Pack Betrayal, Acceptance Upon Return

I slipped behind the tall building in the ally way, praying that they hadn't seen me. I sucked in my gut as they ran past, the huge great dane/rottwieller/pit bull mixes ran past, the men hot on their paw prints. I waited. Then, when I was positive that they were gone, I dashed around the corner, going back the way I'd come. I dashed behind several parked delivery trucks as a group of the men walked past, muttering into a small earpiece. I dashed ran behind the trucks, following them, trying to figure out what they were saying. "We...within...grasp...disappeared." I cursed silently and took my chances, getting closer. "No, sir. Yes, sir. The Danes were hot on her trail. Gill's men went after her. I don't know. They could still be tracking her. Yes, sir. Of course." He pressed his fingers to the earpiece and he fell silent, scowling. He stalked off towards the direction where the men had ran off. I sighed quietly with relief. But then I heard a growl behind me. I whipped around, prepared for a fight. Behind me, there was a tall, lanky boy with dark sandy-brown hair. He glared at me darkly. My face lit up. "Jace!" I cried, running towards him. He backed away, holding out a hand which I promptly ran into. "Jace!" I said a little bit less enthusiastically. He didn't speak, just that dark glower. "Jace?" I asked. I drooped. My shoulders hunched, my head dipped low. He dropped his hand. "What are you doing here?" he demanded. His voice made my heart sing. I brightened up. "Jace, I---" "Just answer my question, Crow." he snapped. I hung my head submissively. It was the only way to get him to understand. "I'm so sorry, Jace." I whispered. "They caught me and took me away and then I couldn't escape." He narrowed his eyes at me. "You don't just go around getting caught, Crow! I know you better than that!" he snarled. "Well what if I did? What were you going to do about it? You'd gone all macho-dog and dove right into the fight! For what? To have you get captured and leave the pack! How do you think it felt having Rocky the All-Mighty Beta lead the pack, huh? You know how much I hate him!" I snapped back, losing my patience. He snarled. Suddenly there was a howl. We both froze, heads snapping towards the direction that it'd come from. "Damn." I snarled under my breath. "Let's go. We can talk in a safer place." Jace commanded. His shape warped, and suddenly he was a huge dingo-wolf. I felt myself changing, my face elongating, my bones shifting, and suddenly I was a huge black wolf with blue paws and a blue muzzle, with the tip of my tail also blue. This might freak your beans, but I'm a werewolf. Obviously. Jace nipped at my heels to get me moving. We were off in a flash, running down the sidewalks of Port Angeles. There was another howl behind us, and the baying of the Danes began. Jace snarled at me to go faster, that this wasn't just one of our old playful runs. I clicked my teeth together with a snap of annoyance as I replied that I knew that. Jace turned suddenly, surprising me. He knew I wasn't going to expect it, so he grabbed my scruff as he turned. I yelped with surprise as he spun me around. We ran down the ally way, and I saw him jump. He transformed in mid-air, and gripped the edge of the fire escape. I did the same, but scrabbled to get up. He grabbed my wrists and hauled me up, and pulled me inside the dilapidated building. We hid in the shadows, peering through the dirtied windows to see if they were coming. The Danes skidded to a halt at where we'd last touched ground. They sniffed along the walls and up and down and up and down and back again. I could just barely understand them in my human form. So I morphed. "Where? Where? Where?" They all muttered, sniffing down and back and down again. Suddenly the hugest Dane I'd ever seen walked in. He snarled at all of them to sit. They all lined up and sat. "Find the girl!" he snapped, shaking the scruff of one of the other Danes. The Dane yelped and cowered. "Girl is with Wolf-boy." he whimpered. "Silence! Or I'll get the humans to do tests on you!" the Alpha snarled. The Dane rolled over in submission. "Go back! They obviously aren't here. Split up!" he growled, and the Danes filed out of the ally and split up. I turned back to human, and looked at Jace. He was looking bitter. "I'm just glad your safe." I said, hugging him. He shook me off roughly. I glared at him. "What's your problem?" I demanded. "Nothing,  besides the fact that you came after me! After specific orders!" he snarled. "I don't care! You were in trouble, and you knew it! If I hadn't caused a commotion upon escaping, you would never have gotten out of those labs! They would have tested you and tested you and tested you until you died! And you know it!" I yelled, jabbing a finger at him. Jace was the Alpha. My Alpha. He had left our small pack of werewolves, natural werewolves, not the test-tube pups that they made in the labs. But the scientists still wanted us anyway for testing. And Jace had sacrificed himself for the pack. And I had been lonely. "Why can't you just listen to orders like everybody else?" Jace asked me furiously. "Because if I had, your scrawny little ass would be stuck in one of those testing facilities. Oh, don't worry, you can thank me later. When I'll actually accept it." I snarled. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. "You have to go home." he growled, eyes closed. "No! Not unless you come with me!" I said defiantly. "Please, Crow. Do me a favor." he begged. I blanched. Jace never begged. Unless something was terribly, terribly wrong. "Jace?" I asked, my voice wavering. I sounded like a small child. "Yes?" he answered, watching me worriedly. "What's going on?" I asked, still sounding helpless. He took another deep breath. "You have to get out of here. Or they'll find you. They'll be here in about five minutes." "What?!" I asked, horrified. "Crow, please listen to me this time. Leave." I shook my head. "No, Jace, not unless---" "Please, Crow! I can't see you being tortured anymore!" he begged me. I stared at him, horrified. "No..." I whispered. "You're one of them." My voice was choked up in my throat. "I'm so sorry. It was the only way I could help you. Now please." he whispered. I backed away, and then stopped. "I'm not leaving you, Jace." His shapes changed. He snarled at me, baring his fangs. I shifted, too, snarling back. "Leave!" he howled at me. "I'm staying with you!" "No!" I was about to retort, but it was too late. People poured into the building. "Good job, Jace." One said, pleased. He scratched behind Jace's ears. Jace made no response, just staring at me, tortured. I backed away and jumped out. "You always have a choice, Jace! Just remember that!" And then I took off into the woods. There was a padding sound behind me. I looked over my shoulder. Jace was running peacefully behind me. "What are you doing?" I asked warily. He smiled a wolfy grin at me. "I'm making my choice."