Chapter 2: Lorcan's Mate

It was Lorcan’s 20th birthday. As a rule, male werewolves found their mates at the age of twenty and the female werewolves only found their mate if their mates has found them and had recognized them.

Since the male werewolves had to be twenty in order to recognize their mates and the female werewolves could only find their mates if their mate has recognized them, it is important for a male werewolf to search for his mate.

He needs to go around the pack to to find his mate and if he still hadn’t found her, then he would have to travel to other packs until he finds who his mate is. 

Since Lorcan is the future Alpha of the Moonvalley Pack, finding his mate would be easy. 

Since he is the son of the Alpha, Alpha Axel invited all the female werewolves in the pack who are ages eighteen and above who still hadn’t found their mate to come to the packgrounds.

Lorcan doesn’t have to search for his mate, they just have to invite all women to come to him. 

Everyone that is invited are required to come with no exceptions. Whether you are a beta’s daughter or an omega’s daughter, as long as you meet the requirements you are required to come.

If Lorcan is still not able to find his mate in this pack, then he will have to travel to different packs where all their Alphas would certainly show him VIP treatment because he is born Alpha. 

Just like how Alpha Axel invited all the women today for his birthday, they would do the same thing in those other packs too, inviting all his potential mates and meeting them with everyone throwing themselves to Lorcan because he is an alpha.

What kind of woman wouldn’t want to be mated to an Alpha?

Being mated to the Alpha is like marrying a prince. Your life is tuned around, you gain money and power and you basically become the Queen of the pack. 

Whoever Lorcan’s mate will be would be very lucky. 

“Raven, is this okay or is this flashy?” Celia asks Raven as soon as she came out of the bathroom. 

Raven stares over at Celia, her blond hair is curled perfectly, ending just right above her chest. She is wearing an azure sleeveless crop top that hugs her waist. 

It also has a heart-shaped neckline that makes her breasts look fuller. 

She pairs her crop top with a skirt of the same color, showing off her belly. 

“Oh Celia, it doesn’t matter if you look pretty or not. Once your mate sees you, you’d become the prettiest person in the world in his eyes.” Raven answers as she folds all the other dresses, skirts, and shirts that Celia had tried on earlier. 

Raven heard a lot of stories about how the mate bond works, so she knows some things about it.

Celia sits on her bed, while Raven fixes all her clothes beside her. 

“Do you really think I am going to be Lorcan’s mate?”

Raven sighed, hearing the same question over and over again even though she always gives her the same answer as before. 

“Celia, there is no doubt that you will become Lorcan’s mate. Even the whole pack thinks that you will become our future Luna,” Raven answers, tired of answering the same question again and again. 

She doesn’t understand why her friend is so anxious. She couldn’t see where her doubts are coming from. It’s obvious that she is going to become Lorcan’s mate.

Out of all the people that Raven knows, Celia is the most likely to become the pack’s Luna. 

“I’m afraid, Raven. What if I am not his mate? What if I don’t turn out to be this pack’s Luna after all?” Celia voices out her terrifying thoughts.

Seeing how terrified her friend is, Raven stops what she is doing and sits beside her. She took her hand in hers to comfort her. 

“Celia, you are Lorcan’s mate and our future Luna. There is nothing for you to be afraid about.

Just look at you. You are the beta’s daughter, the most powerful woman in this pack, the best candidate for a Luna. 

Lorcan has also been in love with you for many years. He is your boyfriend since high school. There must be a reason why he fell in love with you. Trust me, Celia. Your boyfriend is going to be your mate.”

Celia gives Raven a smile upon hearing affirmations from her. 

Raven genuinely believes her own words. She genuinely believes that her kind best friend who stuck through her and protected her from the bullies is indeed going to be the Luna of this pack. 

She believes that not only because Celia is the most powerful woman in the pack, but because Celia is kind and she deserves to be the Luna.

Raven owes a lot of Celia’s kindness. She was a true friend to her. Raven is just an average werewolf with nothing on her name. She is even an orphan and doesn’t deserve the kindness and attention that Celia shows her.

Raven will be forever indebted to her friend for everything that she had done to her. 

“Leave this to me.” Celia stands up and continued what Raven was doing. “You should go change your clothes or we are going to be late.

Raven looked down on herself and stared at her striped shirt and jeans. There is nothing wrong with it.

 “I’m going like this,” she tells her friend.

Celia stopped what she was doing and stared at Raven in shock. “There is no way you will go there wearing that. Everybody will wear their best outfits there.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’m just going there because I had to anyway. Besides, there is no way that I’d become Lorcan’s mate. There’s no need for me to be pretty,” Raven replies making Celia sigh. 

“If you say so,” Celia gives up since Raven is right and she couldn’t argue with that. 

Raven has long been accepted that she is not special so her mate won’t also turn out to be special. As long as her mate is kind and a gentleman who would treat her like a princess, then it wouldn’t matter to her even if her mate is an omega.

When Celia and Raven were done preparing, the two left together and finally arrived at the pack grounds. 

Raven stood timidly beside Celia, following her as they walked through the crowd.  

Her eyes searched around curiously to see everyone that is invited. As always the omegas and the weak werewolves are separated from the stronger ones. 

Even though everyone is invited equally in the same are the discrimination between the weak and the strong werewolves is visible. 

The omegas mingled by themselves, while the stronger werewolves keep their distance from them. 

Even though I did not come from a special bloodline, I’m still stronger than omegas. I am what would be considered average.

Just like what Celia said, everyone wore their best outfits. Everyone were either wearing dresses and skirts, no one even skipped on their make ups including the omegas.

Amongst the crowd, only Raven wore pants and no makeup. 

The omegas must be hoping to have their Alpha as a mate. Sadly, those things only happen in the books. There is no way that an omega will be mated to an Alpha. The difference in their status and power is huge.

If it does happen, it would be a pity for a pack to have an omega as their Luna. The omega may also weaken their Alpha bloodline. 

The pack grounds look like a birthday party is being held. There are tables all around and there is also a huge buffet prepared for the invited guests. 

“Even if I am only forced to come here, at least I can eat here for free. My efforts to come here wouldn’t be put to waste.” Raven thought to herself, she is more interested in the food than who will become Lorcan’s mate

“Whoever Lorcan’s mate be, I’m sure she would be very lucky,” Raven heard a woman sigh as she talk to her friends. 

“You are right, as impossible as it could be, I really wish that Lorcan is my mate.”

“What are you saying girl? Of course everyone in this room will wish to have Lorcan as their mate.”

Raven heard them talking as Celia and her walks towards them

“Look. It’s Celia! Quiet down she is coming,” one of them whispers to her other friends in a hurry when she caught a glimpse of us. 

“Celia!” Stacy turns around and greets Celia happily. 

Celia gives her back a smile. Although they all noticed that Raven is behind her, they did not pay her any notice.

“Oh Celia, you look so beautiful,” Stacy’s friend compliments her. 

Of course she is pretty, Celia is the prettiest in this pack. 

Even Stacy looked nothing compared to her even though she came here with her pink dress and her brown hair with strawberry blond highlights. 

“Stacy, I love your new hair,” Celia compliments her. 

Stacy smiles and touches her hair. “Thank you. I also love your dress too,” she tells her with a fake smile. 

“Why don’t you join us in our table, Celia?” Stacy tries to pull her in her circle of friends by grabbing her by the arm.

Stacy is the Gamma’s daughter. She is the second best Lorcan’s potential mate next to Celia.

Celia gave Stacy a small smile. “I’m sorry, Stacy. I came here with my friend Raven.”

Raven gave them all an uneasy smile when their attention turned to her. Stacy and her friends forces a fake smile when they saw the outfit she wore here. 

‘Lorcan is looking for a mate and not a maid, is he?’ Stacy thought.

“Come stay with us Celia. Raven has other friends, right? She could go to the other table if she wants,” Stacy said before they all stared at the omega’s table. 

‘I’m not even an omega.’ Raven thought

“I’m sorry Stacy, maybe next time. Raven and I gotta go,” Celia said apologetically before pulling Raven away from them. 

Stacy felt so disappointed when Celia did not accept her offer. Just like always, Celia always chose to hang around with that dirt instead of hanging around with them. 

“Game over guys, Celia is really going to be the Luna,” one of them sighs in defeat.

“You are right, just look at her. She’s perfect.”

“She already had Lorcan wrapped around her fingers before they could even know they are mates.”

“It’s a pity that a Luna like her hangs around with peasants,” Stacy could only reply.

Raven and Celia walked towards the buffet table to get their food. Raven could feel all their eyes were on them, but she knows those eyes were more interested on Celia. 

Seeing Celia arrive, everyone felt like they only wasted their time coming here because Celia will obviously become their future Luna. 

“That is Lorcan’s girlfriend Celia.” Raven could hear their whispers.

Just as when Raven is about to take a plate, the whispers grew louder, stealing Raven and Celia’s attention.

“It’s Lorcan! He is coming!”

All the invited guests stood up excited to meet Lorcan to confirm if he was their mate. However, Lorcan doesn’t pay them attention. 

He continues walking ahead, the crowd parting as he walks over. 

“Mate! Mate!” His wolf shouts restlessly as Lorcan follows the most wonderful scent he ever smelled. 

His mate’s scent smells like midnight. It reminded him of the tranquil moon shining above the still lake.

‘What is that smell?’ Raven’s brows knotted together as she sniffed the air. 

She could smell the forest after the rain. The smell is strong and sweet with a woodsy hint to it. 

Suddenly her wolf shakes its tail joyfully. “It’s our mate!” She tells her.

“Mate.” A deep growl emanated, making Raven turn around. 

Her eyes turned wide when her eyes met Lorcan’s.

“My mate,” their wolves said in unison inside their heads.