She tipped her head to the side. “And the rest?”

“After we finished with Abel, he called Lilah in and they both now know it all—Leah’s absorption of Lucien’s abilities, sensing danger, being able to track and mark, speaking to his mind as he’s able to do with her; your affinity with wildlife; all of our dreams. We’ll be sitting down with Serena, Avery, Stephanie, Cristiano, Ryon, and Caleb tomorrow to discuss what we know about our adversaries and how to proceed.”

“And does Lilah have any special abilities?” Sonia asked.

Callum shook his head but said, “Abel does. He can control minds.”

“Like Lucien?” she asked.

“No,” he answered. “Not exactly. It’s more powerful. He doesn’t have to be in the same room or even the same building as his target to achieve his purpose. They also don’t remember it or know they’re being controlled. When Lucien uses his skill, his voice can be heard in their head and they know he’s doing it. Abel leaves barely a trace.”

“Wow,” Sonia breathed, and he smiled.

Then he shared, “So far Lilah’s only having dreams she can’t remember. However, their connection seems even stronger than ours or Leah and Lucien’s, but not all in good ways.”

“What does that mean?”

“The good part is they can sense if one or the other is in danger, even know where they are or are able to get to where they are without actually knowing where they are,” he explained.

“That is good,” she noted.

“The bad part is that Lilah feels pain, quite significant pain, if Abel is away from her and she doesn’t know where he is. They also both experience what Lilah refers to as ‘hyper-jealousy’ if they even think of one with another that is not their mate.”

“I would say we would experience that too, if it was in a wolf to be with another outside his mate,” she pointed out.

“Well, it’s not. However, you had others before me, and I did too. We both knew this and it was far from welcome, but for them, their responses are more extreme. Abel explained he’d not even known Lilah a day when she flew into a rage at his mention of ones before her.”

“Strange,” Sonia murmured.

“Indeed,” Callum agreed.

“Do you know what that might mean?” she asked.

He shook his head. “I’ve no idea, baby doll. We can just hope we have time as Leah’s abilities increase and you practice with yours, so that Lilah will come to understand hers and they’ll be useful.”

“Mm,” she murmured, and when she did, Callum lost interest in their conversation.

“Time for bed,” he declared.

Her head gave a slight jerk. “I’m in bed, wolf.”

“Then time for me to get in it with you and turn you over my knee.”