I stand there next to Ethan, shocked, watching as our mate walks away from us, his sisters and bags of stuff with him. I have no idea what he was talking about just a few seconds ago. We could never cheat on him.

"Ethan, did you do something?" I ask, looking over at my stunned brother after I am finally able to tear my eyes away from our retreating mate.

"What are you talking about?" he says, looking at me with narrowed green eyes.

"You know what I mean."

"You think I cheated?" He looks at me like I have grown a second head. "I could never do something like that to him. Why would you even ask that?"

"Well you are a player, and why else would he think we cheated on him," I say, turning and walking into the house.

"I was a player, but I haven't touched anyone since the mating ceremony. Hell, we haven't even had time to do anything with our mate over the past week," Ethan says, following me into the house. That is true. We spend our entire morning training and our whole afternoon working on the fence. By the time we get home in the evening, we are both exhausted.

We reach the living room and find our mother standing there glaring at us. Her arms are crossed over her chest, and the green eyes so like our own are narrowed in anger.

"What did you two do?" she says, eyes flickering between the two of us.

"We didn't do anything!" Ethan responds, throwing his arms up in the air. "We have no idea what he was talking about. All I know is that he thinks we cheated on him with Jenny-" He stops and looks over at me. "Wait, why would he think we would sleep with her? I haven't even seen her over the past week, have you?"

"No, I haven't," I say, sitting down on the dark brown couch in our living room.

"Then where would he get that ridiculous idea?" my brother says, joining me on the couch.

"Do you think someone told him that?" Mom says, sitting on the recliner to the right of the couch.

"I guess that would make the most sense. But, who would tell him something like that?" I mumble. Running my hands through my curls before leaning back into the couch and crossing my arms.

"Lot's of people," Mom says, shocking me and my brother.

"What do you mean?" Ethan asks.

She raises an eyebrow at us before continuing. "Are you seriously asking me that? The both of you, along with everyone else in this pack, tortured him relentlessly. After the mating ceremony, you guys changed, but nobody else did. He has not been as upset anymore, so I naturally assumed the teasing had stopped, but I guess not."

I feel my heart drop once she says that. We were horrible to him. Just a week ago, we were the leaders of the people who hurt him. We have stopped, though, and I had wrongfully assumed the others had as well, but what happened earlier proves me wrong.

"I think I know who did this," Ethan says, turning in his seat to look at me.

"Who?" I question.

"Who is the one person who despises Liam the most? The person we 'visited' at least twice a week before we discovered Liam as our mate?"

As soon as he says that, I know. "Jenny. But, she is not strong enough to put that bruise on his wrist. Who would have helped her?"

"I don't know, but you two need to figure out who hurt Liam. They need to be punished," Mom says, giving us a hard look.

"Yeah, we need to confront her," Ethan says, heading towards the door. Determination and anger resonate throughout his body, telling me that he would be reckless if he went out right now.

I grab his arm before he can leave the house. "It is getting late, Ethan. Let's do it tomorrow when it isn't so dangerous to be outside."

I can tell he wants to ignore me and go after Jenny, but he eventually nods his head and returns to the couch.

"I am going to head back to the pack house. I expect all of this to be figured out soon. Liam doesn't deserve any more pain," my mom says. She starts walking towards the door before turning to look at us. "I know something you two can do to earn his forgiveness."

"What?" the both of us say in unison. We would do anything to make our mate feel better. Whatever our mom suggests, we will do without hesitation.

"Well, besides figuring out who did this to him, you can get him something. While he was going through your supplies, he noticed a shortage of diapers and baby clothes. He was walking over to talk to you guys about it when this all happened. He was determined to go out and get the supplies on his own, but I wouldn't let him. I bet if you guys got them, you would be rewarded nicely," she says, giving us a sly smile and walking out the door.

"I can't believe she just said that," Ethan says, staring at the door. I am actually not too surprised. Our mother has always been rather open on the subject of sex, always giving us safe sex talks and answering any embarrassing questions we may have. Laughing, I grab his arm and drag him up to our room.

"We need to get some sleep before we fix this." He nods his head and strips to his boxer briefs before climbing into bed. I follow his lead and climb next to him. The bed feels so empty without Liam, even with Ethan lying next to me.

We need to figure this out. Fast.

*****

Erik and I wake up early in the morning in order to talk to our father about the upcoming supply run. I will do anything and everything to get Liam to forgive us and come home. I barely slept at all last night without Liam there, and I know Erik had the same problem. We had both spent the whole night tossing and turning, not being able to get comfortable with our mate so far away from us.

We eat a quick breakfast and walk over to the pack house. On the way over, I faintly hear two people talking. Shrugging it off, I am about to keep walking when I hear Liam being mentioned. I grab Erik's arm and look over at him. He must hear them too because he just nods his head and we quietly walk towards the voices.

"Did you see him crying? I can't believe they expect us to respect him as our new Luna. He is the weakest person I have ever seen," a girl's voice says. It is not just any girl's voice, though. I recognize it to be Jenny's.

"Yeah, he is just a weak Omega. He was barely able to pull out of my grip. I bet he wouldn't last a day outside of pack lands," a voice I recognize to be Jace, says.

I can not listen to them disrespect my mate anymore, so I step out from behind the tree and grab Jace by the throat. His hands whip up to the one wrapped around his throat, trying to claw it away, but I just tighten my grip in response.

"What did you just say about my mate?" I seethe.

"Um..Uh... Alpha, I d-didn't hear you," Jace stammers. I growl at him and snap my teeth in his face.

"You dared to touch my mate?" By this point, I am shaking him and my grip on his throat is becoming impossibly tighter.

"Ethan, calm down," I hear my brother say. With one last squeeze, I throw Jace onto the muddy ground.

"Jenny, you wouldn't happen to know why our mate was so upset yesterday, would you?" Erik says in a scarily calm voice, his eyes locked on Jenny's brown ones.

"Um, N-no, Erik. H-he was upset, that's too b-bad," she stammers, slowly shrinking in on herself. She has a hard time meeting our eyes, her own flickering in between us and the ground.

"Cut the shit, Jenny. I know it was you who lied to our mate. Did you think we wouldn't find out about you telling Liam that we cheated on him with you?"

"I-I don't know w-what you're talking about," Jenny whimpers.

"I would love to kick you off the compound right now, but I am not heartless. You do this again, and I will throw you out of here and leave you out there to die. You hear me?" Erik growls, lumbering over her trembling form.

"Y-yes, Alpha."

We turn and leave them there, continuing the walk to the pack house. Walking fast, we arrive in a matter of minutes and head straight to our father's office. I knock on the door and wait for his brief, "Come in."

"Erik, Ethan, what are you two doing here?"

"We came to ask if we could go on the next supply run. There are some things we need to get, and we can help gather other things as well," I say, moving to stand in front of his desk. Erik stands beside me, arms crossed over his chest in obvious agitation about what had happened a few minutes ago.

"Sure, I don't see why not. As long as you hold your own and don't slow us down, you can come," he tells us.

"When are we leaving?" Erik asks, the gruffness in his voice showing his agitation.

"Well, as a matter of fact, in an hour. Go and get ready. We are meeting in the main room in a half an hour."

"Yes, Dad," we say in unison. He turns his attention back to the papers laying on the desk in front of him, discreetly dismissing us.

Now, all we have to do is survive this trip and win back our mate.

That should not be too hard, right?

*****

I leave my room with the girls in tow and head to the main living room. Noticing Luna sitting on the couch, I walk over and sit next to her. The girls automatically climb out of my arms and go to play with a little boy in the middle of the room.

"Hi, Liam," Luna says while pulling me into her arms. "How have you been the past couple of nights?"

"I've been alright," I respond, fiddling with one of the loose threads hanging from the bottom of my shirt. I have not talked to Luna in days, ever since I yelled at her, and I have felt terrible every time I think about it.

"Good," she says, giving me a small smile.

"Luna," I start, finally lifting my eyes up to meet her, "I am so sorry for yelling at you a couple days ago. My emotions got the best of me and I should not have taken them out on you. Can you forgive me?"

Luna just starts laughing, actual belly laughs. I sit there in confusion until she settles down and turns to look at me, wiping away some of the tears that had slipped out during her laughing fit. "Liam, there is no need to apologize. I know something went on with my sons, so I just hope you guys work it out. The fact that you actually snapped at someone, though, is what surprised me. You should never apologize for sticking up for yourself. I want you to know how proud of you I am for defending yourself, you should start doing it more often."

I do not say anything, and we sit there in silence for a few minutes, just watching as the little ones keep themselves entertained with some of the toys strewn throughout the room.

"Is it just me, or has it been kind of quiet for the past couple of days?" I ask, deciding to break the silence we have been sitting in.

"It's not just you, sweetie. A group went out on a scouting trip. They are meant to return tonight, but they have been out there for the past few days."

"Who went?" I ask.

"Oh, the usual people. The Alpha, some Betas, and..." She pauses before looking at me.

"And who?"

"Ethan and Erik." My heart stops as soon as she says my mates' names.

"What? Why did they go?" I ask, scared of what might happen to them out there. People have been going crazy ever since the outbreak, and we have already lost a couple pack mates from the scouting trips.

"They just went to get some supplies."

"What kind of supplies?" I ask, my eyes narrowing.

"You know, the stuff your family needs. The diapers and baby clothes."

"T-they went to get that?" I stammer. "B-but why?"

"Do I really have to tell you why? They love you, Liam, and they love your sisters. They would do anything for you."

"No; they cheated on me, they don't care," I say, looking down at my hands.

Luna grabs my hands, causing me to look up at her. "They didn't cheat, Liam. It was a lie Jenny told you in order to hurt you. They would never do that to you."

"How do you know?" I whisper.

"I heard them talking, a couple of days ago, well, more like growling, a little before they left on the scouting trip. None of them heard me when I was walking by, and I heard Jace and Jenny admit that they lied in order to hurt you."

At first, I do not believe her, but when I think about it, I know they did not cheat on me. This is something that I have been thinking about while staying by myself in the pack house. I would have felt something if they had slept with someone else. Now, I am just afraid they will not return. Luna must have guessed my thoughts, because she wraps me in her arms and says, "Don't worry, they'll return."

*****

I am exhausted and looking over at Ethan, I can tell he is, too. We have been out here for two days, looking for supplies. Luckily, nothing too drastic has happened. We found everything we needed, and now we are on our way home. I just hope Liam will forgive us and come back to our home he has spent the last week preparing for all of us.

"We're here," Ethan says, snapping me out of my thoughts. I breathe a sigh of relief once I see the familiar walls come into view. The fence is almost done now. It looks like others have been working on it while we were gone. There only seems to be about nine hundred yards left.

We pass through the gates and drive up the long and winding road that will lead us to the center of our territory. Finally stopping, we get out of the cars and listen as our father tells us to unpack everything and get lost. Ethan and I quickly grab our stuff and head into the pack house, searching for our mate.

We find him in his old room, reading, while Olive and Grace seem to be sleeping in one of those portable cribs. He sets down the book once he sees us.

"Liam, will you please let us explain everything?" I say hesitantly, worried that he will not even want to listen to us.

"It's alright, I know what happened. Your mom explained it all to me, and I should have known you guys wouldn't have cheated on me. But, you are in trouble for going on a scouting mission. " He is standing by now with his hands on his hips and his eyes narrowed.

"Sorry, love," Ethan says while walking towards him, "We had to get some stuff."

As soon as he says that, I pull the box of supplies we got. In it there is at least five hundred diapers, twenty little girl outfits, six pairs of little shoes, and even some children's books. Liam's eyes tear up as he looks through the box.

"Wow," he breathes.

"That's not all, love," I say, and Ethan hands him another box. Liam opens it and pulls out ten packages of chocolate, two cans of hot chocolate, and a bright blue blanket. He smiles when he pulls everything out, and carefully sets them down. He runs towards Ethan and gives him a big kiss, before wiggling out of his arms and doing the same to me.

"I love the both of you so much," he says, still clinging on to me.

"And we love you," I say. "Are you ready to come home?" He nods his head and then rests it on my shoulder.

Ethan grabs his sisters, careful not to wake them up, and we walk out of there. My mom sees us and gives us a wide smile. She goes into the room and grabs all of the supplies we brought and follows behind us. We finally arrive at our house and walk in. My mom sets the supplies down and leaves, making sure to lock the door behind her. Ethan walks up the stairs to put the twins down in their beds. I walk into our room and lay Liam on the bed. Looking outside, I can tell that it is pretty late. The sky is dark and the stars are shining brightly.

Liam pulls me out of my thoughts by kissing me and moaning. It has been so long since we have done anything like this, and my body is vibrating with excitement. Quickly, I strip us of our clothes and pull the covers back. Ethan walks in and I hear his large intake of breath when he sees us. He quickly sheds his own clothes and comes to join us.

"Erik, please. I've missed you so much," Liam says while grinding against me.

"Shh, it's okay love," I say, rubbing my hands along the length of his body.

Ethan grabs the lube from the nightstand and pours some of it onto his fingers before reaching in between Liam's legs. Liam spreads his legs and looks at Ethan with wide pleading eyes. I sit back and watch as Ethan pushes one, then two fingers into our mate, slowly scissoring them.

"E-Ethan," Liam whimpers as he grinds downs on Ethan's fingers. Ethan adds another finger and Liam lets out an even louder moan than before. Finally, Ethan pulls out his fingers and wraps them around my cock. I let out a surprised moan and look over at him. He is staring straight at me, and lines my cock up with Liam's hole. I break eye contact and start to push into my mate.

"So good," Liam moans, wrapping his legs around my waist. I slowly pump my hips until I bottom out. Staying still, I wait for him to adjust.

"Erik, move!" Liam cries. I pull my cock out until only the tip remains, then slam it into him as hard as I can.

"Yes!" Liam says. Ethan bends down to kiss him as I continue to pump inside of him at a fast pace. Liam removes one of his hands from my back and reaches over to grab Ethan's dick. I watch as my brother pumps into his hand and grinds his teeth, trying to stave off his orgasm.

I can feel my knot filling, catching on Liam's rim every time I pull out. I push in one more time, but continue to swivel my hips, hitting Liam's prostate with every circle of my hips.

"You feel so good," Liam says, pulling his lips away from Ethan's. I close my eyes but feel as Liam clenches on me even tighter as he comes all over his stomach. He pushes me over the edge, and I can hear Ethan letting out a loud moan, signaling his own release. I grind my hips against Liam's as I release my load into him. Exhausted, I fall to the bed, turning so I do not land on my smaller mate. Cracking my eyes open, I see Liam and Ethan blissed out.

With a tired smile on my face, I grab Liam and pull him into me. We lay facing each other, and Ethan scoots up behind him, wrapping his arm around the both of us. Carefully, I reach down and grab the blankets, covering us in order to fight off the cold. We all drift off to sleep, happy and content to once again be together.

*****

The picture at the top is of Jenny.