Yes, I apologise for leaving for so long on such a terrible cliff hanger, But! Did that not make things more suspenseful and exciting? Is she? Isn't she? True or false? Are they really Mates? If so why the hell is this a lesbian story?

Well instead of rambling on with all these questions I'm sure you have asked yourself multiple times, how about you find out for yourself right now hmm?

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I was confused, but everyone else seemed to know what it was by their shocked expressions. My Mistress's eyes widened in surprise at the same time as her eyes went from me to Anon and back again. She looked highly confused and surprised, expressions I didn't think I'd ever see on her face, ever.

I looked towards Sylvia who also had wide shocked eyes but I could see a deep sadness in them too. I turned to Anon to see that he had a look of satisfaction on his face. I gave him a questioning look that he replied to with a wink and smirk.

"Um... what is a Mate?" I asked when no one said anything for a few heartbeats. I looked away from him and to my Mistress again.

"It mean's the two of you are soul-mates. You belong together as a couple, as a family, as a Pack." My Mistress answered with now narrowed eyes stuck on Anon. "Mate's are decided by fate before the two involved are even born. Nightwalkers also have Mates, but it is very rare for us to find them because of how long we live and that we could still die before they are even born, or that we've already out lived them."

"What?" I cried out in shock. "That can't be!" I was suddenly panicking. What about lady Beatrice? Why was I so attracted to her if I was meant to be with another, let alone a male?

My Mistress had a blank look on her face that I couldn't read at all. I glared at Anon angry by the confusion he was creating. He looked just about ready to break out into evil cackling and that just made me even more annoyed. "Take that back! I know we can't be what you say because I'm not attracted to you the tiniest bit." I growled bluntly at him. I felt my eyes start to glow as things in my vision became more defined and my fangs lengthened dangerously.

Anon mock winced and placed a hand over his heart. "Ouch, you know how to insult a man don't you?"

I felt the mana around me moving erratically along with my anger. "I'll do more than insult you if you don't tell the truth." I warned him darkly. I felt a slight connection to Anon ever since I allowed him to call me Alpha. This connection I felt started to change and for a reason I am not entirely sure about, I felt like he would do anything I told him to in that moment.

Anon laughed, though it sounded slightly strained, and held up his hands in surrender. "Fine fine. I was lying. She isn't my Mate but there is a strong attraction my wolf holds towards her that it is much like a pull towards my Mate."

The tension in the dining hall rushed out like a sigh and I felt my body relax.

See? I knew I was right. Damn dog, I growled in my head with a glare at Anon. I turned back to my Mistress only to see lady Beatrice in the doorway behind her. Oh god, please don't tell me she heard that conversation? I swallowed nervously as I met her silver eyes that I found enchanting, let alone much more attractive than anything Anon had to offer. They were filled with a nervousness I was surprised by. She seemed tentative to walk into the room.

My Mistress sighed and shook her head. "What an annoying wolf. I would have had to keep you around if what you said was true. Finding a Mate is no joking matter, especially for our kind."

Anon nodded his head. "That's why I said it, but I guess my Alpha dislikes lying."

"Damn right I do." I huffed looking at Anon quickly before my gaze went back to lady Beatrice who seemed a bit more relaxed now. I swallowed lightly. "Now with that confusion over with, and such a thing will never happen again, what would you like to happen with him, Mistress?"

"You can keep him if you want. We discussed this yesterday, it will be interesting to have a shifter among our ranks." My Mistress replied after a tired sigh, then with a wave of her hand she turned to the table that was covered with food. She sat down at the head of the table and I sat in my usual seat on her left, right in front of lady Beatrice. Anon sat beside me while I was surprised by the appearance of Lucas and Hawk at the table, let alone the room. When did they arrive? They sat in the two seats down from Anon while Galen sat across the table a seat away from lady Beatrice. Sylvia was made to stand behind me like the other servants in the room. I felt bad but didn't say anything.

"So will you keep me?" Anon asked with a hint of teasing in his tone. Who knew he was such a boy under his masculine appearance.

I looked towards my Mistress who raised an eyebrow at me obviously giving me the choice to decide. I sighed and nodded. "Fine, I'll be your Alpha, but that also means you have to do as my Mistress asks of you too."

Anon frowned before nodding begrudgingly. "I can do that as long as it's not often and something I don't want to do."

"That's fine." My Mistress replied nonchalantly as she started eating meaning the rest of us could.

With that Anon started talking with Lucas and Hawk while Galen listened. I was looking nervously at lady Beatrice and just being a creep by staring at her before forcing myself to look down at my food.

"I've received an invitation to attend a gathering." My Mistress started making the room go slightly quiet with only the servants murmurs and movement in the background.

"By who?" Lady Beatrice asked placing her utensils down and pushing her plate away.

"Enrique." My Mistress replied darkly with a very unimpressed look on her face.

Surprise filled Lady Beatrice's face before it too darkened with dislike. "What for?"

My Mistress raised a glass of blood to her lips but didn't drink any. She took her time answering. "He's been appointed to the leader of the team looking for the Master's prophesised body."

Glass shattered and I jumped in shock at the sight of my Mistress obviously loosing her calm. Her eyes brightened and I felt the mana inside her become dark and thrummed erratically. She frowned at her now destroyed glass that covered her dress and hand with the blood that was in it. Georgia, who is always following my Mistress around, rushed forward and started wiping off the glass and blood.

"Are you okay mistress?" I asked tentatively.

"No, I'm not. I truly hate that man... That thing." My Mistress growled lowly.

"Aviva..." Lady Beatrice said in a low warning tone, which made my Mistress's body relax and her calm facade slipped back on. "When is it?"

"In a week. I'll be staying there for three nights. You'll be saying here."

"What? Why?" Beatrice frowned. I wanted to smile when I realised that her bottom lip sticks out the tiniest bit when she frowns, it was something adorable that I wasn't expecting. I looked at Anon beside me quickly and thanked god that I wasn't his Mate.

"Because I need you here."

"But-!"

"No, the only ones going will be Galen, Lucas, Hawk and Pet." I was surprised that I was going along too but I was happy that I was included in on something so important.

Beatrice frowned further until she let out a sigh of defeat. "Fine..."

My Mistress nodded her head once with a slight smirk. "Good. With that settled, it's time to start the day."

Everyone left the dining room and I headed off towards the mountain garden with Anon and Sylvia following behind me. I stepped I to the clearing and breathed in the fresh air. I felt light and ready for anything.

"This place has a hell of a lot of mana." Anon commented his wolf clear in his voice and eyes.

"It's amazing isn't it?" I smiled at him as I sat down on the bench in the middle of the garden.

Anon smiled back and nodded his head. Suddenly fractured light covered his body and within a second a large grey furred wolf stood in the tall mans place. Anon shook out his pelt before stretching and taking off for a few laps around the clearing. I watched him go around and felt the mana in the garden rush around him, almost playful. It was fun to watch.

I let out a laugh when he suddenly flopped to the ground and started rolling over rubbing himself over the grass like a pup.

"Who invited the pup?" I smiled wider at Lady Beatrice's voice that had clear humour in it.

I turned my smile to her and watched her sit down, placing the books she was carrying onto the table in front of her. "He followed me. You don't mind do you?" I asked.

"No, just as long as he doesn't interrupt us." She shook her head while pushing one of the books I haven't yet red towards me.

"He won't." I assured her. I cast a glance to Anon to see him in a patch of sun lying on his side with his tongue lolled out. It was adorable and I had the urge to go over to him and start petting his fur. I looked away from him and picked up the book.

Throughout the session, it was mostly quiet, but I made myself ask questions about some of the spells just so that I could hear Lady Beatrice's voice and have her attention on me. Anon had moved from his spot in the sun and was reading over my shoulder still in his wolf form. I was comfortable with the warmth of his body at my back and I caught Lady Beatrice glance at us more than a few times so I was glad that he stayed there for so long.

I must have been staring at her for too long because I jumped in fright when I felt something cold and wet touch the aide of my neck.

Stop staring and turn the page already. A masculine voice sounded through my mind and I thought I was going to snap my neck turning it as fast as I did to catch a wolfish grin on Anon's furry face and his too intelligent blue eyes.

"How did you do that?" I asked him and saw Lady Beatrice look up at us in my peripheral vision.

You're my Alpha. Both my wolf and human side accept this, so I am able to talk to you through a mind link.

I was completely amazed but this. "Can I do it too?"

Yes, you just have to concentrate on me then open your mind. You should feel a link that's nothing physical.

I frowned at him, confused. I tilted my head in question at him before I felt something tickling at the base of my skull. I raised a hand and found the the small hairs on the back of my neck standing up. I concentrated on this space and could almost see a gold thread appear in my peripheral vision going from my neck to Anon's but it disappeared if I tried to look at it fully. "I thought you said it isn't physical? I can see a thread of mana linking us together."

Anon frowned and he turned his head to look around. I can't see it.

I concentrated on the link. Well it's definitely there. I spoke in my head and received a thoughtful 'hmm' from Anon telling me that it worked.

You figured that out quickly. He commented obviously dropping the subject of the link so I did too.

Thank you, it's really not that hard. I shrugged and turned back to reading and memorising the spells.

It actually takes pups easily into their teen years with not knowing how to do it. It takes most a few years to be able to keep their thoughts separate and clear for someone else to hear what one is wanting the other to hear so easily. You barely tried and yet managed it so easily.

I frowned softly. Great, another thing I can do without even trying. Besides knocking Galen out, is there anything I can't seem to do? I don't like seeming so perfect.

A wolfish laugh left Anon and he nudged me with his nose again. Why are you complaining? Doesn't everyone want to be perfect?

Most do, I don't. I can't see myself as perfect and don't ever want to. I grew up on the streets as strange and different and even here among godlike beings I'm still different. I feel like I don't belong anywhere...

Anon rested his head on my shoulder making his whiskers tickle my cheek. Of course you belong. We're Pack Alpha. You will always belong with me and I will always belong with you. You accept me as I am, I can feel it, and I accept you as you are. Perfect or not. Strange and different you might be but we are all strange and different. If we were all the same there would be no variety, no life, no excitement in life. Life is meeting new and strange people and creatures. If we were all the same what's that point in doing anything when everyone else would be doing it too? I mean, that sounds pretty boring to me.

To say I was surprised would be an understatement. Who would have thought this man-child could say something so deep? I smiled and leant my head against his while raising a hand to scratch over his ear and behind it. He was so soft, I loved it.

"Thank you Anon." I whispered out loud to him and he nudged me again in reply.

I moved across the bench when he moved away from me and allowed him to get up into the bench where he laid down with his head on my lap. I smiled down at him and felt a connection. I could feel it now, what it's like to belong somewhere. It's definitely a nice feeling. I looked up then and saw Lady Beatrice watching us with a soft smile and I knew that she knew what I was feeling at that moment, because I know that she feels the same way around her sister, even as they argue more than anything.

I ran my fingers over Anon's silky head and kept doing it as I turned the rest of my attention onto the book I was reading.

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I was more content than I've ever felt before. No more feeling the one man freak show whenever I walked out into the public eye. No more feeling so cold and alone. Finally I felt that I truly was meant to be alive and not get stepped on by anyone without being able to fight back.

I was so comfortable that I even started a conversation with Lady Beatrice. I asked her about a spell and wondered if she could do it, she couldn't because it was a fire spell and her affinity was with water and ice. I then asked her where she came across the spell and that lead to her thorough research in the library and I found out that she had travelled to a large variety of places I've never even heard of. That then led off to a conversation about places she has heard about and where she would want to go.

I was completely captivated in the conversation while still running my fingers through Anon's soft fur. He had fallen asleep on my lap but it was uncomfortable, it actually made me feel like I had a soft blanket over my legs keeping me warm as the temperature dipped.

It felt like we were back in the library when we were talking about our fears, but now we were talking about the future full of hopes and dreams. I loved knowing the two extremes of Lady Beatrice, I felt closer to her again. I just hope this time it stays this way.

When the sun was sinking and lady Beatrice suggested that we head back to the mansion, Sylvia appeared. I thought she was with us all along, but I guess she must have wondered back to the mansion when I was concentrating more on Anon or lady Beatrice.

"I apologise my ladies." She started off and gave a quick curtsy mostly towards lady Beatrice. I felt my mood slightly dim at the sight of the girl I had grown quite close to but can now no longer call a friend. I wish I could tell her about what lady Beatrice and I discussed and if she had any thoughts on the topic, but I can't do that now and that saddens me.

"Lady Aviva directed me to come and retrieve my lady and Anon. Sir Galen is waiting for them." Sylvia continued looking at the ground, which irked me a bit. Anon rose his head from my lap and nudged my stomach.

I can feel your mood. He commented through our link. She's not worth becoming upset over if she can't deal with what you've been made to do.

I smiled softly at him and pinched his fuzzy ear softly, pulling it just the slightest. Thank you, but it's still upsetting seeing my first friend not even looking at me anymore.

Do you want me to bite her?

I stifled a laugh and pulled on his ear harder making his head turn with it. No, I believe that's still my job.

Ooh, can I watch?

I pushed him off the bench then and couldn't help but laugh along to his husky wolf laugh making both Sylvia and lady Beatrice look at us curiously. Behave yourself Anon.

"Sorry, I'm coming now." I apologised to them out loud and stood up while Anon shook himself from the sudden fall.

You're a brute, not to mention I don't see the attraction in watching two women... having fun. Anon drawled in my mind making me grin.

Then you've clearly never done it before. I retorted as I brushed out my shirt and placed the book I still held onto the pile on the stone table. "If you will excuse me, my lady." I bowed to lady Beatrice with a soft smile. "I enjoyed todays lesson very much and I hope we can continue our discussion tomorrow."

Clearly I have not. Anon replied in an uninterested drawl.

Lady Beatrice smiled back as she stood up and fixed her skirt. "Of course... please be safe tonight."

I felt my smile widen at her worry. "Of course my lady, I've already promised to continue our discussion tomorrow. I can't break such a promise, especially to you."

Lady Beatrice's worried expression relaxed and an easy smile appeared, which I much preferred to see than any other expression... unless it's the same one I made appear at her release all that time ago. "Then I will see you in the morning."

I bowed again feeling happy and started off towards the mansion with Sylvia in the lead and Anon, still as a wolf, trotting beside me. I looked down at him and grinned in both curiosity and teasingly. Have you never, how did you put it? Have fun? With a woman before? I asked him through out link.

He glared up at me as he growled and snapped his jaws dangerously towards me. Sharp canines sharp and threatening but I didn't feel threatened in the slightest. Of course I have fool! I laughed at his response and stumbled as he pushed me with his big head, which only made me laugh harder. Shut up! Just because I don't enjoy it as much as you doesn't mean I am still a pup in that aspect!

I smiled at Sylvia as she glanced over her shoulder at us. She frowned slightly before turning away making my smile slip the slightest until I looked back down at Anon. what do you mean you don't enjoy as much as me? I thought all men liked bedding women.

Anon nodded his head. Most do, I'm not complaining but I feel more myself when I'm in bed with another male.

I was shocked. Two men? Bedding each other? How does that even work? Then I realised I never really thought it was possible for two women to bed either, yet I enjoyed that very much so.

How do two females bed? Anon asked back. I thought about it and instead of trying to explain it in words I sent him a memory of Sylvia and I. What the hell? How did you do that? Most Alpha's can't even send memories or images! That's amazing! Anon exclaimed as he skipped and hipped in excitement.

It's much like sending a thought. Concentrate on the link and send the image or memory. I tried to explain back but I'm not entirely sure I got it across right.