11:40 a.m.

The girls were just pulling into their driveway, twenty minutes before twelve. They're back seat was over filled with food, drinks, and any other thing the girls thought their pack mates might need. "Do you think we bought enough?" Angel asked as she killed the engine.

"Yeah I believe so, you did say that my father was only sending ten wolves," Angel nodded as the two climbed out of the car. "Then this is enough for ten, if we need any more then we will just have to go buy some more." Amu said as she open the car door of the back seat to get the grocery bags.

"True," Angel said as she followed Amu's lead. "In either case, I'm going to have to show them around town so they know how to get around." Amu nodded as the two walked towards the door; it took them about ten minutes to finish unloading everything, and another five to put everything away in the cabinets, refrigerator, and pantries.

Angel looked down at her watch; it was 11: 55 only five more minutes before their pack mates arrived. "Amu, I'm going to check on the rooms again to make sure everything is there." Angel said as she turns to face the pinkette.

"Alright," with that Angel head upstairs. It didn't take that long for the she-wolf to re-evaluate the rooms. She was walking down the stairs just as she reached the last step there was a knock on the door. The two quickly turned their heads towards the door and out of habit they lifted their nose up in the air and inhaled deeply. There here, the two thought. Amu walked over towards the door with Angel right at her heel. She placed her small hand on top of the crystal glass door knob; twisted it and opened it. Five males and four females stood there.

"Welcome my fellow pack mates it's nice to see you all again," Amu said as she greeted them with a smile. The ten wolves bowed there head slightly exposing there necks to show their respects to the pinkette. "Please come in, make yourselves at home." She gestured them inside as she stepped aside to allow them in; Angel never leaving her side. The ten wolves walked into the house one trailing after another. Amu along with Angel guided them towards the small meeting room; once in there Amu stood in front of them while she waited for them to sit. It wasn't wise for a more dominant wolf to sit first with other dominant wolves, it made you look like prey. Angel took a seat in the front along with the other wolves.

"Now then let's get down to business shall we," Amu said as she stared all of them in the eyes and one by one they each dropped their gaze. "Who has with them the document's my father has sent me?" She asked as one wolf –male- stood up.

"I do, my princess," the male wolf said as he walked over to hand the stack of papers to the pinkette.

"Thank you, Kiseki." The wolf-princess said as she took the documents from Kiseki's hand; Kiseki bowed as he slightly bared his neck. He walked back to his seat; once there Amu continued talking.

"I'm rather sure my father has explained this to you all before coming here; however, it was a simply briefing on the situation." Amu said as she set down the documents she slowly turned to face her fellow pack mates as she stared them all in the eye –instantly shifting their gaze. "As you last heard in the recent pack meeting –the night before, the elder's think that I am neglecting my responsibilities as the next Alpha; that I should quit my 'child play' of passing myself off as a human fashion designer and return back to the pack, and blah, blah, blah, blah…" Amu rolled her eyes as she recalled the scene.

"You've all heard it I don't think I have to repeat their words; here's my question to you," the pinkette took a pause. "Do you believe and think the elders are right in what they said?" Silences fell in the room as Amu asked the question. Her eyes never left the faces of her pack mate's; each of them glances over to one another as if having a conversation with their eyes.

"No, Princess we don't agree." They all spoke out in union.

"You've done so much for the pack; even during your leave right now." A blond haired girl spoke out.

"Yeah, Suu's right. You're always calling in to make sure everything is alright." A blue haired girl agreed allowed with Suu.

"In fact, there was the time you rushed back, in order to calm down a misunderstand between another pack." A forest green headed boy added.

"The Elders are all just a bag of dust that don't know what they are talking about." Raven purple haired girl injected into the discussion. Each one of the wolves had something to say about what the elders had said during the meeting; Amu mentally smiled as she felt the love of her pack mate's –her family-. Amu held up a hand as she cleared her throat.

"Alright enough," Amu released just a bit of her Alpha power as she brought her hand back to her side. "We might not see eye to eye with the Elders; however we must reason with them…That is why I asked my father to send me these documents. I will be handling all of the task my father can't get to; and as such I wish to ask for your help my brother and sisters to show the Elders they were wrong to misjudge me."

"あなたはそれ王女, それが行われますように(As you will it Princess, it will be done)." Every wolf in the room responded.

Le Désir d'un Loup

10:01 p.m.

-knock, knock-

"Amu, dinner is ready. Everyone is waiting for you." Angel said as she walked into Amu's study room. The pinkette was sitting behind her desk as she was looking over the documents. Her hair was tied into a high messy pony tail, and she was wearing a thin pair of glasses; the pinkette looked up from the paper she was looking over to face Angel.

"Is it that time already," Amu said as she looked over her shoulder to see the bright shining stars and the glistening moon. "I take it that the others are back." Angel nodded as Amu set down the paper and took off her glasses.

"Good, were there any problems?" Angel shook her head as Amu stood up from her chair. "I'm glad." The two smiled as they started to walk towards the dining room.

"So anything, to worry about?" Angel asks as they walked.

"Nothing to serious, only rogues to teach a lesson to; the ten should be about to take care of it, unless I have to tell them to bring them to me, though I do wish for that not to happen."

"Don't we all, though the situation might call for it." Amu nodded. Just as they were reaching the door that led to the dining room they heard a small commotion going on. Taking in a sharp breath Amu opened the door.

-Slam-

"What is going on," the pinkette said as she gave all her wolves a sharp gaze. They were all frozen in shock not expecting the pinkette to come as quickly as she did; as she turned her gaze to stare at each one of them there eyes instantly dropped.

"Ah…we caught a stow away."

Geez another one, Amu thought as she search through the group of wolves. "Step forward…Now…" Without hesitation the wolf stepped forward; it was a female she looked to be 5'4, slim silhouette, long well-shaped legs, prefect breast. She seemed simple; long dark brown hair, chocolate brown eyes. She was wearing a soft peach floral print top with navy blue shorts and brown boots. "Naomi Ichinose, explain to me why I shouldn't send you back to the pack house with a fitting punishment for coming here without permission from our Alpha."

Naomi bowed her head as she bared her neck in respects to the she-wolf. "My beloved Wolf Princess, please forgive me for coming to you when I was not granted; however, I could not just sit around and do nothing to help you." Amu raised an eyebrow.

"Not only did you stow away with the group but you were also ease dropping into the conversation between them and our Alpha." Naomi's body stiffens as a board as she herd Amu hit the nail on the head. "You are quite bravo for not only for your action but for also giving yourself away to me…Tell me, Naomi what use you are to me? How are you to help me with the Elders breathing down my neck?"

"I will help you with everything and anything, my princess. I will forever stand by your side." Amu stared at Naomi as she gave out a sigh.

"Angel, send word to my father that Naomi is with us and will be staying with us for the remainder of time of this minor ordeal." Angel took out her phone as she dialed Tsumugu. "For now let's enjoy our dinner; Naomi once you're finished with your dinner head out for a run and familiarize yourself with the territory. Don't go beyond our property grounds." Naomi raised her head and gave Amu a sharp nod.

"あなたはそれ王女, それが行われますように(As you will it Princess, it will be done)."

Le Désir d'un Loup

It was nearing midnight Amu was back in the study room looking over the documents; Angel with Naomi were in a spare room. "This will be your room for the time being," Angel said as she turned on the light to the room. Naomi walked in and gazed upon the well-manicured room. The room looks to fit a one bedroom apartment. "It's a bit messy; we didn't expect to have more company."

Messy…? Really, this room looks spotless, Naomi thought. "Ah, no it's alright. The room is perfect." Angel nodded understand.

"Alright then, get some rest; tomorrow I will be taking you into town to show you around, neither Amu nor I want to send you out not know your own territory," Naomi turn to face Angel and nodded. "You all will be receiving your task around the afternoon." Naomi nodded again as she stared pass Angel shoulder –despite Angel being a lower rank then Amu she was more dominant then the eleven wolves under the two's care. It was still undecided who will be the next Beta of the pack due to the fact that the current Beta has three heirs; Angel being one of them.

"Oh, and one more thing Naomi," Naomi tilted her head in confusion. "As you may be well aware there are three wolves here with higher titles; Amu who is next in line to be Alpha, me; a candidate to be next in line to be Beta, and you; a candidate to be next in line to be Gamma."

"Ah…that's right…"

"There will be a time where you will be in charge for our pack mates; however that's only when Amu or I are pulled away from dealing with pack business." Naomi stood up straight as a board as she gave a sharp nod.

"I understand," Angel smiled as she patted the young females head.

"Good, now get some rest it will be a long day tomorrow."

"Good night…Beta…" Angel looked at Naomi as she gave Angel a smile. Angel gave a softly chuckle as she walked out of the room.

Beta…we'll see in due time if I will be, Angel thought as she strode towards her study room.

She opened to her study room; the room was identical to that of Amu's study room however, the theme was slightly different, it stilled held the forest theme but the color scheme was different. Amu's room held a soft color tone whereas Angel's was a monochrome color scheme. Angel gave out a sigh as she walked towards her desk; she glanced over to the clocked five minutes before midnight. "Well I better get that email out to the boy." Angel said as she sat down on her chair and turns her computer monitor on; as she was opening up her email page she was looking over Amu's schedule for the month. It didn't take Angel that long for her to finish typing out the 'letter'; she looked over it once more making sure she covered everything.

"Good everything is in over," she said as she hit the mouse to send.

-click-

'Message Sent'

Angel gave out another sigh as she lend back against her chair; closing her eyes Angel relaxed her body for a second when her she heard a 'bing' sound. She opened her eyes and looked back at the screen to find not only one but two emails. She opened the first one –it was from Tsukiyomi Ikuto. Reviewing its contents she nodded her head in agreeing with the email; she then clicked out of the email and processed with that other one. What she didn't expect was who sent the email; her eyes widen as her whole body froze. The color in her face was drained as she stared at the name and the contents of the message. One sentence stuck out more than the rest.

"I'm coming to visit soon"

Le Désir d'un Loup

-Ding dong-

Amu head shoot up as she heard the sound of the doorbell. What time is it, she thought as she looked at her clock –8:20 a.m. Argh, just what kind of human wishes to wake a sleeping wolf, Amu thought as she stood up from her chair; she took in her surroundings an noticed that she had fallen asleep in her study room.

-Ding dong-

"Argh, I'm coming geez," Amu muttered as she made her way towards the front door. The pinkette scratched her scalp luxuriously with both hands, tousling her thick rosette pink hair as she tried to shake the sleep out of her system. Just as she was getting to the door she noticed that something was different. "Ah…Where's Angel; she's always the first one wake." Amu shook the thought out of her head. I'm sure she's alright there's always a good explanation when it's Angel, Amu thought as she took hold of the doorknob and opened it wide.

"Good morning Ms. Hinamori," Amu stood shocked as she gazed upon the person who stood on her doorstep –Tsukiyomi Ikuto.

"Mr. Tsukiyomi, it's quite early and I believed my assistant sent you the schedule for today." Amu said as she recovered from her frozen state.

"Yes she did," Ikuto said as she adjusted his massager bag, box of donuts, and coffees in his hands. "But since I was nearby, I thought I could bring you something…" Ikuto said slightly bashful and yet confidently.

"Well that is nice and all Mr. Tsukiyomi but-" Amu cut herself off as she heard the back door open and close; slightly tilting her nose up in the air towards the back door Amu inhaled and caught the scent of blood. Shit, she thought. "Um…well since you're here why don't you come in." She said as she guided him inside.

"Here let me help you with that." Amu took hold of the box of donuts and coffee tray before he had time to protest. "I'll take these to the kitchen and put them on a platter; please do wait here." Amu turned on her heels as she took long strides towards the kitchen to see who had gone out for a hunt. Amu was surprise to see it was her best friend; Angel was covered in blood and dirt, and her hair in a tangled mess with dried leafs.

"Amu, that's a surprise; you're up early." She said as she walked towards the sink.

"Yes, well I had to answer the door, to greet our human guest." Angel had served herself a glass of water; when she heard the words 'human guest' she chocked on it coughing up a bit. Once regain her breath she turned towards Amu with confusion and horror written all over her face.

"What?! Who?!"

"Tsukiyomi Ikuto."

"How I sent him your schedule for today. He was supposed to come around eleven during the time I take our pack mates into town to show them around." Amu flings her arms up in the air.

"I don't know, he just said '…since I was nearby, I thought I could bring you something' and by something he meant donuts and coffee!" Angel pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Fucking Moon! Argh! Whatever, there's nothing we can do about it now. I'm going to use the back stairs to head to my room take a shower and change into clothes I'll send Naomi to get the others up and about and warn them about our guest and start breakfast; we're just going to have to invite him." Amu was rubbing her temple as she listens to Angel plan.

"Okay, okay…" The two girls nodded in agreement with the plan as then both parted ways. Amu headed back to the doorway to find Ikuto gaze around the entrance room.

"I'm sorry it took me so long Mr. Tsukiyomi." Ikuto turned towards where the pinkette's voice came from as he flashed her a smile.

"It's no problem." Amu returned the smile.

"Great well then shall me head to my study room for the mean time," Amu said as she gestured towards the hallway. "At the moment my family is just waking up and breakfast; if you wish to join us and do not mind waiting." Amu offered as half of her begged him to say no and the other half begged him to stay longer.

"Ah, I don't mean to be a burden," he responded

"No, you're no burden at all we'd be glad to have you."

Oh, bloody moon I'm digging my own grave, she thought.

"Thank you." Amu smiles as the two entered the study room. When entering the two took their seats just like before.

"Alright then, where shall we start."