What do you do? What do you say? Do you cry? Scream? Laugh? Or do you just do nothing? Do you panic and run out of the room? Live the life of a coward or bare a soul full of courage? Nothing is more scary.

Time seemed to freeze in that moment. Her plump, pink lips gaped at not only me, but Andrew. Her green eyes scanned the scene, and I had never felt so vulnerable.

The man beside her, my father, had eyes deep enough that you could jump into them. The once hazel orbs had turned into murky brown pools.

The smaller version of my dad stood on the opposite side of my mother: my brother. I guess I couldn't really call him the 'smaller version,' now. He was nearly my dad's height. He was quite the dominating character, but still had the somewhat chubby face of a little boy.

"Alex?" I hadn't realized who said my name first. I still don't know. The name burned my ears and made my heart pound faster than usual.

The air in the room felt thick as if you could swim in it. My whole body was tense, and no one seemed quite sure what to do or say. I didn't know what to do or say.

"Greyson?" I questioned swiftly. His eyes shot to mine as he was most likely feeling the amount of pressure in the room that I was. "Why-"

"Alex?" A voice interrupted. My throat felt dry as my mother's feet slowly dragged their way across the floor. "Is that really you?" Her voice was so strained, I just wanted to hold her and tell her everything was alright, so that's what I did.

I took two large steps and wrapped my arms around her. I pulled her against me and listened to her sob on my shoulder as I rubbed my hand up and down her back.

"Yeah, mom. It's me." My voice cracked as I spoke. I peered up from her shoulder to focus on the people in the doorway.

My dad watched my mother and I as a tear trailed down his cheek, but that wasn't what caught my attention. It was the fact that my brother stared wide-eyed at the brown haired spitfire beside him. The look of shock and horror on Karissa's face made my heart shatter. Instantly, I knew why they were looking at each other. It was because a certain magical connection that I shared with Greyson that could make you so entranced with one person that it felt as if you two were the only people in the room. I guess our assumptions of Dylan and her had been wrong. I felt like everything was just starting to come together and now everything was starting to fall apart. You could tell just how much Karissa didn't want the bond.

"Mom," I said quickly, not noticing any other tension in the room besides Karissa and my brother. "I want you to meet someone, but only you: in private." I said as I stared at Karissa. My mom pulled away. We looked at each other. She nodded anxiously, and then looked at my brother and father. My dad nodded as well, and exited. My brother was a bit more hesitant, but left with Greyson and Andrew with one last glance at Karissa.

Once the door was closed, everything just felt..different. Like nothing was real.

I sat down in Greyson's office chair as my mom and Karissa sat in the two chairs in front of the desk. My throat was like a desert and my stomach was set ablaze.

"Mom, I-" I was about to continue, but was cut off.

"Why?" my mom blurted out. My heart felt like it had stopped beating at that moment. I licked my lips and shook my head.

"Trust me, I did it for myself, and I'm glad I had," I said with much less confidence than I had hoped for. She nodded as a tear trailed down her cheek. "Mom, I really need to ask you some stuff. I'm really sorry this is so abrupt, but I'm kind of in a haze right now with all of this," I shot out quickly. She nodded, and I continued.

"Mom, this is Karissa," I said as I pointed to Karissa's petite figure. Her usually red cheeks were pale, and her bright blue eyes were dull as she looked ill in the moment. "Karissa, this is my mom, Lynn," I introduced quietly as Karissa nodded with hesitation.

"I've heard a lot about you," Karissa said as she gave a small smile to my mom. My mom smiled back, but I didn't. It made me quite sad actually. I turned to Karissa with questioning eyes. She nodded knowing exactly what I was thinking. "Yeah, he's my mate," she whispered.

"Mom, how is that even possible? He hasn't shifted, has he?" My mom's face paled at the question and she looked like she was about to cry again. "Mom." I couldn't fathom how this would happen. A wolf has to actually be shifted before they can find their mate. Considering Ashton is only sixteen, he shouldn't have even shifted yet.  The first child in a werewolf family usually always shifts first around eleven or twelve.  We're the 'lucky ones'. The others usually don't shift until they are around eighteen. Its rare that they shift before then, but it happens like with Shawn. Either way, a normal wolf finds their mate at eighteen. Ashton, my brother, is not eighteen.

"Alex, let me think for a minute," she snapped obviously stressing out. I gritted my teeth together and watched as my mother attempted to keep her composure.

"After you left, Ashton had a major break down. He started hurting people. He put a kid in the hospital for three weeks," she said hastily as she rubbed her eyes with the palms of her hands.

"Your father and I thought it would be best to adopt. We were lost without someone else in the house, and Ashton was off the rails. He had no one, and the pack had no traces of you. We were hopeless. That's when we adopted Andrew. He and Ash became the best of friends. They were inseparable," She explained happily, and then a look of sadness washed over her face. "Then, Andrew dropped the 'I want to find my birth parents' bomb," she said as her eyes became glassy.

"Ashton was against it. He thought that everyone was against him. He thought everyone was leaving him," she said and took a large breath before continuing. "Andrew left at night while Ash was asleep. When Ashton woke up, Drew was gone. He ran out of the house and didn't come back for two days. I looked everywhere for him. When he finally did, he was brought back as a rogue by the Alpha. He shifted prematurely," she finished. I had a hard time processing it, but slowly, I did.

"How did he?" Karissa spoke up. 

"Rage maybe? I'm not really sure. He doesn't really talk to anyone," she said quietly. Then, she turned to me with a frown, "He's a very harsh and antisocial person, Alex. Be careful around him." I thought for a moment about it all. Was he turning into what I had already become? Why this? Why would he want to be a monster? He used to be so pure. Then, I glanced at Karissa and saw her unreadable features.

"I'm not the one I'm worried about," I said as I scanned over Karissa with worry. "How bad is he?" I questioned.

"Well, he's been sent to the cellars I don't know how many times for nearly killing pack members. He choked five people and I'm not even sure that he's a virgin anymore," she said looking completely drained.

"What about his shifting? Is that okay?" I questioned making her gulp.

"No. I mean, well, he can shift. Its just, the mind link was not fully created, so no one has anyway of communicating with him, and he has no way of communicating unless he shifts back to human form every time he has to speak," she answered sadly. Unshed tears shined in her eyes as did Karissa's.

I walked out from behind the desk and walked toward Karissa. I wrapped my arms around her, as she squeezed me tightly.

"If I can change, so can Ashton. Just watch. If I can't change for myself, then I will for Ash and you. Maybe he'll see how wrong it is the way he is now and change, too because you don't deserve him how he is now," I said softly. I felt her tears soak into my shirt as she cried quietly.

"Yes I do, Alex, because if it weren't for me then your parents wouldn't even be here," she said and I froze. I pulled away to look at her. Her eyes were red, and her cheeks were tear stained. "I told Greyson where your parents were. I know you didn't want them to find you, but you needed them too. I guess I did too," she said making my heart ache at the truth in her tone.

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Yep. Chapter whatever that was. Omg. I think my brother just fell out of bed. Wtf.

It is 12:48 am December 21, 2014. so yeah. I live in the US and am a proud fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Boo yah ka shaw.

Idk why I just said all of that^

It's late and I'm tired so if none of that made sense of there then I'll probably edit some of it tomorrow but I felt like posting so there. Ps. Sorry it's short.😬

Oh yeah and I'm actually extremely happy to say I'm single. Idk why but I like being single. I get to stare at all the dudes I want😈

Eh okay. Well if you guys wanna, follow me on Instagram at alexnrecupero or Twitter at alexnrecupero

Yep. Mkay. Love you all. Bye.❤️

Edited 3/19/16