The shape-shifting rumors had been thrown aside over the years since there was no evidence to prove it beside from the bodies being found near the woods. The police were looking for the killer of those men. There were no evidences left on the dead bodies, if it had not for the broken necks that led them to death, they would not work hard for it.

Eventually, they never found the killer. The files of the death of those men were forgotten.

No one had dared to enter the forest again, bob wires were surrounding the entrance to the woods. Little did they know that deep inside the forest, a small community of werewolves were living.

The place was filled with silence except for the hard breathing. Gasping, his nails extended, his control was starting to slipped away. His body was being torn apart like a wood sliced with a dull axe. Sweats covered his whole body, they were starting to drip down on the cold hard floor.

His face scrunched in pain as the reason of his struggle came into his mind. He had not felt like this except when he first shifted to his wolf. His right hand reached out to touch the door made from silver. His hand was burning but he could not feel.

The Elders had said that once a werewolf meet his wolf, he would then find his mate. A werewolf would never be alone since the Moon Goddess had made each of them a mate. They were destined to be with each other, a connection was already created between mates. It would only grew if they meet each other.

Andrew Flynn was now thirtg and yet he had not found his mate. A year after his first shifting, he had given up that he would find his mate on their place. He had distracted himself with women on their pack who came to him but it had not helped to forget the emptiness he had felt inside.

When he turned twenty-six, it was when all his pain started. At first he had thought he was coming down with something but when the pain spread on his body, he knew instantly what it meant. His mother had told him about it before when he had asked what if a mate cheated on him. His mother had answered that he would feel an immense pain.

At that time, his heart felt like it was being squeezed. He was being torn into pieces inside and out, all he could see was red. He had accidentally killed someone and that was when they created the room he was in now.

It had stopped for three years and now it was back again. He had to find her, to be with her or at least made her reject him. Rejection was the only way for him to be free of the mate bond, he did not want to feel this kind of pain everytime his mate was being with another man. He needed to be free of her and go on with hislife.

At last, his control slipped away. The cracking of bones echoed around the room, fur started sprouting out of his pores. His dark brown warm eyes turned into a pair of glowing gold orbs. His body was covered in black furs with silver furs adorning his feet like socks and his chest. A loud growl emitted from his chest startling the people outside the cell.

Louie Provenza grimaced as he heard the growl, he had thought the cell was sound proof. If the fool had not given up on finding his mate, he would not be experiencing this now. The soft, kind-hearted Andy he had known from when they were young turned to a ruthless one.

Andy was feared by many when he took turn in being an Alpha. When the Blood Moon Pack attacked them, he had mercilessly killed the Alpha, Beta and the Third in command with his own hand. Some of the people who stood their ground was imprisoned and those who surrendered was given a home in their pack.

The one thing Louie could not ever forget was when he killed the son of the Alpha in front of everyone in their pack and in the Blood Moon Pack. He had then let someone kill the Luna of the Pack.

There was only few who had gotten behind the barriers of Andy, those who are close to him especially his mother. Louie glanced at the woman ensconced in his husbands embrace. The poor woman was crying, Louie could not understand why she was crying. Andy was an Alpha, he could take much more than that.

They left the cell when they heard the scratching of nails. Andy would get out of there when everything turns to normal, the door was not even locked.

The sun was up when Andy left the cell with a towel wrapped on his lower body. The only disadvantage in shifting was his clothes being torn apart. He could smell the aroma of coffee wafting through the air as he entered the house. He rushed to his room to change before coming back down to the kitchen.

His mother was waiting with a coffee in her hands. He could not read her expression. He warily approached her and accepted the coffee she was offering.

Margaret followed his movement as he sat down. Andy frowned as he noticed the silence of his mother.

"What is it?" He put down his coffee and crossed his arms, silently regarding his mother.

"Don't you think that it's time? You should look for her again while it's not too late," Margaret started approaching him slowly.

"And where would I find her?" The city was wide, he could not possibly look at every single street.

"You would not be feeling those pain if she wasn't near to you or you haven't already seen her," she replied.

"I thought the pain comes when a mate is cheating, I could clearly remember you saying that."

"I said the pain would come if your mate is cheating. A mate that you've already met or near you," Margaret slowly said letting him register the new information.

"Why didn't you tell me about this before?" He exclaimed in frustration. He might have already met his mate and his mother had not told him about the possibility of his mate being near him.

"Well, I'm telling you now. I already packed your clothes. You and Louie, get out of here and look for your mate," Margaret smirked as he stood up quickly.

"Here's the key to the house."

Andy accepted the key before going to his room. He would take everything thrown in his way to find his mate. Even if that means living with Louie Provenza. When Andy was prepared to go, he met Provenza who was frowning. He in return just smiled at him.

"Not a word," Louie warned as Andy started to open his mouth.

"I don't want you two returning here without Andrew's mate," Margaret said as they both into the car. They only gave her a thumbs up.

"I don't know why your mother dragged me into this," Provenza grumbled as they drove through the woods.

"I'm sure she asked you nicely. " Andy knew her mother, she had probably worked Louie through his guilt.

"If she was not the Luna or a beautiful woman, I would not let her guilt me." Andy chuckled in response.

They were met with light as they drove out of the woods. The last time they were out was when a rogue killing occured but when the police bob wired the other entrance to the wood, they never got out again. Except when they would go out drinking.