The female motions with her right hand for two guardsmen to unchain Blade. The males break the chains around his ankles first before moving to free his wrists.

Once his wrists are free, the guardsmen grab him by both arms; lifting him onto his feet. Blade is being led to another room by them, only grunting as they throw him into a room.

His golden eyes dart around frantically, spotting a table and another table with several different tools resting on it. He also spots a tube hanging from a pole; the kind that looks like it's used as a drain plug of some sort.

What the hell is about to happen to me? He can only gulp quietly and jumps slightly when the door opens with a soft creek.

"Ah, hello Blade. It's such an honor to finally meet the Blood Alpha." a new voice speaks.

Blade doesn't recognize the voice. "Who are you?" he questions.

"The person who's about to have a bit of fun. Now, come on. Let's go for a ride; shall we?" the guy says with a cracked grin on his mouth.

"Go where?" Blade asks. "I am not going anywhere with some stranger I don't even know!"

(ZEIDEN)

Zeiden walks inside of his mother's house with Dawson and Rachel not far behind. His eyes quickly spot her sitting on a chair, staring at something in her hands.

"Mom? What are you looking at?" he asks her.

The brunette looks up and smiles softly. "Zeiden. Rachel. Oh, my babies. You're okay!" she murmurs in a soft voice.

"Mother, is that our brother?" Rachel asks the brunette.

"How do you know about him?" she whispers in slight fear. "Did that lousy excuse of a father tell you?"

She has her eyes narrowed now as she sets the picture down. It's of her, her soon-to-be ex husband, a young couple smiling at each other, and her family crest as well as the couple's.

"Who's the couple?" Rachel asks as she bends over to glance at the picture. "And what does they have to do with our brother."

"The couple were our surrogate. We told them, they could raise our son as theirs. So, in a way; the couple in the picture are his adopted parents." the brunette says.

Rachel stops looking at the picture as Zeiden gapes at their mother. "What?" the two say in unison.

"So did Zeiden and I come from the surrogates too?" Rachel asks.

"You did, Rachel but Zeiden was my blessed child. He was the only one I got to be pregnant with." their mother explains.

(HARPER)

The red haired girl leans her head back as she catches a few seconds of sleep. But she can only get five seconds in before she is dragged out of her cell as well.

"Where are you taking me?! I demand you let me go!" she shrieks.

"No can do, Phoenix. We need to one last experiment with you and the wolf."the guardsman tells her as he holds onto her arm.

"Experiment?! Since when did Blade and I become your "experiments?"" she mocks slightly. "Last I checked, we're just supernaturals. Not toys you can poke and prod on."

The guardsman merely ignores her and leads her into the same room as Blade is in. The girl is shoved inside where she immediately spots her friend asleep. Several tubes and dressings for wounds litter his body.

"Did you experiment on him?" she whispers then scoffs as she gets met with silence. "Of course you did. That's what you do. Prod the supernaturals that are different."

"Your friend here, was quite a feisty one. Nearly killed some of the scientists so we had to sedate him." a female scientist says.

(FIVE HOURS LATER —THE NEXT DAY)

"Harper?" a voice whispers as he turns his head to the right; seeing his familiar red haired crush sitting on the floor, fast asleep.

She hums and stirs her eyes awake. The blue orbs of the pale ocean land themselves on gorgeous golden orbs.

"Good. You're awake. I was worried they did something permanent to you." she murmurs. "Are you okay?"

Blade rolls his eyes at her response. "I'll be fine. It's nothing a few long days of rest won't heal." he replies.

She smiles softly then smirks. "You better rest or else I'll aim a fireball at your ass." she says playfully.

"You wouldn't dare, darling." Blade smirks back at her as her cheeks turn a pale hue of pink.

"Shut up!" Harper fires back. "Stop being like that. It's not a side of you, I'm used too."

"What? Flirting? Oh, it's not me. It's my wolf." Blade shrugs in response. "Now that you know I'm a werewolf since the goddamn scientists just had to blurt it out!"

"In case you forgot, smartass; they also blurted out that I'm a Phoenix." the girl comments.

"I didn't forget. I heard them loud and clear." he mutters. "Can you just help me break free so we can; oh I don't know, get out of here alive?"

"Why can't you use that werewolf strength of yours and break free yourself?" she asks aloud.

"I would if they didn't put some weird drug in my system." he snaps impatiently.

"Okay, calm down babe. I'll get you free." Harper remarks.

"B...babe?" Blade whispers.

The Phoenix glances at him then realizes what she just said. "I meant to say friend. Yeah!" she mumbles.

Blade looks away. "Right, friend." he frowns lightly.

(ALINA — HALF AN HOUR LATER)

With one month until the exciting field trip to Bunny Hill; Alina has dragged her suitcase out from the back end of her closet. She just wants to get a head start with packing, you never know what will happen.

"Let's see, scarf? Check. Winter coat? Check. Mittens? Check; you can never be too safe. What else do I need?" Alina ponders aloud.

She shrieks as Blade falls to her floor with Harper on top of him. Once she catches her breath, she grins and fishes out her phone.

Blade's eyes glance up at her. "Don't you dare." he snarls.

"Okay, fine. I won't." she groans. "What's with the snarling? Are you feeling okay?"

She lies on purpose as her adopted brother pulls himself to his feet; extending a hand to help Harper up.

"She knows I'm a werewolf, Alina." Blade responds then turns to look at his crush. "Before you ask, she's a werewolf too."

"Mom and dad told us not to reveal that." Alina mutters. "Yet, you just went and broke that rule."

"Who cares? It's not their job to care about me." Blade snaps.

"They are our parents, Blade! Last I checked, parents have a right to care about their kids!" Alina bites back loudly.

Blade walks over to his adopted sister and leans down an inch. "Last I checked, your parents are just my adoptive parents. They aren't my real parents." he whispers harshly.

"So, Harper? Shall we start getting ready for the field trip next month?" he turns away from Alina and faces his Phoenix crush.

"Sure. My house?" she asks him with a slight grin.

"Definitely." Blade is quick to respond as he grabs Harper's hand and runs out of Alina's bedroom.