"Your mate?"My jaw dropped open in bewilderment, I hastily collected myself and then turned to the female, "Nice to meet you, Anna. I'm Elara, Aiden's friend." I smiled brightly at her. "Hurry, come in." I stepped aside to let them in. It did not escape my notice how Aiden paused and made way to let her through before turning to me. "I'll tell you later." He mouthed as if he knew I had a lot of questions to ask him. He had surprised me just like he said. "Aiden, you finally visited." Ember grinned widely, pulling Anna to sit, "Have a sit, fair one." She said, winking at Aiden who looked away but there was a faint redness to his ears. He cleared his throat awkwardly, "I did promise I would, didn't I?" "You sure did. You are just in time, Ember and I just had lunch but we can spare so

