Fluttering her eyes open slowly, a bright light blinded her momentarily and she let out a slight groan as he eyes shut automatically. 'Where am I? What's going on?' she asked herself as she felt something or someone shift next to her on what she figured to be a bed.

"Bethany?" a deep, warm voice whispered to her. It soothed her panic a little even though she could not recognize who it was and her eyes opened once more, slower this time. As the light came back, she let out a soft moan and blinked a few times, allowing her eyes to adjust and take in her surroundings. She was indeed a bed, but it was one you would find in an infirmary instead of a bedroom. A soft pillow supported her head and white sheets were at the foot of the bed while the silver railings along the side of the bed prevented her from falling out if she moved the wrong way. Looking down, she realized that her shirt and jeans had been replaced with a plain white gown that had a small scoop neck and her skin had been scrubbed clean of all the blood. Hearing someone clear her throat, she looked up with slightly widened eyes at the good looking man standing next to her bed with a light blue t-shirt and a pair of jean shorts in his hands.

"Bethany Holt?" he asked in the same warm and soothing voice that had woken her. She blushed lightly at how handsome he was with his pale skin and dark hair before moving her dark blue eyes up to meet his deep brown ones.

"Y-Yes? Wh-Who are you?" she asked, biting her lower lip softly and making the man smile, finding both her and her actions quite cute. He moved a little closer to her before setting the clothes in his hands down on the small metal table next to her bed.

"My name is Brock and those are yours," he said, nodding towards the clothes he had just set down. Her eyes flicked over to the clothes for a moment, taking in the garments before returning to him as she shifted in the bed slightly so she was sitting up. Brock took a step towards her and his hand twitched to help her, but he held himself back and relaxed slightly after seeing that she was perfectly fine doing it on her own. However, his eyes never left her.

"W-What's going on? Where am I? Why am I dressed like this? How did I-"

"Shhh…we'll explain everything to you soon," Brock said, placing his index finger on her lips softly to keep her from speaking, " Just relax, we don't want you getting too stressed out. Why don't you get dressed, and be careful of your head, okay?" As soon as he said that, her hand moved up and felt the gauze around her head gently with her fingertips. She looked up at him and nodded slowly, attempting to relax and take in everything at the same time. He smiled at her and stood up straighter, having to bend over a bit to cover her lips with his finger. "It's okay, you can trust me."

She smiled back at him slightly as he walked over to the door and out of the room, shutting it behind him and giving her the privacy she needed. Sliding over to the edge of the bed where the railing ended, she let her feet touch the floor and shivered a bit at the coldness of it as she stood up slowly and cautiously, not wanting to get head rush. She touched her head lightly once more where the gauze was securely wrapped and sighed before walking over to the table where Brock had placed the clothes for her. Glancing at the door for a moment, she thought herself to be crazy for trusting this man she had just met, and yet she completely did.

She relaxed and turned her gaze back to the clothes in front of her before sliding the nightgown up and off slowly and gently, being careful of her head before placing it on the bed. She was thankful to see that she was still wearing her own bra and underwear and slid on the shirt and shorts carefully, pulling her long hair out from under the shirt after buttoning the shorts. Sitting on the bed again, she bent down and picked her white sneakers up that had been left at the foot of the bed before slipping them on. When she was ready, she took a calming breath and stood up before walking over to the door and opening it, stepping out and looking around.

"Brock?"

"Right here," he said, stepping out of the dark and smiling at her as his eyes roamed over her softly, looking her over before looking up at her, "Follow me please." She nodded and began to follow him as he walked down the hallway, wondering to herself why on Earth she was doing as he said instead of trying to find a way to escape this place, though escaping wouldn't do her much good since she could barely remember anything as it was. As they walked, he looked back at her every now and then, making her face turn a light pink and causing him to smile to himself. They reached Gideon's lab after a while and he turned around, looking at her and smiling.

"Everyone should be in here, waiting. We'll explain everything we know." Bethany nodded and he smiled at her once more before stepping inside the room with her following behind. She bit her lip lightly as she stepped into the room behind Brock, unconsciously gripping her right wrist with her other hand, hiding the birthmark shaped like a crescent moon with a star hanging from the tip. The men of the order were all spread around the room, except for Dante who was nowhere to be seen. Gideon sat in front of his computers, multitasking with three of them as Lucan stood behind him, watching. Tegan was leaning against a fairly good sized wooden table toward the back of the room where Niko, Rio, Sterling, and Kade all sat. Everyone looked up as Brock and Bethany walked into the room, Bethany hiding behind him slightly and still gripping her wrist.

"Well, look who's up," Kade smiled, winking at the two of them playfully. Bethany blushed deeper and smiled a bit as Brock rolled his eyes and pulled out a chair for her at the table.

"Don't tease her man, you might scare her off considering your looks haven't done that already," he smirked, motioning for Bethany to take a seat in the chair he had pulled out as Kade gave him a playful glare. Bethany's smile widened at the comment and she took a seat in the chair Brock had pulled out, Brock pushing her in gently as she did.

"I-I don't think he looks bad," she said, blushing a bit more. Kade shot Brock a triumphant smirk as Brock glared at him and took a seat next to Bethany. Lucan glanced over at them from his spot behind Gidon and rose an eyebrow.

"Are you two done flirting now?" he asked, smirking as Bethany's blush deepened and both Brock and Kade shot him a slight glare. Walking over to the table, Lucan crossed his arms and looked down at Bethany, "First of all, I'd like to ask how you're feeling. You've been asleep for quite a while, but Brock never left your side." Brock shot him another glare as Bethany looked up at him and blushed deeper before looking back up at Lucan.

"O-Oh…I'm fine thank you, but I do have a few questions…" Lucan nodded to her, giving her the signal to proceed, "Thank you. First of all, where am I exactly?" Lucan opened his mouth to answer, but was interrupted as Dante walked into the room, looking refreshed and slightly disheveled with his hair tossled.

"Sorry I'm late guys. Got a little...distracted," he smirked, taking the only empty seat next to Sterling who smirked at him.

"And I'm sure Tess had absolutely nothing to do with that so called 'distraction', hmm?" he teased, causing Dante to smirk and chuckle, his voice sounding deep and rich.

"Oh, you know she had everything to do with it. Her drive's been kicked up ever since she got pregnant, not that I'm complaining." Sterling smirked and leaned back in his chair, chuckling slighty at his friend and secretly wishing that he was lucky enough to find the love of his life, someone who would stay with him forever.

"Of course you wouldn't." Bethany's cheeks had turned a deep red from overhearing their conversation and Brock noticed.

"Hey guys, I think it's time to change the topic," he suggested, nodding towards Bethany and her apple resembling cheeks. Both Sterling and Dante looked over at her and gave a sheepish smile.

"Sorry babe, got carried away," Dante appologized before looking up at Lucan and smiling, "Sorry for interrupting you, Luc." Lucan raise an eyebrow curiously at the nickname before smirking.

"Sure you are. Now, as I was going to say," he said, switching his gaze back to the blushing girl, "Before I can answer your question Bethany, we need to know if that mark on your wrist is a birthmark or a tattoo." Her eyes widened slihtly and her hand covered her wrist once more as she tried to come up with a way that they could have seen it. Brock looked at her gently and gave her a comforting smile.

"We have a few girls living here with us and they noticed it when they cleaned you up," he answered as if reading her mind, "And don't worry. Whether or not it's a birthmark, nothing bad will happen to you, I promise. It's just very important to us, so please don't lie to us." Bethany looked up at him and seeing the sincere look in his eyes, smiled softly and nodded before looking back up at Lucan.

"From what I can remember, it's a birthmark. I don't think I would ever get a tattoo on my wrist," she answered, tracing her mark gently with her index finger. Rio smirked slightly and closed his eyes.

"That explains a lot, she's a breedmate," he said, loking over at her. Confused, Bethany looked up at Brock before looking around at everyone and biting her lip which had become a recent habit for her.

"What's a breedmate?" she asked as Lucan took a step towards her, looking down at her. To Bethany, he looked like he had everyone in the room besides her under his control, yet he also seemed to have a gentle side.

"A breedmate is a rare thing. She is a woman who can breed with those of our kind," he said, noting how her eyes widened slightly and her gaze shifted to Brock for a moment when he said 'our kind', "On tp of that, she also has a certain power that's unique to each woman. Can you tell us if you can do anything...abnormal?" Biting her lip a little more, she looked up at everyone.

"W-Well...I can do this..." Placing her hand on Brock's shoulder gently, she closed her eyes and let a familiar warming sensation run through her body. She could sense every emotion running through him and chose one of the more prominent ones before opening her eyes and looking up at Lucan. Lucan's eyes widened slightly as a warm sensation ran throughout his body.

"Why do I feel so...happy?" he muttered, looking down at Bethany who smiled a little shyly and moved her hand off of Brock's shoulder and into her lap, causing the sensations to cease.

"It's my gift...I can feel and sense another person's emotions by touch and I can project them onto others using my mind if I choose to." Niko smiled widely and laughed, looking at her.

"That's fuckin' awesome! How'd you figure that out?" She blushed slightly at the compliment and smiled, tucking a lock of her curly brown hair behind her ear delicately.

"Thank you...and I've always had it, I guess...I-I can't really remember anything..." she answered, her voice drifting off sadly on the last part. Brock shot Niko a quick glare for making her sad before looking back at Bethany and taking her hand in his softly, giving it a light squeeze and causing her to him look up at him.

"It's alright, don't worry about it. I'm sure you'll remember soon, but could you tell us what you do remember for now?" he asked, watching her cheeks burn a little brighter from his touch.

"All I remember is the other night...I remember taking pictures and something hit my head...I fell and it felt like my head was on fire. Something was coming towards me so I grabbed my camera and ran into the forest...but it followed me and it was too fast, i couldn't outrun it. I thought I was going to die...but then someone saved me..." Something clicked in her mind and she looked up at Brock, looking his face over for a moment before smiling widely, "It was you! You saved me! Thank you so much, I owe you my life!" She leaned over and gave him a surprise hug, wrapping her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly. The others smirked at him playfully and if he could blush, his cheeks would have been red.

"It was nothing, you don't owe me anything," he said, hugging her back tenderly before letting her go and watching her pull back, sitting back down in her seat, "Is that all you can remember?" She bit her lip and nodded a little, looking up at him.

"Just that, my name, my birthday, and how to take pictures...Where is my camera anyway?" she asked curiously, looking around at everyone as Lucan moved slightly, blocking her view of Gideon who had her camera plugged into his computer and was downloading the pictures.

"We'll talk about that later. First, I think we should explain our kind and everything that's going on at the moment. Then, you have a choice to make. Whether you'd like to stay here with us and become involved in our world or rather return to the human world and forget about us." Bethany nodded, taking in everything before smiling at everyone and blushing lightly.

"I don't even have to hear about your world...I want to stay with you," she said, her gaze shifting more towards Brock than anyone else. He smiled and looked at Lucan who smiled back and nodded before looking at Bethany.

"Alright, it's your choice. Get comfy because it's a long story that you need to hear." She nodded and shifted in her chair a bit, getting comfy and looking up at Brock, smiing as he smiled back at her. She could already tell that she was going to love it here.