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Chapter 2
Washingtown, Idaho December 24th
"Okay, she said to meet her here." Autumn's leg bounced under the table and Dean slid his hand over her knee.
"Calm down, she'll be here." he told her giving her knee a gentle squeeze. The bouncing slowed down though it didn't stop, but now her heart was racing within her chest.
"I know but if she doesn't get here soon I'm going to bust a gasket." Autumn grabbed for her straw paper and started knotting it.
"Is she always like this?" Sam asked Athena.
"She killed the previous pack leader, she's kind of got reason to be a little freaked." Athena defended her sister.
"I'm not freaked," Autumn narrowed her eyes on her sister. "I'm just a little jumpy."
"There's no need to be, I don't bite." they all turned to look at the woman who had approached their table. She had waist length tawny hair and deep chocolate eyes, her skin seemed to be tanned despite the fact that it was Christmas Eve, the woman stood weight shifted to one on hip, and her hand resting on the other. "At least not hard."
"Oh my God." Dean muttered under his breath taking in the woman's delicate curves, and long legs.
"Lena," Athena breathed.
"How are my favorite hunters?" Lena asked pulling a chair up to the end of their booth.
"We're managing." Autumn said nodding.
"You're scent has changed." Lena said conversationally. "You smell a little burnt."
"Yea, had a demon order me extra crispy." Autumn tried to joke.
"Really? Rafael will love that." Lena bounced her eyebrows suggestively, "Do you still howl for him?" she dropped her voice to a husky tone making Autumn blush.
"No, and I never did… not really."
"Whatever gets ya through the day, honey. You're traveling in fine company. Good lookin' guys for meat-boys." Lena said looking Sam and Dean up and down.
"Oh, pardon our manners. Lena, these are our new partners Sam and his older brother, Dean." Athena pointed to each of them in turn.
"Pleasure to meet you." Lena shot them a dazzling smile. "Helmut, would have relished seeing his hunters with mates."
"No. No. No. We're not mates. Just buddies, traveling around killing things." Autumn shook her head violently.
"Suit yourself." Lena said dropping her eyes. "So, how are we going to do this?"
"You've already got some of your people watching everyone right?" Lena nodded. "Then, round up those that you can trust, we'll get an idea of where they'll be hunting next and meet them." Autumn said trying to take a take-charge attitude on the matter.
"That's all fine and dandy, babe. But we can't take them all at once and we're getting close to the full moon. You'll all be in danger." Lena rolled her shoulders, trying to work out pint up energy.
"I looked, we've got ten days. So that's ten days something like twenty-five human hunters…" Athena trailed off.
"We can do that." Dean spoke up. "You have other's that will fight on our side?" he'd been stricken with the idea at first but after he'd read over the agreement he had decided to use it.
"Yea, they're threatening our pack. By the laws of the Moon, we have every right to kill them." Lena answered him.
"Okay, then we get them all at once, in one place." Dean was starting to fall into the role of general, the promise of a hunt making his blood pump.
"Somewhere away from people." Sam added.
"There's a state park not far from here. If we can get them herded up there, that'd be best." Athena said. Lena looked at them, they were planning to kill off half her pack, whether they were good or bad they were still her friends and family. Autumn took Lena's hand.
"It's for the best, Lee. If we don't do this, you'll have every hunter within four states down here on you." Lena nodded and squeezed Autumn's hand.
"Thank you."
"Hun, this is what we do." Athena said scooting closer to Lena. "No, thanks needed."
"Alright. Okay. I've got your number, I'll go get everyone gathered up." Lena stood up. "I'll get your bill, get out of here. I don't know if I was followed." Lena stood up and again her long legs caught Dean's and even Sam's attention.
"Hey, Teenie, hand me a napkin." Autumn requested as soon as Lena was out of hearing range.
"Why?" Athena complied.
"I'm going to wipe the drool off Dean's chin." she teased.
"Get out, Autty." Dean grinned pushing her out of the booth. The four headed for the door. "Do you know how to get to her?"
"Shit! No, hold on we'll wait for her." Autumn stopped and leaned on the hood of her mustang.
"Thought, I said to run, meat." Lena almost teased. Autumn grinned.
"We need directions to your den."
"I'll call you with them." Lena said her eyes catching a motorcycle pulling in. Athena and Autumn both turned to watch the man roll to a stop and drop his leg to keep the bike propped up.
"Well, hello." the man pulled off his helmet and hung it over the handlebar. "The Huntresses, are back? Sis, you didn't tell me." He climbed off his bike and took Autumn in his arms, without any resistance he kissed her. "Welcome back, baby doll." Autumn laughed.
"You just don't give up do you, wolf-boy?"
"Someone has to keep you runnin'." the man teased. "So, sister, why wasn't I told that the most delicious meat-girls were coming to town?"
"Rafael, you know exactly why, because you'd sniff them out and drool all over them, trying to get them behind the bushes." Lena told her brother.
"I don't see your mate, where'd he get off to, Athena?" Rafael asked turning toward her. Sam and Dean watched not sure what they were supposed to do, neither of their girls seemed to mind the attention.
"Will? He ran." she said.
"The cowardly bastard." Rafael grabbed Athena at the hips and pulled her to him. "Want me to sniff him out? I will give him a reason to run." Athena giggled shaking her head. "Oh baby girl, you're just no fun."
"I'm plenty of fun."
"Why don't you show me how fun you are."
"Okay, that's enough." Sam pulled Athena back to his side. "You'll call?" he asked looking at Lena.
"Yea, I'll give Athena a ring when things get settled." Lena agreed.
"Then I'll see you girls later." Rafael said bobbing the golden arches that made his eyebrows. "Maybe, think about not brining your meat-boy with you."
"No, we'll be there." Dean took his brother's side on this one. Autumn rolled her eyes.
"We should get moving." she kissed Rafael's cheek and climbed into the driver's seat of the mustang and Athena mimicked her sister. Rafael made a point of smiling.
"So, you know Rafael pretty well?" Sam asked. They were back at the motel and he and Dean had had the trip back and nearly an hour while the girls giggled and gossiped in their room.
"Not really, by the time we got deep enough into this last time Will had shown up." Athena said.
"And when Willy showed up Athena suddenly found herself very occupied. Didn't you Teenie?" Autumn teased.
"What 'bout you Autty?" Dean sat on the edge of the bed. Autumn shrugged and turned a page of Blood and Chocolate.
"I don't know. He showed me around, got me acquainted with the werewolf ways."
"He was all set to bite you and adopted you into the pack." Athena let out a giggle.
"Really? Sounds like you knew each other." Sam pressed.
"Good grief Charlie Brown." Autumn closed her book. "You guys have bigger things to worry about, like twenty-five werewolves that want to eat us. Just relax."
"Autty, you have no idea how wrong that just sounded." Athena commented.
"Fine, you're right. So have you heard from Lena?" Dean asked. Autumn cracked a smile.
"No, she's probably out running right now, it's after dark. She'll call us tomorrow." Autumn assured him.
"She's really grown up since we saw her last hasn't she?" Athena asked Autumn, trying to start something.
"Yea, she was the cutest little thing last time we were out here. What was she fifteen?" Autumn replied sounding like she was talking about a young cousin.
"A little older, I think. She's barely twenty though. Werewolves breed so young."
"I know. It's sad really."
"Oh come on!" Dean moaned.
"You're too easy." The Daemon girls both laughed.
"Yea, well you're…" Dean started.
"We're what?" Autumn asked nodding for him to continued.
"Come on Sammy. It's getting late."
"Dean, it's eight o'clock." Sam protested.
"Like I said, come on Sammy."
Christmas, Washingtown, Idaho
"Is there some Law of the Moon against an ugly werewolf?" Dean asked Autumn.
"Don't know, it just hasn't seemed to happen naturally, yet." she smiled at Rafael when he came in.
"Do you have a napkin?" he asked her.
"Shut up!" she playfully smacked his arm.
Sam and Athena were getting a tour of the house from Lena who had left Dean and Autumn to set up chairs downstairs, in the basement. Thus far there were just ten or so females who had come in, and Rafael who, like Dean, hadn't let it go unnoticed that they were all drop dead gorgeous. A few of the females were semi-transformed, donning tufted ears, or a tail. Autumn only recognized two of them, Gabriella and her mother, Ruby, they both had foxy red hair and stunning blue eyes. Autumn threw them a smile and continued her work.
"So, it goes against their laws to be serious, what about a little playing?" Dean questioned her.
"Playing?" Rafael came up wrapping an arm around Autumn's waist. "We can play all we want, but right now isn't the best time. Too much talk about ripping the flesh from the bones of humans. Do you really want her to get too into it and go completely instinctive?"
"Are any of the males still loyal to their queen?" Autumn wiggled out of his grasp.
"Once the leader dies, the queen is just another bitch. But, yes, there are still males loyal to Sis, and the laws she lives to uphold."
"Where are they?" Dean asked setting up the last folding chair.
"Some are patrolling and won't be here. The others are cleaning up what's left of six betrayers we found last night."
"Six? Do we have a solid number on their numbers yet?" Autumn rolled her eyes, she was going to get her fill of their business later.
"You boys talk shop, I'm gonna mingle." They both waved her off and dove deeper into their conversation.
"Ruby, Gabby, it's nice to see you again." she greeted to two women as she walked up to them.
"Huntress." Ruby said neither of them taking their eyes off Dean and Rafael. "Where did you pick him up and did they make any more?"
"He's mine, so back off." Autumn said moving to block their view.
"I didn't say I wanted him." Ruby said coyly.
"I wouldn't mind having him, but I heard some of the girls talking. Lena has is brother upstairs, and he's just adorable." Gabriella said standing on her tip toes to see over Autumn's shoulder.
"Like I said, he's mine back off." Autumn repeated.
"Well, by right Rafe is mine but the second you show up he's gone."
"Gabby, it's not my fault if you can't keep your boy on his leash." Autumn tried to match Gabby's snotty tone.
"Oh girls, you're going about this all wrong." Ruby said a cruel smirk playing across her lips. "You should challenge her for him, baby." she instructed her daughter. "She's just a meat-girl, no match for you. Are you, Huntress?" she laughed.
"Maybe not me but a silver bullet should do the trick."
"Are we playing nice children?" Lena asked walking up Sam and Athena right behind her. Lena, looked much better than she had the day before. Instead of the loose sweatshirt and old jeans she was in a tight fitting slinky red dress.
"Of course, Lena." Ruby said though still her eyes didn't leave Dean. "We were just telling Autumn how lucky she was to have snagged such a fine mate." Lena followed Ruby and Gabby's gaze.
"Oh, no. Dean's not her mate. He's a hunter friend. She invited him and Sam, here, to come down and help us with our little problem." Lena laughed.
"Is that so?" Autumn blushed, under the scrutinizing look Ruby gave her.
"You know, we should really get this party on the road. Rube, be a doll and go check the guys out back." Lena dismissed Ruby then turned to Gabby. "He's human, he's here to help. Claws off." she looked at Sam. "Same goes for this one." Gabby nodded.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Besides, you've got my brother, I'd think he'd be enough for you." Lena ran a finger down Gabby's jaw bone, "I'll tell you one thing, though, we don't leave our mates. I find out you did," she barred pointed teeth, running her tongue over them. "Get my drift?" Gabby scurried away and Lena looked back to the hunters. "I wish Helmut were here, he'd be able to keep them all inline." she sighed. "Anyway, Autty, you brought what I asked of you?"
"I've got it." Lena nodded.
"Good, good. When Ruby gets back with the males we'll get this show on the road. How do I look?"
"Beautiful as ever." Autumn told her, in her best supportive sister voice.
"Then I'm going to go sit down and take a moment before I talk myself out of this."
"You claimed, Dean?" Sam asked with a goofy grin as soon as Lena had walked off.
"They'll eat him alive, literally." Autumn pointed out. "And a good hunter is hard to find. What's the house like?"
"Huge." Athena summed the place up in one word.
"Too bad they'll be packing up and leaving after we take care of this." Autumn sighed.
Ruby came back with a dozen, good looking, strong men, who like the women, a few of which displayed tufted ears, and tails. A couple even went as far as to bare fur on their arms and naked chests. Lena called everyone to sit and took the front of the room. Ruby tried to push her daughter to take a seat next to Dean but Autumn, beat her to it. Rafael sat on the opposite side of Athena who was next to Sam, and Sam sat on the other side of Dean. Once everyone was seated, Lena explained why the meeting had been called, and addressed a few pack matters. When they got to the human murders she introduced the hunters, the audience gave them a mixed response of howls and growls. It took nearly twenty minutes to cover why they needed human outsiders to end this.
"Autumn, why don't you come up here, babe." Lena asked holding out a hand.Autumn rose and crossed the room, Dean watched her. Since the fire she hadn't been acting like before, which he understood. The confidence in her walk, and the way she held herself had disappeared. But right now when she eased her way out of the second row of chairs and rounded the first the confidence was back and doubled, the sway of her hips caught the eye of nearly every male in the room. There was none of the shy, beaten look that she'd taken on since the fire. "Hand me what you brought." Lena instructed. Autumn reached a hand behind her back and retrieved a pistol from her jeans, she gently handed it over to Lena who unloaded a handful of silver bullets. The room erupted in whispers and low threatening growls. "I know none of us want to do this, but it is our only option. I've already begun looking at properties, away from here, that will be suitable for our pack, whatever is left of it after this. Many of you remember Autumn and Athena, they helped my uncle our dear leader now passed, Gerhard, when we took in those rouges. They risked life and limb for the protection and survival of our pack. A pack they hold no loyalties to. While the Daemons, and Winchesters are here they are to be treated like pack." she shifted the bullets in her hand. "As for these, we're going to hunt our own."
"Maybe they've got the right idea!" one of the males called from the back of the room. "Maybe its time for us to prove our dominance."
"Ben, you know we can't do that. These aren't the only hunters out there. They've come from their own pack you know." Rafael said standing up to face the speaker. "Autumn, darling, tell the what happens if we give in to instinct."
"More hunters flood in. We don't waste time. We won't ask questions. We will wipe out the whole pack and start on others. I don't know who out numbers who, but I know we've got more to protect, and that makes us that much more fierce." Autumn warned.
"Aren't you the meat-girl who killed Gerhard?" the same male as before asked standing up now. He had shoulder length black hair pulled back in a blue velvet ribbon, and thick dark fur covered his arms and chest. He stared Autumn down challenging her.
"Yes." she answered simply.
"He'd never hurt a human in his life why'd you kill our leader?" Ben pushed.
"Athena and I were with him on his last hunt. After we made the kill he turned to help us lick our wounds. I don't know how it happened, our hearts were still pounding, adrenaline still rushing, I guess he picked up the scent or taste of human blood and was running on too much instinct to stop himself. First he attacked my sister, I just did what I had to. We gave him a fair fight but when we couldn't get through to him and he bared down ready for the kill, I had to chose. Kill or be killed. Sir, I wish there had been another option but there wasn't. Gerhard was a good being, and a strong leader. I returned his body and offered my apologizes to a family, who gave me forgiveness."
"Is it true he bit you then?" Ben wasn't done.
"Yes."
"Then, why are you not one of us?" Autumn smiled the fingers of her right hand going to toy with a light scar on her upper left arm.
"There are many wonders in this world, that's just one of them." she smirked.
"Explains why she heeled so fast and well." Gabby said leaning over to Dean. "She might not have gotten full effect but she got some werewolf juice, no?"
"Ben, that's enough." Lena finally cut in. "Miss Daemon has come to help." she turned to Autumn, "Go take your seat hon."