"What were you thinking?" Aunt Kate asked sounding a little upset picking me up.

"What do you mean?"

"Calling out his name before firing," she replied crossing her arm.

"Aunt Kate, I am not going to shoot a man in the back for no good reason, I want proof that he is what you say he is," I replied sticking the gun back in its holster. "That looked like a figure of a man not a hairy wolf."

"Richard, you don't understand their kind," she said with distain. I wondered if she would have the same hatred for wolves if she found out I was one of them.

"Kate, what happened, is everyone ok?" dad asked coming out of the darkness.

"We're fine, I thought I saw something and had Richard shoot in the area but there was nothing, my mistake," she said looking at me with a smile.

"Kate, you can't have yourself or Richard shooting at things that you just see," he reprimanded. After no one said another word we all began walking again slowly through the woods, I still felt as if someone was watching me and I became a little fear filled.

"Hey, wait up my shoes stuck," I said looking at a root that hooked on to my shoe. I sat down and began untangling my ankle, it took longer than I expected and when I stood up, I was alone, well without the group, I was by myself. I sound of a twig breaking sounded and I reached for my gun.

"I know you're out there, come on out and I won't shoot," I said softly with my voice shaking with every word that escaped my mind. "Are you the alpha, because I know you want me, so come and get me," I taunted as I heard footsteps running in my direction. "Shit!" I cursed running in the opposite direction. I jumped over logs. I tried loosing whatever was following me by jumping off the side of this one tree, and I could see the road up ahead when my foot got caught on another root sticking in the ground and I fell face first. When I finally stood up Derek stood right in front of me. He grabbed my neck and lifted me off the ground.

"You're dead," he said before releasing me. I coughed and gasped for air as I leaned against a tree. "You know what your first mistake was?" he asked looking at me as if I was an idiot. "You taunted me, and thought you could get away. I give it to you, that you may have had a chance if you didn't fall," he laughed as I looked at him funny.

"But the jumping off the tree was pretty clever right?" I asked as he quickly placed his hand over my mouth.

"RICHARD!" Aunt Kate screamed we could see her walking in our direction.

"You brought them here?" he asked looking at me.

"Derek, I didn't mean to, I thought I lost them," I quickly said as he looked at me ready to kill me. "I can get rid of them, if you let me go," I said as he looked at me almost not trusting.

"Well somehow I don't believe that when you have this," he snarled pulling my gun out. "You were the one who shot."

"Derek, listen, my aunt was watching and I called out to you before I shot, so I didn't hit you, she would have thought something was up," I said as he opened the chamber and dropped all the bullets.

"You get them off my property now, or the next time I see you I will kill you," he threatened as I nodded. I ran back to Aunt Kate.

"I think we should go," I said as she laughed.

"Why we just got here?"

"Aunt Kate, there are supposed to be some bad storms coming just get dad and meet me at the truck," I raised my voice as she smiled and walked away. Derek came back out and looked at me satisfied. "Fine, there leaving, but I think the alpha's here," I whispered as he looked around.

"Richard, if he was here, you would have known," I could hear him as if he was standing right next to me. "Now, take your family and leave, bring Scott here tomorrow, the full moon is soon," he said as I nodded and ran off. I finally met up with my dad and the group and he didn't think any storms were coming and thank God there were clouds so he believed me and we drove home. The ride was even quieter own the way home, no one said a word.

I unbuckled my seat belt as we pulled into the driveway and waited for the car to stop. I got in the house and climbed the stairs and hid behind the wall closing my eyes to enhance my hearing. "I just don't get it, I thought he would enjoy this, get his mind off the whole his dad's an asshole bit," dad said walking in the door.

"Chris, he had a rough night. I mean, he gets caught for looking after his sister, he gets grounded, you guys then say his girlfriend can't come over," she said as I covered my face with my hands.

"He has a girlfriend?"

"Oh wait you weren't supposed to know that part," Aunt Kate sighed. "What I am trying to say is…take it easy on him, he found out his aunt and dad hunt for a mythological creature," she laughed. It even sounded weird coming from her lips.

"Kate, you don't understand," he sighed.

"Why do you think that?"

"Because he is not your kid!" he barked as I could hear his heart rate speed up as if he was angry with me, but why, I never did anything.

"Chris, you just have to take your time with him, he chooses things on his own."

"And that is what scares me."

"When we were kids did you ever think dad felt the same way to you on your first hunt, I mean you nearly shot me," she laughed. "You did the same thing he did tonight, he thought shooting a werewolf that looked like a man was killing another human, but what did dad tell you?"

"That they weren't human, and the eye was tricking me," he sighed.

"Exactly now don't you think you should share that with him?"

"I guess you're right," he sounded defeated for the first time in his life he sounded nice, not like he wanted to kill me or scold me. I soon heard footsteps coming toward me and I ran in my room, I began pulling my books out and threw them on the bed and quickly sat down just as a knock came from my door.

"Come in," I said sounding a little angry as my dad walked in. "Oh, it's you."

"Hey, we need to have a little talk," he said sounding his normal stubborn self.

"What, how my family is a bunch of psychotic animal slash human hunter and I never will have a normal family?" I barked feeling the rage build up which I felt was never good.

"Richard, I know it sounds weird but later on, you will grow to actually think it's exciting," he smiled as I felt the warmth in my body again. I knew exactly what it was this time, it was the wolf side of me trying to take over, but my mind was somewhat stronger. I tried thinking of anything that would keep me calm and it quickly came to me, Jennifer. She was my anchor I knew she was more important than a regular girlfriend she was the center of this transformation. I closed my eyes and I could see her, sitting on her bed in her room reading a book called The Eagle of the Ninth.

"Richard are you listening to me?" he snapped.

"Yeah, exciting hunting when I get older," I snapped grabbing my biology book.

"You know, I was once like you, my dad tried getting me into his hunts and I thought he was insane, I mean werewolves," he said as I looked up at him. "But then he told me something that got me thinking, they weren't human, and my eyes were just tricking me, one slip up and they will attack," he said as I nodded.

"But what do the Hale's have to do with this?" I asked as he stood up.

"That is exactly what you will have to find out," he smirked and walked out of my room. I was once again alone in my room.

"What am I going to do? I can't go and kill the one person I need," I said aloud walking into my bathroom. Turning on the shower I undressed and stepped in, letting the hot water spray on me. I just stood there thinking. "What if he knows about Scott, but if he does then of course he would know about me, and if he knew about me he would probably have killed me by now," I continued talking aloud. I had turned the temperature facet to full hot by now and turned on my iPod which was in a water proof compartment on the little shelf in the shower. The steam rose faster and thicker as my music began to play. Ten minutes later I turned everything off and stepped out. After drying off I took my fist and wiped a small section of the fogged mirror clean and looked at my face.

My brown wet hair sticking to my forehead. "I'm only a monster," I said smacking my reflection. I had changed now and walked into my room still feeling the same anger as when my aunt wanted me to shoot Derek. I turned the lights on and found Derek sitting in the corner. "Holy shit," I gasped as he looked at me.

"I haven't given you a punishment for shooting at me," he smirked.

"Are you kidding me? What are you going to do tie me to a tree?" I laughed as he looked at me annoyed.

"No, something you are going to hate, more work on your training, but you have no clue when I will be coming or where. School, work…home," he snarled.

"Did I say I was sorry?" I offered as he crossed his arms.

"Watch out," he snarled opening my window. I watched him jump out the window and I closed it behind him before going to my computer.

"You talking to someone?" Aunt Kate asked opening my door.

"No, why?"

"I heard noise."

"Oh it was my computer," I shrugged as she saw I was on YouTube.

"So you ok?" she asked as I looked at her confused.