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CHAPTER ONE

Runaway Mate 1

Her Possessive Alpha: Tale of A Broken Wolf

Her Possessive Alpha: Tale of A Broken Wolf

“Hello! Earth to Ava, hello!!!” Nicole didn’t know what was going on with her friend today, they had just been served their meal, and she knew something was up when the usual food lover didn't dig in the minute the waiter placed the tray in front of them.

She snapped her fingers multiple times in her face to call her attention, but Ava wasn’t listening, neither is she focused on anything Nicole is saying, all her concentration was placed on the young man who just walked into the restaurant: her mate; and yes, she’s meeting him for the first time.

Nicole’s eyes followed in the direction Ava was looking, she found it strange that her friend’s eyes had been pinned in that direction for a good number of minutes and she wondered what was up. When she saw who Ava was looking at, she understood exactly what was happening. It’s Ava’s 18th birthday of course, and Ava is experiencing the mate bond. This landmark is usually common for she-wolves to meet their mate, that’s why Ava’s eyes had been glued on that man for so long, and his eyes had been glued on hers too.

Nicole couldn’t have been happier for her friend, everyone was worried she wouldn’t meet her mate on time, but now here he was; she would have the chance to reject him before the joining ceremony and then she wouldn’t have to worry about her mate anymore when she is introduced as the new Luna of the moonlight pack, with Alpha Ray, her betrothed standing by her side.

“What are you waiting for?” Nicole threw the question at her friend, but Ava still wasn’t listening, she might have been better off talking to a mannequin.

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The mate bond, Ava always knew she'd experience it one day, the very day she'd find her mate, but she never expected that day to be so close, she never expected that day would be today, she'd always thought that when the day came, she would be prepared for it; for rejecting her mate but she clearly wasn't, not with the shock that burst right through her the moment she saw Lucas. That very moment he stopped in his steps as they both began to experience the most powerful force; the only attraction in the world that can never be felt for a different person besides your fated, the only feeling greater than love itself; and he felt it too. She'd read in the past that no matter who you ended up with as a wolf, the attraction that overflows in your heart due to that powerful mate bond lives within you forever.

And as she saw him for the first time he walked into that restaurant in Bandera, the small town she’d visited, their eyes collided into each other's suddenly and none of them could look away from each other for even a split second, even from the distance between them, she could see his face and observe his handsome features clearly as he was standing across the room watching her too. It suddenly felt as if everyone and everything surrounding them had disappeared, and it was just the two of them there imprinting on each other for the first time. In the normal werewolf world, meeting your true mate for the first time, the one the moon goddess has paired you with, was a good thing and something worth celebrating, because from that moment onward, your life would never remain the same as you would no longer live as one person, but as the other half of a romantic union formed from high above, a perfect union destined by the moon goddess herself. But for someone like Ava Maynard, the future Luna of the moonlight pack, who had been groomed her whole life to be with someone else, someone who wasn't her true mate, the Alpha of the moonlight pack Ray, meeting her mate was not something to be happy about.

‘We have to do something,’ her wolf Layla called out from within her, and that’s when Nicole’s words started sinking in.

“Hello!!!” Nicole called out.

Ava suddenly jolted up from the chair, what should she do now? She wondered, why did going to reject her mate seem so difficult? Why was she feeling this sudden attraction for him? Was this supposed to happen?

‘Ava, you have to do something now!’ Layla repeated, she could tell by her shaky voice that the mate bond made her wolf uncomfortable too.

An idea then dropped into her mind; not a very clever one, but worth trying. This was going to be one of the hardest things to do; running away from your mate was like a piece of metal trying to pull away from the magnet it clung to, or running away from the warmth that shielded and protected you to face the death cold winter. It would be painful, almost impossible in fact, and somewhat hopeless because she knew that at some point, she'd cross paths with him again; the mate bond always made sure of that. Oh well..., she would cross that bridge when she got there, but for now she had to get away.

She grabbed Nicole’s hand much to her horror.

“What do you need me for?” She asked Ava vexingly, and a bit scared of whatever was going on in that head of hers.

“Let's get out of here,” Ava begged.

Upon seeing that Lucas started striding towards them, Ava didn’t think twice about it. She pulled Nicole up from the chair to stand and started running in the opposite direction, everyone in the restaurant stared at the crazy lady running and grabbing her friend’s hand in hers but she didn’t care, she had a bigger problem walking towards her, and she needed to get away from him, from all this; no, she wasn’t supposed to be feeling this way, she couldn’t reject him feeling like this.

“What's wrong with you?” Nicole was already beginning to lose her temper, and then she stopped and yanked her hand away from Ava’s.

“You're not supposed to be going this way, have you forgotten what you're supposed to do when you see him?”

Ava knows very well what she's supposed to do, but she never expected it to be today, she never thought she’d be this unprepared, and she certainly wasn’t ready to reject her mate now.

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CHAPTER TWO

Runaway Mate 2

Ava knows very well what she's supposed to do, but she never expected it to be today, she never thought she’d be this unprepared, and she certainly wasn’t ready to reject her mate now.

She saw that Lucas was almost close to them; he had paused for a bit when he saw her running away.

“Let's just go, please we'll talk about this outside,” Ava persuaded. She didn’t wait for Nicole to respond, instead she turned around, her eyes searching and looking for another way to exit the large restaurant.

“Even if you want to leave, where will you pass? There’s only one exit and he’s in the way of it you know, you'll still bump into him.”

Just then Ava’s eyes caught the waiter who had disappeared into the door behind the marbled counter, she grabbed Nicole’s hand again and started in that direction. Entering the kitchen, she saw the waiter giving an order to the chef.

“You’re not supposed to be here ma’am, this area is restricted to staff only,” the cook turned to her with a frown.

“We are really sorry,” Ava muttered. “It’s an emergency,” not even waiting to hear a response, she pushed away the waiter blocking her way and rushed out through the kitchen door that led to the back exit, she had to leave this place as fast as possible.

Both friends ran out of the restaurant and into Nicole’s car that was parked at the front, she sat in front at the passenger’s seat beside Nicole.

“Drive!”

“Are you seriously going to run away from him? Is that what a Luna does? Running away from what she’s supposed to do???” Nicole snared.

Those words sent daggers into Ava’s heart, pricking her guilt. She knew the right thing to do but she chose to ignore it instead; she knew she was ignoring her responsibility by running away and worse, she was doing it in front of a witness, her best friend. But she didn't have much of a choice; this was too much for her, too unexpected, she needed some time and space to process all this.

Lucas had just come out of the restaurant; his eyes were looking around and Ava knew it wouldn't take long before he found them in this car.

“I beg you in the name of the moon goddess,” Ava put her two hands together to show her desperation to Nicole. “Please, just take me away from here.”

“I don't think you know what you're doing Ava.”

Ava wanted to slump in frustration, why did Nicole have to be like this? Why did this friend of hers have to be so difficult at times?

Nicole then started the car and began to reverse much to her relief, from the car window, she looked at her mate whose eyes where still searching, he had spotted her in the car at that moment and their eyes met again, before Nicole drove her out of the scene, she never turned her eyes away from his, not until he completely faded out of sight.

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“You owe me one!” Nicole snapped as she drove away.

“Thank you so much,” Ava could breathe now, she didn’t know what would have happened if she had to look at that handsome devil right in the eye and watch his heart shatter into pieces. Why would the moon goddess have to mate her with someone so attractive? Did the goddess not consider that she had duties to fulfill? And those duties involved rejecting her mate?

Just then, Nicole received a phone call.

She was still deep in her thoughts when Nicole snapped her out of it.

“Jiro just called me now, he wants me to pick up some things for the party on the way, and sorry, you can’t be there.”

Jiro was Nicole’s mate, she thought her friend lucky that she’d been mated to someone from within the pack, it would have been much easier for Ava if the moon goddess mated her with a moonlighter. Whoever he was, he’d understand that as the future Luna, she had duties to fulfill and he’d respectfully accept her rejection and look for another mate. But with the man she saw today, she wasn’t so sure.

“Hello!” Nicole snapped her fingers in her face again.

“Sorry, but why can’t I come? I mean its just a few hours to the party.”

“You know your Alpha; he doesn’t want you to be there when we’re planning anything for you.”

“Ughhh!” Ava hated all these surprises, sometimes she just wished Ray would let her plan her birthday with him just once without any surprises, but no, he wouldn’t hear of it.

“So, if I can’t be there when you’re shopping for supplies and I can’t go home now either, where will I go?” She’d gone out with Nicole today to while away time before the celebration in the midnight, and now that Nicole’s services were needed, where would she go and how would she while away the remaining time?

“I’m sorry bun, but you know Ray, and you know he wouldn’t be pleased to see you back at the house when it’s not yet time. You can take a walk or something or let Layla play.”

Layla howled within her; she always loved the idea of coming out to play.

“Fine, you can drop me off at the next bus stop.”

“Ok dear, I’m really sorry about this.”

“No, its fine.” She just hoped that whatever surprise Ray had planned this year, she wouldn’t hate it like she’d hated the previous ones.

Nicole drove until she reached the bus stop and parked.

“Are you sure you'll be ok?” Nicole wanted clarity. “You know I can just call him and tell him I won’t be able to do it.”

“No. I'll find somewhere to spend the time, don't worry about me,” Ava said.

“And what about him?”

When she mentioned “him,” Ava knew she was referring to the one she’d just scampered away from, she shouldn’t worry too much about that; the distance Nicole had driven them was so far away from the restaurant, he’d be crazy if he thought of following them here, she should be safe from him for now; or so she thought.