Chapter Twelve

Reid had passed out after being placed in the yellow hummer. His body limply sprawled on the back seat. With, of course, a seat belt on to keep him from falling to the floor. Faint snoring could be heard coming from his sleeping form before Tyler turned of the engine.

Tyler and Ryen sat in an awkward silence. Or rather, it was awkward for Ryen. She felt like she needed to tell Tyler what had happened while he was gone. It had to do with what Caleb had said. He had thought that she was going to hurt Tyler.

She had a mental debate with herself on whether or not she should tell him... everything. Would he be understanding or would he think she was a monster? Would he accept her? Would he still love her, let alone like her? And somewhere in her mind she heard Ryder's disapproving voice. She was stuck.

Unknowingly to Ryen, because of her mental debate with herself, Tyler had pulled up into the Garwin Manor, told her he was going to put Reid into bed and be a few minutes. She hadn't said anything.

His hand touched her shoulder, she looked at him. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just caught up in a thought."
He nodded. "Okay, I'm going to put Reid to bed. I'll be right back."
"Okay." he pecked her on the cheek.

Lights came on in the giant home. The manor now looked like people inhabited it. It wasn't as creepy and mysterious. It just looked like a huge family home, filled with happy memories and stories.

Tyler hopped back into his car. He started the car and pulled out of the driveway.

"Tyler, we need to talk." Ryen said reluctantly. She noticed his hands gripped the wheel nervously. "I don't feel comfortable telling you in a car, can we"
"We can go to my house."
"Thank you."
"Is it about us?" he asked quietly.
"It's about me. And Ry, Virtue, and Ash. It doesn't really effect us. I'll explain everything when we get to your house."

The ride wasn't long. The Simms home was just down the street from the Garwins. Tyler sighed before turning of the engine and getting out. Ryen followed him to the front door. They got comfortable in the living room.

Tyler sat watching Ryen as looked at her lap.

"I don't know how to tell you this, or where to start. I've never had to before. So I'm just going to start off with the more believable part. When you went to go get Reid with Caleb, someone I knew from back home showed up." she paused to look at him. "Caleb asked if he was an ex-boyfriend. Huh, he's an unwanted acquaintance. His like the minion of my step-father and his nephew, Ayden. And this is where I'm having trouble on how to explain this to you."
"You can tell me anything."
"I know, it's just unbelievable to some people, and... and... do you believe in werewolves?" she asked in a way that made her seem crazy and a way that made her look like she was trying to change the subject.
"What?" he was surprised to say the least.
"Do you believe in werewolves? You know the half-human, half-wolf creates that turn during a full moon."
"Uh... I don't know."
"Do you they actually exist? Not just in movies but that their are actually people somewhere in this world who can turn into wolves."
"Where are you going with this?" his head was tilted and his eyebrows raised.
"Hit me."
"What!"
"Hit me."
"Why?"
"Just hit me and you'll see why."
"No, I'm not going to hit you!"

She sighed in frustration. Standing up she walked behind the couch.

"I'm sorry, that was really weird to have someone ask someone else. I just didn't want to do this. Just try and stay calm."
"What are you t..." he stopped half way through his question. His attention was now on the thick hair appearing on her body as she morphed.

The nails of her paws clicked on the carpet as she moved to be in his eye sight. Her yellow and black eyes looked at him, watched him as he starred awestruck at her.

"You're a werewolf." She nodded. "And your brother." Another nod. "So the full moon is just some Hollywood thing." She nodded as she laughed. Not an actual laugh, more like a friendly growl.

He fell on to the floor, and walked on his knees closer to her. His hand slowly raised before he placed it on her head, petting her. She licked his arm.

"Where do your clothes go when you... change?" he asked.

She pulled away from him, nodding her head to the couch before walking back behind the couch. Tyler had crawled onto the couch to look. He saw Ryen sitting next to her clothes, and he blushed realizing that she was naked. He got off the couch.

"I'm going to get something to drink." he politely excused himself from the room, walking into the hall. His mind was dazed and confused as he made his way toward his kitchen to get a glass of water. His girlfriend was a werewolf... Werewolves actually existed, they weren't some Hollywood movie fiction. They were really real, and he was in love with one...

Ryen slowly walked into the kitchen. Tyler was leaning against a counter, a glass of water in his hand. He blushed as he saw her walk in. Her hands were holding the front of her dress up. After walking towards him, she turned around. The zipper of her dress was pulled half way up. Tyler swallowed, her hair was pulled to the side showing off her slender, creamy shoulders. He hesitantly put his glass down before pushing himself off the counter.

One warm hand gently cupped her shoulder as the other pulled the zipper up. He pulled all her hair to one side, rested his chin on her bare shoulder and wrapped his arms protectively around her waist. His breath hit her neck, sending chills through her body.

"When we get hurt, our eyes turn wolfish. That's why I asked you to hit me."
"How often has that happened?"
"I'm not sure... I never really payed attention to it. But now I can tell you everything."
"There's more."
"Yeah... can we go back to the living room?" He nodded, gently holding her hand as the walked back to the couch.

Ryen sat cross legged facing Tyler while he sat, his body turned toward her.

"Do you know about the structure of a wolf pack?" She asked him.
"Like the alpha male and female?"
"Yeah. My mom and dad were the alpha's. Levon was one of he beta wolves, their like a second highest in rank."

Tyler nodded his head in understanding.

"He wanted to be alpha, so he challenged my dad and won. A few weeks later, he married my mom. Alpha's are supposed to stay together. Ryder left after that, Levon didn't agree with his choice in a mate, Virtue, she was in the omega rank. Which is basically everyone else in the pack."
"Why did they leave?"
"Ryder was banished, Virtue and her family went with him."

"Anyway, when we were born, my grandfather said that the pack was going to change. That I would be the first to marry for love instead of rank." She looked into his eyes. "My parents believed him. When Levon became alpha, he wanted me to marry his nephew. You know, try to keep the power in his bloodline. My mom fought him over it. She didn't want to go against my grandfathers word."

A tear rolled down her cheek. Tyler's hand brushed her cheek, whipping away her tear.

"He hired hunters to kill my mom when she was on a hunt. With her out of the way, he only had me to put up a fight. When I still didn't agree with Ayden's proposal, he threatened to kill Runa. My friend Matti helped us leave."
"And you went to find Ryder."
She nodded her head, looking into his eyes.

"The guy who showed up tonight, Reuben, he was a warning. Ayden coming for me. I was hoping it would be a few more days, or weeks before they found."
"I won't let him take you from me."
"Tyler, I've seen to many people get hurt because of me, I couldn't live with myself if you did too."

Tyler scooted toward her, pulled her body into his arms and whispered into her ear, "I'm not going to let anyone take you from me."

Sorry for the wait, no excuses.
But here's another chapter. Hope you all like.
XOXO