Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue. I don't own, you don't sue.

Okay, writers block…sucks. A lot. Like an elephant size, a lot.

Background: See Chapter 1

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Wolfe: Chapter 2

Secrets, Lies and Truths

By diversity-is-possibility

(Time: 3:30 pm Location: Loup Garou community)

"Mr. Wolfe?" Horatio asked, obviously shocked.

Ryan rolled his eyes, striding over to where Horatio and Tripp were. The young woman followed him. You would think that a CSI wouldn't be so, oh I don't know, clueless. He had often moved at inhuman speeds, noticed sights and smells too small or weak for humans, and yet they still had no clue.

Luna and Artemis' attention was attracted to a young loup who looked extremely shook up.

"No, I'm his evil twin." Ryan said sarcastically. "Of course I'm Ryan. Thank you, Captain Oblivious."

"You're a Wolf, er, Wolfe?" Tripp asked.

The woman, the Pack's Beta, who stood to the left of Ryan, even with him, which Horatio found odd, laughed. "Oh, the irony in that statement."

Ryan smiled and turned to his Mate. "Oh, ha ha, very funny. Like your maiden name isn't funny or ironic either."

"Hey, the Moon family are direct descendants of Lady Moon herself." The woman said smugly, smirking at her Mate and Alpha.

"Whatever."

Horatio and Tripp looked slightly astonished at Ryan's laid back attitude. "Aren't you concerned at all for the safety of your Pack, Mr. Wolfe?"

"Why? Everyone is safe and no one is hurt." Ryan said.

"And you know that... how, Mr. Wolfe?" Horatio asked.

"It is my duty in the Pack to know the status of every Wolf in the Pack. If I focus on one member, I can even tell their location and emotions." The women answered. "Our only concern is catching the assholes who did this."

"And you are?" Tripp rudely asked. Ryan's eyes flashed Egyptian gold, Alpha gold, with irritation. The woman put a hand on his shoulder. He calmed down at the touch, eyes returning to brown.

"The Pack's Beta. Selene Laria Wolfe." She coldly responded.

"MOMMY! DADDY!" Artemis shouted, just now noticing her parents (A/N: She is sick). She broke free of her aunt's grip, ran over and threw herself at her mother and father. They both caught her with one fluid motion.

"It was so scary. One minute, I'm just sleeping and the next, I hear screams and…" the young girl trailed off, hugging her parents tighter.

"It's okay, Little Princess. It's okay." Selene whispered, clutching her daughter tightly.

"Lene, Ry! Are you two okay?" Luna ran over.

"Yeah, we are fine." Ryan answered, rolling her eyes.

"Where's Diana?" Selene asked, inquiring about her youngest sister.

"Right her, Seleria." Diana, the girl who Luna had been talking to, said, using the childhood nickname for her older sister of combining her first and middle names. (A/N: Sele- from Selene and –ria from Laria) "I'm okay."

Horatio looked at the display with a sense of awe. Their mysterious, secretive co-worker, who none of them knew or really even tried to get to know, turned out to be a loup garou and an Alpha at that, socializing easily with his Pack.

"H…" Ryan said, looking away from his family for a second. "I know who did this."

Horatio was surprised. He didn't take Ryan for one to jump to conclusions- even when he was the victim. "Who do you think did it, Mr. Wolfe?"

"The Hunters. They are responsible for almost every attack on Shrrgn, the only others who really attack Shrrgn are other Shrrgn." (A/N: I took this from Eragon. I don't own that either.)

"What in the Sam heck is the Shrrgn?" Tripp asked, incorrectly pronouncing the word Ryan had said.

Selene answered instead. "Shrrgn is the true name for our kind. However, most humans have difficulty pronouncing that. And it is also the name given to us by Lady Moon and Lord Hunter themselves, we wouldn't share it with all humans. So we told them our name was loup garou."

"I have never heard that before."

"We don't exactly advertise it. We like our secrets." Ryan said, again rolling his eyes. "Look we invited you here. If you don't like the fact that we already know who did this, we could ask you to leave. Loup garou communities are not in county jurisdiction."

"Do you have any proof that another Pack didn't do this?" Tripp asked.

"How about the fact that they stabbed Ryan with a silver blade… that they held in their bare hands? A Shrrgn would not able to hold a silver knife for long. They would have had to put it down after around ten seconds. It took around thirty to even lay the blade on Ryan's skin. I have felt the pain of silver before. We all have. And trust me, you cannot willingly continue to touch the silver after the pain has begun to set in. it is impossible, even if you had a pint of antigen-natree running through your veins- it only helps when the silver is in the blood stream." Selene told the detective.

"What do you mean 'we all have.'?" Horatio asked, looking curious.

"When we come of age, we experience what we called The Touching. We are required to hold silver against our skin for fifteen seconds. You hold the symbol of your rank against your skin." Luna replied. She rolled up her sleeve, revealing the marking of a healer. "Touching is an ancient tradition and has been practiced for centuries."

That is slightly barbaric. Horatio thought. "How old are you when-" Horatio began to ask before Ryan cut him off.

"Look, H, we can still track down the people who attacked the infirmary, and Ryan. They used a kerosene-gasoline-vodka mixture- which would have lingered on their person for hours, days even. Our Pack's Trackers can trace it back to them."

"Will you allow us to prosecute them or will your authorities wish to?"

"The Council will only get involved if some was killed, like they did a few years ago. Anyway, they gave us permission to allow you to give them justice." Ryan replied.

"How did you contact them?" Tripp asked.

"Grand-daddy and Grand-mama are high-ranking Council Members." Artemis answered, before beginning to cough again. Selene rubbed her back before elaborating.

"Ryan's parents are Council Members. I contacted them on the way to the pharmacy. They deemed that since no one was killed or had an injury that could not quickly be cured, to allow the local mea- human authorities to persecute." Selene told them.

Horatio nodded. Ryan told him, "Our Trackers are over here." They walked off, Ryan calling their attention. They dipped their heads slightly, baring their necks for him.

"What were you going to call us?" Tripp asked Selene.

"Excuse me?"

"You said 'mea-human'. What did you mean by 'mea'?"

"Oh, um… I meant 'meat-people'. It is a term leftover from the Human-Shrrgn Wars centuries ago. You know what I'm talking about. Humans call it the Beast Wars. When I am irritated, I tend to call humans that. And I'm always irritated after a Hunter attack. Especially against our sick, in the middle of the day. Cowards." (A/N: Most wolves sleep during the day) Selene told him. "I didn't mean to offend you. It's just that sometimes, human authorities do not try and catch whoever did this to us. Some of the officers are even Hunters themselves."

"Really?" Tripp looked thoroughly astonished.

"Yes. Fourteen years ago, a police officer burned down half of this community. They killed many of the adults. It is why we are such a young Pack. The Councils' Vrenshrrgn- the War Wolves- got involved. The outcome wasn't pretty. It took eight years, an Alpha's Battle, a Bitches' Dance and the birth of a new Princess for the Pack's balance and dynamics to be restored."

"What-" Tripp began to ask, but Ryan and Horatio returned. "Look, Tripp, we will answer all of your questions later. About us, me, Pack dynamics, whatever. But our Trackers are eager to catch his guy and Selene and I have responsibilities to the Pack we must take care of, namely working out how to rebuild the infirmary, where to have the healing take place until then-"

"Making sure no one kills the men who did this. The Council wouldn't like the Wolves breaking the Law, even under these circumstances. You should travel with the Trackers. Uphold the Law."

"Wait!" Luna shouted. "Just let me look at stab. Just to be sure," she added, seeing Ryan's eyes roll. But he complied, pulling off his shirt, showing Luna the stab that was already scabbed and faded- in a few hours, Horatio doubted there would even be a scar.

Luna put her hands on the wound, examining, before declaring he could go. Ryan turned and gave his mate a kiss and bite to the neck – a traditional parting for loup garou- his daughter a kiss on the forehead, and a hug to Luna and Diana.

"Off to track down some Hunters…" Ryan muttered before turning to Horatio and Tripp. "Coming?"