Eddward feels a wave of anxiety crash over him from his link with the red head and feels extremely guilty knowing it's his fault. A few more miles later, he spots the safe house "There Darling, I see it!" Eddward says pointing up ahead.

Kevin slows to a stop a distance away. He listen, smelled, and felt out for anything that may be amiss. Everything felt normal and things were quiet for the most part, just the sounds of the forest around him. He reached out to Eddward for a comforting presence before walking to the house. Eddward is quick to look house over top to bottom, coughing and sneezing at all the dust.

"Well, I don't think anything is here. We would be able to tell if something was in here recently." Kevin said lifting his paws, leaving a print in the dust and dirt.

Eddward nods and sets the young wolf on the couch "It needs some work but it's a roof over our heads."

"I feel better here than Danny's cave, I can tell ya that much." He smirks before transforming and coming up behind Edd, wrapping him in his arms. "Stop it, it's not your fault." Kevin countered and kissed the side of his neck.

"It is my fault, I should have been more cautious" Eddward says quietly looking down at the small wolf.

"They came after we left. Marie saved him. There was nothing you could have done different. You didn't know" another kiss upon Eddward's neck.

A silent tear drips down Eddward's face "I should have known that they were following us... I knew, I saw him that day before passing out... Kevin... It was Pumpkin..." Eddward says quietly.

"What was Pumpkin?"

"The explosion..."

Kevin moved in front of Eddward and gently made him look at him "Talk to me."

"After we separated that night, Pumpkin showed himself and started threatening you and Daniel" Eddward says quietly.

"You tell him where we were?"

"No, I picked him up by the throat and told him to stay far away from you three and..."

"... And?"

"I told him he meant nothing to me and that if he went near any of you, I would kill him" Eddward admits.

"So how do you figure that it's your fault?

"I let him get away! He didn't press the trigger until I said I love only you" Eddward says sadly.

"I'm thinking he would have pressed the trigger anyway" Kevin smiled and kissed him sweetly. "Just calm down. I want us to get back to where we were but I don't know how to help you. You didn't know he was going to rig the house with C4 and blow it up."

"I thought he was dead Kevin" Eddward says bursting into guilty, regretful tears.

Kevin brings Eddward into his arms and lets him cry it out, trying to shush him to calm him down. "It's okay, I believe you when you said that you thought he was dead. It's going to be okay. I know the feeling a bit, ya know?" he gently stroked and rocked lightly. Eddward nods eventually calming down.

"What happened sucked... Hard... But we have to rely on ourselves and each other to pull through. I'm not gonna let you fall without a fight but you gotta want to win too."

"I do want to win. I won't let him hurt you or Daniel" Eddward growls.

"Just as I won't let them hurt you or Daniel again. I would die before I let that happen. So let's put all this unpleasantness behind us and concentrate on the small issue we have here. Daniel's leg is not getting any better, he's just adapting to not using it or hardly using it"

Eddward nods "Yes, I've noticed. I'm rather worried about it."

"I don't know what to do, Edd..." Kevin sighed sadly, trying not to echo his sadness back to the already sad vampire.

Eddward feels his mate's sadness making him think on the situation harder. Then it hits him… it's so simple that he should have thought of it sooner. He steps up to the small wolf and feels the leg and sigh "I think I know what is wrong but you are not going to like it, Mon Amour."

Kevin groans "Just tell me. If it will help him..."

"We have to break his leg" Eddward says cautiously, knowing the ginger isn't going to react well to that.

Kevin stared blankly at Eddward, trying to digest the new information, waiting for a punch line to drop, or SOMETHING! That is not going to happen... No... He promised that he would protect Danny, not break his leg... AGAIN! "No, that's not gonna hapen"

"Kevin, his leg was broken and wasn't set right. That's why he is having trouble using it now" Eddward says calmly.

"You don't know that... You don't know that at all. I'm not allowing that!" Kevin growled sternly.

"Come here" Eddward says beaconing him forward. Kevin tried to ignore him but he couldn't. Sighing, he moved forward.

Eddward takes Kevin's hand and places it over the break. "Feel here and you tell me I am not certain his leg was broken." he instructs firmly but gently.

Kevin snatched his hand away "How would I do that? I've never had a broken bone before, let alone feel one that's healed properly!"

"It's quite obvious, Kevin, here!" Eddward grabs Kevin's hand and makes him feel the leg to show him there is a bump that should not be there. "Now feel your own leg or my leg you will notice that isn't normal."

"Oh, obvious, is it? Well I'm sorry I've never had this experience before. Excuse the fuck out of me... Don't manhandle me!" Kevin lashed out, cutting Eddward's hand.

Eddward hisses in pain and stands up looking at Kevin coldly "I apologize for trying to help." He begins walking away into the other room.

"You don't get to act all pissed off because you made me mad! That's not how this works!"

"I did nothing but try to help" Eddward growls closing the bedroom door in the wolf's face.

Kevin follows, more pissed off now "That's right, hide behind your façade. Hide behind your mask. The only person you're fooling is yourself! Do you forget that I am significantly younger than you? I already feel useless, I don't need to feel MORE useless from my mate, who is supposed to have my fucking back!"

"Keep your fucking voice down unless you want to wake, Mon Petit" Eddward growls, getting into kevin's face. "How did I make you feel useless Kevin? I was trying to help you, now I apologize that it was not exactly the solution you wanted but it is not my fault that he got his leg got broken by, I assume, your older brother."

"That's not Danny's fault either! I'm not having him go through more pain than what he already has! Then you talk to me like I'm an idiot because I don't know something!" Kevin paced.

"I apologize, I did not mean to make you feel like that but, Mon Cher, do you want him to regain function of that leg?" Eddward asks.

"I do but I'm not wanting to break it! How do I explain that to him? How do I do it?!" Kevin was frantic. He couldn't hurt Daniel, not after everything he's been through.

Eddward looks at him "He is ten years old. I will explain it to him and then I will put him in a trance and break it and reset it correctly." he says gently. Understanding where his mate was coming from but knowing that it needed done nonetheless so the small boy could live a normal life.

Kevin was agitated and angry. He knew he was being irrational but it felt good and he was going to do it, damnit. "A broken leg... He won't be able to be moved for a few days, you understand that, right?" he frowned and moved to leave the room.

"Kevin, it is either that or he continues as is and possibly lose function of the leg all together" Eddward points out quietly grabbing his lover's hand.

Kevin closed his eyes and breathed deep. Opening them again, he turned to face his mate. "Doesn't mean I have to like it. In fact, I hate it. Deep down, I know you're right and it pisses me off."

Eddward runs his hand through the red head's hair "I know, Mon Cher. I do not like it any more than you do" he says gently trying to exude calmness.

"Why can't anything be easy...? Why can't we just live in peace? Why does everything have to be a struggle?!" Kevin asked frustratingly as he leaned into Eddward's hand, extending a silent apology.

"I do not know, Mon Amour, but all we can do is fight for our love and our happiness" Eddward says kissing the wolf's temple.

Kevin reaches out, wrapping his arms around Eddward's waist and bringing him closer. He buried his face into Eddward's neck and breathed in his scent, drawing comfort from him. "Alright, fine..."

Eddward smiles softly "Darling, I love you never forget that."

Kevin snickers "I love you, too. Let's just go to bed and worry about everything else later." He tried to reason, pulling Eddward towards the bed. Eddward smiles and follows him to bed, all too willing

"This is easier than I thought. 60 years of dust everywhere and you're willing to go to bed so easily? I'm getting muddy tomorrow..."

"I will kill you. The only reason I am going to bed is to comfort you and because I am exhausted" Eddward growls, pushing him on the bed.

Kevin laughs and moves to allow Eddward on the bed and cuddle up. "Danny just got left on the couch" he laughed.

"There is only one bed, Mon Cher" Eddward snickers.

"Well then, I guess he is dealing with it, isn't he?" Kevin rolls on his side, bringing Eddward's face close and kissing him softly and sweetly before ducking under his chin and almost immediately going to sleep. Eddward finds that sleep does not find him easily and when it does it is fitful and filled with memories of death.