"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages." – Friedrich Nietzsche
“What did Rose just say Mom?!” Xavier exclaimed, trying to keep a check on his temper. “You never told me that I couldn’t choose to not mate with Rose!”
“Xavier…we thought…we thought once you felt the pull, it wouldn’t be necessary to tell you,” Josie said with a sigh as she sat in the living room looking up at Xavier. Josie caste a sideways glance at Thomas before speaking again. "It's pretty self-explanatory once you think about it. Only Rose has the power to converse with our elders and she can't do that until she's officially the Luna. Of course you have to mate with her if you want our pack to benefit from the gift of the Moon Goddess."
"There's gotta be a way around it!" Xavi
