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"It's happening," The young rat spoke, his hand on his hip and his eyes on the far off distance. "And they will be taken over before they can even respect it." His eyes now focused on the SnowDancer pack mountains.
Dare wanted to argue, to say it wasn't too late, but something in his gut told him it was true. They weren't going to win this...
"But..." he spoke into the silence that now bore down on all six of them as they stood staring out into the mountains. "That doesn't men we can't try. We have a responsibility to tell the others." A pause. "
"Please, Hawke, you have to listen to me," Dare growled in frustration as Riley and the others were finally able to bring Riaz and the others back around. They were all still in the aerie and Dare had, for the last while, been trying to explain to Hawke about his "feeling" that there was a more going on here then they knew. Hawke didn't look convinced.
"Fear is a normal emotion, Dare." Hawke spoke to the young man, carefully. He was all for going with one's gut, but Dare was basing a very large theory on that "feeling" and there were too many people he had to protect to chance it at this time. "It can sometimes change peoples' mindsets and make them panicky."
"I'm not saying this out of FEAR, Hawke!" Dare almost shouted at his alpha. "I'm telling you this because you're not PREPARED! You don't understand this completely! Why can't you realize I'm trying to help you?!" Tears of frustration leaked down Dare's cheeks, shocking the boy more than anyone else.
He brushed them away hurriedly. Flushed and desparate, he continued. "Why can't anyone, for once, just listen?" Maddox hadn't listened when he'd told him about the dangerous crack that had started appearing in the den wall...and now Hawke wasn't listening when he told him one of the most important things he'd ever said in his life. "Please," he whispered, his voice broken."Listen..."
Hawke's eyes flashed and he looked into the others alphas' gazes and saw something he could only accept with defeat and pain.
He'd failed.
Failed.
This failure would affect each person's life in the worst ways possible.
...
Dare wasn't mad at Riley, Drew or Brenna as they walked with him to the rendezvous point that would take him and the others to the pack located deepest into the mountain. The wolf pack was named the ShadowMarkers because, with their deep location in the mountain gorge, the Sun's light only struck it directly for two hours in the whole 12 hour day.
The alpha of the group had okayed Hawke transferring them there for protection with the amazing security. It still felt wrong.
Everything felt wrong, now.
He looked over at Riley, Drew and Brenna as they reached the car. And broke.
"Thank you," he whispered as more tears made their way down his cheeks and something sharp made itself known deep in his gut.
This may be the last time I ever see them again...
He hugged each tightly, using the excuse that he a their youngest family member to do so.
"I love you, guys," he panted through the object constricting his stomach. The three looked at each other after looking at him in shock.
"Dare," Drew said, stepping forward. He placed his hand on Dare's hair and ruffled it playfully, making Dare smile through the tears. "We'll come visit as soon as we can. We promise, all this will be over soon and then you can come back and continue that flaming romance or... whatever you had going with Cassie. Y'all can even have weird Psy babies if you want."
Dare laughed huskily and smiled at his family.
This could be the last time.
It didn't have to be...
He turned quickly, before they could see him tear up again. Damn those tears...
"See ya," he said, pasting on a confident smile for them as he got into the car, and was driven off into his future.