Draven let out a sigh once Mathias was gone and offered his arm to his mother and the three of them moved to the gazebo.? Once there, Serena took a seat.? "Mother, where is father?? I have not felt him for quite some time now."

Serena let out a sigh as she thought about how to tell him, "there is no easy way to say this, Draven.? Your father is gone.? He was killed while on a mission to a," she paused and glanced at Anais, "human encampment in Europe.? You know they are still rather prevalent over there."

Draven dropped to the nearest bench and took a sighing breathe.? It was like he had been hit in the gut.? "Where is his...remains?" He asked quietly trying to hold back the tear that was wanting to escape down his cheek.

Serena let a tear roll down her cheek, she knew this was going to be the hardest thing to ever tell him.? "They are in the vault.? He was flown home a few weeks after.? I didn't want to tell you over a phone call or in a letter."

He shook his head, "I blame you not for not telling me before now..." his voice trailed off as he sat in silence for a few minutes as a cricket chirped in the bushes nearby.

Anais

Anais grasp Draven’s hand tighter at the words. She did not let go. She understood how he felt. The pain of loosing a parent. It was terrible.

She remembered the day she was told her father was killed. It had been terrible. She wanted to die. Instead she ran to hide in a hollowed out tree and drank so much bloodwine she blacked out.?

She felt his pain immensely now that they were bonded. She stood behind him. Her one hand in his and the other on his shoulder. She wanted him to know she was there for him.