The Rogue

Chapter 2

Estelle Juniper’s point of view:

I would say Steele and I are in a love-hate relationship, mostly hate. Even though I now know he is my mate, that doesn’t mean I like him. He does seem to like me though, every five minutes he ‘checks up on me’, I say these quotations because all he does is watch, and it’s a little creepy.

I have been staying in a big building that houses several of the wolves in the pack. Crescent Moon Pack, I heard, is the largest of the four surrounding packs. I was excited to meet my mate, but now he imprisoned me, and I am a little less excited. Even if it was only for a little bit.

Steele’s father seems very excited for Steele to have a mate, he is 25, so that is seven years of looking. I turned 23 a couple of months ago, and I wasn’t even going to try to find my mate, felt like a lost cause. Since, you know . . . I was raised by a bear and hadn’t even met another wolf until three moons ago. I was scared, to be honest.

Steele Crescent’s point of view:

I am a little obsessed with Estelle, I can’t help, she’s my mate! But, she gets really annoyed when I check up on her. Prudence, my sister, has been helping me out in making arrangements for starting the mating process. I hope she starts to like me more when this happens.

My father, Xerxes Crescent, was elated that I had finally found a mate after seven years, I think he started thinking that I would never find one. I and my father have always been close. But he has high expectations, and he consistently said that if I wanted to be alpha then I would need a luna. I finally have one.

I probably should give Estelle a break for a bit though, I told her what I have planned, and she wasn’t exactly happy. She was annoyed before, now she is downright angry. I wasn’t expecting she would be cheery, but I wasn’t expecting fuming.

Estelle Juniper’s point of view:

Now I have to go to a mating ceremony that I don’t want to go to, but I have to. I am not going to humiliate Steele in front of everyone, I am just going to have to learn to love Steele. I mean, he is my mate so it can’t be that difficult, to love my destined mate.

It is the day before the ceremony, and to be honest I am sort of excited. I never thought that I would even find my mate, and now I am having a mating ceremony. I don’t have control of my emotions.

I walked into one of the stores, which sells dresses, and all of these wolves started taking my measurements and picking out dresses for me. “Okay . . . okay! I can do this myself you know. Now stop touching me!” I swatted at them, and they stopped. It was the fifth moon of the week, a pretty good time to get mated, especially if he wanted to mark me. The full moon is on the seventh moon of this week, and werewolves get marked on or near the full moon.

Back when a bear was taking care of me all I could really do was read, and I read mostly and the mating process. Knowing that I will most likely never have a mate and wanting a mate, are two separate things. I have always wanted a mate, but I just lost hope.

Steele Crescent’s point of view:

A deafening crash of glass boomed downstairs, and the warriors guarding the pack grounds are hollering about an intruder. “Blood Moon is attacking from the north, and they are trying to kidnap Estelle!”