Nova’s P.O.V."No, Dad. We have done nothing. We kissed like once." I rolled my eyes at him. "I had to ask, little moon. You know I wouldn't shame you if you had. Especially since that's the way you'll be able to find your destined one." Dad stared up at the night sky. The stars looked beautiful out there. They were easier to see here than back at the academy. "I know, Dad. I promise when I find out who my destined one is, you'll be one of the first few I tell." "I'll hold you to that." We continued to lie back on the grass and star gaze. Dad had asked me out here to talk, but never expected our conversation to be about this. Sex is always a strange topic to talk about with your parents. "You know your mom was absolutely terrible at recognizing mate bonds. I hope you're not the same way." His elbow nudged me playfully. "Yeah, mom told me about that. Sorry she made you wait so long. I am glad you did." It amazes me how much Dad and Mom love each other. They have a bond that I on

Ares' P.O.V. "Run!" Andy yelled at me before she was swallowed by the earth before me. I raced towards the spot she was just in, clawing at the ground in hopes of somehow reaching her. I could feel the darkness creeping up behind me. The evil was so strong I could feel the cold seep deep into my bones. "We need to go!" Jesse grabbed my arm, pulling me up. "I can't control the shadows. She's got more control over the darkness." She started to drag me as I get trying to reach Andy. "We should have brought mom." She mumbled, almost annoyed with herself. "Andy will be fine. She's Andy, we need to get you out of here." Jesse searched all around, seeing the bright flame of a blue fire. "This way! Hurry!" Auggie yelled out to us in his fully shifted phoenix form. Jesse ran us towards him, the feeling of death lurking closely behind us. It was like the shadow of death was chasing us, closing in around us quickly. Auggie threw fire balls behind us, pushing the darkness back for

Augustus' P.O.V. "What's wrong with her?" I asked Ares as I stared down at Jesse on the clinic bed. There were a total of 4 beds in the school clinic, seeing as many of us have natural healing abilities, not many need to use this place. Ares sighed. I could tell this was killing him, too. It was just us two in here with her, with the nurse not allowing anyone other than family to come in. I think Liam was ready to toss the nurse out the window and come to be at Jesse's side. His wolf was beyond restless, and at first I thought he was acting too insane, but once we entered the room Ares, let me know that Jesse will be his mate in less than 2 months. It explains a lot, and frankly, I'm happy about it. I like the wolf over the vampire. Cassandra has given me a bad taste with vampires. I mean, Cas seems fine, but his sister is too crazy, and they were raised together, so they gotta be similar in some ways, right? "It's the bond. It's starting to weaken her. Damon hasn't accepted the

Liam's P.O.V. It wasn't hard to find Damon's computer or log in. The idiot had his password written on his laptop. What kind of moron can't remember their own password for something they use daily? I rolled my eyes at the thought. His friend was a little harder to get to, but with a threat from Auggie, he was more than willing to comply. The only thing left to do is to delete the video from Damon's dad. I can't believe he even has a copy. How could Damon send that to his dad? It's fu.cking sick. As we were trying to come up with a way to get to his house without him noticing, our phones pinged. I saw a video texted from an unknown number with Damon's face on the still image. My face was beaming as Damon told a whopper of a lie. I don't know how Nova pulled it off, but she got Damon to say those moans were him. It was the sweetest revenge for the audio clip he sent out. "Think he has silent alarms?" I asked Auggie as we looked at the large house that belonged to Damon's father.

Jesse's P.O.V. I could feel my blood pumping, ready to watch the action. I loved this game so much. You could never tell what was going to happen when someone went through a ring. There were no rules against fighting, just as long as you stayed in your element. You fight to get the ball, using whatever means necessary to do so, and then you get going. You can hit the same ring twice since the same thing never happens twice. The best thing to do is to hit 9 of the rings, leaving the easiest for last. When you're in the lead, you hit the last ring, ending the game with your team winning. It was smart, considering sometimes the rings would be more of a hindrance than an advantage. It allowed you to hit a ring and possibly gain more points. I watched as the cannon sounded and Liam's gigantic wolf emerged. His wolf had copper fur, with patches of white and deep yellow eyes. I used to love to pet him in wolf form when we were younger. I still do. There was something off about Liam today.