***THE DAY BEFORE THE JOINING CEREMONY***Ava was on her morning run with Ethan that day, this was one of their favorite activities together. Unfortunately, Ray never joined them on their runs either because he was always busy, or for the fact was just too lazy for the exercise being the real reason, but it was a great way for she and Ethan to engage in conversations without Ray's annoying interferences. Ethan had woken her up that morning for their normal routine, they'd put on their tracksuits and headed for the road. The both of them ran for about a mile away from their house before they stopped, panting to catch their breaths. After they did, they picked up the pace and decided to race along the way. "Last one to reach the gas station is a rotten wolf," Ethan teased. Ethan had his car parked at the gas station for repairs, so after their run he'd drive them home in it. “Oh, it’s on!” Ava said as she took on the challenge and the

“How was your run? You guys came back pretty late today,” Ray welcomed as Ethan and Ava stepped into the living room. “Yes, we had to wait for the repairman to finish up, there was some work still needed to be done this morning.”“Ok,” of course, Ray would buy any story without even bothering to question. It was one of the reasons why he still wasn’t aware of the fact that his betrothed carried another wolf’s mark, Ethan thought irritably. “And how’s my precious Luna?” Ray beamed a smile in Ava’s direction before standing up from the couch to give her a welcoming hug. “I’m fine Ray,” she said, pulling away from his embrace. “Umm... Ray, can we talk upstairs for a bit?”Ethan stared at Ava; he didn’t expect that she’d be willing to tell Ray so soon. This was one of the things he loved about his bunny; never a day did he

“There’s something I have to tell you.”Ava was at it again, what was it with this thing she wanted to tell him that she hadn’t told him since? Something told him that the reason for her strange behavior since wasn’t just because of her nervousness for tomorrow’s ceremony. He wasn’t up for this now nor was he in the mood; he’d just had the most mind-blowing sex of his lifetime and he was exhausted, he needed to sleep. But this was his Ava; he couldn’t brush her off just like that even though it was tempting to do so. “What is it?”Ava hesitated; the silenced dragged for longer minutes, and when Ray couldn’t take it anymore, he said; “Ava, my love. You know me very well, don’t you?”“Yes,” Ava answered shakily. “You know the things I like and the things I don’t.”“Yes, I do.”“So, w

Ava had been in the room for a few moments now, unable to believe what had just happened to her. Why? Why did the moon goddess mate her to such a monster? What plans did her have for her that he kidnapped her against her will like this? Why had he brought her here? What would he do to her? She wondered as she paced about the room, before settling down on the floor. She had tried to open the room door before, but found out it was locked, she was locked up here like a prisoner in this lavishly furnished bedroom. What plans did he have for her? Was he going to kill her? She feared the answer to that question like a plague.  Suddenly, the door knob turned and the door opened slowly, letting in the very man she dreaded to see, her abductor, Lucas De’ Clan, the Alpha of the Dawn pack.  He took slow steps towards her as she watched him, only the sound of his boots was heard as he approached her where she sat on the ground in the corner of the room.  “

She kept on crying for hours. She cried so much so her eyeballs threatened to pop out. But she didn’t care; she wanted to cry as much as she could until she would no longer be able to feel the pain, but it didn’t seem to be working, as the intensity of the pain only increased. The tears from her eyes blurred her vision and she wasn’t able to see when a grey-haired middle-aged woman entered her bedroom holding a tray in her hand.“Oh goddess!” She squealed nearly dropping her tray after taking one good look at Ava, who looked so awful after crying for so long. The caretaker of the Dawn pack, Nani Rosalyn had been excited about the news of Lucas’s mate coming here today. Her Lucas would finally be happy after so many years of unfulfilled sadness, his mate would finally bring joy and laughter into his life, she thought. Her excitement got her busy and she’d spent the whole day gathering ingredients to make a spe