Demi skipped through the open land. Onyx had found unclaimed land in the midwestern region, not too far from the Bordoa's land. It was miles upon miles of grassy lands and surrounded by dense forests.

She linked arms with Cash, he smirked down at her.

"So you going to come live with us?" Demi wiggled her brows excitedly.

Cash hummed as if contemplating, "I suppose... Might as well settle down near my best friend right? You can't get rid of me yet."

Demi smiled cheekily, "We're lucky to have you then. But I have a confession... you've been bumped down to second bestie now. Onyx took your place."

The Hounds jaw fell open in offense. "Really?" He gasped dramatically.

"Really," she nodded with a sympathetic shrug. "You'll always have that second place spot in my heart though."

"All we've been through and I'm second class, damn."

Demi hummed and tugged him closer playfully, "I'm just kidding. I'm excited you're finally staying in one place for a while."

He nodded, "Damn right."

She snickered and let go of his arm to trot a little bit ahead.

Demi did tricks, cartwheels, flips and back hand springs.

The twins watched with wide eyes. They fell to their knees, hands up pleading. "Teach us your ways, great one."

The witch smiled playfully and quickly brought Bear over to her. She held her hands up and began teaching him a cartwheel.

"With this much land we can do a lot boss," Sylvester rest his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Yeah," he ran a hand over his jaw in thought. "You think it's safe?" His gaze darted to his mate. They'd done a quick sweep of the perimeter but there was always a risk being on new land.

"I think that we're good right now but we should keep looking. Just be alert, I don't really feel anything around do you?" Sylvester crossed his arms as he glanced at his Alpha.

"There's a few things..." Onyx trailed off.

Georgie patted them both on the shoulder as he stood between them, "Let's just keep moving. Then we can start taking measurements and begin planning."

The Vampire and them looked over to see Demi clapping for the wolf twins who'd just perfected their cartwheels.

Onyx shook his head in amusement, nodding for them to join the three hot messes.

Demi sniffled as the pollen around them tickled her nose. She rubbed her finger under nose to quell the urge to sneeze, glancing up at her mate with watery eyes.

He was walking towards them and shot a concerned look towards her.

Demi waved him off to avoid making him worried over a little allergies. She squeezed her eyes shut as she felt her sneeze coming. Her body tingled as a shiver shot up her spine.

"Achoo!- AH!"

Demi teleported with a loud boom, sparks blinding the men around.

"Fuck!" Onyx barked and waved a hand as smoke was the only remnants of where Demi stood.

He looked around frantically, trying to catch her scent.

Cash's jaw had dropped, "She hasn't done this shit since she was fucking 11!"

"What the hell?" Georgie and the rest of the pack searched as well.

A shrill scream sounded from above them.

When Demi teleported she barely spent any time in the void, that looked clearer than ever, before she was spit back out.

Spit back out a hundred feet in the air.

She flipped and spun as she began falling, "Teleport! Teleport! Shit!" She screamed as she tried to use her magic again.

Onyx's jaw fell in shock trying to gage where she would hand.

"Float or teleport Demi! Damn it!" He snarled as he began shoving the twins to stand where she was going to land.

"I'm trying!" She cried out as the wind in her ears made it hard to hear.

"Holy shit!" Quincey panicked before Onyx was pushing him to the ground.

"I'm going to jump off you," the Alpha explained vaguely. He moved Bear to stand with his back to him, making him kneel with his concerned eyes trained on his mate.

"What?" Bear balked.

"Why is it always us?!" Quincey groaned.

Onyx didn't dignify the question with a response as he backed up quickly, having to time this right.

He felt his Beast push forward and took off running, using the twins as stepping stools to launch himself high enough.

Demi felt the wind get knocked out of her as Onyx managed to knock her off her crash course. He wrapped his arms around her and turned them, bracing himself for the harsh landing.

She dug her fingers into his back and released a frustrated cry before they both teleported promptly.

Instead of crashing into the ground, they fell from only a foot above the ground.

Both of them panted, Demi laid on his chest while holding his shirt tightly. Her eyes were wide with fright at the sudden turn of events. Onyx had his arm over his eyes as he tried to catch his breath.

The others ran over to them, questions flying as Demi sat up roughly.

She patted her hands over Onyx, "Are you alright?"

He nodded slowly, gripping his heart as the adrenaline left his system.

"Fuck Demi, you gave me a fucking heart attack."

"I didn't mean to, I swear!"

He finally opened his eyes as he sat up, cupping her cheek. He nodded slowly, "I know."

"I'm going to get a fucking leash for you, I swear," he groaned tiredly as he began to stand. Tugging her up with him.

"That's kinky boss," Bear slapped his back.

He gave a sharp look to his beta.

"You can't be mad at me you just stepped on me."

Onyx grumbled quietly as he wrapping his arms tightly around Demi's small waist. He lifted her in a firm hug, his cheek on the top of her head.

Everyone gave them a moment as he lifted her head to kiss her hard.

"We've gotta figure this shit out, princess."

She nodded in agreement, "Thank you for saving me." She smiled a little as she pecked him once again.

"Always."

He sighed slowly, "Now let's get started hm? Stay close."

Demi grinned and nodded eagerly. As they began walking through the woods she abruptly turned to him, "I have to sneeze agai-"

He quickly pinched her nose.

~

Demi was using Onyx's phone to fix her hair, visibly upset with how it was ruined from her plummeting.

Onyx has been attached to her side since, practically hovering over her as she messed with her hair.

Georgie lead the way as Bear and Quincey were in their wolf form, they flanked either side of the group. Sylvester was telling everyone a story as he walked in front of the witch.

A noise caught Demi's attention and she perked up. No one else heard the noise.

She bit her lip as she began doubting herself, maybe it was the void? All of the sounds coming back at once was making it hard to differentiate.

An unfamiliar melody sounded and she stopped suddenly. Onyx's chest pressed to her back as everyone slowed down.

She squinted into the distance, tilting her head.

"Someone's here," she announced.

Everyone froze, Demi was almost unbothered while her eyes scanned their perimeter.

She saw leaves rustling farther away. "A couple people," she hummed while gripping a dagger strapped to her thigh. Cash slowly began to shift, his skin turning crimson red.

She tried to focus, tried to see what she was missing and soon she zeroed in on a translucent form circling them.

Demi stepped out from Onyx's grip and hurled her knife into it.

A cry sounded and they watched the wolfs invisible body reveal itself. It was a silver wolf that had hidden it's scent and it's body.

"They have magic!" Demi chirped and began to trot over to the body. "And I can see it!"

Onyx snagged an arm around her waist and lifted her up to keep her from approaching it.

Demi made grabby hands for her knife while squirming to get free.

"More over there," she pointed to the left.

Onyx tossed her over his shoulder while waving the Beta's to investigate.

"Onyx, they can't see the wolves," Demi huffed as she toyed with his shirt. Onyx was snarling as he stayed alert.

"I don't give a damn. Stay the fuck by my side."

She grit her teeth in annoyance, focusing hard and she felt herself teleport out of his grasp.

"Ha!" She pointed at him in triumph and darted to go find the wolves.

"Demi!" He snarled and followed after her. Demi watched as the invisible wolf tried to sneak up on Quincey and revealed a second knife, swiftly pressing the knife to its carotid artery.

"Time to reveal yourself now. Please."

Her fingers dug into the wolfs fur, overpowering their strength.

Suddenly, the wolf shifted to a boy- a little younger than her.

Demi pursed her lips in surprise, but didn't hesitate in putting the knife to his throat and glancing at the last wolf that was still invisible.

"You come out too or your friend dies," she glanced over to see Sylvester holding his sword to the back of the first wolf she'd stabbed. Georgie and Onyx approached quickly. Cash checked the perimeter.

"Friends- sorry pleural."

The two others shifted to their human forms. The one that was captured by Sylvester, was also male. The boys looked related. Both had strawberry blonde hair and were large in stature.

Neither could be older than twenty.

The last one that the Beta twins now circled threateningly, was a girl. She had chocolate brown hair, with tanned skin and scattered freckles. She covered herself as she turned red and cowered away.

The boy she had a knife to snarled at the men around her.

"Sylvester give her your hoodie," Demi instructed.

Sylvester nodded and quickly complied, tossing it to the girl.

"Are you with a pack?" Onyx grunted as he stood in the middle of the three captees.

Demi met his irritated gaze and knew she was in trouble.

There was a beat of silence but the girl quickly spoke up when she saw the Alpha growing angry.

"We're not! We're... we'd be considered rogues. We're not allowed to be accepted to any packs in this region," she rung her hands nervously.

"Why's that?" Onyx grunted.

"Is it because you can use magic?" Demi piped up as she removed the knife from the boys throat. She helped him stand up but made it a point to keep her weapon aimed at him.

"We're hybrids," The one currently bleeding growled lowly. "Me and my brother," he nodded to the one closest to Demi.

The one besides Demi was taller than his brother, he began speaking.

"She's my mate. We've been staying here for a while. One of the packs that rejected us didn't take kindly to us, we thought you were with them."

"That land is mine, I'll be building on it soon," Onyx's dark gaze cut to both boys.

"So you want us off of it?" The taller one scoffed.

Onyx cut his gaze to his mate, she looked at him with hopeful eyes.

He nodded for her to speak.

"I'm a hybrid too!" Demi now stood next to the taller boy. She held out her hand, "My names Demi Bordoa. This is my mate Onyx. And his pack," she waved to all the men with her.

"The Bordoa's?" The girl mumbled in shock.

"Onyx?" The boys looked wide eyed.

Onyx pinched the bridge of his nose exasperatedly, "I'm not here to hurt you."

"You're a freaking legend!" The shorter brother exclaimed.

Onyx's eyes widened in surprise. He snapped his gaze over to Demi who was beaming with pride.

Demi came to her mates side as she gripped her bag that had fallen, she found bandages.

She approached the shorter one and gestured to his wound. The young she wolf now felt comfortable enough to move into her mates arms.

As Demi wrapped the shoulder wound she asked, "Can we get names? How does your magic work?"

The injured boy spoke up as he looked at Demi, "My names Levi. My brothers name is Roman, his mate with him is Delilah. My brother and I are the hybrids. We can do the stupid spells, ya know? The beginner ones. Our father was a warlock."

"Those are all very pretty names," Demi grinned as she bit the bandage to tear and tuck the end in.

"Sorry I threw a knife at you."

"I forgive you."

"Good!"

Demi hopped back over to her mate who wrapped his arms around her tightly. "You're in trouble," he mumbled to her before kissing her temple.

She huffed and looked at the three teens.

"How old are you?"

Delilah piped up with a shy smile, "Roman and I are 17. Levi is 18, he's been in charge while we've been on o-our own."

Demi peaked up at her mate and then the four other pack members. They all seemed tolerable of the kids.

She met the dark eyes already looking at her.

Three new pack members?

Onyx tilted his head as he thought over her proposition. Slowly he nodded.

He rubbed his brow as he looked at Levi.

"You want a pack?" Onyx asked bluntly.

Levi's eyes widened, looking at his two companions in disbelief.

Delilah covered her mouth in shock, a smile fighting it's way to her face. Roman was staring at her, he nodded determinedly.

"If she's in, I'm in."

"We're in, Alpha Onyx."

Demi jumped excitedly, before Onyx continued.

"You're going to cooperate right? I'm not forcing you to do anything you don't want but you have to work with us. No more... living in the wild bullshit."

All three nodded quickly.

Georgie, while smiling at them asked, "Are there any others we should know about on this land?"

"Just us. We scared off any attackers pretty easily."

Demi gripped Onyx's arms excitedly, jumping to hug him.

He smiled smally and held her with one arm. With the other he waved everyone forward, "Let's get the boys some clothes. Elora's is opening the portal soon enough. We can come back tomorrow and take measurements for building."

When everyone was farther ahead, Demi kissed him.

"Could you imagine if we met when we were 17?" She whispered as she brushed her thumb over his brow.

"It'd be an even bigger shit show. I was an asshole when I was 17 and out of control."

Onyx held her up by her butt as he carried her.

"You're an asshole now," she snickered quietly.

"You're digging a deeper grave baby. Don't think I forgot about you slipping away in that fight. You're ass is mine when we get home."

Demi shivered and winced when she saw the portal open.

"Tick tock, princess. Looks like I'll have you sooner than later," he grinned cockily against her shoulder.

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