Alley POV: Walking back up to the house I realized how badly I needed a shower. The stench of the cells was on my clothes but I knew I would have to go back down there whenever she wakes up. As soon as we walked through the door Stella came up to me, "Can I talk to you please?" She asked quietly. "Of course let's go to the living room." I replied, leading her away from everyone else. "What's on your mind?" I asked, she shifted her weight from one foot to another. "Are you really giving Bethany the same treatment as she gave me?" She asked, I studied her for a moment and saw hope in her eyes. "Some of it yes, her wolf is starting to leave her so the silver won't have that much effect on her." I replied. "I've always thought of her suffering the way I did but I would like to make a request if I may.." She whispered. I placed my hand on her shoulder, getting her to look at me. "Do not ever be afraid to talk to me, what she did to you was horrific and you deserve justice. What request

Alley POV: "I want to check on Stella first before we leave." I said to the group who were once strangers but are now close friends. Even though our mates grumbled at us going, they know they don't stand a good chance against dark witches. I turned on my heels and ran inside, "Stella! Stella, I need to talk to you!" I yelled out knowing she could hear me. I heard her footsteps coming down the stairs, her eyes were puffy and red which tells me she was crying. "Are you okay?" I asked grabbing a tissue and hand it to her. "Yes, all the anger and haunting nightmares are finally over, I just needed a moment to have one last cry session." Stella said, smiling at me. I could understand that, sometimes all we need is a good hard cry to get the rest of the emotions out. "We have to head out but I wanted to make sure you were okay first." Stella looked up at me with a confused look. "Where are y'all going?" She asked. "The house they found Bethany at has had a lot of activity from the dark

Alley POV: Walking with Stephen to the house I could hear him laughing. "What's so funny?" I asked, looking up to his cloudy blue eyes. "You, I keep replaying what happened in my head and you wasted no time barging up to them." Stephen said. Thinking about it now, it was pretty funny. I am smaller than they are but the fire I had in me burned brighter than they did. "Sometimes you get cute and mad, then you get scary mad." He said, trying to contain his laughter. "I'm sure they didn't expect me to confront them. But it seems my name is spreading and they looked like they could have dropped dead." I said, smiling at him. Not that I wanted people to fear me, but those who pose a threat should fear me. Fear the people I've surrounded myself with. "Let's hope this new leader of theirs has some common sense." Stephen replied. As soon as we opened the door Danny came running full speed at us, "Alley! Stephen! You're back, can we go on our picnic now?" Danny asked, jumping up and down.

Alley POV: Usually when someone touches the shield it stings more, but this is just a tingly feeling which makes me curious. The alphas minus Stephen shifted in to their wolves just as an extra precaution, Brandon, Alex and Tye stayed in human form. The closer we got to the edge of the territory I could start making out a few figures. One of them stood out the most, she didn't look like the others, she had long black hair and pale skin, she stood about 6 feet. I could tell she was studying me as well. By now I was able to see the man and woman we met at that house, they kept any emotions off their faces. She must be confident if she only brought those two. We stopped about 10 yards from them and we all studied each other. "I hard the great white witch herself summoned me herself and I have to admit I am curious." Pythia said. Her dark brown eyes bored into mine, her voice had an edge to it. "I did, I caught those two at a house where we found an enemy. Care to explain that?" I ask

Alley POV: We are all sitting around Stephens office. He called a meeting to inform us of the group of trackers that found where the vampire queen is. While we all waited for him I let my mind drift off to last night, Danny had shown us everything he got at the store and we helped him set his room up while he bounced around ecstatically. He got a lot of different toys and a big toy box to put them all in, at least 6 new pairs of shoes and an ass load of new clothes. Not that we mind at all, it just showed us even more of what he lacked which broke my heart even more. Stephen and I agreed to keep the aunt locked up in the cells, we can't let her loose with everything going on and as of now she is in major pain, hasn't held down food and puking blood. I'd say it's what she gets for being such a horrible person. At dinner we celebrated the small victory with the dark witches even though it may not last after the battle but still, small victory. The door opened and Stephen walked in w