om. For hours, he'd been glued to his phone, his face unreadable as he texted his closes

n incoming video call. He swiped

st through the screen. "Kim, you

at. Besides, the last party was a disaster. Mace drank so m

iends were relentless, trying to drag him to another socia

a teasing wink, "you can

, shaking his head. The

. Ji-sang, the responsible Korean transplant, had led their class since high school and now at university

ed, smirking. "That girl's hot, an

tened. "I'm no

eful. "So, you're comi

d. "It's really not

nd that's final. Besides, after my parents' divorce tom

" Ji-sang and Kim said in unison,

tered. "Yeah...

called from down

lancing at his phone. "Wha

!" Mace

Kim hung up, grabbed his d

mediately started a playful struggle over who'd reach the d

n!" Kim laughed as

ot him a fr

teased, making t

d," Mr. Grey s

out. Their mother shot

Grey keeps a

eper than blood. Their parents had been married five years without children-

ld him. He'd giggled and stretched his arms wide, as i

his mate and fallen in love with a human woman-Kim's mother-who died shortly after childbirth. Khan'

erate plea. Though frightened at first, the Greys embraced Kim as their own. He had

in a deadly game. And the wolves-relentless and

exclaimed, savoring anothe

eronica, who was still frowning slightly as she ate. Mrs. Grey chuckled softly. Veroni

Grey promp

good, Mom. I might have lost today, but I'll win tomorrow

's eye, and they shar

. "Instead of brooding, you should h

s reading. Finals are coming u

my friends tonight. There's a party at scho

d social gatherings like the plague, no matter how many times she encouraged him to l

ll moon to

a confident smirk. "I'll be bac

you have a girlfriend?" she asked, trying to understa

"With his stony he

f-laughing. "No, Mom. It's ju

ened slightly. "You

in his eyes dimming just a lit

of moonlight began to silver the sky. In no time, his friends wou