A quick stroll

      "You look better than you did yesterday, Alpha."

"Why not call me by my name, Alec?"

Alec laughed.

 "Because your name is too damn long."

He answered, rolling his eyes and that earned him a friendly punch.

 "Whatever. Call me Evander. That's the name my mum gave me, and I love it."

 He said, wearing his riding boots. Alec chose to ignore that and asked, eyeing his boots.

"Are you going somewhere?" Evander nodded.

"Yep. Want to come along?"

 "Where exactly are you going to?"

 Evander paused a bit, as if thinking about it.

"A quick stroll." He said.

"A quick stroll?"

"Yeah, a quick stroll".

 He answered again and took his ring. It was silver, a hue that matched his eyes as if one was carved out of the other. Alex moved towards the door, opened it and stood aside so Evander would pass through. He chuckled at the exaggerated gesture, before passing through and once he did, Alec stepped out too and closed the door behind him.

"Let's race."

Evander said, Stopping in the middle of their stroll.

"I knew it. You just wanted to get revenge for last time."

Alec said, feigning hurt.

"You didn't think I would let you off that easily, did you?"

 He crouched, getting into position.

 "Of course".

Alec too crouched and Evander started the countdown.

"One"

He said and glanced over to Alec, who was breathing hard, anticipating the run.

"Two"

 he said and faced his front, crouching even lower. His muscles were tensed now and his eyes had a slight shade of blue. One that indicated his wolf's mood, need for dominance or just happiness.

 "Three"

and both of them were off, Evander leading as Alec's agility was no match for Evander's swiftness. Suddenly, Evander screeched to an abrupt halt and paused a bit, sniffing around.

 "What is it?"

 Alex said, jogging back to him since he couldn't stop that abruptly.

"Someone's here. And its no ordinary wolf."

 Alec sniffed and looked to him.

"Its that way,"

he said, pointing towards a straight path, opposite where they were standing. Reaching an unspoken agreement, both of them broke into a run, Evander still leading.

"What's that smell?"

 Isabella mumbled, sniffing around as she perceived it coming closer. She soon heard the sound of feet shuffling and voices, and quickly hid behind a small patch of grass and stones, bringing out her small but very dangerous pocket knife. Well, it was dangerous, as long you knew how to wield it.

 "Someone's here."

 She heard the voice say and peeked to catch a glimpse. There were two people and one was standing with his back to her. He was average, both of them weren't really that tall, but one was taller than the other. They were different, very different. The one whose back was turned to her and was shorter, had jet black hair, it was long, and she knew somehow that it fell in front of his eyes and covered one.

Maybe the right one or the left. Whatever. Hella sexy! But then she turned to the one who was facing her, well, not exactly, but she could see his face. He was blonde. Hell, his hair was almost white and styled in this cute boy way. His eyes were...wait, what? Is that silver? What sort of wolf was this?

"Alpha, I cant see anyone."

 The short one said and she examined him more. He was beautiful, the innocent sort of beautiful. Well, alpha, huh? She brought out her pocket knife and tore the sides of her trousers, then the sleeve of her shirt. After that, she tucked the knife deep into her trousers so no one would see it. She laid down, just enough so they could see her legs and groaned. A groan anyone would mistake for pain.

"Wait, someone's here."

Evander said and Alec should his head.

 "No one. I can't..." "Shh....look at that."

Alec froze and looked to the direction that Evander's slim finger was pointing and he saw a pair of legs.

"Is the person dead?"

Alex asked as they advanced slowly. On reaching there, they saw a girl..no, a woman. She looked around 18 or older, her clothes were tattered and she had a cut on her left shoulder. She looked unconscious and dirty.

 "Wow."

 Was the only thing that came out of Evander's mouth as he stared at her, while Alec seemed cautious.

 "Why do i feel like this is a trap?"

He said, raising a brow only to see Evander crouched beside her, holding her head up.

"Hey"

 he cooed as if unsure whether he wanted to wake her or allow her to sleep. Alec rolled his eyes at the big softie he knew his alpha was.

She didn't open her eyes, but she heard them. She knew it was the blonde that was holding her.

 "Hey."

He said again, this time louder and she decided to open her eyes. Once she did, her steely green met kind silver and she was taken aback that she actually scrambled. He took that as a sign of fear, and came closer a bit, but kept reasonable distance.

"Hey, hey. Don’t be scared. I won't hurt you. Let me help you, okay?"

 He said and she mentally rolled her eyes. Me? Scared? You wish, man. But she kept a straight face and even managed the tiniest crack in her voice when she said,

 "who are you?"

He smiled, revealing some nice white teeth.

 "My name is Evander, I am the alpha of full moon. That's my very close friend and beta, Alec."

He said, pointing to wards himself and then Alec. She didn't say anything, so he asked.

"What's your name?"

 She cracked her head but came up with nothing, so she said simply.

"Bella".

Amusement crept into his eyes as she said it, and he said

"Bella, Bella? Jacob's Bella?"

 He said, laughing at his own joke and she almost rolled her eyes before she caught herself and sighed. "

Do you know where home is?"

She asked, in the most pitiful voice she could muster.

"You don’t have a home?"

She shook her head.

"No."

 He smiled a bit.

 "Then let me take you to mine. Would you like that?"

 She looked up at him, careful not to look too desperate and he gave her a reassuring smile and extended his hand to her. She hesitated a bit, before taking his hand and he lifted her up and carried her, bridal style. Once carefully snuggled up, she sighed and closed her eyes, waiting to hear what they thought of her.

 "Alpha, you cant keep helping everyone like this."

Oh really? Come get me down from here. She thought rolling her eyes.

"No...she's so fragile. Let me help her, okay?"

He said and she could feel his breath, indicating he had said it while looking down at her.

"What if she isn't what you expect her to be?"

He said again and she almost kicked him in the gut.

 "What if she's dangerous?"

Evander looked at him and smiled, a faraway look in his eyes.

 "The only danger she can cause is to my heart, Alec."

 He tried to argue again, but Evander shut him up.

"No, she's not anything, Alec. Just beautiful. Very very beautiful. Let's take her home."

He said and she adjusted in his arms. Alec spared her one last glance before getting ready to run. Evander sighed, making sure to hold on to her.

"Sleep, beautiful. By the time you wake up, you'll be home.”