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Natural Selection

Part three

The Hunters

Chapter four Visiting the past.

Lying in their bed, Genna was watching as Roman dressed for the day, they had just finished an intense bout of lovemaking, and she was contemplating getting up, and heading for a shower. However, Roman just looked too good, even if he was putting clothes on, rather than taking them off, so she lay there and watched him, instead of getting out of the bed.

"Like what you see?" He enquired, looking over at his mate, who was propped up on some pillows, watching him.

"Definitely like what I am seeing." Genna replied, a lazy smile on her face. "But then you know that, since I spent the better part of an hour, showing you how much I like you."

Roman grinned back at her, before walking over to the bed, kneeling on it, so that he could lean in, and kiss his mate. No, he corrected himself, not his mate, his fiancé, it was a strange word in his mouth, but he knew it was right. The ring his Father bought to give his Mother adorned her finger, still too large. He had thought to have it re-sized, however his Dad had advised against it, reminding Roman, women could swell in odd places during pregnancy, and if Genna's fingers were to swell, she would not be able to wear the ring. Because of this, Genna had picked up some surgical tape,, which she had cut into strips, and wrapped around the bottom of the band, shrinking it for now, so that she would not lose it.

Despite the intense session they had indulged in only a short while before, he felt his interest stir again. Regretfully, he pulled back, knowing he had things to do, the look on his mates face, told him she felt the same way, and he gave her a tender, loving smile. His hand gently grazing her belly, caressing both her, and by extension the life they had created, which was growing within her. For a moment, Genna could have sworn, she felt his love for her, and their unborn child, like a physical thing. However, it faded away as quickly as it came. and left her unsure if it had even been real.

"Later?" It was both a question and a promise, all rolled up into one.

Roman smiled at her, and stole another quick kiss, before getting off the bed. "Later sounds perfect to me." He replied, bending to pick up his shirt, and slip it on. "I love you Gen." She could hear the feeling he put into the words.

"I love you too Roman." Genna still naked; slid from their bed and walked to her lover, who stood there enjoying the view of her body, it afforded him.

His arms snaked out and wrapped around her, pulling her close to him, and moulding her to his body.

"I have to go love, I promised Dad I'd run through the woods with him, we don't have much longer." He trailed off a little sadly, remembering that soon his Father, and his pack would be leaving.

"Are Dean and Afa going with you?" He knew why Genna was asking the question, he was twitchy around his Father, and Sika was just as twitchy around him, they couldn't help it, it's just the way things were, two alpha's in the same territory, it never worked out well.

He gave her a reassuring smile, his hand stroking her cheek, grateful for her care, of both himself and his Dad. "Yes, they'll be there keeping an eye on things, that's what beta's do."

"I wish." She stopped, looking up at him, she didn't need to say the words, he knew what they were.

"Me too, I have to go, he'll be waiting, we don't have much time left, we're both getting twitchy; soon we won't be able to coexist, without fighting with each other." He kissed her tenderly. "Have a good morning in town with Roxy." Releasing her and stepping back, he took one last lingering look at his naked mate, before reluctantly turning away. "I won't be walking away later." He told her as a parting remark,, making her smile, because she knew exactly what he meant by that.

"Have a good time, I'll see you later love." She called after him, before heading to her bathroom for a shower.

Once she had showered, Genna dressed quickly, in a pair of old jeans, and a simple T-shirt, pulling her hair back into a simple tail, she left her face bare of make-up, except for a few strokes of mascara on her lashes, and a touch of gloss on her lips. Slipping her feet into a simple pair of sandals, she ran down the stairs and to the kitchen. Roman and Sika were going to hunt together in the wood, so he had declined her earlier offer of breakfast.

Roxy was already in the kitchen, fixing a batch of pancakes, she smiled as she heard her sister's footfall in the hallway, sliding a couple of the warm, spongy pancakes, onto a plate for her. Genna grinned and grabbed a fork from the counter, before drenching her plate with the sweet syrup that also stood on the side.

"Thanks." She said, as the other woman plated up her own breakfast.

"Welcome, did you sleep well?" Roxy grinned at Genna, who grinned back.

"How are either of us going to sleep well, with those guys around?" Genna asked with a grin.

They both began to laugh, knowing just how much their mates loved them, and how caring and protective they both were. Genna thought, if she had to imagine her ideal man, it would be Roman without a doubt. They quickly ate their food, before doing the washing up, leaving the kitchen spick and span.

Once they were done, they headed to their car, getting set to go into the town. Genna was behind the wheel, while Roxy tucked herself into the passenger seat. They were off to restock with food, having two packs living together, meant that they used a lot of food; good news for the shop keeps in town. Paying for what they needed was nothing to Genna, as she and Roxy had discovered when Grammy's will was first read, they would never want for anything that money could buy.

What money could never buy, was provided be the packs, and the two women themselves, love and family, she could be penniless Genna thought, and she would not care, if she had Roman's love, and Roxy with her, it would be enough, they would have found a way to manage. Not that the packs were short of money, however they had nothing like the wealth that Genna, and due to her relationship with her Roxy, had access to.

The drive into town was filled with laugher, and idle talk, the easy camaraderie, that came from the years they had spent together. Genna parked the car when they arrived on the main street of the town, and got out locking up, before heading off ready to do a big food shop, and maybe a little shopping for themselves. Genna flushed slightly, as she thought how hard Roman could be on her panties, she probably could do with getting more. Roxy spotted the colour in her cheeks, and wanted to know what had caused it. Soon, the pair of them were giggling and whispering, like a pair of school children. They did not notice the two men in the black suits, who were watching them, and then as they vanished into one of the shops, headed for their car.

Jamie and Joey looked at each other; luck seemed to be with them. Hunter had outlined the plan to them all last night, then again in more detail this morning. Now here they were, only a few hours later, carrying out the part of the plan, which involved, arranging for something to go wrong with the women's car. While Joey kept a look out, for anyone paying attention at what they were doing, Jamie broke into the car, something he had a certain skill for. What the man was actually engineering, took certain skills; they did not want the car to break down too soon. It needed to be outside the town, far enough away that any assistance, would be gratefully accepted.

By the time Genna and Roxy came out of the store, with bags in their hands, the two men who had tampered with their car were gone. However, someone had seen what had gone on. He stood on the corner hidden, from view but able to see everything on the street. Frowning, he wondered what they had been doing to the car? His eyes hungrily followed the red head, as the two women appeared from the store. He had already met the brunette, but the red head was an unknown, even though, she looked achingly familiar. He watched from the shadows, as they went to the various stores they needed goods from, making a couple of trips back to the car, to pack things in the trunk. Finally though, he couldn't stand looking from a distance, he had to get closer, he should warn them about the men who had tampered with their car, if nothing else.

Genna became aware, of someone walking towards them. She felt the shock of recognition, as she realised it was the man she had spoken too at the garden centre, almost a month ago. She gave him a small smile of recognition, intending to walk past him without speaking; after all, she did not really know him.

His eyes rested on the young redhead, he had just wanted to get closer, yet now he had, he could not suppress the name that slipped from his mouth. "Katherine."

Roxy stopped dead, on hearing that name from the stranger's lips. Her eyes met his, and locked on them. He found he could not look away from the face, that was in so many ways, hauntingly familiar.

"What did you say?" Roxy asked, and even though Genna's gut reaction, was to move on, she stood with her sister.

"Katherine, you look so very much like a woman I used to know." He replied, his eyes searching her face, taking in every familiar little thing about this woman.

"Katherine was my Mother's name." Roxy found herself wanting to talk to this man, there was something about him, that she felt she could trust.

He looked at her, his eyes sad and haunted. "Was?" Roxy felt herself wanting to reach out, to offer comfort to him, he looked as if his world had just ended at her words. "Would you like to get a coffee, I'd like to hear about her, we were close your Mom and I, once upon a time?"

Roxy and Genna looked at each other, the brunette could see the hunger in her sisters eyes, she knew so little about her Mother, Grammy could not tell the young woman very much, as there was little she knew. Genna gave Roxy a brief nod of her head, letting her know that whatever the other woman decided, was fine with her.

"Your Katherine, what was her surname?" Roxy questioned, after all, there were a lot of Katherine's in the world.

"Montgomery." Roxy felt as if the world had stopped, when she heard her own surname on the lips of this man.

She looked at him closely, his clothes had seen better days, that much was sure; his shoes were dull and dusty, his jeans though clean, were well worn, his once black T-shirt was faded to a grey, from time and washing. His outfit completed by a black leather duster coat, that too was worn, and had seen better days. There was something about him though, something she felt she could trust, and there was the hope, she could finally learn something more about her Mother than she knew.

"I'd like that, I don't really know much about my Mom." Roxy found herself eagerly agreeing to the idea.

Smiling, the man offered each woman an arm, and they walked to the coffee shop together. Once they were inside, they ordered and once it was brought to them, headed for a table to sit down. At first it felt a little awkward, the three of them sitting there, no one knowing what to say. They sipped on their hot drinks, and eyed each other, finally though, the man broke the silence.

"When I first saw Katherine, I thought she was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen, we were at school together you see, I was on the football team and she was a cheerleader." He paused: a small smile on his lips, as he revisited the memory. "I almost ran into the goal post, I was so busy watching her, I got a right telling off for that." He took a sip of his coffee seeing that Roxy was hanging on his every word. "I asked her out as soon as I plucked up the courage, she was so sweet, and it next to no time we were dating."

Roxy sighed softly, this was more information, than she had ever thought she would learn, about the woman who gave birth to her.

"When she graduated, I asked her to marry me; she said yes, that had to be one of the happiest days of my life." He was talking again, a faraway look in his eyes, as he relived what he was talking about. "I'd got myself a job a few years before, nothing spectacular, but enough to get by on, and put some money away for the future, Katherine's family wanted her to go to college, they had put money away for it, so we decided that once she graduated, we'd get married and settle down. I got a better job offer away from home, we talked it over, and decided I should take it, there was an, an accident, I was ill for a while, then when I came back, not long after she was gone."

Genna looked at the man, something about that last sentence did not ring true to her, something was off about it.

"Mom got attacked." Roxy was talking now, trying to fill in the gaps for the man, as he had filled them in for her. "She said he was a monster, according to Grammy." She looked at Genna, as she recalled what little Elaine had been able to piece together, to tell her something about the woman who gave birth to her. "She ran, I think maybe she was scared he would find her again, or maybe she was just ashamed of what happened to her, thought it was somehow her fault." Genna noticed the colour had drained from the man's face at Roxy's words; he clutched the coffee tightly in his hand. "She was never the same after that, she had me, and then, when I was two years old, she took her own life."

The man's face was ashen now. "Katherine killed herself, she's dead?" He rose to his feet and stumbled out of the shop, his face a mask of agony.

"Wait, are you okay?" Roxy jumped to her feet, looking down at Genna, who was getting up too. "I didn't mean to shock him like that, it's just a fact of life to me, what Mom did, I didn't think, I just came right out with it."

Genna reached out to grasp her sister's arm. "Leave it for now; I'm not sure he was telling us the whole truth there, he knows who we are now, he can always come and talk to us again."

"We don't even know his name, he doesn't know ours." Roxy looked torn; the man had a wealth of knowledge about her Mother, which she would have liked to know.

Genna led the way out of the shop, they searched the street, for a few moments, however there was no sign of the man, who had once been engaged to Roxy's Mother. It was almost as if he had vanished into thin air.

He stood in the shadows, tears in his eyes, she was dead, the love of his life was dead, and buried in the cold earth. As long as he had not known for sure, he had hoped; thought maybe, somehow, some way, he would find her again. It was one of the reasons he drifted from place to place, the hope that he might one day, find the woman he loved beyond reason, beyond life itself. He wanted to scream and shout, to cry out to the universe that it wasn't fair, none of it was fair, what had happened to him, to her, to them, none of it was fair. He watched as the two young women walked up the street, laughing together, though he noticed the sadness around the red heads eyes. He hadn't even gotten her name. She was, she was Katherine's daughter, and he didn't even know what she was called.

All the time they were in the town shopping, he followed them with his eyes, a sense of longing in his heart, as he watched her. She looked so happy, he hoped she was happy. It wasn't until they got back into their car and drove away, that he realised he hadn't told them about the men, who had been doing something to the car. Cursing under his breath, he jogged down the road, hoping to catch up with them, or that they would catch sight of him in the mirrors.

Sighing, he stopped as the car vanished down the road, jumping out of the way, as a van its horn sounding sped down the road, almost mowing him over, but for his quick reflexes, it would probably have caught him a glancing, blow injuring him at best, possibly killing him.

Sitting behind the wheel of the van, Jamie smiled at Joey, everything was going to plan. Randy sat in the back along with Seth. Hunter would not dirty his hands with the kidnapping; that was down to them. He was the general, while they were the cannon fodder. He had sent the four of them to do the job. Jamie and Joey to offer assistance, while Randy and Seth were there, to help incapacitate, and abduct the young women. They followed at a distance, not too close; after all they knew where the pair women were headed.

Sika was following Roman, who had a small buck over his shoulders, muttering loudly under his breath. Dean walked beside his best friend, trying to hide his grin, at the easily audible tirade, that was coming from the man he called pops. Dean loved the older man dearly, he had been too old to need a Father when he met the man, but he was glad to have a Dad. Sika and Afa were trailing after the younger pair, Sika's words audible to all. The four of them had hunted the buck together, a bonding ritual for the two alphas, designed to hold off a fight between the two, everyone was aware that they were both getting twitchy around each other.

"Why do we have to take it back to the house and cook it, why can't we just let the wolves take over and eat it out here in the wood like we always have?" Sika complained.

Afa shrugged his shoulders; he had no idea, why there were not four wolves feasting on warm, fresh meat either. Still this was Roman's territory, if he said they were going to take it back to the house to eat it, that's what they were going to do. The whole point of the morning, had been that they hunt together, not necessarily the fact, that they got to eat it afterwards.

Dean was happy, life was good right now, all the people he cared about together, a beautiful mate, who would one day be his wife. Everything he had one day dreamed about, but never expected to have, was his. Soon he would be holding his mate in his arms, maybe one day soon she would be carrying his child, just like Genna was carrying Roman's.

The panic and fear when it hit him; came out of nowhere, and drove him to his knees. Roman took a few more steps, before he realised Dean had stopped, and turned to see Sika and Afa, looking questioningly at his beta. Letting the buck slide from his shoulders, Roman turned back to his brother. Dean's eyes flashed, as his wolf reacted to what he was feeling, then he threw back his head, giving a howl of pure agony.

"Dean what is it, what's wrong?" Sika was pulling the younger man to his feet, holding him steady.

"Roxy." Dean's breath came in pants. "Something's happened to Roxy."

"They were going into town." Roman paused, as he realised, he too was feeling something, an intense feeling of unease, as if something were out of kilter in his own personal universe. "Whatever has happened, its affecting Genna too."

The four men looked at each other, and without a word, shifted to their wolf forms. With Dean and Roman in the lead, the four of them headed towards the town, worry nagging at them, as they raced to try and find the two women, who were now an integral part of the pack.

They were about a mile outside of town, when Genna first realised there was a problem with the car. The engine was making strange noises, and seemed to be losing power. Genna pulled off the road, making Roxy question what was going on.

"There's something wrong with the car." Genna stated, killing the engine and opening her door to get out, she stood looking at the machine.

"Great, do you think it will get us back?" Roxy joined her sister, looking at the vehicle.

The pair of them knew little about car's; really nothing more than how to top up the oil and water, and check the tyre pressure. For anything more serious, they had AAA membership, and just picked up the phone. Pulling out her cell phone Genna frowned, no signal, and all that food in the trunk, getting ready to spoil and be useless.

"Should we carry on, we might trash the car?" Roxy didn't need to say, that the vehicle could easily be replaced.

"Yeah I think we should." Genna replied, she shivered slightly for a moment. "I just want to get home."

The two women got back into the car, however when Genna turned the key, the engine coughed a few times, but refused to start. The two of them looked at each other.

"Guess I made a mistake pulling over." Genna commented, hitting the steering wheel in frustration. "I should have just kept going, what are we going to do now, it's a long walk back home?"

Neither of the young women stopped to think, that Roxy could easily change forms, and make the journey in a fraction of the time on four legs, that it would take the two of them to walk it. Getting out of the car again and glaring at it, Genna was just about to lock it up, when they heard the sound of an engine coming down the road from the town. Looking at each other, both a little uneasy at being stuck here, with no means of escape apart from taking to the countryside, the two young women contemplated their options.

They were still standing there thinking, when the van pulled up next to them, and the driver looked out at scene. He looked harmless enough, with his short black hair and beard, a friendly smile on his face, but as Genna and Roxy both knew, looks could be deceiving. Still, maybe he could be of some help to them, they had nothing to lose, there were two of them after all. That was when they noticed the man in the passenger seat. He looked a whole lot meaner, with his shaved head and face. Both women took a step towards the apparent safety of their car, as the two men got out of the van, they were both tall, somewhere in the region of six feet each, if they had to make a guess, there didn't seem to be any difference in their height. It was the smart suits that they both wore, that had the two women relaxing slightly, though they were still a little wary, the two could be good Samaritans, stopping to help, but there was always the worry that they could be something else.

Jamie smiled at the two women, trying to appear friendly and harmless, the plan seemed to be working perfectly, and they had Seth and Randy hiding in the back of the van, as back up should the need it.

"Good morning ladies." He said, trying to appear unthreatening. "You look like you are in need of some help."

Genna and Roxy gave them awkward little smile, before Genna cleared her throat and spoke. "It was making a funny noise, now it won't start, and we have no signal to call for help."

"Well pretty lady, why don't you pop the hood and let me take a look for you." He smiled again, however the oily way he was talking, had both women cringing slightly.

Genna got back into the car, and did as he suggested, she really hoped the guy could fix the car; she wanted to get away from here, and away from him, well them. Leaning in pretending to inspect the engine, Jamie smirked slightly; everything was working out just fine.

"This is your problem ladies; right here." Jamie was pointing, hoping that the two women would come to see what he was showing them.

Genna looked at Roxy, maybe they should go over and look, leaning in they did not notice Jamie step back, or look over at Joey grinning. Both women felt uneasy, there was something about these guys. Genna thought she heard a sound come from the men's vehicle, then something wet, that smelled disgusting was pressed over her nose and mouth. She struggled ineffectively against the hold of the man behind her, she was effectively trapped against the car, and whatever it was she was trying not to breath in, was sapping her energy fast.' Roman help me.' Her thoughts turned to the man she loved above all else, the man who held and would always hold her heart, till the day she died.

Roxy was turning slightly, when a similar cloth was applied to her nose and mouth, she lashed out, her wolf strength allowing her to pull away slightly, and hit the man who was attacking her, with a solid blow. Pushing him away, she noticed two other men advancing on them, for a moment she thought they were here to help, that she had been too distracted to hear another vehicle approach. However when the older man of the two, the one with short razor cut hair and a layer of short beard on his face grabbed her, attempting to hold her still, she knew that thought they were in fact here to help, it was the two men they were helping, not her or Genna.

Her panic and fear spiked, shooting its way along their bond, impacting on Dean as he walked behind Roman, cutting off suddenly, as the cloth that was forcefully smothering her, took away her senses, plunging her into darkness.

As soon as her legs buckled, Randy swept the redhead up into his arms, Joey still applying the drug soaked rag, making sure she was well under. Genna was still struggling feebly, as Seth reached her. His eyes travelling over her body, the jeans and T-shirt she wore showing off her figure to perfection. Her eyes met his, as they glazed over completely, and he smiled as she slipped away into the darkness. He grabbed her from Jamie, lifting her up and holding her against him, as he carried her quickly to the van, they needed to get out of here now. There was always a slight chance someone else could come by, and they would then have to do some very fast talking, to try and explain what was going on.

Once both women were placed in the back of the van, the four men returned to fix the damage done to the car. When it was drivable, Joey got behind the wheel, following the others who were in the van, back to the town, where he would dump the car on a quiet street, then return to the hotel, to meet up with everyone else in Hunter and Stephanie's room.

Seth and Randy sat in the back of the van, watching the two unconscious women, everything was going perfectly, the plan was coming to fruition with the first part of it completed, and the two young women in their hands.

Okay so there you have it, my mystery man has finally made contact again, and reviled something of the past. What did you think? Did you like it? Did you think it sucked? If you could take a moment to review and tell me, it would be greatly appreciated.