A/N: Hello Readers. Thank you all for comments (whether good or bad) likes and reads. I really do appreciate it. I try to keep up with writing and reading everything on this book. I know I've kind of veered off of the whole mating with your mate or losing your mate but I'm going to stick with it and continue on. This book wasn't thought of at all until my sister came to me and introduced me to Wattpad. I've never thought about making a werewolf book but since I've started reading a few on Wattpad and knew my sister was in love with werewolves, this book came to mind once I signed up with Wattpad. But I've fallen in love with the two main characters Connor and Eryn. Again, didn't even know what to name my characters until I googled cute names and thought those two were cute. Any who, I do thank you all for reading again and I hope you've all continued to keep reading. I'm almost completely done with it and yes this is my FIRST book I'll actually be completeing. Enjoy!

P.S. To the right is Eryn's mother. I'll have a picture of her father in the next chapter and then Dante's and Connor's parents in the next chapters.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

     The silence from the pack was hard to fanthom. It felt like a years worth of silence. What were they thinking? I know I was feeling a bit left out. But would it be hard for the pack to trust him again? Brody was silent himself but what was any of us to think. It was Drayden who broke the silence,

               "Why did Dante hide the truth of what happened to Santana? If he tried to protect you from what happend why did he go Rogue?" From the looks of everyone's faces they wanted to know the same thing. Connor didn't change his expression as he answered,

               "I believe he held it against me until he went rogue and felt as if he wanted to seek revenge. Even when I told him about our parents and what was going on he didn't believe me. Since George wasn't anywhere in the area and I had the blood of my parents and Santana on me he couldn't bring himself to believe me." I looked over to Maria who had a look of shock on her face. I wouldn't her for feeling however she was feeling because she didn't seem to know that her own father had killed Connor's parents and her own sister try to excuse their fathers doing. Troy then stood up and I noticed his hands were formed into fists,

                 "What does that have to do with killing Caine? Caine was-" he broke his words have, choking on them as he tried to keep the tears from coming out. Kenny walked over to him and set a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. My eyes forced it's way away from the body that laid on the floor of our living room. The smell was starting to linger and Brody could probably smell it already. He got up and walked over to the body, knealing down,

                 "Whatever the hell happened in the past should be left in the past. Right now, you should all be sending Caine back to his family. It isn't my choice if Eryn goes or not. It's her choice, not your's either and if I have to fight you or lose my life to have her stay because she doesn't want to go I will." Brody's eyes targeted Connor and Connor returned the glare. I now stood and knelt down to where Brody was,

                 "I'm going. Not because of Connor and not because of you but because of Caine. I want to be there for his funeral and to pay my respects." I had made up my mind after Connor told his story and I didn't want to see anyone fighting over me going or not. At this moment, me being a sorceress had to be put to the side and if the headaches came again I would just have to be away from everyone. This would work right? I was really asking myself this but at the moment, their pack is what I was worried about and the threats weren't just fibs, Connor's brother meant business and I was part of it. Brody at first didn't say anything but then a small smile spread across his face and he nodded,

                  "If that's what you want Eryn then you do what you have to do. I think we can handle here, Gina and I." I smiled back at him and then I stood up to be now looking at Connor,

                  "Alright then. If it's safer with you then I'll go. I just don't want my uncle or anyone who knows me to be involved. We leave tomorrow morning right?" I asked and Connor nodded.

                  "I'll start packing." I said about to leave but Connor stopped me, "Wait. Maria will go with you." he said and I looked at Maria who still hadn't said anything. She looked at me when she heard her name and then back at Connor. Connor walked up to me to move a piece of hair out of my face and to the back of my ear. I wanted to hit him away or just pull away from him but instead I let him be close. Not because I was in love with hiim but to see what Maria's action would be. She glared at me, not trying to mask it. Connor then looked back at Maria and Maria quickly wiped the look off her face and replaced it with a smile towards him.

                   "We don't know what Dante is capable of so keep a clear eye on her." Connor said to Maria and Maria nodded, her fake smile almost too good for her face. He then faced me and smiled down at me, "Thank you for coming with us." he said and I knew this was his human side. I didn't smile back because I still felt he was in the wrong for everything that happend at the bar with Ryan. Reading my face expression, Connor backed up away from me. He knew I hadn't forgotten and he turned towards his pack,

                  "I need to know now if you all still have trust in me. I know I've kept the incident from you and I do regret not saying anything about Dante. If I would have killed Dante Caine would still be alive but I can't change what happened. I am truly sorry but my pack is threatened and I can't do it without you guys. I have to protect each and everyone of you. I promise you this from this day on, there will be no secrets kept. Everything is out in the open." Connor waited for his pack to answer him. I looked at Drayden, Troy, Greg and then Kenny. The looks on their faces were blank. Then Drayden walked to Connor, set his hand on his shoulder and posted a smile on his face,

                 "Til the end Alpha. For Caine and our pack." Connor smiled as Troy walked up to Connor and did the same to his shoulder,

                "Your the best Alpha, next to your father, that kept this pack together. I'm through it til the end. For Caine." Kenny and Greg did the same thing and agreed to go through with it til the end. Connor thanked them and then his attention went to Maria as the other's eyes followed. Maria looked at them all and then a small smile spread across her face,

                "You don't think I'd let you guys go into this alone? I ride or die with you guys." She said and Connor smiled at her as he finally turned around to  where Caines body lay and then he looked at Brody who glared at him.

                "Lets take him back to Pennsalvania. And Eryn, you can go ahead and get packed. I'll go ahead of you all and let his family know of the incident. Be in the town quick and one of you stay with Eryn." Kenny nodded at staying with me while everyone else prepared for Caines leave. Maria followed me up the stairs to my room while Connor already took off in wolf form towards his home town. I turned my light on to my room and Maria followed in after me. She sat down on my bed but didn't say a word to me. I just grabbed a medium sized duffle bag and started throwing things into the bag. It took me almost two hours to get what I wanted and Maria hadn't said anything to me during my packing. I didn't like her but because she blamed Caine's death on me. Once I got what I wanted, I followed her out of my room and when we reached the down stairs, Caine's body was gone and Brody had went back to the bar. Kenny was left waiting for us.

                "The others set Caine into Drayden's car. Eryn, your going to have to ride on me." he finished and I raised an eyebrow,

                "Ride on you?" I asked and Maria rolled her eyes, "Wolf form. He's big enough to carry you. Not like you don't look like a twig anyways." she mumbled the last part and I just glared at her.

                 "Right. I remember then because Connor let me ride him." I bit back and Maria looked at me as I felt the daggers from her stare. Kenny knew not to get involved and Maria just dusted the remark off,

                "I guess I'll see you all there then. I'll take off first." She said and ran out of the house Kenny was about to go but noticed I hadn't moved,

               "Ready?" he asked and I looked at him, "Give me a second. I'll be out there." I said and he nodded as he walked out of the house. When he was gone I looked around the house and then smiling to myself. I hoped it wasn't going to a long time because I knew Connor's purpose of me going. He wanted me to get use to being in his area and being safe. I've already fallen in love with him. There was no denying that but will his pack members like me? Was that something to think about? And since  Santana was luna to the pack, would I be a luna? This was not the time to think about that. I would just have to talk to him, of course after I got over the bar scene. I gave one last look at the house and then walked out of it.

    Kenny had transformed and he bent down so I could get onto his back and when I was comfortable enough to ride, he lifted up and I felt like I was on a plane hundreds of feet up. At first I felt a bit uneasy but I held on tight when he lifted his huge paw and gave me a thumbs up, making sure I was ready. I pulled on his hair to let him know I was ready and he nodded once and then took off.

[Connor's POV]

     It took me all I had to talk to my pack and to know they would be there for me no matter what made me know who I could really trust. I had to get the thought of Dante being the one responsible for Caine's death out of my head. So many questions were in my head. First off, how did Dante know about Eryn and where they would be? Second, why wait so long to come after me. Right now I couldn't think too much about that because I now stood in front of the Boure families home, Caine's family. He had two younger brothers and I didn't know how I would break it down to his parents. This was the worst part of having a member of the pack die. It was already late, almost 2 in the morning so I knew they were all sleeping. I knocked on the door anyways and didn't hear anything from inside. I waited for a bit and knocked again. A light in one of the windows on the second floor went and I could hear footsteps and then a minute later Caines mother opened the door. Her tired eyes were surprised to see me. She rubbed the sleep out of them and then smiled a sleepy smile,

                "Alpha Connor!" she said and I nodded. She looked at the time on her watch and then back at me,

                "It's 2:00 a.m. What brings you here?" she asked. Her dark black hair was pulled back into a ponytail and the wrinkles in her face showed her age. She looked tired.

                "I know it's quite late but-" I paused and kept my stare on her. She let a yawn out and covered her mouth until she was done yawning. I didn't know how to tell her that her son was gone. Killed because he was protecting my mate. Taken by my own brother. She waited for me to continue but I didn't know if I could. She scrunched her brows together and her lips perced,

                 "Is something wrong?" she asked. I could feel my heart start to speed up and I finally spoke,

                 "You better wake your family. It's about your son." I said and the whole air around her changed.

     I didn't get back to my home until 7:30. The sun was breaking through the moutntains in the distnace. My eyes had gone red from the drooping and tiredness of being at Caine's home. Watching his parents cry and his brothers cry made me go numb. The lights of what was once my parents home was off. Every single light. Darkness had filled the rooms and every corner of the house. It's been months since I've been back at this place. I took my shirt off and was only in my jeans and shoes. I slipped out of my shoes and set them near the door of the house. I walked slowly up the stairs to the master bedroom that use to be my parents. I redecorated everything, from the kitchen to the upstairs so the memories of my family were gone. My walls were empty of pictures and stored in the basement. I didn't want the bad memories every time I walked inside the house. I had no pictures of my brother, they were all with the other pictures.

     The bathroom was almost as plain as the house itself. I got in contact with the others, who had brought Caine's body home and to the mortician of the pack, Jonas Vorg, an old soul. He couldn't believe what had happened and he didn't question anything. He had a coffin engraved and perfectly fitted for Caine's body. The funeral was going to be held in three days, Wednesday evening. Tomorrow I had to call a meeting for the pack and let them know what happend in New York. I got into contact with Kenny who let me know that Eryn was at his place with him and his family and she had fell asleep once he got there. It was good that she wasn't in the house at the moment, I needed this time to rest for a bit and not have to think about her. After washing up I headed into the master bedroom and sunk into the king sized luxury bed. My body was loving the feel of the softness beneath it but I've never felt so alone before. I hadn't slept much before and my body didn't drift off the bed quicker then I wanted but once I finally gave into sleep, Eryn was the last thing on my mind.

                 "Connor!" the voice spoke and I hadn't fully awoken but I ignored the voice until it said my name agian.

                 "Connor!" My eyes slowly opened and laying next to me was Eryn, her beautiful green eyes stared into mine. She smiled that beautiful smile that made my heart melt. Her brown hair flowed down the side of her shoulder and I noticed she was wearing a light green night gown that made her eyes more appealing. Everytime I looked into those eyes I got lost in them. I said her name and a bigger smile spread across her face. She lifted her hand and started to slowly stroke my cheek. She was so beautiful. I pulled her in closer to me where we were now inches away from eachother and my eyes now focused on her lips. Those soft lips I loved kissing. Rosey red and welcoming.

                 "I love you Eryn." I said. I could say this to her everyday and not regret it. I meant every word of it. I've fallen so deeply in love with her that I couldn't see myself with anyone else. She pulled me into a kiss and my hands combed through her long beautiful hair as our lips synced together and her soft tongue teased mine as my hand started to make it's way down her side to where her night gown ended and then I let them travel underneath her gown, her soft skin tingling at every touch of my hand. I had to turn on my back because she now set her legs over me to where I was inbetween them and my hands where set to the sides of her thighs. She set her hands on my bare chest and I watched her chest going up and down with the beat of her breathing. Her lips formed into deep smile as she bent down to meet my lips again and my hands explored the bareness beneath her gown. She then started to kiss at my neck and I was already hard from her getting ontop of me. Her kisses traveled to my ear as she licked the lope of it and then whispered,

                 "Your mine now!" The silky entrancing voice said. I've only heard the voice once and it belonged to her sorceress. She pulled back and I gasped at the demon eyes that stared back at me with the same smile she gave to Penelope before she was about to kill her. The strong smell of blood filled my senses and I then watched in horror as she pulled her hand up to her mouth and licked the red liquid that dripped from it. I could then fill the pain in my chest and I looked down at the gaping hole where my heart should have been. I looked back at Eryn who had my beating heart in her hand. Her black demon eyes glared at me and the demon smile taunted me,

                "She's long gone and I finally get to have my fun with you." the voice was so silky smooth that I couldn't turn away from her. She threw the organ in her hand on the floor and then jumped onto her legs,

                "Time for the fun part!"

     I woke up in sweat's as I quickly sat up, my hand moving over my beating heart. I was breathing hard and could feel the sweat beating down my face. It was a dream but it felt so real. I clenched at the sheet covering my legs and stared into the darkness. My breathing picked up some more and I looked to the time that sat on my nightstand, 1:25 p.m. I looked to my window that was covered by my black curtains but between the crack of the curtains I could see the sun beaming through it. I've been asleep longer then I wanted. I quickly got out of bed and contacted Drayden,

                "Drayden! Where you at?" I asked.

                "In town, everyone knows of Caines death. They want answers man." he answered back.

                "Let everyone know there's going to be a pack meeting in the town hal tomorrow. We need all pack members there."

                 "Will do. You okay man?" his voice sounded worried. Probably becuase I was up late.

                 "I'm fine. Also, the funeral will be held on Wednesday. Let Jonas know to have everything prepared. I'll be in the town soon." I said and he understood. I washed up and brushed my teeth. I threw on a shirt and some khakis and then walked out of my house, now a bit famished but I couldn't eat now. I had other things to attend to.

     In the main part of town, near the town hall, a few of the pack members caught site of me and asked about Caine. I let them know I would tell everyone everything tomorrow but right now wasn't a good time. They had no choice but to simmer down and wait. As their Alpha they knew better. I was welcomed back but I had to get to Kenny's to talk to Eryn. At the moment, I couldn't stop thinking about her. My wolf missed her for just that one day of not being near her. Even if she was still mad at me I didn't care, I just wanted to see her. And that just brought my thoughts back to Ryan. Why was he even there? Granted he protected her but how did he know to be there? I made my way to a suburban area where Kennys home was resided in. I ran quickly to his mocha colored home where I caught site of his Shelby parked out front. I walked up the steps to his door and knocked. He opened the door, knowing it was me.

                     "She's up stairs in my sisters room." he said and I thanked him but saying good morning to his parents. I could smell her and when I got to the door of Kenny's sisters room, I let a breath of relief out. I then knocked on the door and I could hear her walking to it. She opened the door and was surprised to see it was me. I smiled at her but she didn't return the smile.

                    "How did you sleep?" I asked and she opened the door wider to let me in,

                    "I slept fine." She said. The sound of her heart beating made me stare at her chest but I looked away before she noticed I was staring at her chest. I walked over to a chair just next to Kenny's younger sisters desk and sat down. Eryn left the door open and sat on the full sized bed that was decorated pink and princesses filled the covers. The whole room was decorated in princess designs and the walls were also pink. Kenny's sister was only six so she was in the princess phase but she was with their dad on a camping trip.

     Eryn stared at me for a moment and I couldn't help but notice that she was wearing a white tank top and blue jeans. The outfit outlined her figure perfectly and I couldn't stop staring at her chest. I couldn't stop thinking about what could be underneath all of that. The thoughts of us amlost coming close to being mated swam in my mind. She then sighed,

                   "How are you feeling?" she asked.

                  "Slept well but I've got many other things to take care of. I do need you to come with me tomorrow to the town hall. I'd like everyone to know who you are."

                  "Oh. Okay." she answered with no argument. She looked past me and then back at me. I knew she wanted to ask me something. The silence was ubareable and it dragged on for what seemed like forever but was only a good five minutes. Then we both asked at the same time,

                   "What's the deal with you and Ryan?"

                   "What's the deal with you and Maria?" She smiled at the questions and obviously we both had the same thing on our mind. I wanted to know the deal with her and Ryan because after I lost his scent I lost it since I arrived back at her house.

                    "Theres nothing between Ryan and I. I mean he did give me my first kiss but it was nothing." she admitted and my wolf stirred at the fact that Ryan gave Eryn her first kiss. I didn't like it either but that was in the past.

                    "You know he was the one that fought the rogue off before I arrived?" I said and she shook her head in a no gesture, " I didn't know that. How did he-" she was about to ask and I shrugged my shoulders knowing what she was going to ask. How did he know to be there? She then asked,

                    "So what was the whole scene with Maria?"

                   "It was nothing. Maria isn't anything but like a sister. I don't have any feelings for her and I know I was really stupid to have let you go with Caine-" I stopped regretting bringing his name up. She could tell the hurt in my face and stood up and walked over to where I sat, setting her hand onto my hand,

                    "I was angry with you about the whole bar scene. I hoped it was you that ran after me when I walked out or that I didn't see you with Maria. I wished alot of things wouldn't have happened last night but I do believe things happen for a reason. Reason's we can't know ourselves. But if you blame yourself for something you couldn't stop, whether you didn't kill your brother or not, how will you live? Stop blaming yourself." she said and I stared at her, those emarld greens that made me want to live on with no regrets. I smiled and she smiled back.

                   "I'm sorry for everything. I love you more then life itself." I admitted.

                   "As much as I wanted to fight the feelings, I can't. I've been wanting to say this to you since our first time alone on the cliff. Since you stood by my side at the hospital. Since the incident in my room. I love you Connor, with all of my heart of more. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and no one else. I've had a long night to think about it and if I were to ever lose you I don't know what I would do." She finally admitted and the way my heart beated for her was different. A relief of enjoyment. She stood up as I did the same and I hugged her. She giggled as she hugged me back. I kissed her forhead,

                   "The worst is yet to happen. I've gotta tell my whole pack everything. I wanted you to be by my side to do it and as my mate." I said and she nodded against my chest,

                   "Til the end." she replied and I pulled her in closer, letting her warmness surround me. This was what I wanted, this very moment of her in my arms. The three words she finally said made me feel more then what I wanted. My world, my breath, my light and my soul mate. This was what I was going to live for and die for.