Bo/Lauren

Rated M

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"Easy...Easy! Watch her head"

Lyric and Dave carried an unconscious Lauren to the couch, the bite to her neck was barely healing due to the shiver bullet embedded in her forehead. Bo was hysterical and couldn't be calm down as she watch them gently lay her wife down, Ethan rushed to his mother and put his hands on her neck...trying to heal her.

"Why isn't it working!" Ethan asked worried, Bo was wondering the same question as she moved the bloody blond hair from Lauren's face. She couldn't believe Stripes had attack in such open space and on their territory no less. Bo fought back her rage and pulled Ethan to her side, she didn't want her babies to see their mother like this.

"Ethan take your sister and brother to your room, they shouldn't be seeing this" Ethan nodded giving her a kiss on the cheek, he took them out the room as Lyric grabbed Lauren's face.

"I need a knife! I have to take the bullet out, Its slowing down her healing process" Lyric explained as Dave reached in his pocket and grabbed his pocket knife. Lyric cut a small incision vertically down Lauren's forehead, she saw that bullet had exploded into small pieces.

"What's wrong? Why is it taking so long? Shouldn't she be awake by now?" Vex asked worried

"Fucking hell…" Lyric mumbled as she saw bits and pieces scattered inside the woman's forehead, she had to get her to Valhalla fast.

"A vicious bite like that to the neck should have killed her" Dave whispered in shocked as he looked down at his Alpha, it was a true testament on how strong Lauren was.

"She took a shiver bullet and a kill bite to the neck, I'm surprised that she is even alive right now" Lyric said in disbelief, as she held a tired Tamsin in her arms. Ethan did wonders on her wings, Tamsin made a special note to get that boy the new video game he been raving about.

"Who the fuck was that?" Kenzi asked in Dave's lap, she was too facing death when a bullet hit her in the stomach. Baby Lewis saw that everybody had disappeared outside and Ethan was busy with Tamsin, no one saw that Kenzi was hurt. Lawrence never used his powers before, he never really thought he had any until he hugged Kenzi and his whole body lit up like a Christmas tree. The golden light coming off him had grabbed attention and Bo saw her son heal her best friend.

It would've been a celebration….

If Lauren was awake to hear it

Bo walked over and sat down next to Lauren's she put her hand on the shifter chest and wished that she could heal all the hurt

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Tyro came bursting into the house with rage in her eyes, she saw her sister lying on the couch with her forehead cut open.

"What the-

Lyric felt her blood boil as she saw the shifter, she didn't even think or care as she lunged and threw Tyro through the glass window. Lyric sat back down by Lauren and moved her hair from the wound on her forehead. Bo saw the whole thing but didn't say anything, Tyro came back in dusting herself off.

"Feel better?"

"A little…" Lyric mumbled, Tyro bent down and looked at her sister face.

"Is that shiver?"

"Yeah but the bullets has shattered in her forehead and it's slowing down her healing" Lyric explained as Tyro took her jacket off and got to knees next to Lyric ready to remove it but Lyric stopped her.

"Why are you here? I thought you wanted nothing to do with us?"

"Valeria told me what happened, so we tried to get here in time"

"Valeria! Where is she?" Bo asked

"She chased the shifter and his pack back over the border" Bo was surprised at that, she was a little skeptical on how Valeria disappeared just when they were attacked.

"She came to my land to talk but before we can even do that...we heard the gunshots"

Tyro looked down at her sister, her anger was still present but she had to bury it to help. She was so scared that one of her nephews or her niece got hurt, that she didn't even think before running to her sister aid.

"We have to get her to Valhalla"

"Wha-Why? I'm here...I can just take the bullet out and heal her" Tyro suggested as Lyric gave her a long look.

"Fine!" Lyric moved back to give Tyro some room, once she pulled the bullet out cleaned the wound, Lauren healing jump start and finished the rest. Everybody was holding their breath waiting for the shifter to open her eyes, Tyro gave a confused look and hovered over her sister face.

"Okay….that's weird, she should be awak-

Lauren shot up in panic smacking Tyro in the forehead, the surprised shifter let out a painful groan. Lauren cursed and glared at her sister, damn! That bitch had a hard forehead.

"Fuck!" Lauren mumbled as Bo lung into her arms and hugging her tight.

"You're welcome asshat!" Tyro threw at the lion shifter, Lauren pulled away from Bo and snatched Tyro by her shirt back down on the couch. Lauren wrapped her arms around the confused woman and hugged her hard. Everybody was shocked at the affection...even Tyro. She awkwardly gave Lauren a few pats on her back until the shifter let go and looked into her eyes.

"Thanks" Lauren said awkwardly and let the woman go. Tyro quickly stood up still in shock but gave her sister a smile.

"What happened? Is the kids okay?"

"Yes everybody is fine….you was the one that had everybody worried" Bo said kissing her neck and jawline, her fear was still fresh...she needed to be close with Lauren.

"Stripes...shot you with shiver before biting you in the neck" Lyric explained as Lauren frowned trying to rack her brain on what happened out there, all she remember was pain and more pain.

"Did we manage to catch one of them?" Lauren asked hopeful but the defeated look from her Beta told her they didn't.

"Valeria and her tigers chase them back over the mountains and the rivers" Tyro said as Lauren suddenly looked up at Tyro.

"I do remember that we was having a family dinner and Valeria didn't show up and all of sudden bullets came flying into the windows" Lauren said as Tyro nodded and sat down next to Bo.

"Yeah a dinner I wasn't invited to but anywho, Valeria didn't show because she came to me to talk about finding Frank and getting his ass back here to help us. We heard the gunshots and ran as fast as we could here to help" Tyro told her sister, Lauren felt her body relax because she did not want to believe that Valeria had left them to seek safety from the ambush.

"Go and find her, I want everybody in the safe house" Lauren ordered as Lyric and Dave accompanied by three other shiters quickly left. Tamsin still felt weak as she let out a sigh, Lauren saw the Valkyrie and stood up.

"No...don't try to move" Bo complained but Lauren ignored her. Lauren walked over to the blond woman and kneel at her feet.

"Tamsin...I do remember what you did, and I can't even put in words how much I am in your debt, you shielded my babies from harm...risking your last life to keep them safe"

"I kinda grew to love those brats" Tamsin said smirking as Lauren gave her tight hug and whispered in her ear. Tamsin gave her tearful nod and a smile. Lauren looked around and smiled happy that no one was dead or seriously hurt.

"Bo I like to see the kids...Join me please" Bo jumped up and laced their fingers together, pulling the shifter towards the stairs.

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Lyric and Dave found Valeria by the rivers in her tiger form, she wasn't hurt thank god! But something wasn't right.

"Something wrong" Lyric whispered walking up to the distraught tiger. Valeria smelled Lyric before she seen her.

"Val...What's wrong?" Lyric asked running her fingers through the female tiger's fur.

The tiger just whimpers and continued to lay where she was, Lyric gave Dave a look and told him to scout around with the rest. Once they were gone, Lyric shooted closer to the tiger and put her giant head in her lap.

"Whatever it is you can talk to me, I do consider you somewhat of a friend/pack sister...so don't be afraid to talk me" Lyric said rubbing the tiger's fur and waited for Valeria to feel comfortable to shift back. It took awhile but she finally felt the shift in her lap, Valeria's body slowly shifted back to human. Lyric quickly took off her extra shirt and gave it to the older woman. She stood up and took off her joggers as well, she had shorts underneath. Valeria was grateful and quickly got dressed. They sat Indian style just looking at each other.

"You don't have to spill it all at once….just breathe and relax, whatever it is can be hand-

"I found my mate!" Valeria said cutting off Lyric words of courage.

"That's awesome! Where? Was it one of Tyro's shifter's? Lauren will be excited" Lyric said excited but the look on Valeria's face said otherwise.

"Lyric...I can't" Valeria started to cry and Lyric looked shocked and confused.

"You can't what?"

"I can't help in this fight...I can't fight alongside Lauren in this one" Valeria whispered, Lyric shot up to her feet and scratched her head in confusion.

"Valeria what! I don't understand" Lyric stressed out as Valeria stood as well and back up.

"I have found mate...But my mate is a enemy of Lauren's! Tyro and I was chasing them off the lands when he turned and looked at me...it was so fast and it was painful to watch him run away"

Lyric had no words

This was a clustered fuck of a situation

"Oh…."

"Yeah Oh...I have to find him" Valeria stated as Lyric shook her head

"Wait! Just calm down and think first, he is dangerous if he's in Stripes pack. Lauren won't just let you go off on a wild goose chase to find him"

"Lyric I'm not staying here, my heart is literally squeezing the life out of me every second I wait. The only reason I'm still here because of my love for Lauren...I was struggling to let her go"

"Then use that love and stay and help us" Lyric said but regretted it once it came out her mouth.

"You know better than I do that I can't ignore this feeling. He's my mate and that trumps everything and everybody...including Lauren" Valeria said as she took a deep painful breath. The pain was getting to be too much as she dropped to her knees holding her chest.

Lyric knew how the pain felt, but being newly mated made the pain ten times worse

"Okay...I'm sorry, you are right and I will explain everything to Lauren"

"Please make sure that she knows I'm sorry...so sorry"

"There's nothing to be sorry about"

Valeria managed to stand and she gave Lyric a sad look

"It will be"

Lyric didn't have time to respond as the woman bursted back into the tiger form and ran off, Lyric knew her Alpha wasn't going to take this one well. Dave and the rest came back with nothing as Lyric dragged her feet...not wanting to get to the house too fast.

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Lauren wanted to take a short nap with the kids and Bo, but a quick nap turned into a six hour deep sleep. Lyric was happy that Lauren was asleep, Lyric had told everybody the news and some took it harder than others. Valeria was quickly becoming pack to some. Bo had woke up a few hours earlier and heard the news, she was sad but happy that the older shifter finally found her mate. Bo believe the beautiful woman could persuade the dangerous shifter to the good side and come back. Bo was going to tell Lauren about Valeria when she got up, nervous as hell, Bo didn't know how her wife was going to react.

"Bo I think the kids should stay in Valhalla with Kiki until this is over" Tamsin suggested as Bo stayed silent as she cut up some tomatoes.

"I agree but I have to go over it with Lauren"

"I don't want them to be stuck in the middle ever again" Tamsin said seriously, that was fucking scary for everybody involved. Kenzi walked into the kitchen and Tamsin hugged her before she sat down.

"Tyro still here?" Bo asked

"Yeah she's playing with Isabel" Kenzi replied as Tamsin bumped her shoulder.

"I'm glad you're alright, I don't know how I would live life without my drinking partner" Tamsin said as Kenzi smiled.

"I owe your son my life" Kenzi told Bo as Bo waved her off.

"That's what families do...they help and protect each other, that's why we are going to find Valeria and Frank and bring their asses back to Luna lands" Bo said

"Why do we have to find Valeria?"

All three woman jumped in shocked as Bo dropped her knife, Tamsin quickly grabbed Kenzi's shirt and quickly left the kitchen.

This was not going to be good

"Uhhh...You'll awake, are you hungry?" Bo asked trying to distract her wife with food.

"No...Valeria? Where is she?" Lauren asked frowning. Bo sighed and walked over to her wife, she pushed the shifter into the chair and sat down in her lap.

"Promise me that you will hear me out and stay calm" Bo asked

"I hate when you asked that...because nine out of ten I'm gonna be pissed" Lauren said leaning back on the chair.

"Well it seems like Valeria has found her mate"

"Okay...how is that gonna make me ang-

"In Stripes pack, she mated with one of his pack members" Bo said closing her eyes and counted to three.

.1

..2

...3

"WHAT!" Lauren roared damn near shaking the windows, the pack came running into the kitchen as Lauren shot up out her seat. Bo caught herself before she flew to the floor at the sudden movement.

"Where is she now?" Lauren asked as Lyric stepped up.

"I found Valeria in her tiger form in pain, she told me that when her and Tyro was chasing them off the lands, one of the shifter's turn back and looked at her. I'm not sure who it was but it's legit, she was in far too much pain"

"No...this can't be! He can't take her too!" Lauren growled in frustration

"He will use her mate to get information and she is not equipped enough to know how to protect the bond yet" Lauren said in defeat, right now Valeria could be telling him everything.

"We have to move...NOW!"

"She doesn't know where he is yet, we have time to form a plan"

"I can't do this..." Lauren mumbled and ran out the door, Bo was about to follow but Lyric held her back.

"What can't she do?" Kenzi asked confused

"I don't know" Bo whispered

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Lauren felt like her chest was about to cave in, her father was gone and now Valeria was gone.

She couldn't lose anymore

Stripes was a fucking dead man walking

"How are we gonna get her back?"

Lauren ignored the answer and growled while she paced the ground.

"More importantly...are you gonna welcome him if we do get her back?"

Lauren growled louder at Lyric who stood off to the side watching her Alpha.

"He could be hurting her right now for all we know!" Lauren said worried

"Let's hope not...she has her tigers with her"

"He got through my full defense! Her tigers don't have a chance!" Lauren snapped feeling her canines grow inside her mouth.

"I need to find her before she finds him"

"And do what exactly? Hold her against her will as the pain of being away from her mate slowly kills her? You know how it feels to be away from your mate...we both know and Bo damn near died because it"

"I can't just leave her! Stripes is dangerous! He will kill her!"

"Her mate won't let that happen! Just think! If she can get through to him...we have a shot of getting her back and defeating Stripes" Lyric explained as Lauren continued to paced.

"I don't care mate or not...if one hair is misplaced I'm slaughtering them all"

"Agreed"

"We have to come up with a plan" Lauren stopped and looked at her Beta

"Now we're talking!"

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Three days later

"Sir! We have an intruder approaching fast!"

Well that didn't take long

"Hold your fire!"

He jumped down from his throne rock, he could feel her getting closer. The pain was slowly declining with every step the female tiger took.

"Sir...what should we do?"

He said nothing as the tiger held its head up high with confidence. A ghost of a smile appeared on his scarred face.

His mate had found him

"Lower your weapons gentlemen! You are in the presents of your Queen"

Gasps could be heard all around, he slid his long trench coat off his shoulders and walked towards the tiger. He gave her a nod to shift as she obeyed the silent command. Wrapping the coat around her, his scarred face broke out into a sinister smirk as he held the beautiful woman in his arms.

Oh no! Not Valeria!

Shit just got more complicated, how will Lauren save her best friend? Will Valeria manage to melt the ice around Stripes dead heart? Who will Valeria choose? And where the hell was Frank? Lol

Until next time