The Mate They Called A Mistake

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s to the servants who were trying to decorate the hall i

hite ribbons which nobody had hung. I didn't get

ders when I heard my father's boots behind me. It was obvious when I heard h

ey

ed. "F

down to my scar, and his mouth twisted in the same

over your face," he said. "You know wh

n't I attend? I'll just be sta

d, "you will be standing among the pack when it

offed to a

"Would you like to spoil the

w could my face spoil anything, Father?" I a

fect. The elders, the visiting packs – do you comprehend what this means?

e was going to say. I had heard it so

erhaps my little, idiotic brain wanted him to say it straight o

ence the Moon goddess herself cursed you with that horrible scar. So yes, cover your face. I don't trust y

ars ago with tears, arguments, and the desperate hope that only a child could have. I only want

"I won't atten

was already strolling away, already giving orders t

up. Light, non-itchy, dark gauze. I placed it over my face and

embers, all dressed in their finest and everyone had a lot of excitement. I fo

place to be. Nothing myself. " I assured myself that the sensat

of him and nothing else." The voice in my he

e because

d insignificant. I had seen him for years from a distance, at trainings, at the perimeter of practice fields, when he was close enough, laughing at something his brother said. I'd never sp

g beside him, glow

ed, a small satisfied smile on her lips as she waited for the elders to confirm what everyone in the pack a

, lifted their hands and started the star

Rhydian and Elaris, thread of pa

puttered. Fli

rumbling i

ne whispered, "Tha

her elders. "The stars prove a relationship, they lead mates to each other!"

"There has to be a mistake," she said, her voice

e will let the wolf decide instead. Rhydian, release your es

stened the clasp on his cloak, letting it fall behind him. I could see his jaw

hout the crowd. I had never witnessed a wolf essence like this come out before - not from such a powerful sou

first tow

hat it would pick her. It would suppo

her, swirling just ab

ntinued it

lose enough to brush her hair

o her. All eyes in the crowd followed the essence as it danced amongst the wo

ard the back. Tow

ard

gs I do normally to remain unseen. The essence closed the gap in one brea

ands rose immediately and I instinctively tried to grab on to

no more

ng, straight to my fath

e face, his mouth agape, everything

ey