''Anybody got a plan of attack?'' Aiden asks.

''I think the plan is that there is no plan,'' Ethan replies.

''Uhh guys, a little help here,'' Nadia groans.

Shoot! We completely forgot about her. I quickly rush to her and break the metal chains using all my strength. ''here, I got you,'' I say as she falls into my arms. ''What now guys?''

''Well there is five of us and.... well a lot of them so we do what we are best at; we fight!'' Theo announces.

''What about douche-bag of the year over here?'' Aiden asks. I look at the chains Nadia was tied up in and smirk.

''Axel help me over here,'' I call and he walks up to me. We chain Caleb to the wall and I step back admiring my handiwork.

''Nice one love. Nadia you need to stay back here and regain your strength. The rest of us; we fight to kill,'' Theo commands.

''You don't need to tell me more brother,'' Sebastian says and smirks as he gears up to take on the rogues.

''You guys go ahead; I will be by the entrance of the cave making sure no rogue gets past it,'' I tell them.

''You lot can kill all the rogues you want, but they will keep on coming. The witches have contacted rogues all over the world. You put down one and five more will come, it's a never ending cycle,'' Caleb yells and then laughs at us, ''Stupid fools.''

''You know Caleb, I like the sound you make when you shut up so why don't you do us a favor and keep it that way!'' Aiden growls at him.

We all walk towards the entrance of the cave and see a hoard of rogue wolves snarling, most of them in wolf form while the others chose to stay human. They must be over 50 rogues out here.

Damn these witches have connections.

One of the rogues lunges at us but bounces back as he hits an invisible barrier. ''Woahhh...guess even the witches don't trust them, '' Ethan speaks up.

''Seems like you're fighting love,'' Theo says from besides me.

''Give them hell?'' I ask as a smirk plays on his lips. ''You know it babe.''

We step out of the barrier and start attacking. These batches of rogues are wild as they scratch and maim without a thought. I was fighting off a female rogue when another one claws me and slashes my upper thigh.

''bitch!! That was my favorite pair of Mickey Mouse leggings!!'' I yell at her and Sebastian who is surprisingly fighting besides me gives me a look, ''that's what you're worried about!'' he yells back as he rips of the arm from a rogue he was fighting.

We continue fighting and I successfully decapitated the two female rogues. I see Theo fighting off three rogues at a time and rush to help him. I rip one off his back and snap his neck. He falls to the ground as Theo handles the other two.

''Thanks love, you okay there?'' he asks eyeing my slashed thigh. ''I'll survive,'' I reply and we get back to the fighting. A group of rogue wolves have surrounded us and Theo and I stand smack in the middle; our backs facing each other.

''On three love,'' Theo mind links, ''okay,'' I reply.

''3.....2.....1....'' and we lunge towards our attackers taking them down one by one but they just keep on coming, that stupid Caleb was right after all.

I see Aiden ripping rogues apart left to right, Ethan is in his wolf form; his grey wolf snapping bones after bones. Axel is in wolf form too, his dark brown wolf biting off heads and ripping off rogues.

I see Sebastian fighting too, he is quite good I must say and for a moment I forget I'm in the middle of a fight as I watch him in action.

''Darling, watch out!'' Sebastian yells and in an instant is at my side as a rogue is about to plunge a stake in my neck.

''Did you just zone out in the middle of a battlefield!?'' he shouts looking at me with wide eyes as he holds the rogue by the throat and rips the stake out of his hands.

''You!!'' the rogue says in a raspy voice as recognition fills his eyes.

''I'm sorry you know him?'' I question but before he could answer Sebastian squeezes his neck and it ruptures, covering the both of us in blood.

''No time for chit chat darling, we need to fight,'' he says casually and goes back to decapitating rogues.

I dodge a blow that was thrown my way and grab the rogue from her neck as I lift her off the ground. I throw her down with all my might and stop once I hear the satisfying crack of her broken spine.

A loud crack is suddenly heard and everyone turns towards the sound. I notice Axel run inside the cave immediately. Weird.

''Cease the fighting!!'' Selene announces and all the living rogues stand straight like robots. Celeste snaps her finger and they all blink as they wake up from their trance. They look around confused.

''You are all free to leave, we shall call for you when you're needed; now scram!'' she orders and they all run into the forest.

''That was quite a fight you all put up, but this was just a glimpse of what's to come. We pulled the rogues away today. They are like dogs to us and we can unleash them on you whenever we please to.''

''Theo Argent and Athena Robinson; that is how you will live from now on. Because you will never know when the rogues will attack. You won't even be able to sense them until they are at your borders,'' Selene starts.

''That will be our revenge; you will live every day in fear of when and how you will be attacked. You will not know a moment of peace from now on. You will regret ever being alphas of crescent pack,'' Celeste concludes and they both vanish.

''Well you've got your work cut out for you brother, '' Sebastian says as he pants, ''I think I will be going away for a while; I have fought enough to last a lifetime. I believe you all know your way back,'' And we all watch him walk back towards the pack.

''Come on let's check on Nadia,'' Theo says and the four of us run inside the cave. The sight which we saw left me in shock and my mouth hung open.

Axel was talking sweetly to Nadia and rubbing her back gently as he spoke to her softly and I swear I saw her blush.

''Uhh what's going on here?'' I question. Axel helps Nadia up and she holds onto him like her life depends on it.

Theo eyes this exchange and his eyes widen in realization, ''No! No way....no way this is happening!'' he shouts in frustration.

''Theo, what's wrong?'' I walk up to him and turn his attention to me, ''what happened?''

''The goddess is playing a sick joke on me, this...this cannot happen.'' He points to the both of them.

''What are you talking about?''

''Oh shit! Ethan says from my left and I turn to him now, ''Can someone explain to me what's going on?'' I shout.

''They're mates,'' Caleb answers from behind Axel and Nadia and I look at him incredulously. ''Okay first of all no one asked you and secondly; they're what!!''

''Axel found his mate Ena,'' Ethan says and for once I'm speechless.

Theo's sister is Axel's mate. Axel who is my ex; kind of. I go over this thought twice in my head.

Theo is right, this is a sick joke.

''You guys are sure right?'' I ask them warily and they look at each other and smile. I can see Nadia practically glowing even though she is covered in blood and dirt.

''I can feel a buzz in me Athena, '' she says shyly. Ahh the mate bond of course.

''I got this intense smell of orchids when we walked in here. The moment that witch unveiled Nadia I knew it was her,'' Axel explains and I couldn't help but smile at them.

''I knew the timing was bad that's why I didn't say anything but then the fight with the rogues started and the only thing in my mind was to make sure she was safe.''

''Yeah well the timings not good right now too buddy, come on Nadia we have to get you home,'' Theo says in a rough voice and makes a move to grab her hand but Axel blocks him.

Aiden and I both raise our eyebrows in shock and take a few steps back. ''looks like shit's about to go down Athena, want to bet?'' he whispers lowly to me.

''damn right I do,'' I whisper back.

''You better back off,'' Theo threatens.

''Or what Theo?'' Axel says as he takes a step forward and they're now both chest to chest; Theo being slightly taller than Axel. ''What are you going to do huh? kill me? cause that's just going to make your sister hate you.''

I roll my eyes at them; gosh the testosterone level is too high in here. ''Okay you two that's it, you can argue over who is the macho man once we are home; some of us are covered in blood in case you didn't notice,'' I retort and they both step away from each other.

We start walking back to Crescent with an amused Aiden who has a chained Caleb following him and Theo who is unusually quite the whole way.

Damn it! where is Charles when you need him?

Once we get home we see Lila waiting for us by the borders and I see tears flowing down her cheeks she hugs Nadia and kisses her. I smile at this and the three of them walk towards Lila's house.

I see Nadia turning back and giving Axel a longing look and he mirrors one too. Aww these two.

The four of us walk to our house; I decide to shower first since I'm covered in rogue blood. Ethan and Axel shower in the guest bathrooms' downstairs.

I'm drying my hair when Theo walks out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel and drying his hair off with a smaller one.

I eye his bare torso and by the time I get up to his face he is already looking at me, ''like what you see love?'' he smirks and I nod, ''well it's all yours.''

'Ohh trust me, I know that and do you know who else belong to each other?'' I ask him and the smile leaves his face only to be replaced by an angry frown.

''I know love, but why him. Why? I don't like that man. I've not liked him from the moment I saw him holding you at that party.''

''Okay grumpy, you need to calm down and you have to let Nadia make her decision. You scared her when you went to forcefully grab her hand back at the caves. You can't keep her away from her mate.''

He sighs knowing I'm right and walks to the closet to put on some clothes. I follow him and walk to my side of the closet. I drop the robe on the floor, wink at him and grab a simple navy blue dress. I put it on as Theo watches me from his side, '' You're such a tease love,'' he replies; his voice husky.

''Am I, really?'' I tease him again as I walk past him seductively and then sprint out the bedroom before he can catch me. I see Ethan and Axel sitted in the living room waiting for us patiently.

''Hey guys,'' I call as I walk down with Theo following closely behind me, ''you can't just tease me like that and walk out love,'' he whispers in my ear and my skin tingles from his breath.

''Oh but I just did,'' I wink and skip to the bottom of the steps as Aiden and Nadia walk in at the same time.

''Look man, I just want my mate to come to my home with me. I can't let her stay here now that I've found her,'' Axel starts.

''This is her home; I can't let her go. She is my sister,'' Theo replies stubbornly and I glare at him,  clearly annoyed with this stupid logic of his.

''Dude, she is my mate!'' Axel says as his voice raises an octave. ''You did not waste a single moment to take Athena away when you found out she was your mate and now you're stopping Nadia from going with me.''

Whoa, Axel hit a mark there. Though he does have a point.

''You want to say that again beta?!'' Theo threatens him.

''Theo, I want to go with him,'' Nadia says timidly. Ohh the poor girl.

''Hey... can I speak to you please,'' I say as I pull him out the backdoor to the place we had breakfast months ago.

''You know he is right don't you? Besides, Nadia wants to go with him too so stop being a class A jackass and let the girl go with her mate.''

''Axel is a good guy Theo, he is sweet; he will take care of her and I'm saying that from experience,'' I try to joke but it backfires and a low growl resounds from his throat. ''You're not helping there love.''

''Yeah sorry, it didn't quite come out the way I wanted it to but you get the point. So now let's head back in there and make peace with Axel okay? give the guy chance.''

He reluctantly agrees and we walk back in. The room is enveloped in silence until Theo speaks up, ''you can go with him Nadia; go live your life with him.''

''But if a single hair on my sister is harmed; I will rip your tongue out and feed it to you, are we clear?'' Theo says in a threatening voice looking directly at Axel.

''Crystal,'' Axel replies in a surprisingly calm voice. They both then go to visit Lila while Ethan stays back to talk to us.

''What now? The witches have left you guys with a threat. You will be having rogue attacks at any given moment. How will you protect yourselves from that?''

''We will do everything in our power to get to the bottom of this Ethan,'' I reply, ''Thank you for being there today.''

''Always Ena, it's until the very end for us isn't it?'' he says and hugs me. ''Yup, it is.''

''So I guess I'll be seeing you both at the Alpha meeting in Toronto a month from now?''

''Yeah see you then. '' He then bids us goodbye and the three of them walk towards the borders as Charles accompanies them.

''How does a morning of torture sound to you love? ''Theo turns to ask me as he closes the front door.

''Sounds like a perfect way to start the day,'' I smirk like a maniac.

''Well aren't you a psycho?'' he murmurs and pulls me by the waist; our noses touching.

''Yes and I'm your psycho so deal with it,'' I reply with a smile.

''Well, since we are saving the torture for tomorrow, we have the afternoon free until Charles comes to disturb us at dinner, got something in mind that we can do?''

''As a matter of fact, I do,'' I give him a seductive smile and bite my lower lip as I pull him up the stairs leading to our room.

***

So the witches have  been revealed....and Caleb is now captured.

In other news: Axel & Nadia!!!!!!...did anyone see this coming?

Thoughts?

-Jessica .S