Agape (Under Editing)

Chapter 3: Transition

*Crymson*

As soon as I hugged Storm, everything felt right with the world. It seemed like nothing had ever changed between the two of us. When he walked out of the room, I waited a few seconds before letting out an excited squeal.

Storm didn't hate me, and in just two days, he'd be inheriting the title of Alpha from his father. Everything was honestly perfect. I walked out of the sun room with a stupid looking smile on my face.

"Woah... You can smile? I didn't even know that was possible," Ivory said. I could tell she was happy though. Smiling really wasn't something I did too often. "Mind your own business, weirdo," I responded, with a small eye-roll.

Ivory did nothing except laugh and it did nothing except cause me to roll my eyes again before going back up to my room. Once I closed my door, I did a small happy dance and collapsed on to my bed with a content sigh.

Then, I got to thinking. Most people found their mates at 18. Storm was 20, very close to being 21. Did he bring home a mate? No... that couldn't be the case. He would have definitely told me.

So that meant one thing. If his mate is in our pack, or any of the three packs surrounding us, he would most definitely find her at the ceremony. More than likely, if she was in our pack, she was still under 18, otherwise, he would have already found her.

When he became the Alpha, his senses would heighten, and he would be able to detect her, but she wouldn't be able to until she was of age. It was kind of weird, in my opinion, but who was I to question our basic nature.

What if his mate was someone really mean? Or someone who will never actually fall in love with him? Or even worse... what if he doesn't find a mate at all. That would be horrible. I just know that his heart would be broken if he didn't find his mate.

It is very common for people without mates to get depressed. A lot of them end up getting sick and passing away from the intense sadness they feel. I would hate for that to happen to Storm.

I shook all of the negative thoughts from my mind. There was a mate out there for Storm. I was sure of it. Hopefully, she is already a member of our pack. I hate the idea of taking a girl from her home, but since Storm is an Alpha, there will be no other choice.

Plus, there was also the chance that she would be super awesome and would become my new best friend, so that was something to look forward to. Either way, I would be happy for Storm once he found his other half.

Two days later

As soon as my mom shook me awake at the buttcrack of dawn, I could feel the excitement in the air. More so than that, I could tell that today was going to be hectic, for sure. There was a lot to do on my end to prepare for tonight.

Even though my friendship with Storm had just been re-established two days ago, he was adamant that I was treated as his family during the ceremony. At first, he wanted me to stand with them in front of the whole pack, seeing as how close we were, but I strongly protested.

It wasn't that I was embarrassed to be next to them, because that was as far from the truth as you could go. I was genuinely honored that he thought that highly of me, even with the six year gap where I didn't see, nor contact him.

The main reason I refused was because I was nervous. I was never good with big crowds, and being in front of hundreds of people would kill me internally. So, we both settled with me being in the front row, since it was where the most important people sat during any official werewolf ceremony.

I was still sort of against that decision, but I agreed because he was my friend and it would make him happy.

It did still put a bit of pressure on me because now, I was expected to dress nicer than I would have if I was just sitting in the normal crowd with my family. It was a formal event, but there were very different standards for people in higher positions.