Quinn pulled herself up off the ground, deciding that she had cried enough. Although it wasn't revealed in the most ideal way, she felt a slight sense of relief; a weight was lifted from her shoulders now that everything was out in the open.

She made her way back home, enjoying walking in the warmth of the sun and the light breeze that blew past her.

When she reached her house, she felt relief that her mother wasn't home. She must be preparing lunch right now.

Quinn rummaged through the freezer until she found what she was looking for. Score! She exclaimed locating the rocky road ice cream. Grabbing the pint, Quinn quickly made her way upstairs and into her room where she ran herself a hot bath.

Quinn placed her phone on the ledge, quickly undressed and slipped into the summery water. She let out a sigh of relief feeling her tense muscles relax immediately.

She felt around for her phone and put on her favorite playlist. Laying back against the tub wall, she opened the pint of ice cream and dug in with her oversized spoon.

After about half an hour later there was faint knocking at the front door. Quinn opened her eyes and inhaled, hoping to recognize who it was without having to get up. The familiar scent of coffee hit her nostrils and she tensed up.

If I can sense him, surely he can sense me too. If I don't answer, maybe he'll get the hint and leave. She closed her eyes a laid back down, deciding she'd ignore his presence at her front door.

"Quinn! I know you're in there. Can you let me in please!" Christopher yelled knowing she'd hear him. He waited a few more minutes for a response but after a while decided it was best to leave and he walked away.

"Finally.." she said relaxing and closing her eyes again.

A couple hours later, a knock on Quinn's bathroom door startled her awake. She had fallen asleep in the tub.

"Sweetheart, can I come in" asked Ellie from the side of the door.

"One sec mom," Quinn got up and out of the tub putting on a fluffy lilac robe. She walked out of the bathroom and into her bedroom giving her mom a warm smile and motioning for Ellie to join her on the bed.

"What's up mom?"

" I just wanted to make sure you were okay. I'm not going to make you tell me anything. I just want you to know that I'll be your support no matter what and when you are ready to talk to me, I'll be here.

Quinn embraced her mom, giving her a tight squeeze and saying in almost a whisper, "Thank you, mom. You're the best."

She pulled away and looked her in the eyes, "I'm okay. Everything is going to be okay. You don't have to worry."

"Honey," she says cupping Quinn's cheek with her hand, " I'm your mom, it is literally my job to worry."

"I love you, mother of mine."

"I love you too, daughter of mine."

Ellie got up from the bed and began walking towards the door. "okay then!" She exclaimed "I'll leave you be for now. If you need anything come find me okay?"

"Sounds good. I'm going to go see what Alivia is up to, but I'll catch up with you for dinner prep okay?"

With a smile, Ellie left.

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After getting somewhat presentable, because let's face it, I'm not getting dolled up to do kitchen duty later, Quinn went out to meet her friend.

'Alivia...?"

'Quinn! For the love of goddess, where the hell have you been? I've been trying to get ahold of your for hours!'

'I know, I just needed a little me time. Are you busy? Can we meet?'

'I'm at the training grounds with the guys. We're discussing preparations for a vamped up patrol. Meet me here and we'll talk after this is done.'

'Yeah, sounds good. I'll be there in like 5 mins.'

'K!'

When Quinn arrived, a good portion of the trackers and warriors were there taking orders from Evan. Sarah was at his side while Christopher, Ruben and Alivia were behind him.

She decided to just sit off to the side away from the group so she didn't interrupt them. Christopher noticed her immediately, stealing glances every couple of minutes.

"It's very important you listen to the direction of Christopher and Ruben. It is likely he isn't here but we must be prepared for the chance he may show up. Although he isn't strong, he has been able to evade being caught by several strong packs and with that being the case, we cannot risk him getting too far into this territory. Understood?"

"Yes alpha," shouted the group in unison.

"Good! You know who is in charge of your section, if you run into any issues, contact them. Ruben and Christopher will be going around to their respective groups in rounds just in case. My group, be ready. Now that you have your orders, you are dismissed to your stations."

As the crowd started to disperse, Alivia ran to Quinn. "Hey," she said out of breath.

"What's going on here?"

"It seems Michael hasn't been located anywhere and Evan is afraid he might be heading here." Christopher said walking up behind a Alivia, startling the two girls.

"Uh, what?" Said Quinn growing concerned.

Alivia gave Christopher an annoyed side-eye and linked her arm into Quinn's dragging her along and trying to make distance between the girls and Christopher.

"It's like he said... but you don't need to worry okay? This is more of a precaution. There's no evidence he's even here."

"Okay," said Quinn visibly shaken.

"Are you okay? Not just with this but with everything that happened earlier?"

"I think so," said Quinn "I'm just glad that's it's all out. Ya know?"

"Yeah.. and don't worry about that asshole Christopher. I already warned him about leaving you alone. If he crosses the line, let me know and I'll take care of it."

For the first time in a while, Quinn genuinely laughed. "Oh yeah? What are you going to do?"

"I have my ways," said Alivia with a mischievous smile on her face.

"I definitely have to see that."

"If he fucks around again you will."

"I'm looking forward to it."