"You probably just imagined it." Mase said as they walked up the drive. William scowled at her and shook his head. He hadn't imagined it. " I mean we all know none of us got any sleep last night." It was true but William was sure he hadn't imagined it. It was clear enough that the man he met had yellow, glowing eyes. Probably claws, advanced healing and hearing too.
"I didn't imagine it, I know what I saw." He protested. Lauren shook her head and sighed.
"Well you're just lucky he didn't attack you." She said. She went in front of them and opened the front door. She placed her bag down on the floor and kicked her shoes off. "We're home and William saw another werewolf!" William sighed expecting Lynne to call him to the kitchen or living room or where ever. So he paid no attention and immediately went to the kitchen.
Lynne and Sly sat at the bar talking quietly. Sly looked up at him. "What?" William placed his bag down on the couner and crossed his arms.
"I saw another werewolf today, a beta." Lynne looked up and frowned while Sly scowled. Mase, Lauren and Nicholas waked in. Nicholas walked over to the fridge and pulled out a leftover piece of pizza. Mase sighed.
"He probably just imagined it." She said. William gave her a dirty look before speaking.
"No I didn't." He said coldly. Mase shrugged and looked over at Lynne who brows were furrowed. Mase was small but she made up for it in fighting so they all respected her. She wasn't going to be pushed around by any of them and they knew that.
"What did they look like?" Sly asked. Lynne still stayed silent. He gave her a strange look before looking over at William waiting for answer. Lauren scowled as he did so and leaned against the counter.
"Dark hair and a giant, tall, wore dark clothing too."
"Did he say anything?" Sly continued. William bit his lip before answering.
"He just asked me what I was doing, I told him I couldn't find my class and he pointed me in the right direction." William. He rolled on the balls of his heels. Lynne still stayed silent and the others waited for her to say something. Lauren sighed.
"I thought you said there weren't any other werewolves in this area." She said. Lynne glanced over at her and stood up before stretching.
"In this suburb, I thought there were no werewolves, of course there are tons in New Orleans specifically." Mase opened her bag and started to go through it pulling out a pen and a notebook. Lauren rolled her eyes.
"They might not be bad, I mean he didn't do anything to William and no one was around." Lynne shook her head. She doubted that was the reason. The people who killed her parents seemed okay and ended up not. She had been around werewolves all her life and the only packs she had ever met that she liked was Derek's and her old alpha's.
"I doubt it." Lynne said out loud. The others glanced at her. Suddenly Mase groaned.
"I forgot my biology book!" She said frustrated. Sly sighed and picked up his jacket and keys. Mase put her bag on the counter.
"Come on we're going to go get it." Lynne narrowed her yes at him and frowned. Sly shrugged and walked towards the door. Mase jumped up and dashed to get her shoes.
"Thanks!"
Gwyn frowned as she sat on the desk. She crossed her arms. The man before her rubbed his neck awkwardly. They had not started off good. He had ran into her and spilled the twelve textbooks she had in her arms to the floor. Gwyn watched him carefully. "I'm James O'Hare." He inroduced himself.
"Gwyn Taylor." She answered. The man looked surprised which confused Gwyn but she said nothing.
"I was looking for you." He said. It was Gwyn turn to be surprised. "You work a the lab downtown right." Gwyn sighed. Everyone was always asking her about it and trying to get close to her boss to get money. She usually turned people down right then but James seemed different. He was taking a different approach.
"Um...yes."She answered hesitantly. He stayed silent for a moment watching her. He seemed to notice he was bothering her so he took a step back and looked around the classroom. There were five rows neatly set beside each other with an average of six to seven desks in each row.
"What do you do mostly?" He asked. Gwyn looked taken aback. No had asked her about that before. Everyone seemed to know.
"Research." She began. "Mostly diseases, illnesses, such as cancer, diabetes. We sometimes work with the police because of our advanced work. But it can be quite monotonous a times. Do you mind me asking why?" He hesitated.
"My father has cancer. I heard you had some kind of research related to it." He answered. For some reason Gwyn didn't believe him but she didn't call him out on it.
"I'm sorry to hear that." They stayed in awkward silence. James looked her over. She was tall for a woman with long brown hair, fair skin and dark eyes. Probably not much older than him. Suddenly a knock on the door broke the silence. Mase and Sly stood in the door way. Sly narrowed his eyes at James. Gyn got off the desk and smiled.
"Hello Mase, is there something I can help you with?" She asked. Mase nodded but it was Sly who answered.
"She forgot her book." Gwyn nodded.
"It's back there." Mase smiled and walked down the second isle to get her book. Sly walked forward.
"I'm Sly." He said. Gwyn nodded. It was a strange name, a nickname probably. Gwyn smiled never less. James still stood beside her.
"Gwyn Taylor and this is James." Sly frowned at James who narrowed his eyes. Gwyn looked between the two confused.
"I heard you helped a friend of mine get to class today." James looked him over and said nothing. Gwyn crossed her arms, frustrated she had no idea what it was about. Mase walked up and sighed.
"I got my book Magnus." She said stiffly. Magnus. That was his name. James eyes flashed yellow for a second.
"Yeah, the principal didn't seem fit to do so." He answered coldly. He looked over at Mase and took the book from her hand looking through it. "I always hated biology in school, it was disgusting, until of course I was changed." James extended his claws and Magnus did the same. James roared at him. Gwyn gave them an appalled look before pushing Mase behind her. She stopped and glanced over at her.
"You're one of them aren't you?" Mase gave her a grin and Gwyn sighed before going over to her desk and sitting down.
James was the first to attack. He went forward his hands ready to tear at Sly's throat. Sly went for a kick but James caught his leg. Sly looked up at him just as he pushed Sly down. James had the advantage now and went forward. He clawed at Sly's shirt making a tare in it and Sly to start bleeding. "Stop it you idiots!" Mase screamed at them. She knew she wouldn't be able to beat them. Both were over six foot when she was a mere five foot.
Sly got up and made his hand into a fist. He punched James in the face making him stumble. James scowled and recovered quickly. He was made for this kind of stuff and was use to it. He charged Sly who crouched down to catch him and push him back. Instead Sly went backwards slightly. James picked him up and threw him back onto the desks. Sly fell to the ground and groaned. James smiled and went forward.
Mase scowled and looked over at Gwyn who had her head in her hands and was muttering "I avoided it this long why did this have to happen?" over and over again.
It was a mistake though. Sly swung his feet and James fell to the ground, knocking his head on one of the desks. They were evenly matched now. James got up as Sly did. They prepared to get another kick or punch it when James suddenly grunted and dropped to his knees. Just as fast a knife was lodged into Sly's shoulder. He gasped and looked up to see Gwyn standing up behind her desk with knives in her hands looking furious.
"I suggest you stop before I kill you or call the police!" She said. Mase backed away from her slightly. James frowned.
"Great she's a hunter."
