Alone H.S.

Chapter 24: All-Too-Familiar

Harry -

As I suspected, everyone loves Lily. Everyone that she's met so far today seem to have fallen totally in love with her. But, she's their Luna, so they might just be a bunch of kiss-asses. Who knows.

"How am I doing?" Lily asks as she stands on her tip toes to whisper in my ear.

"You could mind-link and it would be a bit easier for you." I whisper back to her. Her face reddens a bit and she nods.

"I forgot I can do that." She mind-links.

I just laugh at her cuteness and keep my arm around her shoulders.

"Harry, over here!" Louis calls and I hate to leave Lily for even a minute but I go after my Beta.

Once I'm by his side, I see what he wanted. Several members of the council are standing here talking. The same members that were skeptical of Lily really being my mate and their Luna.

"What's going on?" I ask, cracking my knuckles. Not that I'm trying to intimidate them or anything..

"We were wanting to know some basic things about your mate." One of the men said.

"Such as?" I ask.

"When did you meet her?"

"What pack is she from?"

"Has she had Luna training?"

In the middle of trying to answer their questions, my eyes wander over the crowd and I lock up when I see an all-too-familiar head of fake blonde hair and bright red lips.

Shiloh.

I storm my way through the crowd, eyes set on Shiloh. And when I'm close enough, I grab her arm and pull her behind me through he crowd until we're into the woods far away from everyone else.

"Let go!" She yells, and I've had it.

"What the hell are you doing here? And how's you even get back in?" I ask, trying to control my anger.

"Oh, you don't want to know what I had to do to get in. Let's just say I did someone a 'favor'. And I see you've really made that little slut the Luna." Shiloh says with a roll of her eyes.

"You ever call Lily a slut again, and I swear to god I will kill you." I warn.

"Oh, go on, Harry. You aren't going to kill me. Because deep down you know that one day you'll need me again." She says as she leans closer and presses her hands against my chest.

"I'll never need you." I growl.

"Harry, wake up! This isn't funny anymore! You've been coming to me for three years and then when you're through with me you just throw me away?! Kick me out of the pack?! That's unfair!" She screams and I'm kind of worried people might hear her.

"Let it go, Shiloh. No one in their right mind turns to you. You're the only slut around here." I tell her as I turn away to go back to Lily. Only to have Shiloh grip my arm and jump in front of me again.

"If you continue with this girl, you'll regret it."

"No I won't."

"I'll make sure you do. I'll see to it that you'll regret the day you ever even saw that girl." She threatens.

I push her away and try to walk away. I'm sick of this girl and her games.

"You think the HalfMoon pack just happened to find Lily here? No. I told them she was here." I stop and turn around to see her with a sick smile on her face and an evil flint in her green eyes.

"And I'll see to it that much, much worse things happen to you, your mate, and that precious little boy."

"You keep away from Dylan." I growl lowly.

"You can't always be there to keep an eye on everyone, Harry. And when you're not...bye bye." She shifts into her wolf and takes off into the woods. And I'm quick to shift and run after her.

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Lily -

Harry disappeared hours ago, without telling anyone where he was going. I can't help but worry, despite Louis and Eleanor telling me that he's okay and can take care of himself. And he's not answering my mind-links.

I'm sitting on the couch, still wearing the black dress I wore the the Luna presentation. The same black dress that caused Harry and I to be late getting to the Luna presentation. We won't go into the details.

I close my eyes, feeling sleep come over me and I lean back against the couch. Until I feel small hands touching me.

I open my eyes to see Dylan crawling up in m lap, dressed in pajamas now instead of that cute little suit.

"When's daddy coming home?" He asks, finally in my lap and now leaning heavily against me, fighting not to fall asleep.

"I don't know." Is all I can tell him.

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Harry -

I should have stopped chasing Shiloh a long time ago, I know that. But the anger she's caused me has driven me and my wolf insane with the need to end her. She cannot hurt any member of my family. And I won't let her.

I catch a distant glimpse of her wolf firm running ahead, but stop when I see another wolf joining beside her. Then another and another. Until she stops running altogether and she turns around to face me, along with several other wolves. Oh shit.