choices are made and the future is completely and utterly precarious.
My mum always used to tell me what it's like to see your mate for the first time. She used to say that at that moment, everything around you stopped, that nothing else mattered.
And nothing else would matter. If it wasn't for the little girl clinging to my leg right now. That little girl that trusts me with her life, that beautiful little girl that made me hold on and not give up on life. That little girl, whose father is standing in front of me right now. He's my mate.
The edges of his lips curve and he looks up and down as if checking me out.
"Long time no see." Are the words that first come out of his mouth that break the silence.
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Lexie is an Alpha's daughter. She faces a hard few days and thinks a night at the club will help her get through this. A few drinks won't hurt, right? At least that's what she thinks. Yet that night will change everything sooner than she would ever imagine.
When the next day, her pack gets attacked, everything is chaos. Her mother and father are killed and her world shatters. She's forced to run away and leave everyone that she still has left behind. She thinks she has no one... that's until she finds out about another heartbeat in her body.
Raising a baby on your own is hard enough. After a few years she finally meets her mate though and it turns out she knows him after all. How will she confess that her mate is actually her daughter's father? What will happen now?
We don't live in a fairy tale where every story has a happy ending though. Real world isn't that easy...if you can call a world full of mystical creatures very real.