[Bonus chapter]The Lake

(From Ella's Perspective)

The cold wind fell on my face as the sound of the wind blowing filled my ears. He was not walking as fast as usual. He was walking in my stride, looking straight, but I still could feel the burn on my skin as he peeked glances at me. 

"Where are you taking me?" I asked.

"You'll see."

"You started to use this sentence a lot. Before you used to use 'that's none of your business', and now this... Honestly, what are you doing?"

"Isn't that an improvement?"

"Oh yeah, a great improvement," I muttered. "Anyway, won't you take me back to the cabin again?"

"Why? Do you want to go there?" he asked in a tone that it made clear that he did not like the idea of going to the cabin at all. 

"No, just saying that shouldn't we inform Anders that I have shifter blood? I mean, he is the one who said it to us earlier, so..."