He was getting ready for the ceremony. It wasn't till sundown, but he had to memorize the promise speech he had to say to Lana. Someone knocked on his door.
"Come in", he said.
Dean poked his head in, followed by his cousins. The entered his room completely.
"You haven't memorized the speech yet? I did after five minutes, then again, I chose my true mate", Dean said.
Roman glared at him. The twins chuckled.
"Speaking of your mate. Is she helping Lana? Its tradition that she does", Roman said.
"That's what I came to talk to you about", Dean said.
Roman looked at him confused.
"She dismissed her, along with Naomi and Carmella", Jimmy said.
"What?", Roman asked.
"Something about her picking Sonya and Mandy to be her second and third. We tried to explain to her that she can't do that, but she didn't want to hear it", Jey said.
Roman growled and left his room. He found his mom in the living room.
"Mom, what are you doing? You're suppose to be helping Lana", Roman said.
"She and her girls kicked me out. Said they would call for me when they were ready", she said.
That pissed Roman off more. No one disrespected his mother. He made his way to the side of the house where Lana stays till after the ceremony. He didn't care what she was doing, he opened the door wide.
"Baby", she said.
"Where in the hell do you get off dismissing the females I choose to be your guards? And telling my mother that you would call for her when you were ready", he said.
"I just figured, I've known Sonya and Mandy for so long, I trust them", Lana said.
"They aren't my pack", Roman growled.
"I was going to talk to you about it.", she said.
"The answer is no. Get the hell out, both of you", Roman said.
"Roman", Lana said.
"You aren't going to be Alpha, Lana. I am. Don't you ever do something like this again without talking to me first", he said.
"As your female, I have every right. Decisions like this don't need to be passed by you", she said.
"You know what, you're right. You can pick anyone you want, but they have to be in this pack, not outside of it. Pick someone else if you want, just not Sonya and Mandy", he said.
Lana rolled her eyes.
"My mother is coming in to help you with your dress and the passing of the blood wine. She's going to tell you what to do and say", he said.
Lana nodded. He was about to walk out.
"I bet you wouldn't have treated her this way", she mumbled.
He stopped. He knew she was talking about Millie. He looked over his shoulder at her.
"No, I wouldn't have, but then again she's been taught this from birth by her parents. She's Alpha blood", he said.
He knew he hurt her with that comment. He walked out and slammed the door behind him. His mother smiled at him.
"Get her ready. I need to go for a run", he said.
She nodded. He walked out of the house and took off through the woods. He stripped and shifted. He didn't know where he was going and he didn't care.
She watched as her mom put her heels on. She was sitting on their bed.
"You can still change your mind. We'll wait till you are ready", she said.
"No, its okay. I still have homework to catch up on", Millie said.
Brie smiled at her.
"Its just a ceremony introducing the pack and other Alphas to his future mate. Not permanent", her mom said.
Millie nodded.
"Finn will be by to check on you. If you need anything while we're out, call him", her dad said.
She nodded again. She followed her parents downstairs, Bayley and Seth were ready to go.
"Have fun", Millie said.
They all waved goodbye to her. She closed the front door and locked it. Walking into the kitchen, she took out the cookie dough ice cream and removed the lid. Dipping the spoon into the tub. She turned on the tv and put on a movie.
Halfway through, she heard a thud upstairs. She stood and grabbed the phone to call Finn. She slowly made her way up the stairs while hitting Finn's name to call him.
"Hello", Finn answered.
"Finn, someone is in my house", she whispered.
"Millie, if you can, get out. I'll be right there", he said, before hanging up.
Millie stopped halfway on the stairs.
"Hello", she called.
She knew she shouldn't have.
"You want to die don't you", she mumbled to herself.
Her bedroom door opened and Roman stood there. He was breathing heavy and sweating.
"Roman", she said.
"I don't know why I'm here", he said.
Her front door opened and Finn ran in with Baron.
"Millie", he called.
They ran up the stairs and stopped when they saw Roman.
"Roman", they both said.
"Its okay guys", Millie said.
Finn and Baron nodded before going back downstairs.
"We'll be in the living room", Finn said.
Alpha Colby had told him and Baron that Roman could possibly stop by. His wolf was going to make him second guess his choices. They were told not to leave them alone together. Millie finished walking upstairs and they walked into her room, leaving the door open.
"Your mating ceremony starts in an hour", she said.
He looked out the window.
"My wolf brought me here", he said.
"I wouldn't know anything about that", she said.
He looked at her.
"I am making this choice for my pack, their future. Its not you, its not that I don't want you. My pack will always come first for me", he said.
"I know", she said.
He swallowed.
"I'm going to ask your dad to revoke my permission. I'm too tempted", he said.
She nodded.
"I hope you have a second chance Millie. You deserve to be happy just as much as everyone else", he said.
She shook her head no.
"Even if I have one, he might not want me either, not without my wolf", she said.
He walked closer to her and lifted her chin.
"I'm sorry", he said.
She took a step away from him. His hand dropped.
"You should go or you'll be late", she said.
He nodded.
"And you can use the front door", she said.
He laughed. He followed her downstairs and sent a nod to Baron and Finn. He looked once more at Millie before leaving. She looked at Finn and Baron.
"You guys can go now. Sorry for the false alarm", she said.
"Don't be sorry", Baron said.
He squeezed her shoulder before walking out. Finn smiled at her before following Baron out. She closed the door and locked it. She turned to see Roman rush down the stairs, shocking her.
"I thought", she didn't get to finish her sentence, when he grabbed her arm and bit her wrist.
She cried out as his eyes glowed. He pulled away and licked his lips. She held her wrist close to her.
"What the hell?", she asked.
He didn't say anything, just walked out the door. She went to the bathroom to wash her wrist, it was bleeding. Grabbing her phone and calling her mom.
"Millie", she said answering.
"Mom, he bit me. It won't stop bleeding", she said scared.
She knew what the bite meant after her dad explained it, but she wasn't a wolf, she wouldn't heal the way everyone does.
"What? Who bit you?", she asked worried.
Millie could hear her dad and brother asking her mom what happened.
"Mill, dad is on his way", Brie said.
Her husband was pissed.
"It doesn't stop bleeding mom", Millie said.
"Don't worry Mill, I'll be right there.", her mom said, hanging up on her.
She wrapped her bleeding wrist in a towel. The front door opened and her dad and brother rushed her.
"Who bit you?", her dad asked.
"Roman", she said softly.
Her dad relaxed. He took her wrist and looked it over. He sighed.
"He marked you as his. Its what he was suppose to do to Lana tonight", he said.
"But he doesn't want me", she said.
"Did he say anything to you before he did it?", her dad asked.
"Just that its not my fault why he can't accept me, that his pack will always come first. Then he said he was going to ask you to revoke his permission to come here.", she said.
He sighed.
"I should have revoked it as soon as he left our lands. This was my mistake", her dad said.
"Was it?", Seth asked his dad.
"What?", Colby asked his son.
"Mill", Bayley and Brie walked in.
"Get her cleaned up", Colby said to them, while keeping his eyes still on his son.
Once the women were gone.
"You knew he would come here, that his wolf would pull him to Millie. You know very well what a wolf does to you in that moment", Seth said to his dad.
Colby raised a brow.
"Its why Alpha Sika didn't look worried that Roman was missing. You both planned this", Seth said.
"I have no idea what you're talking about son", Colby said.
"Dad", Seth said.
His dad walked away from him. He went to check on his sister. His mom was wrapping her wrist.
"You'll be okay", Brie said to her daughter.
Millie nodded.
Roman got to his land and walked passed a pissed off Lana. He closed his front door in her face and locked it. He took a deep breath.
"What did you do?", he saw him mom and dad standing in the living room.
"I bit Millie Rollins. I claimed her", he said.
"What happened to Lana? Claiming her? You can't claim two females", his mom said.
"I know", he said.
"So does this mean you've had a change of heart? You pick Millie", his dad said.
"No, of course not. I just have to explain to Lana that it was an accident. I still plan on mating her", Roman said.
"What about Millie? She's going to think you've had a change of heart", his mom said.
"Well I haven't. It was my wolf who bit her", he said.
His mom looked disappointed. Someone knocked on his front door.
"Roman", Lana yelled.
He sighed before opening the door. She was crying.
"What did you do?", Lana asked.
He explained what happened. Lana slapped him.
"You have every right to be angry. I made you a promise and I broke it. I still plan on making you my female, we are just going to have to wait a little bit longer", Roman said.
"Why can't we just mate now? My mom said it would remove your bite from her", Lana said, sounding desperate.
"That would kill her", his mom said.
"So", Lana said.
Roman glared at her.
"If you two mated right now, her bite would feel like she was being burned. The pain would be so excruciating", his dad said.
"If you wait till she's eighteen, the mark will disappear. Then you two can continue as planned.", his mom said.
Roman looked at Lana. Lana sighed, but nodded.
"Good. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go call Alpha Brie. Let her know what's going on", his mom said.
Roman stopped his mom.
"I should be the one to do it", he said.
His mom nodded.
