As Denny and Jack got closer to the kitchen Denny couldn't figure out what smelled so appealing. It was not the roast but something else that he just wanted to roll around in and mark him in.
"Hey Denny, come into the kitchen I made cookies and you can meet someone" said Bonnie. The closer that Denny and Jack got closer to the kitchen Denny started to get strange feelings. Just as they entered the kitchen it hit Denny, he could smell his mate. Denny's wolf took over he rushed in and grabbed Annie holding her against him and started to growl as he sniffed her neck. Jack continued to enter the room until he heard the growls coming from Denny. Knowing that this was unusual he backed up so that Denny would not see him as a treat.
All the while Bonnie started to freak out how was she going to explain all of this to Annie who she invited to her house so that she could be tutored for her class.
Annie started to panic she didn't know who this is and why they had grabbed her and how were they growling like a wolf.
All Denny could think was MINE, MINE, and MINE. He could also sense fear coming from her. So he pulled her in tighter so that he could protect her from what she was afraid off.
"Denny you need to let Annie go, you are starting to freak her out." said Jack. "No mine'' said Denny.
''I don't know you and I am not yours. Please put me down" stated Annie. "No'' said Denny."Yes, Denny please put Annie down we need to talk about this'' Bonnie told her brother.
Annie wondered if she tried to talk more to Denny he would maybe start to listen to her.
"Denny if you put me down I will talk with you and you won't scare me as much as you are right now". That finally got to Denny he was the one that was causing the fear in his mate. So Denny put Annie down but stayed between her and the rest of the people in the kitchen. Denny had to make sure that his mate would stay safe from other males even from Jack his best friend and his second.
''Bonnie can you help me hear I don't know what is going on" said Annie. "Sure Annie how about we sit at the table and we can talk this over. Denny don't you think that we should all sit down and talk'' said Bonnie.
''Yes, we can sit at the table'' said Denny.
Bonnie asked jack to call jenny to come and get the dinner so that everyone can eat at the other main house. They were going to be too busy to have the dinner here. They then all sat at the table jack sat away from Annie so that Denny would calm down.
"What is going on Bonnie, I don't understand any of this" said Annie. Bonnie looked around deciding how to tell Annie about everything that was happening.
"First off Annie I need you to listen to everything I tell you and I need you to not run away. Ok Annie" said Bonnie.
''Yes I will listen and I don't think that I'm going to run away. I have never run away from anything in my life." "Okay first this is my older brother Denny and then Jack here is our friend. Next this might sound weird to you but we are werewolves. I think that Denny is acting the way he is because he can sense that you are his mate" Bonnie told Annie. "Well Annie you don't seem to be running and screaming. Do you have any questions?" asked Jack.
Denny growled as Jack was talking to Annie. Annie didn't like the sound coming from Denny so she grabbed his hand to calm him down. Annie decided to speak up after Denny was done talking. First she looked at Denny.
"Denny you need to stop growling at everything. I'm not running and Jack is not trying to harm me or take me from you."
Bonnie, Jack and Denny all looked at each other wondering why Annie is taking all of this in so calmly most would faint or run away screaming. So Bonnie decided to ask Annie" Why are you so calm most are not when they hear the truth about us."
Thinking about how she was going to explain Annie wondered how much she should exactly say. However Annie knew that if she tried to keep some things to herself they would see right through her. So she decided to just tell the whole truth. "Well you guys are not the first group of weres that I have been around. I grew up by the Cade pack in Idaho. My father was a friend of the pack until both of my parents died in a car accident. My brother moved us here because John Cade the alphas brother was in the car with my parents when the drunk driver hit them. We moved because my brother felt that it would be easier to start high school in a place that didn't know what had happened. The pack took it really hard that John was killed with two people that were not pack. Some felt that the accident was my parent's fault." when Annie was telling her story Denny put his arm around her to offer her some comfort. Without realizing it Annie leaned into Denny.
"So you grew up around a pack how did that work we have never had humans around us that were not changed" Jack said. "How well did you know all the people in the pack?"
Annie thought about what to say to them. "Well my father was best friends with John growing up and when his mother died the Cades took him in since he didn't' have any other family. So my father lived with the pack since he was thirteen. He continued to live with them until he got married to my mother. They then built their house right on the outside of the pack land. I grew up with the pack but was always on the outside because I couldn't change with all the rest of the kids. But one thing you may need to know about me is that I can talk to animals mentally. We never knew why."
"You can talk to animals, like all animals" asked Jack. "Yes" said Annie. Jack asked Denny if he could test Annie. Denny told jack that he could but needed to keep his space from her. Bonnie looked at Annie in amazement. "Annie I'm going to change to talk to you alright" said Jack. "Sure no problem" Annie told Jack.
Jack stood up from his chair and changed into his wolf which was a golden brown with white around his eyes and black on his legs. "Okay, Annie am I a pretty wolf or what?" Jack asked. In her mind Annie answered back. "The golden brown doesn't do it for me I like my wolves black with a little grey in just the right spot." As Jack turned his head a little he let out a sound that sounded like a bark and a laugh together. Annie wondered what that meant but figured he would end up telling he seemed like the type to talk a lot. Denny then turned towards Jack and told him to change back now. When jack changed back he was grinning like a fool. The look on his face was driving bonnie and Denny crazy at the same time the asked what they had said to each other. Which Jack replied "I asked her if I was a pretty wolf and she told me what she thought."
Annie realized that Jack was going to make her tell them what she said. Denny and Bonnie both looked to Annie waiting for her to tell them what she said. Annie then told them that she had told Jack that she preferred her wolves to be darker. Jack looked at her and started to laugh again which started to annoy her. Annie asked Jack what was so funny about what she had said. Jack looked to Bonnie and asked her "Bone what does Denny look like in his wolf form. Bonnie caught on to what had happened and started to laugh as well. Now Annie was really annoyed with the two she turned to Denny and asked what was so funny.
Denny said that he too didn't understand. Then he told Annie why would what I look like in my wolf form be so funny to them. The two then started to laugh so hard they were grabbing their sides when they told Denny to tell Annie what he looked like in his wolf form. Denny the turned to Annie and told her that he was black with one grey circle around his left eye. why would that be so funny?" startled Annie looked at Jack and Bonnie and she then knew why they were laughing so hard she knew that she had to tell Denny why they were laughing at them. Annie turned to Denny and told him what she had told Jack. Denny just replied that it made sense the she would find him nice to look at since he could tell that they were mates. Everyone looked at Denny when he said this. Annie started to laugh because it was like it was nothing to him he would have known that she would like her wolf to look like him.
"So what happens now" asked Jack. Bonnie was the first to talk. "Well I think that it is up to Annie what happens next. She will need to figure out what is going to happen. And, Denny is going to have to let Annie decide what is going to happen even if it will hurt." Denny growled looking at Bonnie then said "Bone you didn't have to bring that up." Annie looked at Denny she then told him that Bonnie was just trying to ease the situation a little. But Annie had no idea what she was going to do.
The door bell then rang. Bonnie got up figuring that it was going to be Jenny at the door. She would be stopping by to help with the dinner for the pack.
