Bella’s POV There were no scratches on the cloak which was strange. I had gone even faster to that last pillar so it should have at least something torn. “Magic,” he said as I nodded. “I had a lot of those made for the elite army I had in the past base.” I wondered why he was no longer in this pack. Why had he been taken out of the pack? “You probably wonder why I had not been in the pack when you arrived,” he said, getting to my question like he could read my mind. “I mean… I wondered why but I… I don’t mean to pry.” “It’s okay,” he smiled. “It’s not really anything I’m proud of but it’s something I’ll say nonetheless.” I was ready for his story as we slowly walked away from the ruins I had caused and started for the vast desert before us. “A few years ago, just like you, I had ki