8 EIGH (1/2)

My chest was heaving. I shifted back to my human form and just as the boys came back, I curled my body up and I couldn't take my eyes off what I'd done.

”Oh my god... Veronica are you ok?” Aaron asked, running over to me and wrapped his arm around me.

”Y-Yeah...” I stopped.

”Can we just go home...” I continued and looked up at Xander with pleading eyes. He looked at the body and head that were torn apart from each other and he grabbed my arm, pulling my body to his and his arms wrapped around me.

”I'm glad nothing happened to you...” He whispered in my ear and then let me go but took my hand in his and started walking.

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We walked through the pack houses doors and when Claire and Lincoln saw me, their little eyes started to tear up as they ran over to me and hugged my legs.

”Hey guys..” I said faintly. I was just tired... I wanted to finally get a good nights rest without having anything happen for once. I pat them on their heads and walked up the stairs to my bedroom and dropped onto the bed. I took out my phone and scrolled through my contacts, looking for the person I wanted to call.

~Veronica? Hey girl, what's up? It's been forever.

”It has been forever, which is exactly why I called..”

-Uh oh, what's wrong. I can hear the sadness and stress in your voice.

”Ugh, just things going on over here.”

~Aw, I'm sorry. It's been pretty rough over here too. We just had to deal with a rouge issue and it got pretty bad.

”That sucks... I hope you and your mate are okay?”

~Yeah, we're fine. He's trying to find a pack to make an alliance with so that we have help when these things happen.