Blair had been worried ever since they got the call from Elena saying the Mutts had attacked. When they arrived in Toronto and checked Logan's place, the Mutts had been there and Logan and Rachel were missing. This led them to Elena's apartment, but they didn't even make it inside since they saw Elena getting into her car.

Blair bolted from Jeremy's vehicle and tapped on Elena's window to get her attention. Once Elena was out of the car, she hugged her. "I'm so sorry. I should have stayed. I'm so sorry."

"This isn't your fault," Elena assured you. "Do not blame yourself for this." They each pulled from their embrace, so she could talk to Jeremy and Nick who joined them. "The Mutts attacked. They took Clay and a woman – she was fighting the Mutts."

"We cannot separate again," Jeremy firmly replied. "The Mutts could be anywhere. We need to get back to Stonehaven and proceed from there."

Elena clearly didn't like this. "You may be willing to risk Clay's life like this, but I'm not."

Blair was the one who stopped Elena from getting back into her car. "They want you, Elena. The Mutts want you and if they get you then they don't need Clay anymore." She let that sink in before asking, "But why would they take some random woman?"

"She wasn't random," Elena answered before taking a preparatory breath. "She's your mother."

Blair felt like she got punched in the gut as soon as she heard that. "The Mutts have my mother?"

Elena could see the tables had turned and now Blair was the one who wanted to go after the Mutts. "They want you, too, Blair. If they get you then they won't need her anymore."

Blair didn't appreciate her words being used against her like that. "Not cool."

Jeremy interjected there because time was not on their side. "Nick will ride back with you both to Stonehaven. As soon as we get back we will come up with a plan." With that decision firmly made, they got into their respective vehicles and started on their trek back home.

Harper awoke inside of what looked like an abandoned barn. Her arms were tied above her head and next to her was Clay who was bound in the same manner. She moved enough to look at him in order to start a conversation with him since Santos and his lackies weren't around. "So, any idea how my daughter survived the Bite?"

Clay didn't want to speak to this woman who was apparently Blair's mother – especially because she was a Human, but he did answer her question. "Blair is special."

"You have no idea how special she is." Harper said that to be snarky but there was just something on his face that made it clear he really didn't know. "Wow…you don't know anything about the Aldens – the True Aldens, do you?" Harper grunted a bit as she adjusted her arms above her to no avail. "I'm gonna end up dead at the end of all this anyway so I'm going to tell you a little story. The Aldens used to be the largest and most powerful Pack way back when. They were stronger, faster, more agile, even more heightened senses and all that jazz. Unfortunately for the Pack only women were born to the bloodline for generations and thus the Wolves 'died out'." She added in just because, "I'd be making air quotes around 'died out' if I could."

Harper shook her head a bit because she was still slightly feeling the effects of whatever she was dosed with, but got back to what she wanted to tell him – what she had to tell him. "Even though the True Alden women were humans, they were more enhanced – faster, stronger, more agile, etc. It was like the female Aldens had diluted Alden Wolf attributes. It was because of this that a story was passed down through the generations that an Alden female would survive the Bite and bring the Aldens back to power."

She waited to see if Clay had anything to say about that but since he apparently didn't, she got back to it. "The last thing the Alpha – whoever they were – wanted was for the Aldens to rise back to power. Malcom, especially. He sent out an assassin to wipe out all the True Aldens. I believe you'd know him as Jimmy Koenig, but I knew him as Jae Han. I convinced him to let me live so I could give him a son. His thirst for power – or even a powerful heir took precedence over his loyalty so he agreed and let me live. Alas, a son wasn't born…Blair was. When Jae left for another assignment, I gave Blair up and disappeared. I thought she'd be safer that way."

Clay turned to look at her ever so slightly because he was really starting to listen to what she had to say now.

Harper closed her eyes and sighed before opening them again. "I knew something was wrong when the second wave of Alden women went missing. I didn't understand why because Blair and I were the only living True Aldens left thanks to Malcom's purge. I wasn't going to intervene but when I heard Blair had been Bitten and survived, I wanted to go to the Pack but knew I'd be killed for even knowing of the existence of Werewolves."

Clay interjected there to ask, "How did you end up with Santos?"

"I reached out to a Mutt I knew to find out what I could about the new Alden purge and that led me to Santos. He told me he wanted to bring the Aldens back to power and Bit all he could find, but Blair was the only one who survived." Harper felt so stupid in that moment. "Santos started making all kinds of promises and I realized too late he never intended to deliver upon them, so I took matters into the my own hands." Harper looked around them. "The rest is current history."

Clay still wasn't sure if he believed a damn word that came out of her mouth. "Why should I believe any of this? You could just be a plant the Mutts are using for something."

"I could be, but I'm not." Harper didn't expect him to trust her so she wasn't surprised that he didn't. "I'm going to ask you for a favor, though. Don't let anything happen to Blair. Not only is she a female Wolf, but an Alden one. If the wrong person gets their hands on her…I don't even want to think about it." Again, Harper felt stupid. "I think that's what Santos wants with my daughter. He may not have lied when he said he wanted the Aldens to be back in power in the Pack, but I think he intends to make damn sure it's his bloodline in the mix, too."

Their conversation was cut off there when Santos and one of his lackeys came into the building carrying a battery and jumper cables in their hands. Harper saw this and said to herself, "I'm all for being kinky, but even I think that's a step too far."

Blair paced back and forth in the Great Room at Stonehaven while biting her nails in worry. Not only was Clay captured by the Mutts but apparently so was her mother. She kept wondering how the hell she got mixed up with the Mutts. Santos did say he knew where she was…Did that mean her mother was siding with the Mutts or against them?

"Jeremy isn't going to be happy if you wear a hole in his carpet." Nick was trying to make a joke in an attempt to calm her down.

"Yeah, well, I'm not too happy with Jeremy at the moment so we're even." Blair stopped pacing and sighed. "I didn't mean that. I'm just…"

When Blair trailed off, Nick could guess what she was trying to say, "Freaking out?"

Blair nodded a bit. "Yeah. I'm freaking out and I have so many questions and…" She sat on the arm of the sofa and exhaled deeply. "I don't know what to think anymore, Nick. Every time I think things start to make sense, my whole world goes bugaboo. I don't know what to believe."

Nick went over to Blair and gently lifted her face so she'd look at him. "Believe that this Pack is always going to be there for you. Believe that I will always be there for you. If you can't believe anything else, believe that."

Every time Nick and Blair seemed to have a moment, they got interrupted and this time was no different. Elena came into the room with her ringing phone. "It's Santos." Elena wanted them to hear the conversation, so when she answered the call she put it on speakerphone. "Hello."

"Nice to hear your voice, Elena," Santos answered from the other end of the line. "Now if another lovely lady could speak as well, that would really make my day." When he didn't hear Blair's voice he said impatiently, "I'm waiting."

Blair clenched her fists as she said, "Hello," through gritted teeth.

"Ah, music to my ears." His tone of voice made it clear he was smirking.

Blair cut to the chase with her impending threat. "If you hurt Clay or Harper I will skin you alive." Her eyes glowed as she made that threat because she intended on doing it.

"Ooo, kinky," Santos answered, unphased. "I have a proposition to make. And trust me when I say to both you, Blair, and Elena that it is in both your best interests."

Blair wanted to shoot something out at him but stopped before she even began because Nick took her hand and squeezed it.

Since they were quiet, Santos proceeded with his proposition. "Elena, I want you and Blair to meet me at the Bear Valley Diner tomorrow at noon. And forget about bringing the rest of the Pack, I'll smell them before they enter the door."

"Don't you do a damn thing he says!" Harper shouted out. "Aldens bow to no one!"

Blair gasped when she heard an impact and a groan. "Harper? Mom?!" She pulled the phone from Elena's hand. "I will end you."

"I have the upper hand here," Santos countered. "And in case you don't believe that." A buzzing sound emitted from the phone, followed by Clay's screams.

Elena took the phone back, emotionally pleading, "Just stop it! We'll meet you at noon."

Santos was pleased to have made his point. "I look forward to seeing both you and Blair on your best behaviors. If you're not, I will be the one doing some skinning alive."

Blair had to breathe deeply in order to control herself because she was getting close to losing it. "When all this ends, Santos is mine."

When Jeremy joined them in the Great Room, Elena filled him in on the conversation with Santos. At the end of it, he stated, "It's a trap. I'm not going to let you two meet him without the rest of the Pack."

"We're not asking for your permission," Elena answered firmly. "Blair and I can take care of ourselves and each other."

"Damn right," Blair added in, taking a place at Elena's side. "Santos specifically asked to speak with us, so, we're going."

Nick had to jump in there. "No. Jeremy's right, it's too dangerous. Even for the two of you."

"If we don't go then Santos is going to start shipping body parts in pretty wrapping paper," Blair shot back. "He has two people that mean a lot to me in his possession. If going to that meeting and…," she said the following with distaste, "and playing nice, in order to get them back then that's what I'm going to do."

Jeremy stared Blair down, saying with authority, "I said no."

Blair wanted to challenge that, but a scent caught her attention. "Blood."

A moment later they heard a car pulling up to Stonehaven, so Nick went to look out the window to see who it was. "It's Logan. Rachel's with him."

While the others went out to help Logan into the house, Blair went straight to the kitchen to get the table ready. She could already tell Logan was injured and would need attention.

As they all joined Blair in the kitchen, Rachel explained how two guys came into the house and stabbed him. Logan added in that it was Marsten and Leblanc and they had to come to Stonehaven.

"We got you," Blair said to him reassuringly and handed Jeremy the needle he'd need in order to get the fluid out of Logan's lung.

Rachel didn't want to leave Logan's side but Elena and Nick finally convinced her to go into the other room while Logan was being treated.

Jeremy had the fluid draining under control, so Blair grabbed a tourniquet and wrapped it around her arm, using her teeth to tie it tight. Elena saw her do this and asked, "What are you doing?"

Blair took out a syringe and put it in her vein as she answered, "Not sure if my blood will help him or not, but it's worth a try." Once she filled the syringe, she injected it into Logan. "Hopefully it's good for something." Blair gave Logan's hand a squeeze. "We've got you, Logan."

Logan could breathe better now and he squeezed Blair's hand. "You're a good Packmate. You know that?"

Blair chuckled lightly at that because she didn't believe it. "We'll see."

Logan's words, telling her that she was a good Packmate kept going through Blair's mind the whole night as she tried to sleep. She didn't feel like she'd earned her place in the Pack yet, but that wasn't going to stop her from doing it.

The following morning, Blair quietly made her way downstairs to sneak out and meet with Santos and found Elena doing the same. Difference was, Elena got caught by Jeremy and Nick. This made Blair got back upstairs and straight into her room. She locked the door behind her and opened the window. Since it opened right out to the roof, she climbed out and took a deep breath before doing a flip-jump off it.

Blair nailed the landing and when she stood up, she looked around to make sure no one had spotted her. Since she didn't see anyone around outside or near the windows, she took off running as fast as she could. Little did she know, Rachel saw her running from the upstairs window.

When Harper awoke, she was now bound to a chair with one hell of a splitting headache. Clay was tied to a chair as well, but he was currently unconscious. "From what I've seen of Wolves so far, they're unimpressive," she muttered to herself and rolled her neck a bit.

"I could Bite you and show what being a Wolf is really about," Santos stated as he entered the room. "Trust me, you're missing a lot."

"If I was missing so much then how come I have killed more Wolves than I have fingers and toes? I'm good." Harper smugly smirked at him. "Besides, if you wanted me Bit then you would have already done it."

"I admit that I had use for you as the Human that you are, but now I am curious if you will survive the Bite." Santos snapped his teeth at her. "Time enough to experiment later. Right now I need to have a chat with Clayton here before I get ready for my lunch date."

"Am I right?" Harper wanted to know before Santos woke up Clay. "You just want Blair to breed with, don't you?"

"I want a queen to rule at my side when I take over the Pack," Santos corrected. "Whether it be Blair or Elena, it doesn't matter to me. Though I must admit that the prospect of being the one responsible for returning the Alden lineage back to the Werewolf status is quite a delectable prospect."

Harper laughed at how ridiculous he sounded. "You being responsible? Blair would be the one responsible and she will never be with a pathetic excuse for a man like you. I may not have raised her but she is my blood and no one of my blood will ever reduce themselves for the likes of you."

Santos had enough of her mouth and grabbed onto her throat, squeezing tightly to capture her attention. "You are on thin ice, Harper. I suggest you shut your pretty little mouth before I rip out your tongue." He released his grip and adjusted his suit as Harper coughed. "Now, it's time for a little nap."

Harper tried to get out of the binds, but it was no use and the next thing she knew, Santos had sedated her once again.

Blair was sitting at the Diner and didn't take her eyes off the clock. It wasn't quite noon yet so there was still time for Santos to show up. When her phone rang, she saw it was Elena and answered it. "Elena?"

"If you're at the Diner, get out now. Jeremy and Nick are on their way. Jeremy is going to sacrifice himself in exchange for Clay and your mother, but Santos is just going to…" Elena didn't get a chance to finish her sentence.

"Santos is going to kill them both." Blair tossed some money on the table for her drink a tip then darted outside. "What's the plan?"

"I called Santos to change the meet site, I'm texting you the directions now."

Blair looked at the message and headed towards the address as she asked Elena, "Aren't you coming?"

"Jeremy locked me in the cage and Logan can't find the keys." Elena breathed a bit heavily. "Blair…"

"I'm going to get Clay back home safe, Elena. I promise. No more Pack members are going to die if I can help it." Blair turned the corner and out of sight just before Jeremy and Nick pulled up in front of the diner.

"They know you're gone," Elena added in. "Rachel saw you leave and mentioned it to Nick."

"Let me guess, I'm in the doghouse?" Blair laughed at her own joke. "Don't worry, Elena. I've got this." She ended the call and headed towards the walk bridge where she was to meet Santos and arrived just minutes before Santos did.

"You're alone," Santos greeted as he approached her. "Elena mentioned this might happen. Are you still going to play nice?"

Blair was not up for Santos' games. "Cut the crap, Santos, and tell me what's it going to take for you to release Clay and Harper alive."

Santos smirked a bit since he could how much it was eating her up not to do something to him. It gave him a feeling of control and he liked it. "Your next decisions will determine that."

Blair clenched her fists, digging her nails into the palms of her hands. "Didn't I already tell you to cut the crap? What do you want?"

Santos adjusted his suit as he spoke. "The tide has turned against the Pack. We can attack at will, as we've demonstrated, and pretty soon there won't be anybody left at Stonehaven to turn out the lights."

Blair crossed her arms and took a deep breath in an attempt to cool her boiling blood. "Go on."

"You agree to join me and I will release your mother and Clay," Santos replied. "And I'll also let Jeremy and all the others live, as long as they agree to stay on the move like Mutts. No permanent homes."

Blair scoffed incredulously. "You're serious?"

Yes, he was. "Deadly. Oh, and here's the kicker – If you should ever, ever, decide to renege on the agreement, Clay, Jeremy, and all the others will be hunted down and slaughtered." Honestly, Santos would have preferred to make this deal with Elena to add salt into Clay's wounds, but Blair was an Alden Wolf and Alden Wolves were more enhanced. He was willing to pass up the salt in order to father a more powerful generation of Werewolf.

Santos could see the gears turning in Blair's head, so he added more to his words. "It's a win-win for you. The people you love get to live. And you end up giving birth to a new dynasty. Their well-being is in your hands now."

The proposition honestly made Blair sick, but she already knew this a plan a Mutt might want to put into action. However, if it meant saving everyone she loved then she'd be willing to do it. "What about the other people in their lives? In Elena's life…"

"You mean Elena's boyfriend Phillip?" Santos bobbed his head a little. "Well, Victor Olsen has gone to pay him a visit to finish what he started."

Blair stepped forward, demanding, "Call him off."

Santos looked at her with mock regret. "Olsen doesn't believe in cell phones."

Blair's eyes turned yellow as she stepped even closer with a threatening growl.

Santos stepped back, exclaiming, "Hey! I am the only thing standing between the Pack and death." He watched as her eyes returned to normal. "So, what'll it be?" Santos didn't appreciate how she just stood there in silence. "My offer is only good until the end of the day."

"Then I have until the end of the day to give you an answer." Blair growled deeply as she walked past him and left the walking bridge, all the while trying to decide what the hell she was going to do. The first thing Blair had to take care of was Victor Olsen. She pulled out her phone as she walked and dialed Elena's number. "You out of the cage yet?"

"Yes. Logan finally found the keys and I'm driving into town now," Elena answered. "Where are you?"

"Near the hardware store. Elena, we need to get to Toronto like now." There was definitely an urgency to her voice.

Elena didn't like the sound of that. "What happened?"

"Olsen is going after Phillip to, and I quote Santos, 'to finish what he started." She ended the call when Elena pulled up in front of her with the window down.

"Get in." Once Blair was in the car, Elena turned to her, saying, "Guess we're both in the doghouse now."

Blair told Elena everything about her conversation with Santos and didn't leave anything out. Elena told Blair that she was not going to be a breeding toy for Santos' use and they would save Clay and Harper another way. This plan accompanied their current one to get to Toronto as soon as possible – Two birds one stone, stop Olsen from going after Phillip and make him tell them where Harper and Clay were being held.

Blair had no idea how she and Elena got to Phillip's apartment before Olsen showed up, but they did. Blair looked around the apartment and saw how broken everything was and the blood everywhere. She heard about the fight from Elena but in her head she didn't imagine it being this bad. Blair closed her eyes and inhaled deeply because she wanted to take in the faint scent of Harper's. A part of her couldn't believe that it was the same as the Harper from her Reality.

Before Olsen showed up, Blair had to tell Elena something that she hadn't said before. "If this does work, if Olsen doesn't tell us where they are, I'm going to agree to Santos' terms. I am more than willing to sacrifice myself for the Pack."

Elena looked at Blair like she was insane. "That is not an option." Yeah, Blair told her what Santos said but she never said that she was considering it. "I mean it, Blair. No matter how this goes, we will find another way."

"I'm not losing anyone else," Blair shot back. "My mother already died on me once. I am not going to let it happen again. Not when this time I can do something about it." She could see Elena was about to say something but she quickly brought a finger to her mouth to shush her. They both got out of view and waited for Olsen to enter.

Olsen walked into the apartment and looked around proudly as he took in the scene. What he wasn't expecting was Elena to appear behind him and wrap her arm around his throat, squeezing tight enough and holding in place until he was rendered unconscious.

When Elena released Olsen and let his body drop to the floor, Blair wanted to rip his throat out but didn't. Instead she looked to Elena, saying, "This is your rodeo. What's next?"

What was next was Elena bound Olsen's hands and ankles together before dumping him into the bathtub. Now that he was starting to wake up, Elena started with her demands. "Tell us where they're holding Clay and Harper."

Olsen wasn't too quick to answer that question. "All this rage I had…Then I see your face. Your beautiful, beautiful face."

This wasn't moving along as quickly as Blair wanted. She stormed over to the tub, shouting, "Tell us where they are!" Her eyes glowed yellow, expressing now only her own rage but the rage of her Wolf.

Olsen wasn't deterred by this. "Or what?"

Elena was the one who answered. "You will live to regret it."

Olsen all but pouted at her. "I thought we were friends."

"We were never friends," Elena firmly and emotionally replied.

Olsen spoke softly to her. "Oh, Elena, do you realize how long we've known each other? Since you were what? Six…seven? I've been in your life longer than anyone else and I'm still in your life."

Blair looked between them, clearly missing something but she wasn't going to ask. This wasn't the time or the place to.

Elena was losing her patience. "Tell me where they are."

"If I do, then what will you give me in return?" Olsen looked her over, clearly expecting one thing.

Elena ignored his gaze as hard as she could and answered him, "Your life."

Olsen didn't believe her. "You're not a killer."

Blair interjected there, saying, "But I am." She turned her finger into a claw and sliced Olsen's wrist. "Now tell us where they are right now or I will keep slicing and dicing until you are drowning in your own blood." She let that sink in and demanded to know once more. "Where are they?"

Olsen stayed quiet, which resulted in Blair slicing his other wrist. He laughed thought the pain. "Your mother warned me about you. She said the Alden temper was a fiery one."

Elena thought Blair was going to slice his throat next, so she intervened. "Tell us where they are and I'll tie off your wounds."

Olsen's breathing starting to get a little heavier. "I tell you what I if you promise to let me go."

Elena nodded, promising him, "Fine." She wasn't able to ask him anything else because someone came into the apartment. "Keep him quiet. And alive," Elena said quietly to Blair before going out to see who was there.

Blair shoved a washcloth in Olsen's mouth before tying off his wrist wounds. She could hear Elena talking to Phillip in the other room but tuned it out and spoke quietly to Olsen. "I don't care what kind of hold you think you have over Elena, it doesn't matter. I'm the one you're dealing with and I won't think twice before killing you. No one goes after my Pack and lives – not anymore. If you have any value left for your pathetic life then you will tell us what we want to know. You're not in control here, Olsen. Deal with it."

Elena came in at that moment and pulled the cloth from Olsen's mouth. "Where are they?"

Olsen looked at Blair and saw the killer in her eyes before he addressed Elena. "They have them in a barn. A place called Fox Valley Farms."

Elena untied Olsen's wounds, demanding to know, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Yes," Olsen said weakly. "It's the truth. Not untie me. You promised you were going to untie me."

Elena found a rabbit's foot in Olsen's shirt and the floor and shoved it in his mouth before seething, "I lied."

Blair had no idea what that was about, but either way she thought it was a badass move on Elena's part. As they walked out of the bathroom together, Blair gave Olsen a finger-wiggle wave with a smug look on her face because for one reason or another, Olsen was getting what he deserved.

Blair and Elena came up with a plan on the way to Fox Valley Farms. Before even approaching the barn, Elena hung Olsen's bloodied shirt on a branch to lead whomever away. Elena took the tranquilizer rod from Stonehaven and had that in her possession to deal with whoever was left outside the barn.

Blair went around to the back of the barn and through the boards she saw Marsten pouring himself a drink. Hanging from the rafters was Clay and bound to a chair was Harper. She knew she was supposed to wait for Elena, but she couldn't. Blair gripped the knife she picked at the store before coming here and took a deep breath. She kicked open the back door and instantly threw the knife, getting Marsten right in the arm. Before he had a chance to react to that, Blair had leaped across the room in a single bound and grabbed him by the throat. The next thing she threw was Marsten, right through the other wooden door. He hit the ground unconscious right at Elena's feet.

Elena looked at Blair through the open door. "I don't remember that being a part of the plan."

"I called an audible," Blair replied as she went over to the injured Clay. "You look great."

"Shut up," Clay chuckled weakly then saw Elena now standing in front of him. "It's good to see you, Darlin."

Blair untied Harper as Elena tended to Clay. "You have a lot of explaining to do, Mom."

"I never thought I'd ever hear you call me that." Harper got to her feet with Blair's help and had to catch her breath, just by the sight of her. "You are more than I could have ever imagined."

"You've got no idea," Blair replied and helped her out to Elena's SUV. Once Harper was inside, Blair ran over to Santos' car and shoved her cellphone in the passenger seat before darting back to the car and getting inside.

Just in time too because as Elena sped off, Leblanc – who had fallen for tracking Olsen's shirt scent – was coming out of the trees. His blood boiled at the sight of this and intended on making them pay for it.

When they returned to Stonehaven, Blair brought Harper towards the house and when Jeremy came out she instantly said, "I'm taking my mother to the infirmary. You have a problem with that, you'll have to deal with me."

Jeremy didn't say anything in regards to that and allowed Blair to bring Harper up because he had some questions for her as well.

"You don't have to fuss over me," Harper told Blair as they went up to the infirmary. "I'll be fine eventually."

"In case you haven't got the memo, I'm not going to let you die." Blair helped Harper into the bed and started checking out her cuts and bruises. There were so many things she wanted to ask but in that moment she just wanted to take in the fact that she was actually alive.

Harper could tell by Blair's expression that there was something on her mind. It looked exactly like her own when she wanted to say something. "If you keep internalizing like that, you're gonna go crazy." She winced when Blair started sanitizing one of the deeper wounds.

"Why did you give me up?" That was the first thing Blair wanted to know.

"To protect you," Harper answered honestly. "I thought it was for the best. I thought by keeping you away from your lineage you would be better off, but clearly I was wrong. Santos found out about you anyway." She looked at Blair with a heavy exhale. "I need to tell you about your father…"

"I already know who he is," Blair countered and numbed up Harper before stitching the wound. "And I know he's dead. I'm the one that killed him." She looked at Harper for her reaction but couldn't read it and that unnerved her a little bit. "This is how this exchange is going to work, Mom. I'm going to ask you questions as well as tell you tidbits here and there. And you're going to answer everything I want to know. At the end of it, then you can question me in return but I don't have to be so open."

Harper didn't think that was very fair, and said so. "That's not really an equal exchange there, Blair."

Blair stopped mid-stitch and just stared at her. "I think we can both agree that I deserve more answers than I have to give."

Harper popped her lips lightly and nodded her head in an 'okay then' manner. "Let's get started."

Blair didn't care that Elena and Nick had just brought Clay into the infirmary for his own wounds, she started right into her questions…

When Blair didn't have anything else to ask, she went down into the kitchen and made herself a cup of tea and thought about everything she was told. Harper told her how the True Aldens always knew of the existence of Wolves and everything else Alden related. She even told Blair how her Wolf might be different from the other Werewolves because that is how the Alden Wolves were many a moon ago. With that and all else, Blair had a lot on her mind.

It wasn't long until Jeremy came into the kitchen as well. She poured him a cup and set it on the table for him, asking, "So, how much trouble am I in?"

Jeremy didn't answer her and sipped at his tea. "I think under the circumstances any form of punishment can be forgone." He took another sip before adding in, "I had an interesting conversation with your mother. I haven't quite decided what is to be done with her yet."

"She knows about Werewolves and according to Pack law, she has to die. I won't stand for that, Jeremy. I'm sorry, but I can't. If she will let me, I want to Bite her. I survived it and so will she." Blair truly believed that.

"Your father was a Werewolf, Blair," Jeremy gently countered. "That very well could have something to do with why you survived. Harper doesn't have that paternal Werewolf blood – she may not survive the Bite." He could see how troubling this was for her. "We don't need to make a decision about this tonight. We've all been through a lot. You should get some sleep. We can discuss things further in the morning."

Blair wasn't going to sway from her decision but knew she wasn't going to get anywhere with Jeremy so she left the kitchen and went up to her room. It surprised her a little to find Nick standing at the window, waiting for her. "How much trouble am I in?"

Nick shook his head with a scoff. "That's not funny. What the hell were you thinking?"

Blair sat down on the edge of her bed. "Well, I was thinking that I wanted to save my mother and Clay and guess what? That's exactly what Elena and I did."

"And if it didn't work? You were just going to give yourself over to Santos?!" Nick rubbed his face to try and calm himself down. "In what version of reality is that a good idea?"

Blair figured Elena must have told him about the Santos meeting. "I never said or thought it was a good idea, but if it was something that I had to do to save the people I care about then it's a sacrifice I would have made."

Nick couldn't accept that and crouched down in front of Blair so he could speak on closer level to her. "No. Don't you ever sacrifice yourself like that. I don't care what the stakes are." He reached out and cupped the side of her face. "The thought of Santos putting his hands on you makes me want to kill him even more than I already do."

Blair moved Nick's hand and stood up to look out the window. "I should have killed them when I had the chance. I was so worried about getting Harper and Clay out of there that I didn't take the time to kill them. I should have. Marsten and Santos were right there. I should have ripped out their hearts. It wouldn't be the first time."

Nick went over to Blair and placed his hands on her shoulders in a comforting and supportive manner. "You're not a cold-blooded killer."

Blair scoffed as she turned around to face him. "Aren't I?"

"No," Nick countered, "you're not. You could have killed them instead of making sure Clay and your mother were alright, but you put them first. You put your family – your Pack first. A cold-blooded killer wouldn't do that." Nick locked eyes with hers, speaking softly, "I see you, Blair."

Blair pulled away from his gaze and stepped backwards. "No, you don't. If you could then you wouldn't be able to look at me."

Nick had been trying so hard to break through Blair's walls and every time he thinks he's made progress Blair seems to add even more height and layers to them. "Blair…"

"I'm tired. It's been a long day. Goodnight, Nick." Blair swallowed a lump in her throat, truly believing that she was protecting Nick from getting hurt in the long run. She had no idea how much time left she had in this Reality and didn't want to put Nick through even worse feelings than what he was likely feeling now.

Nick wasn't sure what else to say to her and he really wished he understood what was going on with her. He still wasn't going to give him, though. "Goodnight, Blair."

Blair was about to close the door behind him, but another idea came to mind. She went over to the Infirmary and saw Elena sleeping in the same bed as Clay. Seemed like that had the same idea because Blair laid down beside her mother and hugged her.

Harper wasn't quite asleep yet, so she lifted Blair's hand and kissed it, whispering, "Goodnight, Blair."

Blair sniffled back the tears that were begging to be shed and whispered back, "Goodnight, Mom." Before she knew it, she had fallen asleep and, in her sleep, gave her tears free reign to flow.

End Episode 10