Roman woke up to pain in his knees. They ached and stung, he rubbed them before standing and taking the notebook downstairs. Shinsuke stood and approached him. Drew McIntyre was also here.
"It took longer than we liked, but we're here", Drew said.
"Thank you for coming", Roman replied.
"Still waiting on a few more", Kane said from the table.
Roman nodded. He went over to his father in law and showed him the drawings. Her dad looked worried.
"Are you sure she drew these?", he asked.
"Yes.", he replied.
Colby left the kitchen to find his father. Roman followed. Ben was with Sika, he shoved the drawings at him. Ben looked confused.
"Ever since she was little, she has been drawing things, you told me to ignore them. I should have listened to my gut when it told me not too", Colby shouted.
Ben flipped through the book.
"She drew mom once, remember. You said she must have seen a photo of her somewhere, but how could she. You locked up all her photos", Colby said.
"What's going on?", Seth asked, approaching the group.
Colby sighed and set his hands on his hips.
"We can't go to Yellowstone", he said.
"What, why? What about Millie?", Seth shouted.
Ben turned the notebook and Seth's jaw dropped open. He shook his head and shrugged.
"Its just a drawing", he said.
"Its not", Colby replied.
Colby walked away and towards his territory. Getting to his house, they walked into his office. He opened a safe covered in dust, it was in the way back. He dropped the drawings and books on his desk.
"I don't know how I forgot about these", he mumbled.
Seth and Roman went through them. Sika opened the book.
"She knew she was going to get thrown in the river", Roman mumbled.
It was a drawing of stick figures. A blue crayon had been used to draw the river.
"She didn't know. My wife and I just thought it was a drawing. Then it happened and, we freaked.", Colby said.
"I suggested they don't let her draw anymore", Ben added.
"And we listened. She started drawing on writing paper from school. On the back of class assignments. Her falling from the tree. She drew my mom, other people till we found out they were family", Colby said.
"So she drew family", Seth shrugged.
Colby found a drawing of a man and woman sitting beside each other. Then another of four men sitting in a room that looked like a science lab.
"Who are they?", Seth asked.
"Family. The first of our kind. She said, three of them were nice men, but the other was a meanie", Colby replied.
"So she must have met them somewhere", Roman said.
"They've been dead for more than a hundred years", Sika said.
He recognized Kace from photo albums his family has passed down.
"Kace Reigns", Sika said, pointing to the younger man.
Roman looked at his dad.
"She met them, I don't know how, but she did.", Colby said.
Ben set the drawing of her crying and dead wolves around her in the center.
"This is what is going to happen if we go", Ben said.
"I'll take my chances", Roman said, reaching the door before Colby stopped him.
"You aren't good to her dead, Roman", he said.
"So then what do we do, because I'm not just going to sit around and let him hurt her", he shouted.
"We aren't. We just can't go now.", Colby said.
He lifted the drawing and pointed to the moon.
"Its not red. Like I said, we have to wait", he said.
Roman nodded.
"How come she doesn't remember any of this?", Seth asked, looking at more drawings.
"Its like she goes into a trance. Some she remembers because she doesn't see anything. Like these of Roman or you, me.", Colby explained.
They nodded.
"She doesn't see these other ones because I would go through her books after she went to bed. Brie did too. We didn't want her freaking out", Colby said.
"Like she is now?", Roman said.
"I do regret not listening to her or keeping her in the loop. Maybe she would have seen this and stopped it somehow", he said.
"Like you and Miss Evans?", Seth asked, lifting a paper.
Colby was on top of her and kissing her. Not naked, but close to it.
"Its how your mother knew. She called Hunter and Shawn, they broke the door down and pulled me away. Brie kicked her out of pack lands, I came down and", he stopped.
"It wasn't your fault. She forced it", Sika reminded.
"Still should have been able to fight through it", Colby mumbled.
"Brie doesn't hold it against you. Although, I wouldn't mind setting her on Lacey now.", Ben smirked.
Colby chuckled.
Millie paced before the bedroom door opened. Bray walked in and locked the door behind him.
"Whether we are mates or not, I can appreciate a beautiful woman. Roman is a lucky man", Bray said, his eyes running over her.
He approached her and touched her cheek. His hand slid down slowly till he reached her breast, squeezing and sniffing her neck. His tongue licking her skin.
She cried, frozen to her spot.
Roman groaned. His body felt hot.
"He's not mating her, Rome.", Sika said.
"But he is touching her. She's scared", Roman said.
The hotness left him. He sighed.
"Not yet, but soon", Bray whispered in her ear.
He lifted her arm that held Roman's bite. Bray smiled and she noticed his teeth.
"No", she shouted, before the pain of his bite took over.
Roman screamed, clutching his wrist.
"Can he remove Roman's bite?", Seth asked his dad.
"No. He's just sending a message", Colby said, he looked calm to Seth, but he knew his dad better than anyone.
Colby was seething and as soon as he got a hold of Bray, he was going to torture him.
Bray released Millie and she slid to the floor. Holding her wrist close to her chest and crying.
"I think he gets the picture. Don't you think", Bray said, standing as he laughed and walked away.
As soon as he was gone and she heard his footsteps go down the stairs. She stood and walked into the bathroom. She had to stop the bleeding. Rinsing it under water and wiping it clean. Roman's mark was ruined. She cried more.
"I'm sorry", she whispered.
Angelo appeared.
"He knows", he said.
Roman rubbed his wrist. Colby found him and sighed.
"Come on, its time to train", he said, walking past Roman.
"Now?", Roman asked.
"Yes now. Use that anger you're feeling right now. The wolf likes it, it will push you", Colby said.
"I don't like being angry, its exhausting. You might be use to it, but I'm not. I don't run like that", Roman said, stepping up to Colby.
"Does it look like I care? My daughter is out there because of you, because you couldn't protect her. She was suppose to be safe with you", Colby yelled.
Everyone started gathering around.
"She is safe with me", Roman shouted back.
"Apparently not. Where is she right now, Roman? Certainly not here with you", Colby said, poking Roman in his chest.
Seth crossed his arms over his chest. He knew what his dad was doing. He stopped AJ and Dean.
"Just watch", he said.
Both men nodded.
"I didn't", Colby cut him off.
"Exactly. You don't deserve her", Colby said, poking him again.
Roman grabbed his wrist.
"Don't. Touch. Me", Roman growled.
"Or what?", Colby asked.
Colby flipped him, but Roman landed on his feet. Grabbing Colby and twisting his arm back. Seth tilted his head to AJ and he attacked Roman from behind. Dean took the left and Seth took the right. Roman felt it and flipped Colby, Seth running into his dad as Roman tackled Dean down and grabbed AJ by his throat. Colby stood and shifted, attacking Roman.
Roman kicked AJ's knee and he fell to the floor. Roman ducked and grabbed the back of the wolf's neck. Before wrapping his arms around him, restricting his breathing. When he knew Colby was about to pass out, he released him and set him down. Ben clapped and smiled.
"Beautiful", he said.
"Its not anger we run on, Roman. Its our instinct to protect those we love, protect them to the point that we would do just about anything for them", Ben said.
"Including killing anyone who gets in our way", Colby said.
He stood and stretched out his back, Roman heard it crack.
"But you said", Colby chuckled.
"He did that to see if you would run on anger or your instinct to protect. You chose the latter, good choice", Seth said.
Roman looked at Colby.
"You recovered faster than I thought", Roman said.
His father in law laughed.
"If my daughter was about to be mauled apart by wolves, would you choose to lay there to recover or continue to fight to get to her before they do?", Colby asked.
"No matter how much pain you're in", Ben added.
"I would continue to fight", he replied.
"You heal fast, you can fight and heal at the same time. Your body knows too. Push through the pain, numb it", Ben said.
Roman nodded.