CPOV:

Three years today.

Three whole years since I'd seen Simon, Tori, Kit and... And Derek. Derek had heard the EDG so we were getting ready to leave. The problem was we didn't know who was out there, I decided that I would go and look around, after I explained I was the smallest threat, they'd grudgingly agreed to let me go. Only if Liz went with me, she'd been distracted by another guard and I'd been captured. I hadn't seen any of them since, not even Liz.

I'd had this feeling in my gut all day like something was going to happen, which is probably why when I heard Lydia's scream I wasn't all that surprised. I looked up, and ran in the direction her scream had come from. As I raced through the forest, following the direction I had heard scream, I realised it was an excited scream, What the hell? I caught onto her scent and followed it through the forest. As I got closer she had stopped screaming and I felt a throbbing in the back of my skull, I growled deep in my throat and quickened my pace. I had a link to the pack, Lydia in particular - because of the position she held - so I could tell when they were hurt and when they hurt someone else.

I raced into a clearing I knew Lydia liked to relax in and growled low in my throat, four people spun to face me. I snarled and stalked towards them. The scents were confusing, two sorcerers, a sorcerer-witch hybrid and a werewolf, not a likely combination. I could see a ghost hovering close but ignored her. For some reason it struck a chord, but that was quickly brushed away when I saw Lydia's unconscious body in a heap on the floor.

I looked at the wolf and snarled, the only thought going through my mind was the fact that this stupid mutt, had dared come onto pack territory and attacked a well-liked, high-ranking member of my pack. The wolf backed away from me as I stalked towards him, "Bro? What are you doing?" The younger sorcerer sounded confused and I mentally laughed, someone doesn't know about wolves then.

Scott walked out the woods into the clearing and answered for the mongrel, "It takes too long to turn, and he can't fight an alpha when they're in their wolf form... Not that he'd have much luck with this one in her human form either."

The wolf-boy gasped, a growl automatically forced its way out my throat and all of the trespassers jumped. Scott laughed at them, "She doesn't like when people make a deal out of it." I grunted at him and he got the message, "What's going on anyways boss?" I growled at him and he grinned back at me, he knew I hated it when they called me boss. I gestured towards Lydia's slumped form, his eyes widened and his friendly grin vanished.

He glared at the werewolf boy and so did I, I snarled again and leapt at him. I knocked him backwards, he hit the tree and fell to the floor, as I moved over him, I heard the others making a commotion and telling me to stop, a snarl shut them up quickly and I looked back at the boy. He was trying to keep his expression neutral, but I could see the fear in his eyes. I looked back at Lydia, as I did she groaned and rolled over.

I moved off the mutt and gestured for Scott to watch him. I phased back immediately and ran over to her, "Lyds?" She gasped and grabbed my forearm, "C, they're here!" I rubbed her arm and nodded, "I know Lyds, don't worry you're okay. That mutt won't live long enough to-" She cut me off by slapping a hand over my mouth and I raised my eyebrows at her. She realised she had just cut her alpha off and dropped her hand immediately, "C that's not what I mean! It's them! It actually them!" I frowned and looked back at the four.

I actually took them in properly this time and felt my eyes widen and my jaw drop open, "Sweetie? You okay?" Scot walked over to me and put his hand on my back, I turned to him and flung my arms around his neck. He pulled away and looked at me, "It's them. Isn't it?" I nodded and a grin crept on his face, I turned to talk to them but Lyds started taking, "Uhh, C? Do you think you could save it for when we get back?" I rolled my eyes but nodded and helped her up, she took a step but wobbled on her feet.

I rolled my eyes and passed her to Scott, I phased again and gestured for her to climb onto my back. She frowned but climbed on, "It's quite a long trek to the house, it's not really made for anyone other than werewolves to have the ability to get up there." I grunted at Scott and gestured towards the house, he nodded and I took off with Lyds on my back.

All I could think was, Oh God! I was about to kill Derek.

Derek's POV:

Three years.

The worst three years of my life. Chloe disappearing had hit us all hard, even dad and he hadn't known her for long. Tori was pretty bad, after a few weeks of unsuccessful searching she'd shut down. She wasn't eating, wasn't talking, wasn't moving. We only managed to snap her out of it when we told her Chloe wouldn't want us to be like this.

We'd wound up running out of the room, away from a very pissed off Tori.

Liz had made her presence known after a while, she told us she couldn't find Chloe so she stayed with us. We had to use notes to communicate but eventually we got the hang of it.

Now there we were trekking through forests, the cabal had found us again so we'd packed up and ran. When we came out into a clearing, there was a girl there. About Tori's age and hight, with long black hair that went down to just below her ribs. She looked round at us and screamed, it took me a second, but I realised she wasn't scared. She sounded excited...

She bounded over to us, "Oh my God! You guys have to come see our alpha!" Okay, I'll admit. I freaked. I hit her and she crumpled to the ground, I looked round at the others and they were all staring at me wide-eyed, "Alpha?" They frowned and I groaned inwardly, "We're on fucking pack territory!" I spoke in a hushed whisper and saw understanding dawn on dad's face. We turned to leave but someone ran into the clearing. They growled and we all spun round.

I stiffened as soon as I saw the wolf, Shit! Alpha! Shitshitshit! The alpha turned their attention to me and I slowly started backing up, "Bro? What are you doing?" I opened my mouth to answer Simon, but another werewolf walked out into the clearing, in human form this time though. "It takes too long to turn, and he can't fight an alpha in their wolf form... Not that he'd have much luck with this one in her human form either." I gasped involuntarily, there were next to no female wolves, but they weren't unheard of. A female alpha though, Sweet mother of Jesus! We're gonna die.

She growled at my gasp and we all jumped, the man chuckled, "She doesn't like it when people make a big deal out of it. What's going on anyways boss?" Shit! I hoped they'd forgotten about that, she growled but from the way the man grinned back I'd guess she was growling at the term 'boss'.

She turned her head to the girl I'd knocked out, his eyes widened and his grin vanished. His head snapped towards me and so did the alphas. She stalked towards me, before leaping and knocking me into a tree. I fell in a heap on the floor and groaned, she stood over me getting ready to kill me. Just then she looked over her shoulder and the girl I'd hit groaned and rolled a bit. The alpha moved back off me and made a gesture at the other werewolf, which I assume meant she wanted him to keep an eye on me.

She moved away from me and phased in a split-second, she ran over to the girl. "Lyds?" I guessed that was other girls name because she gasped and grabbed the alphas forearm, "C, they're here!" 'C' nodded and rubbed Lyds arm, "I know Lyds, don't worry you're okay. That mutt won't live long enough to-" Oh crap! She's really serious... The girl I'd knocked out slapped her hand over 'C's mouth effectively shutting her up. The alpha must've done something because the girls eyes widened and she dropped her hand, "C that's not what I mean! It's them! It actually them!" I frowned and looked quickly at Dad, Simon and Tori, was she talking about us? Dad saw me looking and shrugged.

The alpha turned and looked over the four of us, I would've looked at her properly but even with my werewolf vision she was in a position where the light was all wrong for me to be able to see her properly. I did see her mouth fall open when she took us in though. The man walked over and put a hand on her back, "Sweetie? You okay?" She turned to him and flung her arms around his neck, he pulled back and looked at her, "It's them. isn't it?" C nodded and I saw a grin play across the guys face, she turned to look at us, but the girl, Lyds, started talking again. "Uhh, C? Do you think you could save it for when we get back?"

The alpha nodded and helped her up, the girl took a step but wobbled, C sighed and passed her to the other werewolf. The alpha phased again and gesture for Lyds to get on her back, the girl frowned but climbed on.

The man turned to us then, "It's quite a long trek to the house, it's not really made for anyone other than werewolves to have the ability to get up there." I saw Simon and Tori grimace and couldn't help but roll my eyes, the alpha grunted at him. The man nodded and she took off with the other girl.

Well this hasn't been weird at all.

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