Chapter 52. Not Your Mate

 We drive through the pack residential area, the soft moonlight shows everything with such a picturesque view. 

Shadow Moon is indeed outstanding, the spatial planning is excellent. The residential centers are probably separated from the lively catering industry to prevent noise nuisance. Everything is orderly and maintained as I already noted when we drove through the gates. The Alpha explains that his pack is one of the oldest and most of the smaller ones originated from Shadow Moon. Persons who at first could not adhere to the strict discipline had left in groups and formed smaller werewolf counties that have grown over the years. 

This pack does not accept rogues, except for refugees from packs destroyed by war. He states that his father is officially still the Alpha but that he is the actual leader carrying out all the work. According to tradition, he can only take over the position once he has found his fated mate. Alpha Rainer is now twenty and has