I hadn't slept in days. It was evident too. I was weary and I could barley stand up straight when I was in my human form. I also hadn't really showered in days but even if I had the blonde vampire would have still said I smelled like a mutt. I paced back in forth in my wolf form watching the house and the woods, making sure their were no unexpected visitors.

I turned to see Oliver looking at me intently and with slight worry in his eyes.

"They want to talk with you." Oliver said stepping into the moonlight.

"Who's they?" I thought.

Oliver pointed forward at two oversized dogs lurking towards us. They were staying closely together in fear that a surprise attack would insue. I recognized them right away. My brothers. My family. My pack.

"Hello Jackson" thought the alpha.

"Hi Seth."

I don't know why but something inside me wanted to get closer to Oliver and the house to make sure nothing would happen to them or Lily. I wanted to protect them from my wolf family, I felt I had to.

"I wanted to talk to you."

"What about?" I snarled

"If we were to attack this coven, would we have to kill our own flesh and blood too?"

I knew he was saying that he would have to kill me too with this family of bloodsuckers which meant I was no longer considered a wolf, I was now regarded as one of them.

"Are you seriously asking my permission to kill me with this family?"

"Family? Jackson, these are leeches, parasites! You can not actually be willing to die with these monsters!"

A growl ripped from my chest and I could see the pack backing off. They didn't come here for a fight, but if they kept pushing me this way one would soon occur.

"Jackson let's be reasonable. Bray misses you. We all miss you."

I would be lying if that didn't make me feel guilty. I had, in a way, abandoned my family. I thought about this for a moment, a short moment as I glanced back at Oliver and could see the pain and worry in his eyes for Lily and the child inside her. I did hate the monster killing her and I wasn't too keen on its father either but the love I had for Lily surpassed all that.

"Leave..."

"Jackson please-"

"I SAID LEAVE!"

My brothers backed away further except for Bray who came to my side.

"Bray, what are you doing?"

"I'm staying with Jackson."

I was stunned and apparently so was Seth. "Fine. See you soon Jackson."

Anger overtook me as I heard the evident threat in his words. "Set one foot on this land, or anywhere near this house and I will rip your head off!"

The pack cringed at the threat made to their leader but did nothing whatsoever. They turned and walked away without another word or thought. I turned to Bray, the one person I didn't want to get in this mess; he was only a child.

I took a look at Oliver. "Thank you" he said.

I grunted and ran into the woods to make sure the boys weren't planning a surprise attack. I got a moment to think before Bray interrupted me with a thought.

"What do you need me to do? Scope the perimeter?"

"Go home!"

"No! I'm part of this pack now Jackson."

"This isn't a pack Bray, it's just me protecting a couple of bloodsuckers."

"Well, now it's you and me protecting a couple of bloodsuckers."

Seth was right...I had become one of them and I had dragged someone else into it too.

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I heard a bloodcurdling scream from the house and I bursted in without a moments delay.

"OLIVER! OLIVER IT HURTS!!" Lily screamed.

"What's going on?" I said trying to hide my obvious panic.

"The baby broke her rib." he blonde said.

I was ready to kill that beast that was slowly killing my Lily. It was a monster that needed to be killed before it killed Lily. Oliver turned to me having read my mind and I could see in his eyes that we were on the same page.