Author's Note: Ok here is the eighth chapter. I was not originally going to post it this soon, but I felt I should get it out there before I get slammed with even more homework than I already have. Also it is probably my shortest chapter so far for this story and my most poorly written, but I don't have time to improve it much now. Maybe later! So please Read and Review, and Have a Nice Day!

Chapter Eight

It was the bumps that woke Sophia from a much needed dreamless sleep two days later. It was one particularly large one that made her lurch forward and knock her head up against the window. "Ow!"

"Oh good morning Sophia, are you ok?" Luke asked when he heard Sophia wake up.

"Yeah I'm fine. What did we hit a deer or something?"

"No I didn't see this huge pothole until the last second. Sorry about waking you from your nap."

"That's ok."

"Good." He said and grabbed her hand to kiss Sophia's knuckles. "Well it looks like it's a good thing you are up, were here."

Sophia looked to where Luke was pointing and saw a sign that said:

Welcome to New Glaris EST. 1658

"Well I guess this is it then." She managed to get out as the first buildings came into view. The town looked similar to Wolf Lake but yet seemed a little more run down. There were a number of buildings with architecture that looked like it dated back to the 1800's and had a rustic feel to them. Luke kept driving until he spotted the motel he had been searching for. As they pulled to a stop in the parking lot Sophia noticed the many pairs of eyes that were watching them. It was a little disconcerting to once again have so many people staring at her, and she almost didn't get out of the car and follow Luke into the lobby.

"You ok babe?" Luke suddenly asked her over their mental link.

"Yeah. I just didn't expect to be stared at so much." Sophia admitted.

"Well it's to be expected." Luke said as he looked at the various people peering out their windows and doors at them. "Come on let's get checked in and then get a bite to eat. I saw a diner on the way into town."

Forty minutes later Luke and Sophia were walking hand and hand down the street. The staring only grew as more people noticed them and when they finally reached their destination a minute later Sophia felt like every person in town was watching them. It didn't calm her nerves either when the entire diner got quiet as they walked in.

Sophia stood watching the people already in the diner for a few seconds before noticing the sign that told them to seat themselves. She caught Luke's eye and made her way to a table about halfway to the back. By the time she had sat down the whispers started and slowly rose in volume. "Not being very subtle, are they?" Sophia asked as she heard one female ask who they were, and another comment about how they could smell their skinwalker scents.

"No." Luke agreed and then looked down at his cell phone which was ringing in his jacket pocket. "It's my Mom, I better take this."

"Ok." Sophia said with a small smile and watched him stand up to walk outside. "Hey what do you want if the waitress comes?"

"Steak rare, a side of bacon, and a glass of orange juice please."

"Ok." Sophia said and smiled at how Luke's order actually sounded good. "Two weeks ago she would have found the idea of a steak rare disgusting, but now since her wolven taste buds took over she found the taste of raw meat to be very appealing.

"Hi I'm Krista, I will be your waitress today." A young human girl interrupted Sophia's musings. "Are you ready to order or can I get you something to drink to start off with?"

"Hi Krista, I am ready to order but there will actually be two of us today."

"Ok no problem, what can I get you?"

"I will have a meat lover's omelet with a glass of apple juice, and he will have the breakfast steak rare, a side of bacon, and a glass of orange juice please." Sophia proclaimed and handed over the menu's that had been waiting on the table.

"All right, sound's good, I will be right back with your drinks."

"Thank you."

It was two seconds after Krista walked away that Sophia heard them coming. Five young skin walker males slowly making their way towards her table. It seemed like they were trying to be stealthy but she had heard them as soon as they had gotten up from the booth they had been occupying. When the first one sat down where Luke had been sitting, Sophia knew there was no way she could avoid them. So she just stared at the guy who sat across from her, and didn't flinch as the rest of the males took seats around her.

"Hey." The young male said as he watched Sophia.

"Hey." Sophia countered back not giving the young man anything to read into.

"So we haven't seen around town before."

"That's because I'm not from the town."

"Well as the designated greeter for New Glaris, I'd like to welcome you. I'm Devon, Devon Bradley." He tried to smooze Sophia and held out his hand.

Sophia looked at the males hand for a few seconds with a knowing smirk on her face before actually taking it and politely shaking it. "Sophia Donner." She simply responded before placing her hand back in her lap. "Thank you for the warm greeting, Luke and I were starting to feel a little singled out, before you came over."

"Oh yeah, who's Luke?"

"I'm Luke." A voice almost growled from behind Devon, and made him jump a little.

Sophia couldn't help but giggle a little over the way Luke was getting jealous towards some guy she had hardly spoken ten words to.

"Hi I'm Lucas Cates; I think you are in my seat.

"Right, sorry." Devon managed to get out as he looked at Luke. It wasn't until Luke was sitting once again that he managed to not feel as intimidated and had the guts to speak again. "So Luke is it, I was just getting to know Sophia, before you showed up."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah I was just noting how you two are not from around here? Are you just passing through, or planning to stay in town for awhile?" Devon asked as he looked the new skinwalker in front of him.

"Well that depends." Sophia spoke up.

"On what?"

"On what happens tomorrow." Luke said specifically being mysterious.

Devon was starting to get annoyed with Luke's attitude and was about to ask him what he meant when the waitress showed up with her order. "Well then maybe I will see you tomorrow." Devon said and gave one last stare that Luke could swear he saw a flash of gold in.

"Well what do you think?" Sophia asked as she watched Devon and his posse walk away.

"I think he believes he is more powerful than he really is. I saw his eyes flash gold, but I couldn't sense the skinwalker trait very strong on him." Luke said as he cut up his steak.

"I noticed that too." Sophia agreed. "In fact I noticed it on every one of those males that sat down near me. I could tell they were skinwalkers but they had a different feeling to them."

"That's something we are going to have to figure out once we talk to their keeper."

"Yeah." Sophia agreed and dug into her omelet.

"Come on babe, let's go for a run, and get the lay of the land a bit." Luke said an hour later after they had finished their lunch and resumed their walk of the town.

"Ok." She agreed and quickly followed Luke into the trees that lined the edge of the town fully aware of the large number of skinwalker's that were following them. She had turned around to look at the crowd following them when she was quickly lifted off her feet and placed up against a large oak. "Luke what are you doing?"

"You know how we are being followed? I figured we could give them a little bit of a show to give them something to talk about."

"Luke, I am not having sex in front of complete strangers!" Sophia exclaimed and looked her mate in the eye to see if he was really serious.

He laughed for a few seconds before reclaiming her mouth and explaining "I would never make you do that Sophia. I just figured we could play a little tonsil hockey and then go for a run to work out all the cramps built up from traveling. Hopefully that will be enough to keep them talking until tomorrow."

At that moment Sophia once again remembered why she had fallen in love with Luke. Underneath that tough exterior he liked to put on for people, he a had a heart of gold and worried about her and how she felt. "Well if we are going to put on a show, let's put on a

show." She said and grabbed the bottom of Luke's shirt. She quickly slipped it over his head, before replacing her mouth on his and wrapping her arms around his neck. As Luke started to trail his mouth down her neck, Sophia was aware of the skinwalkers who

were slowly making a circle around them to watch what the two outsiders would do. As she felt her body start to give into Luke, Sophia remembered she didn't want to have anyone watching her and Luke have sex anywhere let along in a forest surrounded by plant life. The next thing she knew Luke was staring to unbutton her top, and run kisses over the swell of her chest.

"Luke wait, let's go somewhere a little more private."

"Ok." Luke said before kissing her one more time and lifting Sophia up off of his lap. He quickly removed his remaining clothes and watched as Sophia dropped hers before flipping. He knew the other skinwalkers were watching and wasn't all that surprised when he heard a gasp as he took his wolven form. He turned and watched as Sophia flipped and then rubbed his snout up against her own before running off into the

forest.

Sophia followed happy to once again be able to feel the freedom of running through the trees with Luke at her side, the wind whipping through her coat. Tomorrow was sure to bring a meeting with the alpha, and other challenges to face, but for now it was just her and Luke.

Devon was completely silent as he watched the two strangers that smelled so much like skinwalkers change in front of his eyes. He thought he had been prepared for anything, but was completely flabbergasted when he saw the change and was not even sure what to say. He had known there was something different about them the first moment they walked into the diner, and knew he had to keep his eye on them, but was still completely shocked. There were things about Luke and Sophia he couldn't comprehend, but that explanation would have to wait for another day.

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