Turning The Tides by Bugz Rox (macos ebook reader TXT) 📕

It is though, I gave the okay to tell her, we should've waited. She slowed and squeezed my hand to tell me she was sorry. We trudged on, stopping when Charlie ran up.

"You guys are going to go become wolves aren't you?" She asked, her musical voice playing havoc on my heart.

"We have business in the woods to take care of, everyone's needed," Pluto said softly.

"Are the other three going?" My perfect mate asked.

I shook my head, "Not till they become old enough that they're as big as us." My voice sounded horrible, not my usual smooth and my head was hung low.

"I'm sorry Charlie, I really am for dragging you into this, but we have to go. Helpless people are dying and we need to get there. Bye," My sister said quietly as she dragged me away from my mate. "At least she's talking to us again," She whispered into my ear.

We got into the forest and started stripping, my protectiveness of my sister came back as I saw Brandon's eyes roaming over her body hungrily. "Dude, eyes off," I hissed, Pluto looked up and turned beet red as she realised what had happened. She turned into her pretty white wolf, I turned at the same time as Brandon. We were about to run off when a slight sniffling alerted us to someone else being there with us. I whirled around to find my mate, held at the throat by a filthy blood sucker. I let out a growl.

"Have I hit a weak spot, little puppy?" The man asked, his voice had a silky quality, "Maybe your mate, maybe just a human, well, which one doggy?" Pluto took lead in our triangle and a growl rippled through her.

Damn leech, what the hell do we do? I asked, paniced.

We move, he breaks her, Brandon said, a growl rose from me as I thought of that.

Hey, Liam! ever heard of a poker face? We can bluff it, Pluto thought as she turned back into a human.

"Whatcha want little doggie? Her?" That damn leech!

"Sure, however not as much as you evidently little leprechaun," She replied.

"Leprechaun? That one's knew I'll have to admit," He let out a deep laugh, seemingly calmed by her lack of interest, to most, Pluto would look calm and at ease, to someone who had grown up with her, she looked deep in calculation.

"Red-head? Shorty? Everything points to leprechaun, so you Irish?" Actually he was about 6', but that didn't matter next to Pluto's stunning 6'3".

"I am not short!" He practically shouted, loosening his hands unconsiously so that they would be ready if Pluto attacked. His focus was solely on my sister.

"You're height says differently. But don't worry, I won't tell your friends that you got called a shorty by a me, a lil' ol' puppy dawg." His hands loosened more, they were now only hovering around Charlie's neck, a little looser. That's all I need.

"I'm not even Irish! And I will not be called shorty by anyone, let alone a mutt!" He screeched, his voice loosing it's musical quality.

"Mutt, how origional. You know, I get called worse by the squirrels," Pluto said as she checked her nails. The vamp lunged out of anger right onto a waiting white wolf. I shifted, quickly steering Charlie out of the clearing we had found.

"You okay?" I asked her as soon as we were out of ear shot of the fighting. She nodded.

"Will they be okay? Alone with that, that thing?" She shuddered.

"They'll be fine, Pluto could've taken him alone. Actually, that one got so mad that Sammy could've taken him alone. Pluto did well." I murmured, trying to calm her fears, "In fact here they come."

"Damn, he was pissed! Who would've thought? Height is such a touchy thing with you males, whether you're wolves or leeches. Here Liam," Pluto said as she came into sight tossing me my clothes.

"Thanks, but aren't we going to help the others?" I asked as I dressed.

"Yeah, but we need to get Miss Almost-Dinner outta here," She answered as we walked toward the school parking lot. Brandon, Pluto, and I flinched as the bell rang.

"Why'd you flinch?" She catches the things not needed to be caught, that's my mate alright.

"It hurts our ears, too loud," Brandon answered from behind, effectively annoying my sister by telling her that she can't come with.

"You won't get anywhere with telling her to do something, lucky us right? I get the mate that's nosy and completely pushes people away and you get one that can kick your ass and is the one born female werewolf in our histories," I throw over my shoulder at Brandon.

" Not to mention the fact that they're both opposed to being bossed around and thus does the exact opposite of what you tell them," He replied.

"Exactly," Pluto said smuggly from beside Brandon.

Pluto

We walked Charlie to her little buggie and followed her out of the parking lot with our bikes. We went to the littles schools and pulled them out, saying that it was an emergency. They got in the buggie with Charlie and we continued in our formation; me infront, Liam in back, the buggie and Brandon's jaguar in the middle. Upon making it home Liam and I stripped into our usual run around clothes.

"Stay in here with Charlie, okay? Twins, Sammy you know what happens if leeches come, be strong my little warriors," I said as I left them alone in my attic room.

We made it to the battle grounds, just as the last leech was being killed. The Alpha walked over, his mood steely. I knew his knews was bad. He looked up with apolegetic eyes as he said, "Your brother, William, is not among the dead." I sighed with relief, I may hate him but I didn't want him dead. "But nor is he not among the living."

"What do you mean? Everyone's dead aren't they? How can he just dissapear?" I asked, utterly confused.

"There were a few hunters among the vamps, leaving us to the conclusion that they're working together to take out the wolves," He answered.

"But why take my brother hostage? He's useless unless they want a fighter, he won't fight for them though. Will he?" Everything I knew and thought was being thrown out the window.

"One of the hunters had this note on them," Alpha Kristopher said as he handed a crinkled note over.

Daniel,

Frater virginis habemus in notitia, ut vos es currently opperating in oppidum. Inveniant, uti sibi sycophantae ad nos postea occident. Nos postulo ut nos ei astronomicis dote habet. Si autem, quod ad chiffer, abominationibus eorum stirpe potuissent homines, flammis iterum in mundo vivit, accipiendo id quod est de iure gentium communia. Cum eum in custodiam mitteret titulum. Solvite, si inveneris, et scient conantur invenire puella.

It had no signature. "Well, do you know what it is?" Kristopher asked.

"Looks like Latin, I'm not the best at Latin but I know someone who are," I replied, still studying the note, "Bury these people and vamps."

"Why and you say are like there's more than one person who can help," He said, giving the order anyway.

"A'cuz and there is," I said to his confused face, "Come'n I'll show you who." He followed me back to my bike, "You gotta car to drive?" I asked as he walked over to a porche, I whistled at it's beauty.

You sure it's Latin? Liam asked through the chat.

Yup, I recognized 'virginis' as 'the girl's', 'flammis' as 'flicker', and 'Solvite' as 'Destroy this', interesting note don't ya think? I asked, thinking that 'the girl' referred to me.

Well, that's more than I recognized, where'd you even learn Latin?

The Twins.

Where'd they learn it?

No idea.

Nice. And with that we pulled into our drive.

"Thank the Goddess that the 'rents ain't home," Liam said as Kristopher's porche parked.

"Nice house, cozy," He commented, but got right to the business as we walked through the door, "But, where's the Latin experts?"

"Twins!" I screamed, running to the attic door.

"Nay! We know not who entrenches upon our purlieu!" They shouted back. Kristopher looked at me in confusion.

"Entrench means trespass and purlieu means land, you'll get used to their speaking eventually. But, right now, I'll go through the attic window." I told him.

 I walked outside preparing to climb up the side of the housse, yet again. I looked up until I spotted the big window that led into the attic. I climbed up as I had a week ago, Why is our life turning upside down? My wolf grumbled to me as I pulled myself into the balcony-like area outside the window. I pulled out my switchblade and opened the clasp.

"Trespassing? Me? Nnaaahhh, not my style," I said jokingly as I hopped onto the floor in my room.

"Pluto! You are back so early we thought it wasn't you!" The Twins explained as they hugged my and Sammy jumped into my arms. I unlocked the door and let in Kristopher and the few of his pack that had come with.

"Where's the decipherers?" Kristopher asked, confused.

"You are-"

"Confused." The Twins said, then together, "Why?"

"I'm always confused about one thing or another around this fucking family," He muttered under his breath.

"Yeah? Get used to it," I said, letting out a chuckle. "Twins we need your big brains to tell us what this note says, it's in Latin. Can you do that for me, Little Bubbas?"

"Sure," They said together, grinning, "Where da note?"

"Here," Kristopher said doubtfully as he handed over the note.

I was destracted from the Twins frantic writing by Sammy pulling on my arm, "Lizzy. She needs me."

"What happened?" I asked, I knew something was wrong with the little newborn; Sammy was practically freaking out.

"I don't know, but she needs me."

"Hey guys, LS is havin' prblematics with Lizzy so I gotta go," I said, walking out with the boy trembling in my arms.

"I'll come with," Brandon said, looking every bit the beaten puppy who always comes back.

"'Kay, can we use your car? I don't wanna take my chances with both you and Sammy on my bike," I asked as we exited the house.

"Wait! Wait! WAIT!" The Twins screamed, rushing out to give us a translation of the note.

"Thanks, guys," I told them, kissing their heads.

"You won't say that when you read it," They grumbled, stalking back into the house.

We got in and headed off for Jenna's, my brow furrowing with every word I read. "Something in that note's bothering you, wanna read it out loud?" Brandon asked.

I read the note;

Daniel,

We have received notice that the girl's brother is in the little town you are currently opperating in. Find him, use the sycophants to get him, we'll kill them later. We need him to lead us to her, she has astronomical endowment. If she were to chiffer that, their race of abominations could flicker back into the living world of humans, taking what is rightfully the normal peoples. When you have him in custody send me a notice. Destroy this, if they were to find it, they will know and attempt to find the girl.

"Well, what's that mean?" Brandon asked, speeding up.

"Well, I'm assuming that 'the girl's brother' is William and that I'm 'the girl'. Sycophants means leeches, so that's the vamps, astronomical endowments is enormous power, chiffer means to figure out. So all in all, I'm