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  Once on four paws I trot myself over towards Luka as he gets up and is shaking the snow off his body. "You'll never grow up, will you Luka?" I ask, cocking my head over to the side.

"Nope" He happily yelps in a reply.

"Thought as much. Okay, let's get going I don't want to keep your surprise guest waiting any longer then he already has for this day" I slightly snarl.

"Right behind you" Luka slightly snarls back, before we take off. 

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Now Sophie

 Luka and I are running parallel to each other, and listening to the snow crunch under are paws as they hit the ground, practically galloping almost to get to our destination. Running in wolf form in winter isn't like running in wolf form in spring and summer, for starters you get in icy breeze blowing through your fur that makes you feel like you've just ate a whole box of tick-tacks in one go, there's all the cold snow under your warm paws, and finally, there are all the snowflakes you can chase and eat.

I turn towards Luka, who's just looking around at all the snow that there is, he doesn't know where we're going, but come to think of it neither do I. I don't know where are target is located because I didn't tell him we were going to do this, he doesn't know Luka's coming, or home for that matter I don't think, so I'm hoping to surprise both the guy in question, and my mate at the same time.

I have to know where he is, I just can't pull it from the top of my head, since he's always on the move, but I also have to be sneaky about it I can't let Luka know who he's about to reunite wit, I may not be about to mind link the other person in question but I know the next best one. Taking a deep breath I turn towards Luka to see if he's watching me, once I know I'm in the clear I turn back and connect the mind link too Chris's.

"Chris" I say on my end, but no response so I try again. "Hello Chris are you there, can you hear me?"

"Yes Alpha, I can hear you loud and clear, sorry it took me a second to connect the line" Chris replies on his end.

"Where are you?" I ask him.

"I'm keeping watch it the main border, why are you asking?" He asks me.

"Nothing just curious, hay while we're at it, I need you to locate someone in the pack for me please" I say.

"Sure thing Alpha, who is it?" Chris asks. I want to say his name, but to play it safe just in case Luka is listening in, I just imagine his face in my mind. When you're using the mind link you can hear the voice of the wolf you're connected to but you can also see the images that wolf has inside of their heads, Luka and I can't do this until we're both marked so the surprise is safe.

After a moment, Chris speaks up again. "He's in the training field" Chris replies.

I smile in my head. "Thought as much" I say.

"Man, it seems like all that boy ever wants to do these days is train. Well, that and spread kindness throughout the world as he puts it" Chris tells me.

"Yeah, now that I'm thinking about it, that does make sense. Boy, it's a good thing we're already heading in that direction, otherwise, I would've had to make a u turn" I say. Oh snap, I think to myself as soon as those words leave my mouth.

"Wait Sophie, what do you mean by we're, who's with you?" He asks me.

I guess I have no other choice, I wanted it to be a surprise for everyone in case they didn't believe me last night, but this is one of my head Beta's, one of my second in command, I can trust him. "Well who do you think, or were you one of the ones that thought my howl from last night was a joke?" I playfully ask him.

"No way, Luka's really back?" Chris asks me with the sound of joy in his tone.

"Yep, he is, and he doesn't know who I'm taking him to see" I reply to him.

"Oh that soon to be Alpha is in for one heck of a surprise, let me let the training and kindness aholic in question know that you two are on your way..." I cut him off before he has a chance to cut the link.

"The thing is Chris, the training and kindness aholic in question doesn't know I'm coming with him either, and I would like to surprise the both of them at pretty much the same time if I can" I tell him.

"Wait, this is a double surprise, well in that case both guys are in for one heck of a surprise. Go have fun, I wish I could be there to see their reactions" He tells me.

"Okay Chris, we will, thanks a lot man" I say right before I cut the link.

No sooner do I do that then we both come up to a deep pile of snow, I just charge right past it and keep on running, but Luka plows right into it as he's running. For a moment I think to myself that he didn't mean to do it on purpose but one look at the sparkles in Luka's eyes tells me another story. This boy loves winter now, I can see it in his eyes, I turn towards him.

"Luka, didn't you get enough snow while you were in Alpha training?" I grumble slightly.

"The snow out there wasn't like the snow here, it wasn't deep enough to play and have fun in like this snow is" Luka barks in a reply, shaking the snow off him, turning to look at me.

"You like winter now" I whimper.

"Yeah, I just had to...Uh, don't think I'm trying to be flirtatious with you or anything, but all I had to do was grow into my body, that's it. Once I started eating more and right, my rib bones became less and less visible until one day they just vanished, and ever since then winter hasn't even bothered me" Luka says.

"Is that a fact?" I grumble again.

"What about you? It must've been a real shock once you realized that your hair was darkening" Luka lightly snarls.

"Yeah it was, I actually noticed it a few days after you left. I was in our bathroom shaving the lower part of my legs, when I looked up to get the bottle of shaving cream, I caught sight of my head in the mirror and saw that the roots of my hair were turning dark brown. Not remembering what my mother looked like when she was my age, I screamed so loud that it shook the room a bit. Both Shelby and my Aunt came running into the room not to long after. Seeing the razor in my hand, they thought I had cut myself, it was only after I had calmed down and caught my breath, that I was finally able to tell them what was really wrong. After that my Aunt then reminded me that my mother had light hair when she was younger that darkened as well, and what I was experiencing was normal" I tell him in a friendly snarl.

"Well, I like it" Luka yelps happily.

"Really, you like my hair brown instead of blond?" I whimper.

"Correction SophieJane, I love you no matter what color your hair is" Luka replies in a low snarl.

"Aw Luka" Slightly I whine.

"At least you didn't cut it, otherwise if you had, I would never be able to get over it" He slightly snarls at me.

Hearing this makes my ears perk up. "Oh yeah, I thought that was it" I grumble out. "The other day my Aunt was talking about taking me over to the salon to get my hair cut, I was just about to agree when I got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach so I refused, and now it all makes since, it was my wolf telling me not too because she knew you would be mad at me if I did do it." I then turn forwards.

"Sophie, please tell me who my surprise guest is" Luka whimpers.

"No I'm not, why do you think it's called a surprise guest, you'll just have to wait and see when we get there" I snarl at him as I continue to run along, just hoping that his surprise guest in question hasn't figured out what's going on already.

We both shift back to our human forms as we approach, the training field it's a wide stretch of land right around from the indoor training center. The training field itself is covered in a fine layer of snow and is dotted with over a dozen tall trees, covered in a thick, almost black bark, which is where I hope are target is. As we slowly approach one of the trees, the biggest one to be exact, I turn towards Luka and mind link him

"Okay Luka, we need to be very quiet and that means no talking, if you want to say something to me, use the mind link" I tell him.

"Okay Sophie" Luka replies.

We step a little closer before I speak up again, still with the link connected. "Okay Luka, I'm going to show you your surprise, first now this person doesn't know you're here, that's his. Now Luka, are you ready to get your long-awaited surprise?" I ask.

"I was born ready Sophie" Luka says as we both reach the tree.

"Okay then, I'm going to look around the tree and see if he's there, don't move" I tell him, Luka gives me a nod.

As my head moves slowly around the trunk of the tree, my eyes land on a figure standing not but six feet, straight ahead in front of me, sizing up and looking at the tree over next to ours, his head is facing the tree so he can't see me but I can see him clearly. This seventeen year old young man has olive skin, grayish, greenish brown eyes, and shaggy, dark brown hair that is a little longer then it use to be. He now has a washboard stomach to speak of, when last year he didn't have any muscles to speak of. He has strong arms, strong looking legs, and broad shoulders, he's still isn't the fastest, not the strongest, and certainly not the hottest wolf in the pack, but he does have one thing going for him, it's always the one thing people think of when they first meet him, kindness. This incredible kid's name, is Elliot Deleon Vizzuno.

Elliot quickly turns his head, and I duck my head back behind the tree, so fast that he didn't see me, or at least, I hope he didn't see me. "Yep, he's there alright" I say as I breathe quietly, but heavily through my mouth.

"Who is it?" Luka ask me.

"Well take a look and see" I reply, taking a step back and letting him peak his head around the large trunk.

Just by reading his body language from behind him, I can tell that Luka's face is shifting into a smile. After a moment, Luka's head comes back around and he's smiling from ear to ear. "Oh my gosh, it's Elliot" Luka says, sounding excited inside my head.

"I know, but you need to be quiet for another moment, alright? Now I'm going to go out there and strike up a morning conversation with him, when I look back towards you, then you can come around and surprise your kid brother, but don't come out until then" I say, looking towards him/ Luka nods and takes a few steps back.

I slowly walk around the tree trunk, careful not to look behind me, and careful not to be heard by Elliot until I'm ready to be heard. When I am a good distance away from our tree, halfway between Elliot's or so, I stop, and clear my throat, this catches his attention. "Good morning Elliot" I call out, as I slowly continue walking over towards him.

Elliot turns and waves at me, but he doesn't walk over to me like I thought he would. "Hay Sophie, good morning" Elliot says with a smile, as I approach him. "How long have you been here?" He then asks.

"Uh...Just got here" I reply as I then walk into his awaiting arms, I just hope Luka doesn't growl at the sight of this. "What about you, how long have you been training today Elliot" I then ask him as we break away from our hug, and I see all the scars on the trunk of his tree where Elliot has hit it with the bottom of his foot, hard.

"Since the crack of dawn" Elliot replies, matter a factly.

"It Shows" I say to him with a smile.

"Hey Sophie, how did you know I was even here?" Elliot asks me.

I have to think fast. "A little birdie told me" I reply.

"Can you back up a few inches away from me please? I want to try to kick the tree again, and I don't want to squash you like a bug if I do end up missing this one" He then tells me.

"Oh. Oh, sure, of course" I say with a nod, as I obey his wishes and step back, away from the tree.

Did I mention that he does all of this while he's barefoot. Elliot has been here so many times in the past three months, that the snow around the base of the tree is almost the same color as the soil beneath it, and where are his shoes you may ask? Off to the side, along with his tan shirt, but that's up in the tree. Guess he got hot, I say to myself. Boy it sure is a good thing Elliot's wearing really thick, long pants, I then think. I then look behind Elliot and squint my eyes. There, laying between two trees on a nearby small hill-side I can see Chris, in his russet-brown wolf form looking at me. I guess He just couldn't help but see their reunion in person, and honestly I couldn't blame him if he couldn't.

"Alright, here I go" Elliot says, getting ready to strike. From rumors I've heard around the pack Elliot is a very strong kicker, when he actually hits the tree that is, but most of the time he, well...Right then Elliot does what I was just about to think, he strikes out but his foot barely comes close to the trunk, misses, I think to myself, finishing the incomplete thought in my head.

Elliot then cusses under his breath as his foot lands back onto the cold, snow covered ground with a slight thud, he must be mad, I think to myself. Elliot never cusses. I then look back behind me and see Luka's face slightly peeking out from around our tree's trunk. "Come on" I say, mouthing it almost as I motion him with my head to come forward. He does so, and in less than a few moments Luka stops where I stopped when I first said good morning to the man in front of me, now all the cards are set, Elliot doesn't know it yet but his Omega slash Alpha brother is standing right behind him.

Luka lets out a deep breath before he speaks up. "Come on bro, I thought you were a tree hugger. What are you doing kicking a tree, what did that tree ever do to you?" He asks with a wide smirk on his face. Elliot who's now standing with his back facing him tenses at the words and slowly starts to turn around, I then slowly step back so that I can be by Luka's side.

When Elliot turns all the way around his eyes land on the both of us, first on Luka then on me, when his shock filled eyes land on mine, I give him a confirming nod. Then Elliot's eyes, the ones that were filled with total shock only a moment before now have sparkles in them and I can also see that his legs are trembling slightly as well. Unlike most times, Elliot doesn't need a hint, he knows who this is.

"Luka, you're back early!" Elliot shouts in a loud voice as he runs full steam ahead towards Luka with a huge grin on his face, and for once, his training forgotten.

"I'm back buddy" Luka says, holding his arms open waiting for a long-awaited brotherly hug, but instead Elliot tackles him, sending them both flying backwards.

As they land on the ground, they both shift into their wolf forms, Luka's large Alpha wolf is the first one to touch the ground. His large body lying flat, molding against the white snow, while Elliot's smaller brindled dark beige Gamma wolf with his plain amber eyes lands somewhat on top of Luka, limbs going in every direction. Unlike Luka's, Elliot's wolf his grown up a bit, but not a whole lot, he's packed on a little muscle mass though, just right for a Gamma. For a moment the both of them just stay there, giving each other a friendly nuzzle, while I just stand back and watch. Looks like I'm not the only one who missed Luka, I tell myself as my face breaks out into a large smile.

After another moment they both get off each other and stand up, facing each other, Elliot's ears then flatten as he starts to walk around Luka, looking him over. "Wow I guess Sophie's Aunt Sherry was right about what she found when you were in the hospital last time, you really are an Alpha, what are you doing back so early?" Elliot lightly snarls, coming up onto Luka's other side. Now that they're standing side by side you can definitely see the height difference of their two wolves, Elliot's wolf only comes up to a little past Luka's shoulder.

"Sophie's Uncle and I were chased by two of Ace's henchmen, Colt and...Uh, what was the female wolf's name?" Luka asks in a slight whimper.

"Misty, Misty was her name" I slightly snarl as well, as I shift turn around, and start walking towards the both of them.

"Your Uncle, is he okay?" Elliot asks in a concerning whimper.

"Yes he's fine, probably back at the house napping by now, didn't you see him last night during the full moon?" I ask him.

Elliot shakes his wolf's head. "No, I didn't. While most of the other shifted and spent the night in the meeting valley, once I shifted into my wolf I took off running towards the Northern Shore and stayed there all night but I could hear commotion coming from the direction of your and Sophie's house" He replies in a slight grumble.

Luka then gives Elliot a slight cock of his head. "Wait, you were all the way at the northern shore, and yet you were still able to hear the noises at our place, how is that even possible?" He asks him.

Instead of Elliot, I speak up. "Elliot has the best hearing of the pack, he can literally hear a pin drop from across the territory.

"That's incredible bro, what rank are you now?" Luka slightly snarls.

"I'm a Gamma" Elliot replies, wagging his tail slightly.

"Elliot, please refresh my memory, a Gamma does what now?" Luka whimpers slightly.

"Peace keeper, and at times I am also the pack babysitter, I still work at Den house" Elliot replies with a sparkle in his amber eyes.

"Really, you still work with my adopted mother at Den House?" Luka asks, wagging his own tail slightly.

"Absolutely, why wouldn't I be, after all I get to play with little kids all day, who wouldn't want a job like that?" Elliot playfully asks.

Luka then grumbles from deep inside his chest. "That role really suits you man, I can see why you're happy about it" Luka says.

"Oh yeah, and speaking of that, did you hear about Cody and Heather?" Elliot asks, Luka just nods his head. "When they broke the news, they wanted me to be one of the uncle's" Elliot says happily.

"Wow that's going to be one lucky baby when it gets here, congrats man, gash, Uncle Elliot" Luka says.

While this conversation is going on I'm standing in the back silently, looking down at the snow, this conversation has gotten really boring, I sure wish there was some way I can shake things up, then an idea pops into my head. Time to have some fun, I think to myself with a giggle inside my mind.

I then shove my paw gently under the snow as if it were a shovel, I then look up towards the both of them. "Hey boy's" I yelp, the both of them turn and look at me. I then lift my paw up quickly and launch a large amount of snow towards them, it lands pretty evenly, half landed on Luka and half of it landed on Elliot. "Oops" I say in a slight grumble as I sit down just a few feet away.

"And that's why you're the Alpha" Elliot grumbles, his face now covered in a thin layer of snow.

"Sophie, why did you feel the need to do that?" Luka asks me, his face looking the same way.

I dig my paws deeply into the snow and just start flinging it quickly at them, and doing it all with a smile on my face and my tongue hanging out. "Oh, you know, I just..." I pause standing up and starting to circle the both of them, kicking more snow on them as I do so. "Wanted to have some fun" I playfully snarl as I get into a play stance, my body tenses, ready to spring at any moment.

Both wolves look at each other for a moment and then back towards me, I start trotting. "So, Sophie, you're wanting to have some fun are ya? We'll show you how to have some fun. Let's get her Elliot" Luka says.

"With pleasure bro" Elliot playfully snarls, I start running and they take off running after me.

After I start it doesn't take the boy's long to catch me, about half way around the field while Elliot was chasing me from behind Luka snuck around to the front of me and cut me off. Now I'm being pinned down in the powder snow by two male wolves, while we're playfully biting and clawing at one another. "Just like old times, right Elliot?" Luka asks as he gently bites down on one of my ears.

"Just like old times Luka" Elliot replies to him, gently biting down in my other one.

I playfully kick my legs, trying to get the two of them off me, but it's no use their combined weight is too much for me to take. I am having so much fun that I feel like a pup, and I'm laughing out loud in my head, I'm even laughing in wolf form from happiness. Just as these boys are about to make me make some yellow snow from all the laughing I've done, a howl rips through the cool air. We all get up and shift back to see who it is.

"Hey, you guys!" Another howl rips through the air, I turn towards Luka who's now got a bit of snow in his hair, and then I look back towards the direction of the howl.

There, running down quickly off the hillside where I last saw him, I see Chris, his wolf form getting bigger and bigger as he comes closer. "Do you guys mind if I join you?" He lightly snarls coming to the tree line, then one step away from entering the training field, he shifts back into human form.

"Morning Alpha" Says Chris politely, speed walking over towards the three of us.

"Good morning Beta Chris" I say gently putting my arms around his neck.

A deep, long growl reverberates from Luka's throat, and we instantly break apart. Chris then turns towards Luka, and his face turns to disbelief. "Well I'll be covered in wolfsbane, Alpha Luka, is it really you?" He asks.

"I wouldn't have growled at you like that if I wasn't" Replies Luka in a deep tone, but I can tell he's trying to calm himself.

Both Elliot and I then step back slightly so that Chris can get a good look at him. "Amazing, a one hundred percent turnaround from the last time I saw you, you look great" Chris smiles it him.

"Isn't he amazing Beta Chris?" Elliot chimes in with a grin.

Chris then turns towards him. "Yes Elliot, I would have to agree, he's no longer the weak, burned boy, I helped save from Ace Summers" Chris compliments as he turns back towards Luka, and I bite my lip, hearing my ex boyfriends name stings like a million bees stinging me in my chest.

Luka then smiles warmly at him. "Thank you very much Sir" He says

"You're quite welcome young Alpha" Chris replies politely.

"Hey Chris, were you watching from that hilltop the whole time?" Elliot asks him motioning his body towards the hill, after a few moments of Silence.

"Yep, Quinn was taking my post long enough for me to sneak down and see your little reunion, and it was worth it" Chris replies.

Smirking slightly I tap Elliot lightly on his shoulder, and he turns towards me. "Elliot I sort of lied to you, when I told you that a little birdie told me where you were, it was Chris who actually told me" I say with a smile.

Elliot then smirks back at me. "Thought as much, and besides, what's the difference? He playfully asks, and we all burst out laughing.

Looks like the two blood brothers are back in arms, I think to myself.

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So there you guys go Chapter 7, I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it, this will probably be the last chapter before my family and I  head for Kentucky, but luckily by the time you guys see this we will already be back. So Elliot and Luka are now reunited and back to their old ways, what do you guys think? I know I was crying while I was writing their reunion, how bout you?

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