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“Surprise, Darling” Griffin murmured into my ear as he took the plate of tacos from my hand. Allowingthe
chance to hug my sister.
“You look radiant, Kate, absolutely glowing,” | tell her still holding her tight. | miss Kate, we always knew we most
likely would end up living in different packs. With three siblings it's not really common to all find a mate in the
spack. Grandpa was lucky, he chose Aunt Alexandra ast his Beta long before he met Grandma. Before Uncle
Nic met his mate, and that Grandma wanted Nic as her beta. That is why they could stick together but it wasn’t
common. | know all three of us are happy now with our mates and lives. Dan about to beca part of the
Silver Moon pack too is amazing. He will soon be accepted into the pack, Krys and he waited forto be
accepted first.
Now it will probably be after my heat so Grffin and | can be present for it. Meaning Kate might not be able to
since she cannot travel too much when she is pregnant. Sometimes | hate how much my life and the things that
happen toinfluence everyone else’s lives too. Seeing Kate the last time, seeing her growing belly reminded
lets go ofand beams when she tells me
“From what | hear soon you will be too” This girl is the kindest person ever, even if she is a fierce warrior.
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She hates being told how kind she is, and | do not want to start more tonight. Not weighing us down with
the heaviness of everything that is happening all aroundstill. So | nod at her smiling and go in to hug Tim.
“I'm lucky that she-wolf wore a cheap dress or well according to your sister she did” He whispers making it seem
as if he knew Kate was going
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to knock the wine out of her hand.
| raise an eyebrow, and he scratches his neck awkwardly like he remembered he wasn’t supposed to tellhe
knew about it. Then | think back to what Cynthia said and how all of them kept getting in her
way.
“Guys, what is going on with Cynthia?” | ask the three of them just as Dillion walks up and hearing my word he
makes a U-turn back to where he cfrom.
Griffin is quick to grab the collar of his shirt and pull him back. “Oh no. you're part of this too I told you guys to
be subtle”
| didn’t know how to feel about the fact that Griffin had gone behind my back to deal with the Cynthia situation.
Not just doing as | asked and giving her a second chance. On the other hand, she had proved she would have
abused that second chance. And Dillion shrugging telling Griff,
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“We're werewolves what did you expect us to do?” madechuckle.
“I am happy you're not mad Darling, | just was a little unsure if Cynthia would lash out when | proposed. Since
that was a surprise | couldn't cout and ask you what we should do. So | did as | promised, | just asked Dillion
and the others to keep a subtle eye on her. Just to make sure she would not ruin my proposal. | wanted it to be a
good memory that you would treasure for the rest of your life” He had the decency to look guilty at least.
“Yeah, but the second Griffin here got down on a knee | heard her mumble she wouldn't allow this. Getting a
glass of red wine when | know for a fact this is the first tshe’s gotten a red wine ever. She is the fruity kind of
cocktail girl.” Dillion shrugged trying to play it cool.
But | could see that he was proud he had been able to helpas his friend, and as one of the leaders of the
pack and the country.
Sure they had gone behind my back a little but for a good cause, they didn’t harm Cynthia either. And spared me
from being splashed in red wine because she was a petty bitch. Griffin managed to plan my perfect proposal
making sure my entire close family including Kate and Tim were here. With the help of the others, the old me
would have gotten mad over the fact that they hid something from me. The oldwould have seen the fact
that they wanted to protectfrom Cynthia’s crazy as a sign of my weakness. Now | see it for what it really is,
all of them lovedenough to wantto have the perfect night.
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Not because they thought | was incapable of dealing with the burden of Cynthia disliking me. It wasn’t because
they figured | would not be able to protect myself from crazy either. It was because they wantedto have the
best night ever and they were able to help me.
“Well, thanks for helpingout guys, let's move to the side so | can finally cat my tacos” | told them hoping to
convey | realized what they did forand how grateful | was for it.
Going off the smiles that shotand the light banter between us as we made our way to the rest of my family,
they did. | honestly love the love and respect the Silver Moon pack gavefrom the moment | stepped off the
podium after the ceremony up till now. But it was a bit
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overwhelming and | loved the fact that | could just chill with my family
for a bit.
“Dad, why did you get so emotional when you knew Griff was about to propose? You knew we were mated
already?” | needed to know because to most wolves marriage is less important than completing the mating
process. And with a reason marking each other meant you vowed to/ yourselves, the pack, and the Moon
Goddess that you accepted one another as your fated mate. While marriage was more of a party to celebrate
your love with the pack and to make the humans aware of the bond between you and your mate. Or as much as
they could understand.
it anyway.
Being marked and being married are not the sthing. You can get divorced relatively easily. It’s just a legal
procedure, split up the asset and move on with your life: Breaking the mate bound was something
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else entirely it was near impossible. And you would not just lose your relationship and your home. You would lose
your home, and your community, and if things went south you could easily lose your life. There are five recorded
cases of wolves breaking their bond. Two of them ended up dead, after speaking to Selene | knew why it could
happen. Why not every mate was the perfect mate putting their mate's needs above their own? Still as excited |
was about getting married to Griffbeing his marked mate mattered so much more to me.
“Actually, it was something Alpha Philip said a long tago. All the signs that you and David were mates were
there from age 12” Dad started swallowing like what he was about to tellpained him
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