Fallen Moon

"I knew it," Lycan hugged Alejandro. "I told you Alejandro is a natural born follower. Which means, we don't have an Alpha slot so I guess there's no objections to me taking it." They shook their heads at him. "Sweet, I'll talk to my father, and the three of us are going to be the first ever pack dispatch. I'm going to call our pack, NightShade."

"NightShade," The Princess laughed. "I suppose that'll work. I was thinking something more flashy, like, I don't know. Burning Skulls or The Executioners or Twisted Nightmare or my favorite Team Alejandro, because we got an Alejandro."

"Why is my name an option but not his?" Alejandro pointed over at Lycan. "He's our fearless leader, not me. I'm just the Beta."

"You're right, we should be called The Giant Wolf." She offered. "Because, Alejandro is the only werewolf who could be spotted for miles. Let's face it, they're not going to be worried about our pack name when they see a giant wolf stomping on them. They're going to be worried about the Giant Wolf stomping on them. We're just going to be the pack with the Giant Werewolf. That's what we're going to be known for. We might as well accept it."

"She's got a point," Alejandro agreed.

"Yeah well," Lycan held out a tray with three glasses of lemonade on it that was provided to him by a servant. "I still like NightShade." He handed Alejandro and the Princess a glass. " So as Alpha," He boasted. "I'm pulling rank on this. I'll tell my father our decision, we will be dispatched first thing in the morning. Brace yourselves," He held out his glass of lemonade. "What we do tomorrow will shape the history for all future deployments. No more will Werewolves be carelessly sent out with the order to kill as many vampires as possible. Instead, we will send out a well organized pack who's skills complement each other bearing strategy in mind. We did that, you guys, through our determination and stubbornness," He laughed. "We were able to get through to my father and now we have the opportunity to put this new deployment strategy to the test. To NightShade,"

"To NightShade," The two of them raised their glasses. They all took a drink from their glasses at the same time.

"Eleven years have passed since that day," Lycan shut his eyes. "Yet our pack still stands." He walked over to his dresser and opened a drawer. "Sadly," He took out a picture of a woman with red hair. "You were not here to see it." He put the picture away and pulled out an aged bottle of wine. "To Nightshade, happy birthday to what is my greatest accomplishment as a Prince." He took a drink from the bottle. "Though I doubt my father would join in the celebration." He let out a sigh. He began to catch the strong scent of pine trees and he sniffed the air once more. This scent, he recognized it. It couldn't be, it's been far too long. A smirk formed on his lips.

"Nikan," Lycan smirked. "You've come to pay your Prince a visit have you?" He walked outside his cabin. The moment he did, he was doused with a bucket of ice cold water. His dark hair was soaked as the water dripped from his shirtless body. Next to him was Alejandro, Alexis, Jay and Jayson, all four of them tricked by none other than Nikan's heathens.

"Happy Birthday," The boys yelled. The boys were all shirtless, each of them bearing tattoo sleeves of their elements. The feather on their ear also represented their element. These four brother's formed Nikan's pack. The Elemental Guard. Last Lycan heard they were out scouting for stray vampires and gathering intel for his father. He volunteered NightShade for the task. But even he had to admit Nikan's pack was better suited for it.

"Fuck all of you," Alexis yelled. She was wearing a white shirt. The shirt was so soaking wet her black bra could be seen underneath. Jay's eyes widened at the sight of her bra. "What it's like you've never seen breasts before. They're just boobs, Jay."

"Leave the virgin alone," Jayson pinched his brother's cheek. "He's just enjoying the view right bro?" Jay blushed.

"I ugh," Jay forced a swallow. His dark amber eyes remained on Alexis' chest.

"Are you checking out my daughter?" Nikan draped his arm on Jay's shoulder. He had long brown hair tied in a braided ponytail. He had a sleeve of tattoos on his arm. One tattoo was of a growing flame inside the flame was Alexis's name. There was a tattoo of ocean waves on the same arm inside the crashing waves the name Xavier was written. There was a tattoo of a mountain and inside it was the name Terrain. There was a tattoo on his arm of an iceberg and inside of it the name Yule was written. Further up his arm was a tattoo of lighting forming the letters Serge.

The mere sight of his old friend put a smile on Lycan's face. It's been far too long since they've seen each other. This war has divided their two packs but having them together like this and to celebrate the birth of NightShade right before the war. It was nice, he missed his extended family. As emotionless as his brother Alejandro was even, he struggled not to smile.

"Sir, I'm so sorry, it's just she was ugh and-," Jay blushed. "I was ugh, I'm really sorry sir so terribly sorry sir." He bowed his head to him. "Please don't kill me for staring at your daughter's cleavage."

"Chill out, dude," The slender built boy draped his arm on Jay's right shoulder. He had long brown hair. He was wearing a black T-shirt with the purple letters reading NightShade, his arms covered in tattoos that were similar to a mountain range. His ears were pierced with a gold stud in both ears. But on his left was a piercing of a feather, it was white with a yellow tip. "We know all about our sister's crush on you." He pinched Jay's cheek. "The question is why aren't you making your move man?"

"Terrain, stop it," Alexis pointed at him. "Stop teasing Jay."

"Yeah man," Another slender built guy placed his arm on Jay's left shoulder. He had medium length hair and it was brown like his brother's. He was wearing a NightShade shirt like his brother. His arms bore tattoos of lightning streaks going throughout his arm. Both of his ears were pierced but on his right ear was piercing of a feather. It was white with a purple tip. "What gives?" He shrugged. "Is my sister not hot enough for you? Come on, join the family man, we're cool with it. Besides, you can't stay a virgin forever. You know how Lord Grimm is about us guys."

"Serge, stop it," Alexis growled. "There's nothing wrong with Jay being a virgin."

"Yeah besides," Jay shrugged. "There's a girl I'm interested in." Terrain and Serge gathered around him. Jay blushed in response. Now that they knew that Jay had a crush on a girl. They would no doubt be eager to hear the details.

"Do tell," A slender built boy appeared. He had his brown hair tied in a warrior's wolf tail. He had tattoos of the ocean along his arms. He had on a NightShade shirt as well. His ears were pierced like his two brothers. On his left ear was a piercing of a blue feather with a dark blue tip. "Who's the lucky girl? She must be special to have caught your attention. Considering it's unlike you to show interest in a woman."

"She's nothing special," Alexis turned her back to him. "I'd rather we not talk about her." She crossed her arms. "Jay deserves better."

"Now sis, let's hear out Jay's reasoning," Terrain placed his hand on Jay's shoulder. "Tell us about this girl that's got you falling for her like a love sick puppy." Alexis rolled her eyes and put earbuds in her ear to drown out the noise. "What's her name?"

"Her name's Claire," Jay swallowed. "It's hard to explain how I feel about her. You guys know me. Since my parents died. I had my face buried in the books too afraid to face the world. Too afraid to give this world another chance to hurt me. So, I focused on revenge and that got me through the hard years. But then, Claire showed up and the moment I saw her." He put his hands in his pockets. "I was ready to face the world again if only for a chance to get to know the girl. Who got me to finally pull my head out of the books and face my worst fears. She did that for me and yet, I still can't find the words to tell her how I feel." He let out a sigh. "The closest I got to her is one date at the Lunar Ball and now," He balled his hand into a fist. "Time's running out. If she doesn't- If she doesn't. Well, you know what's expected of me as a male werewolf."

"Hear that," Terrain dropped to his knees and held his ear to Jay's groin. "That's the sound of Jay's balls shrinking." Jay growled at him and caught Terrain in a headlock. "Dude, let go before I beat your ass."

"Never," Jay gripped tighter. Terrain kept trying to get free as Jay choked the life out of him. He stomped on Jay's foot making him let go. "That's my foot." He jumped up and down gripping his foot.

"Look, Jay," Xavier propped up a lawn chair. "The life of a male in Lord Grimm's army is harsh but there's logic in it. We're men, it's our duty to build his numbers. Whether we want to or not we're to provide him with werewolf children. Especially for us guys who possess a rare ability if we die without producing a child. That ability is gone forever. So can you blame our King for wanting us to give him children. He's only trying to preserve our abilities. That's why all of us," He motioned to his brothers. "Produced children, we gave our dad, grandkids whether we wanted to or not. That was our role in Lord Grimm's army and we fulfilled it. It sucks but that's what we got to do. We're trained to be whores. So that Virgin crap, isn't going to get you anywhere with Lord Grimm. No offense but it's true."

"Jay," Serge let out a sigh. "You're the only one who hasn't tried to have a kid yet. The war is in two days. If you die, your ability is gone forever. If Claire doesn't like you like you like her then it's time for you to move on bro. Too much is at stake here for you to wait for her to fall in love with you. You have a responsibility to your pack, to Lord Grimm, to have a kid before the war. At this point, it's either she loves you or she doesn't. There's no middle. You just have to man up and tell her, put her on the spot."

"I wouldn't have to have sex with her right away if," Jay fondled his fingers together. "She agrees to marry me. But she'd have to agree to marrying me before the war. I don't think she will. Claire's difficult."

"Bullshit," Terrain argued. "She's not difficult. Nothing about this is difficult. Bottom line, it's either she wants you or she doesn't. If she doesn't, then it's time to kick the bitch to the curb. Brother's am I right? Do we put up with this shit?" They shook their heads. "No, she gets one shot to be my girlfriend if she doesn't take it. I move the fuck on. I'm not going to waste my time on. Maybe. Fuck maybe, it's a yes or no question."

"But it's Claire," Jay sulked.

"Yeah but we both know," Xavier put his hand on Jay's shoulder. "You don't have time for maybe. You can't just keep waiting on her answer. It's only hurting you and the sooner you realize that the better. So, you need to pull Claire aside and tell her it's now or never. Then you'll have your answer and you'll stop chasing something that never was."

"You're right, I'll do it." Jay agreed. "I'm tired of waiting. If Claire wants me. She needs to tell me. No more excuses. But if I'm going to ask her," He forced a swallow. "I need to show all I have to offer. Let her see what she's rejecting if she says no. But how-"

Lycan watched as a smirk appeared on Alejandro's face. Now here's the kid, they couldn't wait to see. Nikan's pride and joy, his prodigy of a kid. Last Lycan saw him he was but a twelve year old. But now, the twelve year old boy was no longer a boy. He's grown into a man now standing as an equal to his father. He couldn't be more proud of him.

"Yule," Lycan grinned. "It's been far too long."

The second, Alejandro caught a glimpse of his snow white hair. He rushed over and ruffled the man's hair like he was still a wolf pup. Yule swatted Alejandro's hands away only to be lifted up off his feet into a tight bear hug.

Yule ignored Alejandro's tight grip and his navy blue eyes stared into Alejandro's. Nikan and Lycan watched the two of them with a smirk on their faces. Yule kept nodding at Alejandro, Alejandro was shaking his head to him. He pointed down and nodded again. Alejandro shook his head at him. Yule proceeded to nod. The two of them were arguing without words. An argument Alejandro lost seeing as he put Yule back on his feet. Yule, the only kid who knew how to make conversation with Alejandro. Perhaps, that's why he's Alejandro's favorite.

"Sorry, I was late," Yule dusted himself off. "My wife," Wife? Lycan raised his brow. He's married. Not that it surprised him. Yule was always a good looking kid. He was wearing a NightShade T-shirt like his brothers. His arms were covered in a tattoo sleeve that reminded Lycan of snowy ice mountains. His right ear was pierced with a white feather earring with a light blue tip. He wore ripped blue jeans and black converse shoes. He wore a belt with spikes all over it. Lycan eyes were fixated on Yule's wedding ring. It was white gold with engraved wolves running along it.

"Wife, you say?" Lycan grinned. "So, the twelve year old boy is all grown up and married is he? Who's the lucky lady? Will she be at the party?"

"She will be," Yule answered. "She lives in your father's castle. A daughter to one of Lord Grimm's many guards. I got injured during a fight with the legendary Scythe. I got ballsy and thought if Alejandro could take him. I could too. It didn't end well. So while I was lying in bed injured, she took care of me. When I got better, I promised her a date in return. I was used to girls chasing after me and doing me favors. But something about her just felt right besides I had never been on a date before. So I figured why not," He shrugged. "It's the least I could do for the woman who saved my life right?"

"I suppose," Lycan agreed. Alejandro nodded in agreement.

"Little did I know that," Yule adjusted his wedding ring. "Two years after that date. We'd be doing my father's trial by spirit to see if we're compatible as husband and wife. Well, she passed and we got married that same day. It wasn't a huge ceremony or anything. We were just in a hurry to get it done because we were scared if we didn't do it right then. We'd make some excuse as to why it was a bad idea. Neither of us wanted that, so," He smiled. "I proposed and we got married that night. She'll be here soon. She's just putting our Little Snowflake to bed."

"Little Snowflake," Lycan's jaw dropped at the realization. Yule has a kid. One prodigy kid is amazing but two. Please be a boy, please be like your father. He needed to see this baby, Alejandro must have had the same idea though in a more aggressive way. Alejandro grabbed Yule's pants leg and held him in the air by it. He kept shaking Yule's body while he was upside down. The shaking continued till a black wallet with a wolf design fell out of his pocket. He dropped Yule on the floor like he was a rag doll.

Yule's eyes formed a piercing glare at Alejandro. A glare so cold, it made Alejandro look down in sadness. He sulked and walked over to Yule for a pat on the head. It was as if Alejandro were a dog that just did something bad and was now trying to apologize for it. Yule pat Alejandro on the head and opened his arms up for a hug. Alejandro hugged Yule and put him down. Lycan picked up Yule's wallet and looked inside.

"Not a boy," Lycan's eyes focused on the little girl in the picture. She was about three years old and yet already. The little girl had a small little snow storm in her hands as if it were a snow globe. Yule's hands were over hers. It was clear, he was teaching to use her ability and was helping her control the ice. The little girl had navy blue eyes like her father and she had inherited his snow white hair. Yule's lips were pressed on the back of her head as she sat in his lap. Yule with a daughter, not a son like he and his father hoped for.

"She's a daddy's girl," Yule took his wallet back. "Mom tries to bond with her but the moment I visit. The first thing she wants to do is play in the snow with daddy. My wife gets so jealous because now she has to share me with our daughter. Of course, I have trouble saying no to my daughter when she wants to spend time with me. So that doesn't help either. I'm always so busy on top of that, it's not easy being away from them."

"Yes but you're a werewolf in Lord Grimm's army. That comes with responsibilities and sometimes, it requires you to be away from your wife and kids. It's called being a man, son and one day, you'll get used to it." Nikan patted Yule on the back. "Trust me, your family is a lot safer behind the castle walls than out here with us fighting."

"True but it's still sad." Yule put his wallet away. "That's why at this party while my daughter is sleeping. I'm going to spend all night with my wife. We're going to drink and it'll be like when we were dating. She'll be happy and loved and then," He shrugged. "I'm going to convince her to have another baby."

"Yes, I support this decision." Lycan pointed at Yule. Alejandro ruffled Yule's white hair. He swatted his hand away in response.

"Lycan, we have a surprise for you." Nikan smirked and pointed. Lycan's eyes widened, his father, Lord Grimm, was here to celebrate his success. This never happens, his father has never supported anything he's done. He's always barked on the negatives of Lycan's decisions. But now he was here to celebrate the one thing Lycan did that made him proud to be his father. Words couldn't describe how this made him feel. To see his father finally giving him some credit for his hard work. "Bring it in," Lycan hugged Nikan tightly. He knew he coerced his father into coming. Nikan has always harped on Grimm about being a better father. "You accomplished a lot over the years Lycan, it's time your father starts to show a little appreciation for all you've done for him. So even if I had to drag his old wolf ass here, he was coming to celebrate NightShade's birth."

"Nikan, you're the greatest grandpa I could ever ask for," Lycan wiped tears from his eyes. "Thank you for doing this." He released Nikan from the hug and braced himself to be greeted by his father.

"Happy Birthday to one of the strongest werewolf packs in my army." Lord Grimm appeared. He was surrounded by female servants."Led by none other than my son. Prince Lycan," The wolves started to howl. "To NightShade," He held out a drink. Everyone grabbed a drink and drank it to celebrate NightShade's birth. "I'm proud of you son."

The servants appeared with a boombox and loud dance music began to echo throughout the camp site. The servants were all wearing NightShade T shirts, blue jeans, hidden within the servants was Yule's wife.

This woman, she had long brown hair, dark navy blue eyes. She had a nice figure, she must train a lot considering. She had two drinks in her hands and brought one over to her husband. He accepted the drink and kissed her. Yule's done well for himself, he has a nice child bearing woman who adores him. He could tell by Yule's smile when he looked at his wife. They were still in the honeymoon phase of their marriage. She stood by Yule wearing a crop top version of the NightShade T shirt to show off for her husband.

"I missed you," Yule kissed her on the lips. "Is our Little Snowflake in bed?"

"Yeah, she was being a little brat," She laughed. "She didn't want to go to bed without a goodnight kiss from her father. So I told her you'd give her one next time you see her. You are stopping by the castle after this aren't you?"

"Of course, but, tonight it's about us." Yule pressed his forehead against hers. "I've been a bad husband lately, I think I need to be punished for neglecting my wife."

"I'll punish you later," She took a drink. "I'm too tired to punish you besides. How could I, with that handsome face of yours?" She pinched his cheek and he wrapped his arms around her neck, as he stood behind her. "You're lucky, you're cute." She blushed.

"I'm lucky because I married you." Yule kissed her cheek.

The servants began to parade Alejandro. The many women were dancing on him, rubbing their bodies up against him like he was some giant stripper pole. The Beta was showered with confetti as a servant put a purple party hat on top of his head. She even thought it was smart to put a party horn in his mouth. It bothered Lycan that this particular servant wasn't bothered by the fact. One bite from Alejandro could result in a slow and painful death. Despite this she had the nerve to put a party horn in the fearsome Beta's mouth.

Alejandro blew into the horn and the tube shot out when he did. He had the same blank look as always which only made it funny. The servants howled, applauding Alejandro for tooting the horn. Lycan busted out laughing watching Alejandro kept doing it to get more cheers. Sometimes, it amazes Lycan how easily entertained his brother is.

The dance floor started to become crowded with Lord Grimm's servants. All of them, dancing together with his many guards. Some of the servants started to crowd Jay. Cornering him, he was backing up until he arrived at the center of the dance floor. So that's his father's strategy. Granted he's used it before on Nikan's kids and it's worked. However, Jay is a different breed, he won't throw himself into bed with a woman so easily. The servant's were all dancing on Jay, trying to seduce him into having sex. So this way, Lord Grimm would have what he needs from Jay, a child. He's trying to preserve Jay's ability and he won't take no for an answer this time. There's only one problem in his father's plan.

"Hands off my man," Alexis charged at the ladies. Her hands were coated in fire. The servants took off running as Alexis chased them away by hurling fireballs at them. "That's right, you better run," She shot fire from her nose. "Jay, are you okay?" She ran her fingers through his hair. "Did they hurt you," A tree fell from being caught on fire.

"No, I'm okay but the forest isn't." Jay pointed at the tree. "Alexis, how many times do I need to say it? Fire in the forest is bad. It's dangerous you could kill somebody. Fire spreads and it creates a huge mess. You're like a walking fire hazard."

"I know, isn't it awesome." Alexis fixed her hair.

"Claire, "Jay's eyes shifted over to Claire. She was standing in the crowd. Lycan figured she was confused by the surprise party. Once her name was spoken, Alexis's brothers all turned to look at her. "You're here," He rushed over and tried to hug her but the brother's stopped him. "What gives?" He shrugged.

"Do "the thing"." The brother's cheered over and over again. Jay backed up as other werewolves joined in on the cheering. The thing? Ah yes, the thing, Lycan smirked. Of course it wasn't a party unless Jay did the thing.

"But guys," Jay backed up. "I haven't done that since I was like twelve." They kept cheering him on asking him to do it. "Guys, this is a bad idea, what if I-," They kept cheering for him.

"Do it, Jay, do the thing." Nikan yelled. "Come on, Jay, do it, you got this. Come on everyone, do the thing." He joined in. Lycan joined in, Lord Grimm joined in. Everyone was in on it, pressuring Jay.

"I don't know about this," Jay blushed. "Claire?" He asked her. So it seems Claire's the final decision maker. "Do you want to see the thing?"

"I don't know what the thing is," Claire shrugged. "But, whatever it is, I'd like to know." She replied. "So, I guess, there's one way to find out."

"Alright, I'll do it." Jay agreed, The werewolves at the party howled in response. People started to clear the dance floor and Jay took his spot at the center. He began stretching out his legs and jumping around the dance floor as the wolves cheered for him.

"Jay, choose," The three brothers and Alexis lined up in front of him. "Which element first?" Jay pointed at Serge. The crowd continued to cheer for Jay as Serge stepped forward. Claire wasn't sure what was happening but whatever it was. It had everyone excited.

"Guess, I'm up," Serge took off his NightShade T- shirt. Once he peeled off his shirt, he tossed it into his father's lap. His upper body was toned, his abs hardened. For a guy who knew a thing or two about speed. He was also quite strong. He took a deep breath in as he did storm clouds gathered in the night sky. His navy blue eye's changed to purple as lighting danced through them. Thunder echoed in the sky, lightning crashed as Serge continued to breath in and out. The storm calmed when Serge sat Indian style on the floor. He shut his eyes and began to meditate.

As Serge sat there, the storm grew more intense. Lightning was striking all around Jay. Getting closer and closer, the thunder getting louder, her heart was racing. Jay was standing in the middle of a thunderstorm. His focused eyes were watching each bolt as they circled around him. It was almost like they were searching for something but what? Her eyes were struggling just to keep up with the speed of the lighting bolts. Jay needed to get out of there, if one of those bolts hit him, it'll kill him.

"What are you doing?" Claire asked as a Servant set the boombox and played dance music for Jay. They aren't serious. They want Jay to dance in middle of a thunderstorm. "Jay, no, this is a bad idea, what if you get hit, one hit from that could kill you. Jay, no. Jay," Clare shut her eyes and pulled away. Lighting struck, the bright flicker of light blinding her. When her eyes opened, Jay was on all fours. The lightning, it was a direct hit, how was he able to dodge it at the last second? That could have killed him. "Jay, are you stupid?" She yelled. "You could have," Claire's jaw dropped as Jay kept dodging lightning bolts and dancing along with the thunderstorm. How is he-, Claire couldn't believe this.

The crowd was cheering as Jay continued to dance and dodge lightning bolts at the same time. In fact, it looked like. The lightning itself was Jay's dance partner, But how, Jay couldn't control lighting, so how is he able to dance with it?

"There you are," Jay whispered. Claire's eyes widened as Jay held his hand out to touch the lightning. Is he crazy? If he does that. It's going to-, the second his hand touched the lightning the head of a wolf appeared. Soon after, the lightning took the shape of a wolf. Jay was petting the wolf on the head like the lightning itself was some pet. "It's been awhile, hasn't it, did you miss me?" The wolf's tail began to wag. It howled and thunder echoed to symbolize its howl. "Yeah, I know, you want to play don't you?" The wolf pranced around wagging its tail. "Alright, let's play," He rose to his feet.

The wolf ran around Jay. Everywhere its paws landed lightning struck. It was moving faster and faster circling Jay. Jay urged it to bring it. It charged at Jay, he kept dodging the lighting bolts. Doing handstands, flips, Jay jumped over the wolf and landed on all fours. The wolf quickly turned and lunged at Jay. Jay spun his body around on the floor, his leg caught the lightning and it was spinning along with his body. Jay leapt into the air and once he landed on his feet. Thunder echoed and a bolt of lightning struck where he landed. The wolf appeared wagging its tail and ran into Serge's body. Once the wolf was safely hidden inside of Serge's chest, lightning shot into the sky and rain started to pour.

"Jay, that was-," Claire went to approach him but Lycan put his hand over her chest to stop her. Xavier took off his shirt and tossed in his father's lap. His shirtless body was drenched in rainwater as he took his seat on the floor. Jay looked up at the sky as rain soaked his hair, his chest, his abs, his eyes looked at her only for a moment. But it was enough to paralyze her, she never thought Jay could be this...hot. She forced a swallow as the rain soaked Jay's body. He held out his palm as water gathered in it. He splashed the water in his face and raked his fingers through his wet hair.

Claire watched Jay's hips as they moved along with the music. He spun around, his legs moving, his hips thrusting. His feet splashing in the rain puddles. The longer Jay danced the more Claire's heart raced. She had to keep reminding herself that this was Jay. He's her friend, she shouldn't be lusting after a friend. But the way his body moved in the rain, so sexual, so-, Claire eye's shot open as Jay was on fours and his nose touched that of a wolf. The rain had formed the shape of a wolf. Jay scratched it behind the ear and it shook its fur splashing Jay with water. He laughed and patted the wolf on the head.

"Hey how's it going?" Jay fell back as the wolf knocked him down. He kept petting the wolf's fur. "That's right, it's me, you remember me right?" The wolf licked his cheek. "You want to play too," The wolf did a spin in excitement. "Okay sure," Jay rose to his feet, the butt of his pants were now covered in mud. "Let's play." The wolf ran around him, the rain gathered forming a tidal wave that followed the wolf everywhere it went.

The wolf jumped at Jay, he moved his hips to the left. The water missed when the wolf skidded its feet. Water splashed the crowd. Its tail started to wag and every time it moved, droplets of water flew off hitting spectators. Jay laughed and beckoned the wolf over to him. The wolf jumped over Jay's head and it rained over Jay's head. Afterward the wolf charged at Jay full speed with a large tidal wave following it. Jay took a deep breath holding it in. The wolf hit him, he spun around , his whole body encased in water. His arms were moving the water aside until he was longer trapped. Instead, the water kept moving along with his hands. Jay did one final spin and all of the water disappeared. The wolf stood there in front of him, its tail wagging as Jay took a minute to catch his breath. The crowd cheered as the wolf ran into Xavier's body.

The rain disappeared once the wolf returned to Xavier's body. The ground around Jay was now covered in mud. Terrain threw off his NightShade T shirt and it landed in his father's lap. Out of all Nikan's sons he was by far the most ripped. The man had a body made for durability, his chest was broad, his abs rock hard. He sat in the mud and took a deep breath. While he was meditating, his eyes started to glow. The ground began to shake, he flexed his muscles and chunks of earth levitated around him. It was like floating rocks. The ripples of mud began to move and took the shape of a wolf. Jay smiled at the sight of it.

"Come here boy," Jay called out. The wolf jumped into his arms and covered him in mud. He laughed as the wolf continued licking his cheeks. It's tail wagging uncontrollably. "You want to play don't you?" The wolf kept jumping up on Jay out of excitement. "Yeah, you do," Jay jumped and tried to catch the wolf. The wolf sank into the mud and rose up again. Jay kept jumping around trying to catch the wolf. He jumped from floating rock to floating rock and landed beside the wolf. The music started to play and Jay kept jumping onto the wolf but it continued to evade. Everywhere Jay's foot stomped the wolf, the wolf disappeared and reappeared. It ran between Jay's legs and wagged its tail. "Let's do this,"

The wolf let out a loud howl, the ground started to shake out of control. Rocks floating and flying around Jay. He struck each rock breaking them with punches, kicks. While in the air, Jay did a corkscrew. He gathered up all the small pebbles into the air as he spun. When Jay landed the rocks exploded into sand that fell from the sky looking like a gold rain. The wolf did a spin and ran back into Terrain's body.

"Amazing," Claire clapped. She knew Jay was skilled but never this skilled. The crowd kept clapping for Jay as he bowed to them. But there was still one more element left. Alexis tapped Jay on the shoulder.

"Guess, it's our turn now," Alexis ran a finger through her hair. She was wearing a ruby red dress and high heels to match. Jay turned to face her and his cheeks reddened. It must have shocked him to see her wearing a dress. "Are you ready?" She held out her hand. He stood there frozen stiff. "Don't tell me you're nervous." She smiled. "This isn't the first time we've done this, so I thought this time." She blushed. "I'd dress for the occasion."

"You look stunning," Jay rubbed the back of his neck. "I don't know if we should do this, I was twelve the last time we did this. Things are different, I'm older and I see you in a different way. Like I'm a boy and you're a girl so it's different now. It's complicated." She took Jay's hand and kissed his cheek.

"I think you're just overthinking it." Alexis smiled. "It'll be fine, Jay, you'll see." She sat down and closed her eyes. A circle of fire formed around her. From the flame, a wolf appeared. Its fur was made from fire, its eyes burned red as it slowly approached him. It lowered its head at Jay and sniffed his hand.

"Hey girl," Jay sank to his knees and scratched the wolf behind the ear. "I know it's been awhile huh and I'm sure you're very nervous. But what do you say we pretend like it's just us and just have fun with it. Can we do that? Can we pretend?" The wolf started to wag it's tail. "Good girl," He patted her on the head. "Just don't burn me okay?"

The music continued to play as Jay danced with the wolf. Flames were gathering up around him each time he moved his hips. Sweat dripped from Jay's skin as the flames grew hotter. Claire fanned herself watching as Jay danced in the roaring flame. The wolf was running circles around him creating a flame trail. This trail, it was shaped like a heart, the wolf was in love with Jay. It blew a smoke ring heart at Jay and he blushed in response to it's attempt at flirting.

"Alexis, I think your spirit wolf likes me a little too much." Jay's cheeks reddened. The wolf bated his eyes at him, soon after, it breathed fire into Alexis' body. Her eyes opened and she rose to her feet walking up to Jay. "Alexis, how is this," Her spirit wolf sat at her feet and wagged its tails, its eyes shifting back and forth from her and Jay. "Don't tell me, this is-,"

"It is," Alexis answered. "The trial by spirit. I think it's time Jay," She put her hand in his. "Dance with us." Her spirit wolf sat in the middle of them. It's eyes locked onto their hands as they connected. "Look, I know how you feel about Claire but you can't just keep ignoring the fact that," She lowered her head. "I have feelings for you too. So please just give me one chance, one chance to prove to you. That I'm better for you than Claire. You'll see how our bodies and our spirits connect proving that. I'm the one you're supposed to marry."

"The trial by spirit," Jay blushed. "Here, now, but if we do this in front of everyone. They'll see that." He gulped. "What if you're wrong, what if our spirits don't connect. Sure I can attune to your brothers but yours is I mean I can but to this level. For me to be able to do that, it would require a lot. Alexis, are you sure about this?"

"If you pass my father's trial by spirit right here and right now." Alexis brought her lips close to his. "It'll mean you'll have his blessing and we'll be free to do whatever it is you want to do. We could get married, have sex, whatever you want Jay. I'll be yours, you want that right?" She ran her hand through his hair. "Please Jay if you fail and we don't connect, then I'll never bother you again. I'll stop pursuing you but let me have this. Just give me a chance to prove that I'm the one you should be pursuing, not Claire."

"Okay, I'll do it." Jay agreed.

"Oh shit, they're going to do it." Serge ran over to his brothers. "The trial by spirit, Jay's going to attune to our sister's spirit. If he pulls this off, he's part of the family. They might as well be married." The second Nikan heard this. He rose to his feet. He walked to the center of the dance floor taking his spot between Jay and his daughter.

"Long ago, in the Great Elder Kami's time, there was a trial known as the Trial by spirit. It is a trail that connects a man's spiritual energy," He glanced over at Jay. "With that of his mates," He glanced over at his daughter. "If the connection succeeds and he is able to attune his energy with hers. It is believed that their relationship will be long and fruitful. If this trial fails, it is believed that their relationship is doomed to fail as well. We are gathered here to see if this man," He placed his hand on Jay's shoulder. "Can create a successful bond with this woman," He glanced over at his daughter. "As her father, it is an honor and a privilege to see their spirits connect but know this, if this trial fails," Jay gulped. "I will not bless this union and any advances made toward my daughter will no longer be welcomed. Do you accept the terms, Jay?"

"I do," Jay forced a swallow.

"Very well," Nikan placed his hands in front of him. "I have spoken my peace and you know the risks. That is all," He returned to his seat to watch over the trial. Alexis' brothers gathered around to watch.

"So if Jay fails," Claire smirked. "He can't date Alexis."

"I can't screw this up," Jay's heart began racing. His palms were sweating. Alexis was standing there across from him. Her spirit wolf sitting at his feet. Soon, music would start to play and he'd be expected to bond with Alexis' spirit wolf and her at the same time. If he made even one mistake, he'd lose his best friend. But this trial, he needs to do it.

Before Claire, there was Alexis, he would try to deny it. But they've always had a strong connection. He just didn't know if that connection was one of friendship or love. This trial would tell him what that connection is. So, he'd do it, if only to see the answer for himself. He took a deep breath and the music started to play.

The flaming wolf began to run circles around them. He placed his hand on Alexis' waist and brought her close to his chest. He and Alexis moved along with the wolf. Circling around each other in a ring of flame. The music sped up and Jay twirled Alexis around as the wolf moved faster. Sweat dripped down his face as they danced together in the flame. He locked eyes with the wolf realizing it was leading him.

Jay used her spirit as his guide, he swayed their bodies with it. He could feel his own energy resonating with hers. They were connecting, he could feel her spiritual energy, along with it, her every emotion. His heart was racing, his feet moving. The wolf leapt into the air, Jay tossed Alexis into the air with it. He ran and did a slide catching her. The wolf landed beside them, his heart punched his chest. He knew what to do next and he didn't hesitate. He pressed his lips against hers, trapping her in a burning hot kiss. The wolf shot fire into the air, creating a heart of flame behind them. He took deep breaths as the crowd clapped for them.

"He passed," Nikan clapped. "I'll be damned, the boy passed the test." Alexis' brother joined in on the clapping.

"I did it, I actually-," Jay looked up. Claire stood in front of him. She crossed her arms and glared deep into his eyes. She was upset because he kissed Alexis in front of her. This whole thing was to impress Claire and now he's bonded with Alexis' spirit and he did it in front of Claire. But, no, this wasn't supposed to happen. Claire's going to be so pissed. "Claire, wait," He dropped Alexis and ran over to her. Alexis' spirit wolf growled and went inside Alexis' body.

"Leave me alone Jay," Claire continued to walk away from him. "I think you found your girlfriend so do me a favor and marry the bitch already." She yelled. "You seem to love throwing her in my face kissing her in front of me. Or bond with her spirit just to prove how much better for you she is than me." She pointed at herself. "So just take your bitch and go."She pushed Jay back and continued to walk away from him.

"Claire, I bonded with her spirit. That doesn't make her wife. It just means we're compatible, that's it." Jay explained. "The dancing, all of that," He pointed back at the dance floor. "I did that for you, I want to be with you Claire. What do I have to do to prove that I want you?" He asked. "Just tell me and I'll do it."

"Kiss me," Claire turned to face him. "If you want me then you'll-," Jay crushed his lips against hers. She grabbed Jay bringing him closer into the kiss. Alexis grabbed Jay and pulled him off Claire. She slapped Claire across the face, knocking her to the floor.

"No, Jay is mine, I won't let you sink your toxic werewolf claws into him anymore." Alexis went to grab Claire's hair but Jay got in between them. "Jay, you mother," She punched Jay in the face. "Why the hell did you kiss her?" She pointed at Claire. "You're supposed to be with me, that's what that whole thing was about."

"I agreed to do the trial by spirit. That's it." Jay argued. "I still want to be with Claire. Why do you keep pressuring me to be with you? I don't want to lose you Alexis, yes that's true, I do have feelings for you. But Claire, it's Claire, I can't just ignore my feelings for her just because you want me to. I need to figure this shit out and you two fighting is not helping." He yelled. "So please for the love of, just let me decide for myself okay. No more trials by spirit, no more having me kiss one in front of the other. Just let me figure this out,"

"Know what," Serge got in between them. "You girls want to fight for Jay, fine. If you're going to fight then do it." He turned on the music. "On the dance floor. First girl to give Jay a boner wins, let's do it." He began thrusting his hips. "Dance for Jay, Dance for Jay," He cheered. "You want that werewolf wiener, you work for that wiener."

"Why are you making it worse?" Jay asked. Alexis and Claire glared at each other. Claire wiped off her busted lip and got on her feet. "Claire, please, let's just talk about this. I'm sure there's a reasonable solution." She grabbed Jay by his hair and kissed him while flipping Alexis off. Alexis' nose shot fire and she grabbed Jay and kissed him in front of Claire. She groped Jay's groin making him moan. "Wait, wait, my penis is a bad decision maker." Claire turned Jay around and began dancing on him. He could feel her rubbing up against him. "Serge, you bastard, what have you done?"

"Now it's a party," Serge howled.

Jay tried to ignore it but Claire's body felt so good up against him. He placed his hands on her stomach and worked his hands to her curves. He hitched a moan in her ear as her butt pressed up against him. He spun her around and kissed her hard on the lips. His tongue swirled inside her mouth forcing out a moan. Alexis slapped Jay's ass and grabbed it, she forced him to spin and placed his hand on her breast as they kissed. He hitched a moan as her hand reached into his pants and into his boxers. She lightly squeezed his heft balls. Claire took her hand out and pushed her aside and climbed on Jay kissing him.

"That is it," Alexis growled and walked off. Jay continued to make out with Claire. He couldn't believe this. His hand had crept its way inside Claire's shirt. He was feeling the fabric of her white lace bra and she was letting him. He could feel himself getting hard just thinking about it. Their tongues were wrestling each other, she was moaning in his ear. She wanted him, Claire wanted-. He felt Alexis's hand on his shoulder. She spun him around and put her hand back inside his jeans. "Where were we?" She pulled Jay closer as her warm hand continued to play with his-. He couldn't resist, her hands felt so good. He began thrusting in her hand as she jerked him off on the dance floor.

"Where's Claire? Why wasn't she stopping her?" Jay enhanced his sense of hearing. Claire was arguing with someone. She was shouting. He kept trying to focus but it was hard to do with Alexis' hand inside his pants. She kept touching him, feeling his balls. Her touch felt amazing, but she wasn't Claire, He wanted Claire's hand to-.

"Get off me," Claire yelled. Jay's ear twitched. He took Alexis' hand out of his jeans. He rushed over to Claire. He could see Terrain locking lips with Claire forcing her to kiss him. His body was moving against her while Claire kept trying to push him off. Jay in a blind rage struck Terrain in the nose, breaking it with one punch.

"Keep your hands off her," Jay's knuckles were bleeding from Terrain's nose. He was on the floor holding his nose as blood dripped from it like a faucet. "Claire, are you-," Jay's ear twitched, a fist flew past him. He dodged it barely. Serge drew his fist back again and tried to punch Jay. He kept dodging. "Serge, stop, I was only trying to-," He caught Serge's fist only to be hit with a shoulder tackle from Terrain.

"Take that bitch," Terrain went to punch Jay in the face. Jayson came out of his tent and tackled Terrain to the ground and started punching him in the face. Serge built up lightning and prepared to chunk it at Jayson's back. Jay growled and kicked dirt in Serge's eyes blinding him. He jumped on Serge and punched him in the nose. "Jayson, get your fat ass off me," Terrain created earth hands and used them to grab Jayson. He held Jayson against a tree. "Take this," He threw boulders at Jayson's ribs. Jayson growled and broke free of the earth hands, overpowering him with raw strength.

"Is that all you got," Jayson charged at Terrain and punched him in the jaw, the ribs, the stomach. Terrain kept backing up and Jayson kept hitting him. Terrain tried to block with earth, Jayson punched through it striking him in the face. "Don't ever hit my brother, that's my brother, you piece of shit." He spit on Terrain, A lighting bolt went to hit him, Jay kicked Serge with a dropkick to the back knocking him onto the floor face first. Serge tried to get up but Jayson picked him by the throat and held him in the air with one hand. "If I were you, I'd stop while you're ahead," He threw Serge on his ass. "NightShade bitch," He punched his chest as the two brothers ran off with their tails between their legs.

"Think fast," Xavier struck Jayson and Jay with a water whip. The two of them got up and growled at him. He gathered water into his hands preparing to blast them both with a huge burst of water. Before he could fire it, Nikan caught the blast with his hand. He closed his hand into a fist and crushed it with ease. "But father, they attacked my brothers."

"Enough," Nikan waved his hand to the side, cutting through his son's words. "This is a party to celebrate NightShade's birth. It is not a place for fighting. I don't care what the situation is, the four of you are going to hug it out and act like brethren." Jayson raised his hand. "Yes Jayson,"

"Can I put on pants first?" Jayson asked. "See um, I was in the middle of sex and I heard the fighting. So um, I kinda just rushed out without putting on clothes." Nikan rubbed his forehead realizing Jayson wasn't wearing any form of clothing. "So, pants," He pointed at his tent.

"Yes, Jayson, pants," Nikan glanced over at Alejandro. "He's your son alright." Alejandro groaned and rubbed his forehead. Jayson went into his tent and put on a pair of blue jeans. "Now that you're dressed please proceed with the hugging."

"But dad," Terrain argued.

"With the hugging," Nikan repeated. He rolled his eyes and hugged Jayson. "Now say you're sorry," Terrain growled. "Son, don't make me come over there." He glared at him, Terrain glared back at him. "Son, last warning, if I have to come over there. The great Kami is going to have to come out of hiding to save your ass. Now apologize to Jay and Jayson."

"I'm sorry, Jayson," Terrain rolled his eyes. He walked over to Jay. "I'm sorry, Jay," The twins stuck their tongues out at him. Alejandro walked up behind his kids and pinched their ears, Jay and Jayson screamed out in pain.

"We're sorry," Jay and Jayson said in unison. Alejandro let go of their ears and nodded. They rubbed their ears.

"Why does he have to be so aggressive?" Jayson complained. "You know, you could show some restraint, asshole." He yelled. Alejandro shrugged and returned to his spot. "That's right, keep walking," Alejandro stopped and turned around. "No, I was kidding, I'm sorry dad, I didn't mean to upset you." Alejandro nodded and walked away.

"You need to stop challenging our father," Jay pointed out. "He's going to kill you one day. I mean being his son only gets you so far till he decides to murder you." He whispered this into Jayson's ear. "I'm just saying, you're pushing it."

"Serge, Xavier, I'm still waiting." Nikan crossed his arms.Serge and Xavier hugged Jayson and Jay. "Now say you're sorry."

"We're sorry," They sulked. They dragged their feet as their father scolded them.

"Jay, go ahead and take Claire somewhere safe. I have a feeling, I know what caused this." Nikan glared at his daughter. Jay nodded and took Claire to his tent for now. This presented a chance for them to talk in private. Now that he had her, it was time, he asked her.

"Claire, look." Jay rubbed the back of his neck. "Um, there's no easy way to tell you this so I'm just going to say it okay. So just ugh, have a seat." He motioned to the floor of his tent. Claire sat down. "You know I have feelings for you, I've told you this and see as a male werewolf in Lord Grimm's army. I have responsibilities that I need to fulfill and if I don't. There's a chance I won't get to fight in the war. As of now, Lord Grimm hasn't said anything. But if I don't start cooperating, he will. How can I explain this so you'll understand?" He let out a deep sigh. "We're different Claire, very different. The expectations placed on us are not the same. See, you're expected to get married and create your own pack but me," He placed his hand on his chest. "I'm just supposed to go around and fuck everything that calls itself a werewolf. That's what's expected of me and lately I've been dodging that responsibility. This whole time, I've been dodging it. The reason for that is," Jay forced a swallow.

"I'm in love with you, Claire," He confessed. "Sadly the time for dodging is running out and if you don't feel the same way about me. Now's the time to tell me because," He tightened his hand into a fist. "I can't keep waiting for you to change your mind. At this point," He let out a sigh. "It's either you do or you don't."

"Wow, you're really going to put me on the spot like that." Claire shook her head. "It's I do or I don't, really Jay?" She rose to her feet. "Well maybe, it's not that simple, maybe, just maybe, I don't know, The girl you're pursuing has trust issues. Like here's a good example as to why I'd have trust issues."

"The first guy I dated was a werewolf." Claire explained. "He kept it a secret and then out of nowhere. The fucker bit me turned me into this." She motioned to herself. "He betrayed me and the worst part is, while I was lying there in pain. My bones breaking, he had the audacity to leave me there like I was nothing to him. He used me like I was a pawn only to find out. I was a pawn. Lord Grimm had me turned, he ordered this guy to get close to me and turn me. Our whole relationship, a lie, just so he could follow orders. So, excuse me for being a little untrustworthy when it comes to werewolves or guys in general because I'm sure you're all the same." She stormed off.

"Fuck," Jay ran his hands through his hair. "I didn't know that." He laid on his bed. "Way to go, you fucked up again." Nikan walked into the tent as Jay laid on his bed. This is it, Claire can't give him an answer and now time's up. He knew what was coming and he wasn't going to like it. "Let me guess, Lord Grimm would like a word with me," Nikan nodded. "Coming," He walked out of his tent.

"I was thinking before Lord Grimm talked to you. I would," Nikan pulled up a lawn chair for both him and Jay. Jay took a seat. "Look, Jay, " Nikan let out a sigh. "I get where you're coming from. You want the first time you have sex to be with someone special. You want it to be the woman you marry, I get that, I respect that. But you also need to consider." He opened a can and took a drink from it. "We're at war, in less than two days." He held up two fingers. "We'll be out there fighting what could be our last battle. A lot of us will die in this fight. Time is against us and we can't guarantee your survival. Those are just facts." He stated. "Jay, your ability is too rare to be sacrificed. You want to fight in the war. In fact, we need you to. We will die otherwise but if you die, your ability is gone forever. Like I said, time is against us." He repeated. "We no longer have the luxury of choosing our mate. Jay, you need to bear Lord Grimm a child. Your ability needs to be carried on through the blood line. It can't end with you Jay, it can't."

"But," Jay tried to argue.

"Look, I had to do the same with my kids." Nikan confessed. "I had this same exact conversation with all four of my boys. You think I like telling my boys that couldn't choose their mate that they were required to bear a child for Lord Grimm. No, I didn't, I hated telling them that but at the same time. I understood Lord Grimm's reasons. All four of them did what needed to be done to preserve their ability so Lord Grimm would have it in the event of their death. They bore me grandchildren. Now, it's your turn to do your part. I have sympathy for you Jay, I do, that's why I put my daughter in NightShade. She's my daughter, I'm giving her to you so that you can fight alongside your brother in the war." No, he can't mean...Jay's knew it was coming but still. Lord Grimm wouldn't. Sure, he knows Lord Grimm wants a kid from him to go this far for it. It's absurd. This had to be a joke.

"What do you mean?" Jay asked. "I'm already in NightShade, the strongest werewolf pack Lord Grimm has. That automatically means, I'll get to fight in the war. You need me to fight. I'm the one developing the war strats. You can't fight the war without me."

"I'm sorry Jay," Nikan let out a deep sigh. "The decision has already been made." Lord Grimm walked up to them. "He's all yours," He walked away and Lord Grimm took his spot on the lawn chair.

"My decision is final," Lord Grimm stared into Jay's eyes."If you do not plant your seed and provide me with it before the war. That's in less than two days," Lord Grimm reminded him. "You will not be allowed to fight in the war, I will put you in one of our training camps and your brother will be fighting in the war without you. I can not allow you to fight. Knowing if you die, there will be no one left to carry on your unique bloodline."

"But that's not fair," Jay argued.

"Life's not fair, no kid, no war, end of discussion." Lord Grimm took a drink. "I've been patient in letting you choose a mate. Now time is up and I need a child from you Jay. I will not take no for an answer. Your brother cooperated, why can't you?"

"But Lord Grimm," Jay rose to his feet. "This is bullshit, the man who killed my parents is out there. I have a strategy to kill him." He showed him his plan. "I worked my whole life for this and you're saying if I don't get a girl pregnant. I can't fight." Lord Grimm nodded.

"I'm not taking the risk of you dying."

"What about Al, he hasn't-,"

"Alejandro has signed a contract. In the event of his death, I've been given permission to impregnate one of my servants with his seed. In exchange, he's allowed to fight in the war. If he can abide by the rules then so should you." Lord Grimm argued. "The discussion is over, tracker, I've made my point clear."

"This is bullshit," Jay flipped his lawn chair over and walked off in anger. He knew it was coming but to this extent. To tell him all he's ever worked for goes up in smoke if he doesn't give him a child. He's trained and fought for this and now he's not even allowed to protect his brother. Jayson's going to die without him. This is bullshit, complete bullshit. He slashed a tree with his claws out of anger. The gash was huge but not as huge as the wound on Jay's heart. This wasn't fair, it just wasn't. What's he going to do? Claire didn't want him. He didn't want to use Alexis for sex knowing he still wanted Claire. But he's out of options unless he slept with a total stranger but that was something his brother does. He didn't want to be like his brother.

The forest started to become crowded with wolves. Nikan and Yule stood at the center of the crowd. Lycan and Alejandro stood across from them. They weren't, Jay rushed over to the crowd, Lord Grimm was standing in the center. "The time has come for NightShade to defend its title as my strongest pack. In this corner. We have my two sons, Prince Lycan and the formidable Alejandro." Lycan began stretching as Alejandro popped his knuckles.

"In this corner," Lord Grimm gestured. "We have my old friend, Nikan." Nikan removed his NightShade T shirt and threw it in the crowd. For a guy who was older than both Alejandro and Lycan. His body looked amazing, it was like he hadn't aged a day past his prime. He was almost as muscular as Alejandro though more agile. Especially considering he's supposed to be an old man. Nikan stretched out his legs and popped his knuckles at them.

"Oh man, it's been years since I've had to actually try." Nikan stretched out his back. "This could be a good workout. I hope you boys are ready because this old man is about to beat your ass." He held up his fists.

"Nikan's mine," Lycan glared at him. "You can have the kid." He glanced over at Alejandro.

"His partner, none other, than the prodigy kid himself, Yule." Lord Grimm gestured to Yule. He threw off his shirt and his wife caught it for him. The second Claire's eyes caught a glimpse of his perfect body. Jay could tell she was fangirling over him. Not that he blamed her, Yule has always been a good looking boy. His body only added to his boyish charm. His toned abs, his strong legs, his broad shoulders, he was so hot. It made it unfair for the other guys. The way his body moved around the arena. The girls were cheering for him, while Claire stood there in awe of his handsome features.

"Who is that boy? Claire asked.

"That's Yule, my older brother," Serge answered. "The four of us are spaced out. First born was Yule. Two years after he was born. I was born and my brother Xavier along with me. We're twins. Three years after us, Terrain was born. Two years after him, my sister Alexis was born. Yule's my dad's favorite, it's not hard to see why. He trains harder than all of us combined. He's worshiped Alejandro from the day they met. He wanted to be strong just like him." He chuckled. "We have this ongoing joke, saying that Yule is the baby version of Alejandro."

"Baby version," Claire laughed. "That's cute, though, I couldn't fathom why anyone would want to be like Alejandro. He never talks for one. Which means, he's suffered a lot of pain. He has no emotion and he doesn't care about anything. So why would he want to follow that?" She pointed out.

"Because," Serge crossed his arms. "Alejandro started from nothing, he was a servant who worked his way into becoming the most feared werewolf in Lord Grimm's army. Nobody has killed more vampires than Alejandro has. Nobody has trained to the lengths Alejandro has. His tale taught us that nothing is set in stone. We can become whatever we put our minds to. We're not limited by our upbringing or our status in our father's werewolf pack. We all have the potential to be Alphas, Alejandro's story taught us that. So to you, he's just another werewolf but to us and especially Yule. The guy's a beacon of inspiration."

"Alejandro told Yule when he reached adulthood." Serge continued. "He would honor him with a fight. So for Yule, it's like he's living a dream." He smirked. "He's trained day in and day out so that when he fought Alejandro. He'd be ready, all of his training, the late night sparring sessions with us. Where it was three on one. It all boils down to this one fight."

"As a kid," Yule's eyes remained on Alejandro's. "I admired you for your strength. As a kid, I wanted to be like you. But now," He closed his hand into a fist. "I'm older and I realize, it was never about being you." He took a deep breath to calm himself. "It's about surpassing you." He took his fighting stance as his body radiated with a light blue aura,

The air surrounding them became cold and was getting colder by the second. Yule's eyes shined a bright blue as his spiritual energy became visible. Lycan and Alejandro both looked at Yule, both of them impressed by his growth. He was no longer a kid, he had grown and it was clear to them that Yule might be in the same league as them. They weren't going to be able to hold back on him anymore.

"So the kid's become a man," Lord Grimm grinned. "Now then, let's see which pack is stronger. NightShade or the Elemental Guard. Alpha vs. Alpha," He motioned to Lycan then to Nikan. "Beta vs. Beta." He motioned to Alejandro and Yule. "The winner takes the title as my strongest pack and will be the first pack sent out to fight alongside me in the war. Who is worthy of fighting alongside your King? Will it be my son's pack or my best friend Nikan's pack? Let's find out shall we? On three,"

"One," Lord Grimm held up a finger. Alejandro growled at Yule, he held up his arms in defense. "Two," He held up a second finger. Lycan glared at Nikan as Nikan's body radiated with spiritual energy. "Three," He tossed a coin in the air. "Call it,"

"Heads," Lycan called out.

"Tails," Yule called out.

"Tails," Lord Grimm showed them the coin. "The Beta's will begin the match. This is a test of teamwork, so. Alpha's may assist the Beta's and vice versa. They may even choose to switch opponents. However, both sides must agree to the switch. Changing teammates is only allowed through tagging. If a teammate is taken down, the one that still stands may still decide to fight on his own in a two on one scenario. The match ends when one team is defeated. Team moves are allowed but after it's finished the two must decide on who stays to fight and who waits to be tagged in. Only one person may be on the field for an extended duration. Any questions?" He asked.

"So basically your standard werewolf tag match." Lycan glanced over at the Twins who came up with this idea. "I've got covered," He stepped back letting Alejandro have his fight with Yule. "Make it quick, he's no match for the original members of NightShade. We were fighting wars while this kid was in his diapers. He's a joke compared to us." Lycan laughed. "You won't even break a sweat."

Alejandro walked up to Yule. The boy reached his chest. He was still a shorter than Alejandro and wasn't as strong as him either. But still, something about Yule seemed different. For someone who was about to go up against Nightshade's infamous, unkillable Beta, he wasn't afraid like most. In fact, he was excited to face Alejandro one on one. It was like Yule was training his whole life to fight Alejandro. His idol, the reason for all his training. It all led up to this one fight.

"Let's go," Yule charged at Alejandro. He moved so fast, Jay's eyes had trouble keeping up. He struck Alejandro with right punch, left punch, just when Alejandro tried to strike back. Yule ducked and hit him with a quick leg sweep. Jay's jaw dropped as his father starting to lose his footing. Yule struck him with a powerful palm strike. The Beta backed up but still didn't lose his footing. Yule jumped into the air as the cold air gathered around him. He created a barrage of ice shards and fired them at Alejandro like missiles.

Alejandro swung his arms, breaking the ice with his strength. He charged at Yule as he broke the ice shard after shard. He swung at Yule, he dodged by backing up. He kept backing up as Alejandro's claws got closer and closer to cutting him. Yule created a shield of ice that blocked him from Alejandro's claws. He ran while holding the shield trying to force the Beta back. Yule spun the shield and turned it into an ice shuriken. He quickly hurled it at Alejandro. Alejandro jumped over it and tried to land on top of him. Yule dodged with a back flip and summoned an iceberg out of the ground.

He closed his hand into a fist as chunks of ice formed and were now being thrown at Alejandro. While he was knocking the ice chunks aside, Yule jumped and kicked him the chest. He jumped off Alejandro's chest and created an ice bow in his hands. While in the air, He shot him with a spiritual ice arrow point blank in the chest. The blast shot them both back, Alejandro's feet skidded back from the impact of the arrow. His chest burned from being hit at that range with a fully charged spirit arrow. The bow shattered in Yule's hand after firing an arrow with that much spiritual potency.

Alejandro dusted himself off and glared at Yule. He bared his canines at him and charged at him full speed. "It seems like Alejandro's taking Yule seriously," Lycan grinned. "Well it was fun while it lasted." Yule quickly shot ice from his mouth and froze the ground beneath Alejandro's feet. He slipped and fell on his ass being knocked down for the first time in a long time. The only people capable of knocking him off his feet was Lycan and Lord Grimm himself. No kid has ever done it and Yule was the first.

"Oh," Alexis' jaw dropped.

"My," Jayson's face was in shock.

"God," They spoke in unison.

"He didn't." Claire's mouth dropped. "Nobody has ever done that to Alejandro. This is a miracle, he brought down Al. This boy knocked our Beta off his feet. This never happens like ever. This is incredible, this guy is amazing."

Alejandro's red eyes glared deep into Yule's as he started to slowly get back on his feet. He bared his canines at Yule and his sharp claws came out. The murderous intent in Alejandro's eyes was enough to scare any man. Yule stood there frozen stiff as the fearsome Beta of Nightshade glared at him ready to rip the boy limb from limb .

"Tag out, son," Nikan held his hand to his son. "You done, made it mad. Boy if you're smart, you'll tag in your daddy right now before he kills you." He reached for Yule's hand. "Tag me boy, it's your only hope, he's going to beat your ass." Yule went to tag him but stopped himself. He stared into Alejandro's and took a deep breath.

"No," Yule moved his hand away. "I can do this, this is what I want," He held up his fists. "To face Alejandro at his strongest. It's the only way, I'll know for sure if I've surpassed him. I have to do this, father, I have to." He watched Alejandro carefully. "So the gloves are off, good, because I was getting tired of holding back." He created two ice daggers in his hands and spun them in his hands. "Let's see how strong you really are." His feet created ice as he skated over to Alejandro. His daggers had a bright glow as spiritual energy emitted off them. Yule swiped at Alejandro with his daggers. He dodged striking with his claws.

Yule used the ice to slide back then leapt forward and tried to cut him. He caught Yule's arm and lifted him into the air. Yule lifted both of his legs up and kicked him, forcing himself free. He then did a backflip landing on his feet. The two of them kept exchanging blow after blow neither one able to land a hit. Until Alejandro kicked Yule in the stomach. The impact sent Yule sliding back on the ice. He clinched his gut trying to catch his breath.

"I'm not finished yet," Yule created a spear of ice and leapt into the air. Alejandro jumped back, almost being hit. The ice on the ground exploded becoming massive icebergs that shot of the ground creating a massive trail of ice leading to Alejandro. The trail exploded when Yule closed his hand, transforming into a violent snowstorm. The snowflakes in the air turned into tiny shuriken and were cutting Alejandros from all directions. He kept fending the blades off as they cut away at him. "Now to end it," Yule created to icebergs one Alejandro's left and one on his right. He began to merge the two together to crush him.

Alejandro held out both of his arms. He placed one hand on the iceberg and one hand on another. His muscles started to tighten as he used his sheer strength to keep the icebergs from merging together. Yule was trying to force it but the Beta was overpowering him. He bared his canines as the ice started to move despite his overwhelming strength. Lycan and Nikan's eyes widened, both amazed by Yule's spiritual strength. He was able to use spirit to match Alejandro's strength.

"I can do this," Yule kept fighting to crush Alejandro. "Just a little more," The spiritual energy around him began fading. His eyes widened as Alejandro closed his eyes, took a deep breath and began pushing the ice back. "No, you don't, you're not overpowering me, I'm not going to lose, I refuse. I've worked too hard for this." The ice started to move forward as Alejandro struggled to keep the ice apart. Alejandro glared deep into Yule's eyes as he took another deep breath.

"He's going to make him use it," Lycan stood there in shock. "He's only used that move on Scythe," He covered his ears. Nikan gasped realizing what that meant. Alejandro let out huge howl that tore through the ice. The shock wave began approaching Yule. Yule took a deep breath as the snow gathered forming an ice wolf. The wolf merged with Yule and he let out a huge howl creating a powerful blizzard that clashed with the sheer strength of Alejandro's howl. The two shock waves met, tearing up the battlefield leaving craters, broken trees, and shards of ice everywhere.

The shock wave subsided and Yule passed out from using too much spirit. Alejandro lowered his arms as the icebergs shattered. He dusted himself off and tagged in Lycan. Nikan patted his son on the head while he was resting to recover his strength. Yule's wife ran over to him when she did, Yule used what strength he had left to hold her so she could help him to his feet.

“It's okay my love," She kissed his cheek. "You'll get him next time." She draped his arm on her shoulder so he could use her for support.

"You did well, son," Nikan patted Yule on the head. "Just leave the rest to me," Yule turned away, ashamed by his defeat. "I know son, you really wanted to beat Alejandro. Keep training and you'll get there. I promise." He kissed Yule's forehead. "Now go with your wife, I'll handle the rest."

"Okay," Yule looked down sadly. "I'm sorry father, I really thought I could." Alejandro walked up to Yule and pulled him in for a hug. Wait, Alejandro was whispering something to him. Jay enhanced his hearing so he could hear what he was saying to him.

"You don't want to be like me, kid." Alejandro placed his hand on Yule's head and ruffled his white hair. He went to walk away but Yule tightened his hand into a fist as tears formed in his eyes.

"You're wrong," Yule argued. "You're the great Alejandro, the man who was the closest to killing the Legendary Scythe. It was your strength that gave us our first win against Lord Alexander. Lycan can take credit for it all he wants. But," He shook his head. "I know it was you, it was all you, you did that for us. You're amazing."

"I used to be," Alejandro walked away from him. Yule's wife placed her hand on Yule's shoulder. He wiped the tears from his eyes. Yule's wife guided him out of the fight circle. Yule stood there watching as Alejandro took his spot behind Lycan. It was now, two on one and considering the two were both Lycan and Alejandro, Jay doubted Nikan stood a chance at beating them.

"Well, then. guess, I'm a lone wolf up here," Nikan stretched. "Okay let's go, you two think you got the balls to fight your grandpa. Then. I'm about to teach you a valuable lesson. That lesson is," He picked up a small rock. He threw it at Lycan, the rock struck Lycan in the chest knocking him on his ass. "Don't fuck with Grandpa." Lycan growled at ran at Nikan, he dodged his claws and struck Lycan in the ribs then punched him in the face. Lycan tried to swing, Nikan ducked, sidestepped and punched Lycan in the jaw.

Alejandro growled and tried to hit Nikan with his claws. Nikan grabbed his arm and threw Alejandro over his shoulder. He hit the ground laying flat on his back. They both went to hit Nikan at the same time. He shut his eyes and stomped his foot. A burst of spirit shot off his body and blasted them both back. While they were backing up. Nikan started punching Lycan at rapid speeds. He spun and struck him with a fierce palm strike that sent Lycan flying into a tree. He picked up a rock and threw it at Alejandro knocking him on his back before he could help Lycan recover. Nikan started waving his hands in circles gathering up spirit onto his hands. He took a deep breath, Lycan and Alejandro's eyes widened. He spun and fired two spirit wolves from his palms. Lycan and Alejandro punched the wolf, the spirit clashing with her fist being negated but leaving burn marks on their knuckles.

"We have to end this now," Lycan rose to his feet. Alejandro got up and dusted himself off. The two of them let out a powerful howl. The shock waves of both their howls clashed, placing Nikan in the middle of it. Nikan held out his hands using spirit to combat their joint power. While, he was struggling to overpower both of their howls. Alejandro and Lycan struck the ground at the same time creating a second shock wave breaking Nikan's balance. While Nikan was off balance, Lycan uppercutted him, launching him into the air. Lycan ran up Alejandro's body using the Beta's bent knee. He did a backflip in the air and struck Nikan in the stomach with heel drop. He forced Nikan's body all the way down and into a crater. Nikan tried to get up but Alejandro placed his foot on his chest and held him down. While he was down, Alejandro lifted his foot and stomped on Nikan's stomach, knocking him out.

"NightShade wins," Lord Grimm held up Lycan's arm. "Well done my son." He ruffled Lycan's hair. "Fighting like a true Prince at last."

Nikan shot spirit off his body and used it to lift his body off the ground and fully heal himself at the same time. He dusted himself off while Lycan and Alejandro glared at him. "What you forgot, I can use spirit to heal. Shame on you boys. You should know your grandpa's not easy to kill. I mean, I raised you two. That alone should say something." He stretched out his muscles. "Well, the fight's over now I'm thirsty." He walked back to the campsite.

"You old bastard, you couldn't have just stayed down a little longer." Lycan growled walking back with Nikan and Alejandro. "I was soaking up the glory of a win and you healed from your ass kicking like it was nothing. How very typical of you, Nikan. Almost makes me want to kick your ass again." Nikan laughed.

"Yes but if you attack me," Nikan warned. "I'll show your wife baby pictures." Lycan blushed. "I got pictures of you two, buddy." He pointed at Alejandro. "So, I suggest you be nice to Grandpa." The two of them growled.

"We have to kill him," Lycan whispered. "He knows too much." Alejandro nodded. "The question is, where do we hide the body?"

"I knew this day would come," Nikan shrugged. "Death by my own grandkids, so, what's it going to be? Death by fire, death by silver, or are we burying me alive? It's okay you can tell me, I can take it just make sure you put your baby pictures with me. So that way, I can show everyone in heaven my beautiful grandbabies." He pulled them in for a hug. The two of them blushed as their grandfather held them close to him.

"So um," Serge began walking back with Claire. "Have you thought about who you're going to pick?" He asked her. "You do know what this NightShade Birthday Party is all about right? I mean, you don't honestly think that's all it is do you?"

"What do you mean?" Claire raised her brow.

"For a Medic, you're not very smart." Serge added. Claire scolded him. She couldn't believe this guy had the nerve to insult her intelligence. "Look, obviously in Jay's case, this party was set up to get him laid. Which failed since you rejected him. But it was a set up for you as well, I mean, isn't it obvious?" He shrugged.

"No, it's not obvious," Claire argued. "What exactly do you mean this party is a setup for me? I fail to see how this party has anything to do with me." Serge let out a deep sigh. Claire stopped and crossed her arms waiting for an explanation.

"Okay so you're obviously not familiar with werewolf customs." Serge rubbed his forehead. "You're from NightShade, a pack ran by Lord Grimm's son. That makes any pack member from your pack. A noble blooded werewolf. That's a huge deal when it comes to women. That means the only way you're allowed to have kids. Is for you to be married to a noble blooded werewolf like yourself. You can't just go around and fuck whomever you want. It doesn't work that way for noble blooded women. You need to ship with a noble blooded man. Now, if you haven't noticed." He draped his arm on Claire's shoulder. "All of the guys here, myself included, are all of a noble bloodline. Lord Grimm wants you to start searching for a husband. He believes in strength by numbers. So if you create your own through marriage. Then, not only will you carry on your bloodline like he wants. You'll increase his numbers."

"He wants me to pick a suitor, here, now, at this party." Claire scoffed. "Like I'd ever," She took his arm off her. "I'm not going to auction myself to some noble blooded guy just because Lord Grimm wants me to. There's this thing called "Standards." I'm not my sister, I'm far from it," She went to walk away but Serge grinned.

"You know," Serge rubbed his chin. "You do have some options. There's me, handsome, great for making children. I'm great with my ability and we'd start a pretty badass pack together. If I'm not to your liking," He placed his hand on his chest. "There's Terrain,"

"You mean the guy who shoved his tongue down my throat." Claire glared at him. "No way, he's a total pervert, he had no right to force himself on me like that. I don't care if Alexis did talk him into it, it doesn't make it okay. So he's out."

"If he's out, then," Serge rubbed his chin. "There's my brother Xavier, he's kind of a bookworm, if that's what you're into. He's smart, a great strategist, he can heal, I mean, he's alright. Though, if I were you, I'd stick with me." He pulled her close. "Trust me, babe, one night with me, and a touch from these fingers." He lightly touched her skin and she felt sharp vibrations running throughout her whole body. "I promise you, you'll get off before I do. Because," He brought his lips to her ear. "I can do that with more than just my fingers." He whispered. Claire blushed.

"Well ugh," Claire moved away from him. "I have two words for you," She held up two fingers. "Purity," She held up a finger. "Ring." She held up a second finger. "So keep your vibrating fingers to yourself." She walked away from him. She stared at Yule as he stood there by Alejandro with his wife. Her lips were on his neck, kissing his skin as he exchanged looks with Alejandro. It looked as if they were arguing without words.

Claire's eyes lingered on Yule's shirtless body. The boy was sculpted for the gods so handsome. She licked her lips, if she could guess what his skin tasted like. She'd say ice cream, the kind that melts on your tongue, so delicious you'd get lost in the taste of it. Married or not, she had to meet this boy. She walked over to him. It's time to practice one of her sister's flirting techniques. She said it worked on all the guys. Hopefully, he was no exception.

"Hey there," Claire batted her eyelashes at him. She ran her finger through her hair and stared at his lips as she talked. "So, um, you're Nikan's oldest son, I never would have thought. He'd raise such a cutie." Yule blushed.

"Believe it or not," Yule rubbed the back of his neck. "You're not the first girl who's told me that." He flashed his wedding ring at her. "So would you kindly," He let out a moan as his wife nibbled on his ear. "Babe, stop, you know that excites me. Try to behave,"

"How could I?" His wife pulled him by his belt. "After seeing you fight the great Alejandro one on one. You were so brave, so hot, I knew you were training hard but I never knew you were training that hard. Just look at those muscles." She felt his arms as he flexed for her. "My baby is strong as hell, I bet you'll be able to make it to Alpha in a week tops." She wrapped her arms around him and squeezed his ass.

Claire growled, his wife was doing this on purpose. Her hands were all over his chest, his nipples, his abs, feeling every inch of his remarkable skin. It was like she was telling Claire that he belonged to her. She brought her lips close to his and he brought her to his lips. The two of them were making out in front of her. His wife kissed along Yule's tender neck. He let out a sharp moan soaking up the attention. He stared into Alejandro's eyes as wife continued to touch his bare chest. Alejandro did a simple nod and Yule picked up his wife effortlessly.

"Excuse us," Yule smiled at his wife. "We're going to make a baby," Lycan cheered as Yule carried his wife into Alejandro's tent. Alejandro tipped his glass to him and took a drink. The entrance to Alejndro's tent closed behind them.

"Look Nikan," Lycan spoke as he sat in a lawn chair across from him. "Yule's grown into a strong kid. He's always been strong. So, with that said," He leaned in. "I want him, what would it take for you to entrust Yule to me. He belongs in NightShade. He speaks Alejandro. I know I'll trade you for him." He offered. "I'll give you Jayson for Yule." Nikan shook his head. "Jay?" He shook his head again. "Hell, I'll trade you both the twins." Alejandro tapped his shoulder as if it was to remind him that Jay and Jayson are his kids. "I know, but, it's Yule, he's a prodigy, we need him in NightShade. Imagine how strong we'll be with him in our pack. The time for him to be cradled by his father is over. It's time he got away from the Elemental Guard and made a fresh start in a new pack. My pack, I promise, I'll take good care of him." Nikan shook his head again. "Fine, I'll trade you my wife for Yule. He's far more useful than she is."

"That's my sister," Claire yelled. "You can't trade my sister. What's wrong with you?" She glared at Lycan.

"Well let's see," Lycan rubbed his chin. "It's NightShade's birthday, NightShade, you know the pack we're in. The pack I dedicated my entire life to building. This pack is one of my greatest accomplishments. You know who isn't here to celebrate it with me. My wife," He growled. "She annoys the hell out of me. I asked her for one blowjob on my special night. She flat out refused, I'm the Prince, future king of the werewolves. I deserve a blowjob from my wife. It's the least she can do. Since, I'm the one pampering her with gifts. So yeah," He took a drink. "I'll trade her for Yule in a heartbeat, just tell me where to sign."

"Yule is non negotiable. He stays with me. He's my strongest." Nikan replied. "He holds my pack together. The day, he becomes an Alpha and starts a werewolf pack of his own. That's the day. I will retire. I love my kids to death but if you take Yule from the pack. The others start to fight over who's in charge. They argue, they bicker, they give me a headache. Some days, I just want to strangle them. So Yule keeps them safe." He added. "So, Yule's not for sale, there's nobody in your pack, I'd trade him with."

"I see well," Lycan grinned. "If negotiating with you won't work." Nikan growled as if he was daring Lycan to try him. "Hey Yule," He yelled. "How'd you like to join my pack? Stay with Uncle Lycan, you'll get your very own cabin. Consider it, a sign on, present. I'll build it myself, I'll make it big enough for you, your wife, and your daughter to live in."

"Hey," Nikan poured cold water on Lycan. "Don't you bribe my son." Yule came out of the tent. He was in solid black boxers when he came out. Claire's eyes widened. The boxers drew attention to his nice toned ass and his. She couldn't help it. She had to know. How big was he? Claire tried to look at his bulge but she stopped herself. For a guy that handsome, he had to be packing. Wait, no bad Claire, she's not Raven but he's so hot. For someone with ice powers, he sure knew how to make a girl melt.

"My own cabin you say?" Yule asked. He scratched his groin and Claire's eyes watched his hand as his nails grazed the fabric of his skin tight underwear. "Father, I always wanted my own cabin." He glanced over at Claire and followed her eyes. He flashed his wedding ring at her again. Right, married, why can't she seem to remember that. His wife came out of the tent and had her hands on his chest feeling his chest slowly. Claire growled as the woman made a point to squeeze her husband's ass in front of her. It was like she was telling Claire, all of this was hers and she couldn't have it. Claire growled and turned away from Yule.

"Okay," Nikan replied. "I'll build you one," Yule's face lit up. He held his hand up and his wife gave him a high five. "You just get back in there and have sex with your wife. Don't listen to Uncle Lycan, he's a liar." Yule grabbed his wife and brought her back into the tent. His boxers laid there and at the edge of the entrance. That must mean, Claire tried to take a peek inside if only to see more of him but his lower half was covered in blankets. "Great, now, I got to build him a cabin." He took a drink. "Thanks a lot, Lycan, you asshole."

Claire wasn't sure what compelled her to do this. As she watched Yule make love to his wife. She realized, it wasn't so much him that she craved but the life his wife had. The life that he was able to give her. It was no question that he loved her, she could tell by his hands. The way they were touching her. The slight moans from her lips as he moved his hips taking his time with every thrust. Her hands in his white hair as they kissed each other. This wasn't sex, this was making love. She wanted that.

Claire wanted a man who could give her that. A man who even though he knew he outranked her saw her as his queen. She never thought much about relationships for the first time she knew what she wanted. For a split second, Yule's image changed to that of Jay. He was on top of her and the two of them were in bed together. Husband and wife, her and Jay, of course, she had a guy who felt that way about her. She turned him down, she's been turning him down this whole-, a pillow flew and hit in the face. The image of Jay faded,

"Hey," Yule screamed. "What the hell are you doing in here? I'm trying to-," Claire's eyes shot open just realizing what she did. She walked in on him having sex with his wife. "Do you mind," Wife clung his chest glaring at her. She was wrapped up in blankets trying to shield them both from her eyes.

"I'm so sorry, I was just-," Claire covered her mouth. "I'm so sorry, it's just I've ever seen anyone do it before and I was curious and I don't know what came over me. I'm so sorry, forgive the intrusion, I'll just-,"

"Stop talking and get out." Yule threw another pillow at her. Claire left the tent. She can't believe she did that. The second she stepped out of the tent. Nikan dropped his drink on the floor. Lycan's jaw dropped. Alejandro shook his head at her.

"Did you just walk in on my son?" Nikan smacked his forehead. "Lycan, please tell me, you're wolf did not ruin my son's intimate moment with his wife. Because if she walked in on my son while he was um, busy. I might have to kill it."

"You might kill it," Lycan laughed. "Claire, if that boy doesn't finish inside his wife and provide me with a male child. You won't have to worry about Nikan killing you. I'll kill you, I need that boy to have a son Claire. So I can steal it."

"So you can, what?" Nikan threw water at Lycan. "Not my grandbaby, you stay away. That's my grandbaby and I'm going to help raise it. You can't steal my grandbaby, Lycan, that is wrong, I will beat your ass for my grandbaby."

"I'm going to steal it, Nikan," Lycan argued. "I'm going to make that child love me by showering it with gifts and toys. That baby will be begging to join NightShade by the time I'm done. Uncle Lycan is going to be his favorite Uncle of all time. You got Yule, his firstborn son, that's mine, that's all mine. I'm claiming it."

"Like hell you are," Nikan argued. "You better not spoil my grandbaby. Lycan, Lycan, if you spoil my grandbaby. I will shove my foot up your ass. You can't have my grandbaby, I'm claiming it and all the grandbabies that come after it. They are all my grandbabies." Lycan grinned. "Lycan, I mean it, you better leave my grandbaby alone."

"I need to find Jay," Claire walked off.