"Isabella, what the hell are you doing running around at 5 am?" Hunter hissed 

"Sorry" she muttered looking down at the floor in shame, in the excitement she had momentarily forgotten that this wasn't just a game, this was her life but also the life of Hunter, Gabriella and Grayson.

"Just come back to bed will you" Hunter sighed holding his hand out to pull her up "I was worried, you can't just sneak off, not when we don't know where my mother and father are"

Isabella's eyes shot up with accusing eyes "What do you mean, you don't know where they are?"

"Exactly what I said Isabella, off the grid, lost, gone, nowhere to be found," Hunter says angrily

"You're concerned they're going to hurt me?" Isabella asks with a sympathetic look in her eyes which made Hunter look away as to not get distracted 

"Well yes, of course, we have no idea what my father is capable of and when you just disappear in the middle of the night, I can't keep you safe" Hunter explains hoping that he has gotten his message across.

"I'm sorry" Isabella replies once again feeling guilty for what she was doing behind Hunter's back

-

Later that day, Isabella was getting ready to go to her appointment with the doctor, apart from tiredness she was feeling much better and felt these daily appointments were not only taking up the doctors time unnecessarily but it was taking them away from those who truly needed them.

"Are you staying here with the twins?" Isabella asks looking at Hunter who was sat on the bed with Gabriella in one arm, writing slowly with his free hand

"Yes, I'll work here today" he mutters not looking up, Isabella knew she still wasn't truly forgiven for the fright she had given him this morning which made her feel there was more to his fears but she did not pry.

"I shouldn't be too long then" Isabella smiles, she reaches over and places a kiss on Gabriella's head and on Hunter's lips making sure to kiss a sleeping Grayson on the head in his cot before leaving.

Isabella had good intentions, she started walking to the hospital wing but she somehow found herself going in the direction of the office, she couldn't help it, the hours since going back to the bedroom with Hunter had dragged by slowly, Isabella was sure time had slowed down just to spite her.

Soon, Isabella was stood outside of the office, she reached out for the handle and then pulled her hand away again, she looked around her to see if anyone was walking by and since there wasn't she quickly opened the door and slipped inside. The oaky smell of the office that usually comforted Isabella now made her feel nauseous but she pushed the feelings aside and walked towards the picture hanging on the wall, she pulled on the side of the frame and it swung back to reveal the keypad.

Pausing for a second Isabella wondered if she was being silly for thinking this code would be the right one but if this was wrong Isabella would be lost, she had no idea where she could next turn to try and find out what it was going to be, even Catherine, his mate, one of the people closest to him didn't know.

Reaching out Isabella punched in the numbers... the numbers of her date of birth. Dominic had said it himself, it was the best day of his life as he had believed this would give him all the answers and power he so desperately desired.

Waiting to see if the light would go red or green seemed to last forever when really it could have only have been a matter of seconds and Isabella could've cried with relief when the light turned green and the door swung open moments later.

There was only one thing in the safe, it was a roomy safe and yet the key was the only thing to be found, Isabella couldn't help but feel like the key somehow reminded her of her necklace, it was so intricate and beautiful and yet held darkness to it which was different to the necklace. Isabella guessed this to be due to the similarities to the two witch sisters who had made both items, so similar and yet completely different.

Nerves filled Isabella and her stomach churned as she reached into the safe. Her fingers wrapped around the cool metal of the key, a key that mustn't have been touched for many years and yet it shone as bright as the day it had been made. It felt incredibly heavy in Isabella's small hand but she picked it up and looked closely at it, it was no wonder that Dominic had hidden the key away as it did not look like anything else she had seen before, she knew for sure that it would be far too easy to spot as special even by those who did not know the importance of the key and the attic. 

Something had overtaken Isabella's mind, there was absolutely no way that she could hide this key awake for the rest of the day, she absolutely needed to go to the attic in that very moment. Not paying attention to her surroundings and those around her, Isabella headed straight to the staircase at the base of the attic, despite only being there once before and it being an accident that she found herself there, Isabella found it again with ease as if she was drawn there, or was it the key?

There was no pause to think about whether this would be a good idea at the bottom of the stairs, Isabella had a need inside of her, a need for information and the answers that it would bring. There was some fear at the top of the stairs in the moment before Isabella placed the key in the lock, the key in her hands felt as if it was pulsating as it glowed in the darkness, Isabella watched it for a moment before sliding it into the lock, she twisted the key and gently pushed the door open as if expecting something or someone to jump out.

Silence.

Isabella takes a tentative step inside, she flciked the light on and was shocked that there was so many similarties in this room the one she had in her dream, there was a table in the middle of the room with books on it, and boxes along the walls but it was relatively clean, Isabella had no idea where to start.

Letting her body decide, Isabella let her body take her to the far right corner of the room where a box lay with a layer of dust on top of it, blowing it all away there was nothing giving away what might be inside. Opening the box, Isabella saw one singular book with a leather front cover, she reached in and pulled it out, opening the cover Isabella saw list after list of names that seemed to have no importance at first until Isabella reached the last four entries.

Alexander Davis - 43 Years 

Isabella Moore - 18 Years - Deceased: Childbirth

Baby girl - Newborn

Baby Boy (Lucas) - Newborn

Isabella gasped, she had never truly thought where she had gotten her name from before, she had presumed it had been chosen when she had been left at the pack but now she knew, she was named after her mother, the mother she would never be able to know. It angered Isabella to see that her mothers cause of death had been documented as caused by childbirth when really it had been caused by those horrific men in charge of her care.

There were handwritten notes next to the baby boy's name, it only took Isabella a couple of seconds to realise this was of course her half brother, she said the name a number of times before reading the notes beside his name.

1. Shaddow Pack 2. Midnight Pack 3. Ever Green Pack

Isabella's breath got caught in her throat, was her brother in one of these packs? Was there really a chance to be able to find him?

Time passed without Isabella even noticing but she soon realised that she needed to continue on, there was still so much to explore. The next box was filled with books similar to the ones on the table, they seemed to have the common theme of information about werewolves who had no reaction to silver, this would explain why Hunter and Jackson had never been able to find books on the topic as they had been in the attic all this time.

The next book had items in that seemed to have little to no importance, they were covered in a black sheen and had a smokey smell to them as if they had been in a fire but they didn't cause any feelings in Isabella, they just looked like possessions that had been found still somewhat intact at the end of a house fire, she placed them down and continued looking.

The next book had what seemed like hundreds of letters, it didn't take Isabella long to realise that these letters were from one sister to another, Daisy was writing letters to Daphne, they had remained unopened all this time - until that moment when Isabella had started to open them. They were heartbreaking as Isabella read Daisy pouring her heart to her sister begging her stop the crusade that she was undertaking with the King.

Isabella knew that if she didn't stop reading in that moment she would never be able to but there was something that was of important to her, on all the letter there was a return address, it seemed that it had been many years since any of these letters could've been written but it was at least a place to start as Daisy appeared to be the next piece of the puzzle. 

Deciding this was enough exploring for one day, Isabella picked up one of the envelopes and put it in her pocket, she turned the light off and firmly locked the door behind her.