When Adam finally pulled away I took a deep breath but still let my head rest against the bed. I had my eyes closed but opened them immediately when I felt a hand brush up along my chest.

"What are you doing?" I asked as Adam gently pushed his fingers against various places. He tilted his head a little and looked at me intensely.

"You don't feel anything?" He finally asked and I gave him a confused look. I followed his eyes and looked down on my bare chest and saw that his fingers were pressed against one of the grazes. I had forgotten about them but now when he mentioned it...

"Well yeah it hurts but it's not like I'll die. I've had worse." I said slowly and Alex growl was heard before I even got the chance to finish speaking.

"If I ever come across that asshole I will seriously kill him." Alex growled and I gave him a surprised look.

"What?" I said in disbelief and his dark gaze met mine.

"I said I will kill him if I ever see him." Alex repeated and I violently started to shake my head.

"No, definitely not! Nein, contra, όχι(pronounced óhi), против (pronounced "protiv"), non!* I will not have you running around killing people! Especially not because of me!" I yelled at Alex. The three of them all eyed me in both surprise and wariness and I could see Alex eyes narrow slightly.

"I will not apologize for defending and protecting my mate Ash, and if it's necessary I will not hesitate to kill anyone who even dares lay a finger on you. I suggest you get over it." Alex answered and his brothers nodded in agreement.

What the fuck, were they really serious about this?!

"Hell no! I said no and I mean no and I suggest you get over it!" I stated in a serious voice. I would not cave on this. Killing people were wrong and that's that. I don't care if they're werewolves or whatever. They have to obey the law just like everybody else.

"Just think about it for a second. Imagine if I were to die or get hurt by someone, then what would you do huh? It's okay to get attached to people and have feelings for them but not so much that you would kill for them, you get it? It would not bring them back you know." I said and when I had finished I swear you could literally feel the temperature drop in the room. I watched as Alex began to shake, Adams eyes grew dark and Anton started to growl dangerously.

Whoa not really the reaction I had expected...was it something I said...?

Suddenly Anton and Adam shifted their attention away from me and focused solely on Alex's shaking form. They stopped what they were doing to look at him for a while before they gave each other a meaningful glance. What were they doing?

Although his brothers' attention were now completely directed on him Alex had his dark eyes locked on me and I couldn't help but squirm under his intense stare. He sure could be scary and intimidating when he wanted to...

I decided to test the waters a little and while he had his eyes on me I over explicitly rolled my eyes and pouted a little. I got the response immediately. Before anyone could react Alex threw himself towards me and I yelped and tumbled into Adam, who was sitting behind me, in my attempt to get out of his reach.

Hell this was not one of my greater ideas, I admit.

Adam groaned when I slammed into him but before he could do or even say anything I had crawled behind him, effectively putting him between Alex and myself. Alex came face to face with Adam and growled a little.

"Move."He said in a dark voice.

"No stay where you are!" I yelled at Adam and that earned me another loud growl from Alex. If he moved now there would be nothing preventing Alex from catching me and I swallowed slightly. I silently prayed for him not to move and for once I had luck on my side when Anton decided to speak up.

"No Alex, calm down. You're losing yourself to your wolf's instincts. Take a deep breath okay? You don't want to scare him do you?" He said in a calm voice and Alex dark eyes flickered to his older brother's calm expression for a second before he turned his focus back on me. Another moment passed in silence before he suddenly sat back a little and his eyes got back some of their original blue color. I breathed a sigh in relief and gave him an innocent look which he only narrowed his eyes at.

"Who said I didn't want to scare him?" Alex mumbled and I shot him a wary glance. He wanted to scare me huh? That's quite funny actually. I couldn't help it as I started to laugh and that earned me confused stares from all three brothers.

"You wouldn't be able to scare a kitten Alex, no less me." I said while laughing.

Okay I was lying, he could be super scary if he wanted to but I didn't want him to get too full of himself. Alex growled slightly at me and I think I heard Adam mutter in amusement: "I guess you weren't scared when you whimpered earlier then". Alex smirk told me he had heard what Adam had said and I stopped laughing and glared at them both. I guess I was right when I thought earlier that they wouldn't let me forget that.

Yeey for me...not...

"So...what now?" I changed the topic as I scanned the room for a clock. My eyes fell on the alarm clock standing on the bedside table and I was surprised to see that it was already 6 pm. I had officially spent a whole freaking day at my kidnappers' side. Okay fine... I hadn't actually spent all the time with them, because I was busy running around tripping over myself in the woods, but you get the memo. A whole day had passed since Kate and I were taken and as far as I suspected nobody even knew we were missing yet. Our foster dad only cared about himself so I would be surprised if he even remembered us at all. Without noticing it I had made a disgusted grimace but I quickly snapped out of it when Alex spoke.

"I'm tired." He said and I glared at him in irritation.

"You're tired? Think about me, I bet I'm more tired than you've ever been before. Well screw that it wasn't what I meant anyway. I meant: what am I supposed to do now?" I said as I made an irritated gesture with my hand. Alex regarded me for a moment before he slowly said:

"Not sure what you mean, Sparky. I'll give you some new pants and then you're sleeping."

I stared at him but he ignored me as he got up from the bed and walked up to the big walk-in closet. Who the hell did he think he was, telling me what to do?! He disappeared for a few seconds and when he came back out he threw a piece of clothing at me. I caught it before it hit my face and I shot him an icy glare.

"Keep them." I said simply as I threw them back at him and that earned me a fiery glare in response.

"I swear his only doing it to provoke me! Do something Anton I bet he'd listened to you anyway." Alex growled and I huffed at his words.

"As if." I thought in irritation as I glanced at Anton sitting on the foot of the bed. What made Alex think I would listen to him? Anton met Alex gaze calmly but then he sighed and turned his head slightly in my direction. I met his gaze without thinking and his eyes suddenly pinned me down. It was hard to explain but something had shifted in his eyes and his whole demeanor suddenly screamed 'obey'. It took everything in my might for me not to shy backwards and break eye contact with him and the feeling made me uncomfortable.

"Take the pants Ash." He said in a determined voice and I stared at him transfixed. What was this feeling? Was it...hesitation? Wait what? Was I seriously considering obeying just because he had a scary gaze? Yeah I was. Shit, I violently shook my head to clear my thoughts and shot him my strongest glare. I wasn't going to let them keep ordering me around.

"I said I didn't want them." I said in an irritated tone. Suddenly Anton's eyes flashed to a darker color but they were back to normal instantly, leaving me wondering if I had imagined it all. He kept his gaze on me though and after a while he shrugged his shoulders in a carless manner and said in a firm voice:

"Well either you take them or you're sleeping naked, your choice."

I could feel my eyes grow big and my mouth fell open in surprise as I processed his words. I stared at him for a long time but when he didn't even bat an eye at my shocked face and rising anger I finally let out a growl and threw my hands out in resignation.

"Fine, fine just give me them." I seethed as I jumped of the bed and walked up to Alex who also seemed to be surprised by Anton's words. He soon snapped out of it though and shot me a wicked grin as he threw the pants at me for a second time. This time I kept them as I turned and started walking towards the bathroom door.

"Where do you think you're going?" Alex voice stopped me in my tracks and I shot him a confused eye.

"Where do you think? I'm going to change to these?" I said in irritation and Alex surprised me by smiling slightly.

"Do you think we're idiots? Of course we're not letting you go in there just so you can end up climbing out that window again." He said in an amused tone and I stared at him for a second before I answered:

"Well I'm not changing out here you perv."

Adam laughed at this and Anton actually grinned at me in amusement.

"Too bad, I guess you're sleeping naked then?" Alex simply said as he flopped down on the bed again and I clenched my teeth tightly to prevent myself from cursing him out. I shot a glance towards the bathroom and contemplated running for it. I guess Adam guessed what I was thinking because he chuckled lightly and said:

"Try it and we'll see how far you'll get."

I sighed in resignation and shot him a tired look. Suddenly my eyes fell on the still opened door to the walk-in closet and I couldn't help the grin that lit up my face.

Yes! I was saved.

"I'll change in there." I simply said and I didn't even wait for their response as I walked up to the closet and stepped inside. I shut the door cutting of Alex protests about this being 'silly behavior' and quickly pulled off my old pants. I was just about to change into the new ones as my eyes landed on some briefs in a drawer.

Well what the hell? They owned me some anyway...

When I had picked out a pair of black briefs and put them on I quickly pulled the pants on. They were slightly too big but it had to make do for now.

I was just about to turn around and make my way back to the bedroom when my eyes landed on something familiar on the floor. Lying there were the bag I had packed Kate's clothes in and draped over it were my jacket. I had forgotten all about it but I guess someone had brought them in from the car I had left them in when we got here this morning.

Wait a minute...did this mean what I thought it meant...? I reached out and took a hold of my jacket. I pulled the pocket open and there it was...my phone.

My beautiful phone.

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* He's saying 'no' in different languages.