Eddward wakes up before the rest of the houses inhabitants. He feels something weird in his chest and when he opens his eyes, his chest was glowing.

"No... Fuck..." he says in shock. Jumping up, he throws on a black tank top and a red shirt to cover the glowing before the wolf could see it.

The sleeping redhead was suddenly jarred from his sleep when the person he was using as a pillow jumped out of out and frantically started putting clothes on. "Hey, ya know, it's rude to do that when someone is using you as a pillow. What's going on?" Kevin yawned and stretched.

"N-nothing, Mon Cher. I thought I heard a noise but it was my imagination" Eddward lies smoothly as he slows and pulls on boxers and pants.

"Well then, come back to bed for a little bit. I sleep better with you here." Kevin lies back down and buries himself farther into the blankets and pillows.

Eddward smiles though his heart it still racing from panic. He walks back to the bed and lays down with the wolf.

"You're warmer than normal..." Kevin wrapped an arm around Edd's waist and snuggles into his chest before slipping back off to sleep.

Eddward sighs in relief and is just about to fall asleep when Marie starts banging on the door.

"EDDWARD WE NEED TO TALK! NOW!"

Kevin sighs, frustrated "Well it was nice while it lasted..." He stood up and dressed himself.

Eddward sighs "I am sorry. She has her own special brand of what you would call 'tough love'."

"Well, I like your love better" Kevin crawls over the bed and into Edd's lap, straddling him and kissing him.

Eddward kisses back "I must admit, yours is more appealing" he agrees before the door flies open.

"Eddward, you can't continue to ignore me! I've been your friend for over a hundred a fifty years!" Marie growls from the door way.

Green eyes roll as they connect with ice blue eyes again. "I guess a wake-up-blowjob is out of the question then, hmm?" Kevin laughs and kisses Edd one final time before sliding off his lap and standing.

Eddward groans in frustration at both Marie and the lost blow job "The fuck you think you're going?" Marie hisses at the wolf.

"Marie, stop being so hostile to Kevin." Eddward growls shutting her up for the moment.

"I figured I would be allowed to pee. Is that acceptable for you?" Kevin sassed.

"Kevin." Eddward says in a warning tone making Marie shoot Kevin a cocky smirk, now that she isn't the only one getting in trouble.

Kevin rolled his eyes, this time at Eddward, crossing his arms. He moves to walk out the door, pausing when Marie wouldn't move. "Move, please, or I'll pee on you."

"HE HAS NO MANNERS WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU SEE IN HIM?!" she screams, jumping out of his way as Eddward tries to hide his amusement at the wolf's words.

Kevin laughs and walks to the bathroom, smiling the whole time. He had to get out of here. He couldn't stand Marie anymore. Edd needed new friends if this was the pinnacle of his friendships.

"Eddward" Marie hisses.

"Marie." he responds calmly having a staring match with her.

Kevin entered the bedroom again, still looking cross and pouting and sat on the bed.

"Kevin, I am very sorry to ask this, but will you please go hunting? I believe Marie and I need to have a little chat." Eddward says calmly.

Kevin looked at him and furrowed his eyebrows "Hmm k" He stood and briskly walked to the door and rushed outside. Transforming and running off into the night. Maybe killing things will make him feel better.

"Marie, what seems to be the problem?" Eddward says still trying to stay calm as her behavior was grating on his nerves as well.

"What seems to be the problem? You're getting yourself into a pile of shit! I don't want to see you go through that again!"

"I won't Marie." Eddward says simply "And furthermore it's none of your business."

"It is my business when you end up almost dead... Again! I can't handle that another time!" Quickly realizing her mistake, she changes tactics "What is so attractive about him? Physically he is cute but not your type..."

Eddward sighs "You don't know my type Marie. There is something about him… I realize he is my polar opposite but that just attracts me to him more" he says a fond smile on his face, thinking about the wolf.

"You're asking for it, Eddward! You're fucking asking for it! Don't you remember what happened last time? Stick with vampires! These little crushes of yours are getting old."

"IT IS NOT A CRUSH MARIE!" Eddward roars finally snapping.

"Oh, honey, it really is. To be in love with a human is low but it is accepted but the mutts?! They are below us, they are worthless, and disgusting creatures…"

Eddward snaps and back hands the blue haired female vampire "It. Is. Not. A. Crush!" he says slowly deliberately and deathly quiet.

Marie slowly moved her head back and rubbed her cheek, glaring at Eddward. "Alright, what is it then? True love? That mongrel doesn't know the meaning of the word..." Marie hisses "I do..."

"Marie... You are a dear friend so I had hoped you would be happy that I've been claimed..." Eddward says quietly.

"Claimed? What sense do you mean?"

"You know exactly what I mean, Marie." Eddward says leveling a look at her.

"I saw you naked earlier today! You weren't claimed then!"

Eddward rips off both of his shirts. "Believe me now?!" he hisses, gesturing to his chest that was glowing red just above his heart.

Marie held in a gasp but her side eyes took full effect. She brought a hand up and gently touched the glowing area... It was warm and pulsed brightly.

Eddward stands there perfectly still waiting for her to say something. He just wanted to be happy about it but two things were stopping him: her attitude and his fear of Kevin's reaction.

Marie pulls her hand away and sighs sadly. "Well, I guess it's true. It is more than a crush." She runs her hand through her hair before smiling. "I'm sorry, Eddward. I was being a real bitch... I just wanted to see you happy. Does he make you happy?"

"Yes, he does even more than Pumpkin did." Eddward says with a small bitter sweet smile.

Marie sighs again "Alright, alright... So when are you initiating the full moon ritual?"

Eddward sighs "I doubt he even knows what that is and I do not wish to scare him away after so suddenly confessing my feelings last night. I will just have to hide this in the meantime" he says sadly as he puts the shirts back on.

"You know you will have to tell him soon... You only have three full moons and the first full moon is in a few days."

Eddward sighs "Yes, I know... Oh hell, this is bad! I'm going to have to fend off a horny werewolf on a full moon" Eddward groans.

"Well, you're the one them at choose this path, now ya gotta walk it!" Marie sassed rubbing her cheek.

"I am sorry I hit you Marie" he says cupping her other cheek to get a look at the one he back handed.

Marie closed her eyes and sighed. She had lost. Eddward would never be hers but she needed to be a good friend and be there for him like she was last time. Leaning into his touch a final time before she sighed and pulled away. "So, tell me about him. What kind of baggage does he have?"

Eddward spends the rest of the night until Kevin got back telling her all about the wolf and how they met, what he knew about his past, and what had happened between them, sparing her the gory details of their rough form of love making. They are laughing when Kevin walks in from the hunt, covered in mud and blood.

"Kevin! You are absolutely filthy! What happened?"

"I gotta talk to you, I found someone that might be able to help us figure out what's been going on." Kevin said seriously but there was a happy/tired look on his face.

Eddward stands up "You didn't bring them here, did you?" he asks, furrowing his brow.

"No, give me some credit, Eddward." Kevin flicked his tail and walked off back outside to wait.

Eddward sighs "I'll be back. Go hunting, you must be starving" he says, following the wolf out. Marie smiles sadly following him outside then flitting off into the opposite direction the wolf was facing

"Alright, Mon Cher, let us depart."

Kevin lead Eddward through the woods to a rocky hillside and after wandering through the trees and bushes at the bottom, Kevin revealed a cave entrance. "Wait here. I'm going to go get him. He's young and terrified so try not to be so cranky, hmm?"

Eddward quirks an eyebrow and taps his foot "Get on with it then."

Kevin rolled his eyes "Oh, see. There's a good start..." and walked off into the darkness of the cave. He emerged a few minutes later with another wolf, but much younger, under foot. He looked exactly like Kevin but a darker red color. "Remember when I told you about my past and how when we were attacked my younger brother was taken from me? This is him."

Eddward doesn't know what to think but he looks between the two in shock, quickly gathering his bearings. He kneels down "Petit Loup, do you have a name?" he asks gently holding out his hand as a sign of friendship.

The small pup cowered and ducked behind Kevin's front paws. Kevin stepped over him and moved behind him so he couldn't run away. The pup looked back at his brother then at Eddward and sniffed his hand then with a soft voice said "Daniel."

Noticing the little wolf was skinnier than what was healthy, Eddward frowns slightly before a soft smile replaces the frown. "Mon Petit Loup, when was the last time you fed?" he asks kindly.

Kevin smiled, happy Daniel was loosening up a little bit more and more. "Brother, let me have his kill tonight. Before then... It was a few days. Nat didn't like to share his food, especially with me."

Kevin growled "That asshole knew that he was too young to know how to hunt effectively. By now he should be able to hunt at least the smaller creatures but he can't because he was never taught. Luckily he's not a hunter, he's a healer, so at least that's in our favor."

Eddward frowns and motions for the young wolf to come closer. Daniel stood up and slowly walked closer, ready to run and braced for the hit that he just knew was coming. After all that's been his life for the last 8 years...

Eddward gently moves forward the rest of the way and pets his head softly. "It is alright, Mon Petit, no one will harm you. Nat is not coming back, we will take great care of you" he says in a soothing tone. His anger rising as he notices the little wolf's timid behavior, he has no doubt that he has suffered greatly at the hands of the teal haired menace but he forces it down, his eyes turning purple from the suppressed rage.

Daniel's timidness and shyness was quickly disappearing. Kevin smiled. It made him happy to know that Eddward had accepted his little brother. Kevin has lost 8 years of Daniel growing up because of Caleb and Nat made sure that Daniel was not a concern in any way. If he could kill Nat again, he would a hundred times over. He got to his feet and padded over to the pair and looked him over again. Eddward had a very keen eye, he was very thin... and frail. Being scared to death of his own shadow isn't helping matters either. Kevin was at a loss. He didn't want to leave his brother but he didn't want to leave Eddward either.

"Kevin, have you fed tonight?" Eddward asks gingerly picking up the small wolf.

"A little. Most of my kill went to him." Kevin said, watching with a close eye.

Eddward stands up "You should go hunting. I will take him back to the house, he needs shelter and a bath. Would you like that, Little Wolf?" he asks a gentle smile on his face.

"Really? A real bath?" Daniel's face lit up and his tail uncurled. He looked back at Kevin "You're coming too, right?"

"I'll be there soon. I gotta catch some food and I'll be there." Kevin smiled. "You sure, Edd?" Kevin looked at him hesitantly.

Eddward smiles at the little wolf's excitement "Yes, you know by now that if I was not I would not have offered. Tomorrow we will move to another safe house, one with two bedrooms" he says walking away with Daniel.

"See ya soon, guys" Kevin took off into the woods, hoping to get some sort of kill before the Sun rose too high in the sky and more humans were running about. He hoped that Marie was not going to cause too much of a hassle.

"Be very still so that I do not drop you, alright, Mon Petit?" Eddward instructs before taking to the trees, flitting back to the safe house.

Daniel held on tight. He was still worried that he was going to get hurt somehow but if his brother trusted him than so could he.

Eddward lands a few feet from the safe house "We are here, Young One" Eddward says gently, trying to get the small boy to stop shaking.

Daniel tried to stop his shaking but he was freezing. He should be used to the cold, he has spent the better part of the last three years almost completely outside.

Eddward steps in the warm house noticing a fire has been lit "...Oh no…" He says before Marie comes around the corner. He buries Daniel's face in his chest and shoots her a 'be nice or I'll kill you look'. She raises her hands and backs off into the living room, allowing Eddward to pass and go into the bathroom.

"Is there someone else here? I smell another person...?" Daniel asks nervously.

"It is alright, Mon Petit. Yes, my friend Marie is here. She is nice, I will introduce you later" he says setting down the timid wolf and starting a hot bath. "I need you to shift back into your human form, is that ok?"

"Okay..." Daniel concentrates hard but it able to finally transform back into his human form.

Eddward turns around and sucks in a deep breath. It was worse than he thought, the young wolf was sickly pale and pencil thin. His mop of red hair went down to his shoulder blades and matted to his forehead and back with leafs and sticks here and there. The small boy's arms and chest were covered in bruises, fresh and old. That wasn't the worst of it though; there were scars all over the poor thing and he could only assume that his legs where in much the same condition. Eddward's eyes turn purple again from suppressing his sadness and overwhelming rage.

"Come here, Mon Petit. Let's get you out of those pants and into the nice warm bath, yes?" he says gently.

"Yeah! Thank you for helping me" Daniel smiled. He's never really had someone that genuinely felt that cared for him.

Eddward's icy heart melts a little as he helps the boy out of the pants, having to practically peel them and his underwear off they were so dirty. When he helps the boy into the warm bath, his heart breaks a little as he sees thick scars all across his back… No doubt from a whip. Noticing the bruises and scars also littered his legs, once the boy is settled into the bath, Eddward takes his clothes "I will be right back. I am going to ask my friend to get you new clothes, would you like that?" he asks.

"Yes, please!" Daniel submerged himself as much as possible in the water and rinsed himself off. The warm water soothed his aching back and legs, his last beating still pretty fresh for him. He hoped that his big brother and his friends would help next time. Daniel was able to smile again.

Eddward nods and walks out of the room and into the living room throwing the pants at Marie "I need you to go into town and get the boy new clothes a couple pairs, if you would" he says without prompt.

"Oh, hi to you too, Eddward. My hunt went great, how did you and your wolf fair? By the way, who the HELL is that?!"

Eddward sighs "Hello, Marie. I am glad your hunt went great, Kevin and I did fine and that is his little brother and lower your voice" he hisses out the last part. "He is very timid and I'll not have you scaring him" he calms down after says that and says "Can you get the clothes or not?"

"Fine, but you owe me blood packs for losing sleep." Marie takes off into the night. On his way back to the house, Kevin heard a noise from the tree tops and looked up. Seeing Marie flitting for tree to tree, heading towards town. He sped up and hit the front deck in human form, opening the door.

Eddward is already back in the bathroom having grabbed a t-shirt of his and is now trying to gently scrub the dirt and grime out of the little red head's hair.

"Edd? Daniel?" Kevin called. He then heard water splashing and light talking. Kevin moved down the hallway and listened to them.

"That is perhaps the most magnificent bubble beard I have ever seen in my two hundred and eighty six years of life." Eddward states firmly to the giggling boy.

Kevin smiled. He was happy and grateful that the man he loves has welcomed his baby brother with open arms and a seemingly open heart. It made him fall in love with the vampire all over again.

"Are you ready to get out now that you are clean?" Eddward asks just before the little red head splashed water on him. Eddward gasp and the little boy freezes.

"I-I'm s-sorry" he says cowering in the corner of the bath.

"Oh you're sorry, are you? Not yet but you will be" Eddward says before splashing him back playfully.

Daniel laughed and splashed back a bit. He felt so much better without all of the dirt and dried blood off him. He knew Eddward was special to his brother and he didn't want to make him angry so he would try his best to be good. Kevin leaned against the doorframe and watched the display.

Eddward laughs "Alright, alright! Enough, you red headed menace! I give, I give! I am soaked through to the bone!" He stands up to grab a towel for the little boy and freezes when he sees Kevin. "It would appear that your brother is back, Little One" he says with a slight blush to his cheeks.

"Hi Big Brother!" Daniel cheered.

"Hey Little Brother" Kevin smiled and looked to Eddward "Thanks babe. This means a lot to me." He kisses him lightly and grabs the towel. "Try not to touch me, kid. I'm pretty grimy."

"Eddward gives good baths!" Daniel cheers.

Eddward chuckles and takes Daniel from Kevin "Why don't you get a shower?" he says drying the small boy and pulling the large shirt over his head.

Kevin smirks and whispers in Edd's ear so Daniel couldn't hear "And here I was hoping to get one of the famous Eddward baths..."

Eddward snickers "Perhaps after I get him to sleep" he whispers back. "Alright, Little One, bed time." he says out loud to Daniel.

They all hear the front door open and close "Eddward, I got those clothes you wanted!" Marie called out.

Eddward smiles and picks up Daniel "Would you like to meet Marie now? She has a gift for you."

"A gift?! Yes!" Daniel says excitedly. Kevin laughs "I'll be right out" and shuts the bathroom door. Marie was going through the different bags and separating the different clothes into piles. Strangely, she felt bad for the kid and bought him a couple of items herself.

Eddward walks out "Marie, I would like you to meet Daniel. Daniel, I would like you to meet Marie. She can be scary sometimes but she is actually very sweet" he says with a snicker and Daniel timidly waves to the blue haired scary lady.

"Hi Daniel! I'm only scary when people are mean to me and call me scary." She smiles and laughs which caused the small red head to giggle too. "We got some stuff for you..." Marie gestures to the piles behind her

Eddward sets the red head down "Go on, it's alright, go see what we got you." He encourages the little pup who nods and makes his way over to Marie and the piles of stuff.

"All this is for me?" Daniel asks feeling the different fabrics and taking in the array of colors.

"Of course! They're too little for us!" Marie laughs.

Kevin emerges from the bathroom, freshly clean and in fresh clothes. He hears talking in the living room. When he saw the scene in front of him, it was almost too much. His love was trying on different clothes on his brother while Marie, watched and gave some input. Everyone was smiling, Kevin loved it. "What going on in here?" Kevin called out.

"Ah, Mon Cher, forgive me but I had Marie go into town and grab him some clothes. He only had a pair of pants and some underwear, both of which I had to peel off. They were not suitable for further use" Eddward says looking up and seeing Kevin.

Marie smirks at the larger wolf "I ain't all bad am I, Wolfy?" she asks keeping the insult light because of the kid.

"Thank you both. I didn't mean to throw him on you guys." Kevin admitted quietly. He gathered Edd in his arms send kissed him again "You just made me fall in love with you all over again." He looks to Marie "Thanks Marie... Don't worry, I'm not gonna kiss you." He laughs

"Good!" She laughs. "I'll just settle for a hug from Daniel." She hold her arms out and Daniel leaned into her embrace. "Thanks Marie!" he yawns out.

Eddward smiles for a moment but then frowns remembering the scars and bruises. He hugs Kevin "I need to show you something but you cannot react in front of Daniel" he whispers into Kevin ear and pulls back, a fake smile plastered to his face and waits for a response.

Kevin nods, he knew that Edd would give him a full once over. Daniel walks over to Kevin and yawns again, tugging on his pants. Kevin bent down and picked him up "Time for bed, God knows I could use it."

Eddward grabs the shirt he put on the small wolf and follows them into the bedroom. "Daniel how would you like to wear my shirt to sleep in?" he asks gently. Daniel nods a huge smile on his face as he wiggles out of his brothers arms and runs to Eddward who is sitting on the bed he makes eye contact with Kevin before he begins undressing the young wolf revealing the bruises and scars.

Kevin's eye widen slightly and he quickly recovered. Rage boiling in his chest and it took all his will power to not turn red. His only saving grace was that Daniel was safe NOW and he was never going to be put through that Hell again.

Eddward smiles at the young wolf. "To bed with you, Young One. We have a long journey tomorrow and you need to be well rested" he says picking him up and tucking him into bed. Eddward pets his hair and walks to the door and waits for Kevin to join him.

"Night, kid. See you in the morning." Kevin brushed some errant bangs out of his face.
With a small nod and an even smaller "Night Brother", Daniel was sleeping. With the door shut, Kevin stalks into the hallway and before turning to Edd "If Nat wasn't dead before he would be now. I'm teaching him how to fight and hunt and I'm picking his brain about what's going on. He said he saw you when Nat captured you."

"I wouldn't know, I was unconscious at that time" Eddward says matter of factly "but that is a good idea. The poor thing is severely malnourished and hasn't been getting enough fresh air it would seem" he says in annoyance. "Does he know what they did to me?" he asks.

"I don't know... Maybe. I don't wanna stress him out but in order to stop whatever is going on we need to know ASAP. When I found him, he was trying to hunt some smaller creatures but was failing miserably. Not many people have this color hair either... I confronted him and found out who he was. He doesn't remember that day but he remembers little pieces of me and the family. Edd... He said he saw our Mother and Father... After they were supposed to be dead. Caleb is still floating around too. I'm getting edgy but Daniel needs to know how to hunt and how to defend himself. He's not built to fight, healing is his ability. That should come in handy."

Eddward nods "Yes, I can see how that would be concerning and I am glad you found him. I, too, want some answers as to what is going on but give let's give him some time to rest, Mon Cher. Who knows what that horrible brother of yours was doing to him… Some of the scars and bruises are fresh and when he walks, it is with a limp. Tomorrow, during the journey to a new safe house, one of us will be holding him."

"I hope Nat's dead, because if he's not, I'm going to take immense pleasure in killing him. Slowly and painfully... And this time, I'll make sure he's dead!" Kevin growled through gritted teeth, fists clenched at his side and starts pacing the hallway.

Eddward stops him "Mon Cher, what matters now is that he is safe with us" he says cupping his cheek and kissing him gently.

Kevin clings to Edd tightly. "I need sleep" he whines tiredly. Marie appears at the end of the hallway. "Don't worry, Kevin. Between the three of us no one is gonna touch Daniel. Promise you that."

Eddward chuckles at the shocked look on Kevin's face "You may not know this but vampire women are barren. Because of this, most of them get attached to children quickly and are ferociously protective of them" he explains, causing Marie flip him off and huff away bitterly.

"Well I appreciate it." Kevin chuckles and leans against Edd, burying his head into Edd's neck. "Sleep?"

Eddward nods "Yes, let me go get a shower and change we will have to sleep on the floor tonight" he says, ducking into the room Daniel was sleeping in. He quietly gets a change of clothes and comes back out heading to the bathroom.

While Eddward was showering, Kevin sat on the bed next to Daniel. The shock of it all was still amazing. He had his baby brother back! He moved the same arrant bangs away from his face and curled up with him, just to wait until Edd got out. Within seconds he was sound asleep.

Eddward gets dressed after his shower and goes off to find Kevin, only to find him curled up with the young wolf. He smiles and exits the room deciding to sleep in the living room. Marie is already sleeping so he doesn't get any snarky comments before he finds a comfortable position on the floor and falls asleep.