The last two days of my heat was easier than the first. Titus stayed by my side the whole time. The pain was bearable and I constantly took pain killers and my meds. On the last day before we had to leave, we spent the day wandering in the forest.

"So Titus when am I meeting your mom and sister because you've met most of my family except Laura," I said while we were walking the edge of a lake.

"I was thinking, since Thanksgiving is in a few days, we can host a family Thanksgiving at our house," he said. Our house. I liked the sound of it.

"That means I get to cook," I squeal. He laughs and kisses my temple.

"Let's go on a run," he says. I quickly agreed but my wolf growled at the thought. I haven't released her in awhile but why doesn't she want to shift.

I brought her forward so we could shift but when my bones broke a sharp pain went up my arm.

"She doesn't want me to shift," I breathe back. I snap my bone back into place and shook it a little to dull the pain.

"Why?" Titus asks. I shrug and she growled again.

"She's just growling at the thought of us shifting," I said.

"Well I guess you'll have to miss out," he said and shifted into his black wolf. He jumped and leaped on me. He landed on me and I was on the ground and he was on top of me. He had a wolfy grin on his face but my wolf was just not having it today.

She pushed her easy through my hold on her and I felt my claws and canines come out. She let out a growl and his wolf backed up and whimper at his females resentment.

"What the hell is happening to her," Titus says, shifting back. It was beyond me why she was struggling against me.

"I think we should go back to the cabin and start cleaning up," he said pulling on a pair of shorts. I nod and run my arm, still feeling a slight pain from where she refused to shift.

When we were packing I was thinking about my wolf and the dinner I have to plan.

"How many people are coming for Thanksgiving?" I ask Titus.

"Well Brody and his mom are coming, his dad might join. Jacob's mom and dad will come and his sister. My Mom, sister, and her mate will come and your family can come, including Tala," he said. I counted in my head and it totaled up 16 including me.

"Damn I'm gonna be cooking a lot. Y'all eat like wolves," I laugh. He chuckles and threw his last pair of shorts in his backpack. He put the bags into the car and I locked the cabin up. I finished locking the front door and I saw something sharp fly at my head. My wolf was quicker than me. She quickly took control and moved out of the way.

I fell to the ground and looked up at the arrow lodged in the door. Titus lets out a growl and his eyes became black with fury. There was no scent at all of any species.

There was a piece of paper sticking off the arrow. I reached up and picked it off the arrow and read it.

Dear Sophia and Titus,

Congrats on finishing the mate bond. Soon Sophia will be mine. Mark you calendars 3 weeks from today we'll have her back.

-R

I dropped the note and my hands were trembling. Three weeks, three short weeks and I'll be taken.

"I will do everything on my power to kill whoever is behind this," he growled. My mind flashed through memories. My eyes and birthmark had been triggers for people to act weirdly around me.

"We need to talk to an elder the minute we get back," I said. He looked at me with a confused look on his face.

"Just trust me, I think I know what I'm doing," I said. He nods and pulls out his phone.

"Hey it's Titus, do you think you can meet us at our house in an hour?" He ask. There was a pause.

"Thanks Mason," he says and shoves his phone back into his pocket. "We better start going if we're going to reach home in time." I get into the car and he starts driving before I could put my seatbelt on.

"Why call? Why not just mind link?" I ask.

"I wanted to have a little bit more time to ourselves before being bombarded with people," he says. I nod and put my hand on top of his.

"So the Alpha Meeting is next week and I'm thinking that we can do your Luna ceremony a day or two before," he brings out of the blue. My heart rate started to pick up. Was I ready to become Luna of this pack? Was I ready to be accepted into his pack? To leave all my family behind?

"If you're not ready we can reschedule it to a later day," he says when he heard my heart rate speed up.

"I'll do it next week," I said.

"You sure?" He asks. I nod and lean back into my chair.

"I love you," I whisper to him. He gives me a smile.

"I love you too." And with that I fell asleep.

I felt the car come to a stop and my eyes flutter open.

"I'll get someone to get our bags but we have to do meet Mason," Titus says when he saw my eyes open. I nod sleepily and got out the car. We walk into the door and walk to the living room. I see a man sitting on the couch.

"Thank you for coming Mason," Titus says offering his hand. Mason stands up and shakes his hand.

"It's my pleasure," he says.

"This is my mate Sophia," he introduces me. He reaches hand out and I meet it with mine.

"Nice to meet you," I say shaking his hand. He nods and we sit down.

"So what seems to be the problem," he asks starting off the conversation.

"Sophia is in danger by rouges and we think there is a reason behind it," Titus says. He nods like he was taking note of it.

"What's the reason?" He asks. Titus pushes his hand on my back to signal to show him. I pull down my shirt to show my birthmark. His eyes widen and I pull my shirt back up.

"There's also one more thing," I say. I bring my wolf forward and opened my eyes to my wolf's silver ones. Realization flooded his face and I pushed my wolf back.

"I haven't seen one in years," he says.

"What haven't you seen?" I ask. I became frantic to find out what I am. Now it's confirmed I wasn't a regular wolf.

"You're a servant of the Mood Goddess," he says. I freeze. Servant. For. The. Moon. Goddess.

"What the hell does that mean," Titus says getting frustrated. I put my hand on his arm and he became less tense.

"You're meant to keep peace in the world when the Moon Goddess can't," he says.

"But she controls everything. We all have a fate to follow," I say. He nods.

"Yes and some werewolves' fate takes them down a terrible path so you were made to set it straight. I haven't seen one like you in 117 years. He's been alive for awhile. Werewolves tend to to age slower so I'm not surprised he's seen a lot of things.

"So what does my birthmark have to do with this?" I ask.

"Have y'all mated?" He asks. My face became red with such an embarrassing question. Titus nods and his grimaces.

"The birthmark is to protect you before you found your mate. After you mate you have to protect yourself with your mate. You'll become stronger," he says.

"How will I protect myself?" I ask. He gives me a light smile.

"You'll have to see. It's different for every servant of the Moon Goddess," he says.

"Thank you for your help Mason," Titus says and stands up. He nods and we say our goodbyes.

"Sophiaa," I heard as I was walking back in the house. I see Tala running up to me with her arms reaching out to me. I see Jacob running up from behind her.

"Hey Tala," I smile. She jumps into my arms with a grin. Jacob walks up from behind her and tickles her.

"Y'all smell like sex," he laughs after covering Tala's ears. My face became red and Titus chuckles.

"Could you watch Tala for a bit longer so we can shower?" Titus ask. He nods and I hand Tala back to him.

"I'll be back soon," I tell her and kisses her cheek. She nods and goes back to playing with Jacob.

We walk to our room and when I closed the door, I was slammed on it. Titus' lips found mine and he picked me up. I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck. My back hit another wall and I pull away.

"We're supposed to be showering," I whisper to him.

"Then let's shower," he whispers.

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