Back in the stream, Shanaia drank water as her grandfather still tried to calm her down. “Calm down, child,” Samael said. Shanaia tossed the empty bottle of water and looked at her grandfather. “I can’t grandpa. I can feel his pain and I know something is happening to him. It bothers me, especially I can hear his voice calling out to me in my head,” she reasoned. Styx looked at his father. “It’s a mate thing, father. Something could really be happening to Shanaia’s mate,” he told him. Samael looked at his granddaughter's worried face. “Please, Grandpa. Let me just take a look and find out if he is okay. I’ll come back as soon as I know he is okay,” Shanaia told her grandfather. Samael heaved a deep sigh and nodded. “Okay. But I need you to also think about your safety,” he told he

