Okay here we are again. No nothing has changed I don't own anyone you recognise, they still belong to the WWE and themselves.

I really do hope you like this chapter, and I would like to extend my thanks to squawswarpath, jessica619, TheLadyBlackhat, vkchev74, Heh-heh-heh, nolabell66, and Nangel4 for reviewing the last chapter for me, it means a lot that you took the time to tell me what you thought.

Natural Selection

Part two

The old pack

Chapter two The old and the new

The men had not been settled in for very long; before they heard a vehicle driving down the road, and since the only destination could be Meadow House, they slunk closer to the building.

Genna parked in her normal spot next to the house, climbing out and making the first of her several trips, to take the food inside and put it away. The men watched her coming and going, slinking every closer to the property, watching her intently from the trees at the back of the house. She seemed very much at home, very relaxed, as she moved to and fro from the car to the house and back again.

Batista watched the young woman move around, so obviously at home here. "Do you think?" He asked.

"There's still one of them left, somehow they hid her away." Rikishi replied.

"Why hasn't Roman done anything about it?" Afa questioned looking at his brother. "He must be aware of her."

Sika looked at his pack, as their alpha they all looked to him, Roman might be an alpha in his own right, one who had left his original pack rather than challenge his Father, but he was still his Father's much loved son.

"Maybe he has some sort of plan." Rosey suggested, unwilling to believe that his brother would not act against their ancient enemy.

"We wait and watch." Sika rumbled. "She'll leave the house again and then." He let his words trail off; the six of them knew that the Hunter was fair game.

Genna shivered slightly and glanced around, she could not get over the feeling that someone, or something, was watching her. 'Maybe it's John and Daniel.' She thought to herself; knowing full well that the two men did not trust her. She could not think of them as wolves, to her they were human with that something a little extra. Telling herself she was being stupid, there was nothing in the wood that would hurt her, she grabbed a drink of juice; noting that the food she had left was gone, and that everything had been cleaned and put away. Smiling to herself, she headed back to the car to get the plants she had purchased, then headed back into the house with them, stopping on the way to get her tools, the young woman exited the house via the back door and headed across the yard, entering the wood via the gate.

Walking briskly she headed for the glade, unknown to her, shadowed by the six men. The day was warm and she was enjoying the way the trees kept the sun from her skin, she hugged the knowledge that she was carrying her mate's baby to her. Though it had not been planned, it just felt so right, she could not help wondering if it was part of the bite, that Roman had given her so long ago, or if this was what she really wanted. Yes of course she wanted a baby. She had just never expected it to happen so soon, after she met a man and fell in love with him. Pushing the thoughts away, she shook her head slightly, she and Roman were going to be parents and they were both happy about it, which was all that really mattered, she was looking forward to telling Roxy and Dean their news. Her smile threatened to become a grin, as her thoughts turned tender again at the thought of the new life that was growing inside her.

Arriving in the glade, she headed for the mound and looked critically at the planting she had done there. The plants she had chosen looked natural, but at the same time, it was obvious if you looked closely, that they had been put there. Setting down the plants she had purchased, Genna pulled out her gardening tools and began to make a hole in the mound near where she knew Roman's Mothers skull lay. Carefully Genna began to plant more of the Lilly's of the valley, a tribute to the Mother of her lover.

A cold shiver ran over her suddenly, her skin standing up in goose bumps, it was the first time she had felt uneasy in the wood. Standing up she wiped the earth from her hands and looked around. The glade seemed the same as always, the stream gurgling happily along. The birds were making noises of alarm, but then they did that when she was in the wood. The sun made the grass dappled as it shone through the leaves, nothing seemed out of place, Genna told herself, it was all just her being fanciful, there was nothing to worry about, she gave herself a little mental shake, was it too early for hormones she wondered?

The men watched her; she seemed to be aware of them on some level. While she was distracted, as she returned to her planting, they snuck closer. They were growling slightly, their eyes fixed on the young woman who was visibly uncomfortable. They subtly changed into their were forms, years of practice making it easy, signalling to the others and readying himself to attack, Sika vowed to protect his son's family.

It was instinct that saved Genna; that and all the playing she had dome with Roman. The plants she had been holding fell from her hands as she ducked the lunge the strange were made at her. She was running before she even realised what she was doing. Fear adding speed she did not know she had. She could hear them thundering through the trees behind her, all pretence at stealth gone. Once more the dream she had on her first night here, flickered across her mind, only this time she knew if she was caught the dream would become a nightmare, her fear was a palpable thing, it slithered along the fledgling bond she did not even realise was there; alerting Roman to her terror.

The younger alpha was working on some repairs of his own house, when his mate's terror hit him, clawing at his mind like a living thing, for a moment he had no clue what it was; then it hit him, his mate was in danger. Dropping his tools he shifted to his were form; even as he spun around, ignoring the shocked looks of the rest of the pack who were helping him.

"Bro what's wrong?" Dean called as Roman took off at a run into the woods.

Glancing at the others, when he received no answer; Dean shifted taking off after his bother; Roxy and the rest of the pack following close behind him, while Roman let instinct take over, and followed her fear to his mate.

Sika lunged at the young Hunter he had been chasing through the wood, the rest of his pack close behind him. He did not know, nor care where she had come from, or how they had never known about her. She was a threat to his son's pack, one he intended to deal with, even if Roman knew about her and had his own plan; he was a Father and was going to protect his son. He saw her slip, as she twisted away trying to evade him; someone had taught her how to outrun and avoid wolves. Giving a howl of triumph he closed in on her, intent on attacking along with the rest of his pack. Then suddenly out of nowhere, a roar of a growl sounded, before a large body slammed into his, snapping at him and drawing blood. Growling he tried to bite back, wondering who would dare to challenge him? He was thrown violently away and scrambling to his feet, he took a look to see who it was that would dare to attack him.

He shook his head not understanding, seeing his youngest son crouched before him, his lips drawn back in a snarl, Roman had placed himself between the pack and the Hunter, and before Sika realised what was happening, he attacked again, driving his Father back, away from the woman and towards his own pack. The old pack began to howl circling, however that soon stopped as the rest of the young pack arrived, backing up their alpha. Though no one would interfere in the fight, each pack was lending support to their own alpha. As his son attacked again, Sika could see the hunter had stopped running and was leaning against a tree, her chest heaving slightly. He was confused why was she standing here watching them? And why was his son's pack okay with her being there? What has this hunter done to them? Then as Roman attacked again, he had no time to think of anything else. His son was snarling and his eyes were wild, slowly but surely he was winning the fight. Sika was bleeding from a dozen different bites and scratches, he lay there panting on the ground, not trying to get up again; Roman was too strong for him and he knew it. However instead of backing off and accepting his win; his son came at him again. Sika scrabbled away, holding up his paws in surrender. It was then he realised just how wild his son's eyes were, something had him in a killing rage. He was going to die here at his youngest child's hands, yet he had no idea why. Closing his eyes he waited for the killing bite, he wondered just what had the hunter done to his son?

However, instead of the feel of his son's teeth in his neck, as he ripped out his throat, something else happened; the woman's voice was very close to them.

"No; Roman stop, that's enough you won." No one interfered in an alphas fight, and yet when he opened his eyes the hunter had his son by the ear and the arm pulling him away, or at least trying to anyway.

Roman took a half hearted snap at Genna and was rewarded with a telling off. "Don't you dare." She scolded him. "Now that's enough, you won; let it go we are fine." She kissed his muzzle gently, before taking his paw and placing it on her stomach. "Please love, today is supposed to be a happy day for us, don't make it a sad one by doing something like this."

"Okay?" Roman questioned, calming slightly at the sight of his mate unharmed, her fear fading as he protected her.

Sika's eyes widened in shock as his son shifted back to his human form; his body shuddering as he ran his hands over the woman's body seemingly checking her for injury. He splayed his hand over her belly again, when he seemed satisfied she was fine, before dropping to his knees and resting his head against her stomach.

"Happy?" She asked, as Roman wrapped his arms around her.

"You're both okay." Roman sighed, standing up and drawing the woman close to him.

"Of course we are, you saved us Roman." Suddenly it registered with Sika what she was saying, and then he understood at least some of it. The Hunter was pregnant with his son's young, she was carrying his grandchild.

Carefully the older man pulled himself to his feet looking at his pack members, who were eying the younger pack warily. However now Sika understood at least some of what had happened, his son had gone into a killing rage to protect his unborn child.

He watched as his son's pack shifted back to human, before crowding around the pair, and his eyes grew wide as he registered another woman amongst them, hugging the hunter and smiling at her. He felt his older brother Afa move behind him, supporting him, his eyes however were fixed on his son's pack as the two women greeted each other hugging and laughing. It was Dean who as he always would as a boy, who broached the subject that held his interest.

"So a baby?" His son's beta asked. "When were you planning on telling the rest of us?"

He saw the smile on the hunters face, as she reached out to ruffle Dean's messy hair, and saw the way he hugged her in return, it was pretty obvious that the pack beta accepted her as much as the alpha did.

"Roman only just smelled it this morning." Genna replied. "So Uncle Dean?"

"Uncle me; oh no hang on a minute?" Dean looked flustered, as he tried to back up a bit, however Roxy grabbed him hugging him close.

"We got you coming and going buddy." Roman said with a laugh, everything else forgotten for the moment as he teased his brother. "You're my brother, your mate is my mate's sister, no way out bro, so you really have family, Uncle Dean."

Sika watched the four of them laughing, gone was the almost feral wolf who had been looking to rip his throat out, instead he saw the son he knew so well. His hand resting protectively on his mate's stomach, already so protective of the life that was probably only just starting, an alpha always knew as soon as a woman carried his young.

He shifted back, the rest of his pack following his lead as they all looked at the scene playing out in front of them. Taking a hesitant step forward, he was greeted by low growls from his son's pack; Sika cleared his throat looking at his son. Wrapping his arms protectively around his mate Roman looked at his Father.

"Hello Dad." His voice was wary, looking at the damage he had inflicted on the other man. "What are you doing here?"

"Roman." Sika took another step forward his eyes running over the woman his son was holding so protectively in his arms. "I heard about the old woman's death and came to see who claimed the property." The unasked question danced in his eyes.

Stepping forward to meet his Father, Roman took his mate with him, knowing she was safe. "It's good to see you Dad." He glanced at Genna for a moment and a smile played on his lips. "This is Genna, my mate, and in about nine months, the Mother of your grandchild."

Genna looked at the older man, her fear fading away completely, now that Roman was holding her in his arms.

"Is she?" Sika questioned, looking at the young woman, who was looking at his son with love in her eyes.

"Genna was born a Hunter." Roman glared as the growls came from his Father's pack. "She's not one of them though, when she and Roxy first came here and I found out who she was, I wanted to make her pay." His eyes went back to his mate and he dipped his head kissing her gently before continuing. "I was a fool, she cares about wolves, she cares about me, about us, Genna is nothing like them, she mated willingly with me, she stays with me willingly, and she just saved your life."

Everyone relaxed the two packs began to mingle, family greeting each other as Roman spoke. Genna looked up at Roman for a moment before taking her courage in her hands and moved out of his arms walking to the older man.

"I'm Genna your son's mate , and I'm really happy to meet you." She said softly her eyes meeting his.

Sika looked at his son, Roman looked relaxed but alert, and the older man knew any wrong moves on his part, would see him attack again. Moving forward Sika smiled at the young woman, thinking how badly things could have gone if she had not been able to outrun them. He saw Rikishi hugging his twin son's, and his granddaughter, who was now a full pack member. Sika pulled you young woman into a hug; he noted she tensed for a moment, then relaxing hugging him back. With a clear head he could smell his son's scent on her, like a blanket, and underneath it that tantalising scent that was a mingling of hers and his son's the life she carried within her.

"I'm glad to meet you too, last of the Hunters." He said releasing her and allowing her to step back.

"There are no more Hunters." She told him settling herself back in Roman's arms. "I was never, could never, be one of them, my Grammy raised me better than that, and besides." She looked up at Roman, her love dancing in her eyes again. "I was never going to be anything but his mate."

Sika raised an eyebrow at his son, who smiled at him. "Do you remember when you brought me here when I was a little boy?" He saw the young couple look at each other, and then Genna moved away from Roman after placing a kiss on his lips. Wrapping her arms around Melanie; as the young girl came up to her for a hug, the young woman looked over at the older man who had so happily greeted her Jimmy and Jey.

"Yes I remember." Sika replied watching along with his son, as Melanie introduced Genna to her Grandfather.

"I met Genna and Roxy then." Roman replied, a fond smile playing on his lips as he watched Rikishi hug Genna smiling at her.

"She really is a Hunter?" Sika asked. "She's staying with you willingly?" That was the hard bit to get his head around, that she was willingly mated to his son.

"I bit her when she was a little girl Dad." Roman replied watching as the two packs now began to mingle, Dean and Afa keeping a wary eye on things as Genna was introduced to the old pack by the young one. Relaxing as Genna accepted hugs from the men who had been hunting her; Roman let his attention slip back to his Father.

Sika processed what his son said as he watched the young woman tentatively hug Batista. "You marked her as yours when you were a child; my son went and picked himself a Hunter?"

Roman looked sheepish; rubbing the back of his head. "I forgot all about it, until after Genna and I mated." He smiled thinking back to that. "I found them here that afternoon, and played with them till you called me home; and at some point I decided Genna was mine; so I bit her." He watched his mate again a smile on his lips. "Of course I don't suppose I rationalised it like that, on some level I just knew she was mine, so I marked her." He looked over at his Father again. "When I came back though they were gone; I forgot about it and carried on with my life; then when they turned up here, all I knew was I was drawn to her. We tried to warn them off, but the first day here, Genna saved Melanie from a group of bullies; fixed her up and gave her homemade cookies." He glanced over at his mate who was being hugged by his older brother Rosey now. "Dean and I couldn't stay away, and I fell in love with her; once I found out she was a Hunter I pulled back from her." He glanced at his mate again. "Planned to make her pay, make both of them pay for what her family did to ours." He gave his Dad a sheepish look. "If I would have had any sense I would have claimed her as mine as soon as I could, Dean kept telling me she was nothing like the rest of them." He took a moment to scuff the ground with his foot before looking at his Father again. "We kidnapped them both the first day of the full moon; we didn't know about Roxy though, Dean had claimed her as his before we went over there though. When we went to collect them after we changed, we saw Roxy was a were too, and Genna, Genna god Dad you should have seen her." He smiled at the memory. "Melanie had found them, so both she and Roxy were in their first change and Genna; she was standing there with a table leg in her hands ready to fight us all off to protect them, when I grabbed her she knew me, accepted me, I knew right there and then, I had to claim her as mine."

"I wondered where the female were came from?" Sika replied to his son.

"Roxy is Genna's adopted sister." Roman replied. "She had no idea of what she was, neither of them did, Dean is crazy about her though, me I'm so in love with Genna." He smiled and his Dad did too.

Genna let the youngest member of her pack pull her away from her mate to the older man who had been hugging the young girl a few moments before and was now talking to the twins.

"Grumpy, this is my new aunt Genna." The young girl announced, claiming the men's attention. "You have to give her a hug hello."

Jimmy looked at his daughter wondering how his Father was going to take that. For his part Rikishi looked at the hunter they had been chasing through the wood minutes before. The hunter, who had just saved his alpha's life, there was no doubt in his mind had the young woman not intervened, then Roman would have killed Sika. He and Genna looked at each other for a few moments; however their careful appraisal of each other was interrupted by Melanie again.

"Aunt Genna you have to hug Grumpy." She looked at the woman with those big eyes and Genna smiled.

Eyeing the hunter, Rikishi felt a moment of worry at how close she seemed to be to his granddaughter, however he looked at the relaxed manner of his son's and felt himself relax. He knew neither of them would ever let a threat near the precious child. Hesitantly at first he approached Genna, and held out his arms, he was rewarded with a hug from the young woman, now he was closer to her he could smell Roman's scent on her, something they had missed before by being up wind of her. Letting her go he smiled at Melanie, before scooping the young girl up into his arms and tickling her, making her happy laugh ring out around the wood.

"Do you think I could get one of those?" Batista asked, looking at the young woman, whom he would have expected to run from them, knowing who she was.

Genna looked at the man in front of her, he looked big solid muscle, however there was a smile on his face as he asked for a hug and Jey and Jimmy were right there too, she knew neither of them would let anything happen to her, so wordlessly she let him pull her into a hug.

"I'm Dave, but pretty much everyone calls me Batista." He told her as he let her go again.

"Genna, pleased to meet you." She stepped back away from him and glanced over at Roman who was talking to his Father and casting the odd glance at her.

"Hello little sister." One of the younger members of this new pack unexpectedly pulled her in for a hug, making her tense up slightly. "I'm Roman's older brother, everyone calls me Rosey, I don't think any one's too sure why, but its just stuck."

"It's because you would never get your nose out of the roses when you were young." Rikishi told him with a laugh.

Looking at Rosey's face Genna searched for a resemblance to her mate as she hugged him back with a smile on her face. "I'm Genna your brother's mate." She replied making him smile before kissing her on the cheek.

"Let your uncle here have a hug too." An older voice interrupted them and Genna looked round to see an older man who looked a lot like Roman's Father.

Almost reluctantly Rosey released her to the other man, who looked her up and down almost critically. She could not help but notice the way that Dean stepped a little closer, or a sudden feeling of tension in the air, as the older man appraised her. Then suddenly he held out his arms and engulfed her in a warm tight hug, the feeling of tension vanished, she was surprised that no one else had seemed to notice it. Her eyes instinctively sought out Roman's and she saw him relax, maybe he had noticed after all. Turning her attention back to the man she was exchanging a mutual hug with, she was in time to pay attention to his words.

"I'm Roman's uncle Afa, guess that makes me your uncle too now?"

Genna smiled at the older man, different answers flashed through her mind; however she was mindful that this was early days and some things could be misconstrued. Roman's mate or not, her family had hunted and killed his, his had killed and raped hers, all this was too new for her to inadvertently say the wrong thing because she had not thought it through, so. "I'm glad to meet more of Roman's family." Was all she said.

Though he did not say anything, the older were seemed to understand her, and simply smiled before letting her go and waving over the remaining member of the old pack that she had not met. "This is my son Manu."

Smiling at sixth and last member of her mates Fathers pack, Genna accepted his hug before looking over at Roman, who was watching her along with his Father. Instinctively almost she took a step towards him before being stopped by the two members of her own pack who did not like her so much. She saw the frown on Roman's face as they stood in her way, the way his body tensed and he leant forward ready to move should she need him.

"Why did you do it?" John asked a look of almost confusion on his face. "Why did you stop Roman killing him?"

Looking at him incredulously, Genna noted the confusion in his eyes. "Roman had won there was no need to kill him." She said softly. "I knew I was safe, the baby was safe, you were all here too, nothing else was going to happen." She looked over at Roman. "The killing stopped with my parents, I didn't want Roman to carry on what the Hunters started so long ago, I can't begin to imagine how killing another person would affect him."

"Did you know it was his Father?" Daniel asked.

Genna shook her head. "No, how could I, I just knew he was like you guys, however I'm even more glad I stopped Roman now, knowing that it was his Father he was fighting, it would have hurt him so much more, to know that he had killed his own Dad." She looked over at him. "I don't think he would have ever recovered from that, I don't think any of us would."

She was surprised when the smaller of the two men pulled her into a tight fierce hug, which she willingly returned, while wondering what had gotten into him. Roman looked on in shock, he had actually taken a step forward when Daniel grabbed Genna. His expression turned to one of relief however as he witnessed the hug, it looked like the last hold outs of his pack might just have whole-heartedly accepted his mate.

We're sorry Genna." John said as Daniel released her and he pulled her into a hug. "We both lost member of our family's to yours, sometimes its not so easy to let go of the past."

"It's okay." Genna hugged the man back before he let her go stepping away. "I understand, saying they were not very nice people is putting it mildly, I can't begin to understand the mindset that told them what they were doing was acceptable. I would never want to be able to understand it." Her eyes found her mate who was talking with her Father again. "The Hunters are gone now though, my parents were the last; hopefully my birth family will become the bogeyman that we tell our children scary stories about, nothing more." She smiled at the two men, signalling an end of hostilities between them, she hoped. "I'm one of you, Roman's mate, the Mother of his children, that's all I want to be."

Roman and Sika watched Genna greeting each member of the old pack with smiles on their faces. However when John and Daniel approached her Sika noticed the tension in his son.

"What is it, is something wrong?" he enquired.

His eyes never leaving the trio the younger alpha replied. "John and Daniel have never really accepted Genna into the pack." He felt himself relax as he watched them talking and then saw Daniel hug his mate. Finally, he thought to himself maybe now things could get back to something like normal.

Sika watched too, everything seemed to be fine, he watched the way Dean was cuddling his mate into his side as he talked to Rosey and Manu. He would be interested to meet the rare female were soon, and eo hear her story. However for now another question was nagging at him.

"How did you know we were here?" He asked. "Or that we were after your mate?"

Roman looked at him considering his answer for a moment before replying. "Genna was afraid and I felt it, I knew she felt herself to be in danger and I just came to her."

Sika's eyes widened at that news, he knew about the mating bond, he should do he had shared it with his mate, the Mother of his two son's, even though she was totally human she had accepted him. It had been a shock when the bond developed between them. He had felt her die at the hands of the Hunters, his beautiful, brave mate, who faced with death refused to give him up. That was what has sent his pack after the humans, why he felt such anger at them, why he ripped Brian Hunter apart with his teeth and claws and raped Suzann before throwing her to his pack. The woman had managed to take her own life in the end, not however, before they had found she was pregnant, it had been recorded that she died under pack justice. His eyes met Roman's, he knew his son knew their history with the Hunters, what though would happen if his mate ever knew how her parents died? Deciding not to mention anything about his son's mate's family, Sika instead replied.

"You have a mating bond with her?" He smiled, in spite of the pain he still felt at her loss. "I had one with your Mother, it grows stronger over time."

Roman's face fell slightly at the mention of his Mother, he knew he had to tell his Father what they had found a month ago, however he was by no means sure how his Dad would take the news, and Genna was walking towards them. He knew he had to break the news before his mate got too close.

"Dad, we, we found Mum's remains, well her skull." The words were hesitant even though he tried to speak quickly. "In the house."

Sika felt as if someone had knocked the air out of him, he staggered and would have fallen if his son had not reached out to steady him. Of course he knew she was dead, he had felt her pain and fear, felt the bond shatter as she died. He could not help the glare he directed at Genna before turning and walking away without a word. Roman hesitated for a moment before looking at Genna, who could feel her mates pain at what had just happened. Then he turned again hurrying after his Father. Genna hesitated for a moment before taking off after the two alpha's knowing that no matter what her mate needed her.

I know I do seem to like to end things on drama so there you have it the strange men were Roman's Dad's pack, come to check up on things. Kudos to Nangel14 for picking up on that. I will admit part of this was filler it was also to expand on the mate bond and to introduce the older pack, who's in it and their relationships.

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