Ynanna "In every generation of the Alpha bloodline, there is one female that gets born with the gift of perception—the ability to see, hear, and feel what happened in a certain area. As you can imagine, that would be handy if you want to find out what someone might be hiding." "They want to keep every female in their own Pack, as it is impossible to predict which female will give birth to the next gifted female. Every Alpha and Luna have been mostly chosen Mates for centuries. On occasion, a fated couple has been known to take the title of Alpha and Luna, but that hasn't happened a lot." "I doubt your fated Mate had that gift, but she would be able to put the next gifted female into this world. Dolion told me the Luna of Bright Moon Pack realized quickly who Umayza's Grandparents were, and together with Dolion, she came up with a plan." "He contacted your parents-in-law to inform them of your whereabouts, but he didn't know if Umayza had the gift of perception. He asked them if he could take her as his chosen Mate. They knew his reputation and decided it would be a good idea if Umayza had a Mate that could force her to do their bidding." "The older Umayza got, the more convinced your parents-in-law became that she had the gift. Umayza is their youngest Grandpup, and none of their other Granddaughters possess the gift. It manifests around the age of eight and only becomes stronger after that with training." "This is why he was so adamant about taking you as his chosen Mate. It meant an increase in rank for him, and your Grandparents get to continue their business. Once they find out he is in St. Clairsville prison, they will come for him, hoping he didn't tell anyone who or what you are." Everyone in the room is quiet, and I watch Umayza as all sorts of emotions run across her face. Council-member Boaz is the first one to break the silence. "Ynanna, do you think the Alpha knew what his Luna did?" I shake my head and tell him that he had been unaware of the plans his Luna and Dolion had made in regard to Umayza—that they made sure he never found out any of it. "His Luna had used the lack of High-ranking males in their Pack as a reason for her to put Umayza in Dolion's group, and she wanted to make sure their Son wouldn't pick Umayza, because she knew her Son had an interest in her as well," I explain. Council-member Boaz tells Umayza that she will be staying at the Academy and that she will get a protection detail to make sure her Grandparents can't get to her. Gray will start instructing a class of Assassins in a few days, and Umayza will start her training in about two weeks. Before she starts her training, she will have to get to know her protection detail, and they have to get to know her, as they will be spending a lot of time together. Once they know each other's weaknesses and strengths, Umayza will be able to start her training. Evander We were sent on assignment the morning after the accident, and halfway through the morning, Council-member Dayanah informed us that Umayza was awake—that she was already walking around in her room. Captain looked relieved to find out she was doing okay, and it settled Mylo down. By the time we got back to the Academy, we had been gone for almost three weeks, and I couldn't wait to see our little Mate. But I was also very nervous, as we didn't know what her presence would do to us or our Lycans. Conri and I had decided to leave her a note if it became too much for us to be around her. Captain Armand stops as we round the corner towards the training grounds, and we all follow his line of sight to see seven people training privately. Six of them are circling one person, and Mylo actually starts growling in my head as one male starts to advance towards the person in the middle. We all start laughing as he suddenly flies over another male and slams to the ground face first, but the guy just gets up with a huge grin on his face. "Nicely done, little Ghost," he says towards the group, and I wonder who this person is that sent him flying. "You are getting better, day by day. I still can't believe you are this good without your Wolf," he says. My head snaps towards Conri, and I know he is thinking the same thing I am—Umayza. The group steps aside as he walks back towards them, and there she is with a huge smirk on her face and her hands on her hips. "I told you she would kick your ass, Axel," a female says as the rest of them laugh their asses off. "She has come a long way in the past three weeks," I hear a voice behind us, and we turn around to be faced with Gray. "She has been training with them ever since she was released from the infirmary. For the past few days, she has been attending the Academy as well. She really loves to hear the history of Humans, Werewolves, and Lycans. Council-member Armas says he has never had a student this interested in history, and we all know he has been around for a while," Gray says, and we chuckle at his remarks. "Captain, can I borrow Theron for a moment?" Umayza asks, and before he can respond, Theron is already running towards her. "What do you need me for?" he asks her, and she leans closer to tell him something, making Mylo growl in my head. Theron just nods his head as Umayza takes a few steps back. Theron takes a stance I am all too familiar with, and my heart starts pounding in my chest as I realize what she asked of him. "Whenever you are ready, Theron," Umayza says with a very confident look on her face. She is no match for Theron with or without her Wolf, and I take a step forward to put a stop to this. But before I can say anything, Theron charges towards her. Just before he reaches her, she ducks to roll through his feet, and in the process, she slams a fist to the back of one of his knees, making him slam to the ground with a huge thud. Callan is laughing his ass off as Theron rolls on his back to look at Umayza. "Fuck, woman. How the hell did you manage to do that?" he mutters, and I can't hold my laughter in as I see the smug look on Umayza's face. She just shrugs her shoulders before she holds her hand out to help him back up.