The Once and Future Alpha Wolfblood

This is Mr Hartington, the film producer I was telling you about.

No-one's safe when I'm here.

So I need to leave.

Humans don't want us around? Fine. Let's go with Jana.

To the Wild Pack?

-Welcome to The Cave. What can I get you?

-A latte, please.

GROWLING

SHE SCREAMS

Go to sleep, little wolf.

We have big plans for you.

GROWLING

WHIMPERING

GROWLING

# My heart still beats

# And my skin still feels

# My lungs still breathe

# My mind still feels

-# But we're running out of time

-Time

# There is nowhere for you to hide.

# The harvest moon is shining

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves. #

WOLF HOWLS

BELL TOLLS

HE SNORES

What?

Wait.

Where am I?

Where is everyone?

TJ?

TJ?

TJ?

Looks like we're going to be here a bit longer.

You could call TJ?

He's probably off with his Hollywood mates.

It's not like I care.

So, how's Emilia?

Go on! Tell him that his sister is lost.

-She's what?

-I'm sure she's safe.

What happened to my sister?

Hafren, come back.

-You need help, Hafren.

-From you, never.

And I won't enter some human cage.

It's a den, not a cage.

What did she mean about Emilia?

Look, let's just get her inside.

OK? And we can talk about this then.

SHE GROWLS AND STRAINS

Humans came into our territory.

They called it Wolfblood Safari,

walked right into the camp and took their photographs.

Like we were animals.

We moved the camp but they found us again.

Emilia spoke for us. She knows human ways but they wouldn't listen.

One of them pushed her. There was a fight.

The police came. The pack scattered.

And it's your fault.

You exposed us to human hatred.

-My father?

-Alric is safe.

He's searching for a new territory for the pack.

And what happened to my sister?

You promised me you'd watch over her.

The pack found one another, one by one, but Hafren and Emilia did not.

Alric sent me to track them.

I followed their scent to the city.

I thought Emilia had returned to you, but...

You've wasted your time, Aran.

Emilia returned to the pack days ago.

I only remained behind to take my revenge on the traitor.

The wolf that betrays that pack must pay.

THEY GROWL

I will take Hafren back to face justice for attacking you.

We will take her back. Matei, Selina and I are coming to join the pack.

But Hafren can't go anywhere until that leg's healed.

Matei, Selina.

Go to the Cave. Get food for everyone.

I'll fetch some herbs, see what I can do for Hafren's leg.

-Are you all right staying here with her?

-Oh, I can handle Hafren.

PHONE RINGS

-Imara. Hi.

-What happened to my son?

I don't know.

They drugged me. I just woke up.

He's gone.

-His mobile's switched off.

-Meet me at the Cave.

Tell no-one.

SHE HANGS UP

He was going to attack me, eat me.

And I nearly fell down a pit.

-I feel dizzy just thinking about it.

-There, there.

Look, I don't want to be on my own right now.

Not with dangerous Wolfbloods running around.

Jana doesn't want that room any more.

I thought, you could, on a trial basis...

Imara. We need to talk about full moons because there are Wolfbloods

running around the woods, chasing people and it's just not on.

Broke a nail, did you? Got mud on your high heels?

There are far more important things going on right now.

Robyn, I need to speak to you outside, now.

Last time I checked, you weren't my Alpha any more.

No, you go ahead. Go and do your important Wolfblood stuff.

I'll just sit here and be traumatised.

Oh. Don't mind me. No, I'll be fine.

It's OK. You'll be fine with me.

Shh. Come here.

-What? Imara.

-She doesn't know I'm going to the Wild.

If she sees me, she's going to try and stop me.

Well, it looks like she's got bigger problems.

Can you hear?

I swore to keep the location of the archive secret, even from you.

Robyn, this is my son's life.

OK, well, what does this Hartington want?

What does any kidnapper want?

Money.

There are valuable items in the Segolia archive.

Maybe enough to pay a ransom.

What are you two doing here?

I told you not to tell anyone.

They're not with me.

What happened to TJ?

-What's going on? Where is he?

-Just keep out of it, Matei.

Are you going to help me get TJ back or not?

-I'll take you to the archive.

-We don't have much time.

All of you, stay here.

-How do we find TJ?

-Jana.

Come on.

-You drugged me, didn't you?

-We had to make sure you were safe.

Have some water.

Make you feel better.

I suppose that's the end of my acting career?

You're not really a producer, are you?

Clever, aren't you?

Well, seeing as I'm your prisoner, you can at least feed me.

I'll have two egg and bacon on toast, please.

Wouldn't you prefer something raw?

-What would you know?

-I know a lot.

I've studied Wolfbloods before we had a name for you.

Rumours, sightings, medieval documents and blurry videos.

I know all about your biology. Your physiology.

But what I don't know,

what I can never know from facts and figures on a page is...

..what it feels like to be you.

Neither man nor beast.

Which form is the real you?

Both.

They are the same.

You can't separate them.

Your friend, Carrie, did.

How'd you know about that?

Look, just cos she chose to destroy her wolf,

the rest of us wouldn't, ever.

Well, that remains to be seen.

What's that supposed to mean?

Look, my mum, she can help you with your research.

Look, if we just knew who you were, what you were interested in...

Just relax.

Your mother's fetching me what I need and when I have that,

I have no further need of you.

It's somewhere here. We came at night.

There it is.

You've not forgotten the old ways, then?

Your father will be pleased.

I can't wait to see everyone again.

I always knew you'd come home.

Proving yourself a liar.

You betrayed the secret because you thought humans would accept us.

But they don't.

And now you're trying to run away from what you did.

-Jana did what she thought was right.

-And it destroyed us.

It destroyed her, Hafren.

When she exposed us, she exposed herself.

Anger, fear,

the hatred of humans and Wolfbloods alike.

It's all fallen upon her and she's taking it.

Because that's what an Alpha does.

Doesn't she deserve some peace?

ECHOING FOOTSTEPS

That film producer,

he's kidnapped TJ.

What?

I had no idea these were here.

Well, the pack that dug them vanished centuries ago,

and Victoria was always good at keeping secrets.

You can never tell anyone that all this survived.

I'm just here to save my son.

You can do this.

SHE GASPS

Did you see him?

Sort of. I...

What else did you see?

A sign.

I saw a sign.

Cedar Drive Apartments.

-So, where is he?

-It's just adverts.

"Reserve your apartment now," "coming soon."

Wait, wait. The apartments will have a view

of the Blackley Nature Reserve.

The old industrial estate.

Of course, they've been talking about knocking that down for years.

A perfect place to hide someone you don't want found.

So, let's go get TJ.

This should be enough to pay any ransom.

I may not have been entirely truthful about why I'm here.

What is that?

What he wants.

I said no Segolia secrets!

Segolia abandoned you,

left you to fend for yourself when the secret came out.

I got you that job in the Cave.

I get the ex-staff together at full moon so they're not alone.

If you owe loyalty to anyone, Robyn, it's me.

This man, whoever he is, is no friend of Wolfbloods.

And I'll deal with him once TJ is safe.

One way or another, Robyn, I'm taking that file.

So you can make an enemy today or you can make a friend.

Whatever you want from my mum, she's not going to give it to you.

She was prepared to give all of your friends to Victoria Sweeney

to save you, wasn't she?

Your mother will give me exactly what I want...

..and you...

..should be delighted.

Help!

TJ's in there.

Can anyone hear me?

This way.

She's not coming back.

She's left you here, hungry and alone

while she has fun with her tame friends,

her human friends.

If you think that, you don't know her at all.

I remember the Jana who was,

before she left her pack.

Is that the Jana you see now?

We are not meant to live alongside humans.

Deep down you know that.

Jana did what she had to.

To survive.

You're right.

There are better targets.

Human targets.

Don't you want that, Aran?

Revenge for what they did to our pack?

I just want to go back to the wild

-and live in peace.

-So do I.

So don't cut yourself off from your pack

to follow this hatred, Hafren.

We must stick together, or it really will be the end of us.

-Where is my son?

-Where's my file?

Where's my son?

Don't.

Ultrasound siren,

loud enough to knock out every Wolfblood in the area.

By the time you wake up, I'll be gone.

So will TJ.

So... Just give me the file.

You don't get this until I get to see my son.

Sounds to me...like everyone needs to calm down.

-Are you OK?

-Yes, I'm fine.

What's the code for this?

Whatever's on the USB, you can't give it to him.

Back off, Jana. I can handle this.

Look at you, call yourself a pack

and here you are squabbling like animals.

It's pathetic.

Give me that file if you want to see TJ again.

Whatever your problem is with Wolfbloods, we can talk about it.

SHE GROWLS

HAFREN: Traitor!

Hafren! What are you doing?

THEY GROWL

Hurry up.

TRAITOR!

Get away from my Alpha!

HIGH-PITCHED BEEP

THEY CRY OUT

Pleasure doing business with you.

Jana?

I'm all right.

I let Hafren trick me.

She escaped.

They tracked her here, you were all unconscious.

It wasn't Hafren.

You should have asked for our help straightaway.

I had it under control.

Yes, I can see that.

What did you give him?

-A master file of all the Wolfbloods in the UK.

-What?!

-What, like names and addresses?

-Some of them will be out of date.

And some of them won't.

My parents moved in order to stay hidden.

-Are we on that list?

-I told you, I have this under control.

So you take care of TJ and I'll take care of Hartington.

We woke up and then Aaron came and Hartington gone, with the file.

I'm so sorry.

If I'd have asked more questions,

instead of getting caught up in the excitement of everything...

-Look, no offence, you might want to avoid my mum for a while.

-Mm.

And if I was to use this for my next book...

Help yourself.

I've, kind of, lost the appetite for being a star.

Great.

Hey, Selina, look, I know I've been an idiot.

Look, if I'd just stayed with my mates,

-none of this would have happened.

-Yes. No, it wouldn't.

And I know I haven't treated you right.

I just want you to know that I'm going to do better.

Well, we'll see, won't we?

-Enjoy.

-Thank you.

I should have stopped Imara from taking that file.

You were just trying to save TJ. That's a good thing.

So when are you moving in?

-You meant that?

-Of course.

It'll be nice to have some company again.

Here's the meat.

Sorry it took so long. You can find your own way back to the den,

all right? I'll come as soon as...

I must go back to the pack.

-What, now?

-This list the human took,

they might have information about the Wild Pack.

-Imara said they didn't.

-Would she tell you if they did?

What have we come to, Jana? Hafren, you, Imara?

The packs are scattered, turning on one another.

We cannot survive if we are divided.

Imara is just trying to protect her son and Hafren's just angry.

Hafren didn't attack you for revenge.

There is a mind at work in all of this,

scheming in the dark that we know nothing of.

So stay and help me find her, then.

Please.

If this is the end of the wild days...

..I must return to my Alpha

and support my pack for as long as I can.

You must stay here and keep your pack safe.

When I see Emilia, I will tell her to return to her brother.

Aran...

Goodbye, Jana.

The pack will still receive you.

If you want to come to us in the end.

But don't wait too long.

There will not be a Wild Pack forever.

JANA SNIFFLES

I have no fear of fire.

I have no fear of fire.

I have no fear of fire.

I have no fear of fire.

I saw it.

SHE MURMURS

Jana is not thinking straight.

-We don't know where she'll end up.

-We need to focus on Hartington.

TJ...

-TJ!

-TJ!

THEY GROWL

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves

# I'm running with the... #