Eight

"We've found it"

Cullen's fists clenched as he heard Pedro's words, Gold noticed and he tried to observe Cullen's expressions. He gave absolutely nothing away, this side of Cullen always creeped him the fuck out. Gold could read anyone he came in contact with, he could read them like an open book yet when it came to Cullen, everything was blank.

"So why didn't you grab it?" Cullen asks while making eye contact with Gold.

"We also saw Damien there, at the club" Gold says as he takes a seat, he was the only one who could be this relaxed when being questioned by Cullen. His siblings all stood, like they were awaiting some sort of punishment, they all feared Cullen and Gold did too but Cullen wasn't the only person in the room who could mask his emotions perfectly.

"Damien…" Cullen says in a low voice. Cullen had a deep hatred for the demon, they didn't really know why but whenever anything involved Damien they always report to Cullen first before taking any decisions or making any moves.

"What was he doing there?"

"It actually looked like he was the boss there" Jenner says, she had explained to them in the car that Damien was busy giving orders to the people around him most rather manager of the club.

Cullen nods like he had come to a decision already.

"Plan your next moves carefully, I want the Irene by tomorrow evening" He wasn't going to five them a plan because he had just that much confidence in them that they could get things done efficiently.

"Why are you so desperate for it anyways?"

"Pedro!" Clara's brows shot up at her brother's words. Pedro shrugs

"What? We're all thinking it"

Cullen chuckles, he shakes his head as he hears Pedro's words. He was silent fir a few seconds before he finally spoke.

"It belonged to a dear friend, she's dead…they stole it from her corpse" Gold felt his heart chill as he heard the last sentence, Cullen sounded angry even if his expression didn't show it, he sounded like he was ready to….kill.

"Sorry about your friend" Jenner opens her arms wide for a hug, Cullen scoffs but still he hugs her.

"I'll rip out the heart of the motherfucker who killed your friend and give it to you as a birthday present" Jenner says, they all know she means it and they all agree to do the same. No matter how much they feared Cullen, they still all loved and respected him, this was the first time he had ever shown an ounce of emotion to any of them.

"As for you Gold…." When Cullen finally pulled himself out of Jenner's embrace, he gaze was directed to Gold. "Go to your pack and sort out that issue"

His siblings gave him questioning looks and he couldn't help but curse under his breath. He should've known that Cullen knew what was going on. He had eyes and ears everywhere.

"It isn't that important, I'll leave after we recover the Irene" Gold said, Cullen shook his head "Your siblings can get it with or without you so go, the pack should be your top priority Gold"

Cullen's brown eyes stared into his, waiting for Gold to challenge him. Gold sighs, he knew the pack was important he just hated going there, being haunted by past memories he'd tried so hard to forget.

"Ok, I'll go"

"Good!" Cullen pats his shoulder. He leaves the living room and goes back to his study leaving Gold in the middle of his siblings' stares.

It made him a bit uncomfortable and very much guilty.

"I thought we agreed no more secrets Gold" Pedro asks, he sounded slightly hurt and it only increased Gold's guilt. Gold had tried his best to keep his last separate from the life he had now but they never let him.

They wanted to know everything about him, they all want to share in his happiness and his pain but Gold knew that it was impossible.

"I'm sorry, we were all in a hurry so I didn't get the opportunity to talk about it" Gold explains the best way he could.

"We all know you weren't planning to tell us" Jenner says "But its okay, I'm used to it but I just wish that you could share more with us Gold"

"Were you planning to just disappear again like you always do?" Clara glares at him. He never let's them know if there's any issue with his pack, he just leaves and returns as soon as he was done. They hated it and he promised them he would stop even though he knew it was a lie.

He knew almost every thing about them but they only knew what he wanted them to…it bothered them.

"Sorry ok…next time, I'll make sure to tell you guys everything including the details about my sex life"

They all laugh making Gold sigh in relief. He didn't want his family to stay mad at him, they are all he has.

Gold had left afterwards, after saying proper goodbyes. He asked Clara to cast a teleportation spell knowing fully well that he wouldn't reach his pack on time if he drove there or even took a flight.

He appeared at the border of his pack. It was deep in the forest and was extremely hard to find. They were hidden perfectly from humans, no one would think a bunch of werewolves lived in a forest this safe.

Behind the trees of course, was Midnight Pack. It was as big as a small city, there were at least 3,000 werewolves under Gold if he included the other packs he had taken over and merged with his.

Gold stared at the thing barrier that only he and the werewolves in his pack could see, this was what separated them from the outside world and also what kept them safe without him being there.

On the other end of the barrier, Gold was sure that the pack his beta had spoken of was camped there, awaiting audience with the Alpha. He wondered just how foolish their Alpha must be to even go as far as taking a hostage from midnight pack, almost like they didn't know the terrifying reputation he had when it came to destroying packs.

A chilling smile spread across his lips thinking about the blood that would be shed, he knew he was going to enjoy it….very much.