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Chapter Three

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"You're...his brother?" I asked and Matt nodded dumbly. I grimaced and saw Deryn give a small look of hurt from the corner of my eye, but I really didn't care."Don't give me that look, Mutt, you really shouldn't be surprised," I said. Deryn frowned again and looked back to Matt.

"So you two know each other?" he asked. Matt nodded and glanced up at his brother.

"That's Damien's older brother. B-but Damien never told me he was a Hunter," Matt said somewhat frantically. I don't know what propelled me to do this, but I did it anyway. I laid a hand on Matt's shoulder and smiled softly, kneeling to his level.

"Don't worry, Matt. Damien's not a Hunter. He doesn't like that sort of thing. It's just Mom and I," I told him. He looked relieved for a moment before he opted to push Deryn in front of him and peek out at me.

"S-so you want to kill us?" I frowned. Well when he put it that way...

"Well...not exactly. I mean...sort of...I guess...I mean...I..." I trail off without finding what I was trying to say. I let my head fall a little as I tried to think of what to say and not freak this kid out. The weird thing is that I shouldn't even care what he thinks in the first place. For some reason, though, I just couldn't let Matt think I was completely heartless. "Look," I began, "I don't want to kill all of you. My father was murdered a while back by the Wolves and I need to get revenge. It's nothing personal, it's vendetta." Matt stared at me for a while, trying to figure me out. He gripped Deryn's shirt tighter and hid futher, anyway. I sighed and stood up.

"I think we need to talk. Privately," Deryn said softly, grabbing my arm and pulling me away and up the stairs. He closed a door behind us as we entered a bedroom and released my arm, letting it fall as the handcuffs clinked.

"Well? What is it, Mutt?"

"Seriously? Could you not call me that in my house?" he asked. I thought about it for a while and shook my head.

"Nah, it's way too fun," I concluded. Deryn growled at me. "Menacing. Is that all you wanted to talk about?"

"No! Your dad. When did he die?" he asked, getting closer to me than necessary.

"That's more personal than I'm willing to go with a Mutt like you," I hissed, leaning closer to his face to try and intimidate him. It wasn't really working, but I didn't really care. Deryn frowned and rolled his eyes at me.

"Look, I know you have this dead-set hate for me and everyone like me, but I really need for you to tell me when your Dad died," he said urgently.

"No," I said. "Why don't you make me, Wolf-Boy?"

"Please?" he begged desperately. He looked into my eyes seriously and waited. When he saw that I wasn't budging he frowned and let his head fall. "My parents were killed ten years ago by a group of people that we still haven't pinpointed," he said softly. I gulped. Well this was really intense. My dad died ten years before as well, but they couldn't be connected.

"That sucks," I said, looking around the room so I wouldn't have to stare at his pathetic stature.

"I had to intentify them, you know, because Matt was too young. He was just a baby. But...I remember them working with a Hunter for a while. He would come by the pack house sometimes and I remember how much everyone loved him. He never tried to hurt us. After my parents died he never came back again. They didn't tell me if he'd died or not." I stood there motionless for a while. This couldn't be happening. How could we be this connected and not know a thing about it?

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MKAY! So this is really short for a reason! I want to revamp this because I didn't think that people woudl actually read it and I wasn't trying very hard and I don't like how fast this went at all. So! Would everyone be okay with me completely restarting this bigger and better? Same story, just better written, etc? PLEASE COMMENT WHAT YOU THINK! I REALLY NEED TO KNOW! Also! Would you guys like the new version to be in past or present tense? Either works for me, so please let me know!!!! PLEASE COMMENT ONCE AGAIN! I NEED TO KNOW!

Thanks! --Ailsa