Kurt woke from a peaceful sleep with a moan and sly smile on his lips, wriggling his body against the green grass beneath him and the lips showering his back with kisses, while strong, slightly callous hands massaged his butt cheeks. Biting his lip, he wriggled his butt back against those hands, arching his back into the kisses with a quaint little moan, chuckling at the growl Blaine drools up his spine before pressing a kiss to his shoulder.

He didn't know what he thought it would feel like to be half of a mated couple, never imagined himself in the position outside of his fantasies, but what he awoke to answered so many questions he'd had. Watching newly mated wolves before, he wondered why they didn't want to be apart from one another, why they would growl and snap at anyone, including humans, who would go near or touch the other. But he knew now.

All Kurt wanted to do was hold Blaine close and never let go while surrounding him in his scent, making sure everyone knew who Blaine belonged to. The thought of walking away to train or prepare the town for an attack filled him with dread and had him pining for his Alpha's touch. The anxiety he felt at leaving Blaine and allowing others to place their scent on him had him wanting to lock Blaine away with him and throwing the key away.

Did Blaine feel the same? Kurt knew he did, he could tell through the gentle yet possessive touch of his hands and the deliberate touch of his lips against the marks he'd left on his skin last night. A smile graced his lips as he thought of Blaine wanting him as much as he wanted him right now and hoped this rush of adrenaline would never leave him. It was what he needed to survive this attack.

"Morning." Whispered Blaine, his hands on Kurt's hips to turn him over, eyes roaming the exposed chest, covered in faint bruising and claw marks causing him to groan.

"Morning... what you doing?" Kurt asked with a smile, hands reaching up to thread through the faint hair on Blaine's chest.

"Admiring the perfect body of my mate." Blaine reached down to give Kurt a chaste kiss.

"Flattery will get you everywhere, my Alpha." Kurt whispered against his lips, smiling at the groan he gets from Blaine.

Blaine's body relaxed over Kurt's, elbows resting into the grass while fingers threaded through ruffled chestnut locks and lips moved in a lazy dance. Kurt's fingers glide across Blaine's back and down to squeeze his butt, smiling into the kiss when Blaine groans and rocks back into his hands. A sliver of tongue is all that is needed for Kurt to explore Blaine's mouth, tongue twisting with Blaine's to draw more luscious sounds from the man above him.

The pull he can feel is even stronger now; a need to be next to him, to touch him and protect him while being so exposed and undone around his mate. He understands now why Emma and Will couldn't continue to live in the town apart from one another or why Jane will sit in the mountain tops, looking out over the land for Nathan when he travels to see the council.

His resolve to win has increased tenfold with this new bond he can feel in his veins, determined to make sure that Blaine never feels the devastation of losing this bond, never being able to fulfil the needs that come with the feelings this bond has placed on them. Kurt moaned into the kiss, letting Blaine know how much the simple touches were affecting him, receiving an equally expressive moan in return.

Blaine's head perked up as he looked down over the tree tops, head tilted slightly to make out the howl in the wind. Kurt heard it too, the call from his clan, asking him to return home. With an agonising sigh, Blaine returned his gaze to Kurt, stroking his cheek, "Come back with me."

He wants to, so desperately but shakes his head, sitting up to gather his clothes before he changes his mind, "I can't, I have too much to do today."

He shimmied into his jeans before throwing on his shirt, buttoning it up, watching as Blaine pulled his own clothes on, already missing seeing his skin shine in the morning sun.

"What's got you so busy today?" Blaine asked, walking back over to wrap his arms around Kurt's waist.

Kurt hesitated to tell Blaine what he was truly doing, taking a deep breath to steady himself, "I'm going to see Sebastian."

The growl came before Kurt could finish saying his name, gold speckles flashing in his eyes while the grip on his hips tightened almost painfully. Kurt hated himself for putting this on Blaine, knowing how much it would hurt him but the need to survive and train was reinforced by this new bond.

"No you're not." Came his command.

"Yes I am." Kurt fought against his Hound to disobey the Alpha, "He asked me to come over today, said he might be able to help me hone my new ability."

"He tried to kill you!"

"We have an agreement." Kurt cursed himself for bring that up.

"What agreement?" Blaine growled.

"Can we talk about this later, I need to get going." Kurt made to walk away, groaning when Blaine grabbed his arm.

"Kurt, I don't want you going there. It's not safe." Kurt could hear the worry in his voice and it made him feel horrible for being the cause of that.

"I'm a strong hunter, Blaine. I'll be alright." Kurt turned back to Blaine to kiss him softly, "Trust me, I know what I'm doing."

"I'm going to go grey having a mate as strong willed as you." Blaine smiled sadly, hand stroking Kurt's arm, his brow still furrowed with worry.

"You'd be bored if you didn't... You love me for being this strong." Kurt smiled, kissing Blaine again.

"I do love you... Every inch of you." Blaine kissed him, stroking his cheek, "Come straight to me once you're done with Sebastian... please."

"Try and stop me." Kurt promised, nuzzling up against Blaine to get his scent to cover him, chuckling when Blaine sucked on his neck.

"Okay, I'm going to go now." Kurt pushed away from Blaine.

"Be safe. I'll be right there the moment I smell anything." Blaine promised.

"I know."

With that Kurt transformed into his wolf, giving Blaine one last look before running back into the forest and towards his house, looking back when he hears Blaine howl after him.

Every fibre of his being was shaking and his throat was dry as he stood outside the mines, trying to prepare himself for what would be waiting for him here. He'd expected to smell an array of scents from all of the clans, but instead, this clan now moved as one, all sharing that sweet basil scent; they had all accepted Sebastian as their new leader and Alpha. Sebastian had proven to them that he could look after them, that he would care for them and they were willingly following him, leaving behind their old families.

Blaine may not like Sebastian, but he couldn't deny what a strong, loyal Alpha he was and how the other wolves were pulled towards him. Kurt rubbed the salt diamond bracelets around his wrists nervously, he'd decided to wear them, not wanting to be caught unawares by the demon if he attacked him. After all, it would just take a single drop of his blood and Blaine would be over in seconds to rip apart Sebastian.

His back went rigid when he heard footsteps coming from the mines, eyes on the horizon watching Sebastian walk towards him, with that awful smirk Kurt actually found himself missing. Sebastian stopped in front of him, his smirk taking on an eerie menace, causing Kurt to reach for a sai.

"I thought I could smell you... Seems you did indeed let that Alpha taint you." His sentence ended with a growl.

Kurt blushed, shuffling on his feet, "Yes, we did mate last night."

"Well, at least that will help confuse the demons." Sebastian turned from Kurt to walk into the mines.

Kurt jumped in his step to keep up with Sebastian, "What do you mean?"

"Your scent will change to show that you're connected to Anderson. You'll still have your scent, but it'll be wrapped around that of the Westerville pack to show who you belong to. The demons will have a harder time picking you out."

Sebastian's hand went for Kurt's neck who ducked away pulling out his pistol, stepping back when Sebastian snarled at him.

"Relax Hound, you can't just walk in there, gun blazing, they'll kill you. Though I wouldn't stop them." Sebastian huffed when Kurt pulled back the hammer, "Just let me hold you down, so it looks like I have control over you. It'll calm the other wolves and get you through them in one piece."

Kurt didn't move for a while, just stood there with his gun pointed at Sebastian, wondering if this was a trap, wondering if he lowered his gun and let Sebastian lead him into the mines would he just be led to a pack of blood thirsty wolves. However, looking at Sebastian, yes, he could see the hatred towards him, the anger, but he could also see the pain and the hurt from losing the friendship they had started to build before all of this and the want to help. To help Kurt get through this so he wouldn't have to do what would be needed of him in the end.

Slowly, he lowered his gun and placed it back in its holster, stepping next to Sebastian with a deep sigh, "Okay..."

Sebastian held out his hand for Kurt to see before placing it on the back of his neck and gripping tightly, causing Kurt's body to slump slightly. They walked down the path to the pit of the mine and Kurt could feel the eyes of every wolf on him, could feel the tremor in the ground from the chorus of growls sent at him but the hand on his neck kept him walking. The pit was filled with wolves, all with their fur on ends, teeth on display and snapping towards Kurt.

Sebastian growled at the wolves, who begrudgingly moved aside to open a path to one of the tunnels on the far side of the mines. Slowly Kurt stepped through the crowd, keeping his eyes on the ground, jumping closer to Sebastian when the wolves would snap at him. He felt Sebastian lean into huff into his hair, eyes glaring at the wolves on Kurt's side. It caused a shiver to run through Kurt's body to think that all Sebastian would have to do is nod and these wolves would attack.

When they reached the tunnel, Sebastian turned to his men, whispering to a couple to keep everyone out then pulled Kurt down the dark tunnel until they reached an open room with a bed made up in the corner with a light brown wolf laid out over it and a man standing over the bed, curled brown hair set over a strong jaw, his eyes already black as he turned an amused grin to the two.

"Sebastian, is this him?" The man, demon, stroked the fur on the head of the wolf on the bed before walking over.

"Kurt, this is Jesse..." Sebastian paused to allow Kurt to take this in.

He knew of a Jesse in Sebastian's clan, he'd read his ID form when going through all the members of this clan, but had assumed Jesse was a wolf. Kurt turned to Sebastian with a growl, "You lied to me."

"I was keeping my family safe." Sebastian growled back, "Jesse has been by my side since I was a pup, his father helped my father track down the last of the demons I told you about. That wolf on the bed, is his mate. I knew you weren't a fan of demons from the tales I'd heard in the neighbouring towns, but I also knew how safe we'd be here... or at least I thought."

"You should've told me. I would've listened." Kurt huffed, eyeing Jesse who still stood central to the room, smiling at them.

"I wouldn't risk it."

"But now you will?" Kurt asked.

"Yes, because as much as we want your guts splattered all over the floor, you say you can return the key to the Elysium fields which would put an end to all this... and we'd rather not have that asshole of a demon repeat history. Capturing a rouge demon would only put the rest of the clan in danger, so I am offering my services." Jesse spoke up, crossing his arms over his chest.

Kurt stepped over to Jesse, ignoring the growl coming from the wolf on the bed, Jesse motioning to her that it was alright. Sebastian leant against the wall by the tunnel, arms crossed watching the pair. Kurt watched as Jesse's eyes turned completely black, his skin paling and a black fog curling around his body.

"So, Kurt... How about we see how good your new ability really is?" Jesse's voice takes on a malevolence which has the wolf on the bed cowering.

The black fog reached around the room, wrapping around every inch of Jesse's body and wrapping around Kurt's legs. He could feel something happening, and saw Jesse concentrating on something, but nothing happened. Jesse's laugh distracted him.

"You might want to take off those bracelets." He chuckled.

With trembling fingers Kurt removed the first bracelet and felt it. Felt the pull of the spell Jesse was trying to use on him, felt his knees quiver as if being forced to kneel but he kept his balance. Slowly he removed the second and the instant the last bead left his skin, his knees sunk to the ground, Jesse's amused laugh filling the room.

"You sure they switched your ability, because that's a pretty basic spell." Jesse mocked.

Kurt's growl came as he raised himself back to his feet, glaring at Jesse with his hands fisted at his sides. He was not going to let this demon make a fool of him and he was not going to give Sebastian the satisfaction of watching him fail. Jesse's grin prepared him for the next attack, his knees giving in, bringing him down to one knee before he forced his body back up, his limbs shaking ever so slightly at the exertion that one took on his body.

"Now we're getting somewhere." Jesse looked to Sebastian for permission, receiving a nod which filled Kurt with dread.

Kurt's foot moved forward on its own, followed by the other and again as he made his way over to Sebastian, his breath caught in his throat as Sebastian watched him with golden eyes. With a metre to go Kurt stopped his feet, breath coming in deep gasps as he fought to hold his feet still.

"Struggling Hound?" Came Sebastian's smug smirk, "Jesse, what level of spell would you say this is?"

"Five."

"What level demon are you?" Sebastian smug grin was sickening.

"Nine."

Sebastian approached Kurt, cupping his chin, "And what level is Hunter?"

"Top level, my Alpha... twelve."

Sebastian's eyes never left Kurt's as he stroked his cheek, "You see Kurt, you've got a way to go yet. You sure I won't need to rip your throat open?"

Kurt's growl heightened, his eyes glowing, "Jesse, go to your top level."

"Don't be stupid, Hound." Jesse chuckled.

"Do it!" Cried Kurt, eyes narrowed at the demon.

Jesse frowned shrugging his shoulder, "Alright... warned you." The black fog around his legs and arms swamped his entire body, black wings of fog appearing on his back while his fingers turned to claws; he looked everything like the demons Kurt fought now.

Kurt fell to his hands and knees, teeth gritting as he tried to stop his body falling any further, feeling like a foot was stamping down on his back. He coughed as his throat started to constrict, falling to his elbows as his concentration waned.

"Kurt, stand up." Came Jesse's command.

Kurt body stood ridged as he gasped for air, eyes wide from hearing that command, staring at the demon then to Sebastian who was laughing at Kurt.

"Kurt, pull out your gun." Jesse's voice darkened, while Sebastian's smirk became ominous.

Kurt's hand shook as he fought with all his might against the command, sweat dripping down his forehead and down his neck. He fingers gripped the pistol pulling it from the holster.

"Jesse, what are you doing?" Kurt asked, terrified, "Sebastian stop this, you're going too far now."

Sebastian stepped back to Kurt, gripping his chin, "You'll never get stronger with weak spells. You wanted to learn, stop it. Otherwise just let the spell do my job for me."

"Kurt, hold the gun to your temple."

Kurt sobbed as his hand moved the pistol to his temple, the barrel resting on the thin skin, the silver burning. His tears rushed down his cheeks over Sebastian's fingers, who was watching with a sad frown, but did nothing to stop this. Kurt was panicking, he was fighting, using every ounce of strength he had but he couldn't pulling the pistol away.

His eyes took on his blue flame and for a moment his body felt light, the pistol pulling ever so slightly away from his temple, the burning ceasing. Sebastian's eyes widened and he stepped back, looking to Jesse for answers who just shrugged, concentrating on the Hound before him.

Taking a leap, Kurt allowed his blue flame to engulf the pistol, laughing with relief when it turned away from his temple and his arm lowered to the ground, but he could still feel Jesse's pull, trying to force the gun back up. He allowed himself a smile towards Sebastian through his gasped breaths.

"Looks like you don't get to rip my throat out just yet."

Kurt threw his head back, screaming as loud as his could, his blue flame engulfing his entire body and rushing around the room, expelling the black fog from the room, throwing Jesse back behind his mate for protection. He felt his whole body become light... become free and he knew he'd broken the spell on him, through his blue flame he smirked at Sebastian's shocked expression.

Opening his mouth to speak, Kurt lost his voice, only a soft gasp escaping as his eye lids slipped closed and his body dropped to the floor.

The meadows were so peaceful, the blue sky allowing the glowing sun to shine down on the dewy grass, making the blades glisten and turning the meadow into a sea of shimmering light. No longer was there a dark cloud in the sky or cracks in the pearly gates, everything was peaceful. All that remained of the encroaching danger was a slight mist of black fog from behind the gates.

The white wolves lay in the grass, most of the adults asleep, while the cubs pulled at ears and swiped at tails, gnarling and barking when the tail swishing back at them. Some cubs raced around the sleeping adults, using the larger bodies to hide behind while others jumped on the adults' backs to get a better look around the meadow. Liam could be seen trying to climb the large oak tree where a small cub had climbed to the nearest branch, barking down at him.

Kurt looked down to the grass below him and gasped, startling some of the once sleeping adults, because he wasn't sitting as he normally would be; he was standing. With as much concentration as he could muster, gradually he was able to lift a paw off the ground and step it forward. The move caused those adult who had been watching to stand on all fours, the young cubs following their gaze and running up to Kurt, running around him and barking up at him.

He was trying to move the other paw but found himself stuck, his paws not wanting to move. Mismatched eyes looked up at him as the white ball of fluff sat a few steps away from him and barked at him. Kurt huffed at Liam, but eventually found his second paw lifting off the ground and planting it in front of the other.

Liam wagged his tail excitedly, tongue sticking out as he panted, eagerly watching and waiting for Kurt to move again. Kurt looked up to notice a few of the other wolves had stepped forward to watch. Feeling faint, Kurt managed to push one of his back legs forward and stopped, his long white legs giving out, forcing him to sit back down.

Liam came to sit next to him rubbing against his side, as another wolf, Jane's wolf, came and sat on his other side, giving him a light nuzzle. At his front paw came another cub he'd never seen before, beautiful little ball of white fur with eyes so similar to Kurt's and a smell of strawberries wafting off of him. Jane's wolf nudged him gently before her voice echoed in his head.

You need to wake up now

Kurt's eyes burst open before closing tight against the bright light coming in from the open window, crying out at the pain it caused him. He heard feet rush to the window to pull the blinds across before the same feet rushed back to his side, a hand gripping one of his own. His head felt tight and heavy, causing him to groan the moment he tried to lift himself off the pillow he'd hidden his head in. Fingers ran through his hair to sooth him and he relaxed against their delicate touch and the familiar scent in the room.

"It's okay, take your time. You've been out for a while." Came Jane's soft spoken voice.

Kurt groaned at her use of words, turning on his side and squinting open an eye to her, noting he was in Blaine's bed and sighing in relief considering where he'd been when he passed out. He swallowed into a very dry throat, pulling air into his lungs as if he hadn't taken a breath in a while and licked dry lips until he found his voice.

"How long was I out?" Kurt dreaded the answer with how long he'd been out with just the lifting of a paw and here he had taken three steps.

"Three days." Jane spoke sadly.

Kurt's eyes widen, sitting up too quickly, gripping his head as the dizziness took over, Jane's hands coming to his shoulders to steady him. She whispered for him to lay back down, but he refused, his heart beating fast at what he'd just heard and the work he was now behind on.

"What day is it?"

"Tuesday."

Kurt swallowed hard, "We've got five days left."

"What do you mean by that?" Jane asked, stroking his hair out of his face.

Brittany is hidden away in my house, she gave me a deadline for when Hunter would be here

Kurt didn't dare speak the words out loud, who knew who'd be listening through the thin walls. Jane's eyes turned to the door and Kurt growled, gripping her shoulders.

"Who did you just tell?" He ordered, shaking her gently.

"Your mate. My son." Jane answered, "He needs to know, you can't keep this from him."

The door to the bedroom burst open, followed by the drapes around the bed and Kurt felt himself being lifted into the embrace of his mate, strong arms wrapping around his shoulders and waist while lips kissed over his neck and cheek. Kurt returned the embrace breathing Blaine's scent, he could feel Blaine's tears trickling onto his skin. They pulled apart slightly to gaze at one another and Kurt felt his own tears slip at the sight of his Alpha; eyes red with tears, hair a mess of curls with stubble spread across his jaw and clothes looking like they hadn't been changed in days.

"You're awake... you're awake. You scared me so much." Blaine pressed his lips to Kurt's, his mother's presence forgotten for a moment, "You were like the dead, Kurt. If it wasn't for the warmth of your skin... I... I was ready to kill that Alpha." Blaine dropped his head onto Kurt's shoulder, sobbing against it.

Kurt stroked his hair, kissing the curls, "You didn't, did you?"

"No." Blaine whispered. Kurt looked to Jane to assurance, sighing in relief at her silent nod.

Blaine sat back up, wiping his tears and sniffing, "Sebastian brought you back here, saying he was training you and it got out of hand and you released your blue flame... and then you just collapsed. No one could wake you. We had my father's medic and Jeff in here trying to see what we could do, but nothing was working. I was so scared."

Kurt stroked his cheek, "I was in the Elysium fields." Kurt swallowed to continue at the look Blaine gave him, "I was able to move, not far, I only took three steps, but... everyone was watching me. It was so hard but, I think with more practise I can do it."

"Kurt, you lost three days just moving three steps, who knows how long you'll be out for taking twelve steps... and by what my mother just told me, we don't have that time."

Kurt nodded, lowering his head, not wanting to meet those hazel eyes. Blaine nodded to his mother, reaching over to kiss her cheek before letting her go. He waited until his mother had left the room before motioning for Kurt to lie down and then lay down on his side next to him. Kurt reached out to take Blaine's hand in his, enjoying how Blaine's scent was wrapping around him.

"How long has Brittany been at your house?" Blaine cut though the silence.

"She was already there with Santana when we got back from New York." Kurt traced patterns over Blaine's palm to avoid looking at him.

"I thought I smelt something... Why did you hide her?" Blaine voice was filled with the hurt and pain of Kurt hiding this.

"I don't know. I didn't want the society to find out I had her here so I decided no one should know, in case it got around. I didn't mean to hide this from you." Kurt blinked back his own set of tears.

"You know you can tell me anything and if you want to keep it a secret, I will keep it." Blaine nudged Kurt's head to get him to look at him.

"I'm sorry." Kurt sniffed, leaning his forehead against Blaine's.

"It's okay." Blaine's kissed his cheek, sighing heavily, "I know now, so let's move on... She told you when Hunter would arrive?"

"Sunday... we've only got five days before he arrives. I have so much to prepare for." Kurt groaned, squeezing Blaine's hand.

"We've got so much to prepare for." Blaine corrected, "We're in this together." Blaine's finger reached out to dab the orb around Kurt's neck to make his point.

Kurt smiled down at the gift, "I don't deserve you."

Cupping Kurt's cheek, Blaine reached in to kiss him softly, "You do, and you're stuck with me."

Kurt smiled, kissing Blaine once more, "I don't think you should try and move your Hound in the Elysium fields again, at least not until we've gotten rid of this demon. It's too dangerous with you blacking out like that."

Kurt nodded his agreement, "I'll just concentrate on honing my ability with Sebastian." He tapped Blaine's shoulder when the growl came back, "He really helped me. I got so far."

"You had a burn on your temple from your gun when Sebastian brought you here." Blaine growled.

"Like I said, he really helped me, putting me in such a position forced me to bring out all of what I had. Yes, I was scared, but I got out of it. Am I angry with him? Yes, but I'm also thankful, so please don't go ripping out his eyes." Kurt whined at Blaine, shuffling as close to the Alpha as he could.

"Okay..." Blaine huffed, wrapping his arm around Kurt's middle, "I'm just so glad you're awake now."

"Me too..." Kurt mind flashed to the small wolf at the end of the dream, "Blaine, you said Jeremiah had very similar eyes to me."

Blaine nodded, "Slightly darker, why?"

"What was his scent?"

Blaine frowned, confused by the question, "Strawberries... why?"

Kurt heart leapt in his chest, "I saw him." Kurt watched Blaine shift onto an elbow to look down at him with wide, confused and excited eyes. "There was a little cub at the end of my dream, curled up at my paws. He looked so much like me I thought it might be my mother, but the eyes were wrong. Then I remembered what you told me about Jeremiah. He's back, Blaine, he'll be born to this world in two days."

Blaine's smile was radiant, full of love and joy, "That's amazing, Kurt. Do you know where he'll be born?"

Kurt shook his head, "I'm sorry, I don't. I'm not that connected with that world just yet."

Blaine nodded, sucking in his lips, "That's okay, at least I know he's returning to this world and I have my mate to look after him and tell me how he's doing." Blaine squeezed his hand, "More incentive to get rid of this demon."

"Yeah... I'm sorry I can't tell you more, maybe when I can control this better I can." Kurt sighed heavily, pulling Blaine down so he can bury his head in his chest.

"That's okay." Blaine stroked Kurt's hair, kissing his forehead, "I love you, Kurt."

"I love you too." Kurt whispered into his chest.