The sun shined brightly the next morning. The forest seems to be full of life again, soaking up the water and rays. Sarai groan feeling the sunlight hit her face. She try to shift a little more to the left but the weight on top of her didn't help.

"Ethan…" she gasp feeling his semi-erect penis move within her as he grounded his hips to her ass. He buried his face in the back of her neck "hmmm?" "move." he thrusted "nooo." she moaned "stop, I'm still sore." Ethan stiffen "sorry, Seelie" "the sun is in my eyes." turning over to their side so the sun heated his back she flinched and whimper as he pulled out "thanks."

"guess the heat cycle hit us early this year." he muttered against her bare shoulder "not complaining." he chuckled at his mate.

His hands gently caress her stomach while the other cupped her face. "I wonder how Andrew is going to handle it." Sarai turned her head to kiss him "we already acknowledge her as Alpha…I just have to hope she understand what she's getting into once it happens." Ethan sat up and pulled her on his lap. "it'll be fine…she cant run from this…Andrew wont let her go…come on…" he stood with her

"…I'm starving and the next round will be much fun in the shower." Sarai quivered in his arms.

"Sean!" the black haired wolf thrusted wildly into his female.

Julie grabbed on tightly as her mate pounded her against the shower wall. "present!" he growled. Julie whimpered tilting her head to the side. His bite her. She screamed. Hot clasp of her silken walls tightened around him. His spine stiffen so tight it hurt but slumped down to the floor of the shower.

Reaching over he turned off the water. She moaned softly as he licked the bite he inflicted. "did I hurt you. Seelie?" Julie kissed his head "no…you were wonderful." she unwrapped her legs from his waist. "but next time I'm biting."

Sean growled against her lips "please do."

David and Elliot made food for themselves with the help of the vamps. "something tells me its gonna be an interesting day, today." Tiffany glanced at her husband. "I think today's the day."

Leah giggled as Andrew nibbled the back of her neck. She squirmed in his arms. "no more…" Andrew growled "yes more." Leah brusted into laughter as he tickled her sides. He stop and laughed with her. "you want breakfast in bed or go out to eat?"

"actually I wouldn't mind breakfast in bed." Leah shied away… Andrew kissed her head "anything you want, Seelie." He left the room.

Leah fell back into the bed think of what happened last night. She ran with the pack felt more right than with her brother and Jake. She had finally confessed her love and he did too.

my future Luna...

what did he mean by that? Ethan had slipped a few times calling her Luna. Never looking at her directly in the eye. Even Sean and Nigel were doing the same. The girls changed a bit, too.

Leah jumped out of bed and walked out into the office. Seeing the laptop on the desk she wondered if she can google it. She sat down and turned it on. Once it was on she notice a folder blinking red. Curiously she clicked it. The fax machine turned on and began printing.

Leach read the paper.

On the top left corner was a word in bold caps: RED EVN

The paper contained information on one of the states Councilors: Robert Willis.

Where he lives, he's personal info, he's daily schedule, his family, his co workers, he's medical records.

And at the bottom of the page in bold capital letters : TO BE ELIMATED AND DISPOSED.

Andrew walked in with two trays filled with food. Nearly dropping them when her saw the desk. Placing trays on the coffee table he was by her in seconds. "Andrew, what is this?" Seeing the RED ENV he snatched the paper and crumbled it.

"you weren't supposed to see that! Never!" Grabbing her arm roughly he dragged her away from the laptop then faced her.

"why are on my laptop? How much did you see?" Leah felt guilty seeing hurt but also fear in his eyes. "how much did you see?" he yelled out causing Leah to forget why she was even on his laptop.

"tell me!" he shuck her roughly "I don't know!" she felt the tear fall freely. Andrew was horrified at what he did. "I'm so sorry!" he crushed her into his chest "I'm sorry-I'm sorry-please don't cry-please-I'm so sorry."

He hated the tint a fear in her sweet scent. It was his fault.

He kissed her face over and over. "why were you at my desk?" he asked more gently. Leah nerves settle "I wanted to looks up a word and I click on some folder that was blinking red. I didn't mean to look, just got too curious." Andrew hugged her tightly while kissing up and down her neck "you weren't suppose to see that. I never wanted you to know." "are you gonna kill him?" Andrew stiffened

"no we are." the pair looked to see the Arcanid couple walk in.

Ethan strolled over to the desk as Sarai stood near her Alpha. They happen to pass by the office when they heard the commotion "why…?" Sarai frowned at Leah "we kill not cause we want to. We have to." Ethan walked over with the unscrambled paper. "its payment to Judd for the pack's protection." Leah looked at Andrew "protect? From who-…your grandfather." Andrew nodded

"good she knows the truth of why we're really here." Sarai noted "but why kill him?" "Judd has reason to issue out hits like these." "it's a END mission." Ethan confirmed "I hate those."

Andrew cupped her chin "Sarai and Ethan are Judd's regularly hired hitman of my pack. They assassinate those who threat our existence, who will expose us if not dealt promptly." Leah looked at the couple "ever since we join up with Andrew, we told Judd we would be the ones paying his debt." Ethan throw his arm over his friend's shoulders "he and David are family. We love them and do whatever to kept them."

Leah's eyes widen when Ethan kissed Andrew fully on the lips.

"Damn it Ethan!" shoving his best friend away.

"cant help it when you look all depressed like that." he grinned playfully. Sarai leaned close to Leah "they were lovers once…" "were not!" "you deny all those passionate nights together" Andrew looked ready to bust a nut "easy Alpha, no need to bite my head off, just changing the mood here." "could have done it differently." the girls laughed "oh man you guys are too much!" Sarai held her sides. Leah fell back on the couch, giggling.

"hey! Who's telling jokes to make people laugh? that's my job!" Sean walked in with Julie bouncing behind him.

"finally out of the shower." Ethan smirked "at least I did it in the shower." Sean grinned "ok, ok no need to trade sex stories." "yea, we have a hit." Julie frowned "Leah-" "she knows." Andrew sat by his woman. "but I don't know if I'm ok with it." "we all aren't." Nigel came in. "non of us like this any more than you do, dear." "the pups?" "with Tiffany and Dante, hunting." Nigel reassured his Alpha.

"hope there's a moose around. don't want a cranky pup in the house." "really? David gets cranky?" Leah said "yea…that's why I like Elli. No matter what animal, her blood thirst is satisfied." Sarai saw the confusion in Leah's eyes. "I thought werewolves don't drink blood." Sean wolf grinned "is just special sauce on our food-but don't worry your food is cooked blood free." Andrew glared at the Beta. "but Elliot drinks blood?"

"yes…." the shifter turn to the Huntress.

"she is half vampire…" Leah stared "like Andrew?" "no" Ethan pulled his mate close to him "she is half vampire and…half wolf shifter like you." "I don't understand…" "Elliot is not really our daughter…" Sarai eyes sadden "she is my niece…" Sarai sat next to Leah.

Grabbing her hands she started to tell her story...

"my father was a werewolf in Ireland. His name was James Basil. A rouge wolf, the best and most feared Hunter in the country. Few packs wanted him in and many want nothing to do with him. From what I was told he watched my mother fight with a mountain lion shifter. She won but was severely injured. So he took her in and nurtured her to health. As a repayment she became his pack. Later on the pack grow creating an elite Hunter Pack. One night the males were in rut meaning sexually driven to mate. My father forced himself on her.

She gave birth to twins…me and my sister, Sarah..."

"I thought I was a DNA dead end…." "no, female shifters lose their period to have children with the one you love." "imprint." "no" Leah looked stared "no female shifter ever imprint or get imprint on, they are luck to find true love for themselves." she felt Andrew lace his fingers with hers. "but there's a loop…you and they can be easily impregnated by werewolves and werecats." "werecats?"

"I'll tell you late." Andrew whispered to her.

"unfortunately my sister, Sarah was born more shifter than were and me more were than shifter. My father raised me to be a Hunter like him. He paid little attention to my mother and sister. I had to defend them every time a male would make sexual advantage towards them. To the pack, my mother and Sarah were fair game. My father didn't nothing when his men tried to rape them countless of times." Sarai's voice cracked, blinking back tears.

"I've been beat and broken protecting them. With a shattered body, I killed any male who dared to touch them. My father was proud of my kills so much he promised their protection if I followed his order, every single word of it. I did what I was told and they remained safe till i found out my sis was having an affair with a half vampire. She told me about him. His name was Elliot Aaron. When she got pregnant by him, I took my mother and we runway from my father. Being titled as a Hunter not only means you're a great killer but the best tracker in the pack. The basturd found us and killed my mother. My sister handed me Elli begging me to run and protect her…so I did." Sarai wiped away her tears.

"then I met Ethan and fell in love…" She smiled up at her mate who smiled back. "…then we raised her and joined Andrew." Leah throw her arms around her neck "I'm so sorry Sarai. It must have been difficult." Sarai hugged her back "I am happy here with the pack and with you, Luna." Leah pulled back and smiled "I'm glad."

Then she realized something…

"why do you guys call me Luna?"

There was a long dead silent pause.

"well, I'm not touching that with a ten foot pole…" Sean grabbed the food trays and handed on to his wife. "…come on honey lets go eat shall we!" dragging he and Julie out the door as quickly as possible.

"come on I help you guys prepare the weapons for the mission." Nigel and the others left.

Andrew sighed "the idiot left with our food."

There was a faint 'I heard that' respond.

The Alpha closed the office doors and took Leah's hand leading her back into the bedroom. He closed the door, then closed the curtains after looking out to see David and the other had return form hunting. He pulled Leah back on to the bed and laid down on their side facing each other.

"Luna is a title to the Alpha Female of a werepack…my pack acknowledge you as their Alpha…" he ran his fingers thru her hair. "but I belong to Jacob's pack." "true but I can cut that bond you have with him and create a new, permit bond with my pack…"

They stared at each other for a few long minutes.

"would you join my pack if I asked you to?" Leah's heart pounded ferisly against her ribcage. Andrew smelt her nerviness. "would you really give me that choice?" "to be honest…No…you really have not choice." he pinned her to the bed "if I take you as my mate here in this room, on this bed, you are mine…." Leah quivered beneath him "…you would become Luna, Alpha Female of the Arrow pack."

He kissed her with a passion like he always did. His tongue danced with hers. Pulling back for air he licked and nibbled down to her neck. "all I have to do is make love to you and mark you with my fangs…" He nipped sharply causing Leah to buckle her hips "…then you would be mine. My mate…my love." he hovered over her. Eyes glazed, mouth gasping for air, face flushed

"once that happens your bond with Jacob is severed and a new bond with form with my pack."

Kissing her gently "please say you will be mine, that you will join the Arrow Pack as their Luna." Leah tried to calm her heart

"and…if I…say no…?"

"you have no choice in the matter….I know the girls have told you about the heat cycle we go thru. I don't know if I can stay away from you knowing you are my mate. My wolf instinct will make me hunt you down and take you even if you fight back…I don't want that to happen…"

He removed himself off the bed and walked over to the window. Opening the curtains Leah sat up on the bed. Andrew took a deep breath and faced her. "I love you, Leah Clearwater…please say you be my mate."

There was a long agonizing pause…

"let me think about it." He's face broke into hurt and pain. She wished she hadn't said that. Quickly turning his back to her. "I see…" He clutched his fist then ran out the door.

An hour pass by and still no Andrew. The men decide to go look for him as the girls stayed to comfort Leah.

"I know this looks hard to handle but he's right…you really don't have a choice…" Julie said gently "…and rejecting the thought will brake his soul." Leah busted into tears. Sarai hugged her "when we find our mates it doesn't matter, we just want them and be happy with them."

Sarai removed her engagement ring "this is only for show…" she place the ring in Leah's hand "…its not even real white gold, just stainless steel…" "why…?" "because I became Ethan's mate the day we met. We were 16, we made love and I was his."

"I was 14 and Sean 18 when we mated. To us werewolves once we find our soul mate you can never be without each other. He's your half as you are his." Leah looked down at the ring "Mating is much deeper that any human marriage. Your in it for life. No divorcing, no separation, no nothing…" Sarai took the ring and placed it on the coffee table.

Then both girls grabbed each of her hand while Tiffany and Elliot who sat quietly gave her a reassuring smile. "if one dies the other will follow." Leah stared at Sarai "they die of a broken heart and a shattered soul…most wolves survive because of the children they have but even then they will slowly die…" Julie squeezed her hand lightly "rejecting him about the mating in any kind of way, your killing him slowly. Not only will he suffer but you as well." Sarai patted her hand.

"if you must think about it, I suggest you do it quick and be realistic about the situation. We gave you enough to know what your getting yourself into, but if you love him…I know you'll make the right decision."

The men managed to find their Alpha quick thanks to the bond with David. They saw the Alpha laying on his stomach. His dark chocolate fur waved in the wind. Ethan walked over and sat his back against the dark wolf's right ribcage. Sean did the same on the opposite side. Nigel sat indian style in front of the wolf. Dante leaned on a near by tree as David stayed a few feet away.

"come on Andy its not the end of the world." Ethan said

"…"

"ok so it might but you know she say yes and be yours." Sean assured

"…"

"Ignoring us isn't going to help either." Ethan poked his head.

"…"

"Andrew?" Nigel nudged the wolf's head.

Ethan took a look at his friend's face. "is he sleeping?" Sean frowned. "his heart beat is slower than normal." "even his breathing has slowed down too" the men were uneasy.

"he's locked in." the males turn to David strolling over to them with Dante.

"locked?" "he mental locked himself in his mind." Dante explained. "what do we do?" "nothing, I'm going to get him out." Nigel moved over to let David sit in front of his brother. "whatever you do, DO NOT TOUCH me or him while I'm inside." "why-" "you don't wanna know." Dante warned.

Pressing his forehead to the wolf's, he closed his eyes. When he opened them, he was in a dark hallway. Walking down he notice a few doors.

A light gray marked 'pack'.

A light blue marked 'David'.

An orange marked 'Ethan'.

A dark green marked 'Judd'.

And a pink marked 'Leah'.

As he passed by each door the hallway got darker. He ignored the last door cake in blood marked 'mom and dad'.

He felt a shadow follow him more further down the endless hallway. "show yourself." David demanded. A dark chuckled echoed "hello Davy." the figure stepped out of the shadows. The man looked just like Andrew but was not his real brother. He was Andrew's vamp half.

The only difference is his skin was pale and his hair was black. His eyes were the same blue but the black cover his eyes as well. His fangs stood out as he smiled evilly. He was dressed in all black and had chains around his arms, legs and hanging around his neck.

"Ampyru." David narrowed his eyes "dear brother it is great to see you, it has been such a long time." "where is he?" Ampyru frowned "why I am right here, little brother." David flashed his fangs "you are half of him. I want the rest of him." the older vamp glared "what is wrong with just settling with me. We're more alike you and I." David scuffled "just show me where he is."

Ampyru sighed in defense "he's with Brother Wolf."

They walked further down till they came upon the very last doors. They looked like the double doors of his brother's office but on the left door was a wolf head and on the other a bat wing. Ampyru opened his door for David to go in first.

In the room there was Andrew sitting near a fireplace. Next to him was a large dark brown wolf. "Ampyru who did you-" the wolf snarled but saw David. "Little Paws what are you doing here?" the wolf happily ran to him. Andrew stood up quickly "David!"

"so this is where you've been hiding for a whole hour." he said as he pet the wolf. "an hour? I guess I lost track of time…" "the pack was worried so we came looking for you." "is everyone here?" "no just the boys and me….lets get out of here."

"no, stay." the wolf growled at the vamp "not likely, Ampyru but I will be seeing you when I can." his brother's twin frowned. The brothers walked to the double doors and opened them.

The men were relief to see the brothers awake. "I thought you might have got stuck." Dante said. Andrew shape shifted back. Sean handed him his sweat pants. "you ok man." Andrew pulled up the pants "I'm not sure."

Ethan put an arm around his shoulder "if you get blue balls your more than welcome to my bed." the Alpha rolled his eyes

"home?" Sean said

"home."