As soon as Shiro returned from his little mission in Russia, he followed Katherine every step of the way. Uncertain about what was going to happen, namely what decision the Elders would make about them, made Katherine and Shiro want to spend as much time together as possible. At times, each of them regretted that they had not realized their feelings earlier and wasted so much time on some kind of stalking game or avoiding each other. However, during the three days of his absence, the Elders were still closing matters related to Sonia and her turned vampires army, establishing a plan to liquidate the remaining nests, communicating their remarks to the hunters through lord Michael O'Sullivan and his son Patrick, so they haven't started discussing other topics yet. It was also known that they
