7 – Hale's are more than just wolves

Jeremy:

I took a deep breath before walking into the kitchen, holding myself back from full on lashing out at the imbecile that was sat at the table, hands clamped together and head bowed.

I slammed my hands onto the table, and watched him flinch, as I leaned forward. "What were you playing at out there?"

"You're too easy on them." He hissed back at me, not even glancing up from the table.

"They're kids."

"If they want to act like adults, then treat them that way. It's not like they're totally inexperienced at this."

"I don't care, they wanted to make a truce and you try to murder one of them. Do you think this is alright?"

"What if they are working for Cain, and they're just lying to your face?"

"If they were lying, they're awfully good because I never heard his heart skip a beat, not once." Elena intervened, glaring harshly at Clay who stared back, suddenly a look of disappointment on his face.

"But they-"

"There are no buts. The truce has been initiated, we do not harm either of them. If we do I cannot guarantee anyone's safety in the pack."

"It's a boy and a mutt, they're hardly intimidating."

"But they're not. They are in league with the Hale family, and they are a bunch I really don't want to deal with on top of this mess."

"I've never heard of this Hale family."

"You wouldn't. They don't live around here, and made sure not to tell any of you. I felt none of you needed to worry about...on top of that, I believed them to all be dead, but that doesn't seem to be the case."

"You said, you'd tell us about the Hale family." Elena asked, I glance at her, then to Clay and Antonio.

"Yes, when all of you were here...speaking of which, where is Nick?" I asked, looking around the room, Clay seeming to slide down his seat. "Clay?"

"Don't know..." He said, gulping a little to loudly. If that wasn't clue enough, his heart rate had become quicker.

"Clay, I swear I will break something...more than likely something attached to you."

"I locked in the basement. I'm surprised you can't hear him, considering he wasn't too happy about that." He smirked, as Antonio shook his head, storming off towards the basement.

"If you don't change this behaviour, and start acting how you should. I may put you in your place, and you won't like it. I can assure you of that." I snarl, and we all wait in silence as Antonio and Nick enter the room.

Elena ended up having to restrain Nick to keep him from attacking Clay, pulling him over to the other side of the room.

"So this Hale family...before these kill each other." Elena stuttered as she held back her pack brother who was baring his teeth at Clay.

"The Hale family. I don't know many of them, and none personally. But I know of the Alpha. Laura Hale. A good leader to my knowledge, before she disappeared of course. Then I know of Peter and Derek, both rebellious and well, boys. I know that there was a house fire, and that the Hale family was supposedly killed off, every last member."

"Until today...from what a kid said." Clay hissed under his breath.

"No I found out months ago, this fire was a few years back. I knew Derek had survived the fire, but I never felt he'd make it as an Alpha. And few wolves survive alone, but I guess I was wrong because he's making a pack...or at least has made one."

"Consisting of those two?" Clay smirked, unimpressed by this tale.

"I doubt it's just those two. They're are probably others, and that's what worries me. Because I don't know how big this pack is. I just know by reputation that wolves don't fair too well against the Hale family."

"I could handle him."

"I doubt it, last story I heard of the Hale family was taking on an Alpha pack. Consider yourselves lucky we didn't have to face them."

"An Alpha pack?" Nick asked, having calmed down now.

"A story for another time, maybe. For now, I'd like all of you to stay on their good side. I don't want the Hale family down here, wanting to murder the pack, because one of you can't keep your claws away."

"Fine...I won't touch them."

"Good, because we have other matters to attend to." I say, referring to our little mutt problem. At least those two aren't a totally liability to us...but it's still two wolves in town, two that could end up dead in the next week.

I best have someone keep an eye on them...