I spent an hour catching up with Rachel, Ben's mom. We shared stories about our lives in Maine and reminisced about our wonderful life before our families died. We found out that Ben's dad and my father were killed shortly after we escaped, trying to protect my mother so she could replenish her magic. She died just ten minutes later, the magic depleted, she just couldn't hold on. Rachel had joined the guard to help but Axel himself had thrown her against a wall knocking her out. She awoke the next morning to death and loss. Her mate was dead, her Queen and Prince were dead and her son gone forever.
She told Ben over and over how proud of him she was, that him being out there in the world, protecting me was what kept her going. That being my personal royal guard was the highest of position
