I’ve been working for alpha Marcus for a few weeks now my kids, and myself are adjusting well. I mostly just give him advice in some areas, which I think is strange; why would he care about my opinion? He even gave me my own office, I love it, even has a view where I can watch the kids play with olive. After that misunderstanding, we had, she came over a few days later to apologize, since than we’ve becomes good friends. I hear a knock in the door, “yes?” Alpha Marcus comes in looking great I shake my head I’m a widow, get those thoughts out of your head. “I was wondering if you could go over this paperwork with me for a minute?” I smile at him, “sure.” He walks the rest of the way in and pulls a chair up beside me to the desk; “so alpha Michael wants us to form a alliance with him, and with this alliance we will have the numbers we need to hunt rick down.” I shudder from those horrid memories; I still hope Nora is okay even though she didn’t help me she was taken to. “so, what’s the question?” “well he only has one request, but I need to ask your first before I accept.” I nod my head to go on, “he wants to meet the she wolf that got away, you’re the only one that has ever ran away and lived.” Bile raises through my throat I want to puke an that mere thought of everything I went through, “okay but what’s so important about me?” he smiles at me “you will find out soon enough, ready to go to the Dr?” I nod my head as he grabs my hand, every time he touches my hand my heart skips a beat, my wolf Luna purrs when he does, I wonder why? We head to the pack dr, he looks a lot like the last dr; skinny white hair a friendly smile, always makes me comfortable here. We check in I’m soon called back for some tests. The dr calls the alpha in, “well after some test, it looks like Luna is close to maturity; this makes the alpha smile. Since I was clawed, not born my wolf isn’t fully mature even though I was born with an inactive werewolf gene. Marcus looks at me, his eyes are shining “how long until her wolf is fully mature?” he smiles; “it can be early as tonight or late as tomorrow it really just depends if she’s been accepting of Luna or not considering everything.” We both nod our heads an bid goodbye to the doctor. As we walk out its now dark, “I need go home, the kids should be home now I need to cook their dinner.” He looks sad, I can say I feel the same I like spending time with him. I’m dreading for my wolf to mature, I don’t want my mate if I have one consider, I like spending time with Marcus; I don’t want that to change. Alpha looks at me, “do you have enough room for one more?” I nod my head and smile at him “of course, cass has even been asking me to invite you.” He smiles down at me as we enter my home, “cass I’m home!” cass ran downstairs, “hey, I already gave the twins an riley a bath their playing in their room now.” I tell him thankyou an start dinner, Marcus comes up behind me and starts cutting up potatoes I just washed. “you don’t have to help alpha.” He laughs, “no but I want to, and I told you call me Marcus.” “of course. Marcus.?” We all eat steak, whole potatoes, and broccoli; the kids ate every bite, the dr says that more than likely they’ll become wolves like me and cass; their already showing signs. I soon get everyone to bed, I’m walking alpha, I mean Marcus to the door when I feel my whole body go intense pain. Marcus catches me, “what’s going on?!” He looks frightened for me, “your shifting, come on we need get you out of here incase you black out!” He picks me up bridal style and runs to behind the packhouse in the clearing. I screams as all two hundred and six bones break, its more painful than childbirth! When it’s finally over, I see Marcus black wolf, his only an inch taller than me, he doesn’t look into my eyes; weird he usually stares at them? He nudges me to follow him, I follow him deeper into the woods till we come to a beautiful lake, it seems to sparkle in the moonlight. “Your beautiful, look in the lake” a husky voice says. I don’t move, waiting for him to tell me who he is. He smiles, “I’m Dante, Marcus wolf.” I smile an lean over to look at my fur; the first thing I notice I have white fur that seems to sparkle in the moonlight like the lake, I also have purple eyes, and a shape of a crescent moon that’s purple on my forehead. I look into Dante or ralph eyes, and the whole world seems to come complete we both shift back at the same time an say one word while sends electrifying tingles throughout my body; “mate!”