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“Oh. Knowing him, | didn’t think he would have given you a heads-up. | am surprised.”
“It’s just a party,” 1 began, but Axel’s questioning gaze gavepause. “Right?” | questioned, suddenly unsure.
“It is a party, but no, it is not just that. It is the joining ritual.”
“Joining Ritual?-he hadn't toldanything about that.”
“I knew it; damn Thane, he didn’t see the need to give you a little heads up at least?.”
“What is the joining ritual, Axel?”
“Just as the nimplies...” He trailed off, as if unsure.
“What does this ritual imply, Axel?” | questioned him again, pushing him. The nerves built in me, and | knew Axel
wasn't keeping something to himself.
“Okay, he would be tparking you.”
“What?”
“That's expected of you both as ‘mates’.” | didn’t miss his emphasis on the word ‘mates’.
“He didn’t tella thing about that; he did this on purpose.” I turned to stare at Axel. “There is more you aren't
telling me.”
“You are to be marked before the whole pack, and there could be some.. other things involved.”
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“He is an Alpha wolf; during the joining, his hormones spike up, and most of the time, the Alpha and his mate are
required to be intimate.”
“Intimate... as in...” | couldn’t say the words.
“Sex. Yes”
“Before the whole pack?” | asked, and the blood drained from my face.
“Yes. But who knows?”
“Earlier, you told him you were done with the preparations. Had these preparations been a part of this ‘ritual‘?”
“Yes. | did think he was going to tell you something, but | had to confirm.”
“I can’t... | can’t do it in front of the whole pack, Axel; | just can’t.”
My eyes teared up, but | held it in. | couldn’t cry, but I couldn't deny that | was panicking.
“You have no reason to be ashamed; | think you are beautiful,” Axel said, and | couldn’t help but remember the
embarrassing moment when | had been forced to undress before him. 1
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“You had been looking... earlier, when... when he told me... to undress in front of you?”
“This isn’t the first tthis has happened,” Axel sald, and though the nerves were eatingout, | was sure
going to think about that statement sother time.
“You need to eat, Riley,” Axel said. Of course he liad abandoned the title, not that | minded.
“I lost my appetite, sorry.”
it helps, I'll talk to him.”
| looked up to him and said, “You will do that? Why?”
“You look afraid, but | don’t think you have to worry.”
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“Not surprised,” Axel teased.
| rolled my eyes at him. “I want to know... before me, there had been others.”
“Nosy, now are we?”
“I just want to know.”
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