June 20th

(Ella's POV)

"How are you enjoying being with a pack?" Keira asks as I prop my phone up so I can dig through my bag.

"It's been interesting," I say trying to figure out what I have done with my charger.

"I want details."

"On what?" I ask looking at my phone to look at her confused.

"Ella, I'm your best friend and I can tell something happened. I want details."

Turning my attention back to my bad I tell her, "I sometimes question why I became friends with you."

"You love me." She says and I can hear her moving around her room doing whatever. Most likely getting ready for work.

"Sometimes," I comment mostly to myself.

Keira and I have been friends since we were 15 years old and got paired up in chemistry class. She had moved to Moonstone with her mom and younger sister not long before we met and became friends. All three are mermaids. I do sometimes question how we even became friends. In school, we didn't run in the same circles and only shared two classes, chemistry, and math. She was a cheerleader and became captain of the volleyball team, our senior year, while I played no sports and spent most of my free time in the art room hiding. Most of my friends were fellow coven members and only a few went to the same school. Before we became friends I think the longest we spent time together was working on a chemistry project as part of it required us to work on the written portion outside of class. She was well liked in school and most didn't even realized I talked even though I had been in school with them since pre-k.

"Tell me. Please?" She says and I know with puppy dog eyes even if I'm not looking at her.

"Okay," I say finally giving in to her.

I spent the next few minutes telling Keira what has happened while I've been here. It's not much as it hasn't even been a full day. In all honestly though feels longer. Eventually, I give up looking for my charger figuring I either left it at home or in my car. Hopefully it's in my car.

"You sound like you don't want to leave."

"I feel like I can truly be myself here. I barely know these people, but they are really easy to talk to. For the first time in 8 years, I feel like I belong somewhere. Here I don't have people looking at me like I'm an outcast. I don't have to worry about running into ex friends. Here I can forget about her." I say grabbing my phone and laying backwards on my bed. It hurts to think about my ex and the people who I thought were my friends. They knew she was cheating on me for almost half of our relationship, but never said a thing. A little over a month go I learned the truth and broke-up with her. Yesterday would have been our two year anniversary. It was my second ever relationship. The first only last eight month due to him having to move. Me and him are still friends and I learned recently he found his soulmate.

Ever since I learned I was a shifter I haven't felt like I truly belong in the coven. Being the only shifter in it meant I had to learn everything myself. My family tried to help, but my dad had a coven to run and my siblings had their own things to learn with their magic. While the coven as a whole is accepting of shifters some have gone out of their way to ignore me ever since I shifted. Those people talked, hung out with, and included me in things when we all thought I was human. I thought they were my friends. As I got older I realized my true friends were the ones who didn't give a fuck that I was a shifter. They were also the ones who didn't care when I came out as a biromantic demisexual, most of the people I hang out with in the coven aren't straight either which includes most of my siblings.

"It could be because you are a shifter. Aren't shifters meant to be part of packs?" Keira asks.

"I don't know, but have to let you go as my phone is about to die. I have no idea where my bloody charger is, so I'm going to find someone to see if they have one I can borrow."

"I have to get to work anyway before my mom gets onto me for being late, again. Talk to you later?"

"Definitely. Bye. Love you."

"Love you too. Bye."

After I hang up with Kiera I head out of the room Emily showed me and I quite literally walk into Luca. Not the first time I've walked into someone and most likely won't be the last. This morning I walked into Carter while still half asleep. I don't remember what I said, but he laughed and mumbled something that I couldn't make out. I think adorable was said, but that could be my imagination. Keira will not know this for a while if I can help it, but I do think Carter is cute. It's not just because he's my soulmate. One thing about soulmates is that the relationship is it's not always romantic. A black design on one's soulband means the relationship will end up being romantic while a white design means it'll be platonic. The design on mine is black, so I know one day I'll end up with Carter.

"Careful." He says while making sure I don't fall.

"Sorry."

"It's fine. You aren't the first person to run into me. Alex usually stumbles around in the mornings and runs into me if I'm in the hall. How do you like the room?"

"It's fine. Lot more pastel than I'm used to. Do you have a phone charger I can borrow? I can't find mine and my phone is on the verge of dying." I say holding my phone up right as it decides to fully die.

"Yeah. Looks like we have the same kind of phone. I usually keep a spare in my room as Alex usually misplaces her charger or leaves it over at Isaac's."

Luca leads me down the hall to his room; which is next door, to get his charger. The rooms are separated by bathrooms. I've learned each bedroom as it's own bathroom. As he gets the charger I glance around his room which is brightly colored. It's mostly shades of sunset orange with mint and pale pink accents. From what I've gathered about him it's not surprising to see there isn't much decor.

"What are these ribbons for?" I ask spotting them above his desk.

"Most are 4-H with a few from art and writing competitions that community center in town has held."

"Didn't peg you to be an artist."

"I don't draw much now, but I did a lot in middle school before I really got into writing. Do you draw or write?"

"I suck at writing, but I've tried my hand at writing fanfics a couple of time. I prefer painting. Mostly watercolor, but the occasional digital. I actually own an online shop where I sell my art."

"What's the name of your shop?" He asks handing me the spare charger.

"Moonstar Art," I reply as his phone starts ringing.

"Really? Alex recently commissioned the artist."

"Yes. Should I tell her it's me?"

"Maybe." He says answering, "How do you feel about meeting a shifter from the Amethyst Pack?" He asks answering his phone.

"Hello to you too." A male voice says.

"Hi, Timmy," Luca replies looking at his phone screen with a bright smile, "Sorry was talking to a visitor. Her name is Ella and she's a wolf shifter from a coven.

Luca turns so I can be seen and I wave a little. Timmy has blonde hair with blue tips and a bright smile.

"If I didn't know better I would have thought she was Marie's twin." Timmy says upon seeing me.

"Who is Marie?" I ask a little confused.

"Alpha Kyle's daughter." Timmy explains.

"Tim!" A little girl with brunette hair yells before wrapping her arms around Timmy's neck from behind.

"Pen, I've told you not to call me that and no yelling in the house."

"Sorry. Sky sent me to ask you if you want to go get pizza and ice cream with us." Pen says before noticing Timmy is FaceTiming Luca, "Hi, Luca."

"Hello, Penelope," Luca replies causing her to scrunch her nose up at hearing the name. I'm assuming she doesn't like being called by her full name.

"Tell Sky to give me 5 minutes and I'll go with y'all. I'll even pay if he waits." Timmy tells Penelope before she runs off, "Sorry about her."

"You and Sky stuck babysitting?"

"Yeah. Mom is working at the bakery today and dad is off helping fix a roof."

"I heard that there was a bad storm that way a few days ago."

"A couple of down trees and a few roofs that need minor repairs. Have any questions about the Amethyst Pack, Ella?"

"Lots, but I can probably bug Luca with them later. For now I need to go charge my phone. Thank you for letting me borrow a charger." I tell Luca before I head out of his room and back to my temporary room.

(Luca's POV)

"She seems nice." Timmy says after Ella leaves.

"She is. I think Carter is getting a crush on her already. When are you coming to visit?"

"That's a surprise. Why would I tell you when I can make it a surprise?" He says with a cheeky grin.

"You are no fun," I say sitting in my desk chair.

"Soon, love."

"Timmy, you have less than a minute to get your butt out here." I hear Sky call to Timmy somewhere off-screen. If Pen wasn't near knowing Sky enough he would have said ass instead.

"I better go. I love you."

"I love you too. Bye."

We have only been dating six months, but we've known for 4 years that we were soulmates. For a few different reasons, we decided to wait on dating. One of the biggest was the distance being six and a half hours apart. Seeing Peter and Parker do fine with an even larger distance we decided to give it a chance. I haven't told him that I've been thinking about moving to the Amethyst Pack if Bri chooses to stay here.

Grabbing my notebook, which is what I came up here for in the first place, I head out of my room and back downstairs. Spotting Kimber and Bri in the living room I decide to go sit on the back deck instead to write after grabbing a sandwich for lunch. Bri likes to ask what I'm writing when she sees me writing. I don't write very often around others as I usually talk to myself as I write. Waving to Ella and Carter, who are sitting on the grass talking, I sit on one of the couches. After putting in earbuds to listen to music while I write I open my notebook.

(Ella's POV)

"First love?" Carter asks looking over at me.

"My first and only boyfriend. It only lasted eight months, but he was sweet. My ex-girlfriend on the other hand I would love to forget." I say making a face, "You?"

"My ex-girlfriend."

"When did your relationship end?"

"Five months. It was mutual as she happened to find her soulmate. Afterwards we talked and realized that neither felt what we did at the start."

"How did your ex find her soulmate?"

"We were walking around town when Rose suddenly stopped and asked if I smelled cookies. When I told her no it took her a moment to fully register what that meant."

"It took me a second to realize why I was smelling peppermint yesterday." I as I fall backwards onto the grass as I laugh a little. I can feel Carter watching me. It's a bit funny to me that on what should have been my two year anniversary with my ex I find my soulmate.

"When did you finally realize?" Carter asks as I turn my head to look at him.

"When no one else was around, but you. What do I smell like to you?"

"Honeysuckle. I knew it was you the moment I walked into the office." He says laying down beside me. We end up laying on the grass watching clouds not talking. The silence is not awkward like I thought it would be after that reveal. I don't know if it's because Carter is my soulmate, the scent of pine and peppermint or just Carter in general, but it's calming being next to him. It wasn't that way with my ex-girlfriend.

———

A few hours later we get water balloons thrown at us. Sitting up we see Alex, Bri, and Isaac all holding water balloons. Alex looks ready to throw another one either at us or Luca.

"If you throw one of those at me, Alex, I will get revenge," Luca says from the deck.

"You three are on a team if you wish to join in the water fight. Ember, Nina, and Kimber are somewhere." Bri tells us.

"Water guns and already filled balloons are out front for all teams to use." Alex lets us know before the three of them leave.

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After a bit of discussion, the three of us decide to join in. Luca quickly puts his notebook away safely in the house before we go grab water balloons and water guns to join the fight. My siblings and me used to have water balloon fights all the time as kids in the summer.

———

"Luca, I'm not a shield," I say trying to get out from in front of him, but he has an arm around my waist.

We've been at this water fight for about two hours. It's been fun and I think at one point teams were abandoned for a time. Alex threw a water ballon at Bri who retaliated.

"I never know what to expect when I come here." A voice male voice says off to my right.

"Uncle Kaiden!" Alex yells before throwing the water balloon she is holding at Luca which hits me instead as Luca hasn't let me go.

"I don't think Emily is going to let you all in the house dripping water everywhere."

"You would be right which is why I brought towels for everyone," Emily says standing on the porch holding an arm full of towels, "You are just in time as dinner will be ready soon."

Luca finally releases me and we all grab towels before Alex drags me over to the newcomers. She introduces me to Kaiden and his kids, Peter and Melody. Kaiden has chin-length blonde hair. Melody looks just like him with the same blonde hair done up in space buns, but she has light blue eyes. Peter has Kaiden's brown eyes, but shoulder-length black hair. Timmy is also with them. All four of them are taller than me which at this point isn't very surprising as I'm only 5'4". Kaiden is the closest to my height at about 5'7" while both Peter and Melody are taller than him at about 6'0" and 5'10". Timmy towers over them at around the same height as Carter who is 6'5".

"Andy is in the living room if you want to go say hi," Emily tells Kaiden before heading inside herself after passing out the towels.

Six out of the nine of us that were part of the water fight head inside to change once we are dried off enough not to trek water everywhere. Kimber and Bri have their own house that they borrowing from an older couple has been traveling and Isaac lives with his parents.

(Luca's POV)

"Did I surprise you?" Timmy asks as I grab clean, dry clothes before going into my bathroom to change as he sits on my bed.

"Yes, but I'm also annoyed that you didn't tell me you were visiting." I say as I close the bathroom door partly.

"It was a last-minute decision."

"How long are you staying?"

"Until Kaiden, Peter and Melody head back."

"Not looking forward to that day," I say walking out of the bathroom and lay backwards on my bed next to him.

We talk for a few more minutes before heading back downstairs. Most of the others are already sitting around in the living room expect for Ella, Nina and Ember.

(Kaiden's POV)

"I see Aurora decided not to come with you," Andy says after we greet each other.

"The twins ended up getting sick right before we were going to leave. Marie never planned on coming as she has a date with Ash and Aurora decided it was best for Jasper to stay just in case."

"How long do you plan on staying?"

"A few days at least. I see y'all gained a new pack member."

"Ella is just a visitor. Her car broke down not far from the pack and Emily offered to let her stay here until it gets fixed. She's from the Moonstar Coven."

"She must be who Timmy was talking about on the way here. He mentioned that Luca introduced him to a new shifter when they talked earlier. Said she looks a lot like Marie and I have to agree."

Fishing my phone out of my pocket to text Cody to let him know we are here it starts ringing. We always let each other know we have made it where we are going if not together.

"Hi. We are here and have been here for a good few minutes. Got to talking with Andy." I say answering.

"Melody texted me letting me know y'all had arrived. I called for another reason."

"Don't tell me you broke something."

"Okay. I won't tell you that I broke my left hand."

"Question while I'm thinking about. Did Addison and Kyle have a kid they never told anyone about?" I ask Ignoring wha the said. I'm not overly surprised. He broke a finger a couple of months ago working on the house.

"I love how you aren't even going to ask how I broke my hand. No, Kyle would have mentioned if she was pregnant. Why?" He asks and I can tell he is confused.

"You are fixing a house and it's not the first time you have broken something. There is a shifter here named Ella. She looks a lot like you and Kyle. I'll even go as far to say her smile looks similar to Addison and Liz's. She could be Marie's twin."

"Do you know anything else?"

"No. She seems to be around Liz's height though."

I hear him put the phone down before sighing. We are both probably thinking the same thing. Kyle could have a daughter that he doesn't know about. Ella looks a lot like Addison and Kyle, mostly Kyle in all honestly. Addison broke things off all of a sudden with Kyle before leaving and her scent had started to change.

"Depending on Ella's age is possible. Her scent started to change like how yours did when you were pregnant."

"Are you going to tell him?" I ask ignoring the last bit of the last sentence. Love the kids, but not how rough my pregnancy with Melody was. We did talk about possibly adopting after we had Melody, but decided two was enough for us.

"I don't know. This is just speculation on our part."

"Do I want to know what you are speculations about?" I hear Kyle ask on the other line.

As I listen to the two of them talk in the background I look around the living room and notice Ella standing in the doorway.

"Are you talking about me?" She asks confused.

"Maybe." Andy says, "Are you by chance adopted?"

"Yes. Why?"

"Kaiden thinks you look like Kyle and his ex who left around 22 years ago."

"Who? Wait he is the Alpha of the Amethyst Pack, right?" Ella asks looking even more confused. I hear Kyle asking himself why he didn't try to stop Addison from leaving like she did without answers.

"Yes." I say before asking Cody and Kyle, "Are you two done squabbling?"

"Okay." Is all Ella says before she walks off as Cody replies, "We were not squabbling."

"You two sound like you are 5." I hear Aurora tell them before Cody says bye and hangs up.

(Ella's POV)

Leaving the living room I find Emily in the kitchen and decide to see if she needs any help.

"You can chop the lettuce up." Emily tells me from where she is standing in front of the stove.

Grabbing a knife I walk to the counter by the sink where the lettuce is sitting in a strainer, "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course. What's on your mind?"

"How does one find out what pack there parents are from? If they are even from one." I ask as I start to cut the lettuce up.

"It's rare a wolf shifter isn't with a pack. Most packs keeps DNA files on file of each member in the pack. It comes in handy when a child is put up for adoption. Sometimes a child is adopted by another branch of their family while others they might be adopted by a family in another pack. It has also helped children find their birth families or learn about genetic issues when they are older."

"So, if I did a DNA test here would it just be compared to members of this pack?"

"No. Dr. Ryker would look for matches here first before contacting the head doctor of the Amethyst Pack and so on until a match is found."

"Could matches be looked for in Amethyst Pack first?" I ask washing the lettuce I just cut up.

"If you feel like you would find a match there. Why do you ask?" She asks stopping what she is doing to turn and face me me fully.

"Timmy said I look like Alpha Kyle's daughter and Kaiden thinks I look like Alpha Kyle and his ex." I tell her not realizing Carter had walked into the kitchen.

"I've been sent to see if you need any help, but I see you already have some." Carter says causing me to jump a little, "Sorry."

"It's fine." I tell at the same time Emily says, "Dinner is ready."

Carter and me get food before going to sit on the back deck. Before long we are joined by Ember, Nina, Alex, Timmy, Luca, Melody and Peter. As we eat Melody asks me questions about growing up and living in a coven and in turn I ask about the Amethyst Pack.

———

(Kaiden's POV)

"You know I could always ask Liz or her parents." I say as I talk to Cody over the phone as I get ready for bed.

"I feel like Lizzy would have said something. They're parents on the other hand, I don't know."

"I will see about calling her in the morning. For now though I'm going to bed. Night, love."

"Sleep well, dear." Cody says before we hang up. One week from today will be our 25th wedding anniversary and 26 years since we first met. We did not date very long before we married, but that's not an uncommon thing among soulmates.

———

June 21st

(Ella's POV)

Grabbing my ringing phone still half asleep I answer without looking, "Hello?"

"Sorry for waking you." I hear my dad say, "I called to see if you are okay."

Yawning I sit up and ask, "Why wouldn't I be?"

"A really bad storm happened where you are."

"Oh. I guess it happened after I fell asleep." I say yawning again as I hear a knock on my door, "I'm awake, Alex."

"I'll let you go. I just called to make sure you were okay. We have some cleaning to do as we had some strong winds that broke branches. Luckily nothing major, just annoying." My dad says as my door opens and reveals Carter instead of Alex, "Talk to you later, little moon. Love you."

"Love you too, dad." I say before hanging up and looking at Carter, "I thought you were Alex."

"I figured. Alex went over to Isaac's. I've been told to let you know that breakfast is ready." Carter tells me as I stand up and stretch, "How did you get the scars on you side?"

"Rogue vampire attack not long after I shifted. I was trying to get out of the way when the rogue attacked me. Not the worst thing to happen that day." I say as we head to the stairs. My sleep shirt is a little longer than a mid drift top and rides up when I stretch or reach over my head. I stole the shirt from Hazel after she stole my favorite fuzzy pants. We tend to 'borrow' each others clothes and take forever to give them back.

"I didn't know there were rogue vampires."

"There aren't many. The council usually keeps all vampires in check. If there are rogue vampires it's made ones. There have also been a few cases of rogue witches and warlocks."

"Interesting."

"What's interesting?" Ember asks as we reach the bottom of the stairs.

"There have been rogue witches and vampires."

"That sounds terrifying." She comments before heading towards the kitchen. Carter and me follow after her.

"It's not too bad. From what I know there hasn't been a rogue witch or warlock in over three decades thanks to the council. Don't know about vampires." I tell her as the three of us enter the kitchen to find Emily and Kaiden talking.

"Wait, witches and vampires have councils?" Carter asks confused as Ember makes a beeline for the coffee pot.

"Yes. Don't ask me about them. I know the head of the witches council though, he's the twin brother to the leader of a coven we are close to. One of our coven members has an older sibling on the council. I've only met him once when I was younger. It was at their older sister's wedding."

"What coven?" Kaiden asks as him and Emily end their conversation, "We have have a member that's a half witch that one day might be the leader of their Aunt's coven."

"Dawson. It's located in the town of Dawn and is near the Moore Elven Clan." I reply as Carter and me get breakfast.

"Never heard of either. Do you know the Starr Coven?"

"I've heard it when my dad and Pierce have talked about other covens. I don't know if we are in connect with them."

"Okay. Let's change the topic. The Pride festival in town started today. Want to go with us Ella?" Ember asks as she leans on the island holding up a cup of coffee.

"Sure. It'll be the second one I've been to this year. My best friend and me took her younger sister to her first Pride parade last weekend. It was fun. She's been wanting to go to one for the past few years, but something always came up."

"We usually go every year." Ember says before taking a drink of her coffee, "Alex loves helping us add temporary streaks of color to our hair. We all think she should go to school to become a cosmetologist."

"Della thought about doing that, but decided to start making wax melts instead."

"Does she sell online?" Kaiden asks

"Yes. She shop is called Snow Fae Candles."

"I'll have to let Kyle. Aurora likes wax melts over candles and he's been trying to find new scents to get her."

The five of us talk a bit more as we eat. Jared walks in a one point just to grab a cup of coffee before leaving again. According to Emily, him and Jack are reaching out to other packs to see if they have had any attacks from unknown shifters. Andy, Melody and Peter walk into the kitchen as Ember and me get ready to leave.

I head back upstairs to get ready for the day while Ember heads to go meet up with Nina. The plan is to meet up in an hour to get ready for the festival.

———

As I walk out of the bathroom that's attached to the room I'm staying in I see Alex sitting on the bed. She's playing with what looks like clip in extensions.

"I'm not even going to attempt to add color streaks with the temporary color I have. Nina's natural hair is almost as dark as yours. At one point I had hair chalk that worked on black hair, but I haven't been able to find it in years."

"Oh I know. I have clip ins to add streaks over color to my hair randomly. I refer to color to it. Also do you not know how to knock?" I ask grabbing clothes out of my small suitcase. Luckily I had a few clothes with me, so I don't have to borrow any. I was suppose to stay with the Evermoore Coven for a few days.

"I did knock, but I got impatient. What color or colors? I have a whole rainbow plus some." She says gesturing to the bag sitting next to her.

"I usually do the bi flag colors. Did try the demi/asexual flag colors once, but the bi ones stand out more." I say before quickly adding, I'm biromantic demisexual."

"I was going to ask out of curiosity. Just so you know the pack is very accepting." She says before laughing, "I just realized something completely random. This pack, the Amethyst Pack and the Evermore Pack all have Betas in same sex relationships. It's not a common thing."

"The Moonstar Coven is pretty accepting, but there are those that aren't. We have a history of LGBT leaders."

"Really?" She asks as she gets to work on adding the clip ins into my hair.

"Yeah. Fun fact the second coven leader's platonic soulmate married her second in command. The Green family has been the second in command since the start of the coven. Our family goes back farther than the coven."

"Have none ended up together?"

"Not until recently, maybe. I'm unsure, but I think Zachery's soulmate is the current second in command's son. The way he talks about Damien as times is making me suspicious. Damien's younger sister is currently learning to become the next second in command."

"I would have thought it would be the oldest. Is Damien not learning because of his possible relationship with Zachery?"

"No. He's been with another coven for the past six years as an apprentice? The type of magic Damien specializes in is not taught very much anymore due to a lot of misconceptions about it."

"They would rather let a magic type die rather than learn the truth?"

"Wouldn't be the first time. There are three types of magic that hasn't been seen in generations. Snow, animal and night healer."

"I wonder if snow witches and warlocks are similar to snow elves."

"Don't ask me."

After Alex finishes my hair she leaves and I finally change out of my pjs. I change into a pair of black shorts and a purple crop top. Grabbing my bag I head out of my room and see Luca exiting his room. I wait for him before heading downstairs.

———

(Ella's POV)

"How did you like the festival?" Alex asks as we all head back to the cars.

"It would have been perfect if I didn't injure myself." I say and I can feel Luca trying not to laugh. He offered to give me a piggy back ride back to the car.

"Leave you and Luca alone for not even five minutes and you sprain your ankle." Bri says shaking her head.

"Should have warned you that I'm accidents prone and known to trip on flat ground."

It doesn't take long to reach the car. The town isn't very large, so it's easy to walk everywhere. We had to take two cars as there are twelve of us. Nina borrowed her mom's van and Isaac drove his car.

"If you had to pick one Pride festival. Which one would you pick?" Ember asks as we finally get to the cars.

"Moonstar. Sorry, but the magic element makes it more fun."

"I want you to elaborate on that later." She says loudly as Luca walks around to the other side of the Isaac's car to put me down.

It's been a long day as we have been here most of it. While it's been fun I can't wait to get back to the pack and do nothing. Also get ice for my ankle.

———

(Hazel's POV)

"Have you talked to Ella?" Becca asks walking into the kitchen where I'm feeding Raven, my Pomeranian familiar.

"I've texted her a little. She seems to be enjoying her time with the pack."

"I'm gone for two days and Ella some how ends up in a pack."

"By getting lost." I point out.

Ignoring that comment Becca asks, "Anything new at work?"

"Just a cat shifter coming in asking directions. His soulband was interesting to see." I say as we head into the living room leaving Raven to eat in peace.

"Did you find your soulmate?"

"No. I found yours." I say nonchalantly.

"What?" Becca asks right as she walks into the couch, "Ow."

"You heard me."

"Are you fucking serious?" She asks right as Nathaniel walks in

"Language."

"Sorry, dad." It's rare Becca or Della calls him that. Most of the time they call him Nathan like the rest of us.

"What are you two talking about?"

"Hazel thinks she's saw my soulmate earlier."

"No, I know it was him. Light pink band with black simple roses repeating. Located on his right wrist."

"You said he was a cat shifter. How do you know that?"

"He told me." I say shrugging, "He was looking for the Winter Moon Pack, so I asked if he was a wolf shifter. He said he was a cat shifter, but his step-dad is a wolf shifter that has family there. I may or may not have mentioned to him that I know someone with the same soulband."

"You did not." Becca says putting her hands on my shoulders to look me in the eye.

"He plans to stop by town after visiting the pack. You have about a week."

"I hate you." She says heading off to her room with her long pastel purple hair flowing behind her. Becca is a natural pale blonde, but usually keeps it colored with pastel purple or pink. She is actually the one to help me color my chin length hair teal.

"No you don't!" I yell after her causing Nathaniel to laugh.

"Did you ever see this becoming your life?"

"Dealing with six kids? No, but I won't change it." He says giving me a side huge. Nathan has been in our lives for five years and I've never seen dad happier.