Author's point of view:
It's Nora's 18th birthday. She decided not to celebrate it. She never was one of the people who celebrate but even if it was an important birthday because now she's becoming an adult, Nora just had too many things in her head. Many things will change. The most importats is to find your mate. Nora knew that it's time to find her mate too, but she felt hopeless, not prepared and of course scared. Anyone could say she was preparing for something and that something is death. Nora ate her breakfast with her father who's eyes were full of sadness but with hope too. She saw his sad eyes and it gave her a bit of trust and doubt. But her eyes said it all. They were dead non the less. All day Nora walked inside the forest all alone. She wanted alone time. To gather her thoughts and maybe make a plan how to survive. She was looking around the nature, admiring it's beauty. She always came to the forest when she was sad or lonely, or just had some worries. It was magical for her because it could blow all of her worries away.
It was getting late. The sky was changing it's colo, sun was setting. Suddenly Nora smelled a heavenly smell. She understood that it's her fated mate so she started to run further from him with a big wish to live a little bit longer in mind. She was running with all of her speed.
She wasn't the fastest runner and she felt the smell coming closer with every second running by. She was get more and more scared even when her heart and something inside was trying to calm her down. She felt that someone jumped on her poor back and now she are underneath him. Sparks were felt all over her body but she was scared to death, tears running like a waterfall:
- No, leave me alone! I don't wanna die so early! Please just let me live without you rejecting me!- he turned her that her back would be on the ground. Nora had shut her eyes so she would see the eyes of her mate so the rejection would be less painful. Nora heard a voice that she knew all too well and got even more scared:
- Nora, you are my mate? And what are you talking about? Why are you so scared of me apl of the sudden?- Nora opened her puffy, red eyes and horror consumed her mind and body. She started to shake like a maniac.
- You are a lucky bastard. Do you know how lucky you are? You can kill me right now in this second only with one word. Do it, kill the person that you really hate. Do it.
- What are you talking about? How can I kill you? Are you insane or what?
- Just do it, damn it Aiden!!!
- I won't do a shit till you explain what you are talking about.
- Just reject me Aiden and I will vanish from your life forever.
- How can you die from rejection? You can always find a second mate.
- Just do it, when you are done just go to my father and he will explain everything.
- Nora, speak!
- FOR GOD SAKE AIDEN, I AM CURSED!!!-he got shocked.
- In my family we don't have another chance! If we get rejected we die! That's the end of the story! Now. JUST DO IT!!!- what he did next surprised Nora to the bone. Aiden hugged her and with a sweet voice said:
- I won't reject you and that's definitely wasn't my intention. You are my mate after all. Moon goddess knows better then us who should be our mates. Now let's go, and happy birthday, dear,- and he kisses her fourhead. Her poor cheeks became red as tomatoes. From the embarrassment she couldn't look him in the eyes. Aiden noticed that but just smiled lightly. He touched her face, wiped her cristal tears from her cheeks and hugged. Nora felt a pull towards him and gave in to it. She hugged him too.
Now both of them were inside Aiden's house. In the packs house. He went to a room that looked like a some type of meeting room. There both of them saw Alpha, Luna and her surprised father. Aiden cleared his throat get there attention:
- Mom, dad and Mr. Xiland I want to announce that I have found my mate and it's this precious woman besides me,- they look to Nora's side and there eyes went wide. When her father saw Nora besides Aiden he started to cry his eyes out. He quickly ran to Aiden and went on his knees full of joy in his eyes:
- With all my heart, my future Alpha, thank you for accepting my precious daughter!
- Father...,- Aiden was lost from the surprise. He helped Nora's father to stand up and spoke:
- It's not a big deal,- Luna, Aiden's mother, spoke:
- For him like a father who's daughter was in front of an edge of death it is. Just imagine how happy he is feeling right now.
- Mom, can you explain? Nora just said that she was cursed, nothing else,- Nora's father then started:
- Our family is cursed with only one mate. We exhanged our second chance mate with power. If you won't reject her till you mark her she will be the first female to survival in our family.
- What do you mean?- now Nora started to speak:
- I am a 6th female in my family. All of the 5 females died at young age because they were rejected. For us it's the same as mate's death. But Aiden, don't be scared to reject me if you are not happy. It's harder to live with mate that isn't happy then be dead,- Luna:
- Nora, don't say that...
- It's true my dear Luna. I just want Aiden to be happy... That's my dute because I'm his mate.
- And I said that I don't have any intentions of reject you.