Throughout the story, there were..shall we say spirits... following the Hale family around. Who are these spirits you may ask? Well, let me tell you a little story.

When the Hale kingdom formed, the first king set up a rule. Only the male heir who claimed the wolf stone could take the throne. This was interpreted to mean by the fates that the dead family members had to haunt the living until someone got the stone. For some reason, it was also interpreted to mean that you had to kill off your male siblings to get the throne. A very cruel tradition, some would say.

For this generation, Talia's 5 brothers were the male heirs, and nobody knew about Derek due to Talia being missing. So at the beginning of the story, Ethan haunted his four brothers. We know they are Boyd, Peter, Scott and Matt. Then Peter joined Ethan in the haunting after his fall from the window. Matt would join after he was poisoned. Scott would join after Deucalion killed him. Lastly, Boyd joined upon his drowning. So when it was revealed that Derek was the last surviving heir to the bloodline, well... let's just say the spirits were called to depart the Hale kingdom.

The author conveniently ignored them when they jabbered during the story, So they did not make any appearances. (Narrator interjects, And everything they said made no freaking sense!)

The only question the author can't figure out is.. how did Ethan die?

Thoughts?

Thus ends the story.

AN: If you have a prompt or request for a story, PM or leave a comment, and I'll see what I can do.