After dinner Emily and Dolly helped Mrs. Bauer clear the table and do the dishes. Klaus and Marx took Mrs. Bauer's two youngest children outside to play a game of wooden swords. Riding on the shoulders of Klaus and Marx, the two boys attacked each other with wooden swords in their hands. Other children from the village came to watch, and the noise from without reached the kitchen.
Mrs. Bauer, looking out through the kitchen window at the children, exclaimed to Emily, "The children are very fond of your husband. His name is Klaus, isn't it?"
Emily nodded as she washed the dishes, "He's my mate."
"Really?" Mrs. Bauer shows her surprise as she drops the rag in her hand, "Oh, Moon Blessing, you've finally met your Mate."
"And her partner happens to be the Alpha of the North whom she married. " Dolly interjected, "That sounds like it was meant to be."
