Now You Know

Freya POV

Cole sits across from me, looking like an open book, ready to spill all his secrets. The questions I've been forming in my mind all week come forward all at once. I calm my racing thoughts and think of which of them is the best question to ask him.

"Cole, why did you have to pick me?" the question slips out before I can stop myself.

"I didn't," he says quietly.

"Then why?"

"I can't dare to guess why the moon goddess put us together, but she did."

"Moon goddess. I've heard Callie mention it, but I haven't put much thought into it with everything else going on, so who is she?"

"She is the spirit of the wolves, to put it simply. The legend says she blessed the first human with the ability to turn into a wolf during a time of war, and over time, we evolved to what we are today. At the beginning, there were millions of us, but now there's probably a little over three thousand," Cole explains.

"And this is because of the vampires?"

"Yes. We give off a scent that gives