Family

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Silas POV

We came home!

I honestly don't feel any better after the surgery. If anything I feel worse. Dad keeps telling me I'm going to be 110% better but it's hard to see.

My chest hurts and one of my brothers is with me all the time. We've been home for a week and I can't do much. I hate how weak I am.

"Silas, buddy, I need you to come with me." Jay says distracting me from the TV. Honestly watching it has helped me learn the language even more. I understand a lot of what they say even if my talking isn't the best.

Jay helps me up and even let's me walk over to the door where he puts a hoodie over me. After putting my shoes on me he picks me up. I would rather have walked where ever we are going but I know I wouldn't have made it.

"Where we going?" I ask practicing his language and he smiles.

"To see phAla Scott." He answers and I got everything except what he called the Scott guy. We walk to a big house. When we get to a hallway I hear yelling.

"It's gdaenuors! I tonw be the ascue of his death!" I hear the kinda scary man say. 'His death'... are they talking about me?

I hear murmuring that is too quiet to make out.

"Fine."

Jay knocks on the door and all noise stops.

"Come in." Scott calls and Jay opens the door.

"Are you rapprede to ghcane him?" Jay asks and he nods.

"Come, boy." Scott says holding a hand out to me. I look back at my family worried. Are they coming?

"Mom? Dad? Jay?" I ask pointing back to them. Scott stops walking to look at me.

"No." He answers before sighing and kneeling in front of me. "You and me" He points to each of us like I don't know those simple words. "Go." He points down the hall before pausing. "I help you." I look back to my family before nodding.

"You help. I see family later?" I ask and he looks shocked before nodding. "Okay." I agree and he begins walking again.

When we get to the front door I am out of breath. Scott notices and picks me up before carrying me outside. The leaves crunch as he walks us out into the woods. This doesn't seem like helping. He's actually scaring me now as I can't see where anything is, it's all trees.

"Stop!" I yell at him and he listens. "Down." I add and he puts me on my feet. "Where go?" I know I'm not pronouncing things well but he should be able to understand me. He looks around before nodding.

"Here will do." I understand him but still don't know what is going on.

Scott kneels in front of me holding my shoulders.

"Do not capni. This will hurt." He tells me scaring me.

"No hurt!" I argue. I hurt enough!

Scott looks sad as he grips my shoulders tighter. He pulls me to him restraining me to his chest with one arm and grabbing my arm with his other hand. The man's mouth looks funny, his teeth pointy, before he bites my wrist. He bites his own hand before grabbing my wounded wrist. I scream in pain as he releases me.

I pant trying to catch my breath as I kneel on the ground. Scott stays close to me kneeling at my side. I can see he is talking but can't focus on the words as I feel pain all over my bode. Deep pain that rattles my bones.

What did he do to me!?

Alpha Scott

"Please Scott." My cousin begs again with his mate at his side. "He's down to his last days. Don't let my son die, please."

"No." I answer as I have many times before.

"You're the only one who can do it, Alpha!" Charlie adds.

"I said no!" I yell. "It's dangerous! I won't be the cause of his death!"

"He'll die without you." Jackson says in nearly a whisper. "Please... I know it's a long shot but you wouldn't be the cause of his death. He's dead without you. He needs your help."

"Fine." I reluctantly agree.

As if on cue Jay brings in the boy and I take him into the woods. When someone is changed it isn't safe for anyone other than their Alpha to be around. Plus I don't think I would be able to look Jack in the face when this boy dies. All I'm doing is making his death a painful one and I hate myself for it. If he were healthy maybe he'd have a chance but this frail little boy... all I'm doing is giving him hours of agony before his ultimate death.

I hate the fear in his eyes but even if he fully understood our language, he's human. He wouldn't understand what is going on. I stay close hoping against all hope that I'm wrong. That he'll survive. His screams just keep getting louder so I try to speak to him.

"It's okay... you're going to be okay." I try to comfort him. "Breathe through the pain. Let the pressure you feel building break through. Rid it out don't fight it." I coach him knowing he won't understand most of it but the wolf that is born within him will respond to its Alpha. Hopefully that will be enough.

I see his bones begin to reshape and help him remove his shirts. He instinctively knows that they won't fit his new shap even if he doesn't know what is going on. The boy falls forward on his hands and I see the scar on his chest fading to a thin white line. That shocks me. I didn't think the healing kicked in until after the shift.

"Breathe Silas. You got this, boy." I say stroking his head causing him to growl as he becomes more beast than boy. "None of that." I growl back and he whimpers before screaming again.

This goes on for 40 or so minutes and I'm surprised he lasted this long. His body seems to have paused mid shift causing me to panic.

"Don't do this boy! Come on! Breathe!" I yell as he stops growling and screaming.

In a final effort to save the boy I shift.

I grab the half wolf boy by his scruff with a growl. I put every ounce of Alpha aura I have into ordering the wolf out. With a pin filled whine Silas's shift resumes. I have little energy left as I push all my energy into the little body beneath my powerful wolf.

I get dizzy and have no choice but to release the boy as I collapse on the ground beside him.