"Daryl no," I snapped at him staring at him.

"It's just for a couple of hours." Daryl told me. I sighed in frustration, we were getting nowhere with this.

"I don't need a fucking babysitter." I cried acting like a child but I thought we had gotten somewhere without controlling me.

"Joyce," Daryl putting his hands on my shoulders staring me in the face. "It's not babysitting Darren is still out there, I'm just making sure he doesn't try to kidnap you again."

I sighed and leaned into him. It was weird to actually be dating Daryl. I was sorta finally happy that we were trying this. I told him I wanted to go slow. Friends but he said we could learn to be friends later but dating first or his wolf would go crazy, I had laughed but agreed my wolf was happy too.

I sighed, "fine but I'm going out to the pound I want to finish my drawing." I tell him.

Since Daryl had showed me his mother's old home, her drawings I felt well closer to Daryl I could see past the cruel way he was. He was used to protecting his family, and now I would be part of that. His brother was out to get him and if he knew I might be getting somewhere with Daryl he'd kill me to hurt Daryl.

"Okay, later." Daryl tells me, I had a small hope that he'd kiss me on my cheek or something but he didn't just let me go and turned to walk out.

I sighed and put my head in my hands, everything was so confusing with the whole mate thing. What did humans actually do? To date? To have sex? I wondered if humans had it easier with dating and feelings.

Carson - who I learned was Kevin's brother just like I thought - was the guy Daryl had punched down the stairs. He was cool like Kevin but followed me around like a lost puppy.

"Carson, will you please stop looking over my shoulder?" I snapped annoyed at him. I have been trying to draw the wolf that I kept seeing, he was standing on my old packs land, he's golden eyes staring straight at me. Dark fur blowing in the wind. He or she was panting from the heat. It was a nice sunny day.

"Joyce!" A panicked voice yelled through the clearing. I didn't look up, I kept drawing. I wanted to draw this wolf so perfectly. I've seen it before but where?

"Joyce!" Hands were on me this time, I looked up in the panicked look of Carson.

"What? What?" I asked as he half dragged me to my feet.

"Daryl." Carson tells me.

I dropped my book. What had happened?

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Daryl's POV

I knew Joyce wanted me to kiss her before I walked out the door, but I knew that if I had I wouldn't just quick kiss, it'd be until she was laying under me and panting stocking wet. I felt my cock harden and tried not to groan.

Now really wasn't the time to be thinking like that. I knew Joyce wanted to take things slow. My phone rings with an unknown number, I glared at it and picked it up.

"Ah Daryl" Darren's voice spoke through the phone.

"What the fuck do you want?" I snapped at him.

"I want to be Alpha, I was born 6 minutes before you but if I actually look it's almost a day before you." Darren said.

"Enough Dad picked me to be Alpha and that I've been Alpha for many years you can't just come in and become Alpha without knowing how to run a pack."

"I wonder what Joyce's thoughts will be when I take her, maybe make her my new mate." Darren says before hanging up.

I crunch the phone between my fingers, I hadn't been gone long, but I knew Joyce wasn't at home that didn't seem to have stopped Darren before.

Carson! I snapped through the pack mindlink.

Yes Alpha Reed?

Where's Joyce?

She's sitting right in front of me.

Watch the woods we're under Darren's watch.

I cut the mindlink short, I didn't want Joyce to get scared. I remember the night she came home, the blood on her back. She let me wash it as I sat naked behind her, she naked in front of me. Nothing sexual just being there for her, it wasn't something I wanted to let go of. It had been the first time she had trusted me, and I loved it.

Suddenly I heard a gunshot, and felt pain in my chest, I groan in pain as I dropped to my knees. Guns? Really werewolves didn't fight with guns. It was a human move. Was Darren trying to be Alpha that badly? I didn't really care who the Alpha was but it was my father's work and life and blood he had put into this pack that I wouldn't let Darren ruin that with his need for higher power.

I pulled the bullet out cursing as it burned my skin, I knew it was a hunter bullet from the way it burned of course no werewolf could use silver. My wolf couldn't heal me, not with silver in my blood, I fought to stay awake but another bullet hit me and I passed out.

My last thoughts were of Joyce, I hope to god she'd be okay. And that I didn't die because if I did I only hoped Joyce would get a second chance mate and he'd make her happy.

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