The next day, a soft knock woke her up from sleep. After the activity yesterday afternoon, they had gone to train with both of them reeking excessively of each other. Désire hadn't even bothered to hide his jealousy. Ellis, his mat–friend, yeah friend, Ellis, his friend wasn't around and the duo had tortured him the whole evening with cringe lovey-dovey looks. Luckily for Nikolai, the Alpha wasn't around to see the hickey his fourteen-year-old daughter was given but the teenager should have known beta Eun-Jae would tattle. Heidi turned around in bed remembering the answer she gave Nikolai yesterday. "I'll give you an answer on my sixteenth birthday." That hadn't stopped Nikolai from rubbing himself all over her though and he was quite content with her vague reply. Heidi had thought carefully before answering him. If she said yes and on her sixteenth birthday it turns out they're not mates, where would they go from there? The knocks on her door persisted and she got out of bed t