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Chapter 1

Lucianna’s POV

It's impossible to contain the overwhelming joy I'm into right now. I feel like dancing though there is no music, I want to sing but I can't find the right song which left me hum and giggle every other second! If someone sees me like this, they'd think I lost my sanity.

And I feel like I will soon!

"Let's run, Ash!"

I was talking with my best girl over the phone, Ashira. It's been days since the mapping and I finally know where my mate is! He's from the Shadow pack!

Mapping is a pack tradition. Every pack in every region do it once a year for She-Wolves to locate where their mate resides.

The mate bond of females will be activated once at the age of eighteen. The Mapping is the guide for us to find our mates, then we will travel to that pack to attend the Mapping Ball.

The only party I ever dreamed to be in!

Ahhhh! Finally!

"I can't. I need to do some things."

I rolled my eyes. "Come on! I'll leave the pack tomorrow! Don't tell me we won't bond before we go? And! You haven't told me why you run off after the mapping! From which pack is your mate? You didn't say a thing!"

"I don't want to go out. Just come here if you want and I'll tell you."

I snorted. "Fine. I'll train for a bit then I'll stop by your house."

"Okay."

I hung up the call with a wrinkled nose. Ashira is no fun! Well, she's always like that since I met her. I'm the noisy type, the extrovert and she's the silent one.

Hmm, maybe that was the reason that I befriended her when I saw her at training. She's easy to be with, and she's okay with my noisiness.

I shrugged to myself.

I'm an orphan. My parents were killed in a war with the rogues when I was eight years old and the pack took care of my needs since then. I kept living alone without any guardian, but the pack constantly visits from time to time to check on me.

 I went out with my training equipment. I'm one of the best fighters of the North Region, won various exhibitions with Prime pack and Trivian pack She-Wolf Fighters Game.

Ever since my parents died, I decided to make myself strong. To improve to protect me and to fight for my pack.

"Hey, Lucy."

I stopped and looked at who called my name. It was Gamma Sol, the Alpha's third-in-command.

"Goodmorning, Gamma." I bowed slightly, showing respect.

"So you found your mate? Is he from the North?" I nodded. "Which pack?"

I smiled sheepishly, excited and proud of the person I'm yet to know, but I'm sure is worthy of my praises.

"He's from Shadow pack." I grinned and Gamma Sol laughed at my reaction.

"I can tell you're happy." he laughed once more when I scratch the back of my head. "Well, I can see you're out here to train. Don't build some muscles or you'll scare your mate, okay?." he grinned.

"Oh, I won't! I'll give him the beauty he can't resist, Gamma."

We laughed before parting ways. Gamma Sol is always like that to me. He's old and will stoop down on his position as third-in-command when his son turned twenty-one, I became close with him because he was the one who visits me often when I was young and alone.

After my daily training, I went straight to Ashira's house and found her sulking in their living room. I can't sense anyone in the house so she's probably alone.

"Hey, where's your brother?"

Cruz is not her real brother. She's a lone wolf before Beta Eric found and keep her but they treated her like their own blood.

"I don't know. I woke up and everyone's not home."

"Hmmm." I slumped on their couch and looked at my phone. Ah. I can't stop looking at the time and date. "So! Where is your prince charming?"

I could tell that my eyes were sparkling as I wait for her response. I didn't have the chance to know the result of her mapping because she ran away, shifting in the air and showing off her white wolf.

Ah! I envy how beautiful her wolf is.

Mine is the same color as my hair. A shiny golden-brown wolf but taller than Ashira because of my long-legged gift. I got that from my height from my father. Oh, damn. I hope my mate is taller than me.

Well, like I could choose, right? Whatever he looks like, he'll still look perfect in my eyes once I met him. How I love how mate bond works!

"Prime pack," she said with a bored expression. Ugh! This girl is killing off my vibe of enthusiasm!

I decided to ignore her lack of interest in the mate bond and focused on the news I just heard.

"Wow! Ash! That's the strongest pack of the North!"

The continent was divided into four Regions. The East, West, South, and North. Each region has groups of the pack and our North holds five.

First is the Prime pack, the strongest. The Shadow pack comes second where my future baby daddy lives. Oh, yes! The third is the Trivian pack then my pack, Regal, comes fourth. The fifth and last on the list is the Ravenous pack.

They have strength in numbers and skills and that's how they rate which was the strongest. Same with the Alpha.

As of now, Alpha Aiden of the Prime pack is the strongest of the North. The Alpha's strength comes from the members of its pack which mean the larger they grow, the stronger the Alpha becomes.

"I'm not interested in these mate thing."

I rolled my eyes.

"Wait until you met your mate, I'll bet you'll fall on your knees." I stuck my tongue out and she just sighed. "When will you depart?"

"The day after tomorrow. You?"

"Tomorrow is when they scheduled me. Shadow pack is farther, huh?"

Ashira nodded. Oh, sweet Lord. My energy is reducing from Ashira's absentmindedly behavior. What's wrong with this girl?

I decided to shut my mouth. Maybe she's lonely that she'll leave the pack?

Hmm…

Just when I'm in deep thoughts, Cruz entered the front door, catching our attention.

"Where have you been?" Ash asked with a low voice.

"At the Hall. Ahhh! What a busy day." he slumped himself tiredly on the couch beside me. "Hey, Luce." he greeted but he's not looking my way, just closing his eyes.

"Hi. What's up at the Hall?"

He exhaled. "Well, the Alpha of Shadow pack was supposed to visit for a meeting but he canceled at the last minute."

"That's weird," Ashira commented. Oh, so she's here, huh? I thought she's still in her other owned world. "Dad mentioned that it was an important meeting."

"It is and he is weird. I heard Alpha Jacob was about to enter the border when he backed off."

"I don't think that's weird." I need to defend the pack where I'll soon belong! "Maybe they got something important to do."

Cruz shrugged. "Still. That's inappropriate."

I pouted. Why am I even defending that pack when I'm yet a member of it? Will I see my mate on the mapping ball?

What if he's out for a mission? Nooo! Then I needed to wait for another year to rejoin another mapping ball?!

Oh, fuck! What if he died on the mission?!

No!!!

"I need to go and pack."

"This early? You'll leave the next day, pack tomorrow and stay." Ashira insisted.

"I can't! I'm too excited!" I stoop up and stopped when Cruz laughed.

"You sure can't wait to meet your mate, Luce," he said.

I rolled my eyes at him.

"What I can't wait is to have my own family. Duh."

I walked out and shouted my goodbyes when I reached the door.

It was sad but it is true.

To have my children with a loving husband, to be able to feel living in what I could call my home.

I managed to live alone all these years but it does not mean I'm not longing for a family. And since I know it's impossible to bring back my parents' life, I started dreaming of building my own family to experience the warmth of what I seemed to forget.

That's what I'm after with this mate thing.

Oh, and the sex, of course.