Brae's POV

I am sitting in my room of the pack house, on the floor. I am trying to think of where they could have gone. Maybe they went to visit Riggs, or maybe they went to help another pack and needed all the members for some reason.

"Um, Lady, we should probably go before they come back," Chris tells me.

"Brae," I tell him, getting annoyed with the whole 'lady' thing.

"Huh?"

"My name is Brae, not 'lady'."

"Sorry Brae. We should get going before the pack comes..." I cut him off.

"They aren't coming back," I tell him.

"How do you know?"

"Ace screwed the fuck up. He broke up the pack and left. That bastard."

"How do you know Ace?"

I sigh, "Let's go."

"Okay."

I grab a duffle bag and throw in some of my clothes and then some of Ace's since her and Chris are the same size. We head to the garage of the house and I grab my keys to my black two door Jeep. I hop in the driver's seat and Chris hesitantly gets in the passenger's side.

"They can't track us through the car, right?"

I will my eyes, "No, they can't. Calm down. If you are going to be with me, then you have to grow a backbone."

He stills, but stays silent. I will need to start training him soon, he sees like a decent fighter already.

We head down a road into the forest and come across an abandoned cabin. It is falling apart, but will do for shelter tonight. We get out of the car and I grab the duffle bag. Chris walks in first and we look around. The bedroom is completely destroyed with a couple blankets here and there. I grab a blanket and a pillow, Chris follows my lead. The bathroom is functioning surprisingly, but the heat and electricity doesn't work. Just the water. There is a couch in the living room

"You can take the couch, I will take the floor," I tell Chris. It is already dark out and I can tell we are both exhausted.

"I can sleep on the floor."

"It's fine, here," I hand him a pair of flannel pj pants.

"Thank you," Chris smiles and starts to change as I turn around.

He lays down on the couch and shift into my wolf, laying my head down on my pillow. I feel eyes on me.

'What the hell does he want?' I think to myself.

"How did you do that?" Chris asks me startled. When he looks at me his eyes widen in fear.

'You heard me?'

"Yes I can hear you? How?"

'I guess it's another gift I have.'

'Another?' He asks through the link.

'Yeah, I can remove a mate's mark with permission.'

'Cool. How did you become a black wolf?'

'That is a story for another day. I am so tired, I need to sleep.'

We both drift off to sleep soon after our conversation.

Ace is in a nice apartment in bed with a girl next to him. I don't recognize her, but he looks happy. He rolls over and drapes his arm around her in his sleep, pulling her closer to him. She smiles at the action as she continues sleeping.

She wakes up, looking at the sleeping Ace and kisses him lightly on the lips. He responds to the kiss and pulls away, opening his eyes as he smiles.

"Ace?" I whisper, feeling hurt by his actions.

Ace turns his head and looks in my direction, but I can tell he doesn't see me. I hear whining and I turn around to see Noctis standing behind me.

"Why is he with someone else? It has only been a week," a tear streams down her cheek.

"I know Noctis, it isn't right. At least he is happy, he would have never been that happy with us."

I wake up on the ground, still in my wolf. I place my head back on the ground and think about my dream. Was it even a dream?

'No, that is Ace right now,' Noctis says quietly.

'Oh. Guess we have another power," I sadly say.

I see Chris waking up and I shift back. He stretches and looks over to me.

"Mornin'."

I grunt and stand up, walking to the bathroom. I splash some cold water on my face and head to the kitchen to see if any food was left behind. There is nothing so I suggested to Chris that we go into town and grab some food. I still have some money left over from my safe in my room at the pack house.

We hop in the keep and head to the nearest town which is about an hour away. We stayed silent most of the way and I was thinking about Jack, maybe I should talk with him about what Pera said to me.

"Chris, are you okay to drive the rest of the way?" I ask, we have about twenty minutes left to drive.

"Sure."

We switch seats and he starts driving again. I focus on opening a link between me and Jack.

'Jack?'

'Who is this and what do you want?' He asks sternly.

'Jack, it's me. Brae.'

There is silence before he starts talking again, 'You are mind linking me from heaven?'

'No, Pera being the bitch she is brought me back again with a new and improved power.'

'That's great! I am glad you are okay.'

'Okay?! I was enjoying myself in heaven before the bitch put me back on earth. Now I found out my pack is no longer, Ace is with someone else, and I am going to suffer a lot more before being happy again.'

'Sorry. What do you want me to do?'

'Can we meet up somewhere, I want to talk with you.'

'Sure, where are you?'

'Uh...' I look out the window at the passing signs, 'We are almost to Haplen.'

'We?'

'Oh, I met a rogue when I came back.'

'Okay...' he hesitatingly says, 'I can be there by noon tomorrow. See you then.'

'Bye.'

I turn to Chris, "We are going to have to stay in town until tomorrow. I have someone coming to meet up with us."

"Okay, who is it?"

"Jack Lockhart."

His eyes go wide, "The former Alpha King?"

"Yeah."

"Who are you?" He asks, surprised by my actions.

"I will tell you over lunch."

We soon arrive in the town and I can sense a few wolves, but they are all rogues so we will probably be fine. We see a coffee shop and park in the lot before heading inside to a booth.

"What can I get you two?" A waitress asks.

"Black coffee with a blueberry muffin," I tell her.

"Same here," Chris gives her a smile.

"I will be right back with those."

"So," I start, "You like a strong coffee. I haven't met many people who likes their coffee black."

"Really? If coffee is anything more than beans, you are a whimp."

I chuckle, "I agree with that. I am glad I met you Chris."

"I am glad I met you too. You remind me a lot of my sister who died five years ago."

"If I ever had a brother, I would want one like you. I'm not usually this sappy, but it is nice to have a friend."

"Same," he smiles.

I am glad to have a brotherly figure. I have always wanted a big brother, someone who could save me from the abuse of my pack. Ace was never like a brother to me. I always new that is we both didn't have a mate out there, we would be together.

Our coffee and muffins come and after we finish eating we begin talking again.

"Do you want to explain the whole black wolf and knowing the former Alpha King to me?"

"Yeah, I guess I can tell you now. I was a part of a pack two lives ago," I chuckle at my phrase.

"Wait, you died twice?"

"Yeah, I haven't had the best life. So, the pack I was in abused me because my mom had an affair with a human and I didn't have a wolf. One day the soon to be Alpha and his Beta followed me to the woods where I would eat my lunch. They attacked me and...Um...."

"I understand," Chris says through gritted teeth.

"So, I was laying there in the grass of the forest floor after that happened and I was bleeding out. I could have held on, but I was done with the abuse and I figured what better place to die."

"I'm so sorry," Chris says.

"That's not even the half of it. I heard a growl before I let go and it turns out that it was my mate coming to save me. I already made up my mind though and I wanted to die to have some peace."

"You don't have to keep going, I understand this is hard."

I shake my head, "My mate brought my dying body to my pack because it was closer than his. They exiled me. I died soon after that. I woke up in a beautiful clearing in the woods with so many different colours and kinds of flowers. I felt at peace."

"Sounds nice," Chris gives a small smile.

"It was. The Moon Goddess came to me and told me about me not having a wolf, but I was still needed on earth. When I went back, I was a rogue and I had Noctis, my wolf. I came across Ace pretty soon, just like I came across you except I actually fought for my life. He growled at me and I growled back louder and more powerful. We became quick friends."

I then explain how we made our pack and I became the most feared Alpha. He put two and two together, realizing I was the Alpha of the Blood Paw Pack. I explained what happened at the palace and about removing Amelia's mark. I moved onto what happened at the Moon Pack and about me dying again.

"I'm so sorry about what my old pack did. I didn't realize they were that bad."

"It wasn't your fault. If I don't remember your face, then you were a good person."

"I have never heard of the Moon Goddess bringing back a wolf twice, do you know why?"

"That bitch is just wanting to mess with my chance at peace. She brought me back so I can go through more pain and then I can have happiness."

"That sucks, I never thought she would put someone through that."

"Me neither."