Ashton wasn't much interested in celebrating his birthday, but after a lot of persuasion from his mother and his cake loving siblings he gave in. His only condition was no guests allowed. But here he was, inviting a guest of his own. He started to regret it as soon as he invited him.
When he informed his mother about his change of plans she was beyond delighted. She was glad that he was making friends despite what happened last time. She was glad that despite knowing what her son was, and despite being an omega on top of that he still was her son's friend.
The reason Ashton kept his identity secret from everyone was quite the same reason why any werewolf kept this a secret from humans. They were more powerful than the latter, but that is what made them scared. People were afraid of werewolves, the mythical creatures that only exist in fairytales just like the common wolves were afraid of a pureblooded Alpha, the strongest and the most rampant kind of werewolf.
