I had looked forward to this event. Even the arrival of Evelyn with her mate had not managed to dim the shine the opportunity to socialize had for me. This was a big event, and my sister being here just gave me a chance to taunt her. An opportunity to show her up, and to display to her mate that she was not the she-wolf for him after all… I was sure, and had been since the day of their marriage, that Alpha Lucael had settled for Evelyn because the Moon Goddess had forced it upon him. Tradition. He was an older man. Not massively older, but older all the same, and many of them believed that fated was the way to go. The old belief of the Moon Goddess choosing the she-wolf that was right for them. The one who would steer them in the right direction... blah, blah, blah. And, Alpha Lucael, had

