She shuts her eyes, listening to the soundtrack from the movie Her with relaxation glowing through her mind and veins. The music makes her feel serenity, it makes everything she lives through seem like a thing of some sort of delusion.

She stirs when she hears knock on her door, and sits up on her bed. Moments later, Landen walks in with a soft smile spread across his lips.

"Hi Josie, did I disturb you?"  He asks and she shakes her head. He places himself near her pulled up knees on the bed and looks at her deeply.

"Did you need something?" She questions, pausing the music playing on her phone.

"Yeah actually, if you're not busy I'd like you to come with me," He puts out his hand and pulls her up from the bed, and leads her out of the room.

She spots the others on the way, they've been following orders and learning the ways of a fight. To be honest with herself, she doesn't enjoy their company much. She liked it when it was just her and Landen, not to sound possessive or anything.

"Something's on your mind Josie, what's wrong?" He asks, out of the blue and she clenched her jaw.

"Don't use that in me Lonnie."

"Your privacy is protected sweetheart, cross my heart," He says and acts out the matching hand gesture, "You know you can always talk to me."

"Yeah... but you can't do anything about this," She folds her arms and sulks. Landen opens the door to a room she rarely comes to and smiles.

"Well maybe what I'm about to tell you will change your thoughts," He comments and leads her in.

She looks around, coughing slightly as the stench of rot and dust fills her nose. "Sorry about the 'nostalgic' look, we haven't used this room much," He smiles sadly, "This is the planning  room, or if was at least made for it... now it's just a breeding ground for termites."

His joke makes her chuckle. She walks around, feeling a bit uncomfortable at the infestation, trying to figure out why he has called her here.

"Okay so I should explain myself," He puts his hands together behind his back and stand strangely formally, "I've conjured up a plan Josie, and you're the key to its success."

She rolls her eyes and comments flatlt, "Great, I'm blushing Landen please stop that."

"This is a serious operation Joscelyn, there can't be any failures," He glares at her and she furrows her eyebrows. She had expected a laugh at her comment but she received a warning instead.

"What kind of operation?" She squints her eyes in suspicion and he takes in a breath before speaking.

"Beacon Hills California," He says matter-of-factly, "I need you to research anything and everything about it."

"Why?"

"Because I've learnt that a very special asset resides there and I want him to be on our team, where he belongs truly," Landen explains calmly.

"What if he doesn't want to join you?"

"He'll join, don't worry, as long as you play your part properly," He grins a little and she watches him with concern.

"So you want me to what? Manipulate him into fighting on your side?"

"On OUR side sweetheart, and no of course not. All you need to do is be the unsuspecting new supernatural being and leave the rest to me," He further says and she still feels doubtful.

"I don't know... There's something not right about it. No one gets hurt?"

"No one gets hurt... as long as everything goes properly."

She shakes her head in refusal, "I can't do this Landen, I'm sorry. I'm a fighter for the team, I'm not good with people and I can't act like I'm just normal-"

"You've been doing that your whole life haven't you?"

She opens her mouth to argue but then shuts it a moment later, crossing her arms tightly.

"Huh, that's what I thought," He mumbles to himself with slight disgust, "You're doing this whether you like it or not Joscelyn and my word's final. You can't change my mind about this alright?"

He sighs and rubs his forehead. "Look all you have to do right now is research, just simple reading and learning okay? Find out about this 'true alpha' and everyone he knows-"

"He's a true alpha?"

"Y-Yes he is."

Joscelyn gulps. The words by themself are intimidating itself, meeting the guy... it would be a disaster. How is she supposed to bring him closer to Landen's plan-

"You can talk to him okay, get to him some way and he'll get close enough to me," He quickly states and she glares at him, "Y-Yeah privacy but-"

"I can't do this Landen, I'm sorry," She starts to walk out of the room after opening the door but Landen grips her arm tightly and pulls her back sharply, till her face is merely centimetres away from his.

"Don't make me the bad guy here Josie, you're on my team remember?" He says with a clenched jaw, while eyeing her, "Remember all I've done for you."

She stares at his eyes, fright and dread growing inside her, not caring to shift her gaze.

"We do this whenever you're ready. If not now then a year later, when you're a twenty year old 'big girl', or a year after that but we will do this," He says with a sudden soft tone of voice, then pecks her in the lips, "Look I care about you a lot so... don't make me stop."

When he moves away, Joscelyn looks to the wooden floorboards with anxiety. "Study up sweetheart, we've got a lot of work to do," He smirks evily then leaves the room, and leaves his partner to be consumed by the ever-growing fear inside her.