Angry White Wolf.

At the end of the flower garden stood a short elderly male with white horseshoe mustache right under his nose. His body was heavily covered with scary wolf tattoos, most especially on his arms.

Beside him, stood Carter in a blue tuxedo with a little smile on his lips to pursue the anxiety growing inside of him. 

The elderly male would be the one to perform the mating ceremony rites between Avril and Carter, since he was the oldest male among the two different werewolves packs.

A wooden table was placed right in front of him, the size that would meet his arm's length. And on top of the wooden table, was a whittling per knife with sharp edges and tip. A small light brown bowl was also beside the knife.

The knife and bowl were old artifacts used during other mating ceremonies and it would be used during Avril and Carter's mating ceremony too.

The young females had stopped with their dance while the young males were still playing the drums, keeping the guests entertained with the sweet melody and rhythm flowing out of the stacking drums they were playing, while they were still waiting for the main ceremony they came for to begin.

The short elderly male raised his folded knuckle in the air as high as he could since he was short for him to be seen and the young males beating the drums paused immediately. 

The elderly male raising his hand signified the ceremony was about to begin.

The elderly man coughed hard, clearing his throat before he could speak so that every single person in the flower garden could hear him loud and clear.

"Tonight is the night of our beloved Alpha Carter of the midnight sundown claws pack and his beautiful mate, Avril from the Mills pack. And we are very happy that you all came here tonight to be witnesses of this beautiful mating ceremony" The elderly male paused and let out a mild laugh.

"Now it is time to welcome our soon to be Luna, Avril. Please put your hands together as she comes in''' The eldely male was the first to clap his hands and the others followed suit.

Every one turned behind and gasped, as Avril made an entrance into the flower garden. She walked gently and majestically and her long sheath gown followed suit as it swept on the white carpet she was walking on.

Avril put on a big smile on her face and you would actually not believe it, if you were told she was crying a few moments ago before her mating ceremony began.

Her beautiful long sheath gown shimmered and glimmered and the full moon did a good job of showering its light in the flower garden because it helped Avril's gown give sparkles of little light as it shone so brightly like that of a shooting star.

Carter who stood beside the elderly man had an unpredictable look written all over his face, though a little smile was on his lips. 

Avril looked so beautiful in her gown tonight, he wouldn't lie and she looked just like Ariel but the problem was that she wasn't Ariel, she was Avril.

And there was this joy that overrides his soul whenever he was with Ariel, it was never the same with Avril no matter how much she tried to make him happy.

What was he going to do now?Should he reject Avril or should he not?. It's better to go through the pain that will come afterwards if he rejects Avril than be fully mated to her, tonight.

Carter was still on that thought when someone tapped him from behind on his shoulder, he was startled and jerked out of shock. Turning behind to find out who did that, he was surprised to see his father.

Paul Graham.

"Come on son, put a smile on that face" Paul Graham used his hands to pull Carter's lips into a smile while Carter chuckled.

After doing that and seeing that Carter chuckled, he went back to his seat. Wondering why his son's face was like that when it was his mating ceremony.

Everyone was supposed to smile during their mating ceremony.

Avril walked and stopped in front of the wooden table placed in front of the elderly man. Carter had no other choice than to smile brightly and intertwined his fingers between Avril's so she wouldn't ask why he wasn't smiling at their mating ceremony.

The whole arena quieted as everyone stopped clapping. All their gazes and attention were fixed firmly on Carter and Avril.

Avril turned to face Carter and he did the same, their both hands holding each other. Avril smiled and squeezed Carter's fingers softly as he did the same.

They were two beautiful couples.

The elderly male came in between them and looked at Carter before turning to Avril and he said.

"Without wasting time, let's proceed with the vows" he uttered and Carter's heart almost skipped a beat. His heart was pounding so loud, he was scared the entire audience would hear his heartbeat if it continued that way.

Should he reject Avril right now in the presence of everybody before the vow rites begin?, Or should he not?.

His eyes roamed around till it caught Cole's, who mouthed to him from a far distance, "do it now, reject her". Carter knew that was what Cole was telling him from where he stood, watching the ceremony.

Carter nodded his head slowly, which got Cole asking why, but Carter didn't respond and turned to Avril before people started questioning what he was doing.

"Do you Avril Mills accept to take Carter Graham as your mate and Alpha, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, and to also pledge your faithfulness, till death do you both apart?" The elderly male's hoarse voice said firmly, loud enough for everyone to hear.

Avril smiled and responded without wasting time, "I do". 

A loud cheer rose from the audience and they clapped their hands too. The whole arena quietened the instant the claps and cheers died down.

The elderly male then turned to Carter.

Culturally, the males were the first that were normally asked during the vow rites before the females, but the elderly choosed to ask Avril first, before Carter which Carter thanked the goddess for because his heart calmed down for a bit.

It seemed as if the elderly knew he wasn't happy with his mating ceremony.

His heart started pounding heavily again the moment the elderly male asked him, "do you Carter Graham accept to take Avril Mills as your mate and Luna, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, and to also pledged your faithfulness, till death does you both apart?".

Few seconds passed and there was no response from Carter. Everyone was baffled, especially Avril but she calmed herself down and reached for his hand before squeezing it softly.

And then Carter remembered he was supposed to say, "I do". 

"I do" He finally said and Avril's heart throbbed with joy. The audience clapped their hands and cheered for the both of them again.

Carter shook his head trying to understand what he said just now, he got lost in thoughts and thought Avril was Ariel at that moment and said he do, he was supposed to say he doesn't, since it was Avril and not Ariel. 

Those were two different words, "I do and I don't" but he said he did, which means Avril was finally his mate and Luna. It remained just the blood covenant part where their blood would be mixed together and Avril would then feel exactly what he feels.

The elderly male went back and stood in front of the table and picked the knife up. Avril was the first to bring her hand out which the elderly male accepted and sliced her palm a little and tiny little drops of her blood fell into the bowl placed right under her sliced palm.

Her palm healed immediately and the elderly male took Carter's hand but he sensed Carter was resisting him, because Carter tried putting his hand back but the elderly man didn't let go.

Everyone watched what was going on in silence till murmurs started filling the whole place which Avril couldn't take anymore. What was Carter doing?. Wasn't he ready for their mating ceremony?.

She turned, facing Carter and could actually see the sadness in his eye, as if he wasn't happy he was getting mated to her.

The elderly male sliced Carter's palm successfully after many failed attempts, and just as his blood was about to drop into the bowl placed under his hand.

A turbulence arose from the audience as everyone screamed and ran for their safety. An angry white wolf with bright shining furs came running towards Carter.