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is ready,” he explained and though it made sense to him, it sounded like an excuse as he said it out loud.
    “Perhaps you aren’t giving her enough credit. Peri is a strong female, which is why I picked her for you. She has shouldered many burdens and dealt with much evil in her time. I have a feeling she is plenty up to the challenge of an Alpha male werewolf. Stand, Lucian,” she commanded gently.
    Lucian rose from his position on the ground and looked at the Great Luna. His eyes met hers briefly but then dropped in humility. He decided to voice what he knew his creator already knew. “What if she doesn’t want me? What if she doesn’t want the mate bond?”
    He felt her hand on his shoulder and her warmth, love and comfort from that simple touch.
    “You aren’t asking the right questions. What you should be asking is what if she does?” She tilted his chin up so that he had to look at her. “I know that you were in the dark for a very long time and that has affected the wolf you are, but do not let it affect the man I created you to be. The struggles that you endure in your life can either chip away at the goodness inside of you, or they can cause you to grow stronger, fortifying your character. Don’t let that time in the Dark Forest ruin the good things I have in store for you. Don’t allow yourself to be robbed of joy because of fears that might never come to fruition. I made you wolf, I have a purpose for you but I cannot fulfill it. That is something only you can do. I gave you a true mate; now you must claim her. Love her as she needs, be the servant male that she has never known and watch the walls that she has built up around herself come crashing down only for you.”
    Lucian stood there looking at the empty hallway for several minutes after the Great Luna’s departure. Her words struck something deep inside him and he felt his wolf stirring, answering his creator. He turned to look at the closed door he had been standing in front of full of indecision and saw it for what it was, a barrier between him and his mate. He was done with barriers.
     
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    Peri paced the room checking the clock for the umpteenth time and growled in frustration when she realized that only three minutes had passed since she checked it last. It was only eleven o’clock, she still had a bloody hour until she would meet up with the others. She hadn’t seen or heard from Lucian, not that she had attempted to reach out to him through their bond, but it would have been nice if he had checked in on her.
    “Oh hell,” she groaned as she sat with a gracelessness that was uncharacteristic of her race, on the edge of the bed. “I like him,” she admitted out loud, granted only she could hear her admission. That could be the only explanation to wanting to see him or hear from him. Well not the only , she conceded, but she refused to even give thought to the other four letter L word. Liking him wasn’t the end of the world she decided. He was, after all, a nice male and nice to look at, that certainly didn’t hurt.
    She had figured after their little interaction in the library he would seek her out, but to her surprise and irritation he hadn’t. He had said that he would go with her when she left, now she was beginning to wonder if maybe he had changed his mind. Just as she stood up to resume the pacing that seemed to be her tendency of late, the door knob on her door twisted until the lock in it popped and broke. Peri gathered her power but before she could strike out at the intruder Lucian walked in.
    Peri’s breath caught in her throat as his eyes met hers. He was cloaked in his usual confidence but there was something more, something stronger seemed to shimmer on the edges of his being. He stalked towards her and didn’t stop until he had a strong arm around her waist and a large but tender hand held her chin still so she was forced to look at him. She could feel him in her mind, searching as his silver eyes stared