*Meadow*We arrived home and Caleb took me up to the bathroom and turned on the water, filling the tub. I looked at him with a million questions but he wasn't looking at me, he simply started to undress me and I let him. He looked at me with worried eyes, examining my body, every part of me, but never meeting my eyes. Then he tested the water and guided me in.The water was warm and welcoming, it felt so good. I laid and tried to relax while he kneeled next to me and held a sponge with liquid soap, and started to caress my body softly. It wasn't erotic, it was simply a love gesture, it overwhelmed me. "We have an important event tonight, I don't want this to ruin it for you, so now you are going to relax, you will have tomorrow to worry about her." He whispered to me and kissed my forehead, and I closed my eyes letting him wash away my tension.It was true, I didn't realize how tensed and worried I had been the last 24 hours until now. It was as if Agape was getting into me somehow

*Meadow*It was beautiful; the wind in my fur, the blurriness at my side as I ran faster, my eyes adjusting to the light of the moon focusing upon each new object: a rock, a tree, a leaf. Caleb quickly caught up with me and began running at my side, I didn't want to chase him, nor have him chase me, perhaps in another time. Now I wanted him with me, at my side, enjoying this moment as we both ran towards our spot. I knew where I was heading, and he knew it too.I saw and felt the earth shake with my pack's run; wisps glowing up in the air at the top of the trees. Queen Isilwen herself graciously watching us from the top of the tallest tree. I howled up at her and saw her smile and bow her head.Caleb and I reached the stream and waterfall I now love so much, and I didn't stop running, I jumped into the water and soon Caleb jumped too. I felt the wet sand under my paws and jumped up and down enjoying the splash of the water and the feeling of his maw now playing to catch my neck and

*Caleb*Once they both left, I looked at Alex frowning and he shrugged. "How many trespassers are we going to have? I think we need to re-discuss our defensive strategies with Queen Isilwen." I grunted and Meadow chuckled."Actually she is the first one to enter our lands with their consent, Alpha." He replied and I shook my head with a sigh."Caleb? I knew there was something else behind her, I really want to hear more about it before the others arrive, do we have time?" Meadow asks me and I take a look at my watch."They are arriving tonight, which gives us most of the day. Queen Isilwen is meeting us mid ground to discuss briefly their presence. Tomorrow morning Demark and his wolves will arrive, Smithson not far behind. Give her a couple of hours to rest and then after lunch, we can get to hear her story. I am interested to know how she made it here alive." I said and she nodded. "Alex, fill Cara in on this for me, there is something I need to do before we get invaded by so man

*Meadow*"So what happened to Daphne?" I asked and Gideon turned around finally, he had his eyes locked on that screen for too long."I came with the nurse, she is going to be ok. The nurse gave her some medicine already. Apparently she was dehydrated and starving for too long, and after having some proteins and vitamins into her system, it kind of overwhelmed her. The medication is doing wonders on her already. Kinda cool." Gideon said with half a smile and I remembered the effectiveness of the nurse's medicine on myself long time ago.I nodded at Gideon and smiled. "Magic, right?" He nodded and Caleb chuckled. "What about Agape?" I asked and walked towards the cameras, she was pacing on her room furious, moving from a random side to another."Well, I think she senses her mom is here, probably when she got feverish." Alex filled us and I nodded."I am going to get in and talk to her, calm her down a bit. After that, I want us to maybe meet her mother and make her talk, we have ve

*Meadow*She continued. "Everything slowed down, and we both felt and saw the dark shadow approach us. I cried as he claimed me to be his, since he had bathed me in his blood and I had accepted it. Gordon growled at him and was ready to fight for me but I was slipping away, I was about to die. The dark shadow offered him a deal... he would let me free of the blood oath if he made one, a new one, with him. I was going to object, I barely knew who he was but already wanted to protect him, but I had no energy left, I was so cold, so tired. He agreed and took the new pact, the dark shadow making him promise that in time, my mate and I will have to give him our child. He would present himself when our daughter turned 18th, and claim her as mate. And Gordon would have to turn the pack to him without a fight. I knew it was wrong, but he took it. It was almost too late for me when he finally took the oath and sealed the new pact. I closed my eyes only to wake up days after, in his bed, clean