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Asher's POV “Alpha, you have a visitor”. Connor says as he enters my office.“Who is it?” I ask, not looking up.“Alpha Nicholas” he says. This had me pause and look up at him. Why is he here? I wonder.Just a few days ago I announced my mating ceremony at the council meeting.So what could he be here for? Well, since he's here, I might as well use the opportunity to ask all the questions I have for him.It's a good thing Raven is out with Liam, something about seeing Jessie, John's daughter.It seems she had developed a bond with the little girl, they've become so close these past few days.“Send him in,” I tell Connor. I sent a quick message to my betas.“Nicholas here”“What! Why?” Derek asks“Connor just informed me and I sent him to call him in”“What could he possibly want?” Asked Dale“Maybe it's in regards the mating ceremony” Derek says“Probably, just be on alert. I don't trust him” I tell them“Noted Asher” Dale answers“On my way to your office now.” Derek says. I don't r
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Raven's POV It's two days to the mating ceremony, I can't help but be nervous about it. Asher's out for a business meeting with Derek and Dale.I'm here sitting in the garden and wondering how everything is all going to go. The last time a ceremony was held for me was my 18th birthday, the night I was meant to shift but I didn't and that night didn't end well.What if something happens again? What if it all goes wrong during the mating ceremony?All these questions I keep asking myself. My wolf growls silently within, her way of saying she's always with me.Sometimes I feel like I can hear her speak to me, like I can hear her voice in my head, like she's protecting me.After a while, I get up and go to the kitchen to get something to snack on.Matilda clearing some dishes away and humming that same song I heard from her before.“Morning Matilda” I say as I enter the kitchen so I don't startle her again.“Morning Raven, did you sleep well?” She asks, turning to me.“I didn't, was res
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Raven's POV Today's the day of the mating ceremony. The day me and Asher will be bound together, the day we finally become one.The day I become the Luna of the Shadow pack. Nerves wrack my body, I can't seem to shake it off.Anticipation of how today's gonna be like and how it will go. I take a deep breath and count 1,2,3 then breathe out again, an attempt to calm.my nerves.I will myself to be brave and strong for today. I will walk out with my head held high, I say to myself.I've nothing to be scared of, nothing to hide either. Everyone knows I'm a latent wolf, so it's not a new thing.I just won't be able to run in my wolf form with my mate after the mating ceremony. My wolf has been oddly quiet today.That's a new thing, she hasn't said anything, though I can feel her presence but it's like she is preparing for something but her quietness is freaking me out.I try to prod her and see if I can get her attention but she ignores all my attempts.A knock on the door brings back my
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Asher's POV Pacing up and down in the hall, anticipation and anxiousness about tonight.My wolf doesn't even help me out, he just wants to claim his mate. If it's up to him we couldn't be doing all this ceremony.He only wants to claim her here In Front of everyone and send them on their way or better still take her away from their prying eyes and claim her somewhere quiet.As the head of the council, there are some duties and responsibilities required of me. Eloping with my mate is definitely not one of them.“Stop pacing like an old man, it's wearing me out” Dale says, leaning against the bar. Derek's not here to say words that can calm me down, he's out welcoming the guests, so I'm left with Dale and he's not helping.“Shut it Dale, not now” I say pointing at him “You're behaving like an old man right now. Calm down, your beautiful Nate will be down any moment from now” he says, as he downs his drink.It's too early to be drinking heavily and he knows, but I guess he's also tryi
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Raven's POV To say I'm not nervous has to be an understatement. I'm so nervous right now and the silence of my wolf doesn't help to calm my nerves. Asher keeps trying to calm me down every now and then, but I can't seem to shake away the anxiety. Meeting my brother Bryon today helped calm me down a little. Not surprised at my mother’s dismissal but my father shocked me the most.His sudden appraisal of me is sketchy, he’s only doing all that to save face and be in Asher’s good book. I caught sight of Isla earlier, staring daggers at me from one corner of the hall.Now standing in the clearing ready to say our vows and complete the mating ceremony.Asher takes my hand as we stand together in the middle, surrounded by all our guests and under the full moon.“Ready?” he says, taking my hands in hisTaking a deep breath I look up at him, giving him a small smile. “I’m ready. Let's do this”Two representatives from both sides are expected to stand as witnesses. Derek and Dale both stand
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Asher’s POVWhen I heard her scream out in pain, I was so scared. Now that we’re mated I could feel her pain and they were so gripping. My wolf howled out, clearly feeling our mates' pain.This couldn’t be as a result of the mate bond, something else was going on. I held her in my arms trying to get through to her but she couldn't answer.She was shivering in pain, folding herself up, trying hard to breathe through the pain.Tears fell from her eyes, I couldn't bear to see her in pain but there was nothing I could do. I didn’t know what to do or how to help her.I looked up at Derek and Dale for help but they only stared back at me lost.A voice suddenly says “Oh my God! She’s shifting”. This brings my attention back to Raven, I could see her change begin, shocked at what i’m witnessing right now, I slowly back away, giving her space to shift.Her father also moves back, shocked at what he’s seeing too. The entire clearing goes quiet, all witnessing something we could never have expec
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Raven’s POVI slip in and out of consciousness. I was half conscious when Asher carried me to the bathroom and cleaned me up, before laying me down on the bed, draping the covers over me.A lot happened today and I'm not ready to dwell on it now. My wolf is at peace, I can feel her sigh in contentment. Our bond has strengthened. The newly formed bond between I and Asher also pulses within me. I could faintly feel his emotions. I sense a feeling of confusion and happiness too. Probably confused about everything that happened today and happy about the mate bonds.I smile at that, before finally giving in to the unconsciousness threatening to consume me. When I wake up tomorrow, we’ll visit today’s event, but for now I just want to rest, sleep and forget about everything for now.So I do just that and later when Asher comes to bed, I snuggle up to him, taking in his scent and finally falling asleep in his arms.Waking up the next morning to the smell of bacon and eggs. My stomach gru
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Asher's POV Strolling into the office hand-in-hand with Raven to hear what my betas had to say that is so important they had to disturb me from the quality time I was spending with my mate.My wolf growls, clearly disappointed and pissed off. He's so cranky that we couldn't spend enough time with our mate.Raven's hand in mind drawing small circles on my palm seems to calm him down a bit.She looks up at me with a smile on her face and I smile back at her. She's the light in my darkness. My beautiful mate.“I'm sure it has to be very important for Derek to want to inform you immediately” she says through our mindlink.I just nod my head in agreement as we enter the office.Derek and Dale were already waiting as we walked into the office. “Alpha” Derek says, greeting me as I make my way to my seat.“Alpha” Dale says, tipping his drink at me from where he stood leaning on the window frame, with his legs crossed.I pull Raven down on my lap as I sit. “What's going on?” I ask, staring at
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Raven's POV Pacing around Asher's room, thinking of everything that was said downstairs.I rub at my temple, feeling a headache forming.What they are asking of me is too much and difficult too. How do I do that? Explain to my best friend that I turn into a wolf sometimes, that I'm not entirely human and there's a world out there that contains shifters and a lot more.That's insane, but at the same time they have a point too. I've seen the way Maya looks at Derek, the way her eyes light up when he's around her and she hears his name.This is the first time I've seen her look truly happy with someone.I don't want to ruin that, I want my best friend to be happy too.And if what Asher thinks is right, that they might just be mate then it's highly expected for her to know who he is and the kind of person she's getting herself involved with.But how she's going to take it, is what I can't tell. I don't want to lose my best friend because of this.But I know keeping this from her will n
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Raven's POV “Raven, Asher's here for you.” Maya called out to me from the door.I was washing the dishes we used to eat just now. “I'm coming.” I called right back.“She's coming, come in and have your seat.” I hear Maya say to him. I quickly finish up on the dishes and head straight to the sitting room.“I'll leave you guys alone now.” Maya pats me on my shoulders, winking at me before leaving for her room.“Hey,” I say, in greeting.“Hey.” He smiles up at me, patting the spot beside him for me to sit.I sit down beside him and he pulls me closer to him. “I've missed you.” He whispered into my ear.I shiver at the contact. “What? You saw me just a few hours ago, why miss me now?” I asked, a smile curving on my lips.“Raven, if I don't see you for just a second, I'll miss you. I need to have you with me constantly. Do you understand?” He regards me with golden eyes. I suck in my lips, nodding my head.“Good. Now don't suck your lips like that, it makes me want to do dirty that's to
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Asher's POV “So, how did it go with Maya?” I asked Derek as soon as we settled down at home. Dale wasn't in sight, saying something about how he needed to sleep off the betrayal.So it's just me and Derek in the sitting room. “What are you talking about?’ he asked, feigning ignorance. I raise my brows at him.“Oh really! Don't start with me now, Derek. You know exactly what I'm talking about.”He takes a deep breath. “Actually, I really can't explain how it all happened, because I'm still shocked over the whole thing.We were together at the club and after I got your message not to come back home I decided we should all hang out at their house.That's how we got to their house. Dale, of course added wolf weed to our drink again, saying it will be best for us to be free and have enough fun.Then things got pretty heated after that. Dale was so out of it, he didn't realize we had started making out right beside him.We took things up to the room and that's all that happened. I don't
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Raven's POV After eating the pancakes, Asher drove me back home. The door was opened when we got there.“Strange, did Maya forget to lock the door?” I wondered, looking back at Asher.“Hold on, let me.” He said, leading the way. He opened the door, shielding me behind his back.Asher suddenly stopped moving, making me smack my head on his back. “Ouch, why did you stop?” I ask, peering over his back to see what made him stop.Dale was spread out wide on the couch, snoring gently with a bottle of whiskey still in his hands and popcorn littered on the floor.My brows knitted together, “What's going on here?” I asked no one in particular. “And where's Maya?” Just as I was about to head upstairs and check for her, Derek emerged from the stairs in only pants and socks.He was shirtless and his hair messed up, his glasses nowhere to be found.He hasn't noticed us yet, still rubbing the sleep away from his eyes while yawning.“Well, good morning.” I say, startling him. My hands folded just
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Asher's POV “Wake up for me,” I whispered gently on the back of her shoulder.“No, I don't want to.” She grumbled sleepily into the pillow.“Come on, Raven. Wake up.” I said gently again.“I just need a minute or an hour more perhaps.” She mumbled sleepily into the pillow.I kissed and licked her shoulder. “It's almost noon.”“What!” She sits up at once, eyes wide open In shock.“What's the time now?” She asked, facing me.“It's 11:30 am, almost noon. You haven't had anything to eat yet.” I told her.“What! How— I mean, how did I sleep for so long? I'm usually up by 7 or 8 latest.” She shakes her head, musing over how late she woke up.I kiss her on the cheek, “I must have worn you out then, because you slept so soundly, I didn't want to disturb you.And I loved hearing those cute sounds you make with your nose.” I say, scrunching up my nose.“I do not.” She says, giving me a pointed look.“Oh yes, you do. You need to hear yourself.” I snickered.“Asher, do not mock me this morning.
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Raven's POV Seeing Asher standing in the club brought all kinds of emotions and feelings to me.At first, I was shocked and happy to see him, glad that he wasn't harmed or in any form of danger, that he was safe.Then those feelings changed to anger and disappointment. Disappointed because he just left without a word or anything.Anger, because he felt like he could leave and show up anytime he likes and demand things from me.I was livid with the statement he made while I was dancing with my handsome stranger. I was just starting to enjoy myself, letting go of all my worries, just for him to show up and ruin everything.I wasn't going to pay any attention to him before, until I saw how hard his wolf was riding him to give up control.I saw his bloodshot eyes and his fingernails elongated, I could hear the growl over the noise and knew things would turn pretty bad if I don't step in and handle it.That's why I asked the stranger with me to leave because his presence wasn't helping.
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Asher's POV “Take your hands off her now.” The menace that slithered into my voice made Raven freeze and the man with her watched me warily.I'd spoken so softly, so steadily. But, the danger was there, sending a trickle of trepidation to anyone who heard me. “Do you know him?” The guy had the audacity to ask Raven. Raven stared at me dumbfounded, the look on her face morphs from that of shock to anger.She turns to the guy beside her, places her hands on his shoulder and smiles sweetly at him.“I have no idea who he is or what he wants.” She says to him and then turns to me.“If you want to dance with me, get in line. As you can see, I'm already with someone right now.” She scowls at me, annoyance all over her face.I know she's mad at me and she has every right to be but right now, I'm on the edge, my wolf is on the edge too.Ever since I found out she was here tonight, I've been riding on the edge of destruction.I came straight here form the pack, only to see some random guy ha
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Raven's POV “Any news about them?” I ask Maya once I got into the car.Maya arrived at the bookshop not too long ago to pick me up from work.“Yes, I got an address to their house.” She answered, reversing the car out of the parking lot.“How were you able to get the address so quickly?” I asked.“Well, I asked around if anyone moved in recently and someone was kind enough and showed me the apartment where a group of guys just moved into.That's how I got it.” She says, winking at me. I shake my head at her. “Oh Maya, you're the best.” I say, smiling at her.“Should we go there now before going home?” She asked.“Alright, let's do that.” Maya drove over to the address. “This is it.” Maya points at the house before us.The house is huge, it's two times bigger than ours. Well, I'm not surprised. Asher never does things in moderation.“Let's go find out what's wrong.” She says, taking the lead.Maya knocked on the door repeatedly but no one answered.“I don't think anyone's at home.”
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Raven's POV Today's appointment with the doctor was by 10:00 am and by 9:30 am I'm still waiting for Asher to show up.Yesterday, he asked where they could shift and go for a run because his wolf is getting antsy and I gave directions to where they could go, away from prying eyes.I've not heard from him since then. He promised to be here by 9:00 am but it's 9:30 am and he's still not here.“Asher still hasn't arrived?” Maya asked, coming down the stairs.“Not yet.” I say, staring at the window for any trace of his car.“Don't worry, he'll be here soon, he's probably just running late, maybe he slept in.” She says, pouring herself a cup of coffee.She chuckles when she sees me stretching my neck at the window. “You really are so eager to see him, uhn?” She says, sipping her coffee.I turn to face her. “What do you mean? Asher has never been late before. He's usually a little too early or right on time, never late. That's why I'm a little worried.” I explained to her.“Okay, but you
