Xavier looked at me but couldn't answer since he also didn't know the answer. The cries and screams were coming from all around us.

Taking charge I shouted out to the pack members "Everyone stay calm. We don't know if that black smoke is gone so some of us are going to go check it out. Do not go into any building in case the aftershock of the earthquake happens."

Once everyone was informed, Xavier, Jaxon, Maddox, and Axel headed to the dead man that touched the smoke. The man laid there unmoving with his eyes rolled back only his whites showing. I was the first to walk towards him to take a closer look, he didn't have any evidence of what had happened to him other than a weird mark near his eye. The mark was black and looked like a circle with a cross on top, nothing like I have ever seen.

I stood back up and turned to the guys "Take his body for the funeral."

Axel, Jaxon, and Maddox took the man to the pack doctor while Xavier and I stayed to inspect the trees that had fallen. Once we got a better look, there was no residual smoke and it was as if nothing ever happened.

"I need to call Aiden, maybe the same thing happened there," I said to Xavier.

"Go ahead I should go check up on the pack members in case they need help," he said to me.

I nodded and walked away from him to take my call.

Aiden answered after three rings "Hey Ana. Please tell me Midnight wasn't the only one with that whole black smoke and tree falling."

"Nope, we had it here so it woke us up in the middle of the night. We had one casualty at Dark Moon" I replied to him.

"Thank god Midnight didn't have any. I am going to talk to other alphas because if this happened both here and there it must be happening everywhere. If it is the main point of the Wolves Conference will be circulating this topic" Aiden said.

"Agree," I said back.

"Anyway how are you doing with the whole ex-mate?" he asked me.

"Honestly not bad. I thought that seeing him again might add feeling but it wasn't other than annoyance. Now that I have grown up without him and am doing better alone he thinks he has some claim over me. It is so fucking annoying and if he keeps this up I might have to bash my head against the wall" I told Aiden.

He laughed and said, "It could be worse."

"Wait wait wait, you didn't hear the best part, he marked my fucking old best friend Lilith,"

I said laughing with him."You're shitting me right?" Aiden asked, shocked.

"Nope," I replied.

"Oh god, at least you will be back home in a few days," he said.

"I know but I really don't want to leave my parents," I said to him.

Aiden told me "You can visit whenever you want and they are welcome here any time."

I was about to reply back but before I could I smelt fucking vanilla and sandalwood.

"Hey Aiden, I'll see you next week ok" before he could reply back I hanged up on him.

Turning around I asked, "Why are you here Axel?"

"I just wanted to make sure you're okay," he told me.

"Why the fuck do you care what happens to me. Yo rejected me" I remarked.

"Stop bringing it up. I am trying to redeem myself from that" he said.

"Don't you get it Axel you can't? My life was hell when you rejected me. For god sakes, I had to leave home because of YOU!" I said in anger.

He at least had the decency to look ashamed and said, "I will be a better mate for you."

"Are you going to reject Lily now?" I asked.

"Well no I still need her for a public appearance but on the inside, I will be with you. If I reject her now it will ruin my entire reputation," he said.

Please God, tell me he didn't just say that. If I was angry before, believe me, it just got 10 times worse than it already was. Axel had the talent of making me feel like I was worthless and unlovable. If this was two years ago I would probably break down crying at what he had just said but I wasn't the same girl as before. Throughout the two years I learned to appreciate myself and now knew of my self-worth.

"You want me to be your fucking WHORE. God, you really are stupider than you look" I said in rage.

"I am not your playtoy. You can't have it both ways and you have chosen what you wanted two years ago so leave me the fuck alone!" I screamed at him.

Without bothering to look at his reaction I walked away as fast I could in the other direction of Axel. How dare he think that I would accept that stupid offer he just made. The thought of Axel Kingsley now days just angers the fuck out of me. Bringing my thoughts away from Axel I thought about the private dinner I had with my parents today. They had invited me to spend more time together before I left next week. After today's attack, we had an off from training so I spent the entire day in my room eating and watching t.v.

I walked to my parent's house alone for dinner that same evening. As I opened the door I was greeted by the familiar minty smell that comes from my old home. I walked into the dining room to see my dad setting the table and my mom bringing the food to the table. Mom that evening had made my favorite food, steak, and salad. When my parents finally noticed me they greeted me with a hug.

"Darling you're finally here," Mom said.

"Yeah well, the day really did take away from me watching All American" I replied.

Mom rolled her eyes and then indicated to me to sit down to eat. During the beginning of dinner, we just talked about random things, mostly me informing them about my life in Midnight. They wanted to know the story of how I had become Beta and more about the boys. We also talked about how their lives had gone after I left Dark Moon two years ago.

Finally coming to the topic of my departure next week I said "I am going to miss you but visit me whenever you want."

They looked at each other and then back at me.

Dad spoke first "Honey we thought very hard about you leaving. We already missed so much of your life and had not been there for you when you needed us the most."

"It's not your fault. I didn't even inform you and just took off without at least talking about it with my parents" I said to them.

"It's ok darling you were going through the worst experience of your life. You made the right decision even if it was on impulse" Mom said.

Mom and Dad looked at each other again and then finally turned to me.

Mom continued and said "We talked about it and we don't want to miss more of your life.

There is also nothing left for us in the Dark Moon."

Dad intercepted and said, "What your mom is trying to say is that we would like to come back with you to Midnight."