"Do you truly,-"

"You've no idea, Caleb.." Stella scoffed, needing her space, "I need to take a walk with...I don't know...myself..alone..maybe...I don't know.." she repeated, wringing her hands and shaking her head.

"Not on my watch.."

Caleb stepped out with Stella as they strolled the mountains and valleys, careful not to be seen.

"If we shift, would that be better?"

Caleb sighed, "I don't know, love. What about Astrid? Is she well?"

"Perfect."

"Like her mother."

"HA...I am not..." Stella blushed, "Nowhere near perfect, my love."

"You are to me..."

They strolled for a bit until coming to a stream to wade in—the two seemed to take great pleasure in anything that had to do with bodies of water.

"She must love water already.." Caleb smiled, "I certainly hope so."

"Well, look how we got together," Stella teased, "Oh, Caleb..whatever shall we do?"

"We wait for the signal."

"Sven and Lonnie will let us know when we need to fight. I am starting to believe the woodlanders are going to be beneficial in this fight."

"I knew my stepmother was cruel, but to kill my mother? My father?"

"So this would probably make my parents.."

"They killed them..it's all been a ruse to get us out here and in their hands—which I am hoping is just me being paranoid. Oh, Caleb, I want to live a long, happy, healthy life with you!"

"We will overcome," Caleb offered, "We're safe for now. I linked Niles who says that all seems clear on the front except for people are searching for us."

"They will not find us here."

"Not with the magic binding us."

"Astrid.." Stella rubbed her belly as the sky grew dark, "Oh I love the rain.."

"Me, too..I deliberately get caught in it."

"ME TOO!"

"We were meant to be!"

"Of course! I think even if we weren't mated, we would be together—some way, some how!"

"Claude would have set us up!"

"Or Niles!"

They danced in the water, holding each other close before the rains came pouring down and eyes were upon them.

Sarai and Sven didn't want to take away from their joy, but they needed to keep an eye on them to keep them safe.

"I don't think this battle is going to be so easy," Sarai sighed as she and Sven flew back to their cottage, "Miriam is plotting."

"Our men and Lonnie's will give us more details soon, but we mustn't fret, my dear. Astrid is going to lead great armies one day as a Luna warrior and they don't even know it yet."

"I am so happy for them..."

"They will be saved—as for us, I do not know."

Sarai smiled, "My years with you have been incredible, my sweet love. No matter what happens, we're in this together."

"Together—and then on to the next life."