CAULDER
The bell for the end of the school day rang, and I waited in the hallway for Harper to emerge from her classroom. I leaned against her locker, waving and saying hi to all of the students passing me. Today almost everyone stopped to wish me a happy birthday. People made a point of wishing the future alpha a happy birthday, because they knew one day I would be in charge of them all. I didn’t care about them today, though. Normally, I was a social butterfly, which easily made me one of the popular kids at school, but right now there was only one person on my mind.
The moment I saw Harper, my body lit on fire. I wanted to run over to her and wrap my arms around her, but I had to play it cool. She couldn’t feel bond the way I did. She wouldn’t feel it for a few more months, and she d
