Chapter Forty-Nine
Pack
Blood on blood
One on one
And I'll be here for you
Till Kingdom come
Blood on blood
(Blood on Blood - Bon Jovi)April 14th, 1976Mia could not believe she never saw the signs.
"You're mine, too, you know. You belong to me. It's like... if I were an alpha wolf, you'd be my
beta."
"What about Sirius, James, and Peter?"
"They're in the pack too."
"We're Pack," she whispered in realisation. "We have to go. I'll explain on the way,
but I think I know how to save Remus." She smiled nervously as she took her first steps
toward the forest, flanked immediately by James and Sirius who had no reservations about
trusting her or following her after two werewolves.
"Wait!" Peter called. "I... I.. ." His round face was pale, and his eyes were wide;
though he refused to make eye contact with any of them. "S-Someone should tell
Dumbledore."
James looked as though he agreed with Peter, but Mia was already in predator mode,
and she could smell the fear rippling off of him. She heard Sirius growl low in his throat—
he could likely smell it too—but she held up a hand.
"Peter's right. If he wants to go and tell Dumbledore, he should. Tell him that
Greyback took Remus into the forest and that you saw him with Higgs. Don't say a word
about us. Remember, you're an illegal Animagus too," she pointed out, her threat clear. If
Peter somehow got the three of them caught for being Animagi, Mia would take him down
with them.
Peter nodded, shifted into his rat form, and scurried away.