Everything happened so fast. Seth runs upstairs with inhuman speed and barge into Ava's room.

I was about to follow after him when Aiden stopped me, he held my waist tight that I'm steadied in my feet. I looked up at his face and he shook his head twice.

"They're mates. He won't harm her." Aiden assures me.

I heard Ava's scream but not entirely from pain, pleasure is mixed in it. Seth must have claimed her the moment he came upon her. A faint scent of blood lingers in my nose, then I know I was right. Seth claimed Ava.

Aiden and I kept standing for minutes. Nick is...