Chapter 9: These Are Hard Times

"Okay Russell. Up you go." The dark figure gestured. "I'm not pulling you out of this ground myself. Help me help you, you old fart."

Russell rose slowly. His clothes were dirty and he smelled of the dead.

"They didn't bury you that deep lucky for me. Makes everything much more dramatic, don't you think?" The man giggled to himself.

"Who are you? Where am I?"

"I think they called this body, Jesse St. James. He was a friend of your little girl, Lucy. You know the one that killed you. And you are now in the land of the living." Jesse rubbed his hands together excitedly.

"Welcome back."

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"I'm an Archangel, Quinn. I know everything, I know always." Rachel answered soothingly. Quinn growled at the angel, "Why didn't I think about this?! How could I be so naive?!"

"No you couldn't have, Quinn. You're in love. You were blinded and that's not your fault. This is what was supposed to happen. This was His plan all along. There is a greater purpose. There always is."

"No! Rachel, stop it! Stop it with the cryptic shit!"

"Quinn calm down." Santana mumbled while tugging on the girl's shirt.

"No! Don't you get it?! You're part Werewolf and Vampire. The elders are going to hate that. They'll try to kill you. And on top of that my father might be back with God knows who. We still have to have the mating Ceremony. And at the very least get this vampire venom out of you. Yeah you're pregnant now, but who knows what the leech part of you might do to it."

Faust lets out a whimper at the suggestion of harm coming to her pup. Santana sits quietly. Rachel still sits patiently with a smile on her face.

"Yes, Quinn. This is all correct. But it will be okay. I am here to help. Everything is going to be fine."

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A few days later

'So we just step like this?' Santana asked uncertain. After a long talk Quinn and Santana decided to start with the mate ceremony seeing as it was the least stressful activity they would have to get through. It would eventually get to the higher ups that Quinn's mate was half vampire, but they figured they cross that bridge when they came to it.

After much deliberating and planning, the couple were joined by the pack in the light woods behind the pack house.

Everyone, including Santana, were in their wolf forms. The pack surrounded the couple in a large semicircle. Santana couldn't help but feel slightly silly and a little embarrassed.

'Yes! Didn't Judy just explain that to you?' Faust rolled her eyes. She was trying to help Santana the best she could, but the girl made it difficult sometimes.

'You're always so rude to me. Hmph.' Santana stood in position. She was perched next Quinn sitting on her hind legs. To her this ceremony just seemed like a wedding, but Quinn kept insisting it was different.

She yelped slightly as Quinn nipped her paw drawing blood. Judy gestured for Santana to do the same to Quinn. She did albeit reluctant. She never wanted to bring harm to her mate.

They joined paws at the bleeding wounds. Judy said some things that Santana couldn't even begin to understand. Whatever it was, it triggered the wolves around them to howl happily. Quinn licked the side of Santana's muzzle affectionately causing Santana to giggle.

She could feel the bond between them become stronger by the second. It felt like a tether was connecting her to Quinn. She could feel the live radiated from the blonde and her's radiating back.

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"Maybe if we can get the venom out within the next couple of days, the council will never find out." Zion theorized to her packmates.

Quinn nodded along. She had been along that train of thought too. She looks to Rachel who sat quietly next to Brittany. "Would you agree, Rachel? Do you know anybody who could help?"

Rachel shakes a her head slightly. She thinks for a moment thing smiles happily, "I believe I know I a witch who could help. Her name is Mercedes. She's a tough one to crack but I'm sure she'll help for the right price."

Quinn smiled brightly, that was the news that had came out of Rachel's mouth sonce she arrived. "Finally, some solutions! Rachel take us to the witch!"

"Your wish is my command."

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A.N. Sorry this is so short, but if I would've kept going it would have been way to long so I cut it here.