"No Alexis we cannot join them."
"There isn't any other option."
"Yes there is."
"What, tell me Scott as they keep terrorizing us and I can't deal with it."
"You can, we can deal with it together."
"No we can't Scott, don't you get that?"
"Yes I do Alexis; you just need to be more positive how do you think I have survived this long?"
"Well you only just survive to be honest based on what I've heard you basically gave up with Deucalion."
"Well if you want you can join them but I am not going to give up that easily and I really don't think you should either they got you angry once and now we know what their game is we can stop them."
"Don't you get it yet, we can't stop them even if we know what they're doing Scott they won't stop and if they carry on it will only get worse."
"Then trust me and trust what I'm doing."
"Why?"
"Because I think no I know I'm in love with you Alexis."
"But have you ever heard the saying if you love something let it go."
"Yes but you aren't going with them, I won't let you."
"Well get use to it Scott you can't save everyone, no matter how hard you try."
"So what you're just going to leave and join them?"
"Probably, I don't know we will just see how it all turns out."
As she got up and left I didn't know where she was going whether she was going home or with them but I just decided to give her some space so I headed back to mine as I really needed to talk to Derek. As I made my way down the street I was just thinking about what was running through her mind and how they could make her that angry.
Walking through the door I could see that everyone was shocked to see me especially Derek.
"Where is Alexis Scott?" Derek said.
"I don't know something is off with her."
"She's gone with them hasn't she?"
"Maybe, I don't know, Derek I need to talk to you. Privately."
The others took that as their cue to leave and all vacated the house leaving just me and Derek alone.
"So what do you want?"
"Your advice."
"On what?"
"On what I should do."
"About what Scott please stop being so vague?"
"This whole situation."
"What do you want?"
"For them to go away and everything to go back to normal."
"Nothing will ever be normal here Scott."
"So what should I do?"
"Follow your heart."
"Well that tells me to stop her from doing something that she will regret."
"But they know her weakness."
"Yes they may do but I am her anchor and I know how to bring her back."
"How, Scott as you've already tried that."
"I don't know but I can't just sit back and do nothing."
"But sometimes it may be a good idea to sit back and see how it plays out."
"Derek, what don't you get?"
"I get it all Scott but you just need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture."
"I have been Derek."
"Not clearly though, they probably want you to go after her to reason with you."
"Why they want both of us?"
"They will target you first as they have done their research as you are very adamant when it comes to joining a pack making you harder to break."
"Well I have told them, that I want nothing to do with them and now we know what a kitsune does making it easier for us to deal with."
"No it isn't this is their tactic make it feel like you're winning before causing you to lose."
At this point in time I was fuming and Derek knew it but I wasn't seeing the clear picture by letting Alexis go with them the only way to get her back was to either persuade her or reason with them so I was going to try and persuade her as I was not willing to have to reason with them.
Shortly after this whole debate with Derek the others made their way back as I could sense Isaac, Ethan and Aiden walking through the door, however something was different about the twins, they had a different vibe.
"Ethan, Aiden what's wrong?"
"What do you mean?" Aiden answered.
"Something seems different about you, you have a different vibe?"
"Vibe?" they asked in unison
"Something just seems off with you two as when I sensed you all coming back your vibe was like Isaac's."
"We were hoping you wouldn't find out."
"Find out what?"
As both of them flashed their eyes Ethan's were yellow and Aiden's were blue they were no longer alphas.
"When did this happen?"
"Shortly after we joined your pack."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"As you had so much to deal with we didn't think you'd be interested."
"Of course I would you are in my pack so you are my responsibility okay, so if any of you have any issues please tell me now."
Seeing as no one had anything to say I left to go and see if she was at Derek's loft, by the time I had got there it was about 6 and she was sitting there all alone.
"Where are they Alexis?"
"Why they're not my pack so how should I know?"
"So you're not going to join them?"
"No, I was just angry at what had happened and I took it out on you."
"Please come back to mine and we can talk."
"Fine and what you said to me Scott I feel the same way, I love you to."
As she said that it was as if she had well I can't really put it into words but it felt amazing and I was over the moon that she felt the same way that I did. We walked back to mine which all of a sudden was an empty house.
"I thought everyone was here?"
"No I think Derek cleared everyone out hoping that we could get you back here."
"Good to know."
"I really don't understand what happened Alexis."
"I don't want to talk about it Scott."
"That's fine but we now need to stick together more than ever."
"I understand that but it won't be as easy as we first thought."
"Why?"
"They know my weakness Scott."
"But they don't know mine making their job harder."
"Yeah to get you not me."
"Well let's look at it as if I am harder to break they will go after me first as they will target the hardest person first."
"If you're sure."
"I am trust me."
"I do."
Surprisingly I actually think I was right as for the next few days they left us alone completely I knew that they were just plotting but it also gave us some breathing room to do something well normal for once.
As these days passed although I was relieved it also made me more anxious for what they are plotting as although I don't have a weakness other than my mother he has already said that threats won't work on me as they haven't in the past and any threat that people have tried I found a way around them so what were they going to use against me.
The days without trouble would soon be over and it would be back to high alert but now we didn't know what they were planning as they knew they had to come up with something new to find a weakness within me.
As we entered school the next day it seemed different, something was off with not only the teachers but with all the pupils. All of a sudden I heard a scream coming from the locker room and I automatically knew someone was hurt. As I ran down to the locker room I could smell blood but whose was it?
As I opened the door I could see a body sprawled across the floor in a puddle of blood, before anyone could react coach ran in.
"Everyone move back it's probably just some homeless kid trying to break in."
As I saw the body I saw the jersey it was Greenburg.
"Coach its Greenburg."
"Oh that's fine I didn't like him anyway."
"He's dead though."
"Oh crap, sorry please everyone move back and let the cops do their job."
As we all stood back I could see a claw in his back, a werewolf claw. The pack they killed him.
"Who did this Scott?"
"Who do you think?"
"They did this?"
"Yes!" I growled and to be honest I didn't care that anyone was actually looking, but thankfully they were still interested in Greenburg's dead body.
"Why would they?"
"As they know what I am like when innocent people die."
"Which is?"
"I like to get them angry back as I don't like to see innocent people get hurt but this time I was going to let it slip."
"Why?"
"As I won't give in, I won't break just to benefit them just to join their stupid pack."
At this point in time I was fuming and as I walked up to my locker in the changing rooms, I walked up to it and punched it so hard it fell off the hinges but it let out my anger so I thought the best way to get my anger out was to do some training with my pack as I knew they would heal and I didn't have to therefore join a pack out of anger.
"Instead we are going to train."
"Train?"
"Well train the pack."
"Oh you mean they try to get past us and we beat the living crap out of them."
"Exactly as at least they will heal so we won't actually hurt them but they will probably be a bit more adamant."
And they were at first but Derek talked them into it basically saying that if they didn't I would have to leave causing them to give in as we headed to the forest everyone wolfed out except me and Alexis as we were still stronger in our human form and in pairs they came at us: Ethan and Aiden; Derek and Peter; Isaac and Cora. No matter how hard they tried they couldn't get past us.
As Ethan went to get past I grabbed him round the neck and through him into his brother so hard they rebounded into a tree. And as Isaac and Cora tried they had even less luck as they didn't even get within three foot before we lunged at them and pinned them to the ground before growling in their faces causing them to shuffle back in fear.
The most interesting fight was with Derek and Peter as they were the best trained out of everyone and at first although I hate to admit it we struggled at first. As Derek went for me and Peter went for Alexis they both knew they needed to be 10 moves ahead as we could sense on how they were holding themselves what they were going to do as Derek punched me in the stomach, Peter clawed Alexis in the leg before picking us up and throwing us at one another as we landed on all fours you could see on their faces that they were now in trouble as we lunged at them I caught Derek's legs causing him to buckle and fall to the floor and as I pinned him down Alexis took this as her opportunity to get Peter as she stuck her claws into his leg he let out a cry and stumbled before he was close enough for me to pull him down next to Derek.
Although it let out some anger it was only a matter of time before they tried something else, thankfully very little blood was spilt as there was only the odd scratch but at least werewolves can't suffer from headaches as all of them would be as they hit their heads quite a few times and as the others healed there was that look of panic on Alexis' face which worried me as I looked at her she just pointed into the distance where I saw Jamie but who did she see?
"What do you see Alexis?"
"My dad." She said whilst trying to fight back the tears.
They were going to target her first as she was mentally weaker than me by using the one thing that means everything to her. FAMILY.
