Theo had to go take care of things with my pack and call his father at his. Him and I have discussed many options to keep everyone safe, but none of them seems actually fool proof.

Things keep getting worse and worse. It seems to me that the only choice I have is to either kill myself so they don't get to me The thought of killing myself makes me feel horrible. I can't do that, to myself or to my family. Or I can change my identity, leaving behind everyone.

Kelsia said that that could be done. She said I could trick people. So if I wanted to live my life I could be only one thing. A werewolf or a witch. I can choose which part of myself to hide away, but if I hide it-it has to stay hidden unless I choose a different identity again. Vampires, werewolves, and witches wouldn't know I was a hybrid.

The way she explained it to me confused the hell out of me, especially since she only heard that can be done. She doesn't know how to actually do it.

So I'm back at square one with limited options.

On the plus side after a lot of work, Kelsia has taught me how to use my abilities whenever I want. She says that I can always improve, but I consider lifting my bed off the floor is plenty for me.

"Come on, we are going to eat." Theo says from the doorway. I'm folding my clothes and I still have't left my room.

"Nope." I simply say and continue folding. I love my pack, but my parents haven't even spoken to me and from what Theo has said is that Luna Bethany thinks I'm a threat. It's best to avoid that awkward situation in the making.

So I think I would rather stay up here.

"Seriously? I knew I shouldn't had even told you about the Luna." He scoffs and I roll my eyes.

"It isn't just the Luna Theo." I defend. Theo comes closer, standing in front of me with his arms crossed.

"What your parents? You saved Jamie and all they can see is that you lied to them. They will get over it. " He says swinging his hands around in a dramatic manner. I raise my eyebrow at him.

"Sure they will." I mumbled and get up to put away the clothes.

Theo walks closer to me and before I am aware of what is happening he pins me against the wall, I drop my neatly folded clothes and they scatter on the floor.

Theo's lips hover over mine and I let out an uneasy breath. "Yo-u better fold those back." I say, stuttering.

Theo's lips draw into a grin, "I will, after dinner." He still has my hands pinned against the wall. My breast pressed up against his chest, making my nipples hard and excited.

"I told you I am not going." I hold my ground even though I feel like I'm on cloud 9 with how close our bodies are to each other. Everything in my body tingled and told me to kiss him.

"You're ridiculous you know that?" He says sarcastically. I nod my head slowly, my eyes flicker from his eyes to his lips.

Back and forth.

Remember your breathing exercises JC.

"Yeah." I draw out awkwardly. Theo's eyes train on mine and he brings his hand down, from holding my wrist against the wall and cups my left cheek.

The sudden movement makes my heart beat even harder if that is possible.

"You are the most gorgeous girl I have ever met." He compliments and traces his thumb across my cheek, then to my bottom lip, pulling it down slightly.

I'm stunned in place and blink several times to try to regain composure and control in the moment.

Kissing him wouldn't be bad, but I don't want to make things more complicated than they already are. But what if him and I connecting uncomplicates things and brings some happiness in my life?

Before I can properly make up my mind, Theo steps back. "I won't say it again, let's go eat. I'm hungry."

I find myself not arguing this time and just follow him out the door to the dining hall.

He holds my hand as we walk and once we arrive, every one is already sitting and eating, all the chairs full.

"Let's just get a plate of food and go back upstairs." I whisper to Theo.

"You forget that I am the future Alpha and you are the future Luna of my home pack. They will not make us stand up to eat." He replies and glances at me. We gather some food our plates.

Out of everything that should have been on my mind, that hasn't even crossed it.

I can't be a hybrid and a Luna. I will be constantly putting my pack at risk. Does he actually think that that would be a good thing to do? I'm sure his father will not approve. If there isn't a target on Theo's back now, there will be.

When is this supposed to take place anyway? I make a mental note to address that arising problem.

I notice Drake and Jared getting up from their spot at the end of the table to give us a seat immediately when they see us standing with our plate of food. The rest of the members notice us not long after that. Alpha James motions for us to sit down and Luna Bethany sits watching us while bouncing her baby on her lap.

Jared and Drake excuse themselves to the kitchen, and both of the men smile at me respectfully. I probably need to talk to them soon, to thank them.

Theo and I sit down while some watch us carefully, and other's continue in their conversations.

Theo and I join hands under the table and traditionally say a blessing on our food silently, since everyone else has already done so. Then we begin eating.

I remain keeping my eyes trained on the plate of food in front of me, but I glance up to see Jamie smiling at me and waved his hand. Hey Sis, long time no see. He mind links me. My mother and father notice this and tell him to go up to his room, since his plate is already clean.

Jamie nods, and gets up. I'm sure if the Alpha and Luna weren't here he would argue with him, but he respectfully listens and excuses himself too.

My mother looks at me briefly, but continues to eat her meal. My appetite has long been lost, but I continue eating my food. Theo's hand goes under the table and rests on my right thigh, which soothes me.

"So what's the plan, for the rouges?" Luna Bethany asks suddenly. She's looking at Theo and I accusingly. Everyone else who was having a conversation stopped talking and focused on the four of it. Alpha James cleared his throat, and looked at his mate.

"We can discuss this at a later time." He says to her softly.

"I think we should discuss it now." She smiles at James and he nods uncomfortably.

"Fine." Alpha James stands. Some people are slightly confused about what she is talking about. So there is clear panic in their faces.

"So, some of you may not be aware about JC. She is a hybrid between a witch and werewolf." Some people start talking and asking questions, but James's voice overpowers them and they quieten down. " The danger we face is that if the rouges get JC's blood. They will become immortal and stronger than even an Alpha."

I lean back in my chair and put my fork down as the pack members eyes zero in on me. Theo runs his hands up and down my thigh, keeping me calm.

"James, I wasn't talking about that." Luna Bethany cuts in and I relax. But everyone's eyes are still on me. I could bet top dollar that Luna Bethany knew her mate would think that's what she was talking about. The members of the pack haven't been told about it other than our warriors.

So now, everyone knows.

"What were you talking about?" He asks her, clearly annoyed.

" I'm talking about Drake and Jared. We are letting them walk around the pack house freely and without supervision. They should be in the cells until we figure out what to do with them." She says innocently and like that's what we should've been talking about all along.

"Like hell you will." I blurt out, staring my Luna down. She nor Alpha James will put my friend in the cells. They don't deserve it. Drake and Jared are seated in the kitchen, watching it all unfold.

"Excuse me?" She raises to her seat. One of the pack women take her baby out of her arms.

Great, I just challenged my Luna.

Alpha James gets up and touches his mates arm to calm her which I can tell helps some. Her facial features relax, but she looks at me venomously. "I am your Luna." She says as if I should respect everything she has to say, with no objections.

"Yes, I apologize Luna Bethany. But those two are my friends. They've both saved me life and they haven't done anything wrong to deserve to be put in the cells." I swallowed my pride even though I very much would like to challenge her.

I think she's forgetting I am much stronger than her, and I'm a Luna as well now. I wouldn't want to fight her. She's mean and hateful sometimes, but she has a family and I like Alpha James.

He just needs to get a hold on his mate.

Theo's hand grips my thigh in warning, but I slap his hand off my thigh.

"What I say goes! Right now, they are a threat until we can prove they are not." She's still standing beside her mate and he's looking at me with pity, but also anger at his mate.

"Try to get to know them. They aren't a threat. Jared is just a kid and Drake has a bad past, but they are good men." I say back. I can feel myself getting angrier and angrier by the minute.

Alpha James finally interjects into the conversation and as soon as he stands so does Theo and myself.

"Let's go talk about this shall we, in private?"

Luna Bethany and I nod immediately and step out in the hall and start walking to Alpha James office. Theo and James in two behind.

The Luna doesn't say anything to me as we walk, but I can tell she's itching to pick a fight.

We all enter his office, and I see that James has brought Drake and Jared along.

Bethany looks at them with disgust and I go to stand beside them in support.

"JC, you know the rules. We usually don't even allow rouges in our pack unless it's under special circumstances. " James says and Bethany nods her head, looking at me up and down.

"It is special circumstances Sir. They protected JC. If they hadn't they probably would be an army of werewolves taking over the world now." Theo says respectfully.

Bethany scoffs and I look at her, "You don't think so?"

"You could have protected yourself out there perfectly fine. You didn't need them. They were probably just random rouges you used to take care of your heat." She crosses her arms across her chest, glaring at me even harder if that's possible.

I'm very offended by her words, so are Theo, Jared, and Drake. We all have low growls erupt in our throats.

"How dare you? I can tell you first hand that JC hasn't been with anyone like that. Also, she did protect herself, but these guys-" Theo pointed to Jared and Drake. "-have done more than you even know, or she knows about."

"I'm sure she can even protect herself. She's a werewol and a witch! She doesn't need us. We don't need to lose good warriors to just protect her."

Alpha James looks stunned that his mate even said that to me. "Stop Bethany."

I feel myself getting hot headed, I can't really distinguish if it's my wolf or the witch part coming out. She thinks the warriors would die just to protect me? In doing so, they would die protecting everyone.

I don't want anyone to die, and I certainly don't like the idea of needing protection, but I can't do anything about that.

Bethany looks at James and gives him a look. He clenches his teeth and looks at me.

"We are going to protect you JC, don't worry." He says and Bethany let out a gasp.

"We have children here James, we have a child. Can't Theo's pack take her? We have more to lose than them."

Theo grabs my hand, and I hear Drake and Jared both let out a sigh and they shake their head in disbelief. Bethany insinuating that Theo's home pack doesn't have anything to lose is so inconsiderate of her. She doesn't even know them or how many families are there.

Everyone has something to lose. Everyone has someone they love. Which is why she is right, anyone I am connected to can lose everything.

"No, she is our family Bethany. She grew up here." James said. I know it is super embarrassing for him to fighting with his mate in front of us, but he is standing his ground the best he can. She sure isn't backing down.

"She is nothing like us." Alpha James lets out aggravated growl and he turns to Bethany.

"I said stop." Bethany jumps at his loud words and mumbles an apology to James. I know she doesn't mean it. She want me gone.

"Come on. We leave in the morning." Theo says to me, Drake and Jared. I guess Theo finally had enough too.

Theo looks at Bethany with disgust as she slightly smiles at what he says.

I decide to give Bethany one last resentful filled look, before walking out the door. Once the door is closed, I hear James and Bethany get in a heated argument right away.

I want to hurt her, but I'm sure she's not worried about that because Jame probably told her that is my biggest fear. She just better be glad I didn't snap.

I walk immediately back to my room and burst into tears. Theo grabs me and holds me. Drake and Jared close the door behind them as my sobs get louder. I can't control them and it's as if I have held them in for years.

"Shhh." Theo shushes me, but I just keep crying. I keep letting it out and it feels good. I just hate looking weak in front of them. For someone who doesn't want to die, Bethany sure made me feel like that's exactly what I need to do.

I finally stand from the floor and look at Drake and Jared.

"What did Theo mean when he said you've both protected me more than I knew?"

Drake shifts in his stance and walks up to me, "The one rouge that got into your room that one night, he had more with him. I kept them away." I remember lying and telling Drake I just threw up on the guy.

I sniffle back a sob and look at Jared, "And you?"

"My job wasn't just to give you a sandwich with poison. It was first to drink your blood. They said it would make me strong. They gave me a knife, but I threw it away before coming in your room."

To this day, I am still amazed that Jared hasn't let the way he grew up define him. He still wants to be a good person and I'm forever thankful he chose to not hurt me. But they were wanted Jared to basically be a guinea pig, how messed up is that?

But the fact these rouges have tried getting to me through a child and then now knowing there were more rouges that Drake kept away from me, I feel like I'm going to explode. I've already put both of them at risk for the rouges.

I stand up and look at the closest thing I could find, which was a hairbrush on my dresser. I pick it up with my telekinesis, then throw it across the room and through the wall.

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Who all hates Luna Bethany?

Or who think's she's right to think that is dangerous for the pack to protect her?

What about that almost kiss?! 29 chapters and it still hasn't happened, whaaat? Hope you guys aren't mad!"😋😊