C19

 Sorry for the long wait ! I've been focusing on getting into uni lately and my time has been taken up preparing for interviews etc, but I've been accepted into my first choice so I can stop stressing now and focus more on writing !

Hope you like this update !

Enjoy:)

Also, random question, anyone in the uk at uni or going to uni in September, if so where is everyone going/or at ? I'd love to know !:)

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"That must be it, only a creep like Rogue would have a creepy cabin in the woods," Kal said to Oscar and Harry. The three of them were crouched behind a fallen tree, observing the scene in front of them.

"Shut the fuck up, Kal," Harry snapped.

"There's no signs of movement," Oscar whispered, watching the cabin cautiously. "There's a chance that if this is Rogue's cabin then it's unmanned. What's the point in having people guarding a cabin that no one knows about."

"I hope you're right," Harry muttered. "Brandon's scent is faint, barely there, but from what I can sense of it it stops here. Brandon is here."

"And I bet Rogue is too," Kal nodded and then chewed his lip. "And hopefully Ellie... What if she's not?"

"We'll figure that out later," Harry said. "Right now we've tracked Brandon's scent to a cabin and all signs point towards Rogue. I bet this is where he has Ellie."

"There's only one way to find out," Oscar said.

"What are we going to do?" Kal asked.

"I'm going to walk through the front door," Harry said and stood up.

"Are you fucking stupid? That's something I would do!" Kal whispered.

"No, but I'm angry and want to kill this bastard," Harry said and walked towards the cabin. He clenched his hands into fists and thought of choking Rogue to death.

"Harry, think clearly," Oscar said as him and Kal caught up to Harry. "Don't let your emotions cloud your judgement."

"I'm not an idiot," Harry snapped and he stopped in front of the old wooden door. "I can be angry and still kill the bitch."

A loud bang filled the quiet air as Harry kicked the door open and walked into the cabin. It was small inside. Pushed up against the wall was a couch and Harry could hear the sound of a tv filling the small cabin. There wasn't much else and Harry frowned, looking around carefully.

"There's no one here," Kal called as he walked back after inspecting the dirty kitchen. "Apart from a few mice."

"No, he has to be here," Harry muttered and walked around the room, his eyes scanning every inch. "Somebody has to be here!"

"Maybe we were mistaken," Oscar said. "You said Brandon's scent was faint, we could've got it wrong."

"No, his scent led us here, we're not mistaken," Harry snapped and he breathed in and out slowly. "We're missing something. Don't just stand there, help me look!"

"For what?"

"Anything!" Harry growled.

"What about a hidden door?" Kal called and Harry froze.

"What?"

Kal grinned and pointed to a picture hanging on the wall. "Look."

"It's just a poxy picture, Kal, be useful or shut the hell up."

"It's a bit strange, isn't it? It's the only picture in this place and it's plonked smack bang in the middle of the wall. Why would Rogue hang up a freaking picture?" Kal said and walked up to the picture. "Do you guys watch no spy films? It's like you've never even heard of Mission Impossible."

"Shut up or be helpful!" Harry snapped and Kal smirked, reaching up and touching the corner of the wooden picture frame. He pushed the frame and smirked again when he heard a distinctive click and the wooden panelled walls next to the picture started to shift.

"He's freaking right," Oscar whispered and the three of them watched as a whole in the wall revealed itself to them.

"Dude, just because I'm the funny one doesn't mean I'm stupid," Kal huffed and he looked into the dark space. Stairs led down into darkness. "I found the secret door, so I'm not going first."

Harry barged Kal's shoulder and walked down the stairs that creaked under his weight. Eventually they found themselves in a black room. The only light coming from a bare lightbulb hanging from the ceiling.

"I'm impressed."

Harry tensed when he heard his voice.

"Brandon is very skilled at covering his scent, yet you managed to track him."

There was movement and Harry glared when Brandon stepped forward, his face illuminated by the light.

"You shouldn't have followed me," he said. "For Brooke's sake."

"You don't care about Brooklyn!" Harry snapped.

"Oh I care a hell of a lot for Brooke!" Brandon growled. "It's you I don't care for. Hurting you will hurt her, but she'll get over it."

"She already despises you," Harry said. "Anything you do will just add to that."

"She'll come around!" Brandon said. "She'll realise that I just wanted to protect her-"

"Bullshit!" Harry yelled. "We didn't come here to talk, we came here for the girl!"

"What girl?" Rogue's voice called and Harry cringed when there was a cry of pain. It sounded like it came from a young girl. "It's rather dark in here, my hand must've slipped."

Suddenly the lights flashed on just in time for Harry to see Rogue pull the knife out of Ellie's stomach and throw her to the ground.

"Your dead," Harry growled and Rogue smirked.

"I don't think so," he shrugged.

"I disagree," Harry hissed and ran at Rogue. Brandon jumped in Harry's way and Harry had no problem punching Brandon and shoving him in Oscar's direction.

"You're angry," Rogue called. "Is it because I hurt poor Brooklyn?"

"Don't say her name!" Harry yelled and tackled Rogue to the ground.

"You're weak. You couldn't stop Brooklyn getting hurt, you couldn't stop Greyson dying and now Ellie is going to die as well." Rogue smashed his fist into Harry's nose. "And you're not going to be able to help."

Harry and Rogue wrestled on the ground, throwing punches and waiting for the other to slip up. Both were strong, both were skilled. Neither were going to give in.

You're going to be too busy fighting me to save her," Rogue chuckled and Harry yelled as he punched Rogue and pinned him to the ground.

"You may be winning right now," Harry hissed. "But we will take you down."

"You have no Alpha. Your Luna is weak-"

"She's not weak!" Harry yelled and punched Rogue. Again and again and again.

"She is, I made sure of that by taking her mate," Rogue chuckled and spat out blood when Harry punched him again. "I will always have control."

"No." Harry grabbed Rogue and smashed his head into the floor. Rogue was dazed. Harry had beaten him. "You won't."

"Harry!" Kal yelled when Harry raised his fist. "Let's get out of here while we can! We need to get Ellie to help!"

Harry looked to Kal and then to Oscar who was standing over an unconscious Brandon.

"We haven't got time to waste," Kal said and scooped up a limp and bloody Ellie. "Let's get out of here."

*

Indianna was in her room with Tai and Brooke when she heard them return. She jumped up as quickly as she could and rushed down the stairs.

"Get Doc!" Kal yelled as he crashed through the front door with Ellie in his arms.

"Doc's with Ellie's parents. He left after he checked me over," Indianna gasped. "He's not here!"

"We need him here, now!" Kal yelled. "Rogue stabbed her and I can barely feel a pulse."

"She won't be alive if you wait for someone to get here," Tai said from the top of the stairs. Brooke had rushed down to Harry who had grabbed her and held her protectively.

"Why are you still here?" Kimberly asked boredly.

"I can help."

Indianna looked up at Tai. "You can?"

"How?" Ace called, watching Tai with a kind smile.

"My whole life I've wanted to be a doctor," Tai said. "I've got more hands on experience than I'd like to admit. I can save her."

"What are we waiting for?" Kal yelled. "Get your booty down to the medical room!"

It was all hands on from that point. Indianna wasn't fully with it after the fall and she fell into a daze as people rushed past her and hurried Ellie down to the medical room. All Indianna could focus on was the blood.

"There's so much blood," Indianna whispered and closed her eyes. "All he does is ruin our lives-"

"Indie, honey," Brooke said and rushed up to Indianna. "Look at me."

"He's going to be angry," Indianna panicked. "Angry that we for Ellie back. He's only going to hurt us more-"

"No," Brooke said and pulled Indianna in for an awkward hug because of Brooke's injured arm. "We got Ellie back. This is a good thing."

Indianna swallowed and looked at Harry, Ace and Kimberly who were watching her. She hated the responsibility she now had. Most of the time she had no idea what she was doing.

Right now all she wanted was a hug from Greyson and some stupid dumb ass remark.

"Come on," Brooke said, trying to pull Indianna back. She slipped away easily. She'd retreat into herself and not come out. Brooke wouldn't allow that. "Let's go and have a cup of tea, actually coffee might be better, everyone's looking a little tired and dozy. A little coffee will perk everyone up. We'll all be fine. Ellie will be fine. Tai will save her. It'll all be great. We can tell Jane and Franklin that Ellie's been found and she's alive and healthy and great." Brooke stumbled over her words and took a deep breath. "We'll all be fine."

Harry walked over to his mate and wrapped his arms around her. Indianna struggled to cope and Brooke always tried to bring her back and Indianna let her. Indianna needed Brooke and others to help her, but Brooke struggled as well. She just hid it a lot better than Indianna and refused help. Both girls had been through a lot and coping was becoming hard.

"Tea and coffee sounds good," Kimberly said, sending a rare stiff smile towards Brooke who was pulled away by Harry. Kimberly wrapped her arm around Indianna and guided her towards the kitchen with Harry and Brooke.

"What do we do now?" Ace said once they all had steaming mugs in their hands.

"We wait," Harry said.

*

Tai walked out of the medical room covered in blood. Ellie's blood.

"Oh god," she sighed. "What the hell are you doing, Tai? You don't help people. You're a bitch on purpose so people don't get close. Why are you helping these people?"

"How'd it go?"

Ace made Tai jump and she sent him a cold look. "Don't scare me like that. And she's... stable. Alive."

"Thank god," Ace sighed and he watched Tai carefully as she stared at her bloody hands.

"I need to go," she said quickly. "I need to get clean, I need to-" Tai shook her head and took a deep breath. "I need to get this blood off me."

"You want to be a doctor and blood makes you squeamish?" Ace wondered.

"I'm not squeamish," Tai scoffed. "It just brings back bad memories."

Ace frowned. "What memories?"

"Doesn't matter," Tai said stiffly. "I need to go-"

"Come with me," Ace said softly. "You can get cleaned up here."

"I... er-"

"I'm not letting you leave in that state," Ace said. "Please?"

Tai pursed her lips. "Fine," she muttered and followed Ace as he walked through the large house. They made it to Ace's room and Tai stood awkwardly. "Er-"

"The bathrooms through there," Ace said and pointed to a door. "I'm sure Indie will let you borrow some clothes, I'll go and ask her. Get yourself cleaned up. Clean towels are in the cupboard."

Tai looked at Ace and frowned. He brushed his fluffy brown hair from his face and smiled softly, showing off his dimples. "Thank you."

"It's the least I can do," Ace said kindly and left Tai alone.

Tai showered quickly and when she peeked her head round the bathroom door she saw Ace had left clothes on the bed. She changed into the jeans and frowned when she tried on the top. Indianna was a similar size to Tai, but Tai's breasts where considerably bigger and she struggled to wear Indianna's top. Tai frowned and left the top on Ace's bed and cautiously walked over to his wardrobe. She grabbed one of his tshirts and somehow she knew he wouldn't mind if she wore one. She slipped it over her head and then towel dried her hair.

Ace walked back into his room and saw Tai sitting on his bed, looking at her now clean hands. It had been so long since she'd had that much blood on her hands.

It brought back bad memories.

"Tai?" Ace said softly.

"What?" She jumped. "Huh?"

"You okay?" He asked.

"Fine," Tai said quickly.

"Can I talk to you?" Ace asked and sat down on the bed next to her.

"What about?"

"You. Us. Werewolves."

Tai shifted uncomfortably.

"Indianna told us that she briefly explained."

"She didn't explain much," Tai said. "I always thought that something was wrong with Raiden and me."

"You couldn't be more wrong," Ace said. "Werewolves came before humans. Eventually some people didn't inherit the werewolf gene and that's were regular humans evolved. Soon enough more humans were born than werewolves and we fell back into the shadows, staying secret from humans."

"Indianna mentioned how Brooke and Kimberly were humans," Tai said.

"Mates are exception."

"Mates?"

"You really don't know anything, do you?" Ace whispered.

1

"I'm freaking clueless about this," Tai muttered.

"Let's start with the basics," Ace said. "Werewolves live in packs with a hierarchy that keep the order. The Alpha is in charge, the Beta is second in command, and there is also a third in command, the Delta. There is also a Warrior and those four people run a pack. Does that make sense?"

Tai nodded uncertainly.

"Indianna is the Luna- the Alpha's mate."

Tai frowned. "Mate?"

"The person they're destined to be with. Soulmates," Ace explained simply.

"Indianna's boyfriend that died-"

"Was our Alpha," Ace said. "Mates have an indescribable bond and when you lose your mate you lose apart of yourself."

"She said she knew who killed him," Tai said. "I don't see why she doesn't go to the police."

"She can't. We know a lot of things about what's happening in this town but we can't do or say anything," Ace sighed.

"Why?"

"Because Indianna's brother will kill us."

Tai's mouth dropped. "What the fuck?"

Ace sighed. "You really shouldn't have come to this town."