Derek's Pov

shit shit shit please let her be okay she has to be okay. Those were the thoughts going round and round in my head as I followed them while they carried the now unconscious Chloe down into the basement and place her in a cage, wait what?

"why are you putting her in a cage." my voice sounded numb even to me. Guilt and fear flooded through me like a river. I should feel guilty I had ruined her life I had taken away any chance she had of even being the slightest bit normal. Chloe had helped me, she had been there for me, she had stayed with me even when she knew it could be dangerous and what did I do to repay her? I turned her into a god damn werewolf.

"it's just to be on the safe side, when I woke up after being bitten I destroyed everything in sight." said Elena kindly.

"No don't be kind, I don't deserve it, Chloe is my only friend and as if we weren't messed up enough in our own right I turn her into a werewolf. And there's no way of knowing how it will mess with her necromancer powers and there's the fact that we're genetically altered every last damn one of us. Oh how am I gonna get to the others, Tori is going to explode literally, but what if they are already caught or dead... " I was ranting , I knew I was ranting but I couldn't bring myself to care. I was a monster what do monster's care if they rant.

"wait what about being genetically altered." asked Elena, the alpha and Clay looked at me with unreadable expressions.

I launched into the whole tale I told them everything from the very beginning, very detail, hoping that it would some how ease the over powering guilt but at the same time hoping it didn't I deserved this guilt I deserved a whole lot worse. I should be killed, I hurt Chloe...m-my Chloe.

I must have said that last part aloud as the alpha who I think was called Jeremy said "No one is going to kill you, it was an accident and believe it or not we are still going to help you, we will find you something to wear, then you, clay and Elena will go get your friends, if they do as you told them we only have until tomorrow morning to get them and I will stay with Chloe I'm an old hand at helping the newly turned. Furthermore testing on supernaturals isn't unheard of and there are other people who can help as well."

I had no idea what to say, thank you just didn't seem to cut it, we had landed a whole heap of trouble on them and they were still willing to help us, not only getting the others but also helping Chloe, I have never ever heard of any mutt ever being helped by the pack before and yet here they were. I just nodded and turned to follow Elena out the room. He seemed to understand.

Elena showed me the bathroom and said I could have a shower while she found me something to wear, clay just grunted and followed Elena upstairs. The bathroom was big, the bath looked like it was big enough for two and the shower was just as big. I turned on the shower, dropped the blanket that I had forgotten was still round my waist and stepped under the spray. After I shut off the shower I heard voices just outside the door.

"look don't say anything to him about biting Chloe, I think he's already beating himself up enough already and from the sounds of it them kids have had it real rough for a long time."

"whatever you say darling, and I have to agree with you, those kids have had it rough. Though he can hear us you do know that right?"

"yes of course I know that, but in this house everything gets overheard and as they are going to be here a while they need to get used to that fact." with that she knocked on the door opened it enough to pass the clothes to me and said "we're just gonna dump the dead mutts in the shed come out to the car when your dressed."

an hour later we were well on our to getting the others, for the first time in ages I let myself hope really hope that things could get better, that we could stop the Edison group and live the rest of our lives in peace, sure Chloe was gonna need a lot of help, but the alpha said he would take care of her and even if she does hate me for what I did to her at least she'll be alive and not in a lab or dead. I could handle her hating me she has every right to. Guilt still pooled in my stomach but at least it was looking like every one might get out of this alive.