XXI

When I finally found Jungkook outside, I walked up to him and he had the biggest smile.

"Hey! Taehyung tells me you might actually be learning something from me." I laughed and nodded.

"Ya, but I do have a request if that's ok." I remembered how helpless I felt when I had apparently teleported to our home and were surrounded by those men.

"Sure." He crossed his arms and waited for me to proceed.

"I know the Daeva are strong and a lot bigger than me, but is there anything I could do if they were to grab me from behind or hold onto my arms," He nodded his head.

"Yes, I can teach you how to use your opponent's size and strength against them."

He didn't waste any time in teaching me what to do and how to use my smaller size to my advantage. He would wrap his arms around me from behind and hold tight showing me how I could grab their arm and drop to the ground, sending the person flying up and over me. It took a lot of effort, but I finally managed to do it once.

"Yes!" Jungkook stayed on the ground rubbing his shoulder but happy. I had fallen to my knees, exhausted, but smiled over at him. We had been training all afternoon long and I didn't realize how late it really was until my stomach started to growl. "Let's go get something to eat." Jungkook said. I stood up and held out my hand to help him get up as well. We walked into the kitchen and grabbed something to eat.

"Do you want to eat outside? It's really nice out." I asked and he agreed. We walked outside and sat in the Gazebo. We talked about how training was going and he told me who were some of the best fighters and some who needed some work. He may have hinted that Yoongi wasn't the best fighter, but his determination to be better was admirable. I still had no idea how Taehyung was captured and how the pack was at the cave and figured Jungkook would be able to fill me in. "What happened that day at the cave?" I was finished eating so sat up and waited for him to answer.

"As soon as Willa told us what happened, we started figuring out something. It was all Grayson's idea actually. We needed to figure out where the blade was so we could try to keep it from the Daeva which meant that we needed to make sure you helped them." He lowered his head a little. "However, we all know how stubborn you can be so Grayson suggested that Taehyung let himself be caught knowing the Daeva would use him as leverage to get you to help them." I scoffed not believing that everything Taehyung was an act.

"I don't know if I should be mad or impressed." Jungkook didn't respond to me, but rather kept going.

"Andrea kept track of you both with her familiar and we followed you to the cave. Originally, we were going to get you out of there before the cave was even opened, but we underestimate the strength of the Daeva. Taehyung was unable to shift as he had a little bit of Wolfsbane in his system so we needed to get him out fast. The Daeva had surrounded you and we couldn't through until Euric finally entered the cave. Grayson quickly grabbed you and we all figured it would be best to leave as a lot of us were hurt."

"Who all got hurt?" I asked.

"Hosek was beat up pretty bad along with Roman. Isla broke her arm and I had a couple broken ribs." I stood up and walked towards the edge of the Gazebo.

"How are we supposed to defeat them now that they have the blade?" I asked, staring out into the forest. Jungkook walked over and stood next to me.

"With our not so secret weapon." I turned to him and he nudged me. "You of course."

"What can I do?" He shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, apparently you can use other members' abilities now and Selene said you will be getting stronger. You're somehow the key...Lana." He smiled at me.

"Thanks...Jack."

"I don't know why, but I love that name." He laughed.

"Not sure where it came from either. It was just the first name that popped into my head." We both looked out into the treeline enjoying each other's company. "Do you think we'll be ready?" I said. If so many of us were hurt just to get me back, I don't know how we are going to defeat Euric now that he has the blade?" I lowered my head and tried to calm my racing heart. I had a terrible feeling about what the future held for us. Jungkook put his arm around my shoulder and gave me a small squeeze.

"We will keep training and don't you worry. I won't let anything happen to you."

"It's not me I'm worried about." He grabbed me by the shoulders so that I was looking right at him.

"Ok, stop being all depressed. We don't know what's going to happen so just try to focus on today. Let's go bug Jimin and Willa and see what they are up to." He grabbed my hand and we walked inside to try to find the two wolves he spoke about. He always knew how to make me feel better and I was so grateful for that.

It was getting later into the evening and Taehyung was still not back. I tried not to worry about it and decided a relaxing shower would maybe put my mind at ease. Besides, I had worked up a sweat earlier in the day. I walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind me so I could keep the heat in. Once I turned the water on to let it get warm, I underdressed and hopped in. My muscles were already starting to feel sore and the hot water felt so good and relaxing. I heard a knock on the door and was pulled from my state of relaxation.

"Just me." The voice said.

"It's about time you got back." I said as I grabbed the shampoo and started to wash my hair.

"Mind if I join you?" I heard him say and for some reason I felt nervous, but eager.

***

"Sure." I washed the shampoo out of my hair and then turned towards the showerhead to wash some soap off that had run onto my face. I heard the shower curtain be pulled back and footsteps behind me. I was still washing the soap off my face when I felt Taehyung arms wrap around my waist and his chin rest on my shoulder. I leaned back into him, missing his touch. He turned me around and continued to hold me close.

"Three days without you is too much." I laughed a little as he attacked my lips. I grabbed the back of his neck to pull him closer to me as I felt how lonely and scared he had been when I wasn't waking up. He moved to the side and pushed my back into the wall. His hand moved up to my neck as he continued to kiss me. His other hand caressed the side of my thigh and hip as his body pressed firmly against mine.

We should actually get clean first I said to him as I kept my lips on his.

Get clean before we get dirty? Seems contradictory. We both started to laugh. I reached a hand up and pushed him away slightly.

"Seems like you need to go get something then don't you." I winked at him and he immediately jumped out of the shower and out of the bathroom. I quickly tried to finish washing up my hair. He jumped back in and pressed me up against the wall of the shower once again sucking on my neck and I started to laugh.

***

Once we were finally clean from our various activities from the day, I dried my hair and got dressed. Taehyung was laying on the bed in just a pair of shorts reading something as I sat down next to him.

"Question." I said. He put his book down and turned towards me.

"Answer."

"So how do you practice your ability?" He let out a loud sigh.

"I don't really like to because I need to get into the heads of the pack members and I just feel like it's an invasion of their privacy. A couple of them usually volunteer, but I still don't like to."

"Why don't you practice with me?" We knew each other's thoughts and feelings so privacy was not really a thing between us.

"No." He said, shaking his head.

"Why not?" I said just a little angry at him.

"I don't want to hurt you and it just seems weird to be in your head." His comment made me laugh.

"You're already in my head and what could you possibly do to hurt me?"

"I don't know, but I could, maybe." He said and I moved a little closer to him.

"I need to practice too." He looked up at me confused. "Back at the cave, I gave Euric my energy so he could move the rocks and open the cave, but I stopped when I saw the pack attacking. Something happened though. He was somehow able to draw my energy out and no matter how hard I tried to block him out, I couldn't and it was painful. Usually when someone draws my energy out I just get tired, but that time, it hurt." Taehyung reached out and grabbed my hand. "So, I need to practice blocking someone out and you need to practice getting in. We're a perfect pair." I said smiling.

"We're a perfect pair for many other reasons." He said as he slowly came near me and lightly kissed me. When he pulled away, he moved a hand to my head, placing his thumb on my temple. "Ready then?" I nodded and I closed my eyes trying to focus. It was already difficult as the bond between us was melding us together. I pictured a wall and tried to put it around my thoughts. I felt Taehyung try to dig deeper in my head as if he was a mist seeking out the cracks to slip under. He was strong and I could feel the wall that I had built start to crumble a little.

"Fight it." I heard Taehyung whisper as his forehead met mine. I tried to rebuild the parts of the wall that were starting to crack as he pushed against them. I was so focused on what was in front of me that I forgot to check behind. I heard the crumbling of stone behind me and I knew that he broke through. The first memory that popped into my head was the conversation I had with Jungkook in the Gazebo. I tried to push Taehyung back out, but he was already in and it was so much harder to find him amidst my own memories. Only a couple seconds of my talk with Jungkook played back before I felt Taehyung pull back from my mind and his hand let go of my head.

"Good." He said.

"Good? I failed." I stated.

"But you made me work for it." He kissed my forehead and then laid back on his side of the bed. "You two..." He said laughing.

"Who?" I asked as I pulled back the blanket and made myself comfortable next to him.

"You and Jungkook."

"What about us?" For some reason I got nervous that he might think something was going on between us. All my past relationships had gotten jealous if I was friendly with another guy and Taehyung knew that Jungkook and I were close.

"Ever since he met you and I found out you were my mate, he was so excited. He wouldn't shut up about how kind you were and was excited to have another sister." I saw Taehyung roll his eyes and I knew that he wasn't jealous at all.

"Another sister?" I asked Taehyung.

"Ya. We all think of each other as a giant family so he considers Willa and Dakota sisters, as do I." I moved over and laid my head on his chest as his arm wrapped around my shoulder and his head rested on mine.

"It's nice to have a family." I moved my fingertips over his chest and down onto his arms, memorizing every detail.

"Have you ever wondered about your biological parents?" He asked me.

"Well ya. What orphan doesn't? But I guess I never really cared that much. I alway enjoyed doing my own thing anyway and if my parents didn't want me, why should I want to find them?" I honestly wasn't angry at all, but spoke very matter of factly. "Besides, I don't think I ever would have met you and I have some pretty great brothers and sisters now." I felt him kiss my head and start to run his fingers through my hair.

"Did you ever want to get married?" He asked and I sat up. That was a very random question and I was trying to read his expression to give any clue as to why he asked. "I mean like, with the other guys you were with, did you ever talk about marriage? Did you ever want to have kids?" I paused and thought back to the few relationships I had.

"I mean I guess I thought about it. I did want to get married and maybe have kids, but the guys I with...I could never see that kind of future with them so I figured that maybe it wouldn't happen."

"I'm sorry." Taehyung hung his head. I reached out and grasped his chin, lifting his head so he looked at me.

"Why are you sorry? Willa told me that the werewolf bond is so much better than any human bond and I agree with her. I didn't see a future with those guys because I knew it wasn't right, but right now, I can't see a future without you." He leaned forward and kissed me, pushing back down to my side of the bed.

Next Morning

I woke up feeling really determined. I knew that I could use Willa's ability and so I wanted to know what else I could do. The Full Moon was tomorrow and word had traveled that Taehyung and I were going to bond. Word had also traveled that I may not survive so tensions were a little high especially since we were unsure if the Daeva were going to try to track us down and attack us. We had no idea how much time before this war actually started.

Per usual, Taehyung was up before me and I didn't find him in the kitchen either. Most everyone was up eating breakfast as I saw Andrea, Myles, Hosek, Namjoon, Kai, Yoongi, and Willa sitting around the table eating. I told them all good morning and asked if they had seen Taehyung this morning.

"Him and Jungkook are out front." Hosek told me. I grabbed some food and a cup of coffee as I headed towards the front door. As I opened the door, I saw Dakota sitting on the step watching two men spar a little ways out. Both Taehyung and Jungkook looked tired as if they had been at this for hours already. I made my way towards Dakota and sat down next to her.

"Morning." She said, making a little more room for me.

"Morning. How long have they been at it this morning?" I took a sip of my coffee.

"Not too long. Probably only about 30 minutes." She was watching every move very carefully.

"I can't tell, but is someone winning?" I carefully asked because I sounded like a complete idiot.

"Honestly, hard to tell right now. I know that Taehyung isn't at full strength yet, but he is making Jungkook work hard. I would say they are pretty even right now." I watched Taehyung as he looked very serious and focused and I couldn't help but to bite my lip thinking of how attractive he was right now. "So, you can use our abilities now huh?" Dakota asked, turning her attention away from the two men and towards me.

"I guess. I wanted to test it out with Willa, but she was too nervous to mess around with teleporting which I completely understand."

"Ok, well, try with me." She leaned towards me and had this mischievous grin on her face.

"Ummm ok?" I set my coffee cup down trying to think of what to do. "What do you do or think of when you make an illusion?"

"I picture it in my head. Like, if I want to make a person appear right in front of us, I imagine that they are already there. I use my hand to sort of draw an outline and the shape takes form." I sat up straight and started to think of something that I wanted to appear. Dakota put her hand on my shoulder and waited.

I decided to start with something small as I put my hand out, palm up. I pictured the small butterfly in my head and started to draw the outline with my other hand. I tried to draw from the energy I was feeling from Daokta's touch and suddenly I saw beautiful blue, green, and purple wings appear in my palm. I kept focusing as I made it fly up from my palm and then onto Dakota's knee. She started to laugh and removed her hand from my shoulder. As soon as her touch left me, the image of the beautiful dissolved.

"Wow!" I looked up to see Taehyung and Jungkook standing at the bottom of the stairs breathing heavy and watching Daokta and I. I smiled over at Taehyung proud of what I had done and he smiled and nodded back at me.

"Ok, now try something bigger." Dakota said.

"You sure? Do you feel tired at all?" I asked.

"No, I feel perfectly fine actually." She said, shrugging her shoulder.

"Ok, umm, let me think." I felt her hand touch my shoulder again as I closed my eyes trying to think of an image. I thought about the first bonfire we had and all the people around the fire. I opened my eyes and visualized the fire, moving my fingers in the outline of the fire ring and then flames. I watched as it slowly started to appear and then I began to outline each member of our pack, placing them next to Taehyung and Jungkook. I outlined Yoongi sitting in one of the chairs, with Willa sitting in his lap and then Jin and Dakota next to them. My fingers started to trace around the outline of Hosek and the Namjoon and just as I was starting to outline Jimin I felt very tired and had to stop. I bent over trying to relax a little and catch my breath.

"You ok?" Dakota asked. Her hand was still on my shoulder and she kept me from falling forward. Taehyung was quick to my feet looking in my eyes.

"I'm good, just tired." I turned to Dakota. "You're not tired at all?" She shook her head and I became confused. I figured I would pull energy from them, but maybe I just used my own and then just borrowed their ability for a bit. There is a lot I need to learn and the only who can explain all this to me only talks in riddles.

"Have you tried anyone else's ability?" Jungkook asked.

"Only Willa's, but that was by accident."

"What about Taehung's?" He gestured to the man beside him.

"We would need a guinea pig for that and I would rather not." Taehyung said.

"Oh come on. We need to know what all she can do. I'll volunteer." Jungkook said looking back and forth from me to Taehyung.

"I really don't think it's a good idea." Taehyung looked nervous for some reason. Part of me wondered if he didn't even like his own ability.

"I have nothing to hide Alpha. Come on!" He was acting like a little child and I couldn't help, but to laugh and heard that Dakota was laughing as well. I looked to Taehyung and gestured towards him showing him I was willing.

"Fine." He said rolling his eyes. Jungkook cheered and I got up and walked towards them both. I stood in front of Jungkook and reached up, putting my hand on Jungkook's head, just like Taehyung had done with me. Taehyung stood right behind me and put a hand on my shoulder. I closed my eyes and focused my energy, trying to picture myself entering into Jungkook's thoughts. All I saw were fuzzy pictures and thoughts, nothing concrete. I took a deep breath trying to focus more. When I could tell it wasn't working, I opened my eyes and pulled my hand away. Junkook looked at my confused.

"So, are you going to do anything?" He asked.

"I tried and I couldn't see anything, but blurry pictures." I turned to face Taehyung and he was just as confused.

"Really? Jungkook is the easiest mind to read." Taehyung said.

"Well how do you do it?" I asked him.

"You need to feel your mind enter his and search for what you want whether that be his memories or a thought." I nodded and turned back to Jungkook, placing my hand back on his head. I did exactly as Taehyung told me and still nothing. I pulled away frustrated.

"Weird." Taehyung said, he thought for a moment and then looked back at Jungkook with a sad look. "Pain is the easiest thing I can do." Jungkook nodded.

"Wait what?" I asked.

"Try again, but this time, only think about pain." I looked from Taehyung to Jungkook with wide eyes.

"Are you sure?" I asked Jungkook. He nodded his head and then started jumping up and down, taking a couple deep breaths.

"Ok, ready." He said as he stood still in front of me, ready to take whatever I would give him.

I felt nervous as I raised my hand and hesitantly placed it on his head. I closed my eyes and thought the word pain. I shouted it in my head as I pictured the pain I was in when I was in the cabin, remembering how much my leg hurt and how dizzy I felt from hitting my head. I opened my eyes and Jungkook looked perfectly fine. I let go and turned to Taehyung. He looked at me and reached out with his own hand and touched Jungkook. In a split second, Jungkook fell to his knees crying out. Taehyung immediately pulled his hand back and Jungkook looked over at me and then Taehyung, realizing that I wasn't the one who did anything.

"You dick." Jungkook said.

"Just making sure you didn't become immune overnight." Taehyung said.

"What do you think this means." Dakota asked. I had almost forgotten that she was even here.

"Maybe Taehyung just has more practice than me." I said, trying to come up with some explanation.

Training continued throughout the day and even into the evening. Everyone was tired, but knew we needed to get stronger. I paired with everyone who had abilities and was able to recreate what they could do, all except Taehyung and Isla. Isla was more of an instinct so it was hard to try to pull from her since I needed to be around danger and then sense it. It was too risky to try it. I did teleport again with Willa and while I wanted to see if we could teleport multiple people, she was still hesitant to push the limits. We were all so tired that many went to bed early to get enough rest and I was definitely one of them especially since the Full Moon was tomorrow...


A/N: I was going to have this chapter be the Full Moon night, but I didn't realize what all I needed to get through before happened, but rest assured I'm working on the next chapter right away, because I really want to share.

Just a small hint/spoiler (whatever you want to call it). Something will happen during the Full Moon and I don't think any has tried to guess at all or notice a couple bread crumbs I have laid. Anyone want to guess real quick? ;)

Thank you all so much for reading! It means to much to me that you enjoy this! I did not realize that the random story that was stuck in my head turned into this and that soooo many people would enjoy. You all are amazing!

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