A/N: Today's chapter: How will Troy react, now that he knows Luna's secret? And will anyone in Logan's pack find out as well? Garth is originally a character of Lionsgate.

Luna's brother emerged from the bushes, snarling. Luna tucked her tail between her legs. She was caught!

Logan came up to stand beside her and snarled at Troy.

"What do you think you're doing?" Troy spat.

"I—um—er—I mean—I was—" Luna stammered.

"Was what? Betraying your family?" Troy suggested bitterly.

"And just who do you think you are?" Logan demanded.

"Don't worry about him. It's just my brother," Luna told him softly.

"Just your brother?" Troy barked. "So you don't even care about us anymore? Do you want to live with him now?"

"Do you?" Logan looked at Luna.

"No!" Luna squeaked to her brother. "I mean…I would if I could but I just…can't," she said to Logan.

He nodded.

Troy continued to growl.

"Logan…just go," Luna pleaded. She nudged Logan towards the cliff with her nose.

"Okay," he said. He shot a hostile glare at Troy and then looked at Luna with gentle eyes. "Meet ya' later?"

"Usual place," Luna agreed with a wag of her tail. She watched Logan as he climbed up the steep cliff before turning to face her brother who had walked up to stand with his nose near to hers.

"Who was that?" he demanded.

"Logan," Luna answered calmly. "He's my…friend."

"What is he?"

"He's a wolf just like you! What did he look like, a blueberry?" Luna snapped.

"Of what pack?" Troy asked impatiently. "Certainly not either of ours."

"He…he's a…" Luna swallowed. She really didn't want to tell this to Troy this way! "A lone wolf. But he's completely harmless!" she added when her brother took a step back and looked at her like he'd never seen her before. "He's a very close friend of mine. He cares about me and he's gained my trust! And you know how hard that is to do."

Troy shook his head. "How long have you been doing this?"

"Well let me think…" Luna pretended to think. "Oh yeah," she said sarcastically. "This was our sixth meeting. He's a great wolf to be around, mind you! I even taught him log-sledding today!"

The bushes behind them rustled. Luna felt like dropping dead as her father appeared out of the shadows. How much of that had he heard?

"What is going on?" Garth exclaimed, shocked. "You two! This must be serious if you're yelling at each other. What happened? I heard a lot of angry shouts."

Luna flattened her ears and looked at her paws. No doubt Troy would tell. What would she do? How could she look any of her family members in the eye after Troy told them about what she had done?

The next few moments shocked Luna more than anything else in the world.

"It's my fault, dad," Troy said. "Luna was trying some more of her mountain climbing and I got a little freaked out when she tripped and fell. I guess you could say…there are better ways to say 'be careful.'"

Garth looked at his daughter. "You alright?"

"I…um…" Luna stuttered, wide-eyed.

"She's still a little dazed," Troy lied. "But I doubt the fall wasn't too bad. Nothing I can't handle. You should go check on mom. If she wakes up and none of us are there, I could only imagine how worried she's gonna be."

Garth nodded. "Good point. I should get going in that case. Be careful with your expeditions, Loony," he said to Luna.

"Oh! Er…sure thing," Luna forced a casual smile.

Garth chuckled with amusement and left them there.

Even though he was out of earshot, Luna still spoke in a whisper. "Why'd you do that?"

"I don't know what you mean."

"You didn't rat me out. Why?" Luna asked. She was beyond confused.

Troy thought for a moment. He sighed and looked at his paws. "I don't even know. I guess it was…you just seemed so happy around him." He looked her in the eyes. "You're really good friends aren't you?"

Luna nodded.

"I couldn't find it in my heart to break that up. You're my little sister after all."

"Only by a few seconds!" Luna protested. She was desperate to lighten the mood.

Troy did laugh. But it sounded a little forced. His conscience was obviously gnawing at him for lying to Garth.

"So…did you ever…ever get tempted to tell anyone? Even me?" he asked.

"Every day!" Luna answered without a second thought. "I just…didn't know how to spring something like this on you."

"I see…" Troy looked at the river. Then back at his sister. "Are you going back?"

Luna took a deep breath. She didn't want to lie anymore. Especially to her brother. "Yes. Tonight."

"When will you be coming back?"

"I don't know," Luna shrugged. "Sometime before mom and dad wake up. Probably around when the moon starts to go down."

Troy nodded. "Right," he exhaled. "If you're late I'll think of something to say."

Luna pricked her ears. "R…really?"

"Yeah. I can keep a secret. I'm going to support you. You're my sister aren't you?"

"Only if I don't have our genetic info mixed up," Luna joked.

Troy chuckled. "Yeah. So what do you say? Do we have a secret?" he stretched out a forepaw.

Luna looked at it. Then she placed hers on top of it. "It's our secret."

Logan walked through the woods cautiously. He hoped Luna was okay. Her brother looked awful hostile. But judging from how Luna had talked about him, she'd be perfectly fine with him. It was Logan who felt glad he had left.

Will he tell her parents about us? Logan wondered. Will she be forbidden to see me anymore? Logan decided to go to their usual spot just in case.

He heard the bushes behind him begin to rustle. He halted and glared at the bushes with a snarl. "Come on out. No use hiding anymore," he said impatiently. "C'mon little fluffy bunny," he switched his tone to sweet after no one appeared. "Come out and be a nice little piece of dinner for Seth."

Finally, a wolf crawled out from the bushes, looking offended. She was cream-colored with a gold splotch over her right eye, gold paws, a gold tail-tip and a gold left ear. "Who're you calling fluffy bunny? I can handle being called dainty and petite, but a bunny?"

Logan rolled his eyes. "What do you want Cherry—I mean, Cheyenne."

"First of all, I wish for you to stop calling me Cherry," she began. "You know it bugs me since we've stopped dating!"

"Only 'cause you refuse to let me forget it," Logan muttered.

"Second," Cheyenne went on as if he hadn't spoken. "I wanted to warn you: where've you been? You know how Seth gets angry when you hide in your little cave."

"I spent the night in my den just last night!" Logan argued.

"You got there when he was asleep and you left before he woke up," Cheyenne squeaked. "Some proof he's got now."

"And he calls himself the older brother…" Logan growled crossly. "That whiney puppy!"

Cheyenne shushed him. "Even the trees have ears," she whispered.

Logan rolled his eyes. "Why are you so paranoid? You were never like this when we were dating."

"That's because we weren't dating during Seth's reign. Now, he takes up every excuse to beat up his own packmates. He'd rip out your tongue if one of his little 'favorites' overheard you say something like that."

"Why do you even care so much?" Logan always felt bitter when he thought about his brother.

Cheyenne looked hurt. "We're friends…right?"

Logan flicked an ear. "Yeah…we are. We would be more than that if Seth hadn't taken you away."

"He didn't take my away!"

"Oh, so you offered to be his 'favorite girl?'" Logan felt sick quoting his cruel leader.

"Well…no. Okay so he did force me to be with him," Cheyenne admitted. "But it's not like he dragged me by the hind legs away from you!"

Cheyenne sighed. "Are you sure you're feeling alright about that? I know how loyal you tend to be…"

"I'm fine. I've definitely moved on—" Logan cut himself off. He was about to reveal his relationship with Luna!

But it was too late. Cheyenne pricked her ears and was staring at him. "Really? You found another girl already? Someone I know?"

"She's…er…I mean that—"

Cheyenne's eyes widened. "Are you trying to say it's my sister?"

"No! No way! N…not to be rude or anything. I just don't think about Selena like that."

Cheyenne sighed. "Phew. That's a relief. That would've been so awkward!"

Logan dipped his head and flattened his ears. "I've already faced the drama of being in love with one childhood friend."

Cheyenne looked at him sadly. "I don't even think he loves me as much as you did. He just wants you to be miserable. He's the paranoid one. He thinks you could overthrow him you know. He talks in his sleep," she put in with a shrug.

Logan flicked his ears and thought for a moment. He didn't know anything about being Head-Alpha. He didn't want such a huge responsibility. But if he was leader, he could be with Luna…and that would unite all four packs!

The idea made Logan's eyes widen. "Do you think I could overthrow him?" he asked Cheyenne excitedly.

She seemed surprised. "Um…with all due respect? No."

Logan randomly slapped himself.

Cheyenne jumped back with surprise. "What did you do that for?" she shrieked.

"I've gone mad," Logan mumbled as he sat down, wrapping his tail around his paws.

Cheyenne's eyes softened. She walked closer to him. "How? You're the most sane wolf I know these days. Besides my sister of course."

"I can't tell you 'how.' I just…got this ridiculous idea because of—something…."

Cheyenne looked offended. "Can't tell me? What do you mean you can't tell me? I'm your best friend!"

Logan shuffled his paws. He should tell her. He could trust her, right? He didn't want to keep this in anymore. Luna had told someone (technically).

"Well?" Cheyenne pressed.

"I'm in love with an Eastern/Western wolf!" Logan blurted.

Cheyenne's eyes became full moons. She swayed on her paws as if she was going to faint. She finally got a grip on herself by gasping.

"You what?"

"Please don't make me say it again," Logan whined.

Cheyenne scrambled backwards, tail tucked between her legs. Her eyes were wide and her ears were pressed so flat against her head, they looked like they would rip off any moment. "I don't know you, I don't know you, I don't know you, I don't know you!" she repeated over and over again.

"Calm down, it's not that big of a deal," her reaction shocked Logan.

"Not that big a deal?" she cried so loudly, Logan wanted to rip out her tongue for drawing attention to them from any onlookers.

"Shh," Logan shushed her, putting a paw on her shoulder and looked around for any sign of an audience.

"You're mad!" Cheyenne hissed. "If Seth knows he'll kill you! And her!"

"Then he won't find out," Logan replied calmly.

Cheyenne looked at him like he was insane. "I don't believe this…"

"Actually, you should. She's a really friendly wolf. They're not as bad as you think, you drama queen."

"I don't believe this," Cheyenne repeated.

"You should! And I can prove it to you…."

Stay tuned!