Hello, hello! I'm not dead and didn't forget about this story! Sorry it takes me long to update. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter of Blood is Thicker than Water. Here we go.

The words that tumbled out of Garth's mouth surprised Dean. He was in his human form, glaring down at the kneeling man. "Wait," he finally said. "You left dead rabbits in our territory, crossed both the Novak's pack and ours, just to see if you could hang with us until you decide to split?"

Garth let out a nervous chuckle. "Well…I do live like that." He looked around at the others. "I rely on the kindness of strangers…and being hidden."

Sam stepped up. As he did, he smoothly melted into human form. "Alpha. We should chase him away. The entire world knows that lone wolves are dangerous."

Garth's face broke into a goofy smile. "Come on guys. I'm harmless."

"We don't know that yet," Dean snarled. He ran his fingers through his hair. Holstering his gun, he snapped his fingers

That was a signal for the other pack members to become human again. One by one, wolves became human.

Adam stepped to Sam's side and cast a judgmental gaze on the lone wolf. He took a good long look, and then sniffed. "He's a beta. He could be useful."

Anna's gentle eyes flicked form Dean to Garth. "I have an idea."

The pack turned and looked at the red head.

Dean nodded. "Go ahead."

"We can let him hang out here but he shouldn't be allowed to morph. His only form should be human until he can be trusted."

Garth's smile drooped, but he knew this plan would get him a few weeks in the safety of a foster pack. "I'll do it."

Dean turned to Garth, growling.

"Remaining a human is reasonable. I'll be human as long as I can stay here."

Castiel tapped Dean on the shoulder. "We can trust him. I can tell." The statement was blunt, but apparently that was enough because Castiel started walking back to the camp.

Dean rolled his eyes. "Come on!" He signaled the rest to follow.

Garth was roughly pushed aside by the pack members. He was used to this. Packs weren't always accepting. Some were even abusive. He was only allowed to wander around the downstairs areas of the house.

Fate's blonde fur lay flat against her body. Every sound of the forest made her ear flick from one side to the other.

Crowley's black form slid up beside her. He was looking, watching. "Know how to hunt?"

Fate didn't answer the question; just gave Crowley an 'are you serious' look.

Balthazar's blue eyes scanned the area. They finally fell on what he was looking for. The wolf crouched and tensed his muscles. Ears laid back, he slowly crawled forward. No time to lose. The bundle of energy burst and Balthazar leapt from his hiding spot.

The big buck's head shot up as it saw the oncoming threat. It turned tail and ran. Bucks only fought if they had to.

Samandriel waited for the buck to come into view. Once it was, he jumped, cutting buck's escape path to freedom. Lips pulled back in a snarl, the small wolf snapped at the skinny legs.

The buck reared up and tried to kick Samandriel's head in.

While it tried, Balthazar jumped onto its back, claws dug in, not willing to let go. His jaws clamped on to the buck's neck.

Crowley ran from his hiding place and latched onto the back leg of the prey. He yanked as hard as he could and the buck fell.

The omega ran forward and raked his claws across the buck's neck.

The buck managed to kick off Crowley, and got up. With the last of its strength reserves, it threw its tines back and forth, catching Samandriel in the face.

The wolf let out a yelp as the tines caught him in the face and he backed off. He was too slow and the antlers ran across his side. Samandriel threw himself away from the weapons.

Fate slowly approached the bleeding buck. She let out a ferocious growl, and bit the prey on the throat. She violently whipped back and forth until the death rattle reached her ears. She let go and watched coldly as the buck fell, finally dead. She threw her head back and howled a long high howl. It was the howl that confirmed a successful hunt and warned others away.

Crowley and Balthazar came up behind her, hungry as ever.

Michael and Lucifer came out from the ferns.

Lucifer bared his teeth and snarled. He had the rights of an alpha, the right to eat first. His mate joined him.

Once they were done, the betas closed in.

Balthazar saw Samandriel gingerly stepping forward. The beta tore of a big piece of meat and threw it to the omega. He saw the wounds the omega had and felt bad.

Samandriel took the meat off to the side and started eating. It was the best thing he had in a long time.

Once the betas were done, Samandriel approached the carcass again. He gently took a stringy bit of meat from a rib and ate it. The meat was tough but it was food. Despite Balthazar's kind move, Samandriel didn't eat a lot of the leftovers. He was still angry and annoyed, though. There was nothing but abuse, both physically and verbally. He turned away and headed home.

In the ferns, a hungry eye watched the scene unfold. Garth smiled, fangs glinting. He had to tell Dean. That alpha was still looking for Fate, and now he had the answer. He ran back to the Winchesters' home, morphing into human form before coming out into the clearing. "Dean!"

Dean heard the cry and went outside. He was followed by Castiel and Sam.

Dean had an annoyed look on his face. It was Saturday and he hated working on a Saturday. "What is it?"

"I watched the Novaks hunt, and…you know how you've been looking for Fate?"

"Yes?"

"Well I saw her running with Crowley. The two weren't fighting!" Garth didn't let the smile inside him show. Maybe this little bit of information would get him and extra week.

Dean's annoyed expression turned to anger. "You crossed the boundary?!"

Garth shrunk back.

"Did they smell you?"

Garth shook his head. "I've only been with you for two days. I don't smell like any pack. They didn't have a whiff of me, I swear."

Castiel could see all the indicators of aggression building inside his mate and he backed up a bit.

Dean knew he had to calm down. "Well then," he huffed. "We don't have to look for her anymore." He started walking to the woods, and changed. "Sam. Castiel," he growled."

The two followed, now wolves.

"Come on," Dean growled. "We're going over the border."

I hope this chapter was okay! I have another I'll be typing so I may get another chapter up today! I hope you liked it! This is FlamboyantLollipop signing off. Until next time!