Chapter 2, Savion POV – Home sweet home.
Having plans kept from me doesn't really give me much to think about, other than being in an Alpha pack; I had nothing else to do. I packed clothes in my bag, not paying attention to what I was putting in. I could hear low murmurs coming from the dining room.
"You think it's a good idea for her to be back in Beacon Hills… where she could easily run into Derek Hale?" The voice sounded like Ennis. "How do we know she's not just going to go running back to him?"
My brows furrowed and I listened intently to their conversation. They were talking about me and Derek.
"We're her pack, her family. I think we need to put a little more faith in her." Aiden defended me in a low voice; I always favoured Ethan and Aiden more than the rest of the pack. Mainly because they are like my little brothers, I was their guardian and have been ever since I joined the pack.
"Derek Hale was her mate." Kali snapped. I cringed at her referring to him as my 'mate'.
"Was." Ethan and Aiden said in unison.
"It's not that simple." Ennis interjected.
"You know what happens when you find your mate, Aiden? Huh Ethan?" I heard someone step. "You find an anchor. So how are you so sure that her love for Derek Hale," Kali said his name in disgust. "Isn't going to break the bond?"
Everyone was quiet. "Her allegiance is with her pack. And we are her pack." Aiden said firmly.
"You know that's not the bond I was talking about." I barely made out Kali say that, as if she said it so low to make sure I wouldn't hear. With that I heard light footsteps walking towards the door, followed by a heavier pair. Ennis and Kali must have walked out.
I zipped up my bag as Aiden walked in. "Hey, are you ready?"
"Yeah." I gave him a half smile as he grabbed my bag to load it in my car.
"Deucalion, Ennis and Kali had already left, said they needed to get the place we are going to be staying at ready first." Ethan said.
I nodded thoughtfully and stared out the window. My head was spinning, though I never cared whenever the pack's plan was kept from me this one seemed like it was going to affect me a lot. Every time I think about seeing Derek again, every time I think about anything that was in my life while I was still a beta made my stomach drop.
Aiden's ring tone broke my train of thoughts. He murmured a simple "Okay." Before hanging up. "Let's get on the road; we should be there by midnight."
The three of us walked out of the apartment in silence I climbed into the driver's seat, while Aiden took the passenger seat and Ethan occupied the back. I looked at Aiden who pursed his lips and gave me an encouraging nod. He knew I was feeling uneasy about going back to Beacon Hills, but we have to do it.
After hours of driving the twins were both deep in slumber and according to the navigation system we were only a few hours away from Beacon Hills. I tried not to overthink it, whatever Deucalion's plans were it probably won't require us staying in Beacon Hills for a long time. My mind wandered over to Derek, there could only be one pack in Beacon Hills then there's no doubt that it's his.
I drove past the 'Welcome to Beacon Hills' sign and suddenly I felt as if my heart was going to burst out of my chest. My heart was beating so loud and fast that it woke up the twins. I gripped the stirring wheel tightly and focused my eyes on the road.
"Sav, you need to breathe. Relax." Aiden placed a hand on my knee to try and calm me.
I pulled over the side of the road and shifted the gear to park. I leaned my head on the stirring wheel and focused on the twin's heartbeats, and tried matching my breathing with theirs.
"We can turn back you know, postpone this for a couple more days." Ethan rubbed gentle circles on my back. "We can just tell them we broke down half way." He suggested.
I shook my head. "No… No, it's okay." I gave them both a weak smile. "Why avoid the inevitable?" I took a deep breath and started driving again. It wasn't long until we reached the building we will be staying at.
The boys and I carried our bags to the apartment Kali had arranged for us. The apartment was empty when we walked in, Kali, Ennis and Deucalion must have already started. We unpacked and settled in in silence.
I found myself unable to sleep on my first night back in Beacon Hills. The others haven't returned and one of the twins is asleep, I could hear the other one still tossing and turning.
A few minutes later there was a light tap on my door. "Sav?" Ethan called quietly.
"Come in." I murmured.
Ethan quietly stepped in and shut the door behind him, he stood by my bed and I scooted over to give him some space. He lifted up the blanket and hoped in, making himself comfortable. We lied together in silence for a few moments.
"You haven't spoken much since you found out where we're going." Ethan interrupted the silence. I turned my head to look at him and he looked back, I turned to look at the ceiling again.
"I just… haven't found the right words to say, I guess." I shrugged. Which was true, I haven't. I couldn't even hold on to a thought for more than a minute before my brain starts bringing up other thing to think about,
Ethan nodded thoughtfully. "You know, I think it's okay to be a mess every once in a while." He said quietly.
Ethan is the youngest in our pack; he is minutes younger than Aiden. Being the youngest, he doesn't really have much say in things. No one cares about what he says, what he does or what he thinks. Everyone just expects him to follow orders like a lost puppy. Least that's how Ennis, Kali and Deucalion see him and his brother. They were omegas before the pack.
"I like that." I smiled in the dark and Ethan let out a chuckle. We stayed quiet for a few seconds. "What are you thinking?" I asked him.
"I just…" He lifted and tucked his arm under it. "I just have a bad feeling about this whole plan you know."
"Why is that?"
"Because we don't know anything." Ethan paused. "I mean, usually they tell us something. But right now, we get complete radio silence until they decide that they need us… it just feels like something will go wrong." I turned to look at him and genuine worry was plastered on his face. He sighed and shook his head. "I'm sorry; I'm being paranoid and stupid."
"No." I quickly said. "No I get what you mean and I agree with you."
"You do?" Though I always agree with him, he always seems surprised whenever I do. No one in the pack ever does.
"Of course." I reached for his hand and gave in a gentle squeeze. He gave me a smile. "You need to get some sleep." I changed the subject. "I need to sign you and your brother up to your new school tomorrow." I giggled.
Ethan groaned and sat up. "Goodnight, Sav." He leaned over and kissed my forehead lightly before pushing himself off my bed. I mumbled a 'goodnight' and he looked over to me before shutting the door behind him and making his way to his bedroom.
I pushed all the thoughts out of my mind and snuggled deep into my pillow. I didn't want to stay awake all night and overthink things. I shut my eyes and let myself drift to sleep.
The sun seeped through the gaps between the curtains covering my window. I sat up and pushed the blanket off of my body. I grabbed a pair of pyjama pants out of my closet and put them on before walking out of my room.
The apartment was quiet and the twins were still asleep. I don't think the others came back at all last night, but I'm sure they're fine. I started preparing breakfast for the two boys sleeping, I like making their life as human as possible. Someone making them breakfast, drive them to places, sending them to school. All that kind of human family stuff. I woke the boys up and called them down for breakfast, we all ate in silence.
"Can we get a bike?" Aiden asked me.
"For what?" I raised an eyebrow at him.
"To ride to school." He gave me a toothy grin.
"Why don't I just drive you two?" I suggested.
"I don't mind that." Ethan shrugged.
"People would think you're our mother or our older sister, which means we have a milf or sister they want to 'ride'. And I don't know if you've gotten a whiff of 'horny' but I sure as hell don't want to smell that in the school halls first thing in the morning when you drop us off." Aiden pouted and Ethan laughed but nodded in agreement.
"So you'd rather be called a loser for riding a bicycle to school rather than people calling me a milf?"
"I didn't mean bicycle!" Aiden groaned. "I meant like a bike, like a motorcycle!"
"OH!" Ethan started laughing when it finally dawned on me. "I thought you meant bicycle…" Aiden shook his head and slapped his forehead. "Well, of course. Why not?"
"Really?!" Ethan and Aiden asked excitedly.
"Sure! We can get them after I get you two enrolled." I cleaned up the plates and placed them on the sink.
"OH YOU JUST BECAME THE BEST GUARDIAN EVER!" Aiden engulfed me in a bear hug and so did Ethan. "Thanks mum." They both said in unison before letting me go and making their way into their room to get ready. I laughed and loaded up the dishwasher before getting ready myself.
The enrolment was quick, the twins were signed into the school as my younger brothers. Afterwards, Mr. Curtis insisted that he gives us a quick tour of the school and show me the changes they have made since the time I was still attending Beacon Hills High School. The school had a different smell, different from just pure humans. An odd scent hit me as we walked past a certain locker and I could tell by the way the twins tensed up that they had picked it up as well.
"That place reeked of werewolf." Aiden said as soon as we got in the car.
"I used to go to that school." I didn't want to think that there were teenagers that were turned into wolves.
"Yeah, but-" Ethan was about to say something.
"And I wasn't the only one of our kind in there. You boys know that." I hated shutting down the boys and I hated having to bring up my past to do it. I just didn't want to think that teenagers were being turned, getting 'normal' ripped right out of their lives. It was different for me and the twins, we were born into this… but there are parts of me that wish we hadn't been, that wishes we were just humans.
Ethan understood and said, "Let's just drop it."
We drove in silence to the motor bike dealers and I let the boys browse as I sat by the counter and flipped through their catalogues. After what seemed like an eternity, they called me over and showed me the model they chose. I nodded approvingly and called over a staff and told him we wanted to take two of that same model.
"No problem, when would you like to pick them up?" He gave us the normal overly friendly smile salesmen give you when trying to sell something.
"I was actually hoping my brothers can drive them home today." I replied.
"Uh…" He scratched the back of his head. "We actually don't allow drive-away unless the vehicle is fully payed for."
I turned to the twins behind me and they both gave me the classic puppy dog face. I rolled my eyes, I could never say no to them. Deucalion's going to kill me for spending this much money. I held out my hand for Ethan to hand me my purse and turned back to the staff.
"So do you want cash, card or cheque?" I flashed him a smile. His heart skipped a beat then started beating rapidly; I smirked and decided to take advantage of it.
After arranging the papers and paying for Ethan and Aiden's motorcycles, I walked to my car with Ethan and Aiden behind me walking their bikes out of the building.
"Free servicing for the next twelve months, free parts for the bikes and the best insurance for half of what it's worth." Aiden laughed. "You are a horrible person, do you know that? Poor guy would have to explain that to his boss and the insurance company."
"I know." I chuckled and hopped into my car; the twins got on their bikes and put on their helmets. I rolled down the window. "I'll see you boys at home. No detours!" I said as sternly as I could. Their shoulders shook; I knew they'd just laugh at me. I shook my head and started driving home.
The twin did as they were told and was already waiting for me in the parking lot as they admired their new toys.
"You boys lose your keys to the apartment already?"
Ethan shook his head. "They're back. You know how Deucalion is."
I nodded understandingly as I walked ahead of them to the elevator. Deucalion didn't like it whenever we don't arrive with the people we left with. We always have to stick together.
We entered the apartment in silence. "Ah, nice of you three to join us." Deucalion said in a calm tone. The three of them were sitting at the dining table. We simply gave them a nod and headed to our rooms. "Sit." He told us. We looked at each other and sat down with them.
"We need you three with us tonight." Deucalion started.
The twins nodded and I rolled my eyes at how easily they gave in to his orders. "For?" I raised a brow. I was the only one that had enough guts to question his orders mainly because I knew he needed me more than I need him and I owed him nothing.
"Just to watch over something." Kali quickly replied, already growing impatient of my questions.
"Where?"
"Beacon Hills First National Bank." Deucalion smirked.
I nodded and stood up. I walked into my room. I buried my face into my hands; I had this odd feeling in my core. I stalked into the bathroom and pulled my shirt off. Black veins started appearing on my chest, my neck and my face. Like darkness slowly spreading in me. It wasn't a new feeling; I feel it every time a full moon is coming.
It wasn't like the feeling of turning, of having the animal instinct take over. It was different and in my opinion, much worse. It's a dark feeling, like something eating away on your soul. Like that bit of humanity in me was being taken away and once it's fully taken over me… it's like someone else controls me.
Author's note:
I know, story's moving quite slow huh? Derek will be in it soon! I promise! :)
Kisses.
