My heart skipped a beat, he was right.“You can’t just choose a mate you just met Lucian,” I replied. He could though, I was afraid it may be possible.I took a step backward and turned around, rolling my eyes like I didn't care about what he just said when it was the complete opposite. I did care. I did care that he would find someone who he would love and cherish and worship the ground she walked on. “You’re right, you may likely find a mate at the ceremony, then you would forget me forever,” I mumbled, not realizing he had heard me. I turned to leave but he grabbed my hands tight,“I’ll always choose you first Sazia. You were my first friend, the only girl to challenge me without being scared of what might happen.”He grabbed me close to him and hugged me tight. I could feel his warm embrace, his hot breath, and everything in between; it sent shivers down my spine and made me want to run my hands over his body frame and just give myself to him. We stayed like that for a long tim

Lucian's POVI was walking around, greeting some guests when I saw a werewolf coming for me.Other werewolves did not come too close to the party before changing but that one did, and we bumped into each other.She turned back to human almost immediately."Oh I'm so sorry I bumped into you," she said, full of remorse. I was now on the ground because of the speed she used to rush toward me. "That's okay, at least you came for the ceremony," I said while standing up, dusting my body."Thank you," she smiled."A thick werewolf huh, I guess you are from the El Salvador pack right?""No, I'm Ladurgal, the El Salvador has longer hair""Okay, okay, my bad. It's nice to meet you..."I reached my hands to shake her, in a way of asking for her name. "Aveo, you can call me Aveo.""Okay Aveo, I am..."She cut me off before I could say anything,"Lucian, the Alpha's son. I can see your crown, and you smell like an alpha."I laughed and reached for her hands to give a handshake again but then sta