"Rogues" came my dads voice as he threw my bedroom door open. I bolted out of bed and took off down stairs. Sending Tessa and Melissa a mind link to get all the women and children who couldn't fight into the underground bunkers. Reaching the kitchen and sighting my mother, I thought it best if she gets somewhere safe. "Mum, go and get yourself and Luna Black in the bunkers. We can take care of this" I say glancing at dad.

"Don't be stupid I can hold my own as you know and sweetie just remember your the Luna now." My mum stated matter of factly.

"I know but to me Ava will always be my Luna." I answered heading out the front door.

I jumped off the porch transforming into Ella before my paws even hit the ground. Looking around I see our pack has the advantage again over the rogues. I see Charlotte sauntering out of the forest with a huge grin on her face. Not long after Phil comes out both of them heading to the pack house. Why aren't they fighting? I see Damon's wolf Edmund surrounded by five wolves and run to his side. Snapping the first rogues neck I come to, and throwing another out of the way I'm now standing beside Edmund. He brushes up against Ella's side marking his scent into her before quickly licking her snout. Snarling at a black and white wolf Edmund goes straight for his neck. Ella decided to go for a brown and white one that bit her rear end. Growling and snapping my jaws I got hold of his thick fur on the side. Lifting my right paw I cut into his side. The rogue whimpered in pain as blood spilled.

While the rogue was trying to lick at his side I tore his jugular out ending his life. The other wolf a light brown one howled in distress. I've killed her mate I thought as she came charging at me biting into my side. I quickly spun around and nipped her left hind leg then I dropped down onto the ground swiping at her under belly. By the looks of all the blood I got her good. She fights back and sinks her teeth into my back, Ella lets out a howl as she stands up onto her hind legs bucking the rogue off. She goes flying and lands on her back sliding along the ground. Ella charges after her and finishes her off.

I feel a disconnection through the pack link and know that a pack member has lost their life. Oh crap it's someone we know I thought as I hear my mum's deep sorrowful howl. I lift me head and scan around trying to locate her. I spot her across the field and she's standing over my dad's motionless wolf. No! not my dad, please not my dad. I let out my own howl of pain as the tears start to flow freely at the agony of losing my dad.

I start to run towards her as I notice four rogues gaining on her. Anger and rage consumes me and as I'm trying to get to her I see a shimmering bubble escape from my eyes. As it's engulfing my parents the rogues go flying backwards in the air. I didn't have the time to analyse what just happened as my main target was reaching my mum. I finally reach her shifting back into my human form I get down on my knees. After five minutes of trying to heal my dad I still can't detect a heart beat. I try again and again, I couldn't revive him, I was to late. Mum shifted back into her human form as we sit on the cold hard ground wrapped up in each other's arms crying and mourning the loss of a father and a husband together. As the agony and pain consumes us the fighting happening around us becomes like a distant memory.

I don't know how long we sat there for or who wrapped us up in thick blankets as the snow started to fall. All I know is we held each other like it would be the last. Both of us knowing things would no longer be the same. Damon, Alpha and Luna Black approached us as the sun went down. Gathering me up in his arms Damon held me while I clung to him silently crying into his chest.

Sitting on the family couch with a hot cup of tea in one hand trying to warm up my chilled body, I swipe away the tears that silently fall down my cheeks with the other. I'm so angry at the moon goddess for taking my dad. What I can't wrap my head around nor can anyone else is the fact that my mum is still here. Usually when a mate dies the other dies as well or the wolf will go absolutely crazy. Yes she's emotional and upset because of losing her fated mate but there is no sign of dad's death affecting her wolf. Luna Black is going to get Dr Grey to check on her.

As I hear Alpha and Luna Black talking quietly with mum in the kitchen a few hours later Damon comes towards me and sits me in his lap. "I'm sorry Phoebe he was a really great Beta and friend not only to dad but to every pack member." I lift my hand to wipe my cheeks with my fingers, but before I can wipe my tears away new ones fall. I nod my head to acknowledge I had heard him before I bury my head down into his chest.

The next couple of days went by in a blur. The pain of losing my dad had buried deep inside of my chest, I felt empty inside. Ella had gone back to that same corner in the back of my mind curled up in a tight ball, head in her paws. She wasn't even interested in shifting to play in the snow outside.

I didn't need a mirror to know my eyes were red, puffy and swollen as my eyes just continually leaked like a running tap. My memories of my dad became like a movie inside my head just playing over and over. Their were just so many, good ones as well as bad. The first time I had grazed my knee, he was there kissing it better. My first day of school him and mum were there waving goodbye at me. My dad secretly started to teach me to fight when I had turned 6 as I had wanted to fight like him. He was my rock, now he was gone.

It was just mum and I here now but then when I go back to the pack house with Damon it will be just mum here. A new set of tears worked their way out of me, as a new worry for mum set in making me gasp for air. Walking up to her I wrap my arms around her. Sniffing between words I ask "will you come live at the pack house after the funeral for a while?" She remains silent for a while before answering with her own tearful reply "yes." It was so quiet if it wasn't for my werewolf hearing I wouldn't of heard it.

The front door flies open as Jacob struts in. "well baby doll, Elvia your worst nightmare has arrived." Mum and I simultaneously groan at Jacobs words then both of us letting out small tearful chuckles upon realising what we both done. Jacob continues walking past us and up the stairs he goes, adding over his shoulder "If Damon shows up I am not here, you haven't seen me." Both of us go up the stairs after him. He is in my room and has opened my window and thrown himself in my bed. "What are you doing?" I ask in a quavering voice.

"Masking my scent from Damon" he answers back with a quivering voice. I knew he was scared.

"It can't be that bad, What did you do?" I ask.

He lets out a nervous laugh. "I snuck in his room while he was asleep and stitched his jeans together at the knees then waited a while and ran in yelling fire. Well Damon jumps out of bed and goes to put his jeans on only for his knee to hit him in the face. He has a nice black eye and all. Well he topples over smacking his chin on the floor still trying to get his feet through his damn jeans screaming at me to help him get his blasted jeans on. When he seen me laughing well his look alone had me running, and here I am." Both mum and I start to laugh. Before long more tears are streaming down our faces but not because of dad, but those of happy tears, at the thought of Damon trying to get his jeans on, as he is belly smacking the ground. "So if the two of you could jump into bed on either side of me that would be great." He added giving us each his signature smirk.

I heard the front door close "Phoebe, Elvia are you here?" Damon yells out "Phoebes room" came mum's reply. I heard footsteps coming up the stairs as Jacob gets out of bed snatches me and puts me in bed with him.

As Damon stands in the door way, I couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at the sight of him and quickly buried my head under the covers to muffle my sounds. He has a black eye which was starting to swell shut and what looked like to be a carpet rash on his chin. He mistook my laughter for tears as not long after I had buried my head in my blankets had I felt the bed dip as he too laid on my other side and wrapped his arms around me. I felt like I was a piece of meat sandwiched between 2 slices of bread.

"It will be ok Phoebe" he quietly says as he rubs my arm. I heard mum as she had a little chuckle before she quietly said "ok, I will leave you to it Phoebe. I have to get back to the funeral arrangements." Then I heard my bedroom door close behind her.

Lifting my head out of the covers I swallow another bubble of laughter that was trying to escape. I focus on Damon's eyes as he gazes into mine. His grey eyes warm and loving as they searched mine. He lifts his hand up and strokes my hair, then he ever so gently runs his finger over my lips. "I know I haven't been here for you Phoebe as much as I should have been, but we all thought it best to give you and Elvia some time alone."

"I understand Damon truly I do." Lifting my hand up I gingerly touch his face "what happened" I ask keeping a straight face.

He lets out a growl and hangs his head into the crook of my neck inhaling my scent. His hot breath warms my neck as he says "Jacob, decided it was time for another prank. I will give him prank when I see him." I can't contain my laughter any longer as it bursts from me. I feel guilty because I should be mourning my dad, but I knew he would want me to be happy as well. He pushed me so he is now laying on top of me. His body becoming like a second blanket warming me up. Caging my head in between his big strong hands with a twinkle in his eyes he comments, "You think that's funny do you? Well I would like to see you try to put trousers on that has been sewed up." He mutters as he dips his head closer to mine.

I wrap my arms around his neck, trying to pull him even closer. Ella has started showing a bit more interest while laying in her mates arms, as she slowly starts to stand up on shaking legs, turns then lays back down. "Let me heal you?" I ask him ever so quietly.

"No! that's cheating" replied Jacob as he flings back my bed covers to sit up.

Damon lets out a playful growl and pounces on Jacob and punches him in his right eye, then lets out a humorous laugh. Jacob smacks him one right back. Before I know it there is an all out brawl happening on my bed. The moment I heard the splintering of wood and we go crashing to the ground was when I put an end to their fooling around. Letting out my own displeased growl I climbed out of bed and grabbed the pair of them by their ears and smacked their heads together. "what did you do that for?" complained Jacob as he rubbed his head. Letting out an angry snarl I glared at the two of them "Look what you both have done to my bed. You have broken it. I want it fixed or the pair of you will find walking very difficult once I'm finished with you." I threatened the pair of them.

Sitting in Damon's truck two hours later, heading to town because they have to buy me a new bed as they couldn't fix my old one. The two of them start bickering with each other. "Do you boys know how to quit it?" I ask feel rather irritated.

"Damon started it." accused Jacob "No I didn't" replied Damon "you started it when you stitched my jeans together" He yelled back at him.

"Enough" I yell "I'm supposed to be helping mum with dad's funeral but now I'm stuck here with you two, acting like two year olds to go bed hunting." I sniffed swallowing a lump in my throat and blinking away a stray tear.

The truck fills with silence. I wipe the inside of the foggy window to look out at the snow, Ella whining in my head to go for a run. Damon reached across the car and grabs my hand bringing it back to his lips he plants light feathery kisses on my knuckles. "we are so sorry Phoebe" he said.

"Let me buy you lunch as a I'm sorry for not thinking about your feelings." added Jacob. I agree to him buying lunch, and then questioned him why Tessa wasn't with us.

"She isn't talking to me right now" He adds with a hint of guilt in his voice. Intrigued I ask him why. "Ok, I thought her makeup was paint so I painted a picture of her wolf on our wall in the bedroom." Damon howled with laughter. "Well it's not my fault Phoebe didn't teach me about makeup" he added.

Holding back a snigger I work out how Jacob is going to repay me. "Ok so we are shopping for makeup as well as a bed" I stated.

"Um..... Phoebe I need you to do something else" Jacob asks chewing on his bottom lip. "What's that I ask." "Well..... I sort of thought Tessa's feminine products were some sort of special sponge, so I used them while painting. I was wondering if you could buy some more for me to give to her?" he admitted to me. Damon roars with laughter yet again which makes me have my own small giggle.

After choosing a king-sized four poster bed, and a new mattress the sales rep assured me he could deliver the bed late this afternoon. Exiting the furniture shop we headed straight for Sephora's. Jacob was about to get a free lesson on makeup. Damon decided he was going to do a bit of shopping while Jacob and I tackled Sephora's so giving me a quick kiss he left us at the front entrance.

Opening the door a bell tinkled signalling our arrival. We are greeted by an old woman. She had grey curly hair, green eyes and a contagious friendly smile that made you smile back. She came up to me giving me a hug. "Hello, dear how can I help you?" she asked me.

I've never been hugged entering a shop before so I became speechless. Jacob answers sensing my bewilderment. "We are here to purchase some make up." The old woman turns to him and gives him a smile. "You have come to the right place my lad." she says to him.

I finally find my voice and respond. "This idiot decided he was going to use his ma......um girlfriends makeup on painting a picture of a wolf on the bedroom wall. He thought it was special paint." The old lady cackles. "I haven't heard that one before and dear you don't need to hide your secret from me I know you are both werewolves." Turning to me she adds "But you my dear child you are much, much more."

"What, what do you mean?" I stuttered. "You have to find that out for yourself. But once you do I will be here to help and guide you." She answers while pulling foundations, concealers, face powders, mascara and eyeliner out of her drawers. I scrunched my nose up, her words were rather puzzling.

I let a giggle escape as I envision Jacob wearing makeup and I push him down in the chair. "Here is today's model" I say to the woman.

"Call me Trixie. Oh good, good. I've always wanted to experiment on men, but not been able to find a volunteer." She gleefully claps her hands together.

Jacob springs up from the chair. "No, I'm not wearing that." He argues.

"If you can wear a pink tutu and a ladies wig, you can wear makeup. Besides this is payback for breaking my bed." I tell him. "But that was also Damon" he answers back. "yeah but you know I just lost my dad" I stated. "But come on baby doll. I was just trying to cheer you up." He says batting his puppy dog eyes at me. "So you sewed Damon's trousers up to cheer me up?" I question back. "Well no. I did that because I could." he added with a smirk.

I dropped my bottom lip, started sniffing and put my hands up to my face "but Jacob if your truly sorry just do this just for me. We can wash it off straight after I promise." I felt his arms snake around my waist and felt a kiss on the top of my head as he mutters into the top of my head "ok baby doll anything for you." He then goes back to the chair and sits down . Trixie sends me a knowing smirk and begins to transform Jacob.

Absolutely wow, Jacob looked stunning. Once Trixie had done his makeup she snapped her fingers and there stood Jacob in a black cocktail dress, wig and flat shoes if I hadn't of seen the transformation I wouldn't of guessed it was Jacob. We found out earlier that Trixie was a witch. We promised to keep her secret. It cost Jacob $900 to replace Tessa's makeup. He promised not to touch it again.

The bell chimed as Damon entered. Trixie went and introduced herself and told Damon that if ever he needed her help she would gladly give it. Looking around the shop Damon asked where Jacob ran off too.

It wasn't until Jacob spoke that Damon's eyes bulged wide with astonishment. "wow dude you look better a woman" he teased. "No way man I'm keeping my balls." replied Jacob covering his male parts. "Now can someone wash this off me" he asks nicely looking at me. Trixie snaps her fingers and Jacob is back in his clothes with no make up on. I wish I could do that I thought.

Thanking Trixie for a fabulous time I hugged her goodbye with the promise of returning soon with my female friends.

With one last stop at the drug store, I quickly purchased the products for Tessa along with some itching powder and had them all wrapped together. I think I will deliver this one to her personally, I know she will thank me.

I was too tired to eat anywhere fancy so I just got Damon to stop through a KFC drive thru. Getting something for mum to eat as well we made our way home.