Dean’s POV……
We walked back to the Manor after calming everyone down. They informed us they were looking for us. We said our goodbyes and Sam and I drove back to Lycaon. What had just happened? I hugged her, I wanted to kiss her . I did everything to hold myself back. I’m usually very physical but that’s not what I wanted from her. I mean yeah I would have loved to take her, make her mine. But I had a feeling if I did I wouldn’t have it in me to let her go.
“Are..you ok?” Sam asked me cautiously.
“Yeah…… “Dude! You’ll never believe what she made me do!”
“What?! DId she hurt you?!” Sam asked worriedly.
I raised my eyebrow to him, “Really Sam?”
“Well you were gone so long and she does have powers that would end both of us.”
“Well no. She didn’t hurt me.” I assured him.
“She made me ride a horse.” I said, sounding still excited.
“What?! How did she manage that?”
“Well she said she had to go for a ride and I offered to go with her. At first I thought she meant like a drive . Then she informed me we were going on horseback and well I couldn’t exactly chicken out.”
“Hell no!” Sam said, smiling almost laughing.
“So how was it?”
“Eye opening! Seriously though, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.”
“Why did you leave with her?” He asked.
The memory of Jack and what happened gave me an irritated feeling. And I felt anger fill me up.
“Jack assaulted her and she had to leave.”
“WHAT? Did you help her?!”
Remembering her flicking him like a fly relaxed me.
“She didn’t need my help, you should have seen it she dropped him on his ass. He’s not dead because she didn’t want to kill him.”
“Wow. I would not have expected that from Jack.”
“Neither did she. I guess she considered him a friend . That’s why she had to leave.”
He stayed silent for a minute.
“I’m glad you were there for her.”
“Me too.” I answered.
Samuel’s POV……
Something was happening to Dean, it was obvious.
Genevive told me I’d notice.
At the Manor Sonya gave me another dose of Dean’s ‘medicine’. I’m supposed to give it to him when I notice the change and this was it.
We got to the Pack house and Dean entered with me trailing behind him.
I had to do something to give him the potion.
“Hey are you tired?” I asked him.
“Not particularly, why?”
“When was the last time we watched a good movie?”
“Ummm I can't even remember, why?”
“Let's watch one. I feel wierd and Im zero tired.”
I know he’d probably say no but I had to try .
Dean looked at me pensively and shrugged.
“Sure sounds good, I’ll make the popcorn.” Dean walked towards the kitchen and I was in shock he agreed.
“You want a drink?!” I shouted towards the kitchen.
“Yeah!” Dean shouted back.
I quickly poured the entire vile in the glass and filled it up with whiskey.
Dean walked in with a huge bucket of popcorn and I handed him his drink.
I saw him slowly drink it all, “Want a refill ?” I offered.
“Hmmm yeah but do we have something else? I’m kinda in the mood for tea.”
What?
“Umm yeah I think I saw a pitcher in the fridge. I’ll go get you some.”
I began getting up when he stopped me.”No , I’ll go get it.”
What? He always has everyone serve him, even me.
We watched movies , drank, ate and talked all night. We talked about Genevieve, Row , everything but battles,attacks and wars.
In our conversation I noticed he spoke of Genevive with a certain enthusiasm. And when he spoke of her the same look he had when he arrived with her would appear again on his face.
It worried me a bit. I wont deny it.
For those few hrs everything was perfect between us again.
The next morning we both slept in on the count of last night's movie marathon. I was the first to get up. I walked into the kitchen searching for something to eat. Luckily our pack chef always had a stocked kitchen. I peeked into the fridge and saw a fantastic looking lasagna.
After warming it up I sat on the island and began eating.
“I didn’t think you’d be up today.”
I looked up and saw Lucy walking in with a new look.
“I like the light purple.” I told her.
She smiled and sat beside me .
“How’d it go last night?” She asked while giving me a nudge.
“It was exactly like I remembered it. We laughed , we talked . He didn’t get angry once.”
“So it’s working?” She whispered.
“It looks like it.”
“Have you thought about what’s going to happen when he finds out?”
“When he finds what out?” I asked, looking at her inquisitively.
She got closer to my face and whispered, “That you’ve been conspiring with witches.”
My brow scrunched and I didn’t understand what she meant.
“Isn't that what you’re doing, conspiring?” she said with a smirk.
“No that’s not what I’ve been doing, and you know that. Besides, why would he find anything out” I asked, getting up from my seat and placing my plate in the sink.
“To quote someone wiser than me, ‘the sun and the truth, two things you can’t hide.’”
I rubbed my face a little frustrated, “Look even if he does…”
“When he does.” She thought she corrected .
“It won’t matter.”
“Of course it’ll matter , of all creatures in existence Dean hates witches the most.”
I smiled a little and shook my head, “After last night I wouldn’t be so sure.”
“What do you mean by that?”
I leaned back on the sink and crossed my arms across his chest.
“I mean, Dean spent time with the Master last night and he enjoyed it.”
Her eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head.
I just nodded.
“So, another Aldren that falls for the charms of a witch. Figures.” She got up and started walking away.
“What is that supposed to mean?” I asked before she could leave.
“You can fool yourself if you want Sam, but you could never fool me. She has managed to sneak into your heart. I don’t know how, that’s something I’ve never accomplished . But she has.”
“Luce…”
Before I could say anything else she was gone.
She wasn’t right, yeah I like Row but I’m not in love with her.
“Lost in thought again little brother?’’
I looked up and saw Dean walking in. What did he just call me?
“Umm yeah I guess.”
He opened the fridge and poured himself a glass of milk. Yup milk.
“Let me guess…Row.”
I smirked , “Among other things.”
“Well put your game face on, Alpha team found Silvercloud . We leave in 5 minutes.”
Dean ‘s POV……
“Where are they?” Sam inquiered.
“Alpha team located them about 300km west from here. So we’re driving half way.”
Alpha and Beta squads were already on their way and Josh, Ryan , Sam and I traveled behind them.
I felt the adrenaline pumping in my veins. I couldn't relax . I wanted to jump out of the Jeep and run all the way there.
But I didn’t want to exhaust my beast. I don't know if I’ll need him.
He huffed in my head telling me he agreed. He didn’t want to run all the way there. I’m sure if he had a choice he would have stayed behind.
That's the extent of our relationship these days. He comes out, strikes then retreats back to the back of my mind.
Although lately I don't even realize when he’s in control, he just is suddenly.
“Dean…we’re going dangerously close to Vamp territory.” Sam pointed out with a little worry in his voice.
“I know, but I don’t plan on entering Carver’s territory.” I reassure him.
We made it to the halfway point and everyone started shifting . Still in human form Josh asks instructions.
Usually I’d just say kill everyone but it didn’t seem right this time.
“Capture the Alpha and or their Luna. If we have them both or either of them the rest will back down. Don’t kill if you can avoid it. Like always, the Alpha team leads.”
I shifted and we began our race towards the last known spot of Silvercloud’s location.
We ran for about an hr when I began to catch their scent.
We all stopped just before entering their camp. First we tried to see what we were getting ourselves into. The camp looked abandoned. But their scents were fresh so they were here at least 15 minutes ago.
I turned around and noticed a scent coming from behind us.
But it wasn’t werewolves… Vampires.
I linked my pack but they were faster. I heard a gastly howl from one of mine. Someone they caught off guard. Then a full on attack. They came from all sides, vampires and werewolves. 3 wolves attacked me but honestly they were no match for me.
I continued fighting, biting, killing.
“Lucia!”
“Yes Alpha!”
“Find the Luna!.”
“WE NEED TO GET THE ALPHA OR HENRY! THAT’S THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS!”
“WE COULD ALWAYS GO BACK TO OUR OLD TACTICS , KILL EVERYONE WHO WON'T STAND DOWN.!” Ryan suggested.
“NO! DEFEND YOURSELVES BUT DON’T KILL IF YOU CAN AVOID IT!”
My pack howeld in acknowledgement to my orders.
The first time I decide not to just kill everyone this happens.
I fought my way through vampires and werewolves trying to take me down.
I felt a sharp pain on my hind leg. I looked down and the vampire was sinking his teeth into me. Vampire venom in small amounts is bearable for Lycans but a lot could kill us.
I ripped him off of me but before I could attack him another one attached one side of my back. Then another on my other side, then my arms, my legs, my neck. Until ultimately I had 7 Vampires loading me with their venom.
I rammed back into a large tree and knocked out the two on my back.
I slammed my arms together making the two on my arms crash into each other and let me go. With my arms free I pulled off the one on my neck , then I freed my arms. I felt a sudden panic to find Sam. I zeroed in on his scent and followed it.
I saw a large reddish ….Wolf?
He had Sam lifted from his throat and even though Sam tried to get free it was useless.
This thing, whatever it was, was strong.
I had never seen anything like it. It had the body of a large werewolf, but its ears were long and pointed. Like bat ears. Instead of a long snout his was flattened. with long nostrils. And his elbows looked winged. And when he turned to look at me his eyes were the same colors you’d expect to find in a fire, orange, yellows and red.
I felt weak but not enough to back down, and I wasn’t about to let my little brother die. I rushed towards him, hitting him hard on his side, forcing him to release Sam.
I turned to Sam quickly making sure he was still breathing.
I turned to the beast and lunged at him.
It was like two rabid dogs attacking each other. Him biting me , me biting him. He was a strong SOB but I stood my ground. Then we heard a howl, a long desperate , crazed howl.
The beast stepped back and even in the form he had I could see worry in his eyes. He howled back and ran off, he ran off so fast it was more like he disappeared.
“Alpha! WE HAVE THEIR LUNA!” Josh reported .
That’s why he left in such a hurry. Does that mean that was the Alpha?
“PICK UP OUR WOUNDED AND FALLEN AND MEET AT THE TRUCKS. EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE!”
“LUCIA !”
“YES ALPHA?”
“IT’S SAM …I NEED YOUR HELP.”
Sam had been hurt and I was proud of him for confronting such a monster and living. But he was banged up. Lucia arrived almost immediately.
When she saw Sam lying on the ground almost lifeless she fell to his side.
“What did this?”
“I don’t know but he's bleeding badly from a bite on his chest.”
“What do you mean you don't know?”
“I mean I saw what it was but don’t know what it was.”
“We have to stop the bleeding before we move him.”
She patched him up the best she could with what we could find. I lifted him up carefully and threw him on my back and made our way back to the jeeps before that thing came back.