Chapter 25. At the Mating Ceremony

Hermione

"You can return to your room and make sure you are ready for the mating ceremony on time." Alpha Rolan stared and climbed off the bed, leaving me to wonder why I had to be at the ceremony when I wasn't from his pack.

"But, I'm not..." His hard stare caused the words to freeze in my lips as I scrambled from the bed, tossing my nightgown on hurriedly.

Excitement coursed through me, not just because I was going to witness people becoming mates, but because Alpha Rolan deemed me fit to be in attendance.

Bathing and wearing my clean clothes were achieved in less than a minute because I didn't want to be late. So I headed for the slaves' kitchen to have my breakfast since we had been given a break from the fields for the day.

"Do you want to eat already?" Rachel asked, her tone oddly gentle than I'd ever known it to be.

Furrowing my eyes in a brow, I thought of a proper response to say inst