on my way back to owen's house shivers run through my skin. i imagine our mating and i imagine it will be violent no matter how much ben says it will be painless i cannot believe how could i not. it does not take long before we are in front of the fake mansion some priests are walking on the streets singing strange songs about the war one of them stops at my side his eyes are white and his cloak covers his skin, he holds my arm ben is tense at my side - my name is samuel . I blink even though he looks strange there is a kindness in the way he is smiling at me now - my name is ayla . I decide to say finally his smile widens - I noticed that you can walk in the sunlight ayla that means that your lineage is pure, to which clan you belong . I smile sadly at him and ask him a question I as

