Once I looked in I saw that the attic was cleaned up. No more spiderwebs or old furniture was in here anymore. Inside Faye was setting up a blanket fort along with my uncle. My uncle turned towards me and came over.
                          
"I cleaned it up as a surprise for Faye. It was hard work but the look on her face was worth it." He said with a proud look on his face. I'm not going to lie, my uncle was making me jealous. I wanted to be the only one that made her smile.
                          
I know it's selfish but she's the center of my world. My one and only. My mate. Though I knew she needed this, a pack, a family. She needed people to care for her after everything that's happened since I met her.
                          
"Erik!" Faye screeched when she saw me. I bent down and picked her up in my arms. I swung her around, making her smile even more. Then I set her down giving her my best stern look that I could muster up even though it was difficult when it came to her.
                          
"Why did you leave the room without waking me up?"
                          
"Uncle Jonah said it would be fine."
                          
"Since when have you started calling him uncle Jonah?"
                          
"Since earlier. He knew you'd be upset that's why he told me to do this." She gave me a sad face even blinking her eyes to have more effect.
                          
I moved her bangs out of her face while rolling my eyes but still smiling. "You're too much, cupcake." I turned her around by her shoulders and untied her hair that was bothering me so I gathered it up in my hands and started to braid her hair as best as I could.
                          
"Since you feel like exploring. Do you want to go exploring the field."
                          
"Yeah." She said in excitement.
                          
I tied her hair in a rubber band and kneeled down. "Alright cupcake. Your ride awaits."
                          
She giggled then climbed on my back. "Yay!" I ducked when going out through the door then went in circles once we were outside. Her laughter was the one thing that kept the smile on my face the whole time.
                          
As soon as we got to our destination outside Faye was squirming. "It's beautiful! It's beautiful!" Once I let her down she ran into the sunflower field, running through them in a zig-zag.
                          
"Look at this one Erik!" Faye exclaimed holding the biggest fully bloomed sunflower I've ever seen.
                          
"It's beautiful, Faye. Why don't you keep it and we'll put it in a vase."
                          
"I'd like that. Thank you." She answered while still looking at the flower.
                          
"I can see why you keep her so close." A familiar voice said. I turned around to see Alex standing across from us with his arms crossed. Instinctively, I pulled Faye closer to my side and hid her behind my leg.
                          
"What are you doing here?"
                          
"I wanted to see if it was true. That my little brother has an eight-year-old for a mate." He smirked while walking forward. "You're a sick man, brother." He mocked.
                          
"There's another one of you," Faye informed me while keeping her eyes locked on Alex. She tightened her grasp on my pants when Alex looked down at her.
                          
Alex chuckled at what Faye said then crouched down. "Hey, there little one."
                          
Faye didn't say anything back. I knew she remembered that Alex had attacked her pack and killed her sister.
                          
Alex stood up looking at me as he circled me and Faye. "Do you remember when mom and dad told us stories how lycans are the harbingers of change. Well, they were wrong, lycans are the harbingers of war."
                          
This had confused me. "What does our childhood stories have to do with this?"
                          
"They have everything to do with this! You're just too dumb to realize it."