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Cara doesn't realize it, but my Alpha ceremony will also include her Luna ceremony. | feel confident after her
evening with Liam that she will choose me. She is mine and | am hers. It will be official on her birthday.
The night before her birthday, | tell her I'm sleeping in the packhouse and she should stay in her father’s house.
She seems confused, but | want her to seefor the first tas her mate at her party. | use the excuse tha
| have to help my mother get ready for her party, which isn’t a lie. | want everything to be perfect, special for my
mate on her birthday.
On the morning of her birthday, | send her a text wishing her a happy birthday. I don’t want to speak to her in
case she recognizes us as her mate from our voice. | let her know her first birthday present is waiting for her at
her door.
Mate: You gotanother dress?
Me: This one is for a very special day. Do you like it?
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Mate: | love it. It’s beautiful.
Me: | can’t wait to see you tonight.
Mate:too. | still say you could have stayed the night. Then we'd know now if we're mates.
Me: Are you worried that we aren't?
Mate: No, but Id like to know for sure.
Me: It's only a few hours away, love. Enjoy your morning with your father.
Mate: Ok, see you soon
Me: | love you Cara.
Mate: | love you too Rik.
The dress | got her is a sand color. It will go well with her hair, but it will also go well with the other gift that | am
bringing withtonight to give to her. I'm wearing a suit with a button-down shirt that matches her dress.
Again, we will look like a couple and after tonight, there will be no question.
| help my mother prepare for the party. Cara agreed to have it at the packhouse. She has met so many of the
pack members over the last month, that we decided to invite everyone. And since the entire pack knows that
she’s my mate, almost everyone is coming. It will be a huge event. We've set up the inside for dancing
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with food and tables around the dance floor for eating and drinking. Outside, at the back of the packhouse, we
have set up twinkling lights, similar to what they have at Ethereal. She really loved the look and I think we've
been able to recreate. it here for her special day.
There are flowers everywhere. Every bouquet has flowers that mean love in them. We've also set a bouquet of
Lily of the Valley on either side of the entrance to the main hall. My mother and | discussed it and we felt this is
the best way to include Lily Nelson on this special day.
The guests begin to arrive about an hour before Cara. The packhouse fills up quickly and the atmosphere is filled
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmwith excitement. Liam arrives. We shake hands and go our separate ways. One of us will have to go off and lick
our wounds. tonight, and it won't be me.
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My father clinks his glass to get everyone's attention. It’s time. Cara and Clint have arrived. | can feel my heart
rate increasing. My palms are sweating. This is it. The moment that I've been waiting months for, the moment
when | expect to start my life with the love of my life, my mate.
| hear her walking in the hall and the smell of her vanilla and honey is almost overwhelming. Her scent is so
much stronger now. There's no way she doesn’t feel it. Kai pushes forward, ready to acknowledge his mate.
The moment she walks into the room, | know I'm right. Artemis is front and center. Her eyes go directly to mine.
“Mate.” She whispers and her brilliant smile. is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life.
“Mate.” Kai and | confirm together before walking to our mate and taking her in the most passionate kiss we've
ever shared.
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It's official, she recognized Rik as her mate
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