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Chapter Two

Calum

She was here. The boys had informed me they picked up her scent outside the door from about ten hours ago when we were all asleep. But it started there and ended there.

"Dad, when will we find mum?" Ruben whispered, his sleepy eyes still half closed, and his hair messy. Everything about him reminded me of her, except the dimples and the dark hair. He had her eyes with the flecks of, her light skin. 

"I don't know, but I don't know if I want to find her anymore," I whispered, just looking down at him. "She left us."

His eyes darkened and tears soon started falling.

"Well done Calum, you made him cry." Michael ran over and hugged the fifteen-year-old Ruben. I stormed out the room, well what was I meant to do? Myself and her were meant to be in this together. I wasn't meant to deal with this on my own.

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I sat down in a bar and drank, despite it being close to midday. I didn't bother checking girls out like I would have done a while back.

"What's up?" A girl with white hair neared me, a bandana placed on top of it, and her accent was definitely from around here. "I've never seen someone so grumpy come in here at midday."

I shook my head, hoping she went away. I didn't want anyone to speak to me or be near me.

"It's not like I'm going to remember this is it?" She laughed which tugged on my heart strings because it was like Alyx's. That's when I broke down sobbing.

I missed her.

But I hated her.

I felt two arms wrap around me, greeted by a warm body. I sobbed silently into the unknown woman, weirdly feeling safe around her despite something that repulsed me by her. She sat down next to me and continued hugging me.

"It's okay, one day whatever's making you upset, it will fix itself soon okay?" She whispered and I nodded mumbling three words over and over again.

"I miss you."

Alyx

Sometime's changing your appearance helps things, like now otherwise I'd be screwed and we'd all be dead.

After hearing him talk about Ruben and how he felt about his fiance running away with no explanation I decided to give Calum some advice.

"Don't beat yourself up over it, okay? Your son needs you more than ever, he needs one parent to be there for him, and you can't do that when you're drunk." I whispered, cradling the upset Calum to me. 

"What's your name?" He asked. "I feel like me and my friends and family are going to stay here a little longer so I might see you around?"

"My name is Cameron?" I whispered, thinking of a random name at the top of my head and he nodded.

"Thank you for all this." He whispered in return kissing my cheek, which sent my heart fluttering and electricity down my spine. He smiled gently before leaving the pub.

Eric walked over.

"You did good, you spoke to him again and you didn't crack." He grinned. "Well at least you didn't physically, I can sense the upset in your head though."

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They were all out in the forest a week later in  since they sensed that I had been there, so me and Eric had turned into wolfs and followed them a little bit behind. That's when I was tackled by a dark wolf, his eyes matching my own. He snapped at my neck.

What do you want with our group?

The rest of the people had stopped to stare at the stare down going down.

You will get off me.

The wolf got off me and backed away, his tail in between his legs. What I presumed as Nick trotted up beside the wolf.

You must be strong, no one's got him to behave like this before.

Turn human, the both of you.

They changed human and it was Ruben and Nick. I froze and I hesitated whether to run. Eric stood beside me. I trotted up to Luke and met his eyes.

Should I?

"It could get them in danger, you know this." He whispered.

I can just say I'm someone else, Calum's seen me already.

He nodded and I sighed trotting away and changing human. I shook my hair out and smiled at my smart choice of wearing baggy clothes. They never rip.

"Cameron?" Calum whispered. I smiled towards him.

"So this is Ruben you were talking about?" I smiled and he nodded and I walked over to the boy who was nearly taller than me. Nick eyed me up.

"A-"

Please don't say it, I'm hidden for a reason.

He nodded.

"I can guarantee everyone here would fight for you Alyx." Luke said and then covered his mouth.

That's when three demons appeared in front of us. I growled and held my hand out as the sword was there. I ran at one of them.