Disclaimer: I am not Kelly Armstrong; therefore, I do not own any of the Darkest Powers books or the characters. Even though I might like to.
Cpov
I was sitting on the couch beside Steph, trying to figure out what we should do now. She was sitting innocently on the couch, looking between us all, as if she hadn't just learned that the people in the house with her weren't two werewolves and a necromancer with genetically altered powers.
"How many times have you been dropped on your head?" Fang asked snidely.
"Ummmmmmmmmm…I've kinda lost count." Steph said, speaking honestly. Fang looked at her as though she was ten kinds of crazy…which she was…in a way.
"Well, what are we going to do now? We can't just sit around staring at each other." She said. I was about to disagree and point out that I could spend all day staring at Derek…especially his eyes. His deep emerald green eyes. Eyes that were so wonderful…
"Helloooo"" Steph was waving her hand in front of my face, trying to get my attention. I blushed, and shot a glance towards Derek, who was blushing and looking away. That made me blush harder. Had he been thinking the same thing I was?
"Well, if my brother could maybe keep his thoughts safe for a younger generation," Fang smirked.
"Be nice to him," I scowled. "He's your brother."
"Shove off little necro." He growled. Derek growled as well, bearing his teeth at his brother.
"Don't speak to her that way," Derek said.
"Guys, can you calm down for like two seconds. There's too much testosterone here." Steph tried to soothe the air.
"Tell it to him," Derek snapped, sending a glare his brother's way. I slide off the couch and went over to Derek, and sat beside him. I brushed my hands through his hair, trying to calm him…it seemed to work as he leaned into me and calmed almost instantly.
"Wow, that's cool…does it work on you too?" Steph asked, turning to face Fang.
"Try it…it's your hands that'll be gone." Fang replied.
"So…what are we going to do?" Steph asked.
"We could play a board game." I suggested, still running my hands through his hair. Derek was laying his head in my lap.
"If you keep doing that, I might fall asleep before we reach a conclusion." Derek said. I smiled, and kept brushing my hands through his hair. He gave me a heavy-lidded sleepy smile, that was full of pure love, and it made my heart melt.
Dpov
Chloe was running her hands through my hair, and it felt wonderful. Having someone play with my hair felt nice. I loved her so much, and I wasn't sure if she'd ever know how much.
"Well, Derek seems content to just sleep," I heard Fang tease, but I didn't care. If and when he found his mate, she'd iron out all the surliness in him.
"I wanna play candy land." Steph declared, and there was an air of whiney childishness about the way she said it that just made you want to agree to whatever she was asking for.
"Will you quit whining?" Fang snapped.
"Can we go up to take a nap?" I asked Chloe sweetly.
"Alright." She agreed with a smile.
"Wait, you're going to leave me alone with this unstable asshole," Steph cried, as we were walking up the stairs.
"Look, I don't want to be left alone with you either…if you'd be kind enough to show me to a room, I'd like to take a nap." He snapped at her.
"Thank god we don't have to stay down there." I said, as I followed Chloe up to her room. I lay down on the bed first, but Chloe spent another minute or two cleaning up some clutter. "Chloe, come here. I'm tired…and you help calm me." I admitted. Being truthful to her was easier now that we were spending so much time together.
"Are you sure we should leave them down there alone together?" Chloe asked, as she came to me, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"They'll be fine, Fang wouldn't really hurt her." I hoped. With that she sighed and fell asleep…
Fpov
What was my brother thinking, leaving me alone with this whiney little brat?
"Look, just show me a room okay." I snarled. I was not in a mood to play around. I'd been on the run for almost seventy-two hours straight, and I couldn't run anymore.
"Alright, I will." She turned silently and led me up the stairs, after that she led me down the hallway and to a door on the left. "There you go," She said, turning to leave. I didn't stop her, I was far too tired to talk…not to mention, I wouldn't want to. I didn't like talking to people. I entered the room and sat on the bed. I didn't know what to do. Here I'd inadvertently found my brother, and I wasn't even happy about it. I hadn't wanted to find him. I hadn't seen him in almost ten years…I'd thought he was dead, mourned his loss. Unlike the rest of my brothers…Derek was smarter and less violent. Of the four of them I'd liked Derek the best. All this time I'd just assumed that he was dead…now that I finally found him, I was being chased by people who wanted me dead…and I'd brought that to my brother's door. I felt terrible…maybe a good sleep would sort it all out. It was the only option I had seeing as how I was dead tired. Therefore, I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Spov
I sighed…there was nothing for me to do…no one for me to talk to I hated that…hated being alone. I was thinking about everything Chloe had told me. Who knew all those things really existed, as well as the fact that she was genetically altered…who would do that to such a sweet child, like Chloe? To any child. I wondered what to do now. I couldn't tell anyone else anything about this, and I had to keep Chloe safe. I couldn't let anything happen to her. She was like my baby sister, and I had to protect her...and that boy, Derek. I could clearly see that he loved her, and that he would never hurt her. Fang might be a problem though…I could see that neither Chloe or Derek had been aware that he was coming and that made him an unknown quantity…and those never sat well with me. If you didn't know what you were up against in a fight, you were dead…I'd learned that early on. I wandered around the house. Then the power flickered due to the storm. I prayed it wouldn't go out…I hated the dark, really hated it. Suddenly, the lights went out, plunging the whole house into pure blackness.
A/N: well, sorry it's so late in coming, but I finally got it posted hope you enjoy it. Please review, critically if you feel the need to. Thank you for reading. I'd like to have at least 3-4 before I post the next chapter. Also, tell me if you have any suggestions for the plot Once again, thank you for reading.
