Leah woke up the next morning in a horrible mood. She wasn’t looking forward to meeting Theo Blackwell. Truth be told, she would rather be at the café chatting with Ray. Or doing pretty much anything except meeting with Theo Blackwell. After getting dressed for the day, Leah slowly made her way downstairs and to the sitting room. By the time she arrived, her father was already in there speaking with a blond-haired man who appeared to be in his mid to late 50s. While he wasn’t the most unattractive man she had ever saw, he certainly wouldn’t be winning any beauty contests. His huge hawk-like nose and beady eyes saw to that.   When Leah started to clear her throat, Theodore’s head snapped up and landed on her. He gave her a slight smile before addressing her father. “Sir, you have a beautiful daughter.” Her father nodded, but said nothing, giving Leah a pointed look as if to say, “You better not mess this up!” Leah rolled her eyes at her father, then pasted on a fake smile for thei

Ray was surprised. He had never thought she would come up with the idea on her own. He was sure she was dead set on doing her duty and mating the other dragon. He knew unlike wolves, dragons didn’t have fated mates. So, she didn’t feel the mate pull like he did. He didn’t have a choice. Leah was his fated mate and he needed to claim her. There would be no one else for him. He couldn’t live without her. He nodded his head and smiled at her. “That’s actually what I wanted to talk to you about.” He got up and shut the bedroom door, stalling for time to think of a way to say what he wanted to say. But Leah didn't let him finish. “So, is this the plan your inner circle came up with?” Leah asked, curiosity evident on her face. Ray shook his head. “While we did discuss some possible options, this wasn’t one of them.” He sat down on the bed next to her and reached for her hand. “We just figured you were dead set on doing your duty to your clan.” Leah leaned her head against his shoulder

Leah wasted no time getting out of bed the next morning and rushing through her morning routine. She had a lot to do before this evening to prepare for the mating ceremony with Ray. She hadn’t told her father or her brothers yet, and she had no intention of doing so until afterward. The last thing she needed was one of them trying to stop her and Ray from being together. She would try to figure out a better solution to their clan’s problems later. Right now, she needed to focus on her and Ray.She wanted to look nice for Ray, so she went into her closet and picked out one of her favorite dresses. It was a backless halter dress in the color emerald green that came to just below her knees. She picked out a pair of black strapless sandals. She didn’t need any fancy footwear. The ceremony would be held at the pack field and she wouldn’t actually need shoes. She wouldn’t need clothes either, but she had no intention of showing up in front of Ray’s pack naked. She’d keep her clothes on in p

Ray woke up at the butt crack of dawn. He had a lot to do today in order to get things ready for his mating ceremony with Leah and not a lot of time to do it. The ceremony was scheduled to begin at 1pm, so no time to waste. Francesca and Dallas were in charge of decorations and setup, while Dallas would make sure their pack members were taken care of. The pack needed to be briefed on what would happen during the ceremony and the changes that would occur. A wolf mating ceremony was similar to the human wedding ceremony for the first half of the ceremony where the couple will stand in front of there friends and loved ones and recite their vows to love, cherish, and protect each other until death do them part. However, the second half of the mating ceremony is where things get interesting. Whereas in the human wedding ceremony the couple would exchange rings, this is the part where the couple will mate and claim each other with the pack as a witness to their union, and they with mark ea

Leah made her way to the clear located in the center of Ray’s pack territory and landed a few feet away from where the magnificently decorated tables were set up. There were a lot of people present already. People were dancing to the music that was playing over the loud speaker and she could see little pups running around, weaving in between and underneath the tables. She could hear their excitement as they noticed her and ran over to greet her. She quickly shifted to her human form with a smile and began greeting them back, giving hugs to the pups that asked for one. They were a friendly bunch, that was for sure. Leah had expected a small amount of reservation from the pack at first. She was, after all, a stranger to them and not a wolf. But, to her surprise, she was welcome with open arms by everyone. She received lots of complements on her dress and how pretty she was. She was really used to all the praise, so she just smiled and thank them with a blush on her face.Leah looked up