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Raven
"Wait." It was alot of inforamtion in the space of a minute. "I have a million questions. So it wasn't because he was your brother?"
"It was both." Damien mutters back. "If he hadn't been my brother, I still would have been able to track him."
"I didn't think Lycans had a scent when they shift." I glance at Neah who still has her head down. A deep frown etched into her brow. "I thought you found me, because of me?"
In the second that those final words left my mouth, I knew I sounded needy, and in front of everyone. Midnight laughs which does not help.
Damien stares at me with those dark eyes and I fight the blush creeping up my neck.
"Of course we do. It's just subtle." Damien replies. "But nevertheless, it is there."
"Subtle?" Dane asks
"I don't know what else to tell you, Dane. Would you rather I had not been able to scent my brother?"
"Of course I'm not saying that." Dane snaps.
"Alpha Neah, tell them. Tell them that we have a scent in Lycan form." Damien looks for confirmation but Neah is staring at her stomach.
Gently nudging her, she looks up and blinks a few times as though she is trying to remember the conversation. "I can't smell them. Why didn't you tell me I was carrying Lycans?"
Damien tilts his head to one side. "I thought you already knew."
Neah opens her mouth to say something. Not a single word leaves her lips. Instead, she gets up and hurries out of the room, Dane following closely behind.
"To us, they have a Wolf's scent, but only if they are in human form." Eric tells him. "When they shift, we can't scent them."
"And the Alpha? Is what she saying true?"
"Yes." Klaus replies
"She tracked me in the forest, better than Dane and you." Damien gestures at Klaus. "She had to have known."
Eric shakes his head.
"Though she spoke of how her legs carried her through the forest to find you. That she had no clue where she was going, just a feeling. Nothing to do with scenting you. Although she can now, because you have pledged your loyalty to her." 'We really need to ask him about that.' Midnight murmurs
"And Jess." Klaus adds. "She can scent Jess too."
"I tried to look into it." Klaus murmurs. "There is limited information on your kind. We are pretty much learning as we go."
"Something to do with her being bound in the past?" I ask
"Possibly." Klaus replies. "Maybe not every ability of hers is unlocked yet."
"Ability?" Damien asks
"She can partially shift." Eric tells him
I watch as Damiens eyes widen in surprise. "That's new."
"It did take long enough for Nyx to make an appearance." I add
"Who is Nyx?" Damien is looking at all of us, like he is missing something.
"Neahs Lycan." I frown at him. I thought this would be something he already knew. But then again, he was a converted Lycan. What he knew is what he had learned. Just like Neah
Eric explains it to him. Damiens head slowly moves up and down as he takes in the information.
"So all Alpha's?" He asks
"No, just ones born in the blood line. So Dane, me and Jenson, in this pack." I tell him. "Neah too, obviously."
"It explains who you were talking to in the forest. What about that prick in the dungeon, he has an inner spirit?"
"No. His father took over as Alpha a long time ago but wasn't blood related to the original Alpha."
"But you won't be an Alpha? Nor will Jenson?"
"Jenson and I have a different mother to Dane. So the gene was still passed to us. And I'm glad I won't be. I don't want to have to deal with that."
"Guys, as much as this conversation is interesting to you. We are losing the point." Eric snaps
Damien leans back in his chair, his dark eyes still on me, a hint of a smile on his lips.
Why was it that anytime he learned something new about me, we were surrounded by other people?
He couldn't say how he really felt or he could, he just chose not too, like what he had to say was for my ears only.
"The point of this conversation was to decide my brother's fate. Correct?" Damien mutters. "Well that has been decided. So are we done?" ""Yes." Eric retorts
"Good. If you will excuse me. I have things to do."
Damien walks around the table and picks up my crutches. Holding them out to me, he doesn't speak, he just waits.
Slowly getting to my feet, I take them from him. With the smallest of head movements, he gestures to the door.
He walks ahead of me, slowing his pace and allowing time for me to catch up. "Where are we going?"
"Somewhere where it is just you and me." His voice is low and full of intent.
He leads me to the hospital. It wouldn't exactly be the place I would have chosen, but at least we would be alone.
As we get close, I see his expression change. The lustful look in his eyes, long gone. "Stay here."
"Why? I thought...."
"The girl. She is in the hospital."
"Jess?" I call after him as he hurries on. Why would she be here? She hasn't had any breakdowns since she first got here.
He pauses when he is standing outside the doors and glances back at me before disappearing inside.
Seconds later, there is a gush of air almost knocking me over as my twin charges past me and into the hospital.
Making my way over, I'm hit with the metallic smell of blood and my brother yelling at Damien. "What the fuck did you do to her?!"
"She was already like this."
"Fucking liar. I told my brother we shouldn't trust you." Jenson is pointing a scalpel at Damien.
"Jenson, he was with me." I shout
"Don't stick up for the asshole just because he is your mate!"
"You can confirm it with Eric and Klaus. We were in a meeting, talking to Dane. We have literally just left the house." I plead with him.
"Bullshit. We should have killed you along with your bitch."
'Dane hospital!' I link my brother, hoping he would come quickly.
I step forward enough to see Jess around the corner. Her body sprawled out on the floor. There wasn't even a chance of saving her, not when her heart had been ripped from her chest.
Dane arrives with Klaus. I watch Dane's eyes shift between all of us before landing on Jess.
"Check the dungeon." Damien mutters as he stays squared up to Jenson. "I smell him."
"It's impossible. He can't escape."
"I am telling you, Dane. He was here and if you tell your brother to stand down. I will be able to check the girl and tell you if it was him."
"He's lying. He's admitted it himself, he used to be a Rogue. He's fucking playing us!" Jenson jabs the scalpel at Damien. Damien expertly moves out of the way.
"He will screw with everything and you are letting him get near Neah."
I knew Jenson would be upset, probably to the point he couldn't think straight. But what the fuck he thought he would achieve with a scalpel is beyond me. Especially when Damien could heal. "Go!" Dane snaps at Klaus. He turns to Jenson. "Let him look at her."
"You are on his side?" Jenson spits
"I am on the side of finding answers." Dane is somehow calm as Jenson tries to take another swing at Damien.
"Jenson stand down, that's an order."
He tosses the scalpel to the floor and backs up but keeps his eyes locked on my mate. "I will fucking kill you!"
Damien ignores him as he carefully moves around Jess. He crouches and leans over her. Without touching her, he inhales the scents.
He frowns and shakes his head as he leans back on his heels, "I don't understand."
"What? What is it?" Dane demands
"I think he shifted."