There was no time for any questions because the explosion set everyone screaming and running. I didn’t think much of it then, thinking that it was some stupid teens that usually pulled pranks but I was wrong.


    The ceiling started to copse and that was when the smell hit me. The smell of smoke snaked in first and then the hungry mes rolled in, eating everything in its path. I must’ve been standing there like an idiot because Alpha de pulled me.


    “What are you doing? We need to get out of here,” he yelled through the loud noise of everyone in the room. Our bodies tingled again when he grabbed me and I couldn’t help but shudder despite the hot mes.


    “Mom! Dad! Zane!” I yelled as I was being dragged out by the crowd and Alpha de. I had forgotten about them and tried to push my way back to see if I could find them.


    “They’re probably out by now,” he said loud enough for me to hear and this time I agreed with him because I was unable to spot them in the crowd. I let him pull me safely out of the burning house and into the dark streets which was now full of people trying to find their families. I desperately looked around, trying to find where my parents and Zane were but I didn’t see them anywhere.


    “I can’t find them!” I panicked. “They’re probably stuck in the house. I’ve got to go find them!” I said and ran towards the house. I didn’t get much further because Alpha de had me by the waist, pulling me away.


    “It’s too dangerous,” he said tly.


    “No, let go of me. I have to find them,” I gasped from the stupid tingly sensation. Everything was all too overwhelming and happening too fast.


    “I’ll have a better chance to find them…but on one condition.” I hated him but he probably did have a better chance of finding them than me.


    “What do you want?” I hissed and stared at his grey, smoky eyes. Big mistake. His eyes were so alluring, no thanks to the mysterious sparkle that were added by the reflection of the mes.


    mes. I shook my heading back to reality. “Save them now,” I said again, stubbornly, before I could get even more mesmerized by his stupid eyes.


    “You will be my mate no matter how much you hate me,” he said so simply that I almostughed. He had to be kidding. I didn’t want to be mated to a guy like him but I had to make sure my family was OK, and then dad would take care of this mess that we got ourselves tangled in.


    “Fine, just go!” I yelled, pushing him.


    “The bite will have toeter,” he said so seriously without any emotions that it sent shivers down my spine. What was with him? He rarely smiled and had no emotions but anger. Nevertheless, I saw him keep his promise and disappear into the mes.


    “Hey, where’s Lucas?” Jace’s voice said behind me. He was slightly sweating but otherwise he didn’t seem hurt.


    “He went back inside to find my family,” I exined.


    “Ugh, that idiot,” he mumbled under his breath. I turned my attention back at the burning house. It held lots of great memories and I was saddened by it burning but the only thing I’ve been dying to know was any news of my family. “I called 911 so they should be here soon,” Jace said.


    “Yeah,” I said absentmindedly, too focused on the house. I was tempted more than once to run inside and find them on my own but my instincts told me it was better to stay.


    Suddenly, I noticed two figures froming out of the house. One was limping and holding onto the other one. It was Alpha de and Zane.


    I immediately ran up to them and hugged Zane who was the one limping. The smell of the smoke on him was intoxicating and made me cough but I was d he was OK. His face was ck from smoke and he looked like an awful mess from head to toe.


    “Where’s mom and dad?” I asked Alpha de but he looked at me sadly with pity. No. This couldn’t be happening. “I SAID WHERE ARE THEY?”


    “I’m sorry Alexia, I tried but it was toote,” he said quietly.


    “No no no,” I sobbed. I thought if I went back that maybe they woulde back just for me. The only thing in my mind was that I had to go find them. I ran for the house but the firefighters came, pulling me away from the burning house. I tried fighting the firefighters, scratching, screaming, yelling, but it was no use. They held me back as they started to hose the house, attempting to tame the mes. I sobbed the whole time, fighting my way but it was no use. To anyone I would’ve looked like a crazy maniac but I didn’t care.


    “Alexia,” I heard Alpha de’s voice behind me and he held me, ordering the firefighter who was keeping me from running back inside to do his job. The firefighter dly stepped back and left me to him. “I’m sorry, I tried,” he said again. Ugh, the sound of his voice sickened me.


    “No you didn’t! You promised and you let them die!” I said punching him with all the anger I had. He stood still, allowing me to punch him until I couldn’t take it anymore and broke down, sobbing. He wrapped his arms around me, stroking my hair.


    “Where’s Zane?” I croaked, after I had the chance to breathe.


    “He’s in one of the ambnce,” Alpha de replied.


    “The medics can’t find out that he’s-”All rights ? N?velDrama.Org.


    “We have a specialist who knows about us,” he exined.


    “I need to see Zane.” Only he would understand what I was going through since he was also involved in this tragedy. I needed Zane’sforting arms around me, not Alpha de. Alpha de led me to the back of the ambnce where Zane was being evaluated by a medic.


    “He’s all patched up, Lucas,” the medic said. She was a tall woman in her thirties with beautiful tinum blonde hair that brought out her light blue eyes.


    “Thank you, Phoebe,” Alpha de said gratefully.


    “Zane,” I said jumping onto the back of the ambnce when I saw him and hugged him which made him lose his bnce.


    “Woah, easy there,” Phoebe warned, helping Zane gain back his bnce.


    “Are you okay Zane?” I asked but he didn’t respond. His eyes were puffed red and his lips were caked with blood. “Zane?” I said again.


    “Mom and dad,” he whispered quietly and then we sobbed all over again in each other’s arms. He held me close, his arms around me and we cried for our parents, our salty tears mixing together. When we stopped crying, I felt him go slump so Iid him back down on the bed. He must’ve been knocked out by the painkillers so I sat next to the makeshift bed in the ambnce when I heard voices from outside.


    “It was no ident, Lucas,” I heard a voice, near the ambnce. Phoebe.


    “How do they know for sure? It was probably some stupid kids pulling a prank,” Alpha de’s voice whispered.


    “They found ten gallons of gasoline. This wasn’t a pathetic prank,” Phoebe said. “We think the ‘ident’ was nned to murder ric and Marie Maxilum. We found their bodies incinerated and locked in their rooms upstairs. Someone murdered them and almost murdered Zane.”


    “Who and why would they have done it?” Alpha de growled. “Were they trying to frame me?”


    “No, you couldn’t be the culprit because you were dancing with Alexia. Everyone saw that,” Phoebe pointed out.


    “I want you to find out more and then get back to me as soon as possible,” Alpha de said.


    “Of course,” Phoebe said quietly. Then I heard quiet footstepse back towards the ambnce.


    Someone had killed my parents. I had no idea why they would want to kill my parents but I promised that when I found the culprit, I would make them pay.