"Miracle, come on! Lets go! We're going to be late!" Roman called out to his daughter from the car. He had Tommy in front seat with him. He was going to a picnic with Seth, Finn and their son. Finn's brother, Dani, was also in town, so he was coming along too. He was waiting for Miracle, who was helping her friend Kathy pack up some stuff for the day.

"Hold on, Daddy! I'll be there soon!" She called back out to him. "Kathy, hurry. We have to meet up with Colby and his parents at the park."

"Just getting some snacks that Grandma made for us." Kathy said. She grab the snacks, placing them in her bag. "There. I'm ready. We can go now."

"Okay, lets go then."

The pups headed out to the car, getting inside backseats.

"You two ready to go?" Roman asked.

"Yeah, Daddy! We're ready!"

"Alright." He started up the car, driving down the road now. It was the Fourth of July. There was a small carnival in town for the day. They were going to that, have a little picnic, and then watch the fireworks later.

Carnivals always brought back memories for Roman. How he used to take Dean to them. Their first time together when they were pups. The time when he took him to one for Christmas. And going to one a few days after Tommy was born. He had a picture of Dean on the carousel, holding in his arms, and Miracle sitting beside him.

It had been five months. Five painful, long months that since December, since he had found out about Dean's disappearance. Five months, no six, that he had been without him. Roman missed him so much. He had done everything that he could do to find him. Still, nothing had turned up yet, to help lead him to his mate, bring him more closer to finding him.

He was trying to do the best that he could for everything going on in his life. Trying his best to find Dean. To hold it together for both Tommy and Miracle. He sometimes wished though that he could just leave and just go and look for Dean.

He was out there somewhere. Still alive. Roman knew that he was. He could still hear, feel his heartbeat. But something had changed. He didn't know what it was, but instincts were telling him that something was not right.

He thought about it so many times. Just leaving his pups with Seth and Finn for a while. Going off and looking for Dean himself. No matter long it took, no matter how much strength and energy it would take out of him. What was holding him back from doing so was knowing that he needed to stay here and be there for the both of them. They were already having a hard time without their Mama, they couldn't just have their Daddy leave them too.

Tommy was starting to get better. Getting more used to being without Dean, but the little baby still longed for his mother. Sometimes waking Roman in the middle of the night, crying out for him. Dean was more better at calming down his youngest. Roman guessed it was because Tommy was still so young and needed his Mama's love. Miracle was the strongest out of the two. She had her moments though, where it would be hard to console her sometimes. She had grown up with Dean her whole life. Birthed and raised by him since she was born. Every week, her and Roman would travel out of town, putting up missing posters of Dean. They would wait for the phone call, praying so much that someone had seen him. It was hard for her, but she had to be strong for her little brother.

Roman put on his happy face for the pups. He was going to try not to let being at the carnival bring him down.

'We'll find you again, Dean. And I'll make sure we make up for all this time we've lost.'

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"DANI!"

The young alpha who was still laying in bed, was instantly woken up by Seth's loud voice.

"Huh? Wha?"

"Dani, I am going to kill you!"

He just blinked at him. "What I do now...?" The blanket fell off of him. His hair was a mess and was still wearing the shorts he wore a couple of days ago.

Seth threw the newspaper at him. "Look at this. Right here." He pointed at a picture in the newspaper.

"Its your house..."

"Yes, thats our house!"

"Why's there a picture of your house in the paper?"

"You want know why? YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?!" Seth screamed in his face. "OUR NEIGHBORS THINK THAT WE'RE SELLING DRUGS BECAUSE OF YOU!"

Dani fell back on the bed, covering his ears. "Chill out. Don't get your panties in a bunch."

Seth was furious at Finn's brother. He had been nothing but lazy ever since he came to visit. Not taking care of any mess he made. Dirty dishes, piles of clothes, trailing dirt in the house, and had even brought in a few pigeons because he thought he was their leader. He was hardly keeping himself clean and was smoking pot in their house.

"Dani, I've had it with you! I don't know why Finn still invites you over! You make our house look like a tornado struck, you stink, and the cops might be coming to our home because of you!"

"Sethie, Sethie...I'll take care of everything when we get back from the picnic. I'll make you proud." Dani said, about to take a hit from the bong he had.

"Oh no!" Seth snatched the bong away. "If you want to smoke, do it outside. Miles away from our house. And another thing. You're on punishment. You're staying here to watch the house."

"But why?!"

"Because, Finn and I agreed it would be best if you watch over the house today. I don't like the idea, but Finn said it'll give you a chance to prove to me that you can be better this. Though, I doubt it."

"What do I gotta do?"

"You're going to clean up the mess you made. You keep watch over Kevin. Make sure he gets outside and don't feed him any hotdogs. No smoking in the house or near the house."

"Seth! Come on, we gotta go!" Finn called out from outside.

"Yeah, Papa!" Colby was calling him too.

"That all?" Dani asked.

"I'm coming!" Seth grabbed his bags. Before he left, he popped his head back into Dani's room. "Oh, and Dani."

"What?! What now?" Dani asked, annoyed. Scratching the back of his head.

"You stink. Please, for the love of God, take a damn shower." Seth then headed downstairs. Dani heard him shutting the door and locking it.

"Ugh..." He groaned. "What a drama queen."

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It was now lunchtime and Dani had just finished taking a shower. Finally clean. He was now trying to clean up some of the mess in the house he had made. Finn would help him do laundry tomorrow, since Seth didn't trust him with using the washer and dryer.

After getting everything on the floor cleaned up, he started washing the dishes. He had some music playing, and Kevin was barking at heels. The dog was hungry.

"Shut up! You're giving me a headache." He looked at the dog, who was now just sniffing around the house for some food. "What? You want some food? Fine. Don't tell Sethie I gave you some, Kay?"

He went to the fridge, getting out some leftover hotdogs from last night. He put a few pieces in the dogs bowl.

After Dani was finished doing the dishes, he went to living room. He sat down on the couch, lighting up some incense. Seth or his brother weren't here, so they wouldn't notice if he had smoked in the house.

He was bored now, trying to find something to watch on TV. His brother and his mate were out having fun today on a nice summer day. And he was stuck here, watching over the house and the dog. It was the Fourth of July, he should be out having fun too. He could even use some good sex tonight also. He was in his late twenties and it had been a while since he had been laid. He checked the time. It would be a while before Finn and Seth got back home with their son. He shrugged his shoulders, going to grab a light jacket from his room.

"Fuck it. Sethie will bitch, but at least I'll have my share of fun."

He went over to the door, going to outside. "Be back soon, Kev. Don't shit around the house, kay?"

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Hours later...

"Ow! You piece of shit! You can't just kick me out!" She screamed at the man who had just kicked her out of the store.

"Miss, you better get your ass out of here before I call the cops."

"Fuck you. I'm homeless and you can't give me any free food?"

"Not if you don't have the money to pay for it. Now get out of here!"

"I'm going, alright? Bastard."

She pulled up her hood, walking away from that store. She had just used up the last bit of her money to take the bus here and had nowhere to go. She would be sleeping on the streets tonight.

She heard some fireworks going off, over near the park. She didn't care for them. All she cared about was finding some place to sleep. She kicked at a bottle that was on the ground, sitting down on a bench.

"I gotta find a shelter or else I'm sleeping outside tonight."

She heard some movement from behind her. She turned around seeing a young alpha, sitting down in the grass. "You scared me."

"S-sorry." The man stammered. "I thought you were the cops."

"If I was the police do you think I would be dressed like this?"

The alpha who she was talking to was Dani. He looked the woman up and down. She had on a t-shirt, a skirt, and jacket, the hood hiding most of her hair. From he could tell it looked like it was either blonde or red, maybe a light brown. She was thin and had some makeup on.

"You're an omega?" He asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"What you doing out here by yourself?"

She sat down next to him. "I just got here. Couple of days ago."

"So, you don't live here?"

"No."

Dani felt sorry for her. The poor lady was out here by herself and could possibly get hurt. He thought she was kinda pretty, even though she seemed a bit rough around the edges.

"Come home with me."

The woman laughed. "You want me to come home with you. I'm in my forties and you're how old?"

"About twenty-eight?"

"So young you are." She said, ruffling up his hair. "You sure you can handle me?"

"Of course!" Dani gave her a goofy looking smile.

She couldn't help but to smile back at him. The alpha may have seemed a bit out of it and weird, but she did think he was sort of cute. Adorable actually.

"Can you spare some of what you're smoking?"

"Yeah!" He handed her the bong. "You coming home with me?"

"Of course."

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Dani brought the woman back to the house. Kevin immediately started barking at her. "Kev, stop. Leave her alone."

"Cute dog you got."

"He's not mine. He's Sethie's."

"Who?"

"My brother's mate. Come on, lets go to my room and I'll show you a good time."

The woman chuckled. "Lead the way."

They both headed upstairs, going inside his room. Dani was very excited. He had gotten lucky tonight. He had found a pretty omega and was about to have a good fuck tonight. He shut the door to his room, forgetting to lock it.

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"Dani, we're home!" Finn called out to his brother. Roman was outside with the pups, while Seth followed Finn inside the house. Making sure that Dani had cleaned up the place.

He sniffed at the air. He noticed the smell of the pot and also something else. He soon figured out what it was. Saw it on the floor.

"Ugh! Finn! Your brother is never allowed here again."

"Great, now we have to clean up this mess. He didn't take Kevin outside." Finn grabbed the dog. "Come on, boy. Your owner is going to check up on Dani."

"Yeah, let me deal with your hopeless brother." Seth said, heading upstairs.

"Seth, don't be mean."

"Well, its true." Seth stood in front of Dani's door, knocking at it. "Dani! Open up this door! We need to talk!"

No answer. He could hear some loud music from inside. And also what sounded like...moaning...?

'Did he bring someone back with him?'

A loud scream of pleasure was heard from inside. Seth didn't want to go in, but he needed to let Dani know that he had failed to watch over the house. And now, he had just brought some random stranger to their house.

He put his hand on the door knob, turning it. He wasn't surprised to see it was unlocked. Finn's brother could be so forgetful. He opened the door and was met with a sight he wished he had never seen.

Dani who had not yet noticed him, was lying on his bed, with an older omega woman on top of him. She was very skinny, and had long auburn hair. She was moaning and screaming very loudly.

"Mmm, you feel so good, baby!" Dani moaned, thrusting up into her.

"Oh yes! Fuck me, Dani!"

Seth recognized that voice. He was really angry now. Of all things that could have happened tonight, this had to be one of them.

"DANI! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BITCH DOING IN OUR HOUSE!"