Stephan (POV)
Ember was nervous. You could hear all the people talking and laughing as we got closer to the kids' center where we were now having Ember's birthday lunch.
This was a smaller gathering compared to her birthday celebrations tonight. The lunch was only for close friends and family and a few higher up visitors. They were all excited about meeting the future queen. Only some people knew that we were all mated to Ember. I know we were all worried about how our people would take the news. Most of them didn't care. I had found my mate and I had chosen to accept her and that was all that mattered to them. She was their queen. The only ones who seemed to have a problem with it were a few vampires and a handful of wolves. They didn't like the idea of sharing their queen with others.
