Kevin rubs his temples "Really?! Right now?!..."
"Kevin, she attempted to kill us… Yes now!" Eddward growls.
"Why? Why can't we have a normal relationship?" Kevin sighs.
"I accept! Now get me out of this cell, you loathsome creature!" Victoria snapped.
"With pleasure" Eddward growls ripping open the cell "Get outside, you wretched sow."
"How dare you, if you had any sense of family or caring about anyone but yourself, maybe I would consider you being good enough for my son!"
"Victoria! That's enough!" Lucas bellowed.
"That's it... I'm fuckin' done..." Kevin walked out of the room, then the building, taking his wolf form and running off.
"I care about him deeply... Who gives a fuck if I die but I will not let you kill him!" Eddward growls pushing her outside.
"I'm not killing him!" Victoria rounds on Eddward, slashing his face. "Don't touch me!"
Eddward dodges it and grabs her by the arm and throat, slamming her into a tree. "If I die, so does he and vice versa. Such is the nature of our mating, you imbecilic wench" he growls before slamming her head into a tree.
"Break it! He doesn't need you!" Victoria slashed out again, feeling her claws gain purchase into Eddward's shoulder, leaning down and biting into his neck before pushing off and landing on her feet a ways away. "When will you get that through your head?!"
"There is no way to break it!" Eddward growls lunging at her and slashing her chest and stomach. "We are fucking soul mates!" he growls breaking her arm.
"Why can't you just leave him alone?! This is why we're in this situation with Alistar right now! Stay in your own lane! My sons are in danger because of you and you don't seem to even give a shit!" Cradling her bad arm and healing while she was talking, Victoria made a beeline for Eddward's legs. Kicking them out from under him and kicking him in the stomach when he fell back. Jumping on top of him she started to growl, slash and stab over his chest.
Eddward growls and pushes her off healing, albeit slowly. "Because I love him! I have tried leaving but it only hurt him worse and I won't be the one to break him. You are hurting him worse than I ever have!" he says lunging forward and snapping both of her legs with one correctly placed kick. Grabbing her by the throat, he slammed her into a tree and he smiled as a large crack was heard and he watched her slide down it, temporarily paralyzed. He strides forward and grabs her by her throat, pulling her up "I should fucking kill you right now for all you have done to me and my mate but instead I'm going to be the bigger being and let you fucking live" he says before dropping her on the ground. "I am not the selfish one here, Victoria, you are. Your sons love me and I put my life on the line to protect them with every breath I take. I healed Kevin's broken heart by giving him my own. I helped to heal Daniel when you abandoned him with Nat, who neglected and beat him so badly he was malnourished and had a broken leg, which I also healed. I have been trying to get along with you even though you despise me because you are his mother but your free pass ended tonight when you tried to kill me and by extension him. Even after I explained that if I were to die he would too, you were so blinded and selfish to comprehend that and continued to try to kill me! Now I ask, you who is the selfish one?" he says coldly staring her down.
"You don't know what it's like... You think I didn't try to protect Daniel? You think I let him be abused? Alistar separated us! I couldn't fight him by myself! I had no choice! When that bastard's son broke his leg, I almost killed myself to get Daniel help but I was taken to the 'cages'. I was confined in the darkest and deepest area of the compound. I was subjected to the most horrid and painful experiments. I tried to escape so many time and each time I was punished worse and worse. I almost died again so many times, trying to get Daniel or at least get him out so he could be free. I thought that if I can get him free, if he was lucky he would be able to find Kevin and if not, well, he had a better chance at survival than in that compound. I already lost one son, I didn't want to lose another!" her bruised eyes filled with tears. "I watched you and Kevin from afar, helped where I could. I'm the one who gave you two the medicine to cure Kevin's wounds and I tried to stop the C4 from blowing up the home but I was too slow to disarm it" she takes an unsteady sob. "I know my sons love you, I see Nazz care for you, and even Lucas... And it doesn't seem to matter. I have a rage for you inside my heart. It's not me, my god, it's not me. I'm not a fighter, I'm a nurturer, a healer, a mother... I'm supposed to care about life, no matter what. I tried to instill that message into my sons but I failed in living up to my own expectations" Victoria let loose a defeated sigh. "Just leave me. Leave me with my own thoughts... Leave me to die in a small bit of peace."
"No..." Eddward kneels down. "I will not let you die. You will heal with time and when you do, I hope to begin anew with you. I do not wish to have animosity between us, I never did, but I do not tolerate disrespect well, then an attempt on my mate's life as well as my own broke me. I am sorry this fight happened, however I feel it was necessary to get our aggressions out."
Eddward picks her up gently "I am taking her to the safe house to rest and heal, Marie. Please take the fledglings hunting. If you do not feel the need to take both, just take the red head and catch something for the ravenette. Now madam, I feel we have a great deal to talk about now that we have that out of the way, yes?" he asks.
"You have too much of a caring heart, I fear it will be your downfall, Rouge Shade..." Victoria mutters as she slips to sleep.
Eddward sighs "Yes, sometimes I wonder…" he says to himself as he makes his way the house. Once there, he tends to her wounds then heads back out, making a trip into town to gather some necessary supplies. On his way home he sends a message to Kevin through their bond thankful that he left it open "Home please?"
Kevin was just pulling himself out of the water when Eddward sent him the request to return home. Things seemed to have calmed down and Eddward was in a relative good mood. Kevin bitterly wondered if he had enough to bury this time around. He wasn't angry with Eddward, the whole situation was fucked and he wanted it taken care of. His mate wasn't the problem, his mother was. Sighed, he resigned himself to returning home, not really responding.
Eddward wraps the ginger in his arms as soon as he was through the door "Darling, welcome back."
"Did you leave enough for me to bury?" Kevin asks bitterly.
"Bury? My love, come with me" Eddward says leading him to the room he left his mother in.
Kevin held tight to Eddward's hand, curious as to what his mate had up his sleeve and irritated that this had to happen at all. He was mad at everyone and no one at the same time. Kevin just wanted one day of normalcy. Eddward opens the door and shows him his mother asleep but still breathing.
Kevin eyes widen in amazement "S-she's alive?! How? Why?!"
"Because I would not kill her, darling. She means much to you. Did you honestly think I would be heartless enough to kill your mother?" Eddward says a little hurt.
"That's what a 'Challenge' is... A challenge to the death. And, in all honesty, she has deserved it. She tried to kill you and me!"
"Yes but she means too much to you and Daniel for me to deprive you of her existence. I did challenge her because she needed to be taught a lesson and I think she learned it and will not attempt such things again" Eddward says gently before kissing the ginger's cheek.
Kevin wrapped an arm around Eddward's waist, laying his head on his shoulder, thanking him. "I'm glad you're smart enough to think about your actions before you act."
"Of course, my love, are you as tired as I am?" he asks. Kevin just gives a small nod, leaning further into the vampire's hold. Eddward yawns and leads them to their bedroom he strips both of them and then climbs into bed, pulling the wolf in with him. Kevin lays his head on Eddward's chest, staring out at the Moon, feeling a barrage of emotions. Anger, depression, happiness, and relief have flooded him and he clung to his mate tightly.
"Darling, speak to me. What troubles you?"
"Everything..."
"Like?" Eddward asks
"It's just... I'm tired of everything being a struggle. The bigger our pack gets, the more shit we have to deal with. And I won't lie, I don't like that you are helping your old flame, not at all."
"And you think I do? I want nothing to do with him that's why I have been hunting with the small Raven, which by the way, did you know his name is Eddward?" Eddward says with a shutter still thoroughly uncomfortable with that information.
"While it is weird, you are dating a better version of that Kevin. You and the Raven are similar but not at the same time. You're mine, and he's his... End of story."
"Yes, you do have a point" Eddward says thoughtfully "And you are better than him in every single way."
Kevin smiles and nuzzles into Eddward's neck "I love you, go to sleep."
"I love you too sleep well my darling all will be well soon" Eddward said drifting off to sleep.
Kevin woke up the next evening, remembering everything that happened last night and wanting to check on his Mother but Eddward was warm and curled around him. 'Maybe we should sleep in a bit more…' he thought as Eddward subconsciously snuggled closer to the him.
Kevin heard the door squeak open and he saws a small dark red tail bounced in. Daniel walked around to Kevin's side of the bed and nuzzled into his hand. "Brother... Are you awake?"
"I am now" Kevin replies with a soft chuckle. Eddward yawns and wakes up but stays silent with his eyes closed.
"Mother is awake, she wants to see you both" Daniel whispered. "Alright, go out and wait in her room and we'll be in in a bit" Kevin whispered back. Daniel agreed and trotted out, leaving the door cracked open. Kevin rolled over and enveloped Eddward in his arms. "Now you two are best friends?"
Eddward shrugs "We had a small talk after the fight and came to an understanding" he says kissing the wolf before getting up and getting dressed.
Kevin followed and together they entered his mother's recovery room. "Good Evening, Mother" Kevin toned. Victoria gazed at her son and his mate "Kevin... Eddward... Thank you for helping me."
Eddward quirks an eyebrow "I'm afraid I do not understand madam."
"You could have killed me, and you would have all reason to, yet you spared my life. Even just for Kevin and Daniel's sake, I appreciate it"
Eddward shrugs "Think nothing of it. They both need and want you in their lives, I simply couldn't do that to them."
"Well, it's very big of you. Thank you for caring for my sons when I couldn't" she reached her hand out to Kevin and he grasped it tightly. "Nazz and Danny can heal you..."
"No, I need this to reflect and think back. I'll be okay, Kevin. Besides, as much as I love Danny, his healing could use some work. He puts too much energy into it and it makes the injured person feel a bit sick" she chuckles.
"I do apologize it came to that madam..." Eddward says respectfully.
She smiled "It's fine, it proved to me that you are perfect for him. Kevin, please, be a dear and go get your mother some fresh meat, okay?"
"Yeah, okay" Kevin leaned up and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "We'll be back" he said, grabbing Eddward's hand and tugging him out.
"She needs doe meat, Kevin." Eddward instructs.
"I wanna go with you, just us. No fledglings, no little brothers, or anyone... Just you."
Eddward smirks "Of course, but I must do something first..."
"What?"
"Well... I never got the tracker out" Eddward mentions.
"So what do we need to do?"
"We need to stop by the sheriff's station so I can get it out with Nazz's help" Eddward sighs.
"I'm getting too old for this shit... Alright, let's go" Kevin made his way to the front door and headed outside in his wolf form.
Eddward follows after him closely before taking to the trees. It isn't long until they arrive at the sheriff's station "Nazz are you here?"
"Yeah, I was just about to go out and feed. What's up?"
"I need you and the small fledglings help to get this tracker out of me please."
Kevin's ears twitched "Why do you need them?"
"I just need the small Raven, the other one is coming nowhere near me" Eddward says soothingly "And because I don't know what type of tracker that bastard put in me."
Kevin's hackles raise up but he shakes it off "Fine, but I don't like it and I'm staying here with you."
"Of course" Eddward says heading to the room. He injects the local anesthetic again as Nazz and the small Fledgling walk in "Alright let's try this again..."
Kevin sits beside Eddward, making sure he could watch the Raven. One wrong move and he was going to remove his head from his neck. Nazz giggled and prepared to heal.
Eddward and the Raven work side by side and together with the healing of Nazz they got it out with no troubles. "There you see my love, everything is fine."
Kevin glared at the smaller version of his mate and growled, making him jump and back out of the room to find Kev. Kevin grinned evilly before laughing loudly "I might have made his piss himself!"
"Mon amour! Go apologize to him" Eddward says sternly.
"Why?"
"He has done nothing to you and he just helped me with the successful removal of my tracker."
"His boyfriend pisses me off"
"And that is his fault how?" Eddward scolds.
"Oh my god, when did you turn into my Mother?"
Eddward smacks the ginger upside the head "Kevin go apologize or I won't have sex with you again for the foreseeable future. He is a sweet man that got mixed into the wrong crowd and you know it wasn't his fault."
Kevin groaned loudly and dramatically and Nazz chuckled behind her hand again. "Fine... Good God..." He pads out to the cells and looks in the open door to Edd. He sighs loudly, getting his attention.
"I'm sorry you're scared of me" Nazz laughs loudly from the back room.
Eddward throws a wrench "Kevin Anthony Barr!"
"Sir! No throwing hardware!"
"Then apologize correctly the next think I throw is a hammer!" Eddward growls.
Kevin rolls his eyes and sits down "You're pretty when your angry, babe~" Shooting a glance at Edd "I'm sorry I scared you. I didn't mean it. Thank you for helping my pack."
"If you hadn't apologized correctly I was about to be gorgeous." Eddward chuckles walking out.
"I-it's ok, no harm done, I suppose..." the small vampire says behind his lover.
"Can we go now, Eddward?"
"As soon as you drop that tone with me, yes we can" Eddward says playfully.
"I don't have an attitude, thank you very much. Come on, I'm hungry..." Kevin turns and stalks out of the building, flicking his tail as he goes.
Eddward chuckles and walks after him eventually just laying across his back "and you say I am mean…"
"You are mean, I'm nice most of the time. I just wanted him to know his place."
"He knows it, mon amour" Eddward says gently.
"If one of them crosses a line, do I have permission to eat them?"
"By all means I will even help you." Eddward chuckles.
"As long as you remember that so when that little redhead turns up dead, you don't wonder why"
"Darling I won't care why" Eddward snickers, crossing his legs and laying back to back while the ginger walks through the trees.
Kevin soon caught a scent of a few does and took off in a dead run. Eddward who wasn't holding on fell off with a surprised yell. Kevin's resounding laugh echoed back to his mate as he cause both of the does to run. Kevin chose one and took after it, quickly killing it.
The irritated vampire walks up "Are you proud of yourself for that one?"
"I am!" sitting by his kill, looking very proud and happy.
"How wonderful for you, perhaps a warning next time, yes?"
"That is nowhere near as fun" Kevin smirked. Eddward smack the ginger upside the head again with a glare. Kevin just continued to laugh "Let's get back. You have any reason to need to go back to the sheriff's station?"
"None whatsoever." Eddward says with a smile.
"Then let's go home. I can feed my Mother and then myself. You feeding tonight or not so much?"
"I over drank last night to help the healing process so I should be fine" Eddward chuckles.
"So have you passed the torch to Marie to train the babies?"
"Oh no, I just rather spend time with you and she understands that."
"I think you should..."
"I should pass on the torch? Why? It is not her responsibility, it is mine..." Eddward says confused as to where all this was coming from.
"Because I don't like it... You healed them, you've trained them a bit, they helped remove the trackers... Done."
Eddward sighs "It's much more than that. I blooded him and because I didn't train him to control himself, he blooded the smaller one."
"Okay but how long are you going to train them? If it was just the Raven, I wouldn't care so much..."
"I know darling but there is no set time period. It is just until I feel they can handle themselves without being discovered by humans."
"Honorable bastard..." he shifts the doe on his back gently for a more comfortable position and they continue to walk in a comfortable silence. Soon they see and small dark red wolf and a larger dark brown wolf. Daniel sees them before his side has a chance to "Kevin! Eddward!" Daniel tries to stop but slides in the mud and slams into Eddward's calves. "Ow..."
Eddward chuckles and picks up the small pup "You are filthy! You know what that means…" he teases.
"But I just had a bath yesterday!" Daniel whines.
"You bathe every day, child" Eddward laughs.
Daniel groans and lies limp against Eddward's shoulder as he heads inside to draw a warm bath. Kevin and Lucas start pulling the does into manageable pieces. Once done, Lucas took to his human form and packed most of it away but left some out for Kevin and his wife. "Danny and I have already eaten. Don't let that little pig tell you otherwise" Lucas laughed.
"Alright thanks for the heads up" Kevin ate his food on the porch, enjoying the night.
As Eddward draws a bath for the youngest one of their pack, Daniel looks up and Eddward questioningly. "Are you and Momma still fighting?"
"No, I do not believe so" Eddward says adding the bubbles.
"Good cuz I didn't know whose side to be on"
Eddward chuckles "Get in the bath."
Daniel giggles as he takes his human form and gently hops in before turning a sad face to Eddward. "You and Kevin went hunting without me."
"Yes, I am sorry but you went hunting with your father, didn't you?"
"Yeah... But I like hunting with you and Kevin" Daniel pouted. "You've spent a lot of time with the Evil Man's son and his friend... And Kevin's been all moody and mopey. He won't really play with me, even when I bite his face!"
"Well darling, we have just been dealing with some stuff. Things will be getting better from here on in, I'm sure" Eddward says scrubbing his hair.
"I hope so. I like having everyone here but it makes everyone so mad and sad. Brother is the worst when he is mad. He nips at me and tells me to go away..." Daniel mused. "But you're back! Everything is better now!"
"Darling, everyone has just been under a great deal of stress but with the trackers out and mine and your mother's talk, everything should start getting better."
"I hope so" Daniel releases a tired yawn.
Eddward takes the small ginger out. "Bed time for young ones" he instructs wrapping a towel around him.
Daniel opens the door to go to his room when he ran into Kevin in his human form. "Tired?" he asked. "Yeah..." came the soft reply. Kevin bent down and picked the smaller ginger up in his arms, Daniel's smaller arms wrapped around Kevin's neck and rested his head on a strong shoulder.
"Were you in your way to get a special Eddward bubble bath?" Eddward teases his mate.
"Yes, and a few 'Puppy Snuggles'..." Kevin grinned.
Eddward smiles "I'll go run your bath then."
Kevin enters Daniel's room and pulls the covers back before laying the half sleeping child down. Daniel lightly refused to let go of Kevin's neck. "Noooo..." he lightly groaned out. "Relax, Danny. I'll wake you up when the Moon rises again. We'll all be here" Kevin softly coos, detaching the small arms from around his neck and covering him up. Going back to the bathroom, he stood leaning against the doorframe with a cocked hip.
Eddward had a hot bubble bath drawn for him and ready "You can get in anytime you want to" he says with a smirk turning around.
"There's one thing missing..." Kevin smirks, closing the door.
"Oh what is it? A good book?" Eddward teases.
"Noooo~" Kevin grabs Eddward's hips, bringing him close and bringing their lips closer.
Eddward moans quietly "Were you talking about little old me~" he asks once the ginger pulls back.
"I was... Albeit minus a few pieces of clothing..." The redhead smirked, running his hands under Eddward's shirt, up his back, scratching lightly.
Eddward smirks "That sounds wonderful" he says pulling the ginger's shirt off of him.