Kaden was angry, to say the least. He seemed furious and kept growling the whole place down. Whichever room he was in, growls were heard. I put Matthew with another mum so that she could look after him while I tried to calm Kaden down. Obviously, it wasn't working.

I knew the note was aimed at me. Who else would it be? I'm the only new one here and look, chaos already. People have died because of me. I need to leave.

"Kaden, I'm sorry," I mumble and he looks at me, anger dissolving.

"Sorry? You haven't done anything, love," he replies and walks towards me, taking my hands in his. He brought my hands to his lips and placed a chaste kiss on my knuckles. "This isn't your fault, none of it is."

"Yes, but since I came-"

"No, none of it. You are not to blame," he then kisses my forehead. "Can I mark you?" Well. "You don't have to want me to, but I want to so-"

"Okay, it's fine," I mutter. It was okay, and I was beginning to accept we were going to be together. But then again, I know I need to leave. "Not now though, later."

"Later," he confirms. "I've got to go sort some things out. You stay here, okay? I'll be back soon." I nod my head and smile at him. He walks off and I scramble around to get some clothes together. I pack them in a backpack and then hide it between a lot of clothes in my wardrobe.

I then decide to watch a bit of shows before I went to bed early. If I was going to leave, I had to make sure I didn't get marked. Why the hell did I agree to it?

I went straight to bed, not even waiting until Kaden came into the room. When I woke up, I was facing Kaden and he had his arms wrapped around my body. He slept peacefully with a smile on his face. I tried to move, but he pulled me closer. Maybe I should pretend to sleep until he wakes up.. I closed my eyes and all was heads was his calm breathing. I could get use to this, but I shouldn't.

"Nova?" I heard him whisper. I didn't reply and kept pretending to sleep. "I know you're awake," he says and I felt him kiss my eyelids. I opened my eyes and found his handsome face staring down at me. "I knew it," he grins.

"Morning," I mutter, stretching.

"You fell asleep before I could say goodnight," I hum in reply, "or even mark you."

"I'm sorry, I was tired."

"Oh, no, I'm not complaining. Don't apologise.. I mean, what about now?" Exactly why I didn't want to wake up.

"I just got up, and I'm still tired.. Maybe later." He frowns a little but nods his head, kisses my cheek, and untangles himself from me and gets out of bed. When he's in the shower, I jump out of bed. I stretch and head downstairs. I'll eat first, then shower.

"Luna," I turn around and find Matthew standing there with his headless teddy bear. Huh, someone should probably sew the head back on.

"Hey Matthew, did you sleep okay?" He nods his head and walks to a cupboard which was his height. He opens it and takes something out, handing it to me. I take it from him and realise it was a note.

Surrender yourself and we'll leave his pack alone.

It then had instructions of where to go. I crumpled up the note and stuffed it in my pocket. I make something for myself and Matthew to eat and when I'm done, I head back upstairs with him. He wonders off into a room and I follow him, making sure he was okay. "Where mummy and daddy?" Oh.

"Um-"

"They're not here right now, they went away for a bit." I turn around and find Kaden in the doorway.

"When will they be back?" Matthew asked, looking up with his innocent eyes.

"They didn't say," Kaden replies. He then looks to me. "Shower is free if you want."

"Thanks." I push past him and make my way up to our room. I heard footsteps behind me and what do you know? Kaden was following me. "What're you doing?"

"Are you okay? You seem off." Crap. Think of a lie, think of a lie.

"Uh, sorry. It's just with everything going on..my mind is just all over the place." Good save. We managed to make it to the room and he had shut the door.

You shouldn't be doing this. Don't run away, Ariella said, finally speaking up. Obviously I was going to ignore her. Kaden can protect you, and us. We need him as much as he needs us. It'll kill him.

Ariella, it's my choice. I'm doing this to save his pack.

You're thick, you know that? If you leave, Kaden will weaken. That's what they want - whoever they are. They're going to come for him either way and his pack - your pack too - will be endangered and probably obliterated. You have to stay.

I knew Ariella was right. When isn't she? Maybe that's what they want..maybe they want me to leave so the pack weakens under Kaden's control. Smart cookies.

I bet my dad has something to do with this.

"Nova," Kaden calls out, looking frustrated.

"Yeah?"

"Finally, I've been calling you for ages now. I know what you're thinking, I found the backpack." Oh.

"Kaden-"

"Stop trying to leave me," he growls out.

"I was going to leave, just so that the pack won't be harmed.. But if I go, the pack weakens because you weaken." His angry expression quickly dissolved and I mentally sighed with relief. "I don't think I could leave you, actually. I mean, I wanted to for the safety of the pack. But thinking about it? I don't think I would've gone through with it." I then pull out the note and hand it to him.

"We're striking tonight. I'll be back, I have to get the warriors ready," he says, already walking towards the door.

"Please don't go, I don't want you to get hurt," I whisper. He stops and walks towards me, pulling me into a tight hug.

"I'll be back, I promise," he kisses my forehead. I suddenly had the need for him to mark me. I don't know why. Hello, Ariella says. I should've known it had something to do with her..

"Mark me?" I ask in a small, quiet voice.

"I will get the warriors ready and I will be back, then I will. I can't wait to make you mine," he growls out lowly. Woah, talk about hot. "I'll be back," he quickly pecks me on the lips and rushes off.