Lunar Clock

~Chapter 19: The Hidden Town~

CPOV

I felt bad for feeling that way towards Derek, it wasn't his fault for his appearance, heck he didn't look that bad anymore! So why is it that those fangs got to me?

I looked over at the wind shield, my eyes glaring at the lines as they disappeared beneath us. Then my glance fell on Liam, his ruff shaggy blond hair blowing from the air being pushed out of the heater, his smug shadow of a beard, the smile on his face... that fang just hiding behind his top lip. THATS IT!

I quickly turned my direction away from him, my hands gathering in my lap as I looked down toward my knees. I FEEL LIKE SUCH A JERK!

I bit my lip at the thought of comparing Derek to such a creep, all of this was just because they were both werewolves... no, because Derek was starting to actually look like one. Derek is no creep like Liam, what kind of person compares a good friend based on looks? I would of smacked myself in the head if I was not being eyed by Derek.

Wait what?

I raised my head and realised that everyone was staring out the front window... and car was stopped, Derek was the only one not looking forward, his glance on me.

"Chloe, you okay?" I looked up, and realised we were surrounded by a crowd of people, plenty of men and women were trying to see us from behind the tinted windows, there was shouting, and Liam had his window down.

"I'm fine." I said surprisingly clearly, considering the situation unfolding.

A tall dark haired man came up to Liam, his hand grasping the window to make sure it didn't get a chance to be rolled up. His face was tensed in anger, and when he went to talk finally his words were lined with a threatening growl.

"Why the hell are you here?" he rumbled fiercely, I guess I was used to it because it was Tori that was shaking not me. "Did you not realise with the last close call we gave your bud Ramon that you aren't welcome here?" Liam stifled a laugh, looking up to eye the man with his fangs showing.

"I didn't come to cause trouble Lawrence, I came to relinquish something that is very important to the pack."

"Don't fool with me boy, it does not matter how old you become, you are still a rebellious young child in our eyes," he was gripping the door tightly, and I was scared he was going to snap the plastic rim. "A child that deserves no respect after what he has done."

"I came to ask for forgiveness, and brought proof of my deep regrets for my actions with me. If you do not let us in you will have to deal with a loss of a very important member and possibly have to deal with the consequences of the alpha if he gets word of this mistreatment." the man tensed at the mention of the alpha, his jaw was working, and many of the other werewolves around him began to whisper.

"What could a retch like you have that would arise the acknowledgment of the alpha!" he said it as more of a command than a question, my hands tensed further into their grip on my lap.

"What I have dear friend, is the Alpha's only remaining son."

I saw Derek go stiff as gasps of shock arouse from the crowd, the man shoved his head through Liam's window and began looking around. His eyes met all of ours, that shining amber they held glistening with shock and motivation. Then his eyes locked with Derek's, they had a stare down for what felt like hours but turned out to be only a few seconds. Then the man pulled his head out and let go of the door in defeat.

"Let them pass, he is telling the truth." The crowd fell silent and a path was made to let us through the swarm. Many eyes were on us, some angry, and some scared. But no face was as horrified looking as Derek's, what could possibly of been the silent message those two eyes of his were given by that man. Simon looked coldly back at the stranger, and Tori was still shaking nervously.

"Well," Liam piped up looking back at us through the rear-view mirror. "Welcome to paradise." No one else uttered a word.

DPOV

That man gave me a glare that could of shattered my nerves if he hadn't looked up just then. My heart was pounding in my chest and it was hard to keep my breathing under control. I felt like I was mentally searched, his eyes piercing through my shield and exposing myself completely put me into a state of shock. I felt like a baby fawn being looked down upon by a hungry lynx, that he was only too capable of ending my life if he wanted to. I never felt so defenceless before, so weak... so_

I felt Chloe shift, and saw her eyes on me.

"Welcome to paradise." Liam murmured from the front, I felt the cold, tenseness of the bodies sitting beside and in front of me. It was such a cold feeling that I thought I might shiver, and soon see my own breath. I felt the pointed edge of the fangs protruding from my bottom jaw, I hoped nobody seen them so far, because if they creeped me out, then they were sure as heck would of scared the hell out of any normal person. I was going to have to be more careful with how much I let my teeth show, at least until I figured out how people will respond to these things.

"Look!" Liam chimed, pointing toward the outside. I blinked and looked out the window, I saw rows of houses, some small some large, some old and some new, come and pass me by before I could really make out any real distinct features.

"This is the pack huh?" Andrew asked.

"Well, this is where every pack member grows up. This is the nursery turf, but no kids really are here anymore, maybe 6 are still under the age of 20. Not many kids have been born since the kidnapping, and if what Chloe said was true, than it was a good decision." Wait what?

"What are you saying?" I asked a little shaky, I didn't hear about this topic before.

"I'm saying that if your three other siblings were kidnapped and kill_" Liam didn't have time to cut off the last word fast enough before I shop up from my seat to stare over his shoulder. I could sense Liam's nervousness like a wave of crashing water.

"What about siblings? I had... they were...?" Chloe got up awkwardly and grabbed my shoulder.

"We have a lot that we need to discuss, but now is not the time Derek, we have some theories_" Andrew stated.

"What happened to my brothers?" I ordered. Chloe squeezed harder.

"Sit down Derek." Andrew ordered.

"But what_"

"Now Derek!"

"Just list_"

"NOW!" I crashed back into my seat, everyone else bouncing upward from the force of my fall. I was heating, my nose twitching as anger was setting in replacing my shock. Why was I being kept in the dark about all this, what was going on?

We pulled into the driveway to a large moderately up-kept house. I bit my tongue between my fangs to help calm myself down; everyone was eyeing me except for Liam and Chloe. They were keeping things from me, they lied to me. I needed to calm down. I took a deep breath and looked at the front door.

Is this the house I will be calling home? I doubted it, with my luck with houses this was going to be just temporary, I'll give it a week tops.

"Let's get inside, and then we will talk Derek." I nodded and followed after the others to the outside of the vehicle. The wind was howling its depressing cries, my ears were caught up in them and I felt like howling back my sorrows. But there was a time and a place for that, and my place is with Chloe and Simon right now, not in the woods howling to something I can't even see. If only the world could be this simple.