The dinning room became silent as none of them actually knew about the shared power after mating. "You all really have no idea?" Drexa asked, pretending to be shocked, "Well, Ashley is destined to be powerful and will become even more powerful after being marked by her mate. The mate also stands to share her powers with her. Their lives become connected." "So you're trying to say Ashley will be in danger if anything happens to her mate?" Kyle, who was the first to catch onto the meaning of her words, asked and Drexa nodded. Ashley locked eyes with Drexa again. The woman knew way too much about her that it felt like she had been watching her the whole time. "I think I need to inform Rebecca of this." Ashley said regardless but Drexa scoffed. "And who said Rebecca doesn't know about it? I mean, do you really think she'd be that kind that she'd accept to house an Alpha who hated vampires and almost rejected you as his mate?" Chad stopped eating and grabbed the serviette next to his

~Ashley~What? Marcellus hadn't even marked me yet and his pack already feels I'm their Luna. So ridiculous. "I know what you're thinking but it doesn't seem to be Burning Heart Pack. Actually, they are three of them from different packs and they are really adamant you're their Alpha's mate." Rebecca explained, also confused by the whole issue. "Please tell me the moon goddess didn't make my life even more miserable by giving me numerous mates?" I begged, walking out of my room and closing the door gently behind me. "I hope not." I heard Rebecca say beside me and once again, my mind jolted back to the discussion with Drexa. "Rebecca, is there something you're not telling me?" I suddenly asked and I felt her slow down but picked up the pace almost immediately. I desperately wished she'd be more forward with me and tell me everything but just like I expected, she played it off with the words, "Don't worry, Ashley. Everything will be fine." I said nothing until we got to the stair

Everyone turned to look at Damien who stood without turning to look at the child. Fearing the man didn't hear, the young child ran to him and grabbed him by his trouser leg. "Alpha Shane, I'm so happy you're alive." The child said again and broke down into tears. Others were beginning to think the child had made a mistake and was about to move him from Damien when the man looked down at the child. He extended his hands afterward and took him into his arms. Seeing the dirty condition of the child, his eyes reddened and once again, he was reminded of the coward who did nothing but run while his pack was getting attacked. But weren't the pack members supposed to follow their new Alpha?"I knew you looked familiar. Shane Hobb, the son of the late Alpha Shaw." Gray mumbled walking back to where he stood. Claire was the most confused of all. So the man who had saved Marcellus was the son of the very man who led the attack to destroy their pack. "Everyone thought you were dead, Shane?"

Liam returned to an empty car. He furrowed his brows tightly and glanced around in search of Keller, totally forgetting he had asked her to cast a spell to shield herself from people's view. "Are you looking for something?" He heard and glanced at the front passenger's seat where he had looked earlier but didn't see her. He smiled and reached out to the mother and daughter behind him, "Get into the car. I need to ask you something." The witch stared at him for a while before agreeing. She was more than grateful that he showed up but at the same time, she wondered what he really wondered. Liam got in last and started the car again. The drive towards town was quiet and he only turned to Keller when he wanted to ask for directions. He drove straight to a villa and honked in front of it. The gate creaked open and a security man walked out to see who it was. When he saw Liam, his eyes widened in shock. "Mr. Elsher." "I decided to visit today." Liam said with a smile and the security

~Ashley~Before we got to the compound, I found somewhere to sit and sat down then glanced up at Caddel. "I blame you." I said and saw him widen his eyes in surprise before a smile spread across his face. I expected him to deny it but he instead sat next to me. "Well, I told you to go back another day. That points to me having a plan, doesn't it?" He chuckled and I smiled wryly. "So what's the plan? This seems to be the best time to show my monstrous strength and not just display it whenever I feel angry." I sighed and looked away from him. I recalled the look in Dante's eyes. The fact he wasn't yearning to be saved by me broke my heart. What was I expecting? Vampires are fu.cked up and it's difficult for them to forgive whenever they are wronged. "Did something happen between you and Dante?" I heard Caddel ask. "We had a fight earlier. I lost my temper and hit him. Now he doesn't want to have anything to do with me." I replied after thinking it through. For a weird reason, I f