Chapter 15: Reunited... Sort of

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Tiegan's POV:

I slowly backed towards the hatch never taking my eyes off the wolf out of fear but as I knelt down to climb back in 3 more appeared and I sat frozen in place; no matter how much my instincts were screaming at me to run I stayed put for fear of being ripped to pieces if I dared move any further.

"Uh, Guys!?" I called in a panicked tone hearing my own voice falter slightly as I spoke

just then Colby poked his head out and glanced around and almost immediately the tension in the air dissipated the other 3 wolves looked to the leader for confirmation on what to do then sat idle watching as the lead wolf stepped forward nodded to Colby looked to the other three then the four of them wandered a few feet into the trees just out of sight; I turned to Colby and opened my mouth to speak but fell silent when he just glanced at me and shook his head then turned to the hatch and was about to speak til Sam piped up

"Yo; Colby! Is it safe to come up?" He called peering out slightly

"How many others are with you two?" We spun around simultaneously at these words as -instead of four wolves- four hastily dressed boys around our age emerged from the trees "I'm not gonna ask again." A tall lanky boy who looked vaguely familiar and had some semblance to Luke but with a lankier body structure, brown hair, and mirror esque irises spoke again as he stepped forward

A low almost guttural growl emanated up from Colby's chest and his eyes flashed that spine chilling electric blue color as Sam slowly emerged to stand beside us "Did you forget who you're talking to Lou?" Zeref's deep gravelly voice asked authoritatively

I gasped audibly as Zeref said the brown-haired boys name and stared more intently at him then quickly dropped my gaze when he made eye contact

"Did you?" Lou asked in slightly menacing tone narrowing his eyes "You're not Alpha yet Zeref." Lou added stiffly

at these words Luke's bitter laughter echoed from the hatch as he surfaced "Neither are you." He exclaimed with a grimace he laughed again more wryly this time and clutched at his shoulder

"Luke!?" Lou exclaimed in shock "What happened to you?!?" he asked looking him up and down with an expression of worry and alarm

Luke grinned rancorously and nodded toward me "Our dear little sister happened." he explained caustically glaring at me in a vitriolic manner

"Aloisa?' Lou breathed; his eyes immediately fell on me as he came to stand in front of me, his gaze grazing over me as though he were studying me and then within an instant his expression changed from one of rumination to pure solace and bliss as he enveloped me in a hug; unsure of what to do at that moment I stood stock still, gripped the strap of my bag tightly and twisted it around my fingers nervously "I'm so glad you're alive!" he breathed in my ear before pulling away and holding me at arm's length to examine me yet again

"Alive? Of course, I'm alive the only reason I wouldn't be is if he ever actually succeeded in his attempts to kill me." I stated pointing at Luke

"Uh, HELLO?!? Some of us are still down here!!" Shae yelled in annoyance; there was a brief moment of silence then a sound almost like a Taser "Ow! you little bitch!" Shae snapped

"Serves you right." Aspen snickered

"Alright enough all of you up here NOW!" Lou called then -after peeking into the escape tunnel and seeing that Shae, Brennen and Lonnie were tied up- he nodded for the other three boys to jump down and bring them up after the others had made their way up the latter

"Can we be untied?" Lonnie asked timidly speaking up for the first time since all the chaos unfolded

"No!" Lou and Colby snapped in unison causing Lonnie to flinch away and bow her head timidly

"Now; the five of you have a lot of explaining to do." Lou said gesturing to Luke, Colby, Sam, Jake and I

"That's what I've been asking since we escaped." Ainsley muttered

"Escaped? So, you all are the reason there's Asylum guards snooping around in our territory!" A boy no older than 18 with ashy blonde hair, menacing black eyes, and what looked to be a tattoo of an octopus peeking out from his sleeve exclaimed in frustration

"Easy Wyatt, I'm sure everything will be explained when we get back to the pack house." Lou assured him

"You mean if we get to the pack house." Ainsley cut in

"We'll deal with the asylum guards when we get there." Lou stated in a snippy tone

"Uh huh, is that why they're running rampant through your territory right now or--" Aspen began a snarky grin on her face

An older stern looking boy with crow black hair and blue grey eyes stepped forward this time "You five in particular are the reason they're even here in the first place so if I were you, I'd watch your tone you little Cur!" He spat angrily, everyone around me gasped at his words looking just as angry

"That's my cousin you're denigrating Koa!" Rylie yelled getting in Koa's face -The youngest of the four at only 14 (though by his height he could've passed for a 10-year-old) was a short somewhat stocky boy his wavy brown hair and brilliantly milky brown eyes were so close in color to Ainsley and Aspen's features that you could almost mistake them for triplets- He glowered at Koa and was about to say something else when Lou cut him off

"Enough bickering!" He ordered shoving the two of them apart "We'll settle all of this back at the pack house, and you three;" he added gesturing to Shae, Brennen and Lonnie who were now being closely guarded by Wyatt, Rylie and Koa "You'll be brought before the counsel."

I smiled deviously and glanced at Shae before following behind Sam, Colby and the others as Lou led the way back to Chantrea territory.

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After what seemed like endless hours of walking down a dirt path it merged onto an asphalt road that led to a large wrought iron gate just a few feet ahead of us surrounded on either side by guard towers and multiple guards none of which -thankfully- were wearing asylum uniforms

"Quit struggling!" Rylie snapped at Shae jostling her slightly so she would stop wriggling as we continued toward the gates

"There's something in my shoe!" She snapped back in a whiny tone

Rylie sighed and rolled his eyes as the two of them stopped and he knelt down in front of her "Which shoe?" he asked in a vexed tone

"The left one." she stated continuing to wriggle in place, then just as Rylie moved to take her shoe off Shae kicked him in the face knocking him flat on his ass at the same moment, she broke free of her constraints a small dagger clutched in her hand

"TIEGAN!" Ainsley called in a panicked tone I spun around in time to see Ainsley and Aspen sprawled on the ground before Shae tackled me and slashed me in the face, I yelped in pain and struggled against her futilely as her full weight kept me pinned to the ground fortunately before she could do anything else Colby yanked her off me, she screamed and slashed at the air before going completely limp as a flash of what looked like turquoise light hit her directly in the temple

I sat stunned as Colby laid her on the asphalt and watched as Ainsley bound her again "Are you ok?!?" Colby asked concernedly kneeling next to me his eyes full of worry "I'm fine!" I snapped swatting his hand away as he brushed his thumb along my cheek where Shae had slashed it

"That looks deep." Sam commented as he and Colby helped me up, I sighed derisively and rolled my eyes as I brushed myself off

"Why does everyone keep trying to kill me?!" I questioned indignantly

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