A/N: Next chapter guys, i'm not feeling too great so the next one will probably thursday or friday.

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*DISCLAIMER*

Me: Ok, i promise to say it if you promise you'll never kiss Chloe again.

Derek: Ok

Me; I do not own Darkest Powers Kelley Armstrong does.

Derek: Haha, you actually fell for that? Stupid *&^%$

Me: What.. *Lip Wobbles*


Chapter 8: Not Again

Derek's POV

I pulled away from Chloe, we stood there my hands next to her waist by the tree and her arms wrapped around my neck. I had kissed Chloe and she hadn't pulled away, she hadn't slapped me or run away screaming instead she kissed me back. I needed to control myself before the wolf pushed me over the edge, he was already dancing around in my body. I took long deep breaths to calm my racing heart; fresh air was good. The smell of Chloe was intoxicating, a poison to my senses that made right or wrong fly out the window. But it was a good poison, a poison I would gladly bath in however long she would let me.

Chloe's POV

I don't know how long we stood there, I was afraid to move in case I was really dreaming and at the slightest movement everything would come crashing around me and I would wake in my bed, cold and alone with no Derek. I could hear the sound of the wind picking up rustling the branches of the trees around us. I shivered, it was getting later and the later it got, the colder it got.

"Chloe... we should" I looked up and Derek was staring into my eyes, probably hoping that I would run off.

"Yeah" I whispered, but he didn't move and neither did I.

"It's getting cold" He moved one of his hands to sweep his hair out of his eyes. He finally pulled away and started walking towards the house. I stood there staring at his back. Is he just going to walk away? Not even give me a second glance? I started to follow looking down at the ground as I made my way back the way we came. As I reached the edge of the forest I managed to trip over a tree root that was sticking out of the ground, landing on my side. I let out a yelp my bruises were still sore. I considered just laying there I didn't really want to move. I buried my head into the muddy grass and sighed.

"Chloe..." Derek's voice was directly above my ear; his hand swept my hair away from my face. I didn't answer I didn't move, I just stared blankly into his eyes. I guess he must have realised that I wasn't getting up because he picked me up in one swift movement. Neither of us said a word even as we entered the kitchen and Derek placed me on a chair with everyone watching our movements.

I sat there staring at the counter while Derek got some tissue to clear off the mud on my face, I sat extremely still while he did this, a few times he brushed his fingers across my skin and my skin would feel like it was on fire, my heart racing. When he was done he sat down next to me, we still hadn't said one word to each other.

"Chloe" I looked up to Steven, "can we talk now?" Derek growled in response and one of the pack perked up.

"Are you just going to sit there and take that shit from him Steven?" A guy got up, he must have been at least 6ft 4 maybe taller, blonde hair little shorter than Derek's and piercing blue eyes.

"Quiet Dylan, when I want your opinion I'll ask for it" Steven snapped and Dylan left the room alone with the rest of the pack. "I'll come find you tomorrow Chloe, I've still got a few questions to ask you if that is ok" He looked at me then Derek. Derek growled again. I looked at Derek scowled at him then returned facing Steven.

"Yeah, that's fine I'll come find you tomorrow. Goodnight." I smiled.

"Goodnight Chloe, Derek." With his goodnights he left leaving me and Derek on our own in the kitchen.

"Derek... thanks, thank you" I looked at him and he seemed surprised at my choice of words.

"What did I do?" Was his reply, confusion in his eyes with his trademark scowl on his face.

"For saving me, from Liam and Ramon" my voice went quiet when I said their names.

"Chloe... I didn't exactly save you. When I saw you there on that chair you looked so fragile and broken. I didn't save you Chloe, I failed. I let them take you, it was because of me that happened to you, I should have just gone to Syracuse when they asked." He looked down and I could tell that he was beating himself up.

"Derek you did save me" I turned to face him, "if you hadn't found me when you did... well I-I'd probably be d-d-dead. You didn't fail Derek I'm still here, I'm breathing." I reached out my hand to touch his face but he caught my hand before it could make contact. He held my hand there for what seemed like hours, it was probably only minutes but that was all I could concentrate on.

"I'm dangerous Chloe, you shouldn't be around me." He almost growled this at me.

"Derek Souza you are not dangerous, and if I weren't around you I would be locked up in the Edison Group HQ or I would be dead." I would not let him win this argument.

"If it wasn't for me you would have gone back to a normal life, with normal friends, you're Aunt Lauren and a normal boyfriend Chloe. I ruined all that for you." He was growling this time and I'd had enough.

"That's enough Derek I am not normal, I raise the dead in my sleep!" I was shouting now, "I don't have normal friends; I never even had a normal boyfriend Derek so do not tell me this is all because of you! I am alive and breathing because of you." My breath was coming quicker now, I was so angry how he could have even thought that, he had saved me more than enough times. All this time and Derek still hadn't let go of my hand.

He let go of my hand to place his hand on my cheek, I leaned into his hand warm against my cold cheek.

"Goodnight Chloe" he got up and left without as much as a glance behind him. What am I going to do now? I looked at the clock on the microwave; wow it was 11:30pm already. I decided it was probably a good idea to try and get some sleep.

I walked up the stairs but as I reached the top of the landing I heard a faint banging coming from a room up ahead. I decided that I would see what the noise was; I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep if I didn't. I walked along the hall and the banging got louder until it finally stopped, I was standing in front of an old painting of a woman holding what looked like a black pendant, it almost looked like mine. Well apart from the fact mine is blue.

"Why hello" A voice said from behind me I spun around jumping back into the wall as a guy spinning a basketball on his finger came into view, he was the type of guy Tori would want to date. "You must be new, no one's been round here for ages" He smiled at me.

"Err, yeah I-I'm Chloe, we got h-here the other day" I smiled at him, "b-but who a-are you?" I was still backed against the wall, ghosts always made me jumpy and he didn't exactly look friendly.

"Well, if you really want to know. There's a key behind that painting, it's to the door right at the end of the hall follow that and ill meet you there" He gave a dazzling smile then disappeared. Well it couldn't hurt right; maybe he could tell us more about the Edison Group. I looked behind the painting and sure enough the key was there, I walked all the way down the hall it was as if the further down the hall I got the more eerily dark and creepy it got. I placed the key in the lock and turned, sure enough like he promised the door unlocked. I pushed it open and the door creaked open. Behind the door was a long black corridor I stepped in, maybe this wasn't such a good idea. I stepped in a little further and the shut and locked behind me, what the hell? I was in complete darkness now, oh how this day could not get any better. I felt my way blindly down the path, keeping my arms out in front of me. A few seconds later my palms were pushed up against what felt like a door, I felt blindly for a door knob, I found one and twisted it and the door opened to reveal a beautiful wide open space. The room was really big, the ceilings high, the windows wide. But the view was all wrong there was no forest it was a neighbourhood area. I walked towards the window and the door behind me shut and locked just like the first. I continued walking to the window to open it, but I couldn't open it, there was something really wrong here. I tried a different window and this one didn't move either but the scene behind the window changed suddenly it wasn't so bright and there were dark alleys and street lights. What was going on here? I turned around and walked back through the door I came through but it was no good it was locked, great.

"Hello" I called out that ghost said he would meet me here, "hello?"

"I can't believe you actually fell for that one, you know the last one was much more smart not to trust me" The guys face changed into something distorted, his face was burnt on one side with no eye in his socket. I backed into the door I was standing in front of. "This is going to be a lot of fun" He smiled and I screamed, I screamed as loud as I could hoping to god that one of the 8 werewolves in this house could hear me.


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