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XENIA'S POV

"Leave her alone, Marrylen", it was him, the same voice and face I saw every night in my dreams, now standing here before me in the flesh.

Ok, what sort of sorcery is this? How is that someone I saw continually in my dreams actually existed in real life, not that I've seen or met him before elsewhere, the major thing being that he looks and sounds exactly the same. If I had confided my dreams to someone, they'll certainly say I'm crazy, but here I am, staring into those brown eyes as they bore into mine also. It was the lady who I guess her name is Marrylen that broke the silence, "And why would I do such Kaleb?", She asked him…

 Kaleb, Kaleb, even his name sounded so perfect, like it was made for him, with the way they spoke, it seemed like they were acquainted with each other, then again, Beddington is a small town so I guess everyone knows everyone.

Instead of responding to her question, he turns and look at me, "Finally, Xenia, you've come to me", he says and I'm shocked at how he knew my name, without me responding, he continues talking, "I know you know who I am, I can feel it", he says.

 "Do you know who he is?", Marrylen turns to me also and asks, their attention both fixated at me, before I could respond also, Kaleb stretched forth his palm, "Come with me Xenia", and like someone under a spell yet with full control of her senses, I ignore Marrylen and put my hand in his palm which he acknowledges by smiling at me.

We're drawn from our smiling trance when Marrylen holds me back and looks at Kaleb in the eye, "I won't let you take her", she says to him and then looks back at me, "You have no idea who he is, he's a dangerous being", she said. Now standing between I and Kaleb, somehow, I feel conflicted and this is saying much about people I met just few minutes ago, but somewhere deep down in my heart, I feel like I've known them forever. "I'm sorry Marrylen", I said, "I came all these way in search of him", I replied her.

 All these while, Kaleb had been awfully quiet, like he put the mantle on me to make my choice, yet somehow I felt if I had chosen to go with her, he would have fought against it.

"Fine, if that's what you say, I'll have to agree with you but that doesn't mean this is over, you can't trust him", she replied, that last part focused on Kaleb, and with that she continued her journey into town.

KALEB'S POV

 There isn't a time I've had an encounter with Marrylen that she didn't leave a sour taste on my mouth, today wasn't any different, what gave her the guts to interfere or insinuate what she just said, maybe because she hasn't felt the true wrath of my anger before. "Even if I want to come with you, what about my car?", Xenia's voice drew me out of my murderous thoughts and my attention returned to her, this time noticing every one of her features and to be honest, she was the most beautiful being I've ever set my sight on. "I'll have it fixed in a minute and then we can head to town, I was actually on my way there, do you have anyone in town you were supposed to see?", I asked her as I bent over her car and noticed the issue being the faulty alternator, and so after performing a battery test, I  asked her to turn on the engine again and the car roared to life. 

  "Thank you very much Kaleb, if you don't mind, I can give you a drop to where you're going, plus I have to look for my mom's brother, Beck Mason", she said and I nodded and entered into the car as we drove into town.

BECK'S POV

 Few days ago, I got a call from my niece, the last time I saw her was when she was a year old, after my sister left Beddington and swore never to return, that was after she said a woman met her in the supermarket and told her that her newborn daughter was betrothed to their Pack's Alpha.

Everyone in Beddington knew about the existence of the werewolves, however it was more like a myth since we hadn't encountered one before.

 I, for one, believed their existence of these species and hoped that I'd be chosen as a kin, I read about them a lot as a kid and even as a growing teenager and became so enamored with the thought, however, I was not chosen and so when Isobel, my younger sister had a child and she came back with the news of the betrothal, it was like a dream come true, but Isobel wasn't pleased with the idea and took her child, my little niece, Xenia and relocated in a bid to get her away from the prophecy.

  You can then imagine my surprise when I got a call from my said niece asking about her hometown and roots and talking about plans to relocate to Beddington.

  Looking at Xenia as she stepped out from her car, she's the splitting image of her father, with her black hair, height and hazel eyes. Her father worked for Maine's Forestry Research and Wildlife Maintainance Team, but he died few months before my sister put to bed, while working on the field.

After she settled in and freshened up, we sat on the table to have dinner, "So you're trying to tell me that I'm betrothed to The Alpha of a Pack and that's why my mom left and never wanted to speak of home?", She asked me and I nodded, "This is so insane yet I feel it makes perfect sense", she said, "So how is it supposed to work, am I supposed to wait around to be summoned by the Pack, afterall, I heard voices calling unto me to return, so now I've returned, what next?", She asked me.

"I don't know the ways of the Pack my dear, but right now, only time will tell". I replied her.