Jess:

I Slide off of Ember's back who now has his tongue slipping out the side of his mouth. His blue and gold eyes glowing in the moonlight.

He is so beautiful.

"Ember!" I slide my arms around his neck, "You did it! You're so fast, and so..."

"Agh!" I'm cut off by Skyler who is still riding a top Beckett with his arms crossed.

Ember whimpers.

Seriously, he's just a giant puppy.

I laugh out loud, "Oh come on Sky, Ember can't help it that he's so fast!" I smirk at Ember who licks my face and snuggles into my neck. He practically pushes me over with his cuddling, "Ember..."I try to say sternly while giggling. I push him away a bit causing him to huff and lay down in defeat.

Shaking my head, I sit next to him, moving his head to my lap so I can pet him.

"You ONLY won because Beckett let you win." Skyler hops down as Beckett nudges him with his snout.

I laugh and shake my head, "Hey now, I'm sure Beckett did his best."

Sky chuckles as Beckett licks his face. I look around the wide open clearing. It's surrounded by tall trees, and wild flowers. It's so pretty here.

There was never anything like this back in the city.

I begin searching for Vik and Rosette. I start to get nervous. Ember lifts his head, searching my eyes. He must have sensed it.

"Umm, so where's Vik and Rosette?" I look over at Sky who shrugs it off.

"Shouldn't we go look for them? I mean it's so dark out here..."

Ember nudges my hand and licks it.

He's trying to get my attention?

I furrow my brows and look deep into his eyes again.

"He ok, with mate chasing flies..."

"What?" I look over at Sky, why was he talking like that?

"I didn't say anything..." he looks at me curiously, "did you hear something?"

I shake my head, "it must have been nothing..."

I look down at Ember again whose wagging his tail excitedly.

Hum interesting.

Just then Vik comes running out of the tree line chasing after a bunch of fire flies. Rosette is clinging to him, a big wide smile on her face. She notices us as I wave her over.

"Sorry guys! Vik found fire flies again!" Rosette says as she shakes her head.

Sky and I laugh so hard we start to cry, "Seriously?! Vik! You are always so distracted!"

Once we all get settled down, Sky laying on Beckett, using him as a pillow and Rosette doing the same, I decide to ask a few of those burning questions I've been holding onto.

"So guys, can they hear us? Eli will remember all this right?"

Ember grunts as Skyler chuckles.

"Yes. They can hear and feel everything. Just like their wolves can when they're in their human forms." Rosette smiles at me. She's so sweet.

Note to self, don't say anything bad about Eli when Ember is out to play.

Is there anything bad to say about Eli?

I nod my head still petting Ember as he starts to get excited again.

"She's the best..."

I furrow my brows at him, "Hey Sky?" I hold Ember's face in my hands, looking into his eyes again.

"What's up?" He looks over at me concerned.

"Can you hear Ryan right now?" I glance at him quickly before turning back to Ember who stands up. Now he's towering over me. Walking around excitedly. I wrap my arms around him and pull him close as he snuggles into me again.

How can a wolf be so soft?

"No, I can sense he's here. Right now I know he's upset probably because we only ate ice cream for dinner. I'm getting a very hangry vibe from him right now." I chuckle at how well he knows his partner. It's so sweet. "Don't worry boo, I'll make you your favorite before bed ok?"

Beckett huffs in response.

"Why ask that though? Can you hear Eli?" I shrug in response.

Could just be my own weirdness showing.

Rosette looks over at me curiously, so does Sky. "I don't know, sometimes when I look long enough at Ember, it's like I can hear what's happening in his head or something." Ember begins chasing fire flies with Vik for a moment. He continues to watch me.

It's like he's studying me or something.

Rosette looks at Sky and back to me, "That's really... Um..." She taps her chin as if looking for the right word, "Interesting..." Sky nods in approval at her word choice.

I furrow my brow.

I should up to a castle full of werewolves but my weirdness is INTERESTING? agh.

Skyler holds my hand, "You should definitely talk to Dr. Brennan about it."

I tense up. Pulling my hand away from Skyler's quickly, "a doctor? I'm not a big fan of doctors..."

I zone off for a moment remembering all the times my parents took me to one doctor after another because of my weirdness. I shudder.

Ember is suddenly at my side. He nuzzles into my neck again, I can tell he's smelling me.

You smell good too Ember.

For some reason I imagined a wet dog smell when it came to werewolves but Ember smelled like shortcake topped with lots of whipped cream and berries.

Such a weirdo. I know.

We all seem content to sit in the silence for a little while longer. I take a moment to study the wolves a little closer.

Beckett's hair color matches that of Ryan's. A sandy blond color with deeper gold hues mixed in. His eyes are gold, like the others, but with flashes of deep blue. That must be Ryan peaking out. Looking into his eyes I didn't hear anything.

Vik's eyes were a brighter gold, almost as if he was simmering with energy. His chocolate, red coat reminds me of red velvet cake.

Another note to self; try to sneak a sniff of Vik before the end of the night. And don't be weird.

Like that's even possible...

Skyler suddenly sits up and gasps making everyone's head pop up and look at him. He had an almost devilish grin on his face. I was suddenly a little nervous about what might come out of his mouth.

"Jessica! Your party!" He sits up excitedly rubbing his hands together.

I roll my eyes, "Skyler, what party? I have only a few friends. Besides my parents and I usually go on a little mini adventure for my birthday."

Sky looks at me defeated. Rosette actually frowns, and Ember whimpers at me.

"Oh jeez you guys. I mean, what's the big deal? I know I find my 'mate' or whatever, but it's not like we need to throw a big party to announce it or something..." I stop mid-sentence, thinking.

Maybe they do like to announce it...

Skyler scoots closer to me, throwing his arm around me, "Listen, Jessica, you only turn 18 once AND you only get one chance to meet your mate looking like a princess waiting for your prince charming." He eyes were glittering with ideas. I could tell already.

So I get to dress up, be fancy, and be swept off my feet by my prince charming?

"I mean, that sounds great in theory, but..." Rosette cuts me off, crawling over to me and taking my hand.

"It's really a lot of fun. I promise I'll keep this one in check too." She glares at Sky who huffs.

"Excuse me, but I have never thrown a BAD party." He crosses his arms over his chest and glares back at rosette making me giggle.

These two are hilarious. Jennikah is going to have a blast with them.

"Ok ok, listen. I don't mind the party and dressing up. I just don't know many people, you know? I mean what happens at these things anyway?"

Vik huffed, getting restless, making Rosette get up and run into him. He's so sturdy he didn't even budge when she threw her arms around his neck and landed into him. Beckett got up too, nudging Sky causing him to nearly fall into me.

"OK OK! I'll make us real food now." Sky helps me up, "Jessica, I say, since tomorrow these three guys are going to be in meetings all day, you, me, Rosette, Start PLANNING!"

I start laughing as he wiggles his eye brows at me, "OK fine, BUT! I have one request."

His eyes light up as I cross my arms, Ember sitting right next me, waiting.

"All this planning needs to be done with my best friend Jennikah's help, AND..."

Oh crap this is actually two things, whoops.

"...I want to wear something that will make my mate go wild!" It was my turn to wiggle my eyebrows as Skyler's jaw drops.

"Oh my gosh, Jessica..." He moves in closer to me, leaning in a little, "I didn't realize you were so feisty..." Beckett and Ember both growl as he backs up and winks at me. I bit my bottom lip, all my sudden confidence gone as I realized what I just announced.

Sky hops on Beckett's back, "I like you Jessica."

I hop on Ember's back, "I like you too Sky."

I hear Rosette sigh. I look over at her, hanging on to Vik as he restlessly moves about, "Hey Rosette! Are you good with make up? Hair?" She perked up and barely whispered, "Yes."

"Perfect! I'll need your help making me look all fancy then."

A big smile spreads across her face.

Don't worry sweet rosette, I won't leave you out.

Feeling much better about, well everything, we head back towards the pack house.

Correction, castle.