Chapter 3

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They give us time to go home and get in our mate matching dresses.

Mine is a beautiful, vibrant red with a heart neckline and it flowed down like a ball gown from the end of the corset just above my hips.

I pin my hair up to a messy yet neat bun. Allowing to small strands in the sides of my red come down in a tight wave.

My makeup was natural with winged black eyeliner.

I look one last time in the full length mirror before saying goodbye to my parents till the ceremony.

The long, white limo is waiting for me in the driveway. The pressure is on. I'm gonna get something I don't want. Nor do I need.

What people don't get in the werewolf world is that people don't need a mate. Yet, werewolves think it mandatory. They need one to survive. When really, some of us don't want or need one.

That's why they made the Mate Matching Ceremony. So people have no choice what so ever.

I get shocked because the limo stops and I jerk forward and almost fall.

"Hey! Watch it!" I yell.

"Sorry ma'am. The driver in front of me needs to get his license checked." The driver replies.

I hop out of the limo before he can open the door.

"I got it." I say with attitude.

He steps back and I walk away into the Round Hall Center. Where are the ceremonies, announcements, meetings, and council meetings are held.

I find my family name on the table we are assigned. Number 23.

I sit down and wait for everyone to arrive.

After about an hour, parents and other family members begin to pour into the hall.

The mayor, Elisabelle Rawthin, taps on the microphone.

"Attention, attention everyone. The Matching Ceremony is beginning now. We will go in alphabetical order by last name. First, Bellina Atkins."

Her mate shows up on the screen and she meets him on the other side of the room.

We divide the boys and girls. Girls on right, boys in left. After you meet with your mate, the girl will pack her things and move into her new pack house.

I'm waiting there for another hour before my name is called. I stand up.

I look up at the big screen as it shows a picture of me.

After that it changes to my mate. But wait, the screen is split in two.

There are two boys.

Two mates.

Mason James and Blake Smith.

Oh my God.

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