"I won't make any promises," Tantalus says slowly, wondering whether or not he could actually manage to figure out a way to do that. "But I'll keep in mind that you wanted something."

"I guess that's the best I can ask for. Are you planning on staying long? We could use more hunters around here."

The werewolves are now having a whispered conversation.

Jay can tell they're talking, but nothing else. 

"For a while at least," Tantalus admits. "Got a ward who needs to finish up school. This hunt came up sharp and we were the only ones in the area. If nothing else comes up, we'll probably hang around until the school year's out at least." A valid reason, he thinks, for staying around. Plus it means that if they run into Gerard again, he won't have to explain why he hasn't left when his business is apparently concluded.

Jay just hopes they don't try to intervene right now, otherwise things might not go the way Tantalus probably has them planned. And if it's a choice between the omega and them, and Tantalus, she's going to choose Tantalus every time.

"I understand. Your children come first. I hope we see each other again."

He sheathes his sword, and follows the others away. 

And one of the werewolves is gone. 

Scott...waits, looking at Jay.

He doesn't have a clear line of sight, but it's clear he has a bead on her.

Jay waits until Gerard is out of sight before, with the feeling of eyes on her back, hurrying down into the clearing.

"Give me one of those bullets," she says, holding out her hand.

The omega has very little to contribute! Mostly just crying.

The other werewolf: still doesn't interrupt, but he steps out into the clearing when Gerard seems to be gone.

He takes the least threatening posture a werewolf can, really.

Tantalus still shifts to cover Jay as he drops a bullet into her hand.

"I'm perfectly willing to do this," he says, watching her split the bullet with her knife and pour the contents onto the blade.

"I've got this," Jay says, lighting the powder on her dagger with her own lighter. "And what the hell kind of plan was that?"

She waits until the flames die - pretty quickly - and hikes the wolf's shirt up, pressing the dagger and its contents against the wound. Thankfully, the blade isn't hot enough to elicit the smell of burning flesh.

"You realise that there's a really good chance of this guy not dying getting back to Argent, right?" She looks at the wolf. "Will you be quiet? Please?"

One of the werewolves continues to be quiet.

The other one...gives it his best effort, really.

He starts to shift back to human, whimpering. 

"Alright," Jay says, stepping back. "If I let you down, are you going to try and kill me, or run?"

Because they need to make sure this guy gets the hell away from here sooner rather than later. Making an enemy of the Argents is not on her to-do list.

Tantalus, assured that Jay probably has that situation in hand, is looking at the still-quiet werewolf.

"So," he says after a moment. "You gonna just stand there and watch, or you gonna say something?"

"Whatever you want. I don't want any trouble." 

The other werewolf interjects.

"There's no alpha here. The rumors weren't true."

"I know the alpha is here. If you would just let me meet him-"

He looks at Tantalus. 

"Do not run," Jay says firmly. "We're still having a conversation here."

She reaches up and cuts his hands free, stepping back quickly.

Tantalus smiles pleasantly, and tries to go back to looking relatively harmless. "Well, I'm not sure whether I should be saying listen to the kid who lives around here, or calling bull given that there's obviously more than one wolf here, which means that there should be an alpha."

He catches the look. "Oh, and I should probably say 'I mean you no harm' round about now, right?"

"Unless you try to harm us," Jay interjects.

"Must you try to be helpful?" Tantalus asks with a sigh.

"So you think there's an alpha, too. Any idea where to find him?"