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Alina stood up to go, but first handed him a piece of paper "These are your vows, you can add to them but the first part must be said, for it solidifies the bond" Then she turned to go

Fane stood up, and before his mother could make it out the door he said, "Mother,his neck

Alina looked Fane in the eye and held his stare as she told him, "Te iubesc fiul" (I love you son), and she turned and walked out the door, closing it behind her

Fane unfolded the piece of paper and with hands shaking read:

On this day I kneel before you, ive yourself toorder to chaos, shining light where there has been only darkness? Will you bind your life toso complete the mate bond?

After Fane read that it would be Jacquelyn’s turn to respond with her answer and her vows Once they read the formal vows, if they so chose they could recite their os Up until a few moments earlier, Fane hadn’t been sure what to say, but hishis rabbed a pen, sat down, and quickly wrote out the words he would pour fro his phone for the time, he saw that he only had fifteen arden where the cere on his bedrooht possible, and was slipping into his jacket when he suddenly heard a scream in his mind He fell to the floor fro with that scream He felt confusion, pain, andfear

"JACQUELYN!" Fane sent the thought through their bond "Where are you? What’s happened?" Fane waited for her response but no words cah, only fear and pain She was scared and she was hurt Fane took off at a dead run through the house and out the front door and nearly collided with his father

"So, I can feel it in in the pack bonds What is going on?" Vasile asked

"I heard Jacquelyn screaet her to answer me," Fane answered

"When was the last time you spoke with her?"

"She told me around 12:15 that they were headed our direction She sounded fine, in no distress," Fane answered He couldn’t keep fro at any moment to be ambushed, but by what, he didn’t have a clue

Vasile was halfway back to the main house before Fane even realized he had walked away Running to catch up, he heard his father on the phone with Decebel