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Tiberio:

All of them had blood dripping from either their mouths or hands, and as I opened my mouth to speak, a wave of dizziness slammed into me, and everything turned black.


Kadea:

As I finished tearing the head and throat out of the vampire, I turned and looked at the guy stuck in the wall. To my shook and horror, I recognised him instantly, and I turned to Maelynn. She looked about as surprised and horrified as I was, and I shook my head.

Why? Why him of all people to witness this? I asked no one in particular.

Who is that? Fannia asked.

Oh. My. God… IS THAT HIM?! Squealed Falisha

Snarling, Mae growled at Falisha. Shut up Fali. And yes. That's him.

Fali squealed again, and her twin instantly growled at her to shut up. Huffing in laughter, Mae and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes.

Fannia, I asked.

Yes. The girl is gone. Fannia replied, knowing my question.

Nodding sadly, She was too young, I replied. Hey Fal, Fan, can you guys shift and come over here please?

Nodding, both the twins replied Yes alpha, and obeyed my request.

Knowing what was coming, Mae growled. Fiiiiine, I'll talk to him if you babies aren't gonna have the guts to do it…

I gave her a half-hearted snarl, and she returned one with a smug glint in her eyes. I bared my teeth at her, and watched as Ty started and opened his blue eyes and looked at us all with wonder. It made me a little sad to see him not recognise either Maelynn or I, but I knew that it was for the better. His eyes flicked from me, to Mae, to the twins, and repeated their course again. I knew that he wasn't thinking straight and he was trying to make himself concentrate by the squinted corner of his left eye, and my heart went out to him.

I subtly scented the air, and just as he opened his mouth to say something, I smelt death and decay. The scent of a Changed one. I surged forward, shifting, and caught Ty as he fell forward, roaring wordlessly. Maelynn and Fannia leapt forward to help me, and Falisha ran out the alley, running for the pack den. We laid Tiberio out on the cleanest part of the alley's street and I held him down by the shoulders as the others searched for any other injuries the vampires could have inflicted.

They came up with nothing other than a few minor cuts and bruises, a few broken bones, and a cut to the upper neck. Hands gentle, I smoothed some of his ruffled hair down, and cradled his head in my lap. Sticky red blood seeped through my light blue jeans as I ripped a few strips of my blue shirt off, and tied them around the wound.

With my heightened senses, I heard two sets of paws approaching rapidly, and looked up as Chiron came running down the alley, Falisha right on his heels. Chiron shifted as he came next to me, and immediately started working on everything, asking us questions that were necessary. Impatient, I ordered Falisha and Maelynn back to the pack den, to make sure everything was kept secure there, and to get together a few groups to search the pack's territory for any more vampire's that had breached the borders.

I sat with Chiron, holding Ty's limp hand, emotions swirling around my mind like a blizzard. I kept my eyes on Ty, trusting Chiron in what he was doing. As he was finishing up dressing the wounds and applying substitute casts for the moment, Chiron glanced at me, and smiled softly.

"He'll be okay, Kadea. He's a strong one." But he hesitated, thinking about something.

The hesitation perked my attention. "What is it, Chiron?"

His aqua eyes became curious and troubled. "You never realised?"

"Realised what?"

"That Tiberio is a Wolfblood?"

As if he had heard what Chiron had said, Ty started convulsing on the ground. I got to my knees and held him down, and Chiron scrambled to get something to calm him down. The convulsing got worse, and I struggled to hold him down. My heart was pounding, and panic started to settle in. I grit my teeth, and fought back the urge to shift. Chiron found what he wanted, and as he got closer to Ty, Tiberio's eyes opened. Startled, I looked down into the ruby red eyes, and grief racked through me. I heard a grunt, and whirled my head around to see Chiron slumped on the ground, and as soon as my eyes left Ty and took in Chiron, I was thrown off. I rolled and landed in a crouch, and raced after a fleeing Ty.

We met with a loud smack, and we crashed to the ground, grappling for the upper hand. I landed on top, and grabbed at his left hand. When my hand met his wrist, I locked my fingers around his watch, and ripped it off. Roaring, Ty bucked underneath me, and I flew off him. I twirled in the air, and landed like a cat.

I watched in anguish as Ty shuddered and had his first shift, raw pain filling his eyes. I held myself back from running to his side to help him, as he raised himself unsteadily to his paws. He was an enormous brown wolf, with burning red eyes, and a short, shaggy coat. He was larger than my own wolf form, and larger than the males in my pack, with muscle and power seeming to radiate off him. He just stood there, looking at me, with his mouth pulled back over his fangs, almost waiting for me to do something.

"Ty?" I asked, my voice unsteady.

Snarling at me, Tiberio threw back his head and howled savagely, before turning and racing off. I yearned to follow after him, but I knew if I did, it would make it all the worse. I knew Ty had no control over what he was doing, or how he was feeling, so I needed to wait until the effects of the first change all wore off. I wasn't surprised to find that my vision had started to blur as I watched Ty race down the street, heading towards the distant forest.

Before I turned back to go help Chiron, I tilted my head up and howled to Ty, answering his howl from moments ago.

The next day…

Chaol:

I walked through the dining room, the hunting reports burning in my mind, as I made my way to the council room. I walked past a bunch of my hunting guild members and friends, and they called out to me, but I barely heard them and continued on. Winding my way through the den, I finally came face to face with the doors leading into the pack meeting room.

Breathing in deeply, I pushed open the doors and slipped in quietly, and took my seat, nodding at Manon, Asterin, Elide, Sam and a few others as we waited for Aelin and Lysandra to enter. I barely had to wait a few seconds before the alpha and beta entered, and we all stood and bowed our heads with our right hand over our hearts. They sat down, and motioned for us to take our seats. We all sat as one, and the meeting began.

Elide began, giving the reports on the health ward and all how the healers in training were going. Then came Sam with reports on the battle units, the Hell-bringers, giving Aelin and Lysandra all the necessary details on how well the training was coming along, and how he thinks that within a few more weeks, we will have a whole new sector of professional fighting wolves. Manon went next, telling the leaders briefly about her Shadow-walkers, before Asterin told us how her Scorpions were coming along nicely.

Then came my turn came, and I gave reports on how the hunters were going, but I didn't mention anything about how low the prey numbers were. After finishing, I sat back, leaning against the back of the carved wooden chair, and closed my eyes, listening to the rest of the leaders of the guilds giving Aelin and Lysandra the fortnightly information.

An hour of reports and planing later, the door opened up and we all looked over to see a messenger standing at the door.

"Yes?" Aelin asked the messenger.

"Apologies, alpha, but the Alpha of the Snowborn Pack is here." The room's atmosphere turned tense and hostile, and Aelin took a few moments to reply.

"Send him in." She turned to the rest of us. "We will continue this meeting in two days. Elide, may you please wait around outside until I have seen to what the alpha wants?"

Elide nodded, and we all rose, bowed our heads with our right hands over our hearts, before walking out of the room. I was lost in my thoughts as I left the room, and I walked right into Elide. Startled, I caught her as she fell back.

"I'm so sorry Elide," I hastily apologised.

"Oh, no, no, you're fine Chaol. I didn't even see you there." She smiled up at me, eyes filled with amusement.

Breathlessly I chuckled and shook my head. "Again, I'm sorry. My head wasn't in it's right place."

Elide nodded her head. "I've got to say, I'm with you. I need to see Aelin privately about something one of the healers in training came across the other day." Her voice rose slightly at the end in excitement.

I raised an eyebrow in surprise. "What was it, if you don't mind me asking…"

"I'm sorry Chaol, I can't right now," Elide shook her head hard enough I thought it would fall off. I heard the door open behind us, and Aelin's scent washed over me as Dorian walked past. He smiled at me as he passed, and I heard a whisper in my head.

Outside, near the edge of the forest. Make something up about escorting me to the border or something.

"Elide? You wanted to see me?" Aelin's voice was soft and curious, and brought me back. "And hello again Chaol. Is there something you wanted to talk to me about as well?"

I turned to face my alpha, and I shook my head. "No, I was just talking to Elide." I looked at Elide again. "Tell me after?"

Her smile lit up the room, and she bounced into the room, Aelin's eyes following after her. Then she looked at me and dipped her head, before following her into the room. I watched as the door closed, and walked off to track down my oldest friend.