The crunching of glass on concrete came closer to them as they crawled out of the car. Carson shook his head and stopped in front of Lynne. "I swear you get more pathetic every time I see you." He scowled before lifting his boot and kicking her. Magus growled and went to stand up.

"No Magnus." Lynne said. He gave her a concerned look as she held her ribs but said nothing. Carson took a deep breath and glanced at Sly who was glaring at him. Carson smirked. Sly went forward and grabbed Lynne and pulled her up. She said nothing as he did. Just as the others came from around the back.

"It's not a problem, once I kill you they'll all be obedient." Lynne laughed suddenly shocking everyone around, including Carson.

"Lynne!" Mase warned. Lynne ignored her. Carson scowled at her and in a second went forward and grabbed her neck. Everyone stopped and didn't bother saying anything. Lynne sighed. He had given her enough space to breath.

"The thing is Carson." She started with a bored look on her face.

"Shut up Lynne!" Lauren said loudly. Carson paid no attention to her and keep on staring at Lynne as she continued.

"Lauren won't follow you no matter what, she's defiant as hell, and can sneak away easily." She stared. Carson narrowed his eyes at her but waited for her to continue. Lynne was cocky ow and continued to talk.

"Nicholas is a pretty great speaker, I'm sure he can convince your little cronies to join them plus he's pretty fast, Sly, well he's pretty strong for a beta and I'm almost a hundred percent sure he could kill you easily." She paused for a moment. "Plus if you kill me, there is no way he would do anything you said." She bit her lip and Carson smirked. He was sure she was getting nervous so he tightened his grip on her throat. She glared at him ad went on.

"William is smart and I'm sure he can think of a plan to destroy you. And Mase, well, she's agile and you won't be able to put her down with one little word. Face it Carson your not going to get anything by killing me." Carson scowled at her and gripped her neck tightly. She gasped as he raised her up.

"We'll see about that." He jerked his arm and slammed her against the car. Lynne cried out and slide to the ground. Sly's eyes went wide but he didn't bother moving. She never really complained or cried when she got hurt.

"I suggest you join me now, or die." He turned and dashed off. Sly ducked down beside Lynne as the others circled around her. She was gasping for air and coughing still sitting in the same position she had a few minutes before.

"Are you okay?" Sly asked with concern. Lynne didn't answer, still coughing and gasping for air. William bent down and looked at her neck.

"He must have crushed her windpipe." William said. The others stared at him. "But's she a werewolf so she should be fine." Sly sighed and shook his head.

"Someone take the plates off of the car, we need to leave." Lynne had stopped coughing but was still gasping for air. Sly bent down and put his arms under her, picking her up bridal style. Mase stared at him.

"Why are we leaving it here?" She asked. Sly frowned at her.

"How are we going to explain why we called so late. they'll know the accident happened earlier, some how." He hugged Lynne tight to him before starting to walk off. Nicholas turned to Lauren.

"You wanna get the plates or should I?" Lauren frowned and crossed her arms. Her hair blew in the wind slightly.

"I will."

"I still don't understand why Carson didn't bring his pack, it's stupid, we could have attacked him." Nicholas said. Lauren shook her head.

"That was his plan. To hurt Lynne and then we wouldn't go after them. Or he had his pack only a few minutes away." Lynne said nothing. She really hadn't talked since they had gotten home. They all sat themselves in the living room and she had curled herself up on the couch beside Sly. He watched her with concern.

"Well we know that the one guy James is in the pack and we know that the Alex guy was." Lauren said. She paused. " And we think Leila and Lex are part of it."

"He'll have more." Sly spoke up. The others glanced at him as he played with Lynne's hair. He sighed. "He isn't going to have only three members excluding him, he'll have more." Lynne nodded slowly agreeing with him. Lauren sighed and crossed her arms.

"Only problem is we don't know where they live or how to handle the problem." She said with annoyance. Lynne sighed and finally spoke.

"I want you, Nicholas and William to follow Leila and Lex tomorrow." She said in a tired voice. Mase frowned.

"What about me?!" She asked in defense. Mase didn't like to be excluded. Not that anybody really did. Mase waited for Lynne who narrowed her eyes at the girl.

"You're coming back here." Lynne replied. Mase sighed and gave her an annoyed look.

"Just because I'm the youngest, right?" She asked. She put her hands on her hips. Lynne looked way over talking to any of them and had an annoyed look on her face. She stood up turned to Mase stiffly.

"So what if it is. You are the newest member and this is a time for Lauren, Nicholas and William to prove themselves. You and I will be hitting the books here while Sly will be going to the library." Mase stared at her and scoffed.

"Whatever."

Lauren ran a hand through her hair as she logged on the computer. Usually this was the regular time she and Isaac skyped so she decided to do just that. After all she didn't feel like arguing with Lynne and after the fiasco earlier in the day she didn't feel like doing much.

"Hey." Lauren smiled as she saw Isaac.

"Hey." She sighed. He raised an eyebrow at her.

"Something happen?" He asked with concern. Lauren bit her lip, trying to decide how to start. Isaac waited patiently, his eyes wide as usual.

"It's a long story, you can go first." Isaac waved it off and sighed.

"It's nothing important. Derek has the same sucky life. We have the usual highschool and werewolf drama." He said vaguely.

"At least no one died." Lauren said before she could correct herself.

"Someone died?" He asked with surprise. Lauren sat back and shook her head.

"Yes and no." She began. A look of confusion went across Isaac's face a she said it. "Sly killed one of Carson's pack so none of the other packs will help us so we are on our own. Problem is we don't even know who all of them are."

"Well do you have a plan?" Isaac asked. Lauren nodded and sighed.

"Well William, Nicholas and I are supposed to follow two of hem that we suspect to be in the pack tomorrow." Lauren said. Nicholas frowned before speaking.

"Well be caref-

"Isaac!" A voice that Lauren recognized as Scott's came through the speakers. Isaac sighed before glancing at him and back at her.

"I think I have to go." He said with disappointment. Lauren sighed as he turned to someone and muttered something. He sighed and turned back to her."Yeah I have to go, sorry."

Lauren gave him a small smile. "It's fine I understand." He nodded.

"Bye."

"Bye." She closed the laptop and yawned. She glanced around before shrugging. Nap time.