Harlow had been healing pretty nicely these past few days, much to Eclipse's relief. The soulmate kiss's effects had worn off by now, and Eclipse was like a mother hen whenever Harlow tried doing something besides resting.

Currently, she was sitting beside Harlow, drawing. She was also all dressed, but was waiting for the other to decide where to go. After everything that had happened to them, they were going to just relax and have fun. It wasn't as if anything would happen, right?

Eclipse was wrong. She knew something was up the second she heard a knock at the door. Usually, nobody came to visit. So who was there?

She got up off the bed and set her drawing things down, then went over to Harlow's side of the bed. Extending her hand, she asked "Wanna see who's at the door?"

Eclipse shrugged. "What's the worst that could happen?"

But man, was she in for a surprise... Opening the door, Eclipse began to speak to whoever it was. "Hello, how may we-" She was cut off as the person spoke.

"Well, hello again my dear~!" The person sang.

As Eclipse heard him speak and then saw who it was, her heart dropped as low as it possibly could. "Martin."

Martin's eyebrows raised. "Oh? And who might you be?" Martin sneered at Harlow before looking back at Eclipse.

"Leave us alone, Martin. And don't call me dear." Eclipse began to growl. "I thought I had left you behind forever a long time ago."

"But I found you again~ Aren't you happy~?" Martin began to whine.

"No. I am not happy. I've said it several times before, and I'll say it again. You. Are. Not. My. Soul. Mate."

Eclipse looked at Harlow, now seeing the matching Mark she had on her cheek. Both Marks then faded from black to crimson red, as the two were soulmates and Harlow had at last gotten her Mark.

"Ouh~ What's this? Are we being fiesty?" Martin grinned, then tried to force-kiss Eclipse.

In an istant, there was a deep claw wound over his right eye. He cried out, putting a hand to the wound. Eclipse smirked, her fingernails now claws shining with blood.

Seeing Harlow Shift into a coyote was amazing. But the biggest concern was Martin. Martin was capable of a lot of things. Then she saw the glint of a gun being pulled out from one of Martin's pockets.

Quickly, she shifted into a smaller version of her Dragon form and leaped in front of Harlow, just as he shot the gun at her. The bullet bounced off Eclipse's tough scales like it was nothing.

Lunging at him and Shifting back to her human form, she knocked the gun out of his hand, kicking it out of reach. Then she leaped back out of the way.