Gasping for breath as she turned a corner into an alleyway, the woman slid to a stop when she saw more people waiting. Turning around too quickly, her feet slipped slightly on the damp pavement. As she cursed softly, her hand thrust away from her body toward the wall next to her. The wall rippled and shimmered as though it had suddenly become liquid. Then a large black hole seemed to splatter on the wall. It looked slightly concave, like an entrance.

"Stop her! She's going to jump!"

Curling her lip in distaste, the woman took two steps back then sprinted at the wall. She turned just in time to avoid a knife that was thrown and hit the black hole with her back. She disappeared into it and the second her tattered shoes were through, the hole vanished without a trace. The group of people clustered around the area to stare at the place the woman had just been. One of them quietly asked how they would find her, the inquiry directed at the large man nearest to the wall.

"The portal was black when she jumped. That means she didn't have a destination in mind. It makes it harder to find her and it will take time. However, blind jumps make her incredibly weak. She won't be able to make another jump for at least 3 days."

Light gray stone suddenly came up to meet her tailbone and she found herself sliding quickly across a smooth floor until her back slammed suddenly into a wall. A shout of surprise was followed immediately by several growls. With her vision still completely black, the woman put a mental shield in front of herself without much thought.

Just in time as well, it seemed. Almost as soon as it had solidified two masses slammed against it, obviously on their way toward her. Keeping the shield up was easy for now but the reckless jump had caused her nose to bleed. She didn't move her hands from in front of her just to wipe her face. The woman could sense multiple bodies waiting on the other side of her shield and moving her hands might compromise it. Blinking quickly, her vision suddenly returned and the sight in front of her made the woman gasp in surprise.

Not four feet in front of her were two men that were too handsome to be real. Well, they would have been more handsome in their eyes weren't the color of fresh blood and their lips weren't pulled away from their teeth in snarls. Looking past them, her eyes landed on three more glorious men and there she stopped. The man closest to her had obsidian hair and looked almost angry at her intrusion. The blond next to him looked absolutely livid while the third man simply seemed bored. As soon as their gazes locked with hers however, all three expressions changed to amazed and curious.

The woman felt a warm, pleasant tug in the vicinity of her heart as she stared but she didn't get much of a chance to think about it. Still on the attack, one of the men in front of her slammed his body into her shield again. Pain lanced through her skull, making her scream in agony. Catching on, the other man hit the shield at the same time as the first came in for another hit. The three beautiful men roared for them to stop but it was too late. Their momentum carried them into the now opaque shield which cracked then shattered.

The woman threw out her hand again and tossed herself into another hole but suddenly reappeared on the far side of the room. Landing on her hands and knees, her entire body convulsed slightly before she collapsed on her side.

Angelically soft hands lifted her torso and suddenly the hard floor was replaced by a body that seemed equally as hard. She opened her eyes to see the three male angels hovering over her, looking incredibly distressed. The woman opened her mouth to whisper.

"I'm sorry for intruding. Please don't kill me." Dark spots danced in her vision. Her black hair was brushed away from her face gently. One of the angels asked her, in a voice that rang with awe, what her name was.

"Callen. People call me Callen." Before anything else could happen, the woman lost consciousness. Just as she slipped under, she could have sworn that all the men had breathed the same word.

"Mate."

A.N. Thank you for reading this story! I've had this idea in my head for a while now and I finally got it typed out! Please review and let me know what you think!