Jayce’s P.O.V. “Thank you, Max.” Jax says and I thank him as well. I am glad he will be going with Hunter where ever her studies take her and I know he will keep her from harm. Max just smiles at us as he winks at Hunter and that makes her giggling even worse. We watch her team train for an hour and a half before we go back inside for dinner and I have to admit that she picked a great team, but most of all I am glad she is taking Matt and Victor with her. Together with Max they will keep her safe and make sure she stays out of trouble. “Yeah, right. Trouble will find her no matter what.” Colt mumbles in my head and I know that he is right, if she doesn’t cause it herself she somehow finds it on her path. Dinner is spend with her whole family present and Mom enjoys getting to know her Aunts and Uncles even better. We hear a few more stories about Mom as a little girl and Mom treats us to a few more stories about Hunter. Mom tells everyone the story on how they found out that Hunter was able to link her Alpha and I see Papa and Uncle Drake looking at one another. As far as I know it is very uncommon for an underaged Wolf or Lycan to be able to do that, except of course when it comes to the family-link for Lycans. That one gets connected as a Pup turns sixteen and through the mind-link I ask Hunter to link Papa. She asks me why and I explain to her the reason for my request, I hear her giggle softly. Her entire family snaps their heads in her direction and my jaw drops as I stare at my Mate, she just linked her entire family at once. “Hunter, what did you do?” Mom asks and she just throws me under the bus as she says I told her to do it, but I just laugh at the expression on the faces around us. “Mom, for Lycans it is normal to be able to link their family from the day they turn sixteen. I asked Hunter to link Papa and after I explained to her why I asked her, she linked all of them at once.” Pops and Dad are laughing, while Mom just stares at me and it is Colt that reminds me of the fact that there are certain things Mom doesn’t know about being a Lycan. “Mom, I am sorry. I forgot that you and Hunter were never educated properly on the difference between Lycans and Werewolves, that things that are normal to us are not normal for the two of you.” I say and Mom tells me it is fine. “I thought I had learned all of it these past few years, but apparently there are still somethings I might not know. Does that mean she can link any member that is related to her?” Mom asks and I actually have to look at Dad. Dad is quiet for a while and it is Uncle Drake that finally answer Mom, “Aspen, she can link anyone she wants. She is a Royal through her Father’s bloodline and that means she can link anyone in my Pack if she wants to.I looked into it after you told me who her Father was and I wanted to know everything I could find out, knowing you didn’t get the right kind of guidance. Her being able to link her Alpha had nothing to do with the ritual, but everything with her Royal bloodline.” Uncle Drake is right, we forgot that she is from the Royal bloodline and that means she is capable of a few more things than a normal Lycan. It also explains why she was able to beat me during training the time I had to assess her. Colt is rolling around in my head and I know she will be a force to be reckoned with once she is fully trained. Damn, I hate to be on the receiving end of her blows when that day comes and I pity the fool that ever pisses her off enough. I think we have to go over everything with Mom and Hunter, because things we take for granted will be unknown to them.