The Werewolf's Kitten

Chapter 8 : Brother or Enemy

[] Ryder's POV []

I blinked a couple of times. I didn't know if what I was seeing was real or not. I thought he died. Standing in front of me was my best friend Jason. We were best friends in high school. He died the day after our graduation day from a house fire.

~flashback~

Kate and I were coming from dinner to celebrate my graduation. Graduation day was yesterday. I am so happy. Now I don't have to go to school.

"Is it just me or is there a house on fire?" Kate asked pointing to a house. Exactly like she said, there was a fire surrounding it. There were dark smoke coming out of the chimney. I looked at the surroundings of the house. I looked at the mailbox and recognized the designs on it. I instantly knew it was Jason's house. Jason was my best friend since sixth grade. We were always together doing stuff. He was like my brother from another mother. Kate always got along with him too. She has never been to his house though. He would usually come over to our house.

I drove over to the house as fast as I could. "What's wrong?" Kate asked me.

"That's Jason's house." I told her. She gasped. As soon as I parked the car, we flew out to the house. Kate and I went inside the house. I wrapped my arms around Kate to block the fire and smoke from going to her. Kate started struggling in my arms. I looked down at her.

"I saw movement upstairs. We have to check it out. It might be Jason." she said. I just nodded. We started to make our way upstairs. We headed to Jason's room. When we got inside Jason's room, we looked for Jason. Kate went into the walk in closet while I went to the bathroom. I heard Kate gasp loudly and quickly went to her in the closet. The flames were starting to creep up on us. I walked into the closet and saw the walls covered with pictures of Kate. A gasp escaped my lips. There were pictures of him and Kate hanging out or just of Kate smiling.

We couldn't find Jason. We found the window cracked and figured Jason escaped already. We left through the window. I couldn't stop worrying and I knew Kate was worried too. Jason was like another brother to Kate. Those pictures were just creepy. In the news that night, we heard that Jason  was found dead in the basement with his father. Kate cried and stayed in her room for a month. She finally came out. After that, we moved here.

~Flashback Over~

"Jason?  I thought you were dead?" I asked.

"That's what I wanted you to think. If you thought I was alive, you probably would look for me or keep trying to contact me. I faked my death. The body that was found wasn't mine. My father, however, did die. He deserved it. He killed my mom in front of me. I started the fire. Where's Kate?" He explained. I heard someone jump down from the room. We all turned to the sound and saw Kate land in a crouch position. Xavier quickly grabbed her to his chest.

"Jason? You were alive this whole time? Do you know how long I mourned your death? It took Ryder one month to get me out of my room. And you're not even dead." She shrieked then turned to a whisper. She had tears in her eyes. She was crying on Xavier's shoulder while he comforted her. Xavier and I made eye contact and I nodded. He took her into the house. I turned back to Jason.

Jason had a sad smile on his lips. "I missed her. Leaving her was the hardest thing ever. But in a way, I'm sort of glad I left. Now I have a chance of being with her." He said. I looked at him confused. He saw my face and smirked.

"You see Ryder. Before, she only thought of me as a brother. Now since I left, I got stronger. I got some powers. Now I can make her fall in love with me." he said.

"She already has a mate who she loves dearly. She would never choose you over him. He is perfect for him. I saw your pictures in your closet." I told him. He just smirked.

"I will be back. I promise. Kate will be mine soon enough and her mate can't stop me. Watch your back." He hissed. With a snap of his fingers, he disappeared with his other rogues.

I looked around. All the pack members that were out here were looking confused but their eyes were black. I know why. Their luna was just threatened and their alpha was sort of too. "We will protect them. We won't let anything happen to them!" I shouted to everyone. They all shouted with agreement.

[] Xavier POV []

The rest of the night was fantastic. I looked around at everyone's happy faces. Even Ryder and Kate were happy. I looked to see Kate playing with some of the pups. They were playing tag. Kate would make a wonderful mother one day. Blaze said. Yes she would. She looked beautiful playing with the pups. My wolf sent me images of Kate pregnant with my pups.

After everyone left, Kate and I went inside to our bedroom. "I'm going to take a shower. I'll be right back." I told Kate. I kissed her head and went to the bathroom. Ten minutes later I was finished. I walked outside to our bedroom. Kate was nowhere in sight. I saw the balcony doors open. I sighed with relief. I quickly put boxers on and went to check on Kate. She was wearing a short nightgown. She was looking up at the moon. She looked beautiful with the moonlight hitting the perfect spot. She turned to me. "We need to talk." She said. I mentally sighed. Usually when girls say that, nothing good turns out. I just nodded. I hope she's no rejecting me.

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