BITTEN: THE BEASTS OF GÉVAUDAN

Family Values

Kill them .......
Dylan used his powers to paralyze two wolves before Danyl started to devour them. Four wolves remained. Jacob used his strength to to crush the throat of one. Cedric ripped another's jaw apart. And Sarah broke the thirds neck. One wolf stood before Jacob and Cedric.

"Let him go." Cedric said as he returned to normal. The wolf made a break for it and everyone looked at Cedric.
"So that really just happened?" Dylan asked.
"I guess it did." Cedric said."Anne, can you do something about the broken windows?"
"Yes sir..." she replied. "Phasmatos Speculum."
"Cedric what the hell was that back there. It's like you made me shift. How did you do that?" Dylan asked in both amazement and fear.
"It's because he's the alpha." Anne inerjected. "He has the power to force the change if you can not control it."
"How do you control it ? I got lucky, I still don't know what I'm doing." Cedric added.
"Not true, you can control it. I saw you. You were focused the entire time. You have an anchor, something that keeps you from losing control. " Jacob said as he looked at Cedric. "It's holly isn't it. She's your anchor...?"
"You all are......it's not just her. I'm responsible for protecting you. That is my anchor." He replied.
"While that's cute and touching, what do we do now?" Danyl asked.
"Anne can you place a spell on the house that allows only invited people to enter?" Cedric asked as he walked toward Anne.
"Simple boundary spell. I can do it but how is that going to help us now? I'm sure we made a point." Anne responded.
"It'll help because we won't be attacked in our territory again. If they want a fight we'll be ready to give them one." Jake said as his fist clenched up. Danyl walked over and held his hand, his face still full of blood.
"Everybody get some sleep. I know it's been a long first day, but did any of you forget we actually have school tomorrow." Cedric said as he sent everyone to their sleeping quaters.
"Yes. I actually did." Sarah answered as she, and the others walked upstairs.
"Get to work on that boundary spell Anne. Thank you." Cedric said as he and Holland went upstairs. Cedric went in the bathroom to rinse the blood off of him and Holland helped.
"Thank you for coming back for us... for me." Holland said as she cleaned the blood.
"We're a family now, I always come back for you guys and I'll always protect you." Cedric replied. They walked to the room. As they laid down, Cedric held Holland in his arms for dear life, "I love you..." he whispered. Her heart jumped as she turned around. And kissed him. "I love you too..." she responded. Her heart steadied and they fell asleep.

The next morning.
Everyone met in the living room. Liz and Sam stumbled down stairs and Cedric yelled, "Where the hell have you two been!" The two girls winced in pain as the voice boomed in their ears along with the echoing hangover.
"Shhh." Liz yelled.
"First day of school and you're already hungover." Cedric said in disappointment.
"Let's recount the last twenty four hours shall we?" Sam said in a sarcastic manner. "We nearly blew up the house, then we found out that this guy's a vampire, that you're a werewolf, and then we almost got killed by werewolves. So excuse the fuck out of me IF I NEEDED A DRINK!" She said as she started to yell.
"Whoa..." Jacob said.
"You know she kind of has a point." Holland added. "I can use a drink too."
"We all can." Anne added as she walked over to Cedric.
"Everyone take only one shot. We have to be aware of everything from here on out. Anne go upstairs and get ready you're coming with us today. It's better if we're together." Cedric said.
For the next hour everyone took shots completely disregarding what Cedric said and then left for classes.