Liam Forsythe was not dealt an easy hand. On the day he was born, his dad, family and their entire wolf pack were massacred by a rival. The only reason his mother even survived it's because she got into labor moments before the strike happened.
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It's been said to every single werewolf that has ever lived: we have two milestones in life.
The first is when we shift into wolf for the first time, at the tender age of 12 or 13, in some cases 11.
The second is when you find your mate.
It's the event you're prepared for your whole life. Since kids, we learn about mates as we learn about werewolf history and why, oh why do we have a deity choosing our partners for us.
There's an identity crisis that every little wolf goes through. 'I'm not the one who's gonna let someone else choose for me. I'll break the mold.'
Sure, Jan.🙄
For thousands of years, werewolves have been paired together against their wishes. It's not gonna be you, who thinks you're special, that's gonna change a millennial old tradition.
This shit doesn't happen!
And the faster you accept it, the happier you'll be. And that's what I've been taught practically since I could walk.
Of course, I have been told about the possibility of rejection. I am a man, so it's tricky when we don't learn to hear the word NO. And my parents were very adamant about it, especially considering they have a 'are you refusing your mate' banter between them.
They made it clear since Charlie and I were kids that this was a private joke and people - mates - have every right to refuse anything.
So, I have learned about it. Obviously.
I've also learned that Alphas don't get that possibility. That is any future Alpha CANNOT reject their mate, for whatever reason.
I don't care if your mate is a serial killer or likes cargo shorts, you simply can't reject them.
There's no Alpha without Luna. It's that simple.
However, though YOU can't reject them, it doesn't mean that they have to accept you. No, sir. It doesn't work both ways. They can't be forced into this.
Remember: you always need consent.
Even - actually, especially - from your mate.
By the way, what they don't tell you until later in life is that there's a third milestone for a young werewolf. The completion of the bond. But for that, you need to be accepted by your mate first.😪
I unraveled in the middle of the classroom in tears I could not control for the life of me. Junior instantly came to hug me before I fall to the floor, wrecked.
My other friends dismissed the students present so that they don't watch me as I break down. I'm utterly destroyed!
My life is over and I'm not even 18 yet!
Seriously, you might as well kill me now.
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