The hunter's honor

Chapter five

CHAPTER FIVE: lunatic

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EREBUS ARGENT SAT IN THE BACK SEAT. Uncle Chris said that he wasn't going to leave the boy alone in the house. So, he had to go with him and Kate to drop Allison off at school.

Once arriving, Allison pulled at the door, only to sigh. "Dad, if you're going to insist on driving me to school, you at least have to let me out of the car."

"Kate, what's your opinion on homeschooling?" Chris asked.

"Well, you know, I'm more of a learning-by-doing kind of girl..." Kate says.

Chris turned to his sister.

"What's your opinion on overprotective dads who keep ruining their daughters' lives?" Allison asked, which lead to Kate leaning over the seat with a grin as she unlocked the door."Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Allison leaves. "Bye E."

"So, Chris--" Kate starts.

"Don't. Just-- your look communicates it perfectly," he says, glancing back at Erebus in the car.

"He's never listening," Kate tells him, lying. "Always got his earbuds in."
Luckily, he wore a hood today, so, Chris couldn't see that he wasn't.

"Yes, I underestimated the danger. Yes, we should've acted sooner. Yes, I should've listened to you." Chris has turned away. "Anything else? Or does that cover it?"

"...All I was gonna say is you need to stop and get some gas." Kate says.
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Erebus swore that his uncle believed he was a small child . The man had told Erebus to go into the living room and watch tv. But, he said 'cartoons'.

"Just because the last time you saw me before this week, I was eight, doesn't mean, I'm currently right."

"Just stay here. I've got to talk to Kate about something important."
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"So, what? Another night of kicking through the leaves in the woods?" Kate asked.

"I prefer to think of it as another night trying to keep innocent people from being killed-- a list which now includes my daughter and nephew," Chris says.

"How do we know it won't try going after them again?" A hunter detective says.

"It won't go after Allison," Kate had cocked the gun. "Or Erebus." She adds, as if he was an afterthought.

"It won't have any target at all, not on a full moon." Chris spoke.

"How come?" The detective asked.

"An Alpha is like any other Werewolf on a full moon-- it struggles under its sway. Which means tonight is our best chance to catch it, when it's unfocused."

"Yeah, but what if it has a reason to stay focused?" Kate questioned.

Erebus ran into his room when he heard Victoria's footsteps.  He was unable to hear the rest of the conversation.
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"So, what's up with you?" Erebus questioned.  "You seem odd."

"I just want to have a talk with you," Chris replied.  "Kate said that she was home schooling you."

"Yeah." Erebus continued with the lie.

"But, when I asked her opinion on homeschooling Allison she-"

Shit. "Wait, you want to home school Allison?" Erebus pretended to be confused. "When did you say that?"

Chris laughed at the boy's confused tone and look.  "This morning. When I was dropping Allison off at school."

"Oh." Erebus pretended to realize. He tried to think of how to direct the conversation away. "I don't think Allison would like that."

"She didn't. She hated the suggestion."

"And what? You want me to talk to her about it? Say that it's not bad?"'

"No. That's not the point, the point is-"

"You want me to talk to Allison. I don't even know if she's going to be hanging out with her friends tonight. She typically is."

"Erebus, I'm trying to talk to you." Chris says, interrupting the boy. "What had Kate told you?"

"The normal. You know, history, English, basic science, math, those types of things. Why?"
Erebus realized that Chris was suspicious. He was suspicious if Erebus knew about werewolves and everything, which he did, but he obviously couldn't let Chris know that.

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