Chloe's POV

"This was our primary place to call home for generations but we had other residences throughout the land for when we changed. We didn't want to attract attention to ourselves, you see."

Nate told me about how they were run out of their home for two generations before they were able to come back under a different name. How they spread werewolfism throughout the land. How they learned to include at least one witch a generation to aid in their alpha control. How they prospered and worked and stayed hidden. Nate told me it all. As he came to a conclusion, he said;

"But sadly we are losing a grip on our homeland, this home and the house you know are all we have left. The innovation and expansion of humans, they are forever coming closer and closer to us. Knocking down forests and building cities. We are not like the New York pack, we live with nature not with concrete. The more humans industrialize, the more of a threat they are."

"Why should I care about any of this?" I asked. "It still has nothing to do with me."

Nate chuckled, "Oh but it does. A girl with three species running through her blood, we will be unstoppable. We will reclaim what is ours."

Simon's POV

Derek finally came outside, shirt torn but human. He walked up to us. Tori and Rachel were wandering around the property "looking for clues" but we all knew they just didn't actually care. Matt, Tess, Jeremy, and I were bent over a map rested on the hood of the car.

"Whats this?" Derek asked.

I noticed Jeremy flinch out of the corner of my eye.

"A map of this part of the state, we're trying to figure out any possible areas they could be."

"Any hotel or motel within a days drive," Derek said.

Matt shrugged, "I beg to differ. These werewolves like luxury, they won't put up with some dingy hotel room. Having to share beds and whatnot."

Derek didn't respond, he must have been too exhausted. Who knew how many times he changed in the basement.

"Any large properties?" I asked. "I wouldn't be surprised to see that they owned more than one home."

"We'd need to get online to check our property ownership," Matt said.

"We're grasping at straws so lets go," Tess said. "It shouldn't be too far to a library."

It wasn't that far of a stretch, if we could find the name this property was under, we could search to see if there were others under it. We gathered everyone up and loaded up into the car. Derek fell asleep almost immediately.

We sat in silence for some time while Tess and Matt tried to find the nearest library. I was the one to break the silence, mostly because I knew Derek was asleep and wouldn't freak out over my question.

"What do you think they're doing to her?" I asked.

Tess shrugged sadly, "I don't know. Nothing good."

"Not necessarily," Matt always had to bring in the other point of view. "Nate came off as caring a lot about Chloe. I don't think he would be harming her right now."

"He has a weird way of showing care," Jeremy added to the conversation.