Days before Ashley's departure, she met with Melek in the Forbidden Forest.
"You want to know where the Winter Wolves' den is?" Melek asked.
Ashley nodded, "Yes. Could you help me?"
Melek thought for a while, then looked at her suspiciously, "Why would you want to know? Do you need anything from them?"
Ashley pursed her lips as she thought, 'As if I could tell him that I am going to go there to kill all of them.'
Melek sighed, "Does it have anything to do with the attacks in the North?"
Ashley looked at him wide-eyed, "H-How did you know?"
Melek sighed again, "I knew it."
"Then would you help me even if I must kill them all?" Ashley asked.
"Of course not," Melek strongly rejected. "They are my domain, so how could I just let you kill them."
Ashley looked down, "I apologize."
"But I will help you communicate with them," Melek said.
Ashley frowned at him, "But how could I talk with them if I can't meet them?"