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"Mmmm" Groaned Tyler as he was slowly waking up. His eyes were really heavy.

"Catherine." Vincent called out gently, as promised, he was waking her up as Tyler was doing the same.

Tyler groaned one more time and pressed himself against his mother who instinctively tightened her arms around him. Catherine slowly opened her eyes to find Vincent on a chair next to the bed.

"What time is it?" She asked with a raspy and tired voice.

"6 am." Vincent replied softly.

Catherine kissed Tyler's head and asked him: "How do you feel baby?"

"Mmmm" Was all that the little boy answered as his mother ran a hand gently in his hair.

"Daddy." He whispered after a while, his voice still tired, much like his mother.

"I'm here son." Vincent told him to reassure him, although he was sure that the little boy knew perfectly that his father was in the room.

"Bed." Tyler told him, too tired to form a whole sentence.

"Try to rest a little more, it's still early." Vincent replied him.

"Bed with us." Tyler insisted whiningly.

Vincent looked at Catherine, unsure of what to do. He didn't want to say no to Tyler but maybe sharing a bed with Catherine after everything that happened wasn't a good idea. Maybe he repulsed her now and his nearness would be unpleasant for her. He remembered that just a few hours before, she had jumped when he had tried to comforted her by placing his hand on her shoulder. She was scared of him that was for sure. She wouldn't let him get so close to her.

"Daaadddy." Tyler started to cry, breaking his father out of his reverie.

Vincent looked again a Catherine and she simply nodded, giving him the permission to join them on the bed. He quickly removed his shoes and gently lied on the bed.

Tyler turned in his mother's arms to face Vincent and he told him: "Closer. Like before."

Vincent waited to Catherine's permission, which she gave him with a nod once again and he moved closer to them, his head resting on the same pillow as hers, they were now just a breath away, with Tyler between them. Just like he wanted, just like before. Vincent picked up on the intensification of Catherine's heartbeat meaning that she was feeling uncomfortable. What could he do? What should he say to make her feel better? He had no clue. So like a coward, he decided to ignore her and focus on Tyler.

"Does your heart hurt?" He asked him, it was what was happening to him when he had the same crisis. Tyler replied nodded in answer, his eyes still filled with tears.

"Tried to sleep, it'll pass." Vincent told him.

"You and Mommy stay?" The little boy asked.

"Yes." Vincent replied.

"Mommy?" Tyler asked. He didn't hear her answer.

"We're not going anywhere." She told him, trying to control her emotions. She was a wreck, and for sure Vincent could hear her heartbeat going faster than a train, so the least she could do what not to let anything show in her voice. She wanted to be even closer to him, damn it she wanted to be in his arms. The worst part was that her body was aching for his. It was like an invisible force was pushing her to get closer to him. And it was not the kind of good aching, the one she felt when she wanted and needed him intimately. No, it was not that. Her muscles were sore and all she wanted was to rest in his arms for a while. He was the only one who could allow her to rest and relax properly. Her body knew that and decided that every cells of her body would be drowning into him. She had been so stupid, if she hadn't pushed him the day Tyler was taken, if she hadn't blamed him… She saw flashes of him lying in a poll of his own blood and her yelling at him that he had been unable to save their son. She was an awful person and she knew it. She was acting as if she hated him for being a Beast but in the same time blaming him for not being powerful enough. How could she be so stupid? He was perfect. With the body of a Greek God and a great mind. He was kind and carrying. He was an awesome father. He was her best friend. She had blown it badly. Now all she could do was live with regrets and remorse.

"Daddy, tell the story." Tyler asked his father.

"Go to sleep Tyler." Vincent replied, knowing exactly which story his son wanted to hear and he wasn't sure it was a good time to tell it.

"Pleeease." Tyler pleaded.

Vincent looked at Catherine who seemed far away from them and lost in her thoughts. He decided to give up and tell the story. Tyler needed to rest and get his strengths back and the best way for him to do so was to sleep and he wouldn't if his story wasn't told.

"Okay. Once upon a time there was a guy with superpowers. He couldn't go out of his cave because it was too dangerous for him. So he was living with his best friend and he was always sad and angry. Until one day, a girl came into his life." Vincent started.

"You forget beautiful." Tyler corrected him.

Vincent cleared his throat and modified his story: "A beautiful girl came into his life."

Tyler smiled, happy that the story was told properly.

"The guy tried to push the beautiful girl away because he was scared of hurting her. But he was mostly intimidated by her beauty, her smile and her kind heart. He tried to push her away but the girl was quite stubborn and she always came running back to him."

"Because he was handsome." Tyler added the part that Vincent had missed.

"Because he was handsome." Vincent repeated with a smile.

It was Catherine's turn to tell the story and she knew it. She took a deep breath trying to calm her nerves and hoping her voice wouldn't give out the storm of emotions going on inside of her.

"The beautiful girl…" She started, careful to add the good adjective before Tyler corrected her and she continued: "She knew that the handsome guy would never hurt her and she couldn't help but fall in love with him."

She kept her gaze on her son, not daring to look into his eyes to witness that this love was gone.

"He was always protecting her and protecting innocent people with his super powers so the beautiful girl knew that he was a very good person." Catherine finished with her part, glad that she had been able to control herself.

"So the handsome guy fell in love with the beautiful girl, but the truth was that he hand always been in love with her, ever since the first time he saw her. And now they have a beautiful handsome boy with super powers that they both love very very very much." Vincent finished the story and Tyler was already half asleep.

Catherine knew she was supposed to say another sentence in the middle of Vincent's last phrase but he had skipped that part, going on with his. It was the part where she was supposed to say that they love each other. She did think that she would have been able to say it without breaking into tears anyway.

"-isss" Tyler mumbled with his eyes closed as the story was supposed to end with his parents kissing him. One after the other they kissed him on the head. Catherine closed her eyes and tried to go back to sleep. She tried to breathe slowly and clean her head but it didn't work. Vincent's closeness couldn't allow her to sleep. She was wondering if he was watching her, she was feeling like she could feel his eyes on her but maybe it was just her mind making things up. Why would he be watching her sleep anyway? She suddenly felt self-conscious and wanted to hide under the covers. Her heartbeat increased and hot shivers ran through her body. She wanted to run away but yet she found herself unable to move. She had difficulties to breath, her body was slowly trembling and she could feel sweat coming from her every pores. Great, she was having a panic attack.

"Catherine, are you okay?" Vincent asked softly. He knew the signs and she couldn't hide it from him, not with his abilities. She was scared, terrified and he knew that he that was the reason why. He had tried to kill her with his bare hands, in front of their son. He was an animal. He knew that if it wasn't for Tyler, she would already be thousands miles away from him and he wouldn't blame her. If it wasn't for Tyler, he wouldn't allow himself to be in the same room as her. Yet, he could feel his Beast yearning for her and he hated him for it. The Beast's desire made him go back to that forest where he almost killed her and it made him sick. He couldn't help it, her scent had always awakened his Beast's deepest desires and there she was, only a few inches away from him. Exposed skin from her lips, her jaw, her collarbone to the verge of the valley of her breasts… it was driving the Beast crazy and the poison he had been injected with heightened all his senses and emotions, from smell and touch to lust and anger.

"Catherine." He repeated gently, mentally punishing himself for needing her so much.

Catherine opened her eyes and just like that, with his voice, he made everything go away, he made her feel better.

She took some time to compose herself before answering: "Yes… yes I'm fine."

She knew he would see through her lie, but she also knew that he wouldn't push her.

"I can leave if I'm making you uncomfortable." He proposed gently.

"Tyler wouldn't want you to leave." She replied, looking down at her son.

"I'm not going to hurt you." He reassured her, trying to make her feel a little less scared of him if that was possible.

"Your eyes are glowing." She replied as a matter of fact. Did he hate her so much to make him so angry? It pained her to see that she was the reason he was so annoyed. But what could she do? She had it coming after what she had done to him.

"Shit." He mumbled under his breath, turning away from her as quickly as possible and sitting up on the edge of the bed. That wasn't a good sign, he was about to lose control not because of he was angry but because his Beast wanted her. But soon, with the effect of the poison, he would turn into an animal and he wouldn't be able to come back. He didn't want Catherine to go through that again… ever again.

"I'll be right back." He said before quickly leaving the room.

He was back before she could blink. He laid on the bed with the tranq gun in his hand.

"You don't have to be scared." He told her before injecting himself and passing out.

She watched the men she loved sleep for a while. They both seemed so peaceful. Her mind brought her back to the time when Tyler was born. She would never forget the look on Vincent's face when he held their son for the first time. Even if she had been in the greatest pain she had ever felt, seeing baby Tyler in the arms of his father it made everything go away… well at least until she passed out. She had awoken some hours later in Vincent's arms to the sight of her baby also sleeping in his arms. She hadn't moved for a while, just watching the little miracle peacefully sleeping next to her. When Vincent awoke, he told her how happy and proud he was. He told her that he loved her. She couldn't help but cried. He had dried her tears and placed Tyler in her arms and he had immediately cuddled against his mother. Her face hurt for smiling so much, he was perfect and beautiful.

The door of the room opened, bring her back to the present time and revealing Tess.

"Hey." Her best friend whispered as she entered the room and walked to the bed where she sat down close to Catherine.

"How is my nephew?" Tess asked as Catherine let go of Tyler and sat up on the bed.

"He is kind of groggy and tired." Catherine replied and not waiting for Tess to replied she added: "Why didn't you say anything?"

Tess sighed and said: "We didn't know what was going on and Vincent didn't want you to know about his condition."

"But I could have helped!" Catherine told her, trying not to raise her voice too much.

"Oh come on, you and I both know that you're a mess Cat… I agreed to keep the secret because I knew we couldn't add it to your plate until we knew for sure." Tess told her.

Catherine sighed and looked down, her best friend was right. She looked up at her and asked: "Okay, but what do we do now?"

"JT is working on it, we let him do what he does best and buy him gummy worms in the process." Tess replied with a smile.

"I don't want to lose Tyler and don't want him to lose his father." Catherine half lied, truth was that she didn't want Vincent to die because let's face it, she had already lost him.

"You won't. We're going to fight for them." Tess reassured her.

Catherine nodded and Tess gave her a hug, trying to comfort her best friend the best she could.

"Huh… guys… we need to talk." They heard JT say from the entrance of the room.

Breaking apart, the girls immediately got up and followed him in the living room.

"What is it JT?" Catherine immediately asked.

"It's huh… about the poison…" He started way too slowly to Catherine's taste who folded her arms across her chest impatiently.

"Spill it." Tess told him, gently punching him in the shoulder to urge him to tell them what he knew.

"It's not a poison, it's a cure." He finally let out.

"A cure? But they're having seizures." Catherine repeated, not understanding why someone who tried to capture Tyler would inject him and Vincent with a cure.

"That's because the molecules that they had been injected with are designed to destroy the parts of their Beast DNA and their respective Beast are fighting against the cure, fighting not to be destroyed." JT explained furthermore.

"A cure is good news, right?" Tess asked, a little worried.

"Well…" JT hesitated.

"What's wrong with the cure?" Catherine asked.

"It might work for Vincent…" The scientist said, not daring to look at Catherine in the eyes.

"What about Tyler?" She asked the question that she dreaded to hear the answer to.

"It's different for him. Vincent's human DNA was altered with Beast DNA, it's easier to break the chains separating the two. With Tyler, being born with both DNA, it's different. Beast DNA is completely mixed up with human DNA, making it much more difficult to separate."

"What does it mean?" Catherine asked.

"I-I… I don't know yet." JT said, uncomfortable. Unfortunately for him, Catherine knew when he was not telling the truth.

"What does it mean?" Catherine repeated, making a step towards him.

"It means… that… I don't know for sure… it's just that… huh…" He struggled with his words.

"JT! Tell me the truth!" Catherine almost shouted.

"Tyler could die."


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