Everyone but Fairlight around me started to panic and run around, trying to get everything in order. Emmett still held me tightly in his arms to protect me from Nate. Fairlight touched my shoulder and looked at Emmett, "If Nate tries to hurt her, I will erase him from existence." I have never heard Fairlight be so violent. Suddenly, a guy appeared out of nowhere and looked around, confused. Scarlet jumped back into Emmett's chest. "Who are you? Where did you come from? Emmett laughed silently. "Don't worry, I made him appear in thin air with a mere thought," Fairlight said. "Yes, I am Sebastian White; you must be Scarlet. Fairlight talks about you a lot."

Emmett slowly released his hold on me before backing away. "No, damn it! He couldn't have gotten away!" His outburst caused everyone in the room to grow silent and rigid, feeling his immense power radiating. Fairlight nudged me gently closer to Emmett. After stumbling backward into Emmett's arms, I heard a deep growl before everyone filed out of the room, leaving us alone. "What happened? I thought he wanted to come onto the pack lands." I looked up at Emmett to see him staring at me with adoring eyes.

I wonder what could have happened that caused Emmett to get so upset. I turned in Emmett's arms to face him, "Is everything ok?" The news of Nate being so close made everyone so frantic and highly alert that I hadn't had the chance to check on Emmett. I hope this all ends soon. "Scarlet, I want you to know that I love you wholeheartedly. I will always protect you no matter what." Suddenly, Emmett disappeared from my sight; everything had gone black. I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist and harshly pull me out of the room. While being dragged down the hallway, my capture hastily placed a rag over my nose and mouth, causing me to pass out quickly.

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I woke on a dirt floor with giant cement walls and a clad metal door. Almost as if we were living in the medieval times. Getting up, I noticed only a tiny cot off to one side of the cell. The door had a small slit in the bottom of it, I'm assuming for them to give me food. I continued to look around the cell for anything to indicate that I could escape, but to no avail; I came up empty-handed.

The sound of the heavy-clad door squeaking open caused me to turn and come face to face with my capture. Nate bravely walked into the cell before one of his guards threw a small figure into the cell with us. I cautiously took a look to my left to see who it was. To my surprise, he captured Fairlight, or maybe she allowed him to catch her. Either way, we were both here now, locked in a dirty old cell by one of the most sadistic werewolves I have ever heard of. I quickly returned my gaze to Nate, who stood by the door with a triumphant smile on his wicked face.

"You think you have won? Not yet, Nate. You forget that Emmett is still out there, and he will do anything to stop you." I spoke confidently, giving him a triumphant smile of my own. "Oh, on the contrary, little wolf. I won't have to worry about Emmett getting in my way." Nate smiled as he moved aside to allow someone to enter.

The guy's face remained covered with a mask and dressed in all black, but I could tell it was a male. I could only assume it was a male wolf. I took a few steps closer to the figure before the mysterious guy threw his hand up to stop me. I always needed to improve at taking orders. I continued walking toward the guy; when I got close enough to be able to touch him, he caught my arm and pinned me against his chest in an attempt to keep me from identifying him.

I slowly freed one of my arms from his hold and gently slid it up his chest before grabbing the bottom of his mask. I ripped his mask off in the process of freeing myself from his grip. Once the dust settled, I looked up into the eyes of Emmett, my mate; he had been a part of this the whole time.

After the shock wore off, I backed up further away from Emmett; he must have seen the sadness in my eyes. "I'm sorry, Scarlet, but I had to do this. Just know I never lied about us being mates or loving you." Emmett pulled his mask back on and turned to walk out, leaving me speechless. Fairlight started to stir awake beside me. Once Nate left, shutting and locking the door behind him, I rushed to Fairlight to check on her. "Hey, are you alright? What happened?" I helped her to sit up slowly before checking her over for any open wounds that may need attending.

"Oh, Scarlet, am I happy to see you. Emmett somehow could block my powers, giving him the upper hand. I couldn't do anything; I was defenseless since I'm not a werewolf like he is. So, anyway, he managed to restrain Sebastian before kidnapping me. That's all I know." Fairlight tried to recall everything, but due to being hit over the head, it was too painful for her. We moved her to the small cot so she could lie down for a bit.

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I started to pace the cell floor; the shock of finding out Emmett had a part in this didn't settle well with my gut. "Hey, Fairlight, can you use your powers to get into Emmetts' mind? Even though he isn't close by?" I turned toward her to see her sitting up and looking into space. I walked over to her, placing a hand on her shoulder, gently causing her to jump out of her daydream. "Oh, Scarlet! Don't do that; you nearly gave me a heart attack. What's wrong?" Fairlight looked up at me with concern-filled eyes. "I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to; you were daydreaming. I asked you if you could use your powers to get into Emmetts' head even though he isn't nearby." I watched her contemplate my question for a minute before nodding softly. "Great, I feel he doesn't want to do this. Like he's being forced or something."

Fairlight gave me a quizzical look before scratching her head out of concern. "What if he's the one that put all of this together and is just trying to trick you into thinking he didn't want to do it?" I thought about it for a minute before turning away from her. "I don't think he would do that. He truly loves me, that I know of for sure." I dropped my head to look at my feet to clear my head before turning back to Fairlight, only to notice that she had already begun to work her magic.

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Fairlight had been listening to Emmetts' thoughts for the past hour, and so far, all she had found out was that he felt terrible about this whole thing. I think that there is more to it than what meets the eye or mind in this case. Fairlight might be one of my friends and a member of Emmett's pack, but I'm sure she's hiding something from me.

"Ok, I'm going to lie down; I'm getting tired; wake me if anything changes." I moved over to the small cot and laid down beside Fairlight. Slowly, I fell into a deep sleep, but not before hearing Fairlight whisper, "he doesn't love you," in a sad voice.

I was standing on the cliff's edge with Emmett beside me, holding my hand. I smiled and looked at him as the rest of the pack members surrounded us with their families or mates. Peaking over the cliff's edge, I saw a beautiful deep blue sea awaiting us to jump. "Come on, Scarlet, It'll be fun. I know you will enjoy it. Besides, you'll have me there holding your hand the entire time."

Fairlight and Sebastian came to stand beside me. She smiled reassuringly before grabbing Sebastian's hand to pull him closer to the edge. I watched them and a few other pack members and their mates jump to land in the sea below. A few members stood behind us, waiting to jump alone or hang out on the top. "Alright, fine, I'll do it." On the inside, I was terrified something would go wrong, and I would somehow end up dead, but the best time to jump is when you're too scared to. Otherwise, you'll never move from where you're at now.

Emmett held my hand tightly as we jumped over the edge. We somehow got separated mid-jump. I landed first, going deep below the surface of the water. The water was refreshing in the summer sun's heat, and as the sea engulfed me, I could feel all my worries disappear. I wanted to go further, but I knew I shouldn't. Making my way back to the sea's surface, I felt no one was around me anymore; I couldn't feel Emmett anymore. Once I broke through the surface and looked around, I noticed I was the only one left in the sea.

I swam to the beach and tried to walk over to the pack member there, but the water wouldn't let me go further than the tide. I moved over to the bottom of the cliff and yelled up to them, but they couldn't hear me, so I started to climb my way up the side since the only other way up was through the woods, but that would have taken too long. As I made my way up, the sea reached out, pulling me back into it, maybe to keep me prisoner forever.

Almost to the top of the cliff, the sea finally gets hold of me, pulling back down a bit. I finally broke loose and quickly made my way back; once I reached the top of the cliff, the sea receded down. I went over the edge to the rest of the pack, but no one noticed me. Looking around, I found Emmett with another in his arms, talking amongst themselves. I'd never seen the girl before, so I walked over to them.

Once I got to Emmett, I placed my hand on his shoulder, which caused him to turn around. "Scarlet? I haven't seen you in years, how are you?" Emmett gave me his gentle smile, like he always has while pulling the girl closer to him. She gave me a dirty stare, staring at Emmett in disbelief. "Emmett, who is she? Years? What are you talking about? We just jumped off the cliff together." I replied in confusion. I gave the girl a once over while waiting for Erespond; sheeply, she was no doubt. "Oh, right, I forgot I haven't introduced you guys. Scarlet, this is my mate Raven..." Everything else became an inaudible whisper in the distance as everything around me came crashing down, disappearing into my mind's darkness, leaving me alone.

Panicked, I jolted out of bed, causing Fairlight to jump beside me. "Wha-what is it? Scarlet, are you alright!?" She quickly scanned the room, looking for danger, before gently putting a reassuring hand on my shoulder. "Y-yea, I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you. Just go back to sleep, it's alright." I tried to get her to lie back down.