*
It was beautiful.
The very air seemed to tingle with some hidden magic, and Bella could feel it on her skin. She couldn’t explain what it was, but she felt it all around her, like a sweet fragrance which she couldn’t ignore. The one seemed to pulse with a life of its own, and the light coming from it was unlike anything she had ever seen.
Even from afar, even though Bella could only stare at it in the faint light of the room, the orb was truly a breathtaking thing to look at. It looked absolutely magnificent, and she was almost afraid to go towards it. Something stirred inside her, and she felt like the orb was speaking to her, in an ancient tongue which she somehow knew.
“It’s as powerful as the ring I gave you,” he explained. “Perhaps even more powerful. Every Alpha has one of t
