"Who are you?" Aiden asked, his voice purposefully laced with suspicion and hostility. He didn't know this woman, and the scent emanating from her gave him a headache. She was clearly not a werewolf.
"My name is Tulip," she said, stepping into a dim ray of light that filtered through one of the broken windows. "We felt your arrival. You came here through a portal, didn't you?"
"What's it to you?" Aiden replied defensively.
"As I said, I may be able to help you. We sensed a rare kind of magic."
"It wasn't us!" Aiden answered, trying to shield Luna from the woman's view. However, Tulip persisted, attempting to catch a glimpse of the woman who called herself Tulip.
Tulip's eyes flickered with curiosity as she observed Aiden's protective stance. She took a step closer, her movements slow
