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As humans our basic functions allows us to hope and wish for the future, and if that future is to be achieved, in our eyes we have to plan for it. So we make out schedules, and we devise our time well; trying to achieve as much as we can."
-MC
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"Khal! Khal Jeremy Moore! You better not be ignoring me!"

The high-pitched voice came as an intrusion to the three sleeping wolves and each fussed, turning in their beds.

The door was kicked opened in the next thirty seconds causing a loud bang and one of them to fall from their beds.

"Ouch" Kiara groaned out.

The intruder stepped in and look at the person on the floor.

"Kiara? You're here?"

It was like that statement awoke everyone immediately. The three bystanders just realizing exactly what kind of situation they were dealing with.

Khal runs out of his room, completely out of breath and comes face to face with his mate.
"Hailey, what are you doing here?"

"Hailey? You only call me that when you're in trouble. What exactly is qagoing on here?"

"Uh I mean Micky"

"I'm confused" Kiara piped in and Hailey now takes a steps into the house, seeing the full view of the situation.

Kiara was on the floor, her mate was standing there looking as frightened as ever and an unknown man was now sitting on their couch.

"Who the hell are you?"

A lot of people have been asking him that question lately.

"Babe just sit down and let's talk."

"Fine." Hailey walks in taking a seat but keeping a keen eye on the unknown man in the room

"Ok so start telling me what's going on."

Kiara decides to speak first.
"As you can see, I'm back."

"Yes I can see that but where were you? We looked everywhere for you. Hell your parents still are they don't even know that you're back."

"I know, I know but you can't tell them ok?"

"What why wouldn't you want to tell them? They think you're missing Kiara. They've been sending out search parties for you."

"Uh..."

"Because of me."
Marquése speaks up and everyone goes quiet.
"She doesn't want to tell them she's back because of me."

"And who might you be exactly?"

"I'm her mate."

"What?! Wait, are you serious?"

"Yes."

"Oh my Goddess that's amazing Kiara!"
Hailey screams out in happiness and everyone immediately shushes her.

"Hey stop shush me. This is something exciting, we should celebrate! I don't understand why you're hiding it from your parents. I'm sure they'd be ecstatic Kia."

"I hope they would be too, but I still can't tell them yet. They and Marquése have a little history together."

"History? Hey how old are you?"

"I'm 22. That's not what she meant. It's just really complicated."

"I see"

Kiara takes over the conversation,
"We just need time and some kind of a plan. Any ideas, because we have to do something and the time is now."

Hailey gives a suggestion.

"So since you can't exactly live here forever. What you need to do is get in the pack house and talk to them. Better it be done now than them finding out later and we'll attacking us."

"I guess your right. Now what's the plan to actually break inside?"
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"This is crazy. This is absolutely crazy."
Marquése states in disbelief

"It really is but it has to work."

"So we're going to sneak inside the main pack house, to what, live there for a while?"

"Basically"

Marquése deadpans at that statement but the group pay him no mind.

"Let's go over it again."

"Ok. So Khal will be the look-out to make sure that the coast is clear at all times. Hailey you will be the one to sneak us inside the pack house. We'll go in though the back door to the kitchen, into the hall and up the stairs to the second floor which is where my room is. If we run into anyone in the way there you'll distract them until we get to my room. Marquése and I will both stay in there and I will try to somehow get his scent off of me before I go to see my parents. Questions?"

A group of 'no's could be Head until Marquése pitched in.

"So basically I'll be locked in your room all that time."

"Yes and I'll be outside keeping an eye out just in case someone comes, while she goes to tell her parents that she's back."
Hailey says

"This may be the craziest plan I have ever heard."

Marquése turns to Kiara and she sighs,

"It might be crazy but it's the only one we've got. If we stay here people may come to look for Khal and they'll smell you as soon as they get near the house. The sooner the better."

"What about in your room? Won't they smell me in there?"

"It's better if I go tell them I'm ok and you're somewhere that I can know that you're safe."

"You know I'm the one who's supposed to be taking care of you right?"

"Well from now on I hope you get it that we take care of each other. There is no safer place than with me."

"Hmm I hope you're right kitty."

She puts her small hands around his waist and they hug each other.
Khal and Hailey watches the interaction as they smile to each other as well.

They pull apart clearing there throats and Kiara blushes slightly.

"Ok. So I guess we have a plan."

"When exactly do we execute it though?"

"Today."

"Oh we can't do it today, you're parents are out on a patrol trip. They were looking for you today."

"Ok we'll do it tomorrow then. The sooner the better. It's better for me to tell them sooner so they'll know I'm alive and they'll call of the search. Then I can talk to them and we can figure something out."

"You're right, we'll do it tomorrow then."

"Alright. Hailey and I will go get some food in the square. We haven't eaten all morning and we need all the energy we can get to pull this off."

"Ok. That's a great idea."

Khal and Hailey walk off. Both giving the couple some peace, quiet and space to talk.

"So..."

"Yes?"

"What do you think?"

"I think that you're right. This is the right decision. Plus, they have to be glad that you found you're mate right? They want you to be able to give your people an heir and you can only do that with me. They have to accept me, and even if they don't it's fine maybe I won't even be able to accept them. Who knows?"

All the things he has just said made Kiara uncomfortable. She didn't want to think about the bad right now.

"Um, can we talk about something else please?"

"Uh yeah, sure. Are you ok?"

"I'm fine Marq, don't worry about me."

"Of course I worry about you."
He smiles at her a little and she tries to crack one back but isn't quite successful.

After everything he had just said she wasn't in the mood for smiling. The thoughts weighed heavy on her mind.

He didn't even know about Draco.

Imagine when he found out. What would happen then?

"There is so much you don't know, I mean-"

"Hey stop. No negative thoughts remember?"

"But-"

"No, no 'buts', we are in this together and that's all that matters ok?"

"Ok."
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"Ok eat up everyone."
Khal places the food in front of everyone and they all inhaled the mouth-watering aroma.

Kiara picked up a fork and tasted a piece of the meat, moaning in satisfaction.

"K, your cooking skills never cease to amaze me."

"Always a pleasure."

"Wow, the way you are acting it's like you haven't had a good meal in days." Marquése grumbles

"Wow, is that a little jealousy I detect there?"

Marquése doesn't answer, only glowering at his mate

"You're so grumpy all the time. We need to do something about that."

"What are you talking about?"

"There are a few things we have to take care of on home ground before we go out into the world."

The best friends turn to look at Marquése simultaneously and he grows nervous.

"What?"

"We need to get you ready before we go anywhere."

"Again, what do you mean?"

"I need to teach you some things and well, figure out how I'm going to introduce you to my parents because obviously I can't just walk up to them and say,
'Hello Mother, Father, please meet my long lost mate".

"Well why not?" Khal asks then started laughing at his own joke.
"I'm sorry, I'm not being serious, obviously that would not go over well."

"I know but the main concern now is to teach you about basic human interaction. If there is any chance that you will adjust I need to teach you more everything there is to know about humanity and the way of our people's basic, daily lives in our pack."

Khal catches on to her choice of words but stay quiet. After all Marquése is her mate, the next Alpha King of Pack Vencer, her pack - their pack.

Kiara goes about telling him the do's and don't's just to be sure.

"Obviously attacking random people because they come in a ten feet radius of you is a strong don't"

"Haha, don't you think he knows that Kia?" Khal laughs but Kiara doesn't join in, only staring at Marquése.

"Doesn't he?"

"He nearly attacked you."

"He did not... right?"

Marquése only smirks at him and shakes his head, but all jokes aside he seems to be adjusting well with all the information they were sharing with him.
Obviously they won't know how well he'll respond for sure though, until he does meet actual people other than themselves.

"Ok. I'll try my best not to attack people. Whatever."

"No it's not whatever, you have to get use to it because from now on you'll be constantly surrounded by people."

"I understand Kiara, believe it or not, I wasn't a social outcast. I just don't like when people come on my territory."

"Oh I know that and I just want you to be prepared."

"I am"
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After the next few hours they all have the same one thought on their minds.

'Can they really pull this off?'

'Can they do this?'