Cassius POV "Don't worry I'm not rejecting you, but I do have something to tell you........." I started slowly. Aella looked at my from under her lashes and I was struck with wonder at how beautiful she was, she gently held my hand as I continued. "Um so I'm 19 turning 20 in 5 months, when I was younger I had a best friend, her name was Mia, and she was amazing..." I stopped when I heard a low growl coming from Aella, a small smirk rose on my face as I rubbed her hand comfortingly. "So when I was 17 my parents went on a business trip to go meet another pack it all went well, but when they were heading home there were a couple of hunters on board. So when they got off the hunters killed them when they were walking in the forest. Of course my dad put up a fight and tried to protect

