I Belong With Your Brother

A day out

Humming and drumming with her fingers on the steering wheel, Emma focused her gaze at the diner. Apparently she has tailed Liam to get breakfast after tailing him to random places like the bar, car wash, mini mart and now the diner. It was noon and she was beginning to think it was a waste of time and that she better start heading back home.

She spotted Liam coming out of the diner and getting into his car and she quickly turned on her ignition. “This better be something good or I'm heading back home" she said to herself as she pulled out of the parking spot and began tailing him again.

***

“So what do you think?" Noah asked, crossing arms and staring at his parents who sat, deep in thoughts. “Do you think Alpha Marcus knows and he was the one that sent the wolf after me??" He questioned.

“He's the one most likely. But we still can't conclude yet. We have to find out more. We need to be sure before we can take any action" Alpha Wolverson stated

“And if it is indeed him, what do we do? What kind action are we going to take?" Katherine chipped in.

“Probably treat him like we did his brother" Noah replied

“If we do that, it would be obvious to the others and it might start a war and this would be the wrong time to start a war...not with the war going on at Mooncreek right now" she explained

“Yeah you're right....but first things first, we need to confirm if it was his doing. Last thing we need is for bodies to start dropping right before the claiming ceremony" Said the Alpha

“Alright father. What do I do?"

“Well I need you to go talk with Rogers. Have the conversation with him. If you're going to be Alpha someday, then you have to start addressing your future pack"

“Alright father" he nodded in affirmation. He moved to say something about Liam. Wanting to ask questions about the possibility of Liam becoming a wolf but he froze and decided to just let it go, realizing how ridiculous it might sound. He walked away, leaving his parents there.

***

Emma alighted from her car and slowly shut the door so no one would be alerted. She stared at the house Liam disappeared into after knocking on the door twice. Different questions was running through her mind as she slowly made her way to the house to have a peek and satisfy her curiousity.

She stood by the door and could hear muffled sounds coming from inside. She was tempted to go spy through the windows but decided to listen through the door first. About pressing her ear against the door, it flung open. Emma jumped, startled by the surprise she wasn't expecting.

“Why are you following me?" Liam's question took her by surprise too as he stood by the door, his hands folded and his eyes fixed on the now embarrassed Emma who was feeling stupid about herself for getting caught. “I might not be a werewolf but I'm not stupid. I've been seeing your car following me everywhere and pulling up across the street whenever I pull up too. So once again, why are you following me Emma?" He questioned, giving her a crooked smile.

“You knew I was following you, why didn't you confront me sooner?" She asked with furrowed brows

“I was hoping you'd get tired and stop....but I was wrong. What impression am I giving that got you tailing me relentlessly?" He questioned, leaning against the door frame.

Emma looked around. Now that the cat is out of the bag she saw no reason to hide the truth anymore and thought it might be the best thing if she confronts him directly and then listen to his heartbeat to tell if he was lying. “Where were you last night?"

Squinting his eyes to her question, he was wondering where she was going with it. “That's a random and odd question" He pointed out. “Why? Did you miss me or something?" He joked

“Answer the question Liam" she stated sternly, listening intently at his heartbeat.

“Well, if you must know...I was in the woods"

His heartbeat was stable. ‘I knew it' she thought to herself. “Were you the wolf that attacked us in the woods?" She blurted out.

Liam was taken aback by the question, wondering how she ended up thinking he was a wolf. He sighed heavily, gave Emma a serious stare and replied “Yes I was"

“Really?" Emma asked, visibly shocked. She wasn't expecting him to answer that.

“Yeah...I just shifted, I was hungry and I decided to use my brother and his girlfriend for dinner, of course it wasn't me!" He laughed. Emma was surprised she felt relieved that it wasn't him. “You do know I'm human right?"

“Well...I..."

“Oh my God, you thought I was a wolf now and the first thing you thought about was that I attacked my brother. What kind of lies have they been feeding you in that house?"

“Then what were you doing in the woods late at night on a full moon?" Emma inquired

“Alright. Come with me and I'll show you" he shut the door behind him and walked past her.

“Whose house is this?"

“No one you should concern yourself with" He continued walking toward her parked car

“Aren't you using your car?" She followed closely behind him

“Nope. We are using yours and you're driving"

***

Karen watched his car pulling up right beside hers and kept on wondering what was so important he wanted to talk about that he practically begged to speak with her. She leaned back on her car, waiting for the answers to her questions.

Exiting his car and coming face to face with Karen, Dante couldn't help but smile. “Wow Karen, you look great" He complimented

“Thanks. So why did you want to see me so urgent?"

“Well, it's about Emma" Dante confessed

“What is it about her?"

“Okay, how do I put this..." He muttered nervously. “I need you to help me convince her to be Alpha Marcus' mate, to be his Luna"

“Why would I help you do that?" She squinted her eyes. “She's a grown woman. I don't make her decisions for her, and neither should you. Brother or not" She replied

“Yeah but you don't understand. You see...I promised her to Alpha Marcus and now he has his eyes on her. I told her about it but she downright refused" Dante explained

“Well you see, that's a you problem. I can't help you with that and besides, she has already accepted Noah's offer to be his mate and Luna"

“Wait... what?" Shock registered on his face

“You didn't know?" She asked “I thought she told you guys already. Damn it" she cursed, realizing she might have messed up. She knew probably there was a reason Why Emma was still keeping it a secret from them.

“I, I have to go. I'll talk to you later" He concluded and got back in his car hurriedly.

***

Looking around to make sure they were heading in the right direction as they walked deeper and deeper into the woods, Liam kept his attention on the path they were on. He glanced at Emma who had been quiet since they got out of the car. “So, you and my brother, how did that happen?" He broke the silence

“Well...it happened just when I got back to town. After my college graduation. We ran into each other and then we decided to meet some more and catch up on each other's lives. We were always hanging out for like a month, just having fun and stuff..."

“You don't seem like someone who has fun" he pointed out

“What do you mean?" She asked, shifting her gaze to him

“I mean, you seem like an indoor kind of girl. Just indoors and work. I can see it your eyes, you haven't had much fun" He explained

“I do. I always have fun with the girls" she defended

“Let me guess, you guys meet at each other's house or at the diner and talk about love and relationships. Is that it?"

“Well...not everytime. We also talk about...." She paused, thinking hard about what else they talk about and after a thorough search through her mind, she realized they actually never talk about anything else. ‘Oh my God!' she screamed in her head.

“I'm betting you just realized that I was right" he scoffed

“Like I said, you haven't had fun. Not my type of fun anyway. Finish your story, the love story" he urged

“Well we were hanging out as usual and all of a sudden, he asked me on a date. I was surprised but not surprised, if you know what I mean. So I decided to give it a try and well we both fell in love" She smiled

“Wow...that's....wow... that sounds like highschool love"

“Do you have something against love?" She questioned

“Nope, just something against falling in love that fast. You see, I believe something as complicated as love, doesn't just hit you once. I think it creeps on you slowly" He explained

“Wow, I never thought about it like that. So is that your experience of love?"

“Nope. I have no idea how love feels like" he shrugged

“Of course" She rolled her eyes.

“Well, we are here!" He pointed out at the small clearing they were standing on. “So tell me wolf girl, what do you smell?"

Emma focused her senses on the area around them. She could pick up two different scents. They were faint but it was there. One scent was familiar and the other wasn't. “I can pick up two scents, one is familiar and the other isn't" she stated

“Well the familiar one is probably me and the other, probably belongs to the wolf that tried to kill me"

“What?" She looked up at him

“You see I was driving back home from the bar when I heard this high pitched ringing in my head and I blacked out. I woke up right here with no recollection of how I got here in the first place. I noticed the full moon, checked the time and realized I blacked out for twenty four hours...."

“Oh my God"

“Trying to get back to town, I realized I wasn't alone. And of course it had to be glowing eyes. I was chased through the woods at night, under the full moon by an angry wolf. And that's how I got my bruises, from the twigs, branches and sharp leaves I kept running into" he explained.

“Oh my God" She walked up to him, held his face and began inspecting the bruises, running her fingers on them. Taken aback by her move, Liam stood still just watching her. Realizing what she was doing, she quickly withdraw her hands. “Sorry" she whispered and stepped back.

Liam cleared his throat “Well now you know how I got my bruises, where I was and how I got there. So I didn't attack you, nor my brother" He smiled

“Yeah, I'm sorry about that" she replied, feeling embarrassed.

“Yeah and you're gonna make it up to me by buying me lunch" he stated and walked past her. “Come on let's go" he called.

***

Helen dropped the sauce she was making when she heard the knock on the door. She waited a while, thinking it must be Liam and he'll come in himself but the knock continued and she realized it wasn't him. She began heading toward the door, whilst wondering who it was. She barely had any visitors recently.

She got to the door, peeped through the peephole and was shocked to see who it was. She hadn't had any visitation from him for a long time now. She cleared her throat before opening the door.

“Hello Helen. May I come in?" Alpha Wolverson enquired.