Thank you for reading and staying with this story. I know it is weird but it will grow on you. It did me! Enjoy!

It was dark when Wolfe pulled up to house. It looked just like any other house that overlooked the ocean. It was far enough away from the ocean to keep it safe from a boat attack but close enough if you listened carefully you could hear it. Natalia had stayed alert on the way so she could get to the place again. Wolfe pulled the hummer up to the garage and turned it off. Natalia turned and saw that Emily was out in the back seat. Natalia unbuckled and slipped out. She went to open the backseat door but Wolfe waved her off.

"I got her, why don't you grab your bags." He suggested. Natalia nodded. Wolfe gently slid one hand under Emily's legs and the other under her back. "I can… walk… you know." Emily said between yawns.

"Yes that's apparent but if you would just humor me and stay still. So I can get you inside." Wolfe chuckled as Emily snuggled closer to his chest and stilled. Natalia closed the hummer door for him and they made their way to the house. Eric met them at the door. Emily yawned, causing the sides of Eric's mouth to slightly turn up in a small smile. Wolfe tilted his head to Eric and smiled. Eric stepped out of the way and held the door for them.

They walked down a hallway and Wolfe stopped at the end of the hallway at the last door. Eric opened the door for Wolfe and Natalia stood back not wanting to interfere or step where she wasn't supposed to. Eric left the door open slightly and fallowed Wolfe into the room. Wolfe gently laid Emily down on the bed after Eric pulled the covers down. Emily let out a soft sigh as Eric pulled the covers back up over her. Natalia saw the love in Eric's eyes and it made her heart skip a beat. Not only was he handsome but he was also caring. Natalia was seeing a different side of Eric that not many people had ever seen. Wolfe brushed a few stray strands of Emily's hair out of her face and watched her sleep. Eric looked up at Wolfe and saw that he was beat.

"Wolfe, why don't you go get some sleep. I will watch over her tonight. You have lots to teach to the newbie." Wolfe looked at Eric who gave him a stern look when he saw the resistance in the young man's eyes.

"Alright, do you want me to put her in the guest room on this floor?" Wolfe asked giving Emily's hand a final pat.

"Yes, now please get some rest, if not for you then for her." Eric said this knowing that the young one had some feelings for the young girl in front of them. He did not know the extent of the feelings but was unconcerned at the moment. Wolfe nodded his head and led Natalia out of the room. As they passed the room that was right next to Emily's was closed but Natalia caught a whiff of fresh paint.

"If you stay that will be your room once we get it finished." Wolfe said when he noticed Natalia pause a second near the room. "For now you will stay in the room farther down the hall." He gestured to a room that was a ways down the hallway.

"If you don't mind me asking, why do you all stay so close to Emily? Isn't it a little much for you all to be this protective?" Natalia questioned. Wolfe looked at her like she had three heads.

"You do remember whose daughter she is right?"

"Well yes of course but still…" He held up his hand stopping her. "If you knew what this family has gone through you would not question what they do. Here is your room." Wolfe was irritated now and Natalia could see that very clearly so she shut her mouth. "You have much to learn so be ready at 8am. That should give us enough time before Emily decides to come out."

Natalia turned to thank Wolfe but found that he was gone. Strange. Natalia looked around the room they had given her. There was a queen size bed that was set off to the right with a closet and dresser on the other side. There was not much else but the walls had a beautiful paper that made the room feel peaceful. May be this was not going to be as hard as she thought but then again. Natalia laughed at herself. I am really loosing it now.

Ryan was really irritated when he got to his room. He was irritated at the newbie but some of his irritation was the feeling of uncertainty that was in the air after the murder at the club. Emily was suppose to be in that room where they found the body but Emily had convinced her dad to let him take her to a book store that was selling the book that she had been waiting for. They had been on their way to the club when Eric had called Ryan and told him to take Emily home. Eric didn't tell him why until he and Horatio got home from the club. Emily was quiet while Eric told them what had happened. Horatio never said a word but Emily had walked over and got him to spill what he was thinking.

That was when they had finalized the idea to get someone else to keep an eye out. Emily was reluctant at first but gave in when she realized that this was the only way to reassure her dad. They really needed to keep Emily here but Ryan knew that she was never going to let them keep her in one place and he was worried she was going to do something without telling him and that would not help them keep her safe. He finally collapsed on the bed remembering Eric's words and fell asleep to thoughts of Emily.

Natalia heard a noise in her room and bolted upright. She let her eyes adjust and looked around her room looking for the source of the sound. There was a giggle to her right and she turned to see a figure sitting on the top of her dresser. Natalia studied the figure and rubbed her eyes. "Emily, what are you doing in here?" She giggled again and jumped down from the dresser.

"I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep so I decided that I was going to see how alert you were while you slept, which by the way you are pretty alert. You woke up the minute I got up on dresser. It creaked when I shifted my weight which is what woke you up." Emily said as she sat at the end of the bed. Natalia saw Emily shift her eyes away and back. Emily was not telling Natalia the whole truth but she was not going to push her. Natalia looked over at the clock and saw that it was 4:12 in the morning.

"So much for you not getting up and out until after 8." Natalia muttered rubbing her tiered eyes.

"Did Lupus tell you that?" Emily asked hearing Natalia. Natalia looked up realizing that Emily heard her.

"Yes. Can I ask why you call him Lupus?" Emily laughed.

"You did it again; asking permission to ask."

"Oh, sorry I didn't realize that." Natalia said surprised that she did.

"To answer your question, I call Wolfe Lupus because when he first came here he was an orphan that my dad brought home. He was a loner just like a wolf and I liked him. He was really shy at first so I gave him a nick name. I had been looking at some Latin stuff so I called him Lupus. I was twelve and he was sixteen. He fascinated me with his mysterious ways. Eric was opposed to him at first but when there was a fire at one of the clubs; Lupus had run in and got me out before it was too late.

It had been a year and Eric still hadn't trusted him until he found Lupus with me at the back of the club. I was coughing from all the smoke and he was trying to help. He couldn't carry me farther away because I was thrashing around trying to breathe. He set me down out of the way from the building and had me on my side allowing me to clear my lungs. Eric rushed to my side and called the paramedics over. They said that if I had been in there any longer and if Lupus hadn't laid me on my side, I probably would have had died. I was in the hospital for only the night and Lupus had not left my side the whole time. Dad was even impressed but the most important part was that Eric finally trusted Lupus. From then on, Lupus stayed my side all that he could."

Natalia was surprised that Emily had told her all of this but saw that the girl was scared and was trying to distract herself. Natalia reached out and grabbed a hold of Emily's hands. "Thank you for sharing this with me Emily but right now I think that you need to get some more sleep." Natalia said when she noticed the dark circles under Emily's eyes. Emily looked at Natalia and slowly nodded her head. She went to get up but Natalia held onto her hands.

"Why don't you stay and sleep here? I need to get up in a few hours and I can just get up a little earlier and we can go back to your room before Eric notices. How does that sound?" Emily yawned.

"Sounds good." She replied. Natalia pulled Emily closer and held her close. Emily was asleep soon after that. Natalia smiled at the ceiling. This girl is just full of surprises. Natalia woke up at 7:35 and felt Emily still snuggled close to her. Natalia carefully slipped away without waking Emily up. She freshened up and got dressed. When she was done Natalia only a few minutes before Wolfe was to show up. She sighed as she watched Emily sleep.

There was a knock at her door and she quickly answered the door before they knocked again. It was Wolfe and he instantly was mad when he looked past her and saw Emily asleep in her bed. "What is she doing in here?" Wolfe growled his tone low.

"She was in here around 4 this morning. She said she was in there because she wanted to test me but I had a feeling that it was more than that. After a bit she got really tiered and instead of letting her go back to her room alone I had her stay with me. Would have had me make her go back to her room?" Natalia mad sure to keep her voice low but was irritated. They had brought her here to look out for the girl and when she did just that they get mad at her. Wolfe looked over and saw that Emily was fast asleep. He knew Emily well enough to know that she probably really did come on her own accord. He sighed.

"I apologize, I am just protective of her and having her in a room with a stranger feels wrong." Wolfe told her honestly. Natalia nodded to him accepting his apology.

"So what are we going over first?" Natalia asked as she quietly closed her door.

"First we are going to tell Eric where Emily is and then we are going to go over the basics." Natalia nodded in understanding. They found Eric in a living room that Natalia had missed last night that was really not that far from Emily's room. He was sitting in a chair and was reading though some files when they walked in. He looked up at them and gave Wolfe a curious look.

"Emily snuck out of her room again and is in the guest room." Eric was concerned for a minute but calmed when Wolfe added; "She's fine and actually sleeping so we left her in there." Eric nodded and went back to the files. Wolfe walked off and Natalia fallowed almost jogging to catch up.

"Alright first Emily cannot have anything with Kiwi in it." They entered the kitchen and he opened the fridge. He grabbed some eggs and a pan. He began cooking while he explained things to Natalia.

"She can be around them but she cannot ingest them. When we go out in public, there will always be either me or Eric but Emily tends to find things that interest her and she wanders off. Hopefully you will be able to keep her closer but we do not have very much hope in that one." Ryan flipped a few eggs before he continued. "She will probably know if something is up before you but there will be those few times that she will not and that is the main reason we need you. We have found that she is the most venerable when we go places and she enters a place where we cannot. I assume you have a gun?"

Natalia nodded and watched as Wolfe broke few more eggs and tosses them in the pan. "Good. A good portion of our time will be spent either here or the club. If you have any questions ask me or Eric and we can usually answer them for you." Wolfe had a towel on his shoulder and had a pile of eggs on a plate.

"Or you could just ask me because more than likely it will be about me so it would be more logical to ask me."

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