This time I made sure that I posted sooner and I was sad with the number of reviews that I received for the last chapter. I'm sorry to say though but I'm probably not going past 75 chapters with this story so it's almost over. SORRY. If you guys liked this story, I'm writing another one and anytime someone reviews that story I'll give them a SNEAK PEEK to the next chapter for this story, until it is over. Here is chapter 69. Enjoy!!!!

Chapter 69 Is He Truly Back?

Max's POV

We all decided that it was time to go to bed early that night. All of us were tired and there were humongous black bags under our eyes.

"Night," I shouted to everyone before all the doors were shut simultaneously.

"Night Max," the words were faint with all of the doors closed

Fang was lying down in bed. The covers were half way off of him and he was on his stomach so his back was facing me.

I quietly tiptoed over to Fang, and jumped on top of him. "You awake," I asked with a smile on my face.

He threw me off his back and pinned me down on my side of the bed. "Nope, I'm not awake at all. How could I wake up after you jumped on my back?" Heavy sarcasm dripped from every word. He rolled his eyes and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Before I knew it, his lips made contact with mine.

*Knock, Knock.* we immediately pulled apart when Mom knocked on our door, it's not like it really mattered though, she knew that we were dating and that our relationship was really strong. "Are you guys asleep yet?"

"No," we said in unison. "We were just about to head to bed Dr. M," Fang continued.

"Okay, night and sleep well." She waited a few seconds before she continued. "Don't stay up any later; you guys could really use the sleep."

This was the first time that Mom was actually pushy, she usually didn't care how late Fang and I stayed up until.

I let out a huge yawn, she is right though. We should really get some sleep.

Fang's arms wrapped around my waist and he pulled me down and laid my head on his chest.

"Dr. M is right, you could really use the sleep," he placed a kiss on my forehead and then lay back down. "Night, I love you."

I picked myself off of his chest, leaned into him and placed a tender kiss right on the corner of his lips. "I love you too."

As soon as I put my head back on his chest, I fell immediately into a deep slumber.

The sun woke me up early the next morning. It was shining right in my eyes so harsh that it felt like my eyes were going to burn right out of their sockets. I immediately shot up, which didn't really help my eyes at all. Everything around me was different. First of all, Fang was gone and well, my room was gone. There was a forest of trees surrounding me. I tried looking past the trees but all there was, was more trees.

"Where the hell am I?" That was the first thought that passed through my head. "How did I get there?" "Is this some crazy prank?" Questions kept on shooting through my head. The biggest question of all though, was "Where are Fang and the rest of the Flock?"

Everything here was wrong; it was quiet and peaceful but there was tension that I could feel coming from all around me. It felt like I was being watched and there was no way of escaping this person.

"Is anybody there?" I felt so stupid just shouting that, it seemed like I was talking to myself. Of course, just like I thought, no one answered.

A shiver ran up my spine, and I could hear faint footsteps walking towards me. I jumped up instantly and searched my surrounding for the mysterious footsteps. There was still nothing I could see around me but the stupid trees were still in the way. Gosh, these trees are definitely pissing me off right now. Don't get me wrong, I do love tress but not when they are in my way like this. It feels like I'm back at the school in my cage.

I started to feel claustrophobic and my breathing was getting shorter. My wings shot out and I jumped up for the take off but there was a problem. I looked on my back but there was nothing there. My hands instantaneously searched my back for my wings but they were no where to be found.

This place was really scaring me now, and that is definitely saying something, I never get scared.

The footsteps were picking up speed and growing louder every second.

After a few minutes, the footsteps faded and I could hear them no longer. Something hard then hit me straight on my head. I looked up but nothing was there.

"Looking for me???" That voice, it was so familiar but I couldn't place my finger on it. Why was the voice so familiar? Then the name hit me so hard, like a cement block being dropped on my foot.

My mouth dropped and I slowly turned around to face the person who was stalking me like a bad nightmare that will never go away. I held my breath, hoping that I was wrong about the voice.

Standing right behind me was Ari. His erase form actually. The big wolf like grin was spread across most of his face and his t-shirt was ripped in so many places.

He walked right up to me; his face was right up against mind. "Missed me?" His grin disappeared before he continued. "You thought I was dead didn't you?" It was a rhetorical question so there was no point in me answering. "Well, you were WRONG."

Before I could reply, his wolf-like paw made immediate contact with my face and everything went completely black.

"Max, are you okay?" Fang was shaking me.

My breathing was short and heavy. "Yeah, I am now." Sweat was running down my body and there were sweat spots on Fang too. "I just had a really bad dream but it felt so real."

Sorry for taking so long to update AGAIN, just remind me if I start to take too long to update. Hope you guys liked this chapter though. I'll try to update sooner. PLEASE REVIEW!!!