Hello all! I'm sorry for the long break and this short filler chapter.
Life here has been hectic and I would definitely appreciate it if you could keep my beta and her family in your thoughts, they're going through a very rough time.
Between that and my job I've been stretched super thin for time.
I hope this chapter holds you over until i get back into my writing mindset!
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Hermione couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong, Sam had just left and she was still blushing up a storm having kissed him on his cheek as she bid him farewell. She'd locked the front door and checked the locks on all the windows and the back door. Someone or something was watching her and she couldn't be surer that it wasn't a friendly someone either. Patting her waistband to reassure herself that her wand was with her she sat back down on the couch, ignoring the rest of her wine but having plucked a sober up potion from the kitchen cabinet she uncorked it and threw it back. Shivering at the icy coolness that ran through her flushed body.
She didn't dare turn on the tv, she wanted to be able to hear anything that could happen. She was toying with the dog charm on her wrist, considering calling her father when she heard it. The slightest click of a lock being undone, it wasn't the front door and it wasn't magically opened. She got up and padded to the alcove by the stairs, meant for an umbrella stand but left empty, just big enough for her to stand in and be completely hidden from view she watched the back door intently.
The knob turned and a pale hand was visible pushing the door open, followed by a long arm, covered in the finest suit money could buy. She let out a breath quietly, using the breathing technique Sirius had taught her to use when trying to not be detected by someone. She cursed herself for having not used a silencing charm or even a disillusionment charm before the person got the door open, she didn't want to risk being seen casting the spell now. She couldn't stop the fear the trickled down her spine when she saw just who it was coming in the back door of her house. She couldn't move, couldn't breathe for the fear was so potent in her. She was frozen, rooted to the spot as she watched him enter her house uninvited. Her breathing had gotten shallow and she was trying desperately to keep it quiet.
Logically she knew she should pull her wand out and stun him, but that Hermione was locked in a cage behind the Hermione that was scared out of her mind. Her heart felt like it was going to beat right out of her chest, she reached for her bracelet her hands shaking so much the metal charms clinked together. She had just taken her eyes off him for a second to look at her wrist and when she looked up, he was right there in front of her, grinning down at her. His hands were planted on the wall on either side of her head.
"Oh Hermione, you seem so shocked to see me, if you'd just answered my calls and texts we wouldn't be in this position." He cooed at her before running a finger down her cheek. Her hand twitched as she went to grab her wand but he was quicker and pulled it out of her waistband shoving it in his inner jacket pocket.
"Now now, I don't want you ending all the fun we're going to have just yet, so I'll just keep this tucked away for now."
Her mind was going a mile a minute, obviously Kae wasn't just some normal muggle, that much had been proved by the fact that he used a potion to drug her, but who was he?
She reached for her bracelet only to have his hand wrap around her wrist, he shoved it up above her head while he pulled out a tiny vial, he un-corked it and poured the liquid onto the bracelet. Her eyebrows furrowed, what in the world was he doing?
"Oh, I see you're wondering what's happening, let's just say I know all about your bracelet and the fact that it calls your father or lets you teleport away. The potion I just poured on it renders it useless, turns it into an ordinary bracelet by stripping it of its magic, it's the same potion they use to strip criminals of their magic before they're obliviated and sent out into the muggle world."
Hermione couldn't breathe, how, in all her years of training had this, this muggle, been able to one up her. How did he know about her bracelet, how did he know about anything?
"How did you make it past the muggle repelling wards?"
He grinned down at her as he pressed his body into hers.
"I'm a, what do you people call it? Oh yes, a squib, my magical core isn't strong enough to allow me entrance to your world but it lets me sense magic and I'm not affected by it as other muggles would be."
She hadn't realized that squibs actually had a magical core, but that made loads of sense now that she thought about it, how else was Filch able to see and work in Hogwarts?
"So, who are you really? Is Kae Parkins even your real name?"
He shook his head, "Not going to tell you everything now little mouse, I have someone who's waiting for you to be delivered."
At this her rebellious side finally broke free and she struggled against him, managing to get a leg up to knee him in the groin just hard enough he let her go. She was about to the front door when a loud bang sounded from behind her and something punctured the door in front of her. She froze again, turning to face him as he held a gun towards her.
"I didn't want to have to use this Hermione, but since you can't be trusted to sit still, I'll have to."
Keeping the gun levelled towards her he stalked forward, grabbing her by the arm he placed the gun against her head. Her eyes widened when she felt the familiar wave wash over her of someone known coming through the wards, if she could only stall for another couple minutes someone would be coming in who could help her.
"Reach into my right trouser pocket and pull out the watch."
She did as she was told with her free hand, not wanting to agitate him further. Pulling out the long-chained pocket watch she glanced up at him, he quickly took it from her before grabbing her arm again, this time the watch was pressed deep into her skin, the chain dangling between them. Seconds passed and she saw it start to glow blue, she panicked and started struggling to get away from the apparent portkey.
Just as she felt the familiar pull behind her navel the door flung open to reveal Sirius "Papa!" she screamed, watching as his eyes widened and he pulled his wand out sending a stunner straight for Kae, unfortunately it missed as they were tugged away by the portkey.
They landed roughly, Kae let go of her as they landed and she heard another bang and felt the burning sensation in her right shoulder. Looking down she saw the blood flowing down her arm and seeping into her white tank top. Her eyes rolled back and she promptly fainted.
"Shit, shit, shit I didn't mean for it to go off, I had my finger on the trigger when we left and when we landed it went off by accident!"
Kae was shoved roughly aside by his sister who pulled out her wand and stopped the flow of blood, "You're damn lucky you didn't kill her you imbecile. Get out of my face and go get yourself cleaned up. I'll take care of the mudblood before he gets here."
He nodded before exiting the room, leaving Hermione alone with his sister.
The girl crouched down over Hermione as she tilted her head to get a better look at her, reaching out she grabbed a fistful of Hermione's curls and tugged her head so she was facing her, "It's been a long time mudblood, I don't understand what he sees in you but that's none of my business. I've collected you as was my part of the agreement; I can't wait to get my reward."
She then proceeded to fire call her private healer and left Hermione there to be taken care of.
Sirius was frozen to the spot, he'd just watched his daughter be portkeyed away by some random person. What the bloody hell was happening, they had wards, multitudes of wards to keep people out and somehow this fucking muggle, well obviously not just any muggle if he had a portkey, had gotten through with no issues?
Remus came racing through the door with a sleeping Teddy on his shoulder, he looked at Sirius and stiffened, he'd heard Mina yell for Sirius but he thought that was joy at seeing him after they'd been gone all day.
"Padfoot? What's wrong and where is Mina?"
Sirius couldn't answer just yet, he was too busy staring at the spot she'd disappeared from. He swallowed thickly before finally finding his voice.
"She was here, right there, some guy had a gun on her, Remus she was so scared. She's gone, god I tried to stun him but he had a portkey!"
Remus placed the still asleep Teddy on the couch before putting his hands on his best friends' shoulders, "calm down Sirius, you need to breathe and repeat all of that."
Sirius took a deep breath in through his nose and let it out through his mouth, "I came in the door, only to see Hermione being held against some guy at gunpoint, she screamed my name and I sent a stunner at the guy but it was too late, he had activated a portkey or something and they were gone in a millisecond."
Remus took a second before taking a huge breath in through his nose, his eyes flashed amber and he let out a rumbling growl, "Kae" was all he could get out before Moony took over. He was still present as the other half of his mind took to sniffing the air, he could smell Hermione's fear, Kae's disgusting arousal, he could also smell, Sam? He shook his head, that made no sense, Sam wouldn't hurt Hermione, would he? Walking around a bit more he looked down when something clinked against his foot, tilting his head to get a better look he realized it was a casing from the handgun Sirius had mentioned earlier.
Once Moony was satisfied with his findings he let Remus regain control, pressing a hand to his forehead to try and soothe the pain Moony being in control when it wasn't the moon caused, he turned to Sirius.
"I smelled Kae, it's the same scent she had on her in the hospital, I also found a casing from the handgun you mentioned, and I smelled Sam."
Sirius's eyes darkened, of course it was Kae who took her, the git hadn't left her alone since that date. He knew he should have hunted him down and disposed of him but noooo Hermione told him he had to be a good guy and that she was taking care of it. He shook his head, but what was Sam doing here, Hermione hadn't said anything about meeting him today. There's no way Sam was involved with Kae taking Hermione, there's just no way, not with Leah being imprinted with Remus. His eyes widened, Leah, that's who they needed to talk to, as much as he wanted to take off after Kae he knew, from past experience, that rushing into something without thinking could land him in jail, or worse.
Sam felt like his world had been ripped in half, he couldn't explain why. He'd left Hermione's just over an hour ago and had been flying high since then. She'd agreed to go on a date with him! He wasn't ashamed to admit that he'd done a stupid little dance once she was out of sight, he still couldn't believe she'd agreed! So why now, after the great morning he'd had, did it feel like something was wrong.
His hands were steepled under his chin as he thought about what he was feeling. He could probably ask one of the boys but their emotional maturity level was at an all-time low since learning what Jared got up to with Kim. Sighing he knew that meant he had to ask Leah, something he hated to do because the woman was great at getting under his skin. He groaned out loud before pulling his cell out and texting her.
Twenty minutes passed and he heard the door of the shop open, but it wasn't just Leah's steps he heard, there were two more people with her. He frowned before standing and meeting them at the door of his office. His eyes widened at the anger and anxiety rolling off the group, he saw Remus had his arm slung around Leah's waist but he could see the pain in the glowing amber eyes. He felt like his heart had stopped, something had happened to Hermione. He had just opened his mouth to ask what was wrong when he was stopped by her father.
"What, the fuck, were you doing at our house today."
He knew the gulp he did was visible, he may have a few inches on Sirius but when the man was mad he was terrifying! He took a step back to put a bit of distance between them.
"I went to your house to talk to Hermione, I asked her on a date."
He watched the way her father deflated, he knew that he wasn't really angry at him, just worried.
"Hermione has been kidnapped, a man she'd been on a date with has taken her."
Sam's mind went blank, Hermione was dating someone else? He didn't even notice Leah walking up to him till her hand was on his arm.
"Hermione only went on one date with this guy Sam, don't worry."
Sirius cocked his head to the side as he watched Sam frown and nod at Leah.
"Why are you so worried about Hermione having gone on a date with someone else? You haven't even been out with her yet."
Sam stiffened and looked at Leah for help, she just shrugged her shoulders and nodded at him. She'd been bugging him to tell Hermione since they officially met. With a resigned sigh he turned towards his imprints father.
"I imprinted on the wolf that saved us from Remus that night, at the time I didn't realize that it was also a human, then when I met Hermione for the first time I imprinted on her too. I was very relived to find out that they were one and the same."
Sirius let out a mirthless laugh, "probably gave you a bloody fright that did, imprinting on what you thought was an animal."
Sam nodded, "What's this about Hermione having been kidnapped? She can just teleport away can't she? She'll be fine right? Back in time for dinner I'm sure."
Sirius pinched the bridge of his nose, clearly there was a lot about magic they still had yet to teach the shifters.
"The person she was taken by is a muggle, but he had access to magical items, meaning wherever she is more than likely has anti-apparition wards and something is interfering with the magic on her bracelet. We can't track her and I know she'd be calling us, plus, the guy had a gun, I'm sure he took her wand."
Sam felt his breath hitch in a very unpleasant way, the tightness that was building in his chest seemed to snap and he gripped the desk he had come to lean against. A piece broke off into his hand as he visibly shook trying to keep himself from phasing out of anger and worry for his imprint. A pair of large pale hands came to rest on his shoulders and he looked up into the glowing gold eyes of Remus.
"Calm yourself, you're an alpha and you need to act like it. We will get my pup back and your mate will be just fine."
Something about the way Remus spoke made his inner wolf recede in record time, he felt himself deflate and he took a deep breath before nodding.
Looking at the group he stood up to his full height, Remus was right, he was an alpha and he needed to get himself together for the sake of his pack and his imprint.
"So, what's the plan then."
