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Disclaimer: much to my dismay I do not own darkest powers that gift is given to Kelly Armstrong.

Derek POV

"Chloe?" I tried to shake her awake with my muzzle it was to awkward so I gave up. I soon realiser she had passed out, I shifted so she was closer in the arc of my body her cold fingers slipping through my fur. Her whimper sent pangs of pain through me I was utterly useless for her. I had done this to her, my actions caused her to be in pain. She was bitten. Bitten.

"Lauren was going to skin me alive and use me for a rug, that's if Chloe survives the transformation." The thought sent shivers through him the coldness swept over him as dread settled in. I began to shake uncontrollable the unthinkable and had been thought. Chloe couldn't die, I wouldn't let her die. My anger had dislodged Chloe's weak hold upon me and she slid to the floor.

I settled close to her making sure she was warm enough by blocking out the wind that was blowing through the trees. I could almost convince myself that she had just fallen asleep, in the middle of a forest with her hair and face stained with mud I scoffed internally at my own desperation. I was/am the logic man I had to remind myself of that. A whimper rippled through me as I looked down at Chloe I stared at her angelic face she seemed so at peace, I traced her face with my eyes memorising her face like I had done countlessly.

A deep growl escaped my throat as the women who had been standing motionless advanced. Her hair was so blonde it was pratically white by her side was a blonde wolf that walked along side her. They both had blue eyes which reminded me of Chloe, I stepped over her using my body to hide the majority of her from view.

As my growl vibrated through my body they stopped walking in unison, the wolf gave a similiar warning growl to mine obviously she was his mate. I nodded my head in an apoligetic gesture. He seemed to grumble he kept pacing never coming closer but never breaking eye contact, I wondered momentarily what supernatural she was. The wind chose that moment to assault my senses, werewolves.

They were both werewolves, the female was a werewolf. I couldn't get past that fact no matter how hard I tried. There are only two female werewolves in history or that's what Dad told me. One was a child the other was the child's mother. My brain worked quickly and it remembered that they both belong to the pack the woman's name was Elena she was married to the alphas son. That must be him I thought as I watched him pace. Panic set in as I realised that my pack wasn't safe. I needed to warn Dad and Simon we haven't been caught in two years since Chloe collapsed the Edison Group buildings. Dad would be expecting us back by now my changes don't take that long not since I learnt to control my transformations. I lifted my head up and howled a loud short burst that would alert Dad to danger but nit expose my throat for long enough to let them kill me quickly. My out burst seemed to confuse them I didn't care Dad was safe unless Tori or Simon had heard in which case I would hear pounding feet within minutes. I hope they hadn't heard.

Elena POV

The mutt remained silent after his little outburst, he sat there protectively over the girl waiting. The look in his eyes unnerved me a little, it was as if he knew something I never. Clay paced in front of me restless but never taking his eyes of the pup. I held my hands making no sudden movements I advanced one step forward. He never moved his head was tilted like he was listening to a far away sound. I copied his action searching for a sound. After a moment I heard the trampling of the over growth.

I looked back at the pup who seemed to be on edge he couldn't seem to sit still. "Friend or foe?" I ask him he pins his ear down seeming ready to run but looks at the blonde girl. Then a stick came flying quickly at my face I moved it missed me by inches. Derek, that's what the little blonde girl had called him seemed to be staring at the stick he pointedly looked at us then at the blonde girl. The stick moved up and down like a nodding gesture he backs away slowly into the woods, I stared puzzled. I go to examine the girl to make sure she is fine, when I take a step closer to her the stick swings violently making me step back. I hold my hands up

"I was just making sure she was ok, she got bit." I stated whilst trying to step forward I notice Clay going to change out of the corner of my eye. The stick wavers it drops to the floor only for another to be picked up. The stick moved with purpose digging into the ground I looked curiously then the stick dropped I looked at what was drawn.

"Is. She. Ok. Is she ok? Is that what you want to know?" I asked another stick rose repeating the gesture it had done earlier. I knelt beside checking her pulse and noting anything perculiar in her breathing patterns. "She is doing fine for now."

The thundering in the woods grew louder as I saw four people appear another two figures entered silently from where the two wolfs had disappeared. One figure walked over to me we brushed knuckles a slightly comforting gesture from Clay as we faced a pack of strangers.

"What did you mean?" A deep voice rumble I glanced over to see a boy well he looked like a man but he was the pup as he had the same scent and same piercing green eyes. He was gathering the girl up into his arms being careful not to jostle her or hurt her in anyway.

Should I continue?