"Can we visit other packs next ti?" Rebecca asked from the back seat as they exited Stonehill's territory and entered Blackmoon's.
"Rebecca, it's dangerous right now," Helena explained.
"But you and Roo go all the ti!" Rebecca whined.
"That's because we're better warriors than you," Roo chuckled from the driver's seat.
"I'll be better and stronger than both of you!" Rebecca declared, crossing her arms on her chest and glaring at her two older siblings who sat in the front seat.
Helena checked her phone while Rebecca and Roo bickered.
She had several ssages from her Mom and Dad as well as Rae. Her Uncle Jeremiah also sent her a schedule of events in Stonehill pack that he wanted her to attend.
As she scrolled through her ssages, she realized that there was one she had forgotten to answer.
Alphonse: I guess I missed you last night. I hope you're having a fun ti back at Blackmoon.
Helena frowned.
So much had happened that she'd forgotten she and Alphonse had made plans to speak over the phone.
Helena: I'm so sorry, Alphonse! So much happened I forgot to send you a ssage.
She didn't have to wait long after hitting send. Alphonse was quick to reply.
Alphonse: It's fine, it's not like I waited up for you to call back or sothing.
Helena frowned at his ssage. She didn't realize that he was so affected by the fact she missed his call.
Helena: Are you mad?
She waited, but he didn't respond.
"Who are you talking to, Helena?" Rebecca asked as she leaned forward from the back seat.
"A friend," she mumbled.
"Is it that Alphonse guy?" Roo asked without looking at her.
Alphonse: No.
It was a short reply, very unlike Alphonse.
"Yes," she told Roo as she tapped on her phone.
Helena: You're pissed. I have an explanation. An Alpha I slept with challenged Roo so there was this big fight and I was so worried about Roo. Then early today I was about to call you but Uncle Jeremiah needed in Stonehill.
Helena tapped send and hoped that Alphonse would understand.
"Are you really not dating him?" Roo asked as they reached the entrance to the forest surrounding Blackmoon's main town.
"I'm not," Helena grumbled. "He's just a friend."
Alphonse: So you aren't at the packhouse at Blackmoon?
Helena: No.
Alphonse: Fine, I understand.
Helena let out a breath of relief. At least Alphonse understood her lack of communication the day before.
"You spend so much ti talking to him. Are you sure nothing is going on between you?" Roo asked.
Helena could see that his was gripping the steering wheel tighter, that was not a good sign.
"I talk to my friends all the ti. I don't understand why it's such an issue for you," Helena grumbled. "Don't tell you want to control who I talk to now!"
"Helena, I just—" Roo began to say, but he cut himself off midsentence and shook his head.
"You just what?" Helena questioned.
"You're pining for him!" Roo said with a raised voice.
"I am not," Helena argued.
"You keep checking your phone, like, like, like you can't wait for him to text you back? What are you? A teenager?" Roo asked.
Annoyed by Roo's attitude, Helena rolled her eyes.
"I never pined as a teenager," she hissed.
"Oh really?" Roo teased.
"Rebecca," Helena said as she shot Roo an annoyed look and turned to face her younger sister. "When an Alpha gets all possessive over you soday, don't forget that he doesn't own you."
"How sure are you an Alpha will get all possessive over ?" Rebecca asked as she tilted her head.
"Cause you're our sister," Helena said with a wink.
"When it's your mate that gets possessive over you, it's different," Roo grumbled.
Helena quickly looked at Roo and glared at him.
He had a cocky smile on his lips but it was clear that he wasn't teasing.
"You're not my mate," she declared.
"You act like mates," Rebecca comnted.
Helena gasped while Roo chuckled loudly, his deep laugh reverberating through the car, making Helena blush.
Why the fuck was she blushing over soone's laugh?
"We aren't," Helena insisted.
"We don't know for sure yet," Roo said as he winked at Helena.
"You've never been around each other during the Blood Moon?" Rebecca asked, her eyes wide with shock.
It seed that Rebecca was slowly realizing that one of the two was avoiding the Blood Moon, and it didn't take a genius to figure out who.
"I've been busy," Helena grumbled.
"And you never t your mate in the other packs?" her sister said, pointing out the obvious. "Not even Alphonse?"
"You know about Alphonse?" Roo said, growling from the front seat, his hands gripping the steering wheel a little tighter.
"Do you like Alphonse?" Rebecca asked, ignoring her brother's question.
"Alphonse is just a friend," Helena said a bit defensively.
"And have you been around him during the Blood Moon?" Rebecca asked.
"No," Helena admitted.
"Is that where you're going after the Rite? To be with him?" Rebecca asked, making Roo slam on the breaks.
Helena stared at Rebecca in shock. She didn't even bother to scold Roo about his reckless driving.
"You're not staying for the Rite?" Roo questioned as he glared at Helena.
"How did you know?" Helena asked Rebecca, ignoring Roo's question.
"Mom and Dad talked about it," Rebecca shrugged. "They thought I didn't care or wasn't listening."
Helena sighed and shook her head.
People did tend to speak more freely around children, thinking they didn't understand what was being said around them.
"Helena, are you going back to Alphonse?" Roo asked, his voice shaking.
"I don't see how where I'm going matters!" Helena said with a raised voice.
"You cannot go back to him," Roo said as he reached out and held Helena tightly by the wrist. "You cannot leave before the Blood Moon."
'Maybe Roo is right,' Hera told Helena. 'Ryder feels the sa way, too.'
"I'm going. It's none of your business," Helena argued back as she pulled her wrist away.
"It is. You're—"
Roo wasn't able to finish his statent.
Sothing hard slamd against the car, flipping it on its side.
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