Chapter 1

The mate bond is one of the strongest forces on the planet, created by the moon goddess Selene, herself. And here I stood, on the day that was supposed to be the happiest day of my life, my mating ritual, with the person who isn't even my mate.

"I do" I said as the priestess asked if I took him as my husband. My name is Vanessa Myers I'm 20 years old and I never found my mate. My father who was Alpha of our pack decided it would be better to marry me off to another alpha about 5 years older then me. His name was Jason Smith, he wasn't a powerful alpha but he was rich.

The wedding soon came to an end, we had a small reception and after went to a hotel room. "Your truly beautiful Vanessa" he said as he laid on top of me "I'm going to make this the best night of your life" he said I smiled "I hope so" I said wrapping my arms around him and kissed him. He was a good man but we could never love each other and we both knew that. I was only his Luna in name.

And that's how it went for the next year. We ruled his pack together, he helped my father's pack financially and I helped strengthen his or now our pack. He was kind to me and we both formed a type of love were we needed each other.

He became my best friend. "Vanessa are you ready for tonight" he asked me "I'm a little nervous it's our first time hosting the alpha conference" I said tying his tie "ness" he said "what is it?" I asked looking up at him. "If you find your mate...." "I won't" I interrupted "I'm 21 I've been looking for 5 years he's not gonna turn up" I said finishing his tie. "If you do I won't be mad if you choose to leave" he said "I took an oath Jason, I'll be with you until the day you die" I replied.

"Now let's go before were late" I replied grabbing his hand and pulling him. We got into the car and drove 5 minutes to the pack house. There were hundreds of cars it made me wonder how many wolves were there. Jason helped me out of the car and walked me to the doors. Our pack house was a big white building with 2 oak wood doors at the very center. Two wolves then opened the doors and led us into the ballroom of the pack house.

There stood hundreds of wolves talking away. Jason and I walked up to the stage. "Welcome all Alphas, beta's, delta's, and their families, we are honoured to welcome you to the 160th annual Alpha conference. We are honoured to be hosting this event and both my Luna and I along with our pack hope you enjoy yourselves" he said and clapping followed.

We walked off the stage and began greeting everyone slowly but surely. "Oh my is that you Luna Vanessa" a familiar voice said behind me "Luna Julie what an honor I think the last time I saw you was my wedding" I replied awkwardly "I'm gonna go talk to some other alphas" Jason said in an attempt to run away. "I'm gonna kill you" I said jokingly as he ran away "Vanessa how have you been since the marriage, I mean I heard so much but I just had to see for myself" she said with a bright smile.

"I'm fine, Jason and I are working on making the pack better little by little" I replied "how lovely well I'll leave you to it" she said then walked away. I continued to meet people and talked to them. when suddenly someone walked onto the stage. "attention all" the unusual person said. "I am honored to be here among all of you alphas, beta's, and delta's" he said "Jason what's going on" I asked walking up to him. "I don't know, I have no clue who he is" he replied.

"now that we have everyone here I'll tell you what's going on" he continued. "I have approximately 60 - 100 gun man here, anyone who tries to play hero will be stopped. because here I am the boss" he said.

"shit" I said "now I need a volunteer" he said "preferably a female, one who seems to be loved by almost everyone here, one who has red hair and blue eyes" he said "he was watching us" Jason said surprised. "why don't one of my helpers grab her for me" he said when suddenly I was grabbed and being dragged "let go of her" Jason said and then there was a gun shot "J-jason" I said as I saw him fall to the ground and blood began to flow from his left shoulder and he fell to the ground.

"JASON!" I yelled as I continued to get dragged up to the stage. I was thrown to the ground, and then quickly grabbed one again with a gun being point to my head. "now I'm sure your all wondering what it is I want" the strange man said "what I want is very simple.... I want $100,000" he said and I quickly pushed him away and stood up "you did all of this for a measley 100 grand!" I yelled "you shot my husband for 100 grand" I yelled as 100 guns were suddenly pointed at me "here" I said pulling out my check book and writing a check for 100 grand then threw it at him. "now get out before I make you regret it" I said my eyes turning an ember color.

"if this check bounces I'm coming for you" he whispered in my ear "and if my husband dies I come for your family" I replied "LETS MOVE!" he yelled and him and all of his me just disappeared.

I quickly ran off the stage and back to Jason who was barley conscious. "stay with me please... WHY ISN'T HE HEALING!" I cried as people rushed around me and my best friend Mia pulled me away as I began to cry. "he's dying we need to get him to a hospital now" someone said.

Jason and I got married a year ago, we both knew we could never fully love each other, not the way mates could, but in the year we spent we became best friends and partners we became a team.

TO BE CONTINUED