A/N- I apologize for the delay in uploading. On January 24, 2022, I lost my mother in law. She was home on hospice and transitioned peacefully surrounded by my husband and I. This has been a very emotional time for me, but I am trying to get back into the swing of thing. Please be patient with me.
We all walk out of the house and head to the venue for the party. The party is at the banquet hall of the pack. It is an enormous ballroom. We have hosted many parties over the years in this hall, both for our pack and for the werewolf kingdom. We are centrally located and large enough to host official events when needed at the request of the king. Our pack is closely aligned with the royal pack. I think it is mainly because of my ancestor that came to help the alpha’s ancestor start this pack. My ancestor came from the royal pack. He was the second son of the royal gamma and the chosen protector. I don’t know why it went with the second born that year. The moon goddess had her reasons. My family is still connected to the royal gamma line. We are cousins.
We arrive at the ballroom and are immediately escorted to our table at the front. We are in a place of honor since the party is celebrating us. Our parents are seated just off to the side of the stage.
I was relieved to see that Trevor and Shana have not arrived yet. I place myself between Mona and Ben and Talia and the Twins. On our side of the table, Ben is on the outside, Mona is next, me then Drew, then Talia, then Sam on the other side of Talia, there will be no way Trevor or Shana would be able to sit next to me. Since Ben is on the end, they will have to sit on the other side of Drew. Hopefully, Eli and Nathan will get here before Trevor does. It’s like the moon goddess heard me. Nathan and Eli came in soon after I got in my seat. Now Trevor will be on the opposite end of the table from me. There is only so much of him I can take without letting Tamaska take over.
The alpha opens the party and tells everyone how excited he is that we have all finally become adults. The other parents also share their joy at having us grow up together. After all the parents speak, the alpha opens the floor to dancing. He and Luna share the first dance and then everyone else starts dancing. Ben and Mona are the first ones to dance. I made sure Mona left her shawl and bag at the table so no one would try to get in her and Ben’s seat while they were dancing. Mona understood why I asked her to do that. The twins took turns dancing with Talia. Everyone is having such a good time. I love seeing all of my friends happy. After the first couple of songs, one of the new warriors, who is close to me in age, asked me to dance with him. I was more than happy to oblige. He told me he hoped I would be his mate. He has not found her yet. I told him to keep looking and not give up. He is an excellent warrior. The moon goddess will honor his commitment and sacrifice. He will find her soon. I can feel that it will happen soon. I don’t know how I know, but I can feel it.
“Thank you, protector. I appreciate the dance and the encouragement.”
I looked at him, surprised. “How did you know?”
“Your mark is glowing through the hair.”
“Oh.” I said, “you are welcome.”
He takes me back to his seat and leaves with a smile. I am glad for the encouragement I could give him. He has a pure heart and deserves it. Wow, where is all of this coming from? I am seeing things about people I could never see before. Everyone’s Aura is glowing in different colors around me. I guess that is what the council members were talking about when they said I would come into my powers after I turned 18.
I guess my warrior told his fellow warriors about me. I have not had a shortage of dance partners since the first dance. All of them wanted to first see if I was their mate, then wanted to know if they will meet her soon. For some, I could get a sense that it would happen in the next month or two, but other would have to wait a little longer, but it would happen.
After about the 10th or 11th dance, I took a break and returned to my seat. I saw Trevor walk in while I was dancing. He has been parading Shana around the ballroom. I was worried when he went to our parent’s table, but my dad kept his cool. Now they are at our table. He keeps watching me to see if I am watching him. I looked at him once, but that was because I wanted to see his aura. I guess I wanted to know if he was completely cold or evil. His aura seems muted somewhat. I do not know what that means. The only thing I am getting from him is that he wants to provoke me. He has been going out of his way for me to notice him and Shana together. Sorry to disappoint him, but I just don’t care.
I decided that break time was over. I looked up and made eye contact with one of the unmated warriors, and that’s all it took. The revolving dances started again. At one time, Trevor came to the dance floor with Shana and got very close to where I was dancing. I just kept talking to the warrior I was dancing with. He is really a funny male. I think I might recruit him for when I go on my mission soon. I can tell he is strong and very loyal. I want to train him to be on my protector guard. That guard will have warriors from all the packs in the kingdom. That way no one pack will protect the entire kingdom or get weaken when my team is called away to fight. I actually danced two songs with him so that I could ask him about training with me.
As he returned me to my seat, he let me know that he would be honored to join the protector guard if alpha approves. He also let me know his name was Jonathan Peace. That is great. I couldn’t help smiling at that. He bowed his head and walked away. I will definitely talk to Alpha Connor about warrior Peace when my training begins.
I got comfortable in my seat to let my feet rest for a minute. There were still a few warriors waiting to dance with me. I know none of them are my mate, but if I can give them hope about meeting their mates, then I have done my part in keeping the morale of the unmated warriors up.
I must have been enjoying myself too much, because I let my block down enough for Trevor to link me. He had the nerve to tell me to stop whoring my self around with all the warriors. Hump. He says that’s all the warriors want from me. He is such an, ugh... I can’t even find the words to describe him. Here he is parading someone around who is not his mate, and he is talking about me. I just ignored him and kept enjoying my night. Soon after he linked me, I was back on the dance floor. I really had a good time hanging with the warriors.
After a couple hours of dancing, the alpha announced dinner. We had the option of steak, chicken, or fish. Most of the guys got two meats. Me, I got a steak, medium well. My steak was so good. I didn’t really pay attention to what the others were eating.