Riley sat on the edge of the counter of the house that Aiden shared with his twin brother Ethan. Ethan knew about their entire relationship, it ass hard for Aiden to keep any type of secrets from his brother. After all, they shared a house... And occasionally a body.

Their house was on the far side of town, a part of town that none of her friends had any reason to visit. Which made it safe for her to be at with them without ever getting caught by her pack.

They had all been sparing earlier, training together, keeping in top shape and form. It was one thing that really brought them together. Ethan and Aiden both had their moments that reminded her that they were a part of the bad guys pack, but she also knew that they weren't all bad. They could be really sweet, like Ethan and his boyfriend Danny. They were incredible together, Riley was sure that Ethan would do anything for Danny. She saw how genuinely he smiled when he was with the boy.

Riley watched as Ethan left, having been planning to go and see the very boyfriend she knew he cared so much about.

"Alright, so now you can tell me more about the reason you ditched me the other night." Aiden said as he can to stand before where Riley was sitting on the counter top. His hands rested upon her thighs. She rolled her eyes at him as her arms snaked around his neck.

"I didn't ditch you... Not intentionally." She said.

"Mmhmm, so that's why you ran as soon as Ethan and I got close?" Aiden replied, an eyebrow raising

"Ugh. OK. Let me start from the beginning." She said before launching into her story.

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The "prank" that had the whole school talking hadn't all been Stiles' fault. In fact, Riley was the reason they had all ended up locked in the locker room on the full moon.

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Riley had been meeting occasionally with Aiden at the school, she would tell her dad that she was going to be studying with Lydia, or to the movies before she'd take off to the school. She would walk a different way every time so her father never got suspicious if he happened to try and follow her.

It was just beginning to get dark, the moon slowly replacing the sun, it wasn't out just yet, the last rays of sun were still heating Riley's face as she neared the school, she was about to go inside when her ears picked up on some noise coming from the back of the school.

Familiar voices bickered and she could hear them growing louder as she altered her path and headed in the direction of the voices.

"Did you really think it was a good idea to drag Liam out here on the night of a full moon?" Scott asked, his voice was raised. Even Riley could tell he was pretty pissed off.

"I didn't think we'd be stuck out here this late, it's not my fault my car won't start!" Stiles' voice also rose as he yelled back at Scott, she swore the two bickered like an old married couple.

Liam was just a few feet away from them, or so his voice sounded when he spoke.

"Guys, can't we just walk back?" He asked and Scott sighed.

"Yeah, let's get our stuff and go." Riley hoped they'd be gone before Aiden arrived because as of 3 seconds ago when she had pulled her phone out to text him... Her phone was dead.

A couple things happened after that. A loud popping sound erupted from the locker room and a large male figure approached. She heard male laughter, Aiden and Ethan, she knew they were coming together, but she had to do something...

Riley did not do well under pressure. A lot of the time when having to make snap decisions she ended herself in trouble. When she realized she had to do something to avoid the boys finding her there with Ethan and Aiden she made a snap decision that had ended up with the 4 of them in a heaping load of trouble.

She ran, the rest of the way around the school and straight into the boys locker room, she slammed the back door shut and locked it before turning to see the chaos she had been too busy to realize was going on. Liam was in full wolf form. He was snapping and snarling at Scott who was in wolf form as well and Stiles she could see peaking out over the top of coaches Desk in the office. He glanced at her confused, but only for a moment.

What she also saw, was a locker had popped open, silly string, a pop up character, and confetti all over the place. That had to have been the popping noise she heard. She gathered that this had startled Liam and had pushed him to wolf out and therefore lose control. When Liam saw Riley in the room he dove at her Riley jumped away from him but not before he had a chance to dig his canine teeth deep into her fleshy side.

She growled loudly and shoved him away with so much force he smashed into the locker banks on the other side of the room, denting them deeply. It only stunned him for a moment, but a moment was all it took for Riley to take on her own wolf form.

The two more experienced werewolves were easily able to subdue the younger werewolf, at least without sustaining too much damage to themselves or without fatally injuring him. They all had the moon on their side, making themselves stronger, more powerful. Which is why the locker room had ended up looking like a crime scene. Smashed up lockers and equipment, blood splashed here and there. Riley and Scott took the brunt of the attacks, claws and teeth used to inflict wounds on them. It wasn't anything that either of them couldn't handle, though.

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When Riley finished telling the story, Aiden had a scrunched up look on his face.

"So you ditched me for some kinky bite fest?" She could tell from the quiver of the corners of his lips that he was fighting the urge to laugh. She retracted her arms from around him and punched his chest.

"Shut up." She said as a laugh escaped her. He laughed too before lifting his hands to his chest.

"Ouch, that really hurts." He teased and Riley narrowed her eyes at him before she jumped into a crouch on the counter and then launched off from it in one swift move knocking Aiden back a few steps. He tripped and ended up falling to the ground, Riley on top of him.

"Ok, that hurt a little more." He then said as the two of them laid on the ground, Riley laughed once more and soon after Aiden rolled over to pin Riley to the ground.

Riley smirked up at Aiden as he lifted her hands to pin them up above her head, holding her in place easily. Riley was strong, she could fight the fight of 4 grown men combined, but she wasn't strong enough to take on her alpha boyfriend no matter how hard she worked out.

Instead of trying to fight against him, she halted their rolling around on the ground and instead lifted her long slender legs to wrap around his waist. She glanced past Aiden for a moment at the clock on the wall.

"We have exactly one hour to kill before I have to leave. I'll let you decide how you want to pass the time." Aiden face broke out in a grin even before she got all of the words out. Without a moments hesitation he lifted them both off from the ground easily and carried Riley down the hall to his bedroom.

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Riley had been on her way back home, taking a route through the woods that seemed to lead absolutely anywhere you wanted to go in Beacon Hills, when she heard a cracking of twigs not far off from the trail she was walking on. She paused, her ears perking up to pick up on any sounds. She didn't detect any movement and she didn't really look hard to see if anyone was there. Shrugging her shoulders and deciding it was probably just a deer, Riley continued on her way home.

It was only a few minutes later when she heard the noise again, this time, closer. Whipping around she spotted a hunter far into the brush, but she didn't get the best look at his face before he began shooting.

Riley started to run, picking up the pace as quickly as she could, but not soon enough. She was hit with a bullet in the back and the force of the shot and the sudden explosion of pain caused her to pitch forward towards the ground. She did the only thing she could think to do. She howled as loudly as she could hoping that maybe someone in her pack would hear her.

Even though she hadn't gotten a clear look at the face of the shooter, she knew this wasn't just a random attack, this was for revenge. An eye for an eye type of deal. Knowing that death would soon be coming for her if she didn't get up she pushed herself harder than she knew she ever could. She knew what that bullet was embedded with, she knew that it was only a matter of time before the wolfsbane took a big tole in her. It already was beginning too, her wound oozing black blood.

Riley, with all the strength she had in herself, push herself up off the ground and began running once more. She was grazed by another bullet as the shooter opened fire once more. Just as Riley was hit once again, this time in the back of her shoulder her father appeared in the woods, his eyes glowing a terrifying red, his face looking closer to a wolf than a humans, he was a hulking beast in his werewolf form as he growled. The sound was so deep, so guttural, so loud that it shook the ground around them and before he could go after the shooter they were gone.

Riley fell into he'd father as his human form reappeared and he took the girl into his arms not hesitating to take her to the one person who could help her. Doctor Deaton.

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Authors note:

I promise more will be explained in the next chapter... I do hope you're all enjoying the story so far. I haven't gotten much feed back yet, but I'm not letting that stop me from continuing this story. :)

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