Valerie didn't realize she was at the pack's hospital until a little werewolf came up to her and tugged her shirt. Valerie let out a gasped startled and looked down at the little girl. She had claw marks on her face and burn marks on her body and face.

"Well hello. Aren't you a cutie." She slowly picks the girl up and looked at her. "I like your little pink bunny. What's his name?" Valerie smiles at the little girl and boops the droopy bunny's nose.

"I named him Fluffy." She giggled.

"Well hello Fluffy, I'm Valerie. Did you now? Is that so." She begins to tickle her and the girl began to shriek with laughter. Valerie hears a nurse gasp and she looks up at her.

"Oh give you my respect Luna, but she is in no condition to be up to let alone be tickled." The nurse said with a sympathetic smile. Suddenly a young boy who was older than the young girl came storming towards them.

"Lucielle May Donovan!" The little girl begins to shrink into Valerie's arms. "You know you aren't supposed to be out of bed yet!" She opened her mouth to protest but he immediately cut her off. "Not only that you are in some strangers arms." He grabs her arm and pulls her from Val's arms.

"Hey be careful she is injured you can't just yank her like that." The little boy turned and glared at Valerie and turn back around marching away hand in hand with Lucille who gave her a sad little wave. Valerie grabs another nurse walking by.

"Excuse me, can you tell me about the little girl Lucille?" The nurse looked at her and held the clipboard to her chest. This nurse was a little more on the elder side.

'Oh, that poor angel. Her family was attacked. She and her older brother Julian were the only survivors. They set the house on fire. Their parents were, you know... they didn't make it out. But Julian saved Lucille and they were found unconscious outside the burning houses. The poor dears are orphans now. The hospital has been searching for their records but it doesn't seem that they have any living relatives." The woman gives a sad smile and her eyes wrinkled at the sides.

"Wait, what will happen to them when they are released from the hospital?" Valerie asks.

"Most likely go to the orphanage." The woman said and clucked her tongue. "Unless someone takes them in before they are released. I really need to go, Luna." She gives a quick head bow and walks quickly down the hall. Valerie looks down the hall in a room and Lucille and her brother Julian. He looked like he was giving her a lecture but they cracked into a smile and begin to giggle. They hugged each other and it warmed her heart. She knew she had to do something to help them but she couldn't yet because she had other problems to solve.

Valerie opens the front door and shuts it quietly. She immediately goes into the library and gets a phone. She waits for it to ring a few times and then Jasmine picks it up.

"Hello?" Her voice ringed through the phone.

"Hey, Jasmine? How are you?"

"Oh, I'm good yeah. Babe stop." She hears a smacking noise and then heard Mike saying something in protest.

"Jasmine, are you listening?"

"Hmm, yeah look this isn't the best time." She hears kissing noises and she sighed.

"Uh yeah I better go, I think Lucas and Leam are calling me." She hangs up and sighs. She felt her eyes sting and then tears began to fall. She pulled her knees up to her chest. She buried her head in her knees and began to sob. She didn't know why until she realized how helpless she felt. She once read that no Luna should shed a tear around prying eyes. She felt someone petting her head and she looked up to see Lucas and Leam. Leam comes up and brushes away a tear on her face away. She couldn't help but look at them and cry more. Lucas lifts her off the couch and sits down setting her on his lap leaning against his chest. Leam gets on the couch and leans his head on her lap like a dog. She pets his hair while Lucas brushes her tears off her face and holds her.

"So you wanna talk about why your crying?" Leam asks and looks up at her with blue eyes. She knew she couldn't tell them everything but there is a bit she could.

"I found myself at the hospital today after I ran off. There was this little girl named Lucille and her older brother named Julian. They were attacked and their house was set on fire. Their parents didn't make it. The hospital hasn't found any records of living relatives and they will most likely go to an orphanage once they are released. They will be abandoned just like I was, maybe under circumstances but still, they are being abandoned. I just want them to have a better life than I ever did, you know maybe find them a home for them. Within the village." Lucas nodded thoughtfully.

"We can manage that as long as we have your help."

"Of course you will. I am the one sobbing over it, aren't I?" They chuckled and she smiled and snuggled down in their warmth and felt her eyes droop.

"We love you, Val." Was all she heard before she greeted darkness.

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