“Are you ready, son?” A small smile shaped my father’s lips. He asked this as soon as we reached the entrance to the area where the celebration will be held. The very same place where Bridget and the others had theirs. Tonight, there are five of us who will shift for the first time. And if we’re lucky, we might also meet our mates. The perfect partner that is given by the moon goddess to each of us. I haven’t really felt great these past few days. All I have is worry, and maybe a little fear for what is to come. And to answer my dad’s question, ‘No! I am far from being ready!’, but I can’t tell them that. I don’t have anyone to talk to about these concerns. Because I am convinced that what is happening to me just ain’t normal. I haven’t heard of anybody who had a mate with the same biol

