_________________________ . . . "Anna," Ezekiel said without thinking. "I want Anna Krone to win." There was no change in her expression, not even in her eyes which were already empty and glassy. Only in the mate bond could the change be felt. There was no more tugging them closer. It was as if the Moon Goddess stopped trying to bring them together. For she had, because she knew that these two stubborn wolves would never come together because of a mate bond. They would come together only when they feel like it. The pairing made even the Moon Goddess question her power. How could two wolves be so stubborn? So stubborn that they were resisting the most powerful bond to ever be forged in the world. Honestly, these two made the Moon Goddess facepalm, watching their squabble and inner turmoil. . . . Noelle counted about eleven other she-wolves who would be challenging her by the mere expressions on their face while one of the elders droned and droned about the rites and rituals

________________________ . . . "NOELLE!" The Alpha dashed into the room, making the two she-wolves and the pup jump. "Zeke.." Selene hissed at him while he looked between them apologetically, his chocolate brown orbs settling down on his mate. Selene understood that the mates needed some alone time so that they could talk all of it out. It was clear as day that Noelle was extremely pissed at the Alpha while Ezekiel was just worried sick for her. "I will leave you two alone now." She said as she approached Noelle to take a sleeping Jonah from her arms. Noelle was reluctant to give him to her because he had become somewhat her safe haven in the pack though they had only spent time with each other for the four days before the duel. "Noelle." He said again as Selene closed the door behind her. "Can't we have another duel?" She turned to him, pouting. Ezekiel looked at her confused and then like she had gone crazy and then finally chuckled and said. "Do you think anyone would want

______________________________ . . . "Yo Hunter, I still haven't met your mate." Noelle decided that since she couldn't have any fun while she was in her uptight mate's office, she might as well make small talk to ward of the sleepiness she was strongly feeling. "He is not back yet." Hunter rolled his eyes. He was already missing his mate, Simon Rhodes, a lot, and Noelle had to go ahead and mention him. Again, it was not the she-wolf's fault because Hunter kept pretending that he didn't remember he had a mate so Noelle thought it was completely fine to bring the genius spy and tracker of the pack up. Noelle sighed. She really needed to make some friends. The Alpha was such a bore; all he did was work. The Beta hated her. Her mate was nice to her but kept his distance so as to not aggravate his mate. The Gamma was fun but he was always stuck with the boring Alpha because they were best friends. And these four along with Selene, John, and Jonah concluded the number of wolves she wa

______________________ . . . "Was that how it worked in your pack?" Hunter asked. She had all the four wolves' attention now. "No, I ran away from home after my first shift. Never looked back. I didn't have any contact with either humans or wolves for a good seven months after that." She said, deliberately leaving out the part where her dad took a bullet for her. They did not need to know everything. She guessed that someday she would tell Ezekiel all this, now that she was stuck with him. But right now wasn't the right time. "Why did you run away?" Hunter was persistent as always. He needed to know everything. "She grew up in a human home." Ezekiel said. "Wait, so you are part human?" "Aren't all werewolves part human?" Noelle rolled her eyes. She looked down at her mac and cheese. "But yes, I am more human than wolf." "Explains your small wolf," Hunter commented, a small snicker bubbling out. "I am not small!" Noelle's wolf screeched in her head. Noelle glared at him; she

_____________________________..."You killed a pup." Noelle said, disgust and anger and sadness dripping through every word."I DIDN'T MEAN TO!!!" He growled. "SHE GOT IN THE WAY OF HER MOTHER!" It was evident that the wolf was more than disturbed by the death of a pup by his teeth. He really didn't mean to. But Noelle was not in any mood for empathy. He was the enemy and he was a murderer."You chose that the moment you joined whatever cult this is!" She hissed at him before attacking the Elephant that was sneaking up on her.The disturbed Elephant watched as the wolf the size of a normal wolf killed the huge one effortlessly, feeling the power around her though he didn't know what that meant."I had no choice. I was born into this." He whimpered when she looked back at him.She let out a growl; she really wasn't in the mood to share any wisdom with him but if it helped, then so be it."You still have the choice to walk away, you brain dead moron." Noelle growled at him. She snapp