When Lovers Wake

A/N: Happy (very extremely belated) NEW YEAR EVERYONE! WELCOME TO 2015! THE YEAR OF MY GRADUATION! So.. it's been FAR too long hasn't it? I haven't touched this story is quite sometime. All of you are probably thinking "WHY THE FUCK DID SHE WAIT NEARLY A YEAR TO UPDATE?" Okay so to answer those two questions, after I had posted the last chapter of the last thing I updated which I don't even know what that was, little cousins with orange juice happened.. They destoryed my computer drive and I literally couldn't afford another laptop at that current time and I had to find someone that could dig into my drive and pull all 1000 files and documents I had stored in there so I could finish these fics accurately. Lame excuse yes, but I've got a new laptop and I'm back to writing again Lovelies!

Another thing: I was deeply offened by some of the messages some reviewers left me about why I decided to introduce those new characters. The messages were rude and I was deeply hurt by them. I never inteded to punish any of you other sweet readers because most of you are so sweet and kind and you put up with me being an absolute asshole and idiot for not keeping up with my updates, but let's welcome the new year with new chapters for every ongoing fic I have running!

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Chapter 17: New Members

Recap: "Where you are is none of your concern. As for Shaylene, she's dead. We found her and she was far beyond our ability to help." I deadpanned to him. This guy deserves no sympathy; not for what he's dragged us into.

"S-she's d-d-dead?" he stares at us shocked as if we might be lying. But sadly, I don't lie. No about things like this.

"Subject dropped. What are you doing here and why have you come back to us?"

They all shared a glance of shyness and suffering. Two things that I've never seen together.

"We've come to help you fight the Council of Shadows. We've gathered some information that might be useful to you in the battle."

You have got to be fucking kidding me...

"You want to help us? After we trusted you and you decided to run off like that?" Mason sneered, "That's fucking rich. You hear that, Neville? They wanna help us now after nearly dropping us and leaving us for dead."

Neville snickered and laughed with a dark undertone, "Oh, how I'd like to kill you all and have Calla bring you back to life again and again so I could just do it over and over again as many times as I want."

"Neville! Stop it! I'm not going to revive anyone multiple times so that you can kill the "over and over again. And you, Mason, need to cool it. I understand your pent up frustrations with these remaining people. And they did comeback, so if none of the information they give us is usable or of value to us, I can hand them over to you to and you can have field day with them and their corpses." The last statement I stared them straight in the eye and watched as they cowered under my gaze as an alpha female.

Taking a seat on the wooden stool Ren had gotten for me, I cleared my mind and readied myself for any possible bullshit they might try and pull over us.

"Well.. Let's hear this "information" you have for us."

Alex, Gina, Jason, Patch, and Caroline looked around the dark cold room and at their restraints before looking back up at me with pleading eyes.

"I'm not taking the restraints off. Now either you start giving me information or I let these two, "I gestured to Mason and Neville, "extract it out of you and I really don't think you want them to do that. I'm showing you mercy right now. After all, what they said isn't wrong. You did leave us for dead to try and fight the Council of Shadows alone. So I see one of two options happening. You can either give me the information, or I can let these two force it out of you and then let them kill you. So either way, I'll have that information, but whether you live or die, that is entirely your choices. So what's it going to be?"

I could feel the other pack members staring at me with slack jaws and shocked gazes. It was like I changed into a completely different individual. One with a sharp tongue and a cold persona.

After staring at them for a good solid five minutes and not a word spoken, I had to issue the ultimatium, "Alright. Since it seems you have nothing to say, Mason and Neville, have all the fun you want to." I stood up and started out the door with Ren, Dax, Fey, Sabine, Cosette, and Bryn flanking behind me.

Just as the metal door was about to close, I heard Alex scream, "OKAY! OKAY WE'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING! JUST DON'T LET THEM CUT OUR FINGERS OFF!"

"I thought you'd see things my way." I made my way back into the room and took my seat again and waited for this new information.

"Okay, so the Council is suppose to be very old , right?"

"Yes. Thank you for stating the obvious."

"Well, with as notroious as they are, you'd think that there would be more history than just 100 years. The most information is compiled within the last 25 years. That's not very long at all. The Council seems to have formed when the new Keeper's Council was appointed. As you porbably know, new Council members aren't appointed until they die and more than likely, it's usually the children of those current members that get appointed. The current Keeper's Council consists of Amelia, Damien, Charlotte, and Lucas, correct? Well none of them have any relation to the previous members and all of them had children AND the members before them are still alive and breathing."

"You do realize that what you just said contradicts everything you just stated, right? How can they not be related to the previous Council members and they couldn't have been appointed unless the previous members were pronounced dead by the current Alphas of the packs in the division, including my parents and Ren's. If they say someone's dead, they're indeed dead. So please care to enlighten us as to how you have evidence that these ex-Council members are still alive and not buried in the ground?"

"IF I was unchained, I could provide you with the proof you wish to see." Alex sarcastically commented.

"You are in no position to be sarcastic with me, you little shit. Now why should I trust that you're not gonna shift and run again?"

"Umm.. Well for one, that one, Mason, I think, said he would knee cap me and shove them down my throat just now if I tried to run."

I looked at Mason and silently thanked him for being there to help me at this moment. I may be the Alpha, but Mason..he's pretty damn scary when he wants or needs to be.

"Very well. Mason and Neville stand by the door and get ready to kill him if he runs. Dax stand beside him and Ren on the other. I swear to god, if you even make one step towards that door, you will be dead faster than you have time to piss yourself. Understood?"

Alex nodded and I gave Dax the nod to undo all the restraints.

Freed from his restrants, Alex remained seated and just rubbed the sore spots on his wrists where purple bruises were starting to form. Reaching into his back pocket, he pulled out a panda flash drive.

"What the hell is this? Do you need to print out a school paper or something? You just told Calla that you have evidence for her. Not a stupid flash drive." Mason snapped.

"If you would stop being an egotistical jerk, you would hear what I have to say. All the information is on that flash drive. Al the photos with dates on which they were taken and all the missing documents from the archives."

"That's impossible. Those documents were destroyed in the fire all those years ago."

Alex shook his head and opposed my statement, "That fire was just a distraction so that the robbers could steal all the files that would expose them. They planted fake documents to throw suspicion off themselves and make it appear that they had dispersed and faded throughout the years. But they are very much alive."

Taking the flash drive, I carefully looked at it and then at the chained up wolves.

Untie them all and let them roam in the room. After all, they couldn't escape even if they wanted room is inpenitrible and completely secure. "We will examine these files and if they prove to be all they claim to be, I will have you inducted into this pack effective immediately. However, if they are nothing but lies and bullshit, your heads will be on a silver platter for Mason and Neville to play with. Dax, after you finish undoing all the restraints, lock the door and meet us upstairs in the grandroom."

"Alright, I'll be up in a few."

"Alright then. Let's go." I turned on my heels and started my way back upstairs. My head began throbbing from all the stress and the agony of getting these stupid wolves to talk.

"Mason, go get the laptop from your house and bring it here. The rest of you, clear the table and get ready for open discussion on the files in here. Not you Bryn, I need you t-"

"You need a couple pills and some tea with honey, right?" She commented with a smile.

"You really are the best. Please?"

She bounced away into the kitchen and started doing whatever she does in there.

Minutes later, Mason returned with his computer and Bryn with my tea and medicine. Putting the flash drive in, I was deeply disturbed by the images and documents.

"Ren, these aren't possible. The previous members were declared dead 25 years ago, but these photos were taken less then 4 days ago."

I turned the laptop around for everyone to see the photos and their expressions were just as shocked as mine.

"Calla. For all you know, these could be shopped and dates could be faked." Fey commented.

"Not possible, Fey. My hardware system runs a scan to make sure that these are original documents and not fakes. They are as real as real gets."

"So if they're alive, how did they get past the inspection of the Alphas and the hospitals cornorer?" I questioned.

"I'm not sure. But from these photos, they look as young as they did 25 years ago. So they could be using some old or dark magic here." Neville commented.

"That could be. But that doesn't explain how they passed the inspections and if they're up and walking, who is lying in their coffins in the Keeper's Crypt?"

The question raised many eyebrows and suspicions continued to grow. How can we be sure of this? I hoped that after we looked at these we would have more answers, but this just leaves us with no answers and more questions that need answers.

A/N So this is the update that I have prepared for this story. I have made a schedule to update this fic on Mondays, so expect more updates on this day or if not sooner because being a senior is fantastic. Believe me on that one.

So what do you guys think happened? How did the previous council members get away with being alive?

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