Mated (Mortal, Book Two)
"The Silver Hunters ... I tried to draw them out of the school. Some of them came after me and Aldine, and we ... we did our best."
I catch Marybelle's eye, and I can tell she's thinking the same thing as me. What happened to Aldine?
Lee continues. "There were too many of them. We couldn't ..." He closes his eyes, trying to push away a painful memory. "They killed her."
A wave of shock and grief washes over me, and I can feel tears prickling at the corners of my eyes. Aldine was one of us, a member of our group. She was brave and fierce, and she didn't deserve to die like this.