Bryce's POV:

"You better eat. Not eating won't stop us from killing you." My dad shouts. He smirks a puts his arm on my shoulder. "Alright, lets give the girl some time to recuperate." I nod at him then glare at Kari to give him the impression I'm pissed at her. She gives me a sad look in return. My wolf whimpers knowing that we have hurt her. As much as I hate it, I know that it's needed.

We get out of the room and dad turns around and locks the door. He turns to me and smiles.

"Son, lets go visit your mother. The doctor said she had at least another two months to live, let's go see how she is doing."

I nod at him and we leave the basement and head out to his gray car. He drives to the pack doctor's house and we pull in. Once he parks the car we hop out and head into the hospital like house. "What room is mom in again?" I ask dad.

"Room 43." I nod. Yeah this place is huge, for a house it has over 50 rooms to hold patients and almost 10 operating rooms. We walk down the hall and reach mom's room. Without knocking on the door dad enters. For the first time in over a month I see my mom.

She's reading a book and glances up at us. Her beautiful long blond hair is now really short and kept in a messy bun. Her big beautiful brown eyes have faded, and now look tired and wrinkled, making her look older than 50 when in fact she is only 45.

"Hello boys." She says in a motherly tone. I smile at her and go to her side, kissing her on the cheek and giving her a hug. She places her hand on my face and strokes my cheek. "Oh Bryce, I know it has only been about a month but you look like you have grown so much. Your real parents would have been so proud, just as I am." She says in a sweet voice. I smile at her and grab her hand from my face, holding the fragile thing in my hands.

"It's so nice to see you mom. How are you feeling?" She smiles back at me and shrugs her shoulders.

"I have been better, the new medicine they put me on has made me even more tired than usual." I look at her sympathetically. She partially smiles and adds, "Don't give me that look Bryce, we all know my time will be up soon, so we might as well make the best of it. Don't be sad, be happy alright?" My heart hurts from her words. I love my mom a lot. Even though she's not my biological mom, she will always be my mother in my eyes. She's one of the sweetest woman you could ever meet.

"Honey, don't talk like that." My dad steps off the wall and approaches my mother. "I believe we found you a cure. For good this time." She looks at him and raises and eyebrow.

"Oh no. We are not following another one of your silly legends." She says and shakes her head.

"But honey-" my dad tries to add, but my mom cuts him off again.

"No butts. Love, I know you're hurt by what's happening to me, but believe me when I say this is what's best. It's my time to go soon." My dad doesn't answer that. He looks down at his shoes. "Now come here and spend as much time with me as possible. No more working like a crazy person, spend time with me. It's all I want." She says. I look up at my dad. He stares lovingly into my mom's eyes.

"But there could be a cure for you-"

"No buts Josef. I just want you here. All this time you have been working and left me alone when all I wanted was to spend my last few years with you. Instead you left me here by myself."

His eyes widen, "I was working for you."

"Please stop. I know I'm going to die Josef. I don't want to mess up my fate with whatever things you're planning. Just please, spend time with me." Her eyes are sad and lonely.

I see my dad's heart break with every word. I think he finally understands how mom feels.

"Alright... If that's really what you want I will take less hours at work. Actually I will quit." Mom smiles.

"Good, no more crazy legends?"

His eyes grow worried but he looks down at her lovingly. "No more legends." He sighs then looks at me. "Son... I'm sorry. I know deep down you truly care about Kari. Your mother is right, it was crazy of me to believe a silly legend... I know you may never forgive me but I'm truly sorry."

Seriously? Does this mean he is going to let me be with her?

"Josef Frost. what do you mean you're sorry about Kari? Who is Kari?" My mom asks angrily.

My dad looks guilty and glances down. "She was our way of healing you... Using her blood we might have been able to cure your disease."

My mom looks at him angrily. "you were going to take a young girl's blood to heal me? Josef that is a terrible thing to do! This is my fate, this poor girl..." She says trailing off into deep thought.

"But we haven't done anything to her... I know it's wrong, it's just when Trent found her I couldn't resist trying to save you." He says and runs a hand through his hair, a habit i learned from him. "I'm so sorry I haven't been there for you like a mate should. I just tried my hardest to find a cure for you but-" my mom cuts him off again and takes his hand.

"Shh." She says softly. "What matters now is not what you have done, but that you're here. That's all I care about." I smile at their love and stand up. I kiss my mom on the head.

"I love you mom." I say to her. She looks at me and puts a frown on her face.

"Son, is this Kari girl your mate" She shouts. Damn for a sick women she sure knows how to yell. I nod my head. She sighs. "You better bring this young lady in here to meet me soon." She says sternly. I smile.

"Yes ma'am. Trust me mom, you will love her." She smiles back at me and grabs my hand.

"As long as you love her, I love her." She tells me.

"I love her mom." I say. She pulls my hand and brings me close to her.

"Then she's perfect." She kisses my head. "I love you son. Take care alright? I will see you soon." I nod. I walk toward the door.

"See you at home dad." I say and wave at him. They wave back and say goodbye also. I shut the door then lean against it. Damn that was a lot easier than I thought. All I had to do was bring dad to see mom... I could have fixed this sooner. Now I have to get through to Trent. As I go to step away I hear a loud crash. I freeze.

Did that just come from my mom's room? I ask myself. No it couldn't have. I shrug it off and take a few steps. Just then I hear a huge bang. Okay now I'm definitely not mistaken. I turn and run into my mom's room. I'm frightened by the sight in front of me. A large man is standing at the hospital bed where my mom is laying, holding a silver knife to her throat. Two more men are holding my dad back. "Say goodbye Frost." The man says.

"No!" My dad and I scream the same time the man slices mom's throat. My dad falls to his knees. The man slowly approaches my weakened father.

"Stop!" I scream at him and charge shifting into my black wolf mid stride. The two men that were holding my dad back, step in my way. Blocking my path. I growl viciously at them, warning them to step away. Instead of taking my warning they shift into gray and matted wolves with red eyes. Oh so they are rogues. I snarl and jump at one. He dodges and throws me against the wall. I hit it with a thud and fall the the ground. Quickly I get up and get back into an attack position. Suddenly the one on the right goes to strike at my neck, I hit his face down with both of my paws and he slams to the floor knocking him out. I'm about to flip him over so I can bite his neck when his friend decides he wants to join the fight. He snaps at my neck, before he can get me I jump off of his friend and get back. He slowly approaches me. He quickly moves to bite my paw but I jump to the side and ram into his side, causing him to fling against the wall. He falls in a heap and I run over to him and rip out his throat. Blood pores on to the floor and I do the same to the other rogue I knocked out earlier.

Just then I look up to see my dad in his dark blond wolf against the big man who is still in human form holding a sword. Just as I'm about to join the fight I see the man lift up his sword and cuts it straight down through my dads neck. I howl in pain and run straight toward the man. Just as I go to pounce on him, he turns to look at me mid jump. He smirks real fast. As I'm about to grab his neck he disappears and is replaced by smoke. I go right through it and slam against the wall. I whimper and slowly get up. As I look around the room I'm horrified.

Death. It's the only thing I see. My mom, dad, and the rogues... All are dead. I slowly shift back to my human form and run up to my mom. Blood drips from her neck. Tears cloud my eyes. I slowly back away from her and head to the door. I run out of the pack doctor's house and head toward the woods. I shift again into my wolf whose fur is now matted with drying blood. As I run tears escape my eyes.

The only thing I can think of right now is getting to Kari. I need her. As I approach the end of the woods near the pack house I stop and shift, grabbing a pair of pants on my way in. I run directly to the basement and unlock the room that Kari is being kept in. When I open the door I see her stir for a moment then she sees me. She looks at me wide eyed and jumps from the bed then stops. I look at her with a pained expression and say, "Kari." She looks at me worried. "My parents are dead."