After leaving D Hall...leaving her. I ask Patterson to point me in the direction of where her personal items would be stored. He looks at me strangely so I explain how I used to be a detective and I know if you find common ground with someone they will usually trust you more and that's what I want 117 to do. He smirked at me before showing me to the front office. A older woman smiles at me as Patterson asks for Alev's personal items that she was checked in with. She searches the back and comes back empty handed.

I'm not surprised. Alev was placed here by the Norn. Of course she wouldn't have any items from check in. But I'd hoped something would have been there as some clue of how to get us out of here.

I thank the woman all the same and make my way back into the facility.

"Alright, Thornwood. I'm headed home for the night...you have yourself a good night and be ready to tell me all about it tomorrow," he says grinning.

I nod.

I find my way back to D Hall where there is only one guard waiting...Mitchell. He smiles when he sees me before opening the gate.

"Thornwood! Good to see you, and right on time. I thought I was gonna have to start without you."

I walk next to him as we walk down the hall.

"I wouldn't miss this for anything," I say darkly as I think of all the ways I'd like to maim his body. He chuckles completely oblivious.

"Great. I like that. Alot of the newbies always chicken out, but not you."

We get outside of her door and he pulls a set of keys out. He pauses before opening the door to look in. She's sitting against the wall with her knees to her chest staring blankly ahead of her.

"Now before we go in. Just a warning , she may seem docile but I've seen her put a few men twice her size in the hospital. So just be careful," he warns.

I look at her through the glass and a ounce of pride fills me. My girl. A fighter till the end.

"Ready?" He asks.

"Yeah...I been waiting a long time for this," I say vaguely. He shakes his head in amusement as he unlocks the door.

He pushes the door open and she finally snaps out of her daze and looks at us. Her eyes seem clearer. She looks from Patterson to me and her eyes widen.

"You're not him. You're not him!" She screams and I flinch. She begins to cry clutching her head.

"It's not real!" She yells. Oh baby, I'm here.

Patterson looks at me and grins. "Looks like she's gonna be an active participant tonight."

He looks back to her and luckily misses the growl that slips past my lips as he takes a step towards her.

"Now, now, princess...we're gonna have some fun the three of us. You be a good girl and I'll make sure the other boys don't have a go at you for at least a few days after we're done. Give you time to recover," he says as he leans down to her eye level. She drops her hands to her sides and looks at him.

"But if you're bad...well, let's just say I can't be responsible for what the boys do to you after we're done tonight. Matter of fact, two of my boys are due to start their shift in about 10 minutes. Remember Bosh and Hunter? Well they been dying to spend some time with you," he says darkly.

She stares into his eyes then her face morphs into the meanest snarl I've ever seen a human make. If she'd have flashed yellow eyes I almost would have believed she had her she wolf.

"If you touch me...you're dead," she says calmly. Patterson looks at her then back at me and laughs.

"Told you, she's got big lady balls, this one."

He looks back at her and a second later he strikes her across the face. The hit is hard enough to knock her to the floor but she doesn't cry out.

The rage building in me is too much and I know we're running out of time. He grabs her by the arms and tries to pin her to the floor but she fights him.

"Hold still you bitch!"

Just as he grabs a fist full of her hair, I'm behind him. My claws extend as a growl tears from my lips. He looks back in horror, releasing her in shock and my fist punches through his chest and grips his heart.

He lets out a cry as he stares at me wide eyed.

"She did warn you," I smile darkly at him as I pull the organ from his body a second later. Blood begins to pool underneath him on the floor. I look at the heart in my hand. God that felt good.

"Dyson?"

I toss the heart aside and look at her. She's sitting up now staring at me. Her eyes are glazed over.

"Baby, it's me. I'm here to take you home," I say taking a step towards her. She shakes her head hold her hand out stopping me in my tracks.

"You're not real...If I try to touch you, you'll just disappear and I'll be alone again," she whimpers.

"Alev...it's me. Dyson."

She looks at me shaking her head feverishly. "That's what you always say...if you're real prove it. Say something only Dyson would know," she urges.

I move forward even as she scoots away a little. I stop a foot away from her and squat down to her level. I rack my brain for something to say when it comes to me. I look her over. Her curly locks are thicker than before and reach down to her waist.

"You know...if you weren't a wolf. I'd swear you were a lioness," I whisper. Her eyes widen and she gives a watery laugh of disbelief.

"It's really you?"

"Yes baby. I'm sorry it took so long," I apologize.

She tackles me and I nearly fall backwards as I wrap my arms around her. Her arms squeeze my waist tightly as her body is racked with sobs.

I hold her and caress the back of her head.

"Shhh baby, I know."

"Dyson, I didn't think you would ever find me," she cries into my chest.

"I made you a promise, didn't I?"

She nods before pulling back. I wipe the tears from her cheeks and can't help but notice how breathtaking she still is. Despite the dark circles under her eyes, her skin is glowing and she seems to have put on a little weight from what I can feel pressed against me in all the right places.

"How do we get out of here?" She asks. I shake my head.

"I don't know."

Claim her.

I frown. Where did that thought come from? I look at her as the sounds of footsteps headed our way reach my ears.

I grab a hold of her face. She stares at me wide eyed.

"Do you trust me?"

"Is that even a question?" She replies a small smile on her face.

I tilt my neck to the side where my mate mark used to be.

"Claim me."

"But I'm not a wolf anymore," she protest. I shake my head. "Baby trust me ok. Bite until you draw blood."

She leans forward, one of her hands gripping my neck to hold me steady. I flinch at the first feel of her teeth. It's a little painful with her blunt teeth but I hold fast as she finally tears through the skin and the smell of blood fills the air.

She takes two deep mouthfuls and then pulls away. She stares at me, blood dripping down her face and she's never looked more beautiful.

"Mine," she whispers.

"Yours," I promise.

A shiver runs through me and I smile at her. She's grinning as well as she bares her neck to me. I can hear the footsteps closing in. I kiss the spot where her mate marks should be then I let my wolf out and he bites into her neck. She tenses at first but relaxes as I begin to drink from her.

"What the hell is going on here?!"

I pull away and look over my shoulder to see the two guards I'm guessing are Bosh and Hunter. They look at the body of their fallen comrades then look back at us.

I look back at Alev.

"Mine!"

"Yours," she promises. I look down as a familiar burning sensation reaches my wrist the same time she clutches her side. I look down and sure enough, there is the black sun tattoo. My mating mark.

We look at each other and grin. But I tense at the sound of a gun cocking behind me.

"Ok you two. I want you up against the wall!" One of them orders. I rise to my feet just as a green portal opens in the corner behind Alev. She looks at it then me.

"Dyson, we can go home," she says. I help her to her feet then push her towards the portal.

"Go! I'll be right behind you," I promise. I turn my back on her and charge one of the officers snapping his neck. The other fires off a bullet and I grunt as it hits my right leg.

I claw him across the chest and he screams dropping to the floor.

"What are you?!" He screams as he clutches his chest. I lean over him.

The last thing you'll ever see. I grip the sides of his face and twist. My wolf gains some satisfaction in the act.

"Dyson! Let's go!"

I look back to see Alev holding her hand out to me.

"I thought I told you to go!" I shout as I move over to her and take her hand. She smirks.

"I don't take orders from you."

"Together?" I ask as we approach the portal. She looks at me.

"Together."

As one we step through the portal.

Author's Note:

Thoughts? Lol Oh by the way I realized there are actually 5 seasons not 3 . So we have quite a ways to go with this story. Yay!.