Ava’s POV Just like the day I had fainted, I was wonderfully and magnificently dressed, but this time, it was no longer an introduction to the pack; it was now a mating ceremony. Honestly, why we have to hurry to do this mating ceremony is what I do not understand, at least I had agreed to be his Luna. So why do we have to rush? My heart raced faster against the walls of my chest as I walked down to the palace, with my hand locked with one of the controversial elders in the pack–elder John, and his son Jack, who served as a guard to me all through yesterday. “If she escapes on your watch, no matter your position or whose son you may be, I will skin you alive!” Alpha Grindley had threatened Jack so badly yesterday before leaving, sending more fear into me. Since my parents are dead, no

