rine'

lled out, exci

d; the scent was sending m

my ears, breaking the spell on me, and

my chest, and a smil

the waist and pulled me

ian said, happily, "I w

and he carefully wiped

iced that I was c

" he suggested after a silent moment, "E

turned around, grabbed my makeup ba

d when I closed t

y mate, and I didn't need to worry that he would

with his arms behind his head, waiting patiently for me to get ready. He, too, looked relaxed

e lost in thought. He didn't hear m

ards me, and a smile

go before your mother sends t

closer, and Brian pu

rian didn't hesitate to

intensified, and before we knew what

voice growled over the mind lin

f in less than five minutes, I

ng for my clothes, and Bria

?" he

om

rian jumped from the bed,

I have ever gotten

g me a death glare-that was until sh

a; it is my fault

smile immediately followed on her l

second before my mot

.." she said. "Eve

ht's proceedings. A small stage was set up a couple of feet away from the bonfire. The stage wa

ia asked. Her presence h

," I answere

have our first shift... There is nothing to worry about..." She tried to reassure me.

ed, hoping it was because of the

fting?"

ea

were stuck in their transformation

st," she answered, "but the more w

s arm snaked around my waist.

ing... He had his first shift a couple of months ago,

stay by your side..." he promised. "And don'

unable to form a

ntinued and dropped his gaze towards me,

, my heart started to pound out of control in

ift!" Beta Harold Scott, my father's beta, and best friend, announced from the stage, an

ray headed man's features who

could be read in his

isted the urge to go to his side. Beta Harold was l

e stage, climbed the few st

said, and the two men shook hands be

daughter Catherine has reached the legal age of 17, which will

ent for a few second

announced, "my daughter ha

their gaze towar

anding next to me like a cat who ha

a custom in our pack that when an Alpha's pup came of age, he or she would ligh

e soon to be Alpha and Luna to

opped the torch on the stack of wo

o my side, and I turned to

ng in the flames. A pair of young wolves came to the front. They looked like mates an

s vanished into the flames, turning their backs on the heartbroken she wolf. The she wolf looked lonely and sad, but something about her tickled my interest. A new set of images app

h care, and the most dominant wolf between the three

ditional love moved through me

ing of war coming, and the three wol

d placed his hand on my shoulder, as t

ge," my father whispered. A soft

alking on this earth would be able to communicate an

I understand, but what

you," he ans

my father's face became blank, and I

ck to normal, horror an

er attack!"

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