(Nikolai’s POV) . I sat at the table with five judges from each dominant species in Averna. The Werewolves, the Vampires, the Witches and Wizards, the Fairies and of course, the Human. One particular contestant was of my interest. My beautiful Ashley. She has been avoiding me since we last met at my penthouse. I might have angered her about Pamela. I wanted to talk to her and made her understand I had no feelings about Pamela. It was just what my Mother wanted, which was to marry and have my own family. I was her only son. I had an elder sister who died when she was in her teens. A death from an incurable disease. My late sister was from my late father’s affair with a woman he met before my mother. He did not know she was pregnant with his daughter. I did not want history to repeat