One Night || e.d.

Chapter 19: Exposed

Ethan's POV

All of this is taking such a huge toll on her. I know it. I can feel it. She shouldn't be stressing over this this much.

"Ethan... come down here..." Grayson yelled.

"Yo."

"Hey." Jake said.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have other people to abuse and 'experiment' on?"

"I apologize for that." he rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah well, apology unaccepted." Grayson said.

"Gray. Come here real quick." We walked to the side.

"What's up?"

"He's a werewolf."

"Are you sure?"

"His scent. I can tell."

"You think he's the one that bit you?"

"Wouldn't be surprised if he were."

I looked over to him and he waved at me.

"In that case, we need to stay away from him. Assuming he's the one that did this to me, he could hurt you 10x worse just to get to me."

"Ethan, I can handle myself."

"Grayson please. I don't wanna put anyone else in the hospital."

"Fine."

"I can hear you."

I looked at Grayson, "so he is."

We walked back over to the door.

"What do you want?" Grayson asked, very aggressively.

"I need your help."

"With?"

Mia's POV

"I'm coming back soon."

"How're you holding up?"

"I don't know how I feel to be completely honest with you." she paused, "can you actually confirm that I'm a 'banshee'?"

"Yes. Let's get your mind off of this. We'll go ice skating when you get back with the boys."

"Okay."

"You've got a lot going on right now. You need a breather."

"Jack isn't gonna be there is he?"

"I promise you, he's not gonna be there. He and the twins don't get along so."

"I'm 15 minutes away from home, so I can just ask to get dropped off there yeah?"

"Sounds good. See you in a bit." I hung up.

Me: ice skating w Brie????

Ethan: down

Me: Grayson too yeah?

Ethan: I'll just drag him with me. It's not like we have anything else to do

Me: I'll meet you there :)

Ethan's POV

"Are you really going to help him? Need I remind you, Ethan, he fucked us over. Hard. Who knows what he's capable of or what he's gonna do next."

"Obviously not. I told him I'd sleep on it and get back to him about it tomorrow. If teaming up with him means I can find the alpha who did this to me, then I'm going to do it. Just not the murdering part."

"I have a feeling he wanted you to know that he's a werewolf. Otherwise he wouldn't have turned to you for help. We haven't even spoken to him in the longest time. Ethan, this isn't a good idea." he paused, "Maybe you should talk to Mia about this."

"Why?"

"I think she has the right to put in her opinion. Plus, she knows more about this than we ever will."

"I told her we'd meet her and Brie at the ice skating rink."

"She's back?"

"I guess." I shrugged.

20 minutes later and we got to the rink and saw the girls.

"Hi." Mia walked over and kissed me.

"Hey." I replied.

"There's no one here." Grayson said.

"My family owns the rink." Brie said.

"Oh."

"Are we gonna skate or what?" Mia asked.

I leaned in and whispered to Mia, "I've never skated before."

"I'll teach you."

We got onto the ice and I didn't expect it to be this slippery.

"Okay, hold on to my hands and we'll slowly glide."

"Bro, you look like a loser." Grayson laughed.

Mia's POV

"I got it. I think I got it." Ethan said excitedly. I don't think he realized he was about to run into the wall.

"Ethan. Ethan careful. There's a wa..ll there... Are you okay? Is your head okay?"

"What'd you say, coach?"

"Ya definitely hit your head."

A few seconds later, we saw Brie squatting down as she was skating. She sat on her knees, looked at the ground, and screamed.

"Are you okay?" Grayson asked.

We all went her way.

"There was a guy. He was blonde. He's the one that bit me."

Why is it suddenly coming to her head now?

Ethan's POV

Blonde? Jake?

"He was the one that bit me. I remember his face. It was distinct. He was blonde. His body looked bulky. His eyes were droopy."

"Jake Paul?" Grayson asked.

"Is that his name? If you show me a picture of this 'Jake' guy then I can confirm it's him."

I pulled up a picture from his Instagram.

"That's him." she said quietly, "he's the one that almost killed me."

Grayson and I looked at each other.

"What's wrong?" Mia asked.

I sighed, "he came to our house before you invited me here. He asked me to help him."

"With?"

"He wanted me to help him kill the people who murdered his family. Mia, he's the alpha."

"The same one that bit you?"

"I guess."

"Who were the people that killed his family?"

Grayson side-eyed me, "your family."

"He wants you to help him kill my family...?"

I nodded.

"How does he know it's my family that killed his?"

"Mia, your family is a family of werewolf hunters."

"But that doesn't mean that it was them."

This argument doesn't seem like it's gonna end well.

Brie grabbed Mia's arm.

"You need to get home. Like now. It's urgent."

"What?"

"Mia, you need to go. I'll go with you."

"I'll see you guys later."