Liz woke up to the sound of a light tapping on the door that led to her balcony. She looked over and saw Max standing there. By the look his face Liz could tell that he probably hadn’t slept the whole night and had stayed up worrying. Liz felt a pang of guilt wash over her. She could have died last night and Max wouldn’t have known what was going on. She climbed out of her bed and headed over to let him in. As soon as the door was open Max wrapped his arms around her in a big hug. “Max, what are you doing here?”
“I had to see that you were okay.”
“I’ve recovered.” Liz answered.
“I was so worried about you.” Max said tightening the hug.
“Sorry, but I’m fine. Really.” Liz mumbled into his chest. His scent filled her nostrils and Liz buried her nose deeper. They pulled apart a minute later and moved to sit on her bed, Max holding on to her hand not wanting to let go of her. “I’m sorry I scared you so much.”
“I just didn’t know what was happening, I didn’t know what to do.” Max exclaimed.
“Michael did and he took care of me so don’t worry about it. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about that, I kind of forgot.” Liz said. “I’m sorry I ruined our night.”
“Well how about we go out tonight? I’ll take you to dinner then we can do whatever you want.” Max said.
Liz bit her lip remembering the conversation with Michael the night before, “I think I’m going to stick close to home tonight. I mean I’ve recovered but I have to work at eleven until eight so I’ll probably be worn out. And my teachers decided to pile on the homework this weekend. So I was thinking of doing it tonight because I have some girl time planned with my mom tomorrow. Hope you don’t mind?”
Max tried to hide his disappointment. He wanted to spend some time with Liz but if she couldn’t go than she couldn’t go. Plus he didn’t want her to have a relapse and be in pain again. He never wanted to see her in so much pain as the night before. “That’s fine. I only want you to be okay.”
Liz heard her mom approaching her bedroom door before she knocked, “Liz?”
Liz pushed Max back out her balcony door and shut it. She knew her mother could probably smell Max and would know he’d been there but she still didn’t want her to catch Max in her room. She opened her door, “Yeah, Mom.”
“I wanted to see if you were awake. I’m about to start breakfast.”
“I’m going to take a shower then I’ll be down.” Liz said. She saw her mom’s eyes flicker behind Liz before leaving. Liz knew she’d been busted but her mom had let her off. She hurried back to where Max was waiting. “I’ve got to take a shower and get downstairs. Come by the Crashdown later so I can see you.”
Max nodded and went to kiss her but she turned her face so he was met with her cheek. She smiled at him before heading inside. She needed to get her changing and her hormones in check before she could be with Max alone. She grabbed some clean clothes and headed in for a shower.
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Max climbed down the lattice thinking of how odd Liz’s behavior was. She had acted very distant. And if he didn’t know better it seemed that she was trying to keep him at arm’s length. He didn’t know what was going on with her. Maybe she didn’t want to be too close to him because when they had been close last night she had ended up in pain. Granted, according to Michael it was just muscle spasms so it would have happened regardless of what she’d been doing. Or maybe he was just imagining things. He had to wait and see.
Part 10
That night after she got off work Liz headed for home. She took a shower and ate alone. Her brother wasn’t home and the house was quiet. She hadn’t been lying to Max about homework but despite the tons of homework for the weekend she had, Liz wanted to try out her new skills in the woods. She snuck out of the house and walked to the edge of the woods. Scanning the area, she took off her clothes and put them in the duffel bag that she brought with her and morphed into the wolf. She could hear everything, including the mouse scurrying about searching for seeds far in front of her. She also sensed a presence of another wolf in the forest. It was Michael.
Michael was in a clearing in the woods when he caught his sister’s scent. He was in human form having not flipped yet. With a mischievous smile still planted on his face, Michael leaned forward in a crouch to let the wolf overcome his human guise. The last of his human flesh dissolved into a thick covering of fur and he threw his head toward the lunar ruler of the night. The shining orb of the moon washed over his features, reflecting within the depths of intelligent, animal eyes. Inhaling deeply, he caught traces of her scent that still clung to every leaf like a mass of locusts. Michael strutted toward the top of the hill. Lifting his face to the sky once more, emitting a low, guttural call before taking off in the direction of Liz’s path.
Deciding to play with her brother she ran through the woods, enjoying the sensation of being free in this feral state. A part of her couldn’t understand why she had never wanted to change. It brought an ancient feeling to her. A feeling that this was what she had always really been. She tilted her head to the moon and gave a long, cry letting the sound vibrate her very bones. She was answered with a similar, deeper cry from Michael. And he was close.
The wind was crisp, carrying a hint of moisture, tickling her nostrils. The soil was rich and lush beneath her paws, as she threaded her way through the woods. Leaves dotted with dew rustled to her left and she turned her head to see a gray wolf emerging from the underbrush. A canine grin is on his face, his tongue lolling out of his mouth. He had found her.
(You have a lot to learn still Little sister)She heard her brother say in her head.
Not wanting to go all the way back yet, the two wolves headed back to where Michael left his clothes and morphed back into human form. Michael covered himself with his boxers while Liz shrugged on his shirt. They sat next to each other and gazed at the stars. Liz broke the silence when she said, “I want to tell Max.”
Michael wasn’t surprised by her statement in the least. He continued to gaze skyward as he said, “You know you can’t.”
“But I love him. What do I do if we get married one day and have kids? What would I tell him when his kids start to flip? That I had been lying to him for so many years?”
“So what? You want to walk up to him one day and say by the way Max, I’ve been keeping this big secret from you. I can shift into a wolf. I like to strip down naked and run through the woods at night? What do you think he would do, say? Oh that’s great. No.” Michael said. “Liz, I know you want to, but you can’t always trust the ones you want to.”
Liz flopped onto her back and huffed in frustration. What was she going to do? Her heart was telling her that Max could be trusted but her family said he couldn’t be. And if she told Max she wouldn’t just be telling her secret but theirs too. She needed some time to herself. She stood up and shed Michael’s shirt before flipping. She looked at her brother who was still in human form. (I’m going for some time alone.)
Liz saw him nod and set off in the other direction. Sticking to the shadows she headed for Max’s house. She wanted to see him. She approached his house cautiously and saw his bedroom light was on. Creeping up she stayed in wolf form as she peered over the windowsill. Max appeared to be working out. He was wearing nothing but shorts and was doing chin ups on a bar placed in his doorway. She watched him pull himself up and down a few times before he dropped to the ground. He grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat off his body before sitting on the edge of his bed.
Liz loved just watching him. It took all her will power to not jump threw the window to be with him. She saw him suddenly snap his attention towards her so she backed back into the shadows. He appeared at the window, looking around. He must have felt her watching him. She turned and headed for home. She stopped to flip back and put her clothes back on before heading up to her bedroom. If she couldn’t tell Max she would just have to settle for being with him.
Part 11
A week later, Isabel, Ava, and Liz were on their weekly trip to the mall, a ritual they did to guarantee some girl bonding.
“What about this?” Liz asked showing Ava and Isabel another outfit.
“It’s cool.” Ava said as she and Isabel looked at the outfit that Liz was showing them.
“Not quite what you would normally get though.” Isabel commented.
“Yeah, what is with you today?” Ava asked.
“What are you talking about?” Liz asked.
“This,” Isabel said motioning to the outfit Liz had picked up. It was a short black skirt and a snug white T-shirt with a heart and wings on it. “I mean you have some clothes that you like to wear when we go out but I’ve never seen you wear a skirt so short.”
“I just feel like doing something a little different.” Liz said shrugging. She couldn’t explain to them that since she flipped she felt this odd since of confidence in herself. It wasn’t that she had ever had a low self-image of herself, it was just that now she felt bolder. It had been almost a week since she had gone through the change. During that week she had spent a lot of the nights in the woods with her mom then later her dad and Michael had joined them. She had more control over her wolf enhanced hormones although she hadn’t taken the chance to test it much.
As much as she hated it, she had distanced herself from Max all week. She made sure that they hadn’t had a chance to be alone or at least alone in private place. They had only met at the Crashdown or with their friends around. When Max tried to suggest that they go to the eraser room Liz had come up with the excuse that she had to work on something in the library.
Ava looked Liz over and noticed some small differences in Liz. She carried herself differently and she had this strong presence about her. She acted like she was surer of herself but Ava couldn’t figure out why. There was only one thing that could have happened that would make Liz act differently over one night; “You had sex.”
“What?!” Liz and Isabel asked.
“Think about it, the new look, the sexy clothes…” Ava said drifting off.
Liz rolled her eyes, “Max and I did not have sex.”
“Yeah, Ava. I don’t think my brother wouldn’t be so hard to live with recently if they had had sex.” Isabel stated.
“What do you mean Isabel?” Liz asked. She didn’t like the sound of Isabel’s last sentence.
Isabel noted Liz’s worry over her brother and was glad to see it. She had been worried about her friend and her brother’s relationship the past week. They had gone from joined at the hip to barely within arm distance in less than a week. “This past week Max hasn’t been himself. He’s been kind of crabby and snippy.”
Liz hadn’t realized how frustrated, Max was getting, as was she. She missed him. She was stupid to think that the distance she had put between them wouldn’t affect Max. She could only guess what he was thinking. She looked at her watch, Max had three more hours until he got off work at 9. “Isabel, do you think it’d be okay if I surprised Max after he got off work?”
Isabel smiled, “I think it’d be fine. I’ll hang out over at Ava and Alex’s, and Mom & Dad will be gone to dinner with a client until late so you guys will have plenty of privacy to talk.”
“Thanks Isabel. Now what do you think, should I buy this?” Liz asked.
“Definitely.” They both said.
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Max made his way into the dark house. He knew his mom and dad were out with clients but wasn’t sure where Isabel was. He went into the kitchen and grabbed something to drink. His night at worked had sucked, it had been slow so all he could think about was Liz. He would have gone to see her at the Crashdown but he knew she was off work that night so that was out. He didn’t know what was going on with her. She acted so distant and she never acted that way. Well her and Michael had both been somewhat aloof when they had first moved here but he figured that was because they were the new kids.
But her distance now had happened over night. He had also noticed that Michael seemed more protective of her. The two seemed to have that twin telepathy thing going on, knowing where the other one was, stuff like that. He could only assume it had something to do with that night of the party. Liz was probably scared she'd have more spasms and knew Michael would take care of her. It hurt a little that she couldn’t feel like he would do the same thing for her.
As he headed into his room he pulled off his UFO Center vest and tossed it in his closet. He was about to take the rest of his clothes off but he saw something in the closet door mirror. He turned to where Liz was sitting at his desk. “Jeez, Liz. Scare the hell out of me.”
“Sorry.” Liz muttered.
“I just wasn’t expecting you to be sitting there. Why didn’t you say anything?” Max asked.
Liz couldn’t help but blush, “I was enjoying the show.”
Max couldn’t help the tingle of pleasure that he felt that she had liked watching him. “So did you come here to spy on me or for something else?”
“I wanted to talk to you.”
“About?”
“The way I’ve been acting.” Liz stated. “I’m sorry if I’ve been pushing you away.”
Max ran his hand through hair, “Why? Did I do something?”
“No, Max.”
“Then what is it? I feel like I’m loosing you.” Max stated.
Liz saw the pain in his eyes and she kicked herself again for what she had done. She stood up and leaned back against the desk. “I love you Max. Don’t ever forget that. You’re not loosing me. I’ve just had some serious family stuff to deal with this week.”
“You know you can talk to me about anything. I want to be here for you.” Max said.
“I know but like I said it’s just family stuff, it’s all worked out now.” Liz said smiling at him.
He loved her smile. It always lit up her face and made her more beautiful than she already was. He couldn’t help but say, “I love you so much.”
“I love you too Max.” She said. He came forward and hugged her close to him. Since her face so close to his, he couldn’t resist nuzzling her soft cheek. He raised his head a little and when he breathed into her ear, she whimpered.
Liz squeezed her eyes shut when he dragged his lips up and down her jaw line. She knew they had just worked things out well as well as they could without her telling him, and they should wait but she didn’t want to. They needed each other. He lifted his right hand and cupped the other side of her face. She tried not to moan when he slid that hand into her hair and raked his fingers over her scalp. She leaned against his mouth, urging him to kiss and suck her earlobes like she always wanted. He licked her soft skin and then shuddered when he felt her hand snake around his back and lift the hem of his shirt.
She skimmed her fingers up and down his skin as he sucked her earlobe into his mouth. Her fingers dipped lower and lower each time until she finally let them rest just inside the waistband of his jeans. It felt so good for him to touch her after fighting it for so long.
Max cupped her face in both of his hands and took a deep breath before kissing her. He started softly, but then he kissed her more passionately…with everything he had in him. His courage grew as they moved backwards and reached the foot of the bed. Liz pushed him on the bed and she climbed on top of him.
His hands ran all over her back and sides until she pressed against his chest and broke off the kiss. She gazed down at him with hunger and want in her eyes. He watched reach for the hem of her shirt and lift it over her head. In a moment, he had reached up and gripped her shoulders, pulling her down on top of him again. She sucked the skin along his collarbone as he unfastened her bra.
“Liz?” Max asked. “Are you scared?”
“Yes,” Liz replied.
“Maybe we should stop?” Max offered. “Is this what you want?”
She sat up slowly, rocking against his erection as she did. He licked his lips as she slid the unhooked bra down her arms and tossed it aside. “Is this what you want?”
“Oh God yes,” Max moaned as he sat up and cupped her breasts in his hands. Her head fell back as he closed his mouth over her erect nipple while his fingers teased the other.
She let him suckle her breast for a moment until she began clawing at his shirt. She needed to feel his bare skin against hers. He allowed her to remove his shirt and then went back to work, licking circles around her nipples. She buried her fingers in his hair and pressed his mouth against her milky skin. She needed more. She needed him.
AN: Okay guys, people have been asking about the whole wolves mate for life thing and here's the answer according to what I've gathered from the show. The fact that they are both wolf and human excepts them from the mating for life. On the show, the wolves sleep with everyone. They're a very hormonal group.
So Michael and Courtney are not mates and Liz and Max aren't either. Unless she chooses to marry Max, which we know she did so that would make him her mate. Confused?
Part 12
She could feel her wetness soaking through her panties and the mixture of their aroused scents overwhelmed her. Grabbing a handful of his hair, she dragged his lips away from her nipple and stood to undress herself. She loved the way his heavy-lidded eyes watched her as she stripped her pants and panties for him. He wriggled out of his pants and boxers, needing to be free of his clothing as well.
She stood before him…naked and needy. She could feel the wolf blood roaring through her veins but she was able to hold it back. She bent down and began to join him back on the bed, but he flipped them so he loomed over her. He started at her neck licking and sucking down to the base. That was when he heard her voice, “Bite me…please?”
“Like this?” Max asked as he took her silky skin into his mouth and nibble on the tender flesh.
“Ummm…” She bites her lower lip and clenches handfuls of blanket. “Yeah, like that.”
He nibbled a few minutes longer until he moved lower and kissed his way down to her breasts. He suckled each of them again then his mouth went lower and she gasped in anticipation.
The moment his tongue flicked out and he began to lick her slowly, he asked her. “Do you like this?”
“Yes,” she gasped as she tried to squeeze her thighs shut.
“Oh no,” He said mischievously as he pressed her legs open once more. “If you do that, then I can’t do this.”
Max sucked the soft skin where her sex and her thigh are joined. She sucked in a sharp breath as he brushed his lips past her lips each time he switched sides. “Max quit teasing.”
“Like this?” Max asked before fiercely sucking her clit and teasing the swollen bud with the tip of my tongue. As his right hand slipped under her ass, the other dragged up her thigh and comes to rest on her wetness. His tongue continues its assault on her clit while two fingers dip inside.
“Yes,” Liz hissed as her hands rake through his hair. He knew she was almost there when she arched her back almost completely off the bed and growled profusely under her breath. Then she came apart drenching his tongue with her sweetness. Using both hands to hold her in place, he delved deep into her dripping core and drink the nectar that her climax has produced.
“Oh…oh, Max. Please?” she cried.
“Please what?” Max asked, as he raised his head.
“Please…” she gasped, her chest heaving. She opened her eyes slowly open and he saw a fire there that he had never seen before. They were almost glowing they were so golden in color. Her hand slid between them and he felt her slender fingers envelop his cock. Just that action alone has his head spin. “I want you…now.”
He gasped when she pressed him back to the bed and climbed on top of him again. She kissed her way up his chest until finally she found his mouth. She licked his lower lip and tasted herself on him. He smiled when she nibbled his lip and thrust her tongue into his mouth. She bucked her hips against him, coating the underside of his erection with her wetness. He groaned; as he needed to be inside her so badly it hurt. With one hand, he felt on his side table and found his wallet.
She sat up and watched as he removed the small foil package from his wallet and then tore the package open. Backing away from him, she allowed him to sheath his arousal and found herself biting her lower lip in anticipation. “Come here,” she heard him practically growl as he pulled her forward and let the tip of his cock brush against her clit.
She laughed as he peered into her eyes. She lifted her legs and hooked them behind his back as he slid inside of her. She felt him tear through her barrier but the pain was quickly replaced with pleasure. “You okay? Should we stop?”
“No!” she exclaimed. “I’m fine.”
He felt her hands on his ass urge him me on. He started to pump in and out of her. She heard him groan as he bit his lower lip so hard she could see that he drew blood. He placed his hands on either side of her head and watched her as he ground against her and drove himself closer to the brink. She moaned in delight as her climax took hold and sent her walls spasming around him.
“Oh Liz,” Max groaned as he pumped in and out of her and let his orgasm break free ripping through him. She ran her hands up his chest and slid them behind his neck. She kissed him softly as they continued to shudder and come down from their explosive climax.
Max peered at her and she smiled widely…like there is nowhere else she’d rather be. He rolled over so that they were lying on their sides, face to face. He withdrew from her pulled off the condom and tossed it in the trash before turning back to her. They laid there snuggling for a little while before Max said; “I don’t want to let you go home tonight. I can’t.”
Liz smiled at him, “I don’t want to leave either but I don’t think we want my father and brother tearing down the door and dragging me home.”
Liz stood up pulling on her clothes before leaning over to kiss him goodbye. “It’s probably chilly out. Take my sweatshirt off the desk chair.” Max offered.
The cold didn’t effect Liz like it did before she flipped but she took Max up on his offer for the sole reason that the sweatshirt was his favorite and it smelled like him. She slipped it over her head as he pulled his boxers on. Once more he wrapped his arms around her, “I love you.”
“I love you too.” He kissed her goodbye before she climbed out the window. She walked home replaying what her and Max had just done in her head. She hopped the fence into her yard and made her way up to the house. Her head was so clouded with thoughts of Max that she didn’t catch the unfamiliar scent of others in the yard. Before she could react someone grabbed her from behind and a hand covered her mouth.
Part 13
Struggling against her captor, Liz realized that he was stronger and her instincts began taking control. With her heart pounding, her wolf blood running fiercely through her body, she began to flip but stopped when she heard a deep voice whisper in her ear, "At least all of you Donner's aren't scared to be wolf."
Liz stopped the process of flipping at his words. At the same time she caught their scent and knew that they were wolves like her. The hunters from Wolf Lake had caught up with them. She was in so much shock that words failed her. But not the man who held her, “Well you’ve been out being a naughty one haven’t you? You reek of human and sex. I bet Daddy and your brother will be so happy that you’ve been whoring yourself to some human. Let’s go see.”
Liz was still unable to see who the man who held her was but saw four of his companions come out of the shadows. They all looked to be in their twenties and all smelled of wolf. They lead Liz to the back patio doors of the house and as one opened the door Liz’s assailant moved them inside. Her parents and Michael were in the room inside. They jumped up when they saw Liz and the men with her.
“Who are you?” Jeff asked.
“You’ve been away so long you don’t even know your own kind? Pity.” Liz heard the one behind her say.
Jeff and the rest of his family realized who these men were. “My name is Tyler Creed, I’m sure you remember me as well as my father.”
“Let my daughter go.” Jeff warned.
“Oh I don’t know. She’s a sweet little thing, maybe she like to know what it felt like to have a guy from the hill between her legs.” Tyler said sneering.
Liz felt the bile in her throat at what Tyler said. In the effort to get out of such close proximity to him she bite down hard on the hand that covered her mouth. She felt her teeth break through his skin and he let his hold on her go as he howled.
“You little bitch.” Tyler growled at her before backhanding her.
Liz felt the sting on her face from Tyler’s hand. The blow sent her backwards until she felt Michael catch her and right her as he pushed her behind him. She caught a brief glimpse of his eyes glowing and heard a low growl emitting from him. Michael was beyond pissed.
Tyler smiled eyes glowing also as he said, “Come on little pup.”
“Bring it on.” Michael growled. The two males started to move forward.
“Michael, no.” Jeff ordered. While his son was strong, Tyler had years on him. He would not let Michael get killed. Liz knew what her father was doing and put her hand on Michael’s arm. “He’s not worth it Michael. I’m fine.”
Despite his better judgement Michael pulled back. Normally he didn’t back down from a fight especially since the bastard had hit Liz. For that he should rip his throat out but the pleading tone in Liz’s voice stopped him. He glanced at Tyler who was still smiling at him smugly.
“Good little pup.” Tyler said although he was itching for a fight. The past week had been one of the worst in his life. The day after the Internet professor who had threatened to expose the pack had injected John Kanin with Ruby’s blood John started showing signs of flipping. The only thing they could figure was that he got enough wolf blood in him to dominate the human blood and transformed it. Unfortunately Kanin survived and completely flipped two days later. With his non- pack status out of the way Ruby had pleaded with her dad to annul their marriage and Willard had complied. Tyler had lost some of footing towards his goal to become Alpha. Willard had decided to send Tyler out to Roswell after receiving word that the missing Donner family had been located. Tyler had not been happy but he had gone not wanting the Alpha angry with him. Two wolves had located the family a week before but waited until Tyler showed up with a few more before making their move. “Now, I say it’s time to go wouldn’t you?”
“I’m not going anywhere.” Liz stated her hands on her hips.
“Yes, you are. You all know that you would be forced to return. Cates issued a search and retrieval but over the years it was turned to a kill or capture so it’s either you go or you die. Which one would you prefer?” Tyler asked.
“Daddy.”
“Liz, he’s right. We have to go.” Liz looked pleadingly at her parents although she knew they had no choice. It was either go or die. Not much of a choice but Liz didn’t want to leave Max or her friends. She wouldn’t even get a chance to say good bye. The hunters would make them leave as soon as possible. She felt her heartbreak when she heard her father’s answer; “We’ll go.”
Tyler nodded although Liz thought he looked disappointed. He had probably wanted them to put up more of a fight. But her parents would do anything to protect their children. They wouldn’t let them be killed. She barely heard her mother’s voice as she spoke. She heard them pleading with Tyler to take some of their stuff with them. It took some arguing but Tyler had finally gotten fed up and conceded. Probably figured people would think the family had just left in a hurry, if nothing was missing it would look more like they had been abducted. Liz and Michael made their way upstairs to their rooms leaving Tyler and their parents downstairs. Two of Tyler’s men were stationed upstairs to watch them so they wouldn’t try to jump out one of the windows. As they made their way down the hall Michael leaned in and whispered, “Are you okay?”
“My face is fine.” Liz answered. She could feel her face was swollen some. Tyler had hit her pretty hard.
“I’m glad for that but that’s not what I meant.”
“Well what do you think Michael? You know I don’t want to leave.”
“I don’t either, Liz.” Michael stated.
“Max and the others are going to freak, they’re going to think we didn’t care enough to say good bye.” Liz said with tears in her eyes.
“Liz,” Michael said not knowing what to say. He knew where Liz had gone that night and what she’d been doing. Her scent was a mixture of her, Max, and sex. He also knew that for Liz sex wasn’t something she took lightly. She loved Max and had given herself to him only to find herself torn away not long after. “I know you feel like crap right now, and I know why but remember I’m here for you. You’re not going to be alone.”
Liz nodded knowing what he meant. The two separated and headed to their rooms. They had a lot of stuff to try and pack and not much time to do it.
Michael headed to his room and started trying to figure out what to take and what to leave. He didn’t like being forced to leave and go back to Wolf Lake especially if the wolves down stairs were any indication of what the town would be like. It had freaked him out at first when he saw Tyler holding Liz like he had but his emotions had quickly changed to anger when he had seen Tyler hit Liz. He had wanted to kill Tyler for hurting his sister but his dad had stopped him. He still felt that anger but couldn’t do anything about it. He started grabbing his stuff that he wanted to take and wondered what would happen when they got up to Wolf Lake.
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Part 15
RING, RING, RING.
“Come on, Liz. Pick up.” Max stated. He had been trying to get a hold of her all day ever since it was clear that her and Michael weren’t at school. Liz never missed school. It was now before the last class and Max was standing at one of the payphones trying to reach her. But no one had answered their phone or her cell phone. Liz said she had been dealing with some family stuff so maybe her parents had called them in so they could spend time together.
He had slept like the dead after she left although he was lonely. He had woken up instantly as he remembered the night before of course the claw marks on his back did not let him forget. He had jumped up in hopes of seeing her as soon as he got to school. Then she hadn’t appeared. He was starting to worry about her and Michael. He saw his sister and his friends approaching them and hung up after the tenth ring.
“Any luck?” Ava asked.
“No.” Max answered. “I’m going to go over to their house. I’ll just feel better.”
Ava and Alex agreed to go with him so they headed out to the Evans’ jeep and were on their way. It wasn’t hard to leave campus since they were allowed to go out for lunch. It didn’t take Max long before he was pulling up in the Parker driveway. He noticed that their dad’s SUV was gone. Nothing looked out of the ordinary but Max felt uneasy. The three jumped out and knocked on the door. No one answered. Ava looked in one of the windows, “Guys, this might sound weird but it looks like someone left the kitchen in a hurry.”
“What do you mean?” Alex asked.
“Well you know how anal Mrs. Parker is about her kitchen, right?”
“Yeah.” Both guys answered.
“Well it doesn’t look like anyone cleaned up last night.” Ava answered.
Max knew he could get in trouble but he tried the door handle. It was locked. “I’m going to try Liz’s balcony door.”
They made their way around the back of the house to the lattice that all of them had used to sneak up to Liz’s balcony. Max knew that nine times out of ten she forgot to lock the door. He tried the handle and it was unlocked. As he lead the way in he instantly noticed how empty the room was. Almost all the personal stuff, pictures etc. that Liz loved to have in her room was gone. The rest of the stuff looked like it had been tossed around half haphazardly. “Alex go check Michael’s room.”
Alex left quickly. Ava saw Max mentally logging everything. She walked over to Liz’s closest and opened it. Most of her clothes except for some of the older worn out ones were gone. “Max, what’s going on? Where’s Michael and Liz?”
“I don’t know, Ava. But it looks like the whole family left in a hurry.” Max stated. “She didn’t say anything about it last night.”
Alex picked that moment to come back, “Michael’s is the same way except maybe more of a mess.”
Something on Liz’s bookshelf caught his eye. It was her copy of Romero and Juliet. He knew she loved that book and couldn’t imagine her leaving it behind. He saw that her bookmark was positioned towards the back and for some reason he read the passage.
But that a joy past joy calls out on me,
It were a grief to part with thee: Farewell.
God knows when we shall meet again.
He didn’t know if it was coincidence or what but he felt like it was Liz’s way of some how saying goodbye to him when she hadn’t been able to. Which meant if she was doing that, she wasn’t coming back.
“Guys, I think we should call Kyle’s dad.” Max stated.
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Liz stared absently out the window as they passed the sign stating that Wolf Lake was ten miles ahead. They had been driving a day and a half ever since they left Thursday night. She and Michael were in one SUV with Tyler and one of his men while her parents were in their SUV with the other men. They had separated them so that they wouldn’t try to make a run for it.
Liz noticed that their parents SUV was turning off the main road and heading down a small road deeper into the woods. Then she heard Michael ask, “Where are they going?”
“To drop your parents off. They have to face punishment.” Tyler answered.
Liz and Michael knew what he meant. When someone left and was brought back they were put into a type of solitary confinement. But they weren’t sure where they were going to go.
“Where are we going?” Michael asked gruffly. None of the other wolves were telling them much and he didn’t like that. He liked to know what was going on although he didn’t have to be in control of things like Liz did. He looked over where she was gazing out the window. He was the only one she had willingly talked to since they separated them from their parents. She only talked to the other wolves when she had to. There were a few times when Tyler had made comments to her that Michael knew he had said just to get a rise out of her. But Liz refused to rise to the bait, well most of the time. Neither one of them liked the five wolves who had drug them back.
“I’m taking you two to the Cates house. Mr. Cates wants to meet with you.” Tyler stated.
Liz grabbed all the bags she could find and started packing. She tugged Max’s sweatshirt over her head, grateful she had it, and placed it in one of the bags. The first things she grabbed were her pictures and mementos, her memories. She had to take them; she could buy more clothes but those she couldn’t replace. She grabbed her photo books and the framed ones. She had all kinds of little things from different stuff her friends had done as well as places her family and her had traveled. Even after settling in Roswell her parents had insisted on taking a couple trips a year if they could. They had been all over the country, to national parks & monuments, amusement parks, museums, aquariums, etc. That stuff filled one of her duffel bag.
She then started pulling all of her clothes out and hurriedly packing them. She looked at her clock and noticed how quickly she was able to pack when she had to. She finished up by grabbing her jewelry box, her CDs and some of her books. She looked at her copy of Romeo and Juliet. It was one of her favorites. She decided to leave it, maybe Max would realize something was up if he found it. She heard a faint sound and turned towards the door spotting Tyler standing there. “You like spying on people don’t you?”
“Just checking to make sure you were behaving.” Tyler answered. There was no love loss between himself and Matthew Donner and his hatred for him spilled to the whole Donner family. This young female was fun to taunt.
“I don’t have much of a choice.” Liz stated. “Can you leave so I can get this done? It’s kind of hard to pack my life up.”
Tyler looked over Liz’ s bags and other stuff; “There’s one more thing you need to do before we leave.”
“What?” Liz snapped.
“Take a shower and change your clothes, I don’t want you sticking up the car with the smell of you and your little human boy toy.” Tyler stated.
The look in Tyler’s eyes told Liz that there was no argument. She didn’t want to wash the scent of Max off of her; she already had to give him up now she had to wash the remains of their night together off. Tyler made no move to leave as she finished up, packing as much as she could. She was able to take quite a bit but still left a lot of stuff. She grabbed her clothes and brushed past Tyler on her way down the hall. Once in the bathroom, Liz went directly to the shower, turned on the water as hot as she could stand it stripped and got in. She let the hot water rush over her, willing all thoughts of what had happened to stay out of her mind. It had been a wonderful night until she had come home and all hell broke loose. Then one small thought of Max crossed her mind and she broke down. Sliding down the side of the shower, she cried. She curled up in the corner, and cried as the water ran over her body.
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Sophia Donner waited impatiently for her father to come home. Willard Cates had called him just as he had gotten home from work and asked him to come to the Cates’ house. Sophia knew that it had to do with pack business for him to call him so late, something her father would try to keep her out of. It had been a week since she had showed up in a panic after the incident with Luke. And other than the glowing eyes that night, she hadn’t had anymore symptoms only what she already had. But that night she had almost changed. The thought sent a chill of fear through her followed by a ripple of excitement that she couldn’t quite suppress.
In the past week she had done whatever possible to avoid Luke. In school she didn’t loiter in the halls so not to run into him, and at work she had had other waitresses take his table. When she wasn’t working or at school she had stayed home. She knew the pack had probably heard about her throwing Luke like she did and had felt them watching her. The sound of her father’s SUV pulled her from her thoughts. A few minutes later he came in and Sophia couldn’t interpret the expression he wore. “What did Mr. Cates want to talk to you so badly about?”
Matt Donner sat down on the chair across from where Sophia was sitting on the couch so he could explain. “He wanted to tell me that the pack was finally able to track down your Uncle Jeff, Aunt Nancy, and the twins.”
Sophia gasped. She couldn’t believe what her dad was saying. Her Uncle Jeff had left Wolf Lake eight years ago and she didn’t think that after that long they would find them. She remembered the last time she had seen them, it wasn’t long after her mom had died. She had spent the evening with her dad at their house playing and watching movies with her cousins. She had been lonely after they left. “Are they okay?”
Matt nodded, “Yeah, they were living in a little town in New Mexico, Roswell. They should be here Saturday.”
Although Sophia felt bad that they had been found, she couldn’t help but be somewhat excited. “What did he tell you?”
“Not much. Evidently they’d been there for a few years.” Matt stated. “Sophia, when they get here Michael and Liz are going to stay with us for a while.”
Sophia nodded in understanding. Since her uncle and aunt had run from the pack they were going to be punished for it, which meant they would be locked in seclusion. So that meant her cousins had no place to go, she was glad they would be staying with them. It would give them a chance to catch up. “Dad, have they flipped?”
“Yeah, both of them.” Matt answered. He had tried to keep Sophia away from everything wolf but he wasn’t going to turn his back on his niece and nephew. He would just have to lay some ground rules. “I thought we’d put Michael in the spare room and Liz in with you.”
“That’d be fine. I don’t mind.” Sophia stated. Her mind was reeling from the new development as her dad and her continued to make plans for their houseguests.
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