They had to get out of car. They had to gather any injured and safely make their way back to the hospital. Everyone needed to be accounted for. Jenny's voice was a godsend. As he took charge, Sebestian turned his attention to his family as had become the pattern over the past few days.He would be lying if he claimed he had never been afraid in battle, but he could say that seeing Adom reach towards him the way he did was downright terrifying. He had been the younger brother for years. He had comforted and protected for so long that it was a natural instinct for him. This was different though. Sebestian was pretty sure that this was what his big brother's feel from him all their life. It had been easy enough to give Adom guide with just a strength he had left.He could barely focus on Adom and Amelia's hushed conversation. His focus was on getting them and the rest of his family to safety as quickly as possible. Amelia's scent surging next to him was a huge comfort as well.Adom's arm

The day of the vow renewals was coming up quickly. Plans had been made. The family had plans been made. The entire apartment was one large sea of glitter, fabric samples, and cake samples. Okay, the cake samples were actually very nice, but even Adom metabolism was beginning to lose the fight against those kinds of calories. Two nights left, and then the wedding day would be upon them. Then all of this would become a distant"Adom, hey, your opinion?"Adom dragged his eyeballs back from where they had been trying to roll up into his skull and looked at the three centerpieces. "That one," he said pointing out one at random. In all honesty, planning a wedding was not the worst thing in the world. He enjoyed planning events actually, and since he had excellent taste, his events always turned out well. The problem occurred whenever Amelia was involved. Adom did things simply and smoothly. He picked out things that went together and then managed to pull off tasteful events while making it

Adom peeked out the window. Despite everyone in the immediate family now being impervious to sunlight, they had still decided to hold the ceremony just after sunset. They had too many friends to do otherwise. Their wedding would be held outside on the mansion's grounds, a historical event for the location."I should get these back to Sebestian."Amelia pouted. "You've been over there so long. I can't believe you've just gone by his side and forgotten all about your dear sister." She clutched at her chest. "My only brother abandoning me to the cold."Amelia's flair for dramatics and love of teasing Adom always increased around big events. Adom couldn't help but love it though. It was a signal that everything was good. No one had anything to truly worry over."I just have to take him the spare ones and let him know what you've picked. I'll be right back. I've divided the time equally between the two of you." He had actually gone out of his way to monitor the time and make sure he was sp

Alec had a plenty of things to do, and still, he was bored. He never thought the day would come when he would miss bailing Ethan out of the trouble of the day. When Sebestian called him and asked him to help out with a situation with the company, Alec practically raced out of the apartment and straight to the company. If he was really lucky, his aunt and uncle would have joined forces to cause whatever chaos was happening, and he would be busy for at least two days cleaning up the mess of it all.He was relatively surprised to arrive and find that nothing was in shambles. Then again, he should have suspected as much since Sebestian had sounded remarkably calm during their phone call, even for him. There was a group of ten people gathered in the main room when he stepped inside, though the one who had called him was noticeably absent. All of the others were staring at something on the screen, and they didn't even notice that he had entered thanks to the adjustments that had been made o

Alec knew something was wrong before he opened the door. The smell of his mother scent was thick in the air, and Alec knew whose it was. He shakily worked on unlatching the door while forcing out prayers to a deity he was only half certain listened to him any longer. Of all the times for his mother to actually lock the place, but she had been meeting with someone and hadn't wanted Sebestian or Alec to forget and accidentally barge in during the middle of any works.Finally, he burst into the apartment. Amelia was on the floor unconscious, blood pouring from her wounds. Above her, a beta-were hovered: a beta hyena-were which meant a leader of her pack and far more of a threat than any of the males would have been. She had half transformed. Her fangs and claws were out, and she was about to summon her pack. Alec jumped into action. He took advantage of her having not noticed him to lunge at her from behind her and bash her hard enough in the head to knock her out.He was about to do mor