Author's Note: Hi! I seem to be in the writing mood so I managed to write another chapter. All the usual thanks and I hope you like this chapter. :)
The air rushed into Caroline's lungs as Tyler pulled the stake -which turned out to be a bit of wood off Tyler's bed- out of her chest. She took a deep breath before speaking, "What was that for?" Caroline laughed softly in a vain hope that the mood could take a light turn. "I am so sorry, I...I thought that you were someone else." Tyler said a single tear rolling down his cheek. He had staked Caroline and that was the best he could do for an apology, sometimes he really wonders about himself. "I know you didn't mean it, you're just worked up over Bonnie being missing. I understand," Caroline said as she hugged Tyler. It was moments like these that made Tyler remember just how amazing Caroline is. This moment however was interrupted by the ring of the doorbell.
"Jules, I didn't expect to see you." Tyler said as he stood in the doorway not sure to let her in or not considering that Caroline was still upstairs in his bedroom. "Well, you left so abruptly yesterday so I just wanted to check on you," Jules replied. And I know it probably had something to do with that little witch of his. "Yeah, sorry about running off like that but I just had a feeling that something was wrong," Tyler apologised while trying to get this conversation to end as quickly as possible. Any other time, Tyler wouldn't have minded talking to Jules -so that he could learn more about being a werewolf- but Caroline was healing from the wound he inflicted and Bonnie is still kidnapped which means that conversation is near the bottom of his list of priorities. "So where you right?" "Sorry?" Tyler didn't realise that he had zoned out of the conversation but obviously he had since he had know idea what Jules was on about. "You know the feeling that something was wrong. Was something actually wrong or was it just a false alarm?" Oh, that's what she was talking about but now how much do I tell her. It's not like I have any reasons not to trust her but she hasn't given me any reasons to either. And she attacked Bonnie in wolf form though she wouldn't have known what she was doing completely or did she? She remembered fighting me and after I said that I didn't remember anything she said that I must be new so maybe she did have more control. Either way I think I have to keep Bonnie out of this until I know I can trust Jules. "I found a girl in the woods who was hurt." There that was simple enough and it was the truth just minus a few details. Jules studied him for a moment; she opened her mouth to say something but closed it again. Finally she talked, "Tyler, just cut the crap. I know who that girl was. There is only one reason that you would have that kind of feeling of something being wrong and that's when your mate is in danger." Tyler kept what he hoped was a good poker face the whole time Jules was talking but that comment about him having a 'mate' kind of threw him off. "My mate? What the hell are you talking about?"
"Your soul mate, your OTP, whatever you what to call it. But it is so much more for a werewolf; they are connected to their mate on a whole other level." Jules explained whilst Tyler just looked confused and slightly weirded out. "So you are saying that Bonnie is my mate? That's why I have these feelings for her and why I protected her when I was a wolf." Tyler asked glad that there seems to be a reason for all these things. "Yes, a werewolf's mate is the one person in the world they will never hurt and will die to protect."
"I can't wait until her little mate comes to try and rescue her. Now that will be entertaining!" Hunter chuckled as he relaxed on the sofa while Bonnie was still in ropes in the attic above. "You do remember our deal, the werewolf comes with me. I don't care what you do with the witch but the werewolf has to be unharmed," Brady said knowing that Hunter will probably go back on his word which is why he has got Jules working on getting Tyler to come with her willingly. "I am aware of a deal but that doesn't mean I can't have a little bit of fun first." It has been years since he has had an opportunity to play around with people's lives like this and he wanted to get the most out of it. Meanwhile in the attic, Bonnie had decided to try and escape herself instead of waiting for everyone to save her. She was not hopeless; she could get herself out of this mess. Girl power for the win. Using her magic she cut the ropes. It felt so good to have her hands and feet free again. Bonnie knew there was no way that she was going to be able to get out of here by going out the front door with a vampire and a werewolf in her way. What she did next she didn't exactly think through which was probably for the better because she wouldn't have jumped out the window if she had given herself time for rational thinking. It was the adrenaline that kept Bonnie running after that fall otherwise she was pretty sure she would have just stayed on the ground forever. She didn't have time to see how badly she was injured but she knew that it will soon start to hurt like hell. Okay, I've got out of the house where do I go from here. I have no idea where I am. Now I'm regretting that I didn't think this through. I really wish Tyler was here right now, oh what the hell even seeing Damon would be a relief right at this moment, not that I would ever admit that to him let alone aloud.
Tyler collapsed to his knees in the doorway, he felt as if he had just fallen from an attic window of a two storey house. "She jumped out the window to escape, now that's my girl." Tyler said with pride, happy that his mate knows how to be kickass when she wants to. "Tyler, are you alright?" Jules asked confusion displayed on her face. "You shouldn't be suffering her injuries. Oh please tell me you didn't feed her your blood," "I feed her my blood cause she was badly injured, so what?" Tyler said as he stood up, already healed. "That means that for as long as your blood is in her system, any injury she receives you will be feeling the brunt of. She will feel some of it but you'll be getting most of the pain of the injuries." "I'm fine with that, I heal faster anyway. How long does werewolf blood stay in a person's system?" Tyler asked hoping the answer was a long time because if he heals for Bonnie that might just be what saves her if they can't find her soon. "A few days usually," Jules replied going on what she has been told because she had never cared enough for a human to give them her blood.
Caroline sat upstairs on Tyler's bed listening to the entire conversation happening downstairs as her wound healed. Bonnie is Tyler mate? You have got to be kidding me! Can this world get anymore messed up! Caroline thought but she spoke or thought in this case a bit too soon. "Caroline, what are you doing here? What happened?" Carol Lockwood asked, not knowing what to think with all the blood that seems to have come from Caroline and what looked like a wooden stake on Tyler's bed. This was definitely not what Carol expected when she came to check on Tyler.