I sucked in a breath and nodded. "I'm sorry too." I looked over at him firmly and let my beast pushed a bit closer. "I want blood for them too Levi, I want blood for them all." "I know you do girl," he replied before kissing my temple. David walked over with two neat whiskeys in his hand and a towel pressed to his bloody shoulder. He handed one to Levi with a nod then gave me a half smile. "Sorry bout your shirt girly. Just trying to look out for you." "It's ok David." "Sorry bout your shoulder David," Levi said tiredly. David nodded then looked over at the towel that he had pressed with his free hand against the wound. "Don't be, it's fine." How's Penelope?" I asked, changing the subject to something lighter. "Pissed that I didn't bring her," he laughed out. Levi chuckled too and shook his head. "She's over at Lander's playing with Lyle. Poor kid got another black eye this week." "What?" I raised a brow as David nodded proudly. "Yup, apparently some kid was picking on my girl. Lyle got pissed and apparently laid that kid's ass out right there on the pack playground. Got a black eye, but apparently, Penelope kissed him. She told me I had to keep it a secret though because she didn't want Lander to get upset with Lyle." "Oh my God," I chuckled out while Levi shook his head into his drink. "That's so adorable." "What's that?" Lander asked before taking a long sip of his whiskey. He sat next to me and kissed my cheek while David took the recliner. "Thank you girly," he whispered into my ear. I turned and looked back at him, at his eyes that held legitimate fear of the past repeating itself. I sighed and nodded before answer his question. "David was telling us about Lyle's black eye." "That damn boy," Lander chuckled while he rolled his eyes. "If they don't end up as mates then I will be shocked." "I'll be scared for the damn kid that is if he isn't," David added. Lander nodded. "Agreed, here's to being in-laws then David." David chuckled and clinked his glass with Lander's while the other's walked in the living room. Evangeline sat down with Claire and Liam while Ethan, who also had a glass of neat whiskey, took a chair across from us. He looked slightly irritated to be so far from me, but I just shrugged innocently. "Is that all you saw?" Levi asked. Ethan shook his head. "No." He leaned back and sighed again. "Thomas said a lot of things to dad before he killed him. He kept saying things that made it sound like he was pissed that dad was friendly with vampires and pushed for the treaty. He kept calling dad weak and said that dad let the pack become weak. He also said something along the lines of 'wolves will be strong again' and something about 'like in the old days. "He talked to one of the rogues after, I think he was their leader but I can't be sure. The guy said something about Thomas 'holding up his end of the deal.' After that, he knocked Thomas out. We didn't see anymore, we just saw where I found them–when you came, Levi, and that was it." "Shit," Levi hissed. He blinked hard and looked back at Ethan. "Do you remember exactly what he said about the vampires and the treaty?" "He said something that sounded like a rant, like he was disgusted that Chris made a treaty with them and let them in his borders. After that, he said 'we'll be strong again, wolves will be strong again.'" I answered calmly. I rubbed Levi's back and let my wolf reach out to him, his beast that wanted to bathe in blood. I understood, as did my wolf. If Levi somehow did make it out of here and to Thomas tonight, I would be lying if I said that I wouldn't help him kill them. I would bathe in blood with him. "Charlotte and I told Evan. We talked about it and we both have a feeling that it has something to do with the treaty but we don't know how. There are so many pieces not adding up," Ethan sighed out before taking a sip of his drink. Evangeline wiped away a tear as Liam pulled her into his lap and whispered something soothing into her ear. She sighed and nodded them looked up at me with a tiny smile of courage. "He obviously wanted dad's seat and didn't care how. I mean, otherwise, he wouldn't have used a dangerous army of rogues to tear apart half the pack. "I just don't get it, though; the rogues, the vampires, the treaty? Who gained from that? Why? Why our packs? It has been ten years and nothing has happened." Lander chewed on his lip and nodded. "The relations are good with them, Derek can tell you that. I know they are wary about the rogue issue, but there's really no threat to our relationship with them. Brother?" Levi sighed out an angry breath shook his body a little. He shook his head and looked up at Ethan with eyes that were beyond ass-beating furious. "I don't know son, but I do know that I am going to be fantasizing about killing that fucker until the day it happens." Ethan nodded a solemnly and looked over at me. "Charlotte and I have only told you all, Evan, and Lyanna but we think it's best we get everyone else on board. We need to get a plan together and move fast. It was a struggle before to not rip his throat out and now the only reason I haven't is because of Char." "I don't get it," Lander said as he tugged at his hair. "We have so many missing pieces." "We don't need them all, we just need one," I said. Levi looked at me curiously. I sighed and chewed on my lip a little. "Thomas is working with them, we know that. He has to know that they are coming across the border, and he had to have had a hand at the attack at my cabin and the one in the forest. Shit, he's probably been organizing it all. Which means he's dangerous and dangerous for our pack, we need to eliminate him first, but we have to be careful. "He obviously knows about something else that's bigger. If he finds out that we're onto him then he could trash everything he has and leave us without a trail. Whatever this rogue thing is, it feels bigger than our pack and we can't risk losing that information. Not when there's still so much we don't know. I think we should focus more of our efforts on getting Ethan what he needs to challenge Thomas, then once we have him gone we can focus everything on the rogues." "She's right brother," Lander said from next to me. "Believe me when I say that I would love nothing more than to run with you to Mangata tonight, but we need to do this the right way. It's what's best for both our packs. They both deserve justice in this. We need hard evidence, something that will be irrefutable in a challenge. The pack needs to know and they can't just go off spewing about this tree. Saying a magic tree showed you these things will only make them look crazy, but something like a smoking gun won't. "And they're right. There's something else. Whose to say it's not just our packs that could be at risk? We can't afford to lose this lead, not yet anyways." Levi let out a tense breath and nodded. "I hate that you're right. That goddamn tree." Levi looked up at Ethan and nodded. "Alright, but I want blood too, Ethan. You don't get to challenge him without me there." He sighed a little and leaned back against the couch, pinching the bridge of his nose as stress poured off his body. "Link everyone now."