A/N: Thanks to my reviewers: Katt and Sweetly Sarcastic.

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Isabella and Scarlett both stared open-mouthed at Ulf. As Isabella had hoped, the tables around them had filled up with people, so the sisters hadn't noticed Ulf sit down behind them. Scarlett was enraged, but couldn't figure out what to say.

"How long have you been sitting there?" Isabella asked quietly.

"Since the bit about Longtooth and his vengeance on your family," he replied nonchalantly. Scarlett shared a nervous look with Isabella. Shit, she thought ruefully, If Ulf tells Gabriel, we'll never be able to stay.

"If you tell a soul," Scarlett began, but Ulf cut her off.

"With the right amount of…persuasion…I'm sure we can work something out," he said.

"If you tell Gabriel, we'll have to leave," Isabella whispered urgently, "That means Caleb, too." Ulf balked at this.

"You can't leave," he remarked slowly, looking at Isabella, "You're about to have a baby."

"Well if you tell Gabriel we'll be forced to leave," hissed Scarlett, struggling to keep her voice quiet, "We can't endanger the pack like that." Ulf didn't reply.

"What could you possibly want from us?" Isabella asked. Ulf looked at them slyly.

"This can't be good," Scarlett muttered. Before Ulf could say anything, though, Bucky walked over to their table.

"Ulf, you rascal, what are you doing harassing these two?" Bucky asked, looking pointedly at Ulf. Ulf grinned sheepishly. "Scat!" Bucky growled. Ulf glanced knowingly at Scarlett and Isabella, then retreated to his room. Scarlett sighed worriedly. What could she and Isabella do about Ulf? He won't tell Gabriel, she thought to herself firmly. From the look on her sister's delicate face, Scarlett could tell that Isabella was having similar thoughts. Isabella smiled at Bucky.

"Thanks," she said softly, "Come on Scarlett, let's go find Caleb." Scarlett nodded and followed her sister. Isabella opened the door to the Maddock family's room. She let Scarlett in and then shut the door behind her.

Their room was one of the largest in the inn. The first room was a small living room furnished with tan, leather couches faced towards a dark, wooden table. The walls were painted a dark red. A television sat on a smaller table similar to that between the couches. Where the white living room carpet ended, the kitchen began. The kitchen was small as well. A refrigerator sat next to the counter. The cabinets were light wood, and the countertops were deep blue. In the center was a circular table with five chairs around it. A doorway in the corner of the living room led to a bathroom that joined two rooms. One was a room that Scarlett shared with her siblings and the other was their parents's room. Scarlett herself loathed sharing a room with Caleb and Isabella. She promised herself that when she was old enough she would rent a small room for herself at the inn. She wondered why Isabella didn't do just that.

"Where've you guys been?" Caleb was sprawled on the couch, remote in hand, flipping lazily through the channels. Scarlett glanced at Isabella.

"We had lunch downstairs," she said.

"Oh."

"Why are you hanging around here?" Scarlett asked, curious as to why Caleb and Ulf weren't with the rest of the Five. Caleb looked up at her with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Finn's in town doing errands for Gabriel, if that's what you wanted to know." Scarlett glared at him.

"And everyone else?" she prodded, angry that her brother was being so difficult. He sighed.

"Ulf's just wandering around – he's sort of aloof without Finn – Gregory's with Finn and I'm here."

"And Willem?" Scarlett asked tentatively.

"With Joslyn." Scarlett's jaw dropped.

"Are they…"

"Making out? Probably. Willem doesn't want to hang with us now that he's got Joslyn." From the corner of her eye, Scarlett noticed Isabella listening with curiosity.

"Joslyn just moved here with her family," Scarlett informed her, "She's very…attractive, apparently." Isabella nodded.

"Her dad's a creep," remarked Caleb. Isabella raised an eyebrow inquisitively.

"Plus they eat Homo sapiens," added Scarlett.

"I don't like the sound of this girl," Isabella said with a note of distress in her voice. Scarlett nodded, sharing the sentiment. She's not telling us something, Scarlett thought, looking at Isabella's panicked expression. She decided not to pry. Grabbing a water bottle from the fridge, she went to the door.

"I'm gonna go for a walk," she said, slipping on her Nike sneakers. She wore a pair of her most comfortable jeans and a black, spaghetti strapped shirt. Around her neck she wore the gold wolf necklace that her father had given her when she was young.

"See you later," called Isabella as Scarlett shut the door. Walking outside, she shivered. The air was cool and a light breeze rustled the leaves on the trees every now and then. She pondered what her sister could be worried about. I need to find Gabriel, she thought, he'll straighten this out. She made her way through the forest, hoping that Gabriel was in the shed. He went there often, as Isabella had mentioned to her once, to fix his motorcycle or some member of the pack's car. They always seemed to need repair.

The shed was old, but Finn and Gregory had replaced some decaying boards when they had first come here. It wasn't a good shed, but it served its purpose. Scarlett peered through the cracked glass of the window at the back of the shed. No lights were on, but just in case she walked around to the door.

To her horror, she saw Willem and Joslyn. His back was against the shed, Joslyn was leaning on him with her hands on his chest. Scarlett wrinkled her nose. Their faces are like suctioned together! she thought in disgust. One of Willem's hands was on Joslyn's waist and the other disappeared up her shirt. She was about to turn away when Joslyn saw her. She broke away from Willem and turned to face Scarlett.

"Can I help you?" she asked, her voice icy. Willem looked at Scarlett in confusion.

"Oh, um, sorry," Scarlett stammered, "I was looking for G-Gabriel." Joslyn glared at her. Scarlett looked to Willem but he would not meet her gaze. Joslyn snatched Willem's hand.

"You can leave now," she hissed, dragging Willem away. "Come on," she said to Willem in a seductive voice, "Let's find somewhere else." He nodded dumbly and followed. Scarlett was left staring open-mouthed after them.

"I hear that you're looking for me?" Scarlett jumped at the sound of Gabriel's deep, silky voice.

"Um, yes," she replied, flabbergasted.

"Well?"

"I…um…its about…um how long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough," he replied, nodding in the direction Willem and Joslyn had gone.

"Oh. Well, it's about Joslyn. See, she said that her family hunts Homo sapiens," Scarlett stopped. She had envisioned finding Gabriel and pouring out all of Joslyn's secrets, but she only had one. She looked up hesitantly. Gabriel nodded.

"Her parents said nothing about this…appetite of theirs. I will make it clear to them that hunting anything besides the animals in the forest is against the laws of the Pack." Scarlett wasn't convinced that this would solve the problem. There was something more about Joslyn, she didn't know what. Isabella and Caleb had sensed it, too.

"Okay, um…thanks." She couldn't think of anything else to say. She turned around and walked briskly back to the inn. Now what? Scartlett thought helplessly.

"Scarlett! What's up?" Scarlett recognized Gregory's voice. She smiled at him.

"Nothing much. Where's Finn?"

"Uh, upstairs probably. He said something about getting Caleb. Excited for the party tonight?" Scarlett frowned.

"Party? I didn't hear about any–"

"Never mind," he said quickly and retreated into the kitchen with grocery bags in each hand. She shook her head and went to find Finn. She saw him and Caleb talking in the hallway just outside her family's room.

"Hey guys." Finn and Caleb looked up. Finn grinned, taking her hand. Caleb nodded.

"See anything interesting on your walk?" Caleb asked, trying to make conversation.

"It's a good thing you told me about Willem and Joslyn, Caleb, because I might have fainted if I saw them like I did today not knowing they were..."

"Where did you see them?"

"Behind Gabriel's shed," she replied, "They weren't just making out. His hands were up her shirt and everything I–"

"Gabriel's shed?"

"That's what I said. Joslyn saw me. I thought she was going rip my ears off." Finn chuckled at this.

"Too bad I wasn't there, I would've protected you." Scarlett felt her heart skip a beat and a shy smile spread across her face. She leaned closer to him.

"Alright," said Caleb, "I'm gonna go get ready. Catch you later."

"What's tonight?" Scarlett asked when Caleb was gone.

"I've been meaning to ask you about tonight. We're all going down to this place called The Tavern in town. Hoping it'll be like Tooley's, a bar where we used to hang out. Before Rafe and Astrid died. Anyways, wanna come?"

"Ya, of course." Scarlett could barely hide her excitement. "What time?"

"I'll come get you and Caleb, but we're gonna leave around six. Bucky's giving some people a ride, and Rudy said he'd drive, too." Scarlett nodded.

"I missed you today," she said, "Caleb said you were doing errands for Gabriel?" He nodded.

"Apparently there's no one who wants to get groceries for the restaurant. I guess we were the best option," he shook his head. "I still think Esmé should've gone, but she's busy with Tomas." Scarlett laughed.

"Next time I'll go with you."

"I'd like that." Scarlett looked up at Finn, her heart swelling in her chest. He touched her cheek gently, and kissed her softly on the mouth. She slid her arms around him. One hand was in her hair, his other at her waist. This is right, she thought contentedly.

"I'd better go," he said after a minute, a smile in his voice. Scarlett nodded.

"Me too. See you at six." They exchanged a last kiss, and Scarlett went to get ready. I just hope Joslyn isn't there.

Its moving slow, but it'll pick up, I promise. R&R please…I don't get enough reviews. Unless I should let it die..?