Robert took Ashe aside the day he was given the assignment. He knew his son was up to the task, but he also knew that this would be his first experience in dealing with a full blooded female other than his mother, and this girl was wilder than most. She would be cunning, untrusting, and dangerous at first, and she would require a strong but gentle hand. Her human side, so prominent in his mother, was heavily repressed in this girl. If she changed, she could be lethal in her wolven form if he were not careful. All of this he told his son, and cautioned him to be careful, but also he conveyed his trust that his son was up to the task, and that no one in the clan was better equipped than he to handle the task. He hugged his son, and went down stairs to be with Aurora, knowing what she was likely to hear would up set her. He sat with Aurora on the couch, his arms wrapped around her, and said honey, our little boy is all grown up. It was then that they heard the door to the room open and close as Ashe entered the room to find the wild and naked girl crouched in the corner her eyes wild with what appeared to be anger and fear.