Her request sounded so innocent and sweet that it made a huge smile appear on Kaiden's lips.

This time, he did not try to stop himself. He just cupped her face with both of his hands and planted a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Of course, you can. I'm dying for you to meet my wolf. He loves you just as much as me and I'm sure you will love him too." It was getting hard for him to control his excitement as he pictured Emily's fingers working through the soft silky hair of his wolf. The mere thought made him shiver in anticipation as soft pleasurable tingles started running over his body.

"You can take your time and think about whatever wish you want me to grant you. As long as it will be under my capability, I promise to fulfill it." He once again promised her and smiled again when she nodded her head in response.

"Let's go." He told her and hurriedly stood up before offering her his hand which she grabbed and also stood up.

Emily was also filled with excitement as she was finally about to see Kaiden in his wolf form.

***

[Flashback -] 

Emily was taking a walk through the secluded Iris garden at the very edge of the Enchanted Forest that stood next to the Academy grounds.

It was already mid of the fall season and the garden was covered with colorful fallen leaves of the willow and oak trees that were standing around. 

Her most favorite part of the garden was the statue of the Goddess that was standing in the center of the garden surrounded by beautiful irises.

It had been a few weeks since she started her magic learning classes. Shadow had also started training her and he was way harder and strict with her than Mark.

Out of the practice room, he looked after her and made sure that all her cuts and bruises were taken care of and she won't feel too much pain but once they entered the training ground, he used to become completely merciless.

Her days were packed with studies, magical lessons, defense training, and then homework. She barely was getting any chance to rest or think about anything else. The little time that she got here and there, she used it to work on her new story that she was planning to start updating near Halloween as a gift for her fans who had been patient and still sending her a lot of love and support.

Emily stopped in front of the small pond that was built in the garden and let out a soft sigh. The words that Shadow told her a few days ago started repeating in her mind as she stared at the still form of the liquid. 

'There's no limit of magic and there's also no limit of learning. If you have the capability then you can learn all the possible spells out there. All you need is to trust yourself and the magic.'

She closed her eyes and repeated his words again and again in her mind, letting them sink and carve themselves in her brain.

With a deep breath, she opened her eyes and let them focus on the water filled in the pond. She recalled the water spell that she had learned in her Element classes a few days ago. Her lips started moving and she chanted the spell with as much accuracy as she could, keeping her eyes focused on the water while creating a small bubble in her mind and letting it float.

In less than ten seconds, her spell came to an end but she did not see any form of water bubble forming. Not giving up, she once again recited the spell and created a bubble in her mind but only to end up with the same result.

She kept trying, again and again, only to end up with failure every time. The water did not move at all.

Emily felt exhausted. After giving the last yearning and sad look at the pond, she turned around to return to her dorm room.

She was walking through the empty entryway that led to the Red Tower when she heard the sound of twigs snapping on the outer side of the entrance where a small pavilion was standing.

Not seeing anyone there, she was about to walk away when her eyes landed on two figures that just jumped over the high wall of the garden and landed next to the pavilion.

Her eyes became huge when she noticed the huge silver wolf with grey patches all over its body and the black wolf who was accompanying it.

She felt the memories of her past resurfacing. The wolves, the blood, the pain, darkness, everything started appearing in front of her eyes as her breathing accelerated. She wanted to run away but her legs refused to move at all.

She would have lost herself to the darkness at that moment if she would have missed the transformation that took place the very next second.

The silver wolf with grey patches turned into Rylan while the black one transformed into Shane.

Her legs finally decided to lose their energy and she landed on the hard floor. Her heart was still racing and she was breathing harshly but at least her shock had succeeded in pushing away the bad memories.

She knew that they were werewolves but just knowing about it and actually seeing them in that form was too different. 

"Emy, are you okay?" She heard Rylan shouting in panic as both he and Shane appeared at the entryway and noticed her sitting on the ground.

As soon as Rylan was crouching beside her to check if she was alright, Emily pulled the boy in a tight hug. It was to ensure herself that she was actually looking at her friends and not those bad people from her past and also to silently ask for forgiveness for not being able to accept their wolf forms yet.