The males, including Romulus, changed into their werewolf form. They ran with anticipation as female scents could be smelled from afar. In Romulus' werewolf form, his fur is pitch black as the night; his eyes are red. In his werewolf form, unlike regular wolves, he could stand on his two feet; his body was still muscular. He has sharp nails ready to kill anyone trying to get in his way. His competitors had similar forms, but many were different sizes and colors. His cousin, Remus' wolf form, is grey; his eyes are gold.

His cousin went with the others. Before Romulus went to a nearby village, he looked at the moon and closed his wolf eyes. "Moon Goddess, my entire faith is with you. Please, let this be the night. All I want is a mate I can love and care for until my days on this earth." He opened his eyes again and began to run towards the others. There were two villages nearby. The other villages were too far, and it was risky to go to all of them since they were outnumbered and it could cause too much attention. Throughout the years of mate hunts he participated in, he went through many villages, but there was no such luck.

As he ran faster to one of the villages, he felt his heart beating excitedly. Romulus began to feel a sense of hope in his heart. "Perhaps the moon goddess heard my prayers!" he told himself. He ran faster.

A couple of werewolf males ran oppositely, and he went to the right. Romulus could hear some of his competitor's thoughts. Many said they could smell the scents of their mates or have other disturbing thoughts. He only had one goal: to find his mate. Romulus knew many others were almost at the age of becoming infertile, and desperation would kick in. It is not uncommon that many werewolves would kidnap and rape women who are not their mates. Many of them tried to impregnate them. If the woman gets pregnant, they are forced to marry the werewolf—a cruel fate.

Romulus and the other werewolves got to a hill and saw a village. Many of the homes still had their lights on. He then smelled something nice and wonderful; it smelled of lavender. "I can smell her, my mate..." he told himself in utter delight. "The moon goddess heard my prayers. Thank you, moon goddess!" Then, the others ran toward the village. Romulus ran, too, and he did not want his mate to be in the arms of another.

Meanwhile, Leah still lay down on the grassy ground. She felt like it was hours that she had been outside, so she decided to go back to her grandmother. As the young woman stood up, she heard howling.

Leah began to walk toward the village, and as she walked, she saw things running fast toward the village. Screams echoed.

"Werewolves!!" yelled many people.

Leah could not believe it. Many people tried to run away, and gunshots were heard. Leah ran as fast as she could to the village without thinking when she thought of her grandmother. For her, the well-being of her grandmother came first to her mind. Leah got closer and closer to the village, and she stopped in her tracks. Bodies were on the ground, and blood splattered everywhere. What horrified her the most were the beasts before her.

The beasts went after the young women.

"Werewolves..."

Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt something hot behind her. She slowly turned around and was in front of a werewolf. Fear overcame her, but she heard something in her mind.

The werewolf let out a soft growl. "Mate!"