“Congratulations, Mrs. Scott” said the doctor “, its twin girls.” The mother looked tired but happy, as she gazed at the doctor, while the girls where taken to be weighed and measured.

“Doctor, the younger one is having complications”, shouted one of the nurses. The doctor ran through the swinging double doors leaving a crying, worried mother behind.

*~* Seventeen years later *~*

Josh is sitting in his new car, which he just got two years ago, at a red light, trying to ignore Sam’s flirting as he looked out the window. Running his had to his thick black hair as he tried to image what his one true mate, the one he would love forever, his Luna, would look like.  She was the one thing he needed to fill the spot he had been training for all his life, Alpha.

Alpha of the Four Corners pack, a pack of werewolves that could sift as they please, unlike normal wolves that only shift with the moon, ‘cause this is life not a fairytale. The alpha title was passed from father to son, at the sons wedding. Josh had spent his life preparing for this job. He had to know everyone in the pack and all the pack’s histories.

Sam flipped her blonde hair and batted her eyelashes at Josh, as she tried to get him to go back out with her. They dated briefly two years ago, had a loot of fun, but he broke it off because she was not his mate. Most wolves know immediately when they meet their mate but they still date, just keeping their eyes open for the one they are meant to be with, Josh knows this won’t stop Sam. Sam has always been trying to get back with Josh, just for his title. She tries to hold his hand, snuggle up with him, and pass love notes in class but Josh always tries to get away with out embarrassing her.

Josh dropped Sam off at her house and speeds off. Seeing Sam blow him a kiss in the rear view mirror, he just shakes his head. When he got home he wonders if Sam will ever leave him alone.

“Josh, put your stuff down and please come here,” yelled Alpha Jonathan Smith, from his office.

“Yes, dad,” he responded as he ruffled his younger brother, Leim’s hair and picked up Sebastian, his baby brother, before he destroyed another of Leim’s towers. “Joessy, put mee down downsey,” Sebastian squirmed. 

Josh walked in to his father’s office, putting Sebastian down at the door. “Josh, you know as future Alpha you need to know everyone in the pack.”  Alpha John told his son.

“Yes, dad, I do and I have made an effort to get to know everyone.”  Josh responded.

“Well there is one more person you need to meet. You know the Scotts and their daughter Sam, right?” Josh frowned uncomfortably, the mention of Sam, hoping his dad wouldn’t ask about the relationship.

“Yes, they also have a son, Ben.” Josh recalled.

“They have one more kid, named Liz. She is Sam’s twin. “Alpha John said.

“Dad, Sam does not have a twin. I’ve been to their house, dated Sam briefly, and met her parents, why would they hide another kid from me?” Josh said, confused.

“Yes they do, Liz is just very sick has been for seventeen years, all her life. The sickness has made her to weak to shift and therefore venerable. Also they don’t know how long she will live and don’t want others pity.” Alpha John told him.

As they left to meet Liz, Alpha John told Josh, he needed to make sure he can keep her well protected.

*~*

They knock at the door and Mrs. Scott came to the door, “I thought you would be here earlier, Alpha.”

“Well, I had to let Josh in on the secret about Liz.” Alpha John said as Sam came down, seeing Josh and Sam started to flirt, by flipping her hair again. Josh rolled his eyes at her pathetic attempts. 

Alpha John led Josh to a small room of the Scott’s house. On the bed, Josh saw a blonde figure so pale it was almost transparent. ‘Mine,’ Josh’s wolf said from inside him, suddenly coming to life.

As Josh tried to restrain himself from shifting into his wolf form, he looked around the room seeing several machines hooked up to the small figure. In a split second his wolf was in control and his human form was the only thing left of Josh’s control left. “Who did this? What did they do? She is mine and no one hurts what is mine.” Josh’s wolf growled. Josh stared pacing the floor ready to attack anyone that got an inch too close.

“Josh this is Lizabeth.” Alpha John spoke calmly “, She has been sick since the day she was born. No one knows what she has.” A growl came out of Josh

 “Why wasn’t I called?” he said.

“Why would anyone call you?” Alpha John asked, surprised by his anger.

Josh struggled to gain control back of his wolf how worked up it was. “I’m sorry, my wolf got over protective.”

In the background they both heard a once slow and quit beeping of the heart monitor get louder and faster. Josh turned around to face his mate whose blue eyes had just opened up for the first time in seven months, because she had slipped into a coma.

Josh couldn’t help but kiss her nose making the heart monitor jump; Liz’s skin grained more color just from him being near her.

*~*

It had been week a since Josh and Liz stared seeing each other everyday, and Liz had become stronger then she had ever been. Her skin had gone from nearly transparent to the color of lightly toasted bread and she could go out for shorts amount of time.

Although everything seemed good for Liz, a small group of rogues had found out about the soon to be Luna. Rogues are wild wolves that ether lost their pack, ran away, or were kicked out. Rogues terrorize different packs for money, as it is their only way of survival. They had been watching her and waiting for a time to attack.

“Jim, are we clear yet?” whispered one of the rogues as they got ready.

“Wait for it, now!!” yelled Jim, the leader of the Rogue group, when Mrs. Scott went inside to get her daughter’s lunch so they could eat on the porch.  Jim’s pack had been burned in a fire leaving him with half his face burned pink and his red hair scorched black at the ends.

The rogues broke through the forest and grabbed Liz. Pulling her back into the thick dark woods with them, just as Mrs. Scott came out. Liz had tried to scream but her mouth was blocked by one of the rogue’s hands.

When Mrs. Scott came out and saw that that Liz was gone, she picked up her phone and called Josh and Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott answer on the first ring and said he would be right there. Josh however took five calls to answer; when he did he seemed upset.

“What?” Josh answered.

“Josh, Liz has been kidnapped.” Mrs. Scott told him.

“WHAT!!!!” Josh yelled, as he almost crumpled the phone to pieces, “Who? When? Where? I need names, addresses and names of everyone they love!”

“I don’t know, Josh!” she cried, “I went inside to get our lunch and when I came back she was gone!”

“I’m on my way!” he sent a message to pack on his phone ‘meet me at the Scott’s place in five minutes.’

When everyone arrived, Josh told them what was going on, “Your future Luna has been captured! Her mother, Mrs. Scott is the one that called to tell me! So we are here to look for any sign she is nearby!”  

“Josh, oh oh, Josh, I’m right here, see no need to search!” Sam said dramatically, attempting to flirt again.

“Sam, I am not talking about you and you know it! I am talking about your twin sister! Who if you do not recall has been sick for the past 17 years of her life!” everyone gasped not even knowing Liz even existed.

*~*

It had been three weeks since Liz went missing. Everyday Josh became more and more unstable; he was already starving himself by the first week, only eating half a sandwich everyday. Everyday Sam would come to Josh, batting her eyelashes, flipping her hair and biting her lip, trying to get him to go out with her. Although Josh just ignored her attempts it didn’t stop her from trying again and again.

“Alpha, Josh, we found her sent around a small cabin.” A young scout told them, after running back to tell them. The pack had gained the sent from a t-shirt Mrs. Scott had provided. Josh shifted into his golden wolf ready to go. Josh wanted… no needed to smell her of pine and the ocean, feel her silky soft touch, and taste her surgery lips as they kissed.

As soon as the scout, Alpha John, and Josh got to the cabin. Josh got ready to attack.

Five men came out, two supporting Liz, Josh saw how bad Liz’s sickness had gotten and started to growl. One of the men’s head snapped up, “Jim, I think we’re being watched.”

“Non-science you’re just paranoid. Now let’s try and figure out why this girl so pale.” Jim said. The men set Liz down on the dirt and started to look at her indifferent ways, like the answer was written on her forehead. “Is the sun light working? How could she get so sick so quick?”

Josh growled, one they let her sit on the ground with who knows what crawling and two they obviously weren’t taking care of her. Where there was once a normal body shape for a skinny girl was now an underweight ghost.

All of the guys looked up and strait at Josh before picking up, Liz back up and into the house, out of Josh’s view. Josh got ready to run into the house and sake his mate but his dad stopped him, “Son, don’t they’re expecting it.”

*~*

Liz felt the stiff couch beneath her when she woke up the next day, or at least she thought it was the next day. The worse part about whatever she had was that she could go to bed, slip into a coma for three months, and wake up thinking she only slept one night. “Oh well look who is, finally, up?” Said the guy whose name she learned was Jim on her first day. Jim helped her sit up, as she looked down at her hands, which had turned pale white. There was no way it had only been a day since she was kidnapped.  “Um, Jim, how long have I been a sleep?”Liz asked, nervously.

“About three weeks, oh and you can’t go outside there are others out there.” He told her.

“Others as in rouges or others as in a pack?” Liz said hoping for the second. If it was the second then she could sneak out tell them what happened and she could have them take her home where she could see Josh again. Oh, how she need to be in his strong, secure arms, and taste his candy lips on hers, as the kissed for the first time.

“We’re not sure but we think it’s a pack from the number of them we smell.” Liz’s heart started to soar ‘yes, a pack I will be back in Joshes arm in a matter of days’ she thought. She so couldn’t wait to see his midnight black hair and feel his rock hard abs under his shirt, from years of sports training and conditioning.

Liz finally noticed the yummy food on the coffee table, three delicious pancakes covered in sticky, sweet, maple syrup. She quickly grabbed the fork and started to devour the soft, fluffy cakes. “Mmh, these are really delusions,” she told Jim.

“Thank you, I made them myself from scratch.” He said before kissing Liz on the forehead.

“What was that for?” Jim stayed silent, “You know I have a mate!”

That did it for Jim that one word, “Oh, then why don’t you just go to him, huh? Oh yeah ‘cause I won’t let you! You want to know what happened to my mate. She was killed in a fire, it killed my whole pack! I am the only person left and you know what? It stinks to wake up every morning and know you have no one!”

“Jim, are you from the Colorado Summits pack?”Jim squeezed his eyes shut and nodded. His pack was the only one in over hundered years to completely burn down and not have at least half the pack escape, “Oh my Goss, Jim, I am sorry. I so wish I could change what happened.”

“Yeah well everyone says that but can they? Nope, so stop wishing and move on.” Jim said.

Liz could tell he wasn’t over it though even though he wanted to be, when a shifter loses his mate they never get over it even- if they hate them. “So when are the others coming over?” Liz knew the four other guys had just hired Jim to watch her and care for her.

“I don’t know, they really just show up and tell me what to do.” Jim said; glad to be off the pervious subject.

*~*

Three days, they had been watching the house were Liz lay. Three days since they last saw her come outside. Three days, were they could have easily killed Liz, the thought of that pained Josh.

If they even laid a harmful hand on her their fate only got worse but if they killed her  then he would personally make them wish for their fate to come.

Three howls, the five minute signal, Josh was ready; he needed his love back in his arms, again. Two howls, three more minutes- at one howl they would attack.

They all waited but the last howl never came ‘where is the last howl!’ josh messaged through the pack mind link. The mind link allowed them all to communicate in wolf from. Nothing could be heard on the link, they had been spotted!

‘Josh go get Lisabeth and meet us at the rest of us at the pack house. We will take care of the Rogues!’ shouted Alpha John through the link. With that Josh burst through the tree line and shattered the door. What he saw mad him growl, there on the couch his love sitting with another man, at her feet. Liz turned around and saw Josh’s wolf, “Josh!!” she pushed herself up on the couch. What Josh saw discussed him, her legs where twigs and could barely holding her up.

Josh went over to her, growling at the other man, there was no way he was taking care of her fully. Liz wrapped her arms around Josh’s neck, as he licked her face, he was so happy to see her.

“Josh, this is Jim the only survivor from the Colorado Summits Pack fire. He’s been taking care of me.” Josh growled at Jim again. “Josh! It’s not his fault I’m so skinny I fell asleep for three weeks, again.” Josh continued to growl. ‘He knew she was mine and that she was sick but still kept her from me!’ he thought taking a protective stance in front of his mate.

Jim smiled “, you might want to listen to her, Josh; you don’t want to lose her to the flames.”Jim reached into the brick fire place, grabbed a hot coal out of the flames, and trough it on the wooden floor.

Jim then quickly jumped past the couple and out the door as the sparked started to turn in to flames. Josh knew Liz was to week to run so he grabbed her shirt and flung her onto his back. The flames were moving quickly as they had already consumed one wall.

Josh ran to the door but right as he got there it crumbled blocking their exit. She looked around for another way out but all he saw was flames. Liz started to cough from all the smoke he had to get out and quick. Josh only had one idea howl and hope someone heard.

He did just that, he howled until he couldn’t breathe.

*~*

“Sir, we found them!” Someone said, slowly pulling them from the ruble. Alpha John came over with his wife, Luna Mary “; he was howling just over an hour ago, they might still have a chance of survival.” The person said. The whole pack pulled them apart to give the more room to breathe and looked at the two love birds.

After five minutes, Josh’s stomach started to bounce, and then he started to chough. When he got up his dad gave him a pair of shorts, Josh went into a bush shifted back to a human and changed.

After changing he came back and lay beside Liz, pulling her closer to him. Liz started to cough as he held her close.

*~*

Liz took a deep breath in today was the beginning of a new life for her, a life of health and happiness. Today she would start worrying about others and not have them worry about her.

Liz looked down at her simple snow white ball gown trying to settle the butterflies in her stomach. “Are you ready for this?” she hadn’t noticed her dad standing there beside her “,’cause you know you don’t have to, Josh will wait if that’s what you wish.”

“I know I want this. He is everything I have ever wanted.” She told him, remembering his proposal.

*~*

It was her and Sam’s 18th birthday; Josh had taken Liz out on a date, to a really expensive and fancy restaurant. When the waiter brought out the molten lava cake, Liz had ordered, she saw something shinny come out with the melted chocolate inside. Carefully pulling it and wiped it off, she realized it was a ring. Not just any ring though the ring she had been looking at in the mall. She put her hand to her mouth, she was speechless. “Liz, will you marry me?” Josh said when she realized he had gotten down on one knee in front of her.

“y-y-yes!” she screamed “a thousand times yes!” Everyone in the restaurant started giving the couple dirty looks, Liz blushed in embarrassment at her behavior.

*~*

“And Liz do you take Josh Smith as your lawfully wedded husband?” the priest asked when he was done asking Josh the same question.

“I do.” Liz said.

“You my now kiss your bride.” Josh pulled Liz in giving her her first kiss, as the priest sat down. They then turned to face Josh’s parents, “ do you Josh Smith accept my title as you lead the Four Corners Pack, fairly and justly?” asked Alpha John.

“Yes, I mean- I do,” Liz held in a giggle at Josh’s mistake.

“Do you Lizabeth Smith take my title as Luna of the Four Corner Pack as you lead it kindly and gently?” Asked Luna Mary Smith

“I do” Liz felt Josh squeezing her hand as the turned around to face their pack.

“Ladies”, said June, Josh’s sister, followed by her twin, Jullia, saying, “And Gentlemen,” then together “, your new Alpha and Luna!!”

*~*

At the reception everyone told them how happy they were and that they were glad to be in their pack. When Sam came up she pretended to trip and josh caught her as she batted her eyelashes at him.

All night Liz kept seeing this flirting going on, until she just got tired of it. Liz grabbed her sister’s hair and dragged her outside. “ow–ow–ow-ow!” shouted Sam.

“What are you do you think you are doing!” yelled Liz, at Sam.

“What do you mean?” Sam asked trying to play innocent.

“Oh don’t play dumb with me, Sam. You know very well what I’m talking about!” Liz was not falling for it.

“And what if I don’t?” Sam questioned.

“I am talking about you flirting with Josh, my now husband!” Sam knew she was seconds away from getting her but kicked the shit out of.

“He is not yours he is mine and he will see it as soon as you miss up! I thought those rogues would take care of you but they failed me and the pack.” Sam threatened. That pushed Liz over the edge, Josh was hers and not even her twin sister could take him from her. Liz lunged at her sister and started to pound her. She was so in to the fight she did not realize when her sister shifted into a brown wolf.

Although in wolf form Sam should have had the upper hand, Liz stayed on top. Sam tried to get a hold of her sister but couldn’t.  Liz got a good hit on Sam’s snout, giving her a broken nose. Then she almost scratched her sisters eyes out but a pair of warm muscular arms wrapped around her pulling her off of Sam. Liz kicked and tried to pry the hands off of her waist with no luck.

“Liz calm down.” Josh whispered in her ear, instantly calming her, a little bit, “Now, why are you pounding your sister’s face?”

“She was flirting with you all night!” Liz shouted,” Then when I pulled he out here to talk she said you were hers.”

“No! She just pulled me out here and beat me up!” Sam yelled now that she had shifted back and put on a simple slip-on dress.

“Sam, I do not know what happened but I know my mate and wife would not pound on her sister for no reason.” Josh said, “So expect to see you in my office at eight o’clock, tomorrow morning. We will then talk about your punishment for disgracing the Luna, banishment from the pack.”