Umayza I open my eyes to look into Axel's eyes, and he has a huge grin on his face. "Yade, you are stunning," he whispers as his hand glides through our fur. I look over my shoulder at my Father, and he is holding a mirror in front of him. He brought it just like he promised. He slowly turns it around, and I am faced with Yade for the very first time. She is bigger than Axel's wolf. Her fur is like a silver color as the sun shines down on us, and her eyes are a deep turquoise color. Axel is right—she is stunning. Yade takes a few steps before she runs off into the woods. "We are right behind you," I hear Blaze say, and soon I hear their paws hit the ground as they chase after Yade. We keep running for about an hour, and then we go back to find Finlay and my Father. Axel kneels down in front of me and talks to me as Yade hands back control to me. Everyone is talking about Yade and our first shift as we get back to the Academy. In the lobby, Council-member Finlay takes his leave as we head back to my room. It takes us a long time before we can talk about something other than Yade. It is the first day of the Full Moon, and Tarja just informed us we will be hearing if we passed our exams tomorrow afternoon. Council-member Boaz calls out to me as the others get into the elevator. I tell them I will meet them upstairs before I walk over to Boaz, and I see him holding an envelope. The color tells me what is inside, as there are different colors for different events. "Evander and Conri asked me to give this to you," he says, and for a moment I am at a loss for words. "Council-member Boaz, tell Evander and Conri I wish them all the happiness in the world. I just hope they will have no regrets about the choices they made," I say before I turn my back on him and walk away. *** Ever since the day I found that note, Yade and I have discussed our situation. At first, we both wanted to go find them and kick their asses. Tarja talked me out of that, and Alexia was the one to suggest I avoid them, make their Lycans go insane at not seeing their Mate. I still remember the day we had our class on the Mate-bond, and I had tried really hard to skip it, but Council-member Vivyanna didn't allow it. Looking back, I am grateful I had to sit through that class because it taught me a few things I had not been aware of at the time. Being underaged meant that Yade and I didn't feel the pull of the Mate-bond like Conri and Evander will. Their Lycans will try to fight them for control whenever they smell my scent, while Yade doesn't have that need. If I were to kiss a male, they would feel an excruciating pain, but it doesn't work the other way around. I had used my own situation as a hypothetical one to ask Council-member Vivyanna what would happen if the underaged Wolf or Lycan decided to avoid the male. She told us that everything would stay the same. However, she told us that their Lycans would slowly get more control of their Human half, and if they were apart for too long, they could lose control altogether, but that will take years. Boris had asked her if it would change anything for the male if he took a chosen Mate. Council-member Vivyanna had laughed her ass off before she told Boris that his Wolf or Lycan would never let him mark or mate another female. Blaze had us rolling in the aisles as she said through our mind-link, "A long life of blue balls." After that class, it became clear to me that Yade and I would never feel the pull of the Mate-bond or the pain of them cheating if we stayed away from them. It was a relief to find out that knowing they are my Mates won't affect me and Yade in any way; it makes our decision to avoid them easier. I do wonder what they will do about the two females, as their Lycans won't allow them to mark or mate them. Will I take a chosen Mate someday, knowing that they will be in physical pain if I am with my chosen Mate? Will I ever just kiss a male, knowing that they will feel it? I haven't found any answers to those questions yet, but I will figure it out somewhere down the line. That is why I refused their invitation to the Palace, because I will feel the pull of the Mate-bond at midnight when the first day of the Full Moon starts.