-Juliette-

I was seething as I drove over to the pack house, I couldn' t believe Eloise...My own sister. How pushy and rude she'd been.

Whoever this guy was, was obviously changing her.

And now that I thought about it...I didn't exactly ask for more info on her guy. 'Who is he, who's his family, What does he do for a living.'

I shook my head, that was my own mistake.

I let myself into Dorians office without even knocking. Lucky for me he was alone.

"Hey Beauty, something wrong?"

"Eloise has lost her damn mind!"

He looked at me as if I was losing it.

"You should've heard her Dorian, upset because I told her she couldn't move to the city with Clementine...I swear she is so childish, I mean that in and of itself is reason enough to prove that she isn't grown-up enough to make these kind of decisions on her own." I ranted.

He sighed, "If you don't think she should move to the city then we can always prevent her from going, I don't know why you're letting yourself get so worked up over this my beauty." He sounded a tad bored.

"She spoke to me so...so disrespectfully Dorian."

He chuckled a little now, "I think she bruised your ego My Beauty, you're not use to anyone going against your word, but I can assure you your sister won't be going anywhere."

"We'll see about that." Eloise suddenly said from the doorway of the office.

"Eloise, why don't you come in and have a seat...I'm sure we can all talk like grown ups."

"Please don't patronize me Dorian..." she said as she did in fact take a seat

"Eloise stop acting bratty." I demanded.

"And stop acting so controlling." She said to me before turning to Dorian now. "As I've told my sister, if I want to leave there isn't a thing either of you can do to keep me here against my will I am not one of your little members nor will I ever be so you can stop that thought right here and now...that being said, I will be leaving I was trying to be cordial by moving with Clementine into the city, but that option is completely off the table now."

"You're absolutely right it is." I sounded.

"I'll just move in with my mate instead."

I rolled my eyes at her stubbornness.

"Eloise, I understand that you want your independence and I can assure you that your sister and I are not trying to keep you on a tight leash, we only want your safety." Dorian tried to reason with her calmly. "Your sister and I are very respected and important members of this pack and with that come our enemies, enemies that you inherit just for being Juliette's sister."

"As I've already said, I will be leaving and there isn't anything either if you can do to stop me."

"You're acting like a child." I put in. "Then you wonder why we refuse to let you leave these lands."

She stood ready to leave.

"You have not been dismissed Eloise, you will sit down until we have finished this discussion!" Dorian sounded, he used the authority in his voice.

And that was when all hell broke loose.

Dorian wasn't use to people disobeying him and Eloise wasn't use to people outright demanding this of her.

I watched on as Eloise had turned to face him and her glare for him was murderous.

"Did you just try and order me to sit down and obey you like I'm some sort of dog?!"

To be honest I was a little shocked, I had never seen anyone so casually disobey an order Dorian gave.

"Let me make one thing very fucking clear." Eloise spoke with an eerie calmness,

"You Dorian Travers are not MY Alpha, I am NOT a part of your pack and you can't keep me here...for one you would have to seek the approval of the council to make a request to add a member to your pack, and for two I would have to actually want to be a part of your pack...my mate however has already gotten approval for me to join his pack...now if you continue stomping your feet and puffing out your chest trying to keep me here my mate will not hesitate to go to war with you for me, because that is what Real Alpha's do for their future Luna's...drop everything at any given moment to make sure that the mother of their pack is happy and safe, and I can assure you that My Alpha wouldn't be too happy to hear that you're trying to keep me here against my will...he's been patiently awaiting my arrival, now I think the wait is over.

I was completely stunned.

For one Eloise only just learned the truth about this life, two: she told me she has a mate, but she never once mentioned that she had an Alpha mate, but most shocking was that she knew about things I didn't even know about...the council, requests and approval?

"How do you know about the council and certain protocols?" Dorian asked angrily, I could tell he was livid but trying to remain in control.

"Unlike you Alpha Travers, my Alpha...along with most Alphas if we're really being honest believe that the future Luna should know all there is to know in running a pack."

"What do you mean?" I asked as it seemed there was more to this Alpha's mate thing than I ever knew.

My sister looked at me, her angry resolve all but vanished as a new sadness washed over her as she looked at me, "Jules...I've wanted to tell you so bad, I wanted us to go through this together."

"Eloise." I sounded curious. "What are you talking about?"

Her delicate brows pulled together with genuine curiosity, "Y-You really don't know?" She asked me before turning to face Dorian, her anger back. "How can you just stand back and allow this for her?"

"Will somebody just tell me what the hell is going on?!" I asked furious as I seemed to be the only one of the loop now.

"Jules...for the last month I've had one on one were history lessons with my Mate and Luna lessons with my future mother in law...you see According to My Mate, when an Alpha finds his Luna to be it's common courtesy for the Luna to be to begin Luna lessons as the learn all of the ins and outs of becoming the Luna."

I looked at her and then at Dorian...they both seemed sad now.

"Th-That...that has to be a lie." I sounded in disbelief, she had to be making all of this up to get back at me or something.

Eloise shook her head. "They love and care for me Jules and they only want me to succeed and will stop at nothing to insure that I am fully prepared for what I have to take on when My Mate marks me."

I stood there crying now. "That's just...I mean, it has to be against the rules!" I mean Clearly it had to be otherwise I know Dorian would have done the same for me, I'm his mate.

She gave me a sad shake of her head, "No Jules, Dorian is breaking the rules and common courtesy, I suspect he and his family will expect you to become the pack Luna and have to do the job blindly..."

I couldn't believe what she was saying now, but even without her knowing the full truth of the Travers, she was right.

His mother had always sort of tried her best to keep me docile and dormant, a figurehead instead of an actual acting member...be seen, not heard.

"...Mates love each other unconditionally" Eloise only continued. "It's why I think HE doesn't spend much time with you." She sneered in Dorian's direction once again. "He hates it, as your mate he can't stand to see you sad or in pain but he also won't do anything to stand up to his parents...so instead of facing you, he's a coward and he cowers away from you, not able to see you...out of sight, out of mind."

"You don't know shit!" He yelled but it didn't seem to affect her at all.

"I know more than you think Alpha Travers." She responded threateningly.

As upset and hurt as I was I couldn't help but begin to piece everything together, and sadly I had to be real with myself and admit that everything she said was lining up perfectly.

"Who is your mate?" I finally asked out of curiosity, I had to know.

She looked at me and I could see nothing but pure happiness and pride as she got to say his name "Rocco Wylde."

Dorian let out an animalistic growl and I could tell he was about to shift.

I simply closed my eyes and acknowledged her response with a simple head nod, as I knew there wasn't anything I could do now.

She was right...she was going to be eighteen soon, more than that Her mate is an Alpha...and Alpha Wylde at that... there was nothing I could do about it and sadly I knew there would forever be tension between our Mates. "Eloise go to your Mate, I won't stop you from going..."

And for the first time all afternoon Eloise seemed unsure.

"Jules...-"

As much as I had so selfishly wanted her here before, I've always wanted to keep her safe no matter what...and right now, the realization that the longer she stayed here was more of a threat than she knew...Because I know Dorian and his hate for Alpha Wylde was greater than anything else.

And seeing as he's been keeping secrets...I honestly wouldn't put anything past him now.

Even go after Roc Wylde's mate, my sister or not.

Her face fell and tears filled her eyes before she remembered herself, she shook her head in a determined fashion, "then I guess this is goodbye."

She turned to leave and no other words were spoken.

I stood rooted in the same spot.

"Juliette." Dorian sounded tired now as he tried to just walk over to me and have me hold him.

"Don't!" I said stopping him in his tracks. "How much truth did she speak about your parents keeping me from learning anything?"

He remained silent.

"TELL ME!" I yelled as I looked right at him.

I watched him crumble under his guilt, "Juliette My Beauty, It wasn't my fault, my parent's used me...-"

"No...you don't get to feel sorry for yourself and have some spineless pity party... I'm your mate Dorian...how could you?" I asked completely hurt.

When I saw he wasn't going to responsibility for his own actions and tell me the truth I needed to hear I left the pack house.

I couldn't be around him. To be honest he disgusted me so much right now that I didn't want to even be here on his lands...so I just drove.

I drove on I couldn't hold my emotions back any longer and pulled off to the side of the road and just cried.

The past two years...I thought were perfect.

In all reality it was just for show...I was just a puffed up peacock for Mr and Mrs Travers, a mindless little trophy wife for their son, they didn't want a daughter in law with opinions and input, why would he need one when he has his parents, and they have enough opinions and input to give him.

I had to seriously contemplate if this was the kind of life I wanted for myself...and I only hoped Dorian was doing the same.

But one thing was absolutely certain.

I cleared my face and pulled out my phone.

[Juliette: I'm Sorry.]