Chapter 2

Sara couldn't remember how she ended up leaving the mating ceremony. After the sharp pain in her chest as a result of Zayne severing the bond, all she felt was her legs leading her away, away from the bonfire, away from Zayne, away from all the stares, all she knew was that she needed to get away.

Sara pushed through the crowd, desperate to leave, desperate to breath. In her half dazed state, she realized someone standing in front of her, blocking her way. She looked up and saw Savannah and her gang of friends staring down at her sneeringly.

Savannah had been one of those who was the most hostile to Sara in the pack. Her father was a high ranking member of Zayne's council so she usually got away with everything. She had been Sara's worst nightmare right from when she was 18 when her wolf had failed to manifest. She never failed to taunt and mock Sara and it seemed that was her plan now.

"Guys, look at her, she's in tears", Savannah mocked and her friends laughed.

"No way, you didn't really think our great alpha would accept you as his mate, did you?" Hannah asked her jeeringly.

Sara couldn't reply. She blinked back the tears.

"What? Did you think you would become Luna? And we would all bow to you? You? A cursed wolfless werewolf who even killed her own parents?", Savannah spat spitefully and Sara couldn't take it anymore.

She pushed Savannah out of the way and ran. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her, eager to get away from it all. From dull stinging ache in her chest, from Savannah's words. As she ran the tears poured freely. Sara ran into the forest and finally stopped running when she felt her legs were about to give out. She crumbled on the floor and began to cry, she cried her heart out while questioning the moon goddess.

When she turned 18 and her wolf did not manifest as it should have, Sara had spent her days crying and begging the moon goddess to give her a wolf. As the years passed and no hope of her having a wolf presented itself Sara slowly let it go. Even when her parents had died before that in circumstances she herself couldn't remember clearly, she had also let it go. Now the one thing, the one thing she so desperately wanted, even this the moon goddess could not grant her. Maybe she really was cursed. Sara sat there and cried for a long time. After a while when she had calmed down, she stood up to return home when she suddenly heard a snap.

Sara turned around cautiously. This wasn't the first time she had come to this part of the forest she used to come here a lot whenever she had a lot on her mind but recently she had heard rumors that it had become increasingly unsafe because of rogue wolves. Sara studied her surroundings carefully and cautiously. There was no one. Had she just imagined it? Just as she was about to calm down, she heard the same sound again. This time when Sara turned she saw two werewolves emerge from behind the bushes. Sara could immediately tell that they were rogues. She had been unprepared and unable to hide so when they looked towards her direction they saw her standing out there in the open, shocked, like a deer caught in the headlights. They began to advance towards her menacingly as Sara began to back away. As they advanced towards her, they growled softly, sending shivers down Sara's spine. They snapped at her and Sara broke into a run, they immediately began to chase her.

Sara panted heavily as she ran through the forest.The rogues were fast catching up to her. When Sara turned around her to look she didn't see the twig in front of her, she tripped on it and landed on the floor. Seeing Sara on the floor, the rogues slowed down and advanced towards her slowly. Sara tried to get up but was brought back down by a sharp pain, she had twisted her ankle. The wolves, seeing that Sara was defenseless, growled and continued advancing towards her. One of the wolves jumped at her and Sara closed her eyes shut waiting for the pain that was to come but it never did. Sara opened her eyes slowly to see the rogues struggling with another wolf, a bigger wolf. This wolf was fiercer and by far stronger. He threw the rogues around with such ease that Sara was stunned. The wolf turned around to look at her briefly and Sara saw that it had the most piercing blue eyes. The wolf turned it's attention back to the rogues and Sara watched the fight with awe. One of the rogues seeing that the new wolf was occupied with its friend inched towards Sara. Sara did not see the rogue coming and neither did the blue eyed wolf. The next thing Sara felt was a searing pain in her leg where the rogue had bit her. Sara let out a sharp scream alerting the blue eyed wolf who immediately rushed towards the second rogue and flung him away from Sara. After the attack on Sara, the blue eyed wolf seemed to become more fiercer and angrier as he tossed the two wolves around violently before finally finishing them off. As awed as Sara was by the blue eyed wolf she couldn't really focus on the latter part of their fight as her mind was reeling with the searing pain from where the wolf had bit her. She suddenly felt very dizzy but then the blue eyed wolf began to change into its human form and before Sara stood one of the most handsome men she had ever seen. He was so well built and good looking.

As he began to walk towards Sara, she whimpered and struggled to move backwards. As handsome as he was and despite the fact that he had just helped her, this strange man exuded an intensely dark and cold aura that Sara couldn't help but be scared of him. Unfortunately with her ankle twisted and the pain from the werewolf bite searing through her, there was no way for her to escape. Sara sat there watching the man as he walked towards her, unable to move, her vision becoming increasingly blurry and her headache getting more intense.

"No....", Sara whimpered.

"No, please.... please", Sara pleaded but he didn't stop.

Sara tried to stand up but the sharp pain from her ankle brought her back down. The man stopped and crouched down in front of her. He stared at her intensely and Sara shrunk back under his gaze. Her head was now swarming and her vision had become increasingly blurry. As she swooned and fainted, she was fairly sure she heard the stranger growl,

"Mate"