Melinda wasn't sure what to do; she got a room in the motel and went through her phone onto the internet to see if she could find anything else out about the incident. She had a bad feeling there was more to this than the news report was leading her to believe, the ghost seemed to think that the report lied and usually in the case of a story and a ghost disagreeing usually the ghost was right. There was a rare instance when the ghost misinterpreted all the facts or weren't aware of everything that happened around their death happened but was rare.

"Apparently she thinks her daughter was abused by her first adoptive family." Melinda sighed "She also says the dog attack report was a lie."

There was a knock at the door.

"Who could that be?" Melinda wondered as Jim went to answer the door.

"Hi." He said.

"Hello, I'm Bran Cornick, we don't usually get people through here, is everything okay?" he asked.

"Everything is fine, I'm Jim Clancy" Jim replied "We're taking a vacation road trip and found ourselves in your beautiful town and thought we'd stop in for a while." Jim explained.

"It is a lovely place, I found myself here, fell in love and I've been here ever since." Bran said with a smile.

"I can believe that." Jim agreed.

Melinda joined them.

"Hi, I'm Melinda Gordon." She said reaching out for a handshake and was surprised when Bran kissed the back of her hand.

"Bran Cornick, it's good to meet you."

"You too," Melinda blushed.

"I'm glad you chose to stop in our little town, hope you enjoy your stay." He said.

Bran left but he was concerned about the visitors learning more than they needed to about werewolves. Sure the wolves were out but that didn't mean the wolves here needed to be known about.

Melinda went back to her research and soon had all she could get until something came up that shocked her. It was a news website on the recently announcement that werewolves were real.

"Werewolves… were you attacked by a werewolf?" she asked the ghost.

"Yes… "

SeoHyun was riding her favorite horse when they heard an unfamiliar car pull up the road to the house. She came to a stop and looked to Charles for answers as to what she should do. She felt strange being up on the back of her horse while her father, a dominant wolf, was on the ground meaning she was higher than him, but he told her it was okay that she needed to practice and he would rather be on the ground.

"Da, who is that…?" SeoHyun asked.

"Stay back here, SeoHyun." Charles told her.

"Okay," She replied, he hadn't put any force behind it but he didn't have to SeoHyun obeyed him without question every time. She stayed on her horse as Charles headed around to the front to greet the new arrivals.

He wasn't surprised to see that Anna had gotten out to greet their guests before he could get around to the front of the house.

"Hi Anna," the woman said.

"Melinda… how did you find us?" Anna asked in confusion.

"It's a long complicated story." Melinda replied "Suffice to say I… I can talk to ghosts, my grandmother called them earthbound spirits and… and there is one that has a message for your daughter."

Anna looked skeptical but Charles knew she spoke the truth. He had heard of this rare gift in humans that were otherwise ordinary. He had heard of a woman with said gift in Grandview, New York by the name of Melinda, was this the same Melinda he'd heard rumor of?

"Wait, Anna… I think she is telling the truth." Charles said coming up beside his wife.

"I'm Charles Cornick, what brings you to our home Ms. Gordon?" he asked

"As I was telling Anna, there is a spirit that needs to speak with SeoHyun; she has been giving me confusing messages."

"Who is she?"

"SeoHyun's biological mother, she says the report of a dog attack is a lie… she also says that SeoHyun's first adoptive family abused her." Melinda said.

If Charles had any doubts about Melinda's authenticity that blew them away. No one outside of Aspen Creek and a few wolves in San Diego and the Tri Cities knew that, certainly none in the New York area knew that much detail of the situation with SeoHyun.

"She has also given me messages about werewolves… was the attack perpetrated by a werewolf? Are you all werewolves?" Melinda asked "Oh… I'm not going to go spreading this secret, it's her secret not mine." Melinda said "It's just these spirits want you to know that they are really there so they give me data I could never know on my own."

"Okay," Charles nodded "That is true and… while she might not understand… there is a reason we lied about the attack… and it wasn't just to protect werewolves who were just making our presence known to the world… it was to protect SeoHyun… so no one would know that she became a werewolf until she was of age and old enough to make the decision if she wanted to come out as a werewolf or not. There are many that would try to hurt or kill her if they knew what she was and, while it doesn't matter here in Aspen Creek, it did matter in San Diego that her secret be kept. It was a shame what her old alpha did to her but… I want her mom to know, to me she is my daughter and… and I'd put my long life on the line if it would mean keeping her protected. I couldn't love her more if she were my own flesh and blood. Yes we all three of us are werewolves."

"She knows… and she's grateful that SeoHyun found a family that loves her so unconditionally." Melinda smiled "May I speak with SeoHyun?"

"Of course, I will get SeoHyun, you and Anna go inside and we will meet you there." Charles offered

"Okay, thank you." Melinda followed Anna into the house.

"SeoHyun's mother, Lee JiEun showed me how to get to your house, she is here now." Melinda explained as Charles and SeoHyun entered the room.

"SeoHyun this… this is going to be extremely hard for you, but I… I came to bring a message from your biological parents. They are with us now."

SeoHyun said something in Korean that everyone in the room figured was the Korean word for mom.

"She… she… and your father want you to know they are extremely proud of the woman you're becoming… they hate what has happened to you but… at the same time they're happy you were able to find parents that love you."

"So… they… they aren't mad I call Charles and Anna 'Da' and 'mom'?"

"No… they aren't mad… they're glad you could form those bonds with Charles and Anna… they're also proud of the musician you're becoming… they always knew you had a gift… they just could never afford to help you peruse it. They're happy you are in a place where you can peruse your music and anything else you enjoy."

SeoHyun wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I miss them." She admitted leaning her head on Charles' arm.

"I know… and I know this isn't easy but what we're doing is good for you and them. They see the light now…" Melinda said

"I will tell her…" Melinda told the ghosts as they went into the light.

"They went into the light, they want me to tell you that they want you to keep singing and never forget they always love you." Melinda said wiping a tear from her eye as SeoHyun began to cry. There were times Melinda hated her gift, and moments like this were often when that hatred hit. This process always ripped open the old wounds, but it paved the way to healing… something that needed to be done.

She watched as SeoHyun pushed out of Charles' arms, it had become clear through this reading that as much as she loved Anna she would always be closer to Charles, daddy's girl by the look of it.

Melinda embraced her.

After Melinda left; SeoHyun turned to Anna and Charles then began to cry again. They knew this was hard on her, Charles had known from the beginning this would be a painful journey for SeoHyun but in the end it was the start of the healing she had yet to do. He held her close a warm, soothing sound began to emanate from his throat as he and his brother wolf soothed her. He knew that what happened that day couldn't have been easy on SeoHyun and it had torn open old wounds that she had buried months earlier. As much as he hated to see her in pain he knew that if she was allowed to continue to bury those wounds they would never heal and that wasn't good for her.

Charles sighed it took days the sting of her wounds to ease and her to go back to her guitar and begin to try and do something she hadn't done before, try to write a song.

Charles walked by her room as she chucked a crumpled up piece of paper across her bedroom.

"Is something wrong?" he asked.

"I'm trying to write a song for the talent show… do you think you could help me, Da?" she asked.

"No… but I do know someone who can." Charles replied coming to sit beside SeoHyun, "They don't call my Da an old bard for nothing… he's great with words, surely he can help you write a song."

To Be Continued…