o be like if what all Lowell had said was true and if it wasn't, then I was going to go back to even much worse torment than I had previously faced. My unea

ing and as he rose both of his arms in the air as if surrendering to the police, I noticed the ring on his finger. For the first time in my life, I found my thoughts wandering towards marriage. His wife had to be the luckiest woman on the planet. " I come in peace and I stuck to my words, Rudina." I nod and try to smile back at him. I fear it's a gruesome sight. I do not remember ever having a reason to smile and I made certain never to look into a mirror. He graces me with another one of his wonderful laughs and I find myself looking forward to the next one. "If that was you intending to smile, I can't wait to see how Volk reacts to it." He says mid laughter. I frown immediately at the mention of Volk. I never wanted to be around him or even have to smile at him, so I think of my next words carefully before I speak. "I'll smile at anyone you ask me to but not him. Please don't make me." A wave of sadness washes over his face and I fear I may have not chosen the words well even after thinking I had thought it through. I am about to apologise when he begins to speak. "No one would make you do anything you do not want to anymore. You are to be our Luna and the woman with the greatest power in our pack. Your Alpha is the strongest wolf the world has seen." He states. The gravity of his words makes me almost lose my footing. I do not need a translator to understand what he had said but all of his words sound wrong. Myself, a Luna! It could not be. A Luna was the mate of the Alpha and they always stood above all other women because they possessed strength and confidence, two things that I lacked the most. Before I could utter a word, Lowell continued to speak. "Rudina, don't look so mortified. Volk is a good man and he would make certain you are never harmed. He would care for you. You both just need time." The blood completely drains from my face and before I could finish processing Volk being my mate, Lowell grabs me and starts to run. " I heard sounds coming from a distance. They might be too distracted now but after their hormones calm down, they would sense us." He was moving too fast and the air