Trevor gave no reaction as Lily left, her words cut him deep. He wanted to tell her he was sorry, he wanted to tell her to stay. But those words didn't come out. None came out. Once she was out of sight Debra came over to him. "Are you just gonna let her go you dumb son of a bitch? Are you just gonna let her hate you?" She growled at him. Trevor sighed. "How many times has her, and Lawrence's life been in danger because of this world? Because I dragged her into it? If her hating me keeps them safe, and out of harm's way, so be it." He stated in a cold, and calm tone.

"She'll hurt, I know it, but her, and Lawrence being away from me is the best thing. She'll see." Debra merely shook her head. "She won't, you ripped her heart out, and yours too." She replied. Trevor sighed once more. "My feelings are irrelavent. As long as they're safe....that's what's important to me. With this....monster scratching at the walls, trying to get out, they aren't safe around me. No one is." He added. Debra sighed in annoyance, and ran her hand down her face. "You're sounding more, and more like your father."

"Then you're going to have to leave." She stated. Trevor turned to face her with a raised eyebrow. "You'll have to learn to control that beast....like I did." She stated. "And hows that?" He asked with a skepicial look. "You're going to go see an old friend in Romania." She answered. "Romania? What the hell's in Romania that I need to see?" He questioned. "That I can't tell you. Only that you'll be seeing an old friend of mine. And that if you do this, there is no turning back. You will go through hell, and you won't be the same when you come back. Are you prepared for this?" She stated, almost trying to talk him out of it. "I can't live like this, with this guilt. I need to do this, for my family's sake. I'll do whatever it takes."

---

After two, almost three months in Romania Trevor finally returned to Jasper. He, and Debra decided that it was best for him to just leave without telling the pack where he was going. And so he did. Trevor returned to the camp, having a noticably different air to him, a more calmer, serene one, as well as wearing more gypsy necklaces, and being noticably more scraffy looking, and having slightly longer hair. As he walked into camp many were surprised. "Trevor!" Michelle called out to him as soon as she saw him. She, and Lizzy both ran to him, almost tackling with their hugs. "We missed you so much. We thought you weren't coming back."

"It's alright. I'm back now. I missed you guys too." He said as he pryed them off of him. Jack soon came over, and gave him a big bear hug. "I missed you too Boss Man. It sucks being in charge. I was a day away from blowing my brains out." Jack stated. Trevor patted him on the back, and smiled. "Heavy is the head that wears the crown." Trevor slightly smirked. "Yeah, well you are welcome to it."

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After catching up with everyone Trevor had to leave once more to get some things in order. He stopped by the sheirffs station, and dropped off a application to be a deputy before he decided to go see his wife, and child. He drove over to her family's house, and stood at the door for a moment. A wave of fear crossed his body, fearing how Lily would react to his return after being gone for so long. He took a deep breath, and knocked on the door. When her siblings answered the door he gave no reaction to Jackson's attitude. He felt he deserved it. When Michayla told him where she was he smiled slightly at her. "Thank you. I'm....I'm sorry." And with that he left to the diner.

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Trevor arrived at the diner, and entered with some hesitation along with a couple members of the pack who met him there. His eyes immediately went to Lawrence, which caused a smile to cross his face. He had grown up so much. As he walked over to them he could feel Lily's emotions, anger, sadness, and a little bit of relief. "Yeah." He replied to her statement about showing up. "So he's talking now?" He asked as he smiled at Lawrence, who in turn smiled, and giggled back, being happy to see him.

"Lily, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I left you two. I'm sorry that I yelled at you. I'm sorry I broke my promise about being there for you two. I'm sorry I'm not the husband, and father you two deserve. I'm....I'm just sorry." He apologized. "I...I was away, in Romania. I had to work through some stuff. I left to protect you, to protect all of you, but now, now I'm better." He stated. He looked over at Lawrence, and rubbed his cheek. On Trevor's wrist was a strange symbol branded on him. The symbol looked like it had been there for a while, but yet it hadn't healed one bit.

Trevor pulled his hand away from Lawrence, and sighed. "There wasn't a day, a second that I was gone that I didn't think of you two." He stated. "I....understand if you don't want to see me. If you don't want me in your life anymore. I just.....I just had to see you two. I've sent in an application to be a deputy." He stated. Lily had still not looked at his face. He let out a sigh. He placed his hands on the sides of her face, and forced her to look up at him. "I still love you with all my heart. I'm not asking for forgivness, I'm not sure I deserve it. But I'm here now." He then kissed her on the forehead, and then kissed Lawrence.

He wanted to do more. He wanted to kiss her passionately like they used to do nearly everyday, but he figured that she wouldn't want it. He turned away from her, facing the door. "I will always love you. No matter what, because you are perfect. If...if you want a divorce, and never want to see me again, I understand, I wouldn't blame you." He added without turning back to face her. "You should know, that I did this all for you two. Everything I've done, whether you agree with me or not, has been to protect you two."

Trevor turned to face Lily when she took his hand. He smiled with pride when Lawrence called him dad. He took Lawrence in his arms at Lily's insistence. Trevor felt relieved at her words. "I need you, I need you both too." Trevor stated with a soft smile. "If there's one thing I've learned over these last couple months, it's that my family is what makes me strong. I'm weak without you." He stated. When she pointed out his longer hair he chuckled slightly, he barely even noticing it. "Where I was there wasn't a barber. I hadn't really noticed it."

Trevor felt relieved when he felt the softness her touch. He missed her so much. He accepted her embrace, and kiss gladly. "You don't have to be afraid anymore. No matter what I will always come back to you. I swear."

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Trevor sighed in exhaustion as he sat down on the couch, still in his new deputy uniform. He hadn't been on the job but for a couple days, and he was so tired between it, and the pack. As good of a second-in-command Jack is, he's no Alpha. And Trevor had to put out a few minor fires he caused in his brief reign as leader. Trevor took off his tie, and unbuttoned the first couple of buttons on his shirt. He smiled at Lily when she sat next him, trying to hide his exhaustion. He chuckled slightly when she began kissing him, and climbed up on top of him.

"Not that I'm complaining, but what's gotten into you?" He asked in between the kisses. And when she answered his eyes widened a bit. Sure he expected that she would want another kid, but had hoped it would be at least after Lawrence was out of diapers. Before he could answer she shushed him, and continued to kiss him. Trevor rolled his eyes slightly, and stood up, holding her in his arms. He gently laid her down on the couch, and brushed a few strains of hair out of her face.

"Lily, I would love to have another baby with you, but we need to think this through. It's not that simple." He stated in a low, and calm voice. "Having Lawrence almost killed you. I don't think I can go through that again." He stated in a worried expression. "Look, I figured that maybe one day you'd want another, so I've been discussing it with Debra. Ways for us to have a kid, and you to survive." He stated with a reassuring smile.

"How would you feel if....if we ask one of the pack to be a surrogate?" He asked, hoping she would see things from his perspective. "I think that is the best option for us. As much as I love Lawrence....I don't know if I can take that much worry again." He said in a slight scared tone, thinking back to when she was pregnant. "I said in once, and I'll say it a billion times more, I can't live with out you." He then leaned down, and passionately, and deeply kissed her.

"Please....just think it over before we rush into anything ok? That's all I ask." He pleaded while giving her a big puppy dog look. "So do you want to continue or did I kill the mood?"

"Lily it's ok. I didn't mean it like that." Trevor said with a worried tone. He had no idea it would upset her like this. "Lily, I just..." Before he could finish his sentence Lily handed Lawrence over with a slight growl. "Lily don't say that, you're not..." His words fell on deaf ears as she stormed out before he could finish. Trevor let out a loud sigh. "Mum. Mum." Lawrence whimpered. He looked down at Lawrence, and faked a smile for his sake. "It's ok buddy, mommy will be back. It's ok." He stated to reassure him, even though it was more for himself.

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Trevor had left Lawrence with his sisters to go after Lily after she hadn't returned for awhile. As he arrived at her family's farm he leaned against the fence next to sister Michayla, and watched as she rode around in circles on her horse. "Yeah, well I wanted to give her space." He replied to Michayla. He listened to Michayla talk about how different she was, and he couldn't help but feel guilty about it. "And I caused it. Maybe she would have been better off if I stayed gone....if I never came into her life."

Trevor gave Lily a kind smile when she came towards them, noticing she had been crying. That seems to be all he does to her lately is to make her cry. That broke his heart. He followed behind her on the silent trip back home, him not daring to say a word to her. He just looked at her with sadness. He had done this to her. He didn't think him leaving would do so much to her. It made him so angry at himself. How could he have done that to her? All he wanted was her to be safe.

Once they finally made it back home, and inside he placed his hand on her shoulder. "Lily I-" But once again he wasn't allowed to finish his thought, and she pulled away from him, going straight to bed. He looked over to his sisters who were watching all this, and sighed. "You guys....you guys go to bed. I'll take care of Lawrence." He ordered as he gave them both a kiss goodnight.

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The next morning Trevor sat at the edge of their bed, watching Lawrence sleep in his crib. When he noticed Lily waking up he stood up from the bed, and took his shirt off, something he hadn't done, whether Lily noticed or not, since he came back. Underneath his shirt, all over his torso was some of the most horrific one could see. Cuts, burns, and possibly the most gruesome of them all were the lashes. The worse of these scars were on his back. He gave no word, no explanation of why these scars were there, and why they hadn't healed.

"Don't you ever say you are useless, that you are better off dead, or that you're a bad mother. Never again." He ordered in his low, commanding Alpha voice that was rather intimidating. "Lily, I love you with all my heart, all my being. And if me wanting to keep you safe, to keep you out of harm's way makes me such a horrible husband, than so be it. If me treating you like you are glass keeps you from getting hurt, than so be it. I will NOT see you get harmed in anyway." He coldly stated. "I will not apologize for putting your safety above your feelings." He continued to state his low tone, all without sounding angry, or yelling. It was more of a lecture than anything.

"These scars, these scars are proof of how far I will go to protect you. Pain is meaningless when you have something to protect." He stated, almost as if he was reciting something. "Lily, you aren't useless, and you are most certainly not a bad mother. You keep me....human. You remind me I'm not just some monster." He stated with his eyes becoming somewhat watery. "And Lawrence, how could you even think he didn't love you? His first words were mum after all. It's true, for somethings he'll need me for, but how can that be any different than a human boy? You are still his mother, and he will always need you."

He took a next to her, and brushed some of the hair out of her face, and rubbed his thumb on her cheek. "Lily, I love you so much. I'm sorry I ruined your life. I'm sorry for everything I've done to you. All I've every wanted was to protect you. You know that right?" He stated, on the verge of tears. "If it means to keep you safe, to keep you happy, to help bring back that smile that I can't live without, then you can leave. I will not blame you, I won't feel any different about you. If you think the best thing for you is to be away from me, I won't stop you. I love you too much to do that."

Lawrence then began to stir, and Trevor calmly kissed her forehead, and got up to check on him. Trevor smiled as Lawrence yawned, and took hold of his index finger.

"Lily, I will never stop protecting you." Trevor stated with a sigh. "I want a big family too, but we have to be smart about it. Even if you survived Lawrence, that doesn't mean you'll survive another. You barely survived Lawrence." But his words fell on deaf ears once again as Lily rolled over with her back towards to him. Trevor sighed in slight annoyance. "I'm sorry I left you, but it was something I needed to do." He stated as he picked up Lawrence, and went into the living room. He wished she could just see things his way, and not be mad at him, but that doesn't seem to be happening.

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Later that evening Debra came into their home in a slight panic. Trevor was playing with Lawrence when she barged in. "Hey where's the fire? It's not a literal fire is it? Jack didn't try to cook again did he?" Trevor asked as he sat Lawrence down on the ground. "If only it were that simple. We're missing one of ours. Marty, that little Irish punk with the short Mohawk, about Lizzy's age. He was supposed to be back an hour ago, and he's not answering any of our call." She stated.

"Yeah I know him, kind of a dick, but a decent enough kid. He's missing?" Trevor stated. "Yeah, his mom's worried sick. She's wondering if you'd go out and look for him. I told her it wasn't anything to worry about, he's a teenage boy, and is probably doing something stupid." She stated. "Yeah, I'll go check it out. I need some-" Before he could finish his sentence he was interrupted by his cellphone. Trevor answered it in slight annoyance. He hated having to carry around phone, but he needed one for work. Which was probably what this was about.

"Yeah Talbot." He answered. A worried expression crossed his face. Lily had come through to the kitchen at this time, but didn't seem to notice him. "Does he have any I.D. on him?.......What's the name." Trevor's eyes widened when he heard the name. "Yeah, he came with me......no I'll handle it, I know his mom. He was like family. I'll be right there." He then hung up the phone, and looked over at Debra, his eyes nearly watering. "They just found a body.....it was Marty.....his head was chopped off." Debra's eyes widened, and she covered her mouth.

"I'm gonna go see what I can find, do you want me to tell-" "No, I'll tell his mother. You have enough to deal with as it is." She stated as she looked over at the bedroom door. Trevor, and Debra entered the room soon after. "Lily, I'm not here about that. I've got to go into work. There's been a dead body found, they need all hands on deck." He stated as he got dressed in his uniform. He left out the fact that it was a pack member that died, figuring she'd just worry. He didn't want her to worry anymore.

"Lily.....I love you." He stated as he leaned in for a kiss, but was dismissed. Debra rolled her eyes as she leaned against the door frame. "I'll be back as soon as I can." He said as he ruffled Lawrence's hair, and then left. Once he was gone Debra walked over beside the bed. "My god, you two are the most stupid, melodramatic children I have ever seen." She growled at her. "Do you have any idea what it's like to lose a mate? Especially by your own, uncontrolled hand?" She asked in annoyance. "I do. I killed my children, and mate. The way Trevor would have killed you, and Lawrence."

"If you want to blame anyone for his disappearance, then you can blame me. He left at my insistence. And you know what? You should be thanking me you stupid little girl." She stated as she rubbed Lawrence's cheek, with a single tear coming down her stone face. "If he hadn't left what do you think he would have been like? Despite Trevor's toughness, he's no killer. That would have destroyed him. Don't you think so? You know him better than anyone do you think there was any chance of him being the same? He would have been a ghost, a shell of his former self. Would you prefer that?"

"What Trevor went through in Romania, I went through the same thing. He would never give you details because he cares about your feelings, I don't." She stated as she rolled up her sleeve to show a brand the same as Trevor's on her wrist. "In order to conquer that beast, you have to go through hell first. Unimaginable pain. Most die trying. Fewer return with their sanity. I will not sugar coat it. He was beaten, and tortured everyday. Given only a single hour of rest a week. He was conditioned to ignore pain. Those scars you see on him? There are ways around the werewolf healing. Barbaric ways."

"I love Trevor like my own son. I don't want to see him hurt, but sometimes pain is necessary." She stated, hoping this would get into her thick head. "I've watched Trevor grow up, and you know what the one constant for him is? Putting others above himself. Even as a baby, he would give his toys to Lizzy for her to play with. That's in his nature. And I would never change that about him. He sacrifices so much to see those around him happy. Think about everything he's sacrificed for you. And what about you Lily? What have you sacrificed for him?" She asked, her tone becoming noticeably more angered.

"Even now when you yell at him, not give him the time of day he tries. Even as we speak now. You know who that body was? It wasn't some random civilian. It was one of us, a young man who was member of the pack." She stated, going against Trevor's wishes about telling her. "His head was chopped off. He told you to protect you. Not because he thinks you're glass, because he thinks you're weak, it's because he wants to protect you from the nightmarish things an Alpha is forced to deal with. He doesn't want that burden on you. You know why? Because whether he realizes it or not, leadership eats away at you after awhile."

Debra got up, and began heading towards the door. "You want us not to think you're useless? Stop acting like it. Life is not a fairy tale. Stop acting like it is, and grow up. Face the reality of it, you aren't a werewolf, you aren't as strong as one. But yet he still loves you more than anything. The least you can do is recognize your own limitations, and not be a mopey brat about it. Ever one has their limits Lily, and so does Trevor. If you keep pushing him he will reach his." She stated rather harshly, clearly not pulling her words for her sake. "Now if you excuse me I've got more important things to do than babysit a little girl crying over the fact her husband worries so much about her safety. I've got to go inform a mother that her sixteen year old son was found beheaded. But no, your problems are ever so important more important. I'll just go take care of the common folk's problems princess, you stay and wallow in self-pity for as long as you want." She stated before she left the room to make the first of kin notification.

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Trevor soon arrived at the crime scene. He ducked underneath the crime tape to approach the two white sheets, one covering the body, the other covering the head. There was a single blood splatter on the tree next to the body. Other than that the area was rather clear. There were only a couple of other deputies like him there. He looked underneath the sheet for his head, and sighed. It was Marty. "So this was one of your people?" Denise, the same chipper deputy he met on his first day in town. "Yeah, Marty....um Martian. He was a bit of a dick, and I never liked how he looked at my sister....but he wasn't a bad kid. He didn't deserve this. If you don't mind, I'm going to take a look around. Maybe I can find a trail or something."

After about ten minutes of looking around Trevor found boot prints from what appeared to be some sort of combat boot. Trevor made a whistling sound to signal for the other deputies to come over. "Here, under the leaves. It's a boot print. Had to guess I'd say a combat boot. The wearer was pretty heavy given how deep it is. From the size, I'd say we're looking for a male. A pretty big one at that." He stated. The others looked at each other, being impressed. "Wow, your dad use to be able to do things like that."[/color] Trevor looked over, and noticed a few more tracks making a slight trail. He sniffed the air, and caught a faint scent.

"Alright. I need to leave. I'm gonna go check on his mother, and see if she knows anything." He stated as he went back to his deputy's vehicle. The others gave him a nod as he left. But instead of going back home like he said, he parked some ways away from the crime scene, and decided to follow up on the trail he found by himself. No need to involve the other normal deputies, and he wanted to make sure it wasn't a waste of time before he called in the pack.

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After following the trail for about twenty minutes it began to go cold. He sighed, and wondered what he was going to say to the boy's mother. The sun was completely down by now. "Just a couple more minutes and I'll go back." He muttered to himself. He sniffed the air, and looked around. Something wasn't right. No animal could be heard for miles. Nothing but complete silence. He stood there, completely motionless as he closed his eyes, and focused on his other senses.

And then it came. An arrow came barreling towards his head. Trevor plucked the arrow from the air, and quickly spun around, and threw the arrow back to where it came from. Trevor readied his pistol as he unbuttoned the holster, and held his hand on the grip. Heavy footsteps could be heard coming towards him. A tall man in a full body black combat armor, and his face covered by a metal helmet with a cross emblazoned on his forehead. "Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." His voice was deep, and gravely. He said this as he pulled the arrow from his shoulder, and tossed it on the ground.

The man reached behind him, and drew a rather large machete on Trevor. The machete had some sort of purple dust on the edge of it. "I don't know who you are guy, but drop the blade, and put your hands behind your head. You're under arrest." Trevor ordered as he drew his gun on him. The man gave no response as he strode towards Trevor. Trevor fired off several shots that merely hit his armored chest, not even slowing him down.

The man swung at Trevor, who in Matrix-like style ducked underneath it. He pressed his hand on the ground, and did a backflip, kicking the man as he went. Trevor dropped his gun, and looked up at him, his eyes glowing brightly, but instead of the yellow like it did before, this time it was more of a orange color. Trevor rushed forward at the man, clawing, and scratching at him. Though at most it did scratch up his armor. The man began trading blows, and swings with his machete at Trevor, but luckily none of his machete attacks connected.

Trevor managed to slash at the man's left arm, cutting his shirt, and revealing severely burnt skin underneath. In the brief moment Trevor stared at this was all the time the man needed. He slashed Trevor across his chest, and did so once more before stabbing him his sternum. As he pulled the blade out of him Trevor fell back to the ground. He crawled away from the man as much as he could, his breathing became heavy, and unsteady. The man calmly walked forwards towards him, ready to end the deed. As Trevor crawled he picked up his gun, and unloaded on the man.

A few shots hit him in the chest plate, another against his helmet, and one managed to get him in the left arm where the opening was. Another bullet managed to get him in his stomach right below his chest plate. The man gave no reaction, and backed away. Trevor struggled to reload his gun. But then the man left, most likely satisfied that Trevor was as good as dead. Once he was gone Trevor struggled to get his phone out. He called up Jack, and waited for him to answer, barely able to breath, or move.

"Trevor? You find out anything?" Jack answered. "H....he....hel....p.....help....help...please." He struggled to get out before he dropped the phone, and passed out. "Trevor?! Trevor?! Hold on I'll be right there!" And it wasn't even three minutes before Jack had rushed to his Alpha's aid. He carried Trevor to his car, and drove him back to the camp. On the way there Trevor faded in, and out of consciousness. In between these bouts he saw something, and figure sitting next to him. It was a familiar figure. It was Mason. "Well, well, well. You look like shit buddy." He smirked.

"De........de....dead." He struggled to wheeze out. "No, you're going to be just fine! You aren't going to die!" Jack stated, believing he was talking to him. It was clear now that Mason was just in his head. "Rest now Trevor, we've got tons more fun later." Mason smirked followed by his usual laugh. Trevor then slipped into unconsciousness.

---

Once they made it back to camp they immediately rushed him to Debra's camper, trying to keep the others from seeing him. But it failed as everyone was looking on. Once Trevor was in Debra's camper she ripped his shirt off, revealing the slash marks, which the skin around them became black, and infected looking. Trevor was ghostly pale, and barely breathing, at most it was a heavy wheeze. "Oh no, no, no." Debra muttered as she grabbed several herbs around her camper.

Trevor was fading in and out of consciousness at this point. When his eyes were open they were blood shot red, and almost glazed over. "Everyone out of my way! Give me room! That includes you!" She yelled as she stared at Lily.

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Roughly an hour later Debra came out of the camper, and sighed as she wiped some kind of green goop off her hands. "Is he.....?" Michelle asked, not even able to finish her question as her throat was so sore from crying nonstop. "No, he's alive. For now. He was poisoned. Wolf's Bane. It's a thing, a rather bad thing. While it's still poison for humans, it's just as bad, if not worse, for us. I did what I could. He'll be bedridden for about a week or so. I put some salve on his wounds, it should help speed up his natural healing process. He's resting now. You can see him if you wish, but don't wake him, he needs his rest."

Inside Trevor was still ghostly pale as he laid motionless on the bed. If not for the occasional deep breath he had to take one would think he was dead.

Debra listened to Lily vent with no emotion. She just listened. She figured Lily needed someone to lash out at other than Trevor. And if it was her so be it. "If you tried to kill yourself so many times, how normal of a life could it have been?" The only thing she said before she left the room to give her some space. Trevor continued to lay there motionless. His eyes were darting back and forth under his eyelids showing that he was dreaming, and the way they were moving it was most likely not a very good one either.

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Trevor stood there in a circle of his pack, his family, his friends, and Lily. They all stared at him with hate, anger, and an accusatory glare. "We trusted you!" "We fought for you!" "We bleed for you!" "We followed you!" "And we loved you. Yet you left us!" The people he was closest too each yelled at him one at a time. "No....I didn't.....I was trying to-" "Monster!" "Murderer!" They interrupted him. "No...no...It was....I wasn't.....It wasn't my fault....." Trevor fell to his knees as they continued to shout out words like Monster, Killer, Deserter, and Murderer at him, him being close to tears.

"You aren't the man I thought you were. You aren't the man I fell in love with, you're just a shadow. I could never love a monster like you. I. HATE. YOU." His vision of Lily shouted at him. Trevor couldn't even form any words from the heartbreak. Mason could be seen behind the crowd, smiling wolfishly. "You were right all those months ago, crimes should be punished. And so shall yours." Lily stated as she looked down at him disgust. The masked man with the machete came forward, weaving through the crowd, and grabbed Trevor by his hair, and held his blade high above his head.

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Trevor's eyes began barely opening as he heard Lily's voice next to him. He could barely keep them open, but he was conscious enough. He squeezed Lily's hand slightly, it was all the strength he could muster. He let out several pained groans, acting as if he was trying to say something. "I........I.....w.....ill.....always......co....come back." He struggled to get out, harking back to what he swore to her when he first came back. "I....sorry.....don't.......be mad at me." He tried so hard to speak in complete sentences, despite how painful it was. "We can.....we can have another baby......just.....don't hate me....don't hate me.......I love......you." He pleaded, followed by a nasty sounding cough. And with that he used his last bit of strength, and passed out once more.

---

Throughout the rest of the night, and most of the following morning Trevor was out like a light. But his breathing did become more steady, sounding less like he was breathing through a trash bag, and some of the color returned to his skin. He was slowly, but surely improving. But that didn't stop everyone from checking up on him. Lizzy, and Michelle became permanently glued to his bedside along with Lily, Jack could be heard stomping up, and down outside where slept, worried to death himself, and Debra would come in every twenty minutes on the dot to check up on him.

Trevor's eyes then began to open when it became noon. His eyes were halfway shut so no one noticed him awake. "What's with all the......the sad faces?" Trevor asked, his voice was low, barely a whisper, and full of pain. It was obvious that it hurt to speak. He followed this with a slight chuckle that turned into a vicious cough. "Trevor!" Michelle exclaimed as she jumped up and gave him a big hug, which caused him to groan in pain. "Oh god! Sorry! Sorry!" She said as she backed away, afraid she did something to him.

"It's.....it's fine..." He muttered. "How are you feeling? What happened?" Lizzy asked in a worried tone. "I'm....I'm fine.....ready to do cartwheels." He groaned as he took off the blanket covering his legs. "I got attacked....I think.....I think he was a human.....He had arrows.....and a....uh....machete." He stated. He leaned forward on the bed, and sat up straight, all the while groaning in discomfort. He held his side once he was fully up.

"Get your ass back in that bed NOW!" Debra roared at him as she came in with Jack following behind her. "Screw.....that. I got.....work to do." He stated as he pulled himself off the bed. Almost immediately after his toes touched the ground he began to tumble, struggling to get himself up right. "God damn it what did I just!? You need rest!" Debra growled. "Cue ball get him back in bed!" She ordered at Jack. Jack brushed past her, and helped Trevor up, and placed him back in bed. Trevor tried to push him away but he was too weak.

"Now you stay right there and rest! I will tie you to the bed if I have to!" She growled at him. "And if anyone of you let's him set so much as a pinky toe on the ground, I will use your intestines to do so!" She stated as she pointed her index finger at them all, and then left to give him some rest. "Alright help out this bed before she gets back. I can't just lay around all day, I got things to do. I need to track that guy before the trail gets too cold. I wounded him in our fight."

Trevor moaned in annoyance. "Whatever the hell's going on I doubt your dad can handle it." He then gave Lily his usual puppy dog face to plead with her. "But....I can't just sit here while there's work to be done." He stated as he held his side in discomfort. "I'm the Alpha....there's someone that's threatening my pack....I can't just take this laying down. I need to find this guy, and stop him. I can't allow him to get away with this." He pleaded to no avail. Despite his protests he was stuck in this bed for awhile. He had no choice to be.

Trevor sighed when she offered him the soup. "Fine, but don't treat me like a child." He groaned as he accepted the food. He began taking spoonfuls of the soup, and sipping it down. When Lawrence climbed up on him he keep a straight face, showing no pain despite him being in some discomfort. Once he finally settled down on Trevor's arm he felt a bit better. Trevor looked down at him with a smile, and lightly rubbed his head with his free hand. He then looked up at Lily. "Lily...I'm sorry how we left things." He apologized to her once more.

"If you want to have another baby that's fine. It's just that....if something were to happen to you....I don't think I could take care of Lawrence by myself. I can't live without you." He stated, not even remembering what that brief moment of time he was conscious last night. "When I was under....I had a dream.....a nightmare really. In it you, the pack, everyone was there. You all just....stared at me with hate.....you told me you hated me.....and then allowed that masked man that did this to me to finish me off." He explained. "I just want you to be safe, and happy."

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Within the next couple hours Debra would come in to check on Trevor's wounds. She peeled away at salve that she rubbed on his wounds to check them. The wounds looked much better now. They were smaller, and became scars now. "Well the wounds look good. No discoloration, no signs of infection. You should be back on your feet in the next couple weeks." She stated. "Couple weeks?! Hell no I need to get out now!" He growled at her. "No! Traces of that poison is still inside of you. That's why you're still so sore, still scarred. Too much physical activity will make what little that's inside you spread throughout your body, and kill you." She growled back.

"I can't just lay around like this while there's some psycho with a machete out there killing my pack." He groaned as he sat forward. "And what are you going to do to him once you find him? Bleed to death on him? You're in no shape to go fighting! He did this to you when you were healthy!" She pointed out to him. "I can take him. I'm prepared now. He took me by surprise before, that won't happen again."

Debra sighed, and rubbed her temple. "If you go out there you will die for sure. You need to rest to regain your strength. We'll put the pack on lock-down until you're strong enough." She stated, almost pleading with him. Trevor merely ignored her, and tried once more to get up off the bed. "Do something with him! I can't deal with him like this!" She growled as she left them.

Trevor groaned when Lily pushed him back on the bed. He tried once more to get up but she wouldn't allow him to move as she fixed his blankets. He sighed as she told him to stay put. Deep down he knew they were right. That he should get some rest, and regain his strength. But 'taking it easy' has never been an option for Trevor. Letting others take his responsibilities in times of crisis like this, it's never heard of for him. "Lily, if it's for my family, my pack no risk is too great to protect you guys."

He sighed as Lily watched him, and sat down next to him on the edge of the bed. He looked down at their joined hands, and let out another sigh. "How am I supposed to just sit here like this? While everyone's in danger? I can't just do that Lily." He stated to her. He tried once more to get up from the bed but was unable to. "I can't let others risk their lives for me. I can't be powerless like this." He looked down at their hands, and began tracing a circle around her's with his thumb and sighed.

"I....understand that you all want to help me. But I can't just take this laying down. Please just let me go, and finish this." He pleaded once more. "I can do this. I'll be fine." He tried to reassure her. He reached over to her with his free hand, and gently brushed across her cheek. Lawrence had crawled over, and held himself unsteadily upright, and stared at them. Trevor let out a sigh, and held out his free hand to him. Lawrence grabbed a hold of hand, and Trevor hoisted him up in the air, and sat him down on the other side of him.

Lawrence crawled over Trevor's stomach as he got over to Lily. Trevor groaned in pain with every inch he moved. Lawrence snuggled himself up between them, wanting some attention from them. Trevor sighed as he looked down at him. "Ok, a couple days. I'll rest for a couple days, and that's it. Not some two weeks, just a couple of days."

Trevor's expression softened as Lily began kissing him. He then let out a sigh. "Hey, I'm still here. I'm still your husband." He replied back. He gently brushed away a few strands of her hair from her face, and stared deep into her eyes. "Have I mentioned lately how beautiful you are?" He then pulled her closer to him, and locked his lips into hers. He then pulled away briefly, and began kissing her up and down her neck. "Is this enough husband for you?" He asked with a slight smirk. He stopped at her collarbone, and planted another kiss on her lips.

He leaned forward slightly before he groaned in pain, and fell back into the bed. He held his side, and took in several deep breaths. He could feel the waves of worry coming from Lily. He held his hand out to the side of her face, and gently caressed her. "It's ok, I'm ok. It's just a little pain, I'll live." He said trying to reassure her. He hated seeing her so worried like this, so upset over him. "Being near you is well worth any pain." He stated as he lifted up her hand, and gently kissed it.

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Over the next few days Trevor was allowed out of that camper of Debra's, and back into his own bed. He's became a bit more mobile, but he needs a cane to walk around, and even then it's still rather painful. "No you aren't going out there! You're finally making some head way in your recovery, going out there will be taking several steps back!" Debra, and Trevor were at each others throats once again, over the same topic, him staying put. "I'm fine, I'm better now!" Trevor growled at her as he began tying his shoes, and putting on his jacket.

He was in pain as he got dressed, a lot of it. "You can barely dress yourself you damn fool! You can't track anyone in your condition, let alone fight anyone!" Debra snarled back at him. Other than medical check ups their interactions over the past few days have been equal amounts of growling, snarling, and yelling. "I'll figure something out. I always do." Debra groaned, and rolled her eyes. "I'd get more things done by bashing my head against a wall then talking to you!" Trevor got up off the bed, and started to hobble towards the door.

Trevor looked at Lily's tired face with a lot of guilt. "Lily..I..I'm sorry." He apologized for keeping both her, and Lawrence up. As Lily came over to lead him back to bed he moaned in annoyance. "Lily, I have to-" But before he could finish his protests she had already led him back to their bed. As Lily began to undress him, and kiss his body he did his best not to smile, and keep a straight face. But of course it didn't last for too long. The corners of his mouth began to crack first. "It's fine, it's barely noticeable." He replied to her statement about him getting dressed wrong.

As they began towards the door Trevor glared at Debra, and then let out a small gloating chuckle directed at her. Debra rolled her eyes followed a slight groan as she took Lawrence to get him something to eat, all while the baby began tugging at her red hair. "I hate everyone." She groaned to herself. As Trevor and Lily got outside Trevor saw Jack. Trevor tried to hobble his way over to him to get a report on what's been going on, but Lily stopped him. Trevor stared into her eyes, and sighed. "Fine. Five minutes."

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Trevor followed behind Lily as she led him to the woods, and a picnic she set up for them. Trevor smiled at the sight. "Well when did you set this up?" He smiled as she brought him closer to her. He missed this so much. He missed being this close to her. Her scent, her touch, the look in her eyes when she smiled. It seemed like such a long time since they last embraced like this. With every kiss she gave him he returned the favor.

"Lily, I love you too. I love you more than anything." He stated as he rested his forehead on hers. "Hey....I think we're gonna need more than five minutes." He said with a playful smile. He locked his lips with hers once more. He then kissed her cheeks, and belong her ears. He also nibbled on her ears slightly. Then his lips began going down her neck, and collarbone leading down to her chest.

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After sometime Trevor laid back on the blanket, laying snuggled up next to Lily. He looked over at Lily, sweeping some of her hair to the side, staring into her eyes. "I swear to god, if I go blind right now I'd be ok with that. You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." He flirted with a playful smile. "I don't even remember what I did before I met you. I don't think I even want to remember." He smiled as he kissed her lips. "I wish....I wish we could stay like this forever."

Soon his smile disappeared as he turned on his back, and stared up at the sky, looking at it intensely. He then let out a sigh. "I'm so scared." He admitted. "There's some freak out there butchering us, and I can't do a damn thing about it. I'm such a failure." He stated as he turned on his side, facing away from Lily. "I don't know a thing about this guy. Who this guy is, why he's hunting us. This is different than Mason. With Mason I knew who he was, what he was about. This guy, I don't know a damn thing. That's what scares me."

Trevor then realized what he was saying. He didn't know why he was telling her all this. Maybe he just needed to have that out there. "Sorry. I just....have you ever gotten tired of just being the responsible one?" He asked. "Do you....do you ever.....regret meeting me? Being dragged into this life, all this danger. Do you...ever think you'd be better off without meeting me?"