Disclaimer: I don't own anything and am not making a profit on this story. Just for fun.

I don't know if anyone reads these stories. But I loved Wolf Lake, it had so much potential.

However for the purposes of this story I am changing the ages of the characters a bit. Luke is two years older then Sophia. Tyler and Ruby are closer to 24 years of age.

Halfbreeds

The Past

It was a Tuesday when Sophia disappeared. The town was buzzing with rumors and suspicions about who could have taken the eleven year old daughter of the town sheriff.

Matthew Donner was going crazy. He was using every resource humanly possible to find her. After all the calls and missing posters were made, there were still no leads as to where Sophia could be. It was his deputy, Molly that had to make the midnight call to Willard Cates.

"He is going to break if something isn't done" Molly told her Alpha.

An hour later Willard entered the police station, walked into sheriff's office and closed the door. Matt look up at the noise. The bags under his eyes and coffee stains on his shirt showing his lack of sleep and exhaustion.

"Matt" Willard said solemnly as he sat down in the in the chair in font of the desk.

"Will," Matt replied. To say there was alot left unsaid between these two men would be an understatement.

They both knew that if Matt hadn't stepped away when he met his human wife he would most likely have become Alpha. Willard had always felt he was the pack's second choice. He didn't blame Matt for that. They were a people driven by instinct. They wanted the strongest leader and when that wasn't possible it fell to him. It was Matt's choice to step away. A choice that had already been tested when his wife, Maria died in a car crash six years ago.

The pack had assumed that Matt would re-enter the life after Maria'd death. He refused knowing that could put his daughter in danger. Willard looked at Matt, who had given up a huge piece of himself to protect his family and all he could feel was pity. He had already lost his wife and was now contemplating the loss of his daughter.

He asked the obvious "What is the status of things?"

Matt shook his head. "Nothing. No one saw anything. Her teacher was the last one to see her. Heading to the path that backs up to our house. There is nothing after that. I didn't know something was wrong until Ruby called." Willard's daughters Ruby and Emily often checked in on Sophia when the sheriff was on duty.

"You know that no one in the pack would have been crazy enough to ..." Willard trailed off. He didn't need Matt to accusing members of the pack with no proof. If this had come them, Willard would deal with harshly and swiftly. Acting against pack member that haven't flipped was strictly forbidden. The fact that the girl was only eleven and Matt Donner's only child complicated things greatly.

"I know. Ruby said she didn't find a scent and i checked when I went home. There was nothing." Matt deadpaned.

Ruby had flipped last month at the tender age of sixteen. Even more extraordinary was that she was a white wolf, one of the rarest of all shifters. White wolves are believed to be a blessing. There to guide the pack in desperate times when there can be no questions about leadership. Willard couldn't help but wonder is Sophia disappearance was only the beginning.

"Matt, I know you don't like to admit but you are still pack, regardless of your choices. An attack on you is an attack of all of us. Let me help." Willard reasoned with him.

"I just don't know how this could have happened... who would...what would be the point? I am out of the game" Matt trailed off trying to make sense of the situation.

Willard leaned over to bring himself closer " Matt.. have you considered that maybe she went on her own? It can happen. A child hears voices through the link and walks out into the forest trying to find where they are coming form. Hell it happen with the Tullo boy last month, and he wasn't found for 2 days. He is only 7 for christ sake"

Matt look at Willard hope filing his face for a moment then it disappeared. "What are the odds of that, Will? She has never shown any signs... her blood. You know what Blackstone said to us when she born. Odds are she will never flip. That or she will die in the process."

"Bet Blackstone didn't tell Maria quite like that" Willard said trying to lighten the situation.

Matt stared at him with no expression "He never told her anything. I wouldn't let him. We knew the odds when we had Sophia. Maria didn't need anything confirmed."

Willard sighed, he just seemed so broken. "Matt let us help.. we might be able to find her. Look where the humans can't. If anything we will at least be able to rule out foul play."

Matt nodded slowly. Willard got up to leave "Will.."

Willard turned around at the sound of his name "If you find her.. and she is not ... let me come and get her, ok? No matter what." Matt looked up at the pack Alpha with hard eyes. Willard knew what he was asking. If they found the girl dead, Matt wanted to see her. Cold gripped at his stomach and Willard nodded to Matt's request.

Two hundred years ago the pack could communicate telepathically however the skill faded over time. Some families still could still communicated within their own bloodline but even that was slowly disappearing. Only the Alpha had the power to reach every member at the same time.

Willard paused on the sidewalk and closed his eyes. He reached out with is mind and gave the order.

Follow the scent. Find the girl.

It left no room for argument. Within minutes the forest was flooded wolves.