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Here we go!!!! prepare for errors!!!!

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~~~Tyler's POV~~~

"Finally!" squealed Dot, "I've been trying for the past couple days to get you away from Bo!" She dragged me into her room and jumped happily onto the top of her bed. Dot patted the space next to her, and I sighed and sat down next to her. "We need to talk about the winter formal."

"Yay," I declared sarcastically. I wasn't one for getting obsessed over material things. Three years in captivity tends to kill your excitement over fashion. Dot whacked my arm and I rolled my eyes at her.

"I, for one, am excited. Therefore, you need to get excited as well!" The way she had her hands on her hips and her nostrils flared made her look so serious I had to laugh.

"What's the theme of this winter formal anyways?" I asked, lying back on the bed.

"A night of magic and whimsy," replied Dot. "That's what the poster said, at least."

"Sounds like fun," I remarked seriously. Before Dot could respond, I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in," called Dot dismissively, and a moment later Fae slipped into the room. Her fiery hair hung down past her shoulders, slightly obscuring her neck, but I could make out a pinkish welt on her throat.

"What happened to your neck?" I asked, propping myself up on my elbows.

"No way!" yelled Dot shrilly, "He claimed you!" She bounced off the bed and wrapped her arms around Fae. "I'm so happy for you! Rhett finally stopped being a moron!"

"I'm sure he'll still have his moments," replied Fae casually, but I could see the pure happiness shining in her eyes. After Dot calmed down quite a bit, she came bounding back to the bed and Fae settled in the desk chair.

"Not trying to sound uninformed or anything, but what is claiming?" I asked honestly. "It sounds like a good thing that has to do with mates but no one never really explained it to me."

Fae exchanged a look with Dot. "It's when the guy werewolf gives his mate a sort of hickey bite thing."

"No offense, but that sounds kinda gross," I replied.

Fae chuckled. "It's not as disgusting as it sounds. It is actually kind of a turn on." We all laughed and Fae's cheeks turned bright red.

"After claiming comes the mating," Dot said, and she wiggled her eyebrows at Fae, who, in return, grabbed a piece of paper, crumpled it into a car, and pitched it at Dot. "Do you know what mating is, Tyler?" asked Dot sarcastically.

"Why, no I don't, Dot. Please explain further," I replied, feigning innocence.

"It's sex, duh!" said Dot, and she looked confused.

"I was kidding!" I cried, and Fae snorted. Dot blushed and I turned towards Fae. "When does one usually get claimed? Or, when they mate?"

Fae thought for a moment. "Well, Rhett and I have been together for the past three years, but we're a special case. Usually, your mate claims you a couple days after you meet each other and you mate not soon after."

"Bo hasn't even mentioned claiming me," I said softly, and I looked down at my hands, suddenly feeling a bit sad.

"It's probably because he wanted to take it slower with you," said Dot simply, and Fae nodded in agreement. Before I had the chance to think too much about Bo, Dot clapped her hands together and demanded our attention.

"I've made a decision; tomorrow we're going dress shopping!"

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"I don't like pink."

"C'mon, Ty, it would look great with your hair."

"Dot," I said over the pile of dresses already crowding my arms, "I don't like pink."

"Fine," she said, and she threw the bright pink princess dress into Fae's arms without asking. We exchanged a look and sighed. I'd lost count of how many dresses I'd tried on in the numerous stores we'd visited, and I was beginning to lose hope in finding the right one. It was getting late, and now all I wanted to do was get back to the pack house and hang out with Bo.

"Can we try these on?" Fae asked in a bored voice. Dot nodded and we trekked across the formal department to the dressing rooms. I padded into a cramped room and shut the door behind me. I dumped the dresses on the chair in the corner and yawned. Dot had stolen Fae and I away after school, telling us that homework could wait. I'd come to the mall thinking that selecting a formal dress would be simple.

Boy was I wrong.

Still, seeing Dot get excited over picking out pretty dresses was worth it. She was like a kid in a candy store. On more than one occasion, Dot had told me that she was excited that I was going to become her sister-in-law. Apparently, I was the ideal girlfriend.

I pulled on a dress at random, and when I glanced at my reflection in the mirror, I grimaced. The dress was silver and sparkly, and way too short and tight for my taste. I was just about to peel it off when someone pounded on my door. "I wanna see the dress you're wearing, Ty!" yelled Dot.

I rolled my eyes and unlocked the door. Dot motioned silently for me to come out into the hallway, and I obliged. "You look like a hooker," noted Fae.

"You look like a cream puff," I shot back. Fae was standing in front of her dressing room in an ivory floor length ball gown that looked like it belonged in a fairy tale story.

"Next dress," ordered Dot, and I walked back into my dressing room and pulled of the dress, a bunch of glitter sprinkling down into my hair. I tied it up into a high ponytail and grabbed another dress. This one went down to my knees and was some sort of spaghetti strap, multicolored safari princess number with a bejeweled neckline.

I opened the door and twirled for Dot. She tapped her finger on a chin for a moment before saying, "Too busy," and sending me back into the dressing room to try on the next dress. This went on until I was out of choices.

Just as I stepped out of the dressing room, back in my regular clothes with a mountain of dresses in my arms, Dot stopped me. "I saw a dress that I want you to try on." I groaned. "It's the last one, I promise. Please, Tyler?" She stuck out her bottom lip like a toddler, and I sighed and nodded. "I'll be right back!" Dot exclaimed, and she disappeared back into the racks.

I hung the dresses up on the rack at the front of the dressing rooms and glanced at Fae, who was feverishly texting on her phone. She'd decided on a cerulean floor length gown with a simple halter strap covered in pretty silver beads. It hugged her body perfectly and made her look voluptuous and amazing. I was beyond jealous that she was done with dress hunting.

I heard Dot walking back into the dressing rooms, and I turned around. "Here ya go!" she said, and she pulled out a beautiful dress from behind her back. It was an pale green strapless dress with a black lace band around the middle.

I took the hanger from her hand and quickly changed into it in my dressing room. I glanced at myself in the mirror and smiled. The dress stopped a few inches above my knee, and it made my legs look a lot longer than they actually were. The bodice was tight enough to make my boobs look bigger than they were; not prostitute-fake-plastic big, but bigger.

I stepped out of my dressing room and clasped my hands together. "You look amazing!" squealed Dot. "I knew that dress would be perfect!"

"It fits you perfectly," observed Fae.

"Thanks guys," I said, beaming. In this dress, I felt extremely and honestly pretty.

I quickly changed and we paid for the dresses up front. I held my shopping bag in my right hand and looped my left into Dot's. We walked out of the department store and started to cross the parking lot. It was around seven o'clock and the sky was already dark. Since it was a Tuesday, the mall wasn't at all busy, and the lot where we had parked was almost completely empty.

It was really creepy.

"Why did you park in east Timbuktu?" I asked Fae.

"It's not that far away," she replied, but I could see that she was clearly nervous.

I started to say something but then I heard it; footsteps. I stopped walking and looked around the parking lot. I didn't see anyone, but I couldn't shake the feeling that we were being watched. And when a werewolf feels like they're being watched, they are.

"Do you feel that?" whispered Dot.

"Yeah," I replied.

"On three, we sprint for the car," suggested Fae. Dot and I nodded in agreement, and she started to count us down. "One...Two... Three!" We all took off running towards the car, and I managed to reach it first. Unfortunately, I didn't have the keys. I heard a scream and whipped around to see the two men who'd made my life a living hell for three years.

Drake and Luca.

Luca had Dot in a headlock, and she couldn't shake him off. Drake was standing a few feet behind them, and Fae was had abandoned her shopping bag and was tensed, ready to attack.

"Tyler," said Drake, "It's been too long."

"On the contrary," I replied hostilely, "It hasn't been long enough."

"Tyler!" cried Dot hoarsely, "Fae!"

"Quiet you!" ordered Luca, and he pressed something against her neck. I saw the glint in the parking lot light and realized he had a knife to her throat. Dot yelped but otherwise became silent.

"Tyler, what do we do," hissed Fae without looking back at me. I didn't answer her, but instead took a step towards where Luca held Dot. Drake clucked his tongue at me and shook his finger.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"And why's that?" spat Fae, taking a step towards Drake.

"You're killing her," stated Drake, now completely serious. "Once more step, and she dies."

Thinking on my feet, I said, "Drake, you don't want her. You want me, so just let her go and I'll come with you." I took another step towards him.

"You really need to work on your listening skills, dear Tyler," said Drake with a shake of his head. He nodded at Luca, and I watched in horror as Luca slid the knife quickly across Dot's throat.

"No!" screeched Fae.

Blood spurted from the knife wound, and some of the dark liquid also leaked out of Dot's mouth. She let out a gurgling sound and Luca let her fall to the ground.

"I will see you again, Tyler." Drake sent me a meaningful look and turned and started to walk across the parking lot with Luca. Fae dropped to her knees next to Dot's still body, and as I watched her scream and cry, I snapped.

My wolf completely took over. Faster than I've ever run in human form, I sprinted after them and pounced on Luca. The big man collapsed underneath me, and I shifted instantly, my clothes tearing and ripping.

Luca tired to push me off and he yelled things at me, but I couldn't understand him. I was seeing and hearing red. I latched onto his neck and bit down as hard as I could. I could feel the feel the blood and energy leaving his body, and I clamped down harder and harder until I couldn't feel my jaw anymore.

When I was "satisfied" with how dead Luca was, I pulled my muzzle from his jaw and whipped around, looking for Drake. He was nowhere in sight, and I howled angrily. I'd let him get away! I started to run across the parking lot towards the direction I thought he had been going in when I heard Fae call my name.

"Tyler! Tyler I need you!"

Remembering Dot's bloody body, I rushed back to where Fae was kneeling and shifted back into my human form. One look at Dot's pale skin and vacant eyes and I knew that she was gone.

Dot was dead.

I'd seen many people killed as a form of torture, but never someone this young. Never someone I cared

about deeply. Tears blurred my vision, and I grasped one of Dot's cold, clammy hands in my own and wept loudly.

This shouldn't have happened. Dot's death was my fault in so many ways, and I would never be able to forgive myself. She was like my little sister and now she was dead.

"We need to take her back home," said Fae softly, her words coming out choked up. "She would want to go back home." I nodded silently and wiped the tears from my eyes, inadvertently smearing some of Dot's blood on my cheek.

Together Fae and I lifted Dot's body up and started to load it in the car. The whole time, only one thought was really present in my mind.

Just like Bo's mother, I was bringing Dot back dead at a hunter's hand.

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I cried.... so much.....So don't kill me for doing this.

Two chapters in a row cuz I felt bad....

I watched Saw today and was not scared like at all.

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