Becoming Were

Chapter 22

~Allison's POV~

"We can't just go to this girl's house!" Max says.

"Excuse me?" I yell. "This girl is my best friend who just so happens to be in danger! She could already be dead by now! We need to go NOW! I don't care who comes but someone needs to stay behind and watch the pack."

"I'm coming, they've already taken my mate, they don't get my best friend too!" Ash says. 

Emily stands at my side, a determined look on her face, "I'm in."

Maria nudges Hilary towards us, "Greg and I can look after the pack while you all go and get the girl. Human or not, she is in danger and we need to make sure she is safe. Bring her straight here and don't take any unnecessary stops. Hilary will join you." Hilary looks like accompanying us is the very last thing she would want to do but one look from her last Luna has her grudgingly making her way over to us. I feel an unlimited amount of gratitude towards the woman I once called Luna, the mother of my mate and friends.

"Me too," says Derek, and then Max.

I look to Dylan, one eye brow raised. When he remains looking at me with an unreadable expression I huff and turn away, only to look right back when Dylan grabs my hand. "Did you really think I was going to let you go alone? Possibly to walk straight into a trap? I am never leaving your side." His comment makes a warmth spread through my chest and for the first time, I feel like we've never been closer. Like I didn't just meet him at the beginning of the summer, like I've known him all my life.

We all start making our way towards the forest, knowing without having to say it that we will be faster running as wolves than driving. "But it's time for your questioning!" Greg exclaims.

Every second we are sitting here not doing anything is a second that Piper could be fighting for her life. When I speak my teeth are clenched, "What questioning?"

"The questioning to find out who the traitor is, of course!" Greg explains. "All of you need to be questioned."

"Excuse me?" I practically scream at him.

"The traitor is still walking among us and that person could be a teen! It's time for all of you to be questioned, what part of that do you not understand?" 

Emily's rage answers instead of my own. "What we don't understand is why you are wasting our time! There is a girl somewhere who could be dying right now! Why would the traitor be any of us? Might I remind you what Allison and Dylan have already told us? Dux is going after all of us with Alpha, Beta, or Omega blood, if you haven't noticed that includes all of us!"

"Yeah!" Ash yells, "Alice, Emily, Hilary, Max, and Derek all have Beta blood. I have Omega, and Dylan has Alpha. If the traitor was one of us, they would ultimately have to kill themselves because of their blood, I don't know about you, but if that was me- I wouldn't devote my life to someone who was going to kill me!" 

 At that, I rush into the forest, my friends following. We all start stripping off our clothes and tying them around our legs so once we shift back we can change. I change behind a tree while the boys, and Emily outright strip, I don't think I will ever be used to seeing them like that, or having them see me. Hilary looks at Dylan while she deliberately strips slowly, he doesn't even spare her a glance. I can't help but smirk as I picture myself as a wolf, feeling only a slight shaking of my bones as they grow and slide into place. 

With a quick nod at one another, we all take off at a run. Ash and I lead since we've been to Piper's before and know where we're going. Dylan follows close behind. Piper lives in the country, about a half hour away from town. The pack house, also in the country, shouldn't be too terribly far away from Piper's. Luck is on our side, we won't have to cross paths with any people or cars who won't be used to seeing a small pack of 7 wolves running through the trees.