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    Although Fredi's parents weren’t true mates, she was still a wolf. However, she hadn’t shifted until she met her half-sister and mate. Oliver had gone to the Seer when she was young to find out if she would ever shift, the answer had not satisfied her father because all she could see was if Fredi was joined with Roarke and Tina, the Council Prophesy would be challenged. Fredi would become a part of the New Council downfall, and that was not going to happen. No matter how much she wanted to come back into the fold of the New Council, she understood why she couldn’t remain in Milliken.
    Her entire life had been living on the outside, but she still had had a good life. Tom and Sasha had been loving parents and supportive of everything she wanted to do. She had gone to school at the Le Cordon Bleu in London and graduated at the top of her class. Once, during a break at school, she had gone to a small town in France and found a restaurant like the one she had ended up opening. The Melting Pot had been a dream of hers. She loved to cook for people and it made her happy. Now things were going to change.
    She looked up as she saw Marshall enter the plane after checking with security and talking to the pilot. His eyes connected with hers and he smiled warmly. Every time she looked at him, her breath caught in her throat. He was devastatingly handsome, short brown hair and shocking blue eyes. She could drown in those eyes; he seemed to look all the way into her soul. They had only had a short time together and she could feel herself already falling in love with him. The first time they were alone together was just after Christmas, he had come to her room one morning just before lunch and asked her to go for a walk with him. She had agreed and he had taken her on a trail beside the main meetinghouse.
     
    They walked in silence for a while and then he said, "So, how have you been doing?"
    "Fine," she answered. "It has been wonderful to finally be able to spend time with Jo and to meet her family.” She had been spending a lot of time getting to know Tey, Jo, and the children.
    "That's great. Listen, I know we are mates, but I don’t want to get all freaky about this. We have time. I spoke to Jo and Tey, I get we are a little different, you know cause you are the White Wolf and everything. According to them, they have no idea what the hell that means for us though.” Marshall could feel his cat clawing at him to mate with her. He took a deep breath to calm himself. He could feel her tension. "I know all of this is difficult and I want you to know that I support you. Tey is Jo’s anchor, he explained all of it to me.”
    She smiled up at him. "I am a virgin,” she blurted out and Marshall laughed.
    “Uh, okay, I was not expecting that,” Marshall said, running his hand down the back of his neck.
    She blushed and looked away and groaned. “I suck, Jo was telling me how when she mated Tey that he became her anchor, and she was able to handle her gifts better. I don’t know what my gifts are though, I am not sure Jo and I have the same gift. I think maybe I shifted too late in life to be given a gift.”
    "I don’t think it works like that, I mean if you want to get all technical about it, Jo didn’t shift until she met Tey either, so we have time. I think getting to the Senate will be good.” He took her hand in his and rubbed it softly.
    She seemed relieved that he understood and they continued their walk. "So what have you found out so far?” he asked. He knew she had a meeting with Jo, Cami, and the girls trying to find the reason behind three White Wolves. They had discovered that there was to be a White Wolf for the Senate, but they didn’t understand since they had more than one White Wolf. Cami had been talking to Caterina in Italy about the situation and how to make the transition. It would seem that they, meaning Marshall and Fredi, were going to be moving to Italy to join forces with Orfeo, Cat, and Tripp