A/N: Hello readers, like I said in chapter 6, I'd post a picture of Drayden, Beta of Lunar Pack. If you're wondering how old he is, he's 21. I will try to find other pictures that describe the other guys in the pack but I might not. Just getting pictures for the main characters is hard. Haven't got a picture that describes Gina but I shall have one on chapter 10 for sure.

CHAPTER SEVEN

          My skin chilled at a breeze that had woken me up. My eyes had slowly opened and I took in the room I was in, the living room. I was on the couch as I slowly sat up and the thin sheet that was covering me slid down my shoulder and turning to where the breeze was coming from, I was shocked at the broken window of the living room. The sun was out bright as it shone through the broken window and than someones hand had fallen onto mine. I turned to the other side of where I sat, towards the kitchen and Connor was sitting up sleeping. His hand, too big compared to mine, covered mine. I could hear his light breathing and I didn't dare move my hand, he looked peaceful.

                    "Your awake." Drayden's voice had come over from the kitchen. Connor had opened his eyes and smiled, seeing I was awake. My heart paced faster as I quickly moved my hand away. I stood up,

                "What . . . What happened." I asked Drayden, who I noticed was eating my bowl of left overs. He finished the last bite and set the spoon in the bowl,

                   "You were attacked last night." he answered and Connor stood up also, and stretched out,

                "A vampire attacked you. Do you remember last night?" He asked me. At first it was a little blurry and than I remembered the phone call from a woman and than the door. After I blacked out but I woke up to find . . . My face had went red now that I remembered Connor standing naked. My head turned to him, as if on its own, and I went even more red. Connor gave me confused look and than his expression was replaced by a sly smile, knowing I did remember. My red face was now anger as I glared at him,

                  "Some of it . . . I remember the vampire and . . ." I didn't finish the last part as Connor kept the smile on his face. I rolled my eyes, "Where's the vampire?" I asked.

                 "Connor took care of him." Drayden answered and I gave Connor a quizzical look. Did he kill a vampire? What the hell did a vampire want from me? That little blond girl and the phone call. Where they all connected some how?

                 [Bingo] The voice said and I felt a ping of headache as I quickly sat back down, rubbing my head. Connor knelt down in front of me, setting his hand on my head, "You okay?" he asked and I nodded. I was taken by surprise when he gently stroked my cheek and I lifted my head and was now staring into those beautiful eyes of his as a smile spread across his lips. His smile was breath taking beautiful and I felt a small smile spread across my lips and I raised an eyebrow, sitting back a bit, giving me space between him and I, too close for comfort.

                    "So did the vampire say why he was trying to kill me?"

                    "Something about a sucubus not liking you because she wanted Connor. No matter what the creature, women are the same, crazy!" Drayden answered and looked at me with an apologetic stare,

                    "Of course, your not crazy." he added. I just gave a sympathetic smile, I really didn't care what he thought but now some woman was after me. I looked at Connor now,

                    "So you've got an ex that still loves you and thinks I'm in the way of you two?" I asked and from the look on his face, he wasn't liking the way I said that.

                       "I have no ex. Since I became Alpha, my only want was my mate. Before I became an Alpha, I only had one girlfriend in high school but we both agreed that it wasn't the right time for us and broke it off. I'm sure she's off doing her own thing at this moment." he assured me. Alright, I wasn't the type to get jealous but when he said he had a girlfriend back in high school, jealousy rung in the back of my neck. I didn't like how it felt.

                    "That makes more sense now. There was this blond girl who said I'd better not get close to you before she gets me, referring to someone else." I said and Connor now stared down at me, "Why didn't you say anything?"

                      "I didn't think it mattered, I didn't think someone was really after me." He than looked at Drayden, but going silent as Drayden nodded his head and was out of the kitchen through the door, that I now noticed was on the floor, and I heard a car start. I ran to the broken window and noticed a hot red Ducati and a dark gray mustang, that Drayden had started, next to mine and Brody's car. Drayden drove off the dirt drive way and I looked back at Connor,

                  "Where is he going and what just happened there?" I asked referring to Connor and Drayden's little eye contact. Connor pulled out his cell phone, ignoring my question, and dialed a number and than set the phone to his ear. I could hear the ringing from where I stood and than a voice say hello.

                   "Max, it's Connor. Get your pack and check an area around where you guys stay. 3300 W Lincoln Ave #238 Anaheim, Ca. Scout out for a Penelope Weise. Let me know if you find anything on her." It was a quick conversation and he hung up.

                    "Whose Penelope and what was that all about?" I asked.

                 "I'll tell you everything but at this moment, Brody needs to be up for this." he said and I looked outside to the bright day, "Suns out, it won't be until . . ."

                   "Until I'm up." Brody's voice came as we both looked to where he stood, in a shadow area before the opening of the door.

                      "Brody!" I said and Brody picked the door up and set it back in it's place as he walked where there was no sun light. He stood just a few feet away from us and his stare went on to Connor, "Did you find something out?" he asked.

                        "I might have a lead on who the sucubus woman is." he said and Brody's eyes went wide, "One of your many women?" he asked and Connor glared at him and took a quick look at me as if to see what I had to say about it. I didn't mask what I felt, I waited for him to answer. He sighed, "No, someone who use to go to Penn State. She use to stalk me and I thought it was harmless until she started being there when my pack was on hunts. She almost got us found out by the dean and when I threatened her life, she took off to California, last time I heard of her appearance. How I know it's her is because she had a little friend, blond girl. Eryn just told me she threatened her." Now Brody's stare came upon me, great, now he knows I didn't tell him. I wonder what he'll say about the phone call.

                        "When was this?" he asked.

                    "Tuesday . . . " I answered not wanting to let him know where. But like my uncle, he asked. I was hesitant,

                       "At . . . Kimmel Center." I answered.

                        "She knows where you attend school. You can't go back until this is figured out. Until she's dealt with." He said and I argued back,

                      "You can't do that. This is my last year and missing classes will throw me back." I said and Brody shook his head,

                  "I don't care. I can't chance you going back until this is cleared up." Before I can argue back, Connor interrupted,

                   "I'll watch over her until this is done." he offered and Brody turned at Connor as if Connor had said something wrong,

                    "That won't happen." he said through gritted teeth and Connor just smiled, "Like I said the night at the bar, you have no choice in what I do. Since this involves her your going to have to tolerate it."

                     "I don't give a damn who or what you are. This is my niece and I will die trying to protect her." Brody had his hands clenched ready to do what he had to do.

                       "I'm glad we've got that in common." Connor didn't seem to care who Brody was to me, he seen me as his mate and no one could stop him. Here I was, no one even caring what I thought, just standing in between the two. I set my hands on my hips,

                     "Isn't this up to me. I'm not going to stop going to school unc, but I don't want you hovering over me like a dog!" I said, not really meaning the last part of that sentence. They looked at me, "Not happening . . . Too dangerous." Brody said.

                     "Your an open target for her. She's not the type to give in easily. She's a crazy sucubus." Connor said.

                             "Why exactly does she love you?" I asked, now wondering what happened.

                          "She believed herself to be worthy of a great lover and being I was an Alpha she thought she was my mate. So thats what lead on to the stalking. When I denied her she started going crazy and that's when I threatened her. I should of just killed her." he said with ease. Was it that easy to kill someone, granted she was a creature, I just couldn't see myself doing that. Connor's cell phone had went off and he quickly answered,

                          "Anything?" he asked. A mumbling from the other end of his cell phone made me try to listen harder.

                       "When was this?" he asked after the mumbling went down. The mumbling picked up and Connors face went ashen, "New York! Alright." he said and hung up. He stared at me, "She's in New York."

          After finding out about Penelope and going over any possible places she could be, Brody and I ended up at Wicked, being back for almost a week being absent, I can tell I was missed. When I walked into the crowded bar, a few of the customers welcomed me back. I found Arty at his same spot and when he caught site of me, a big smile crossed his face, "Oh the Alphas mate." He said, his drunken words making me roll my eyes. Gina was working her moves on a shape shifter who was buying her every word.

                         "Good to be back!" I told her as I tapped her side and she stood up smiling at me, "Welcome back girl. You better?" she asked as I nodded. I then took notice of Caine down the ways, working my bar side. He was doing a pretty good job. Gina seen me looking at him,

                        "Girl, he is an angel from above. He's a quick learner and the witch's love him." she said and I laughed as I walked over to him. He served a Bloody Mary to a vampire, who glared at him for a bit but took the Bloody Mary.

                      "Surprised your not with the pack." I said, since Connor sent Drayden over to the bar earlier to get the others, hence the reason they weren't here. Caine smiled,

                        "He wanted me to stay behind because I was too young to hunt with them. It's my first time with the pack and well, Connor doesn't quite trust me out with them. I'm kind of the rookie here." he said. Even though I knew he was 18, he looked a bit older.

                          "I'm sure you can mustard up a few . . . What do you call those other werewolves?" I asked.

                          "Rogues." He laughed.

                         "Right, those. And of course your crazy sucubus . . . No offense Gina." I said as Gina gave me a small glare. Brody walked over to us,

                         "You feeling okay Eryn." He asked and I gave him a sour look, "We just walked in here, I'm fine." I said and he gave me a half smile, walking back down to his end of the bar. I haven't told him about the voice yet, he already had a crazy sucubus to worry about and the werewolf Alpha. But it was like my uncle to take on the world if he had to, anything to protect family. But there was still something he was hiding from me and I couldn't figure out what it could be but I reminded myself to make sure to ask him if there was anything he needed to tell me. Right now, I missed serving the bar.

          The night dragged on as the bar got a bit busier. I've had to serve a total of four people since being in for the night. My end was dead because most of the customers were going to either Gina's side or Brody's side. I sat at a chair just next to the end of the bar and Caine joined next to me, seeing he was also dead on customers. He sighed, "This bar is more than what is talked about." He said and I looked down at him since he sat on the floor next to me.

                             "I was told you knew about it through other packs. Do all Packs get along?" I asked.

                                 "Now, yes. Before, it was chaos."

                                 "Really? Why is it different now?"

                              "Because Connor is Alpha. And not just an Alpha who wants to take lands and be the most powerful. He's fair, yes we are the strongest pack and he's the strongest Alpha and any other pack knows this but he doesn't shine it like . . ." he stopped as he let out a sigh,

                            "Since he's been Alpha, two years now, werewolves have been getting along and knowing their boundaries. He's like an older brother to me." he said and I couldn't help the fact that I was now smiling. Sure he was egotistical in ways and full of himself but I could tell when he spoke of his pack and having respect for family, he wasn't too bad.

                          "Does he have family? Parents?" I asked and Caine stared up at me, "He did." he said and I raised an eyebrow,

                       "Did? What happened?" I asked but he went silent as his eyebrows scrunched together and than widen. He was quiet for almost five minutes until he finally looked up at me,

                           "I'm sorry, what did you ask?" He did the same weird silent thing that Connor did.

                          "What just happened there?" I asked, forgetting about my first question.

                           "What? The telepathy connection." he answered.

                          "Telepathy connection? How is that done? Do you talk to people in your head?" I asked, hoping he'd say yes and than maybe I wouldn't feel so crazy.

                     "No, only crazy people do that. My pack can telepathically communicate with each other. Any werewolf part of the Lunar Pack can communicate telepathically. Connor was just checking up on you. I let him know your in my care at the moment."

                            "Explains what Connor and Drayden were doing." I half smiled and Caine

                        "I . . . I . . . To be honest, I don't know. I've gotten use to this life of knowing that vampires, werewolves, shape shifters, sucubus and any other creatures out in this world aren't fictional, their real. When I found out about being a mate, which I still don't know too much about, I just don't know what to believe." He listened intently and then smiled,

                         "My parents tell me that when they found each other, knowing they were each other's mate, they knew. The way they felt about each other wasn't felt with anyone else. They couldn't be away from each other and one knew when the other was hurt but maybe it was because there both werewolves. I'm not to sure how it would be with humans and werewolves, but he's Alpha so that means your more than human."

                       "So I've been told." I still didn't believe I was more than a human. Yes, I've got the voices but humans in mental institutes also hear voices. And in this case I wish I was one of them at the moment.

                        "Have you found your mate?" I than asked Caine and he laughed, "No. I turned 18 months ago, the age of man and didn't have my mate founded. It's not rare but most werewolves find their mates at that age. For Alpha Connor, it took him until a week ago to finally find his so I'd hope I'd get my mate before I reach 19. It takes time." Caine wasn't like the others, he was very sweet and open as if he had nothing to hide.

                        "I'm sure she's trying to find you too. At any rate, your still young. Now since we are on the subject of mates, I've got a question." I said and he stared at me, waiting for me to ask, "What is marking of a mate?" I asked and his face went red,

                             "Marking your mate . . . Uh, well, how do I put this? It's when a werewolf, usually the male, has an . . . An intimate encounter with there mate and in the process, he . . . Bites her, marking her." The whole time his face was red but I was still processing the intimate part of it. I'm a virgin so since Mr. Alpha was going on about marking me, he was talking of having sex with me. My hands had balled into a fist and before I knew I was glaring at the floor, Caine said my name, snapping me out of my trance. I looked at him as his stealthy stare had me relaxed, "I just didn't know what that was." I admited.

          Caine now stood since we've been sitting at our spot talking for an hour. He stretched, "I'll be honest, Alpha Connor has a really good mate. I see why the moon granted you to him, your surely something special. And when you find your inner self, you'll understand everything. As for now, it looks like the bar is needing our attention." he said, now staring ahead at where Brody stood, now waving for us to start working. I stood up off the chair, "Thank you." I answered. What I wanted to tell him is that I hope it would never come because all I wanted to be was a normal human. The possibility of me being a creature, don't know what kind of creature, wasn't what I was prepared for. Caine and I went back to work. We cleared the tables off as creatures left. Jared had not been in for the night but it was like him to skip the bar a few days straight. Caine and I than escorted Arty to his car after being over done with booze. When it reached 5, the bar had emptied, all creatures knew when they had to be out. We started to clean things up and Gina was in the restroom. Brody and Caine were busy taking the trashes out as I cleaned the last spot on the bar.

                            "Seemed like a long night. Damn creatures. " I said to myself.

                             [Your a creature yourself, you'll learn to remember that.] The voice said and than my headache had come back, strong this time. "What kind of creature." I managed to think and the pain dug deeper to a point where I wanted to faint but I leaned against the bar for support and feeling my breathing start to pick up, [All in good times] The voice answered and the pain had stricken me as I could feel myself falling and than blackness.