It has always been a mystery who Embry's father was to him and everyone else around him except for his mother. He has never hated her for doing this to him but it did always raise questions as to why he was a wolf in Sam's pack until Madison came to live with them.

It was June as I woke up from a dead sleep as my phone was ringing at me. I sat there glaring at it wanting so much to let it go to the answering machine but I knew who it was and I needed to get going. I was supposed to have been out on patrol with Jake a half hour ago and I knew Sam would be calling when I didn't show up but I was just too tired my mother had been making me work around the house all day and then I died that night when I hit the pillow. My sister was coming to live with us. I didn't even know that I had a sister but apparently I did and she was only a year younger then I was. This was going to be great. Up until about a week ago I was completely in the dark about who my father was then I find out I have a sister. This is raising even more questions in my mind and I really can't talk about any of them. That is why I had decided to not go on patrol that night with Jake. I knew that he wouldn't understand anything I was going through none of them ever seem to understand. Don't get me wrong they all do try to understand but they all know their parents.

The phone stopped ringing. I knew if I had answered it and it had been Sam on the phone that I would not have been able to resist following his order when he told me to get out there on patrol with them. So I chose to not answer it but I did feel bad. He was supposed to have the night with Emily and now he was going to have to stay on patrol and take my shift unless he could get a hold of one of the other guys or maybe even Leah. I knew I would get yelled at but this was my choice. I wanted this more than I wanted anything else right now. I placed my phone under my pillow after turning it onto silent and rolled over going back to sleep.

"8 am on a Sunday morning." I glared at the clock. "I really don't have a life well at least I got some sleep." I pulled out my phone to see how many phone calls I had missed the night before. 18 missed alerts. I opened it up to see who called. 9 were from Sam, 4 were from Paul, 2 from Jacob, and 2 from Jared.

No one had left a message but I knew what it was about I pulled on a pair of cut off pants after having a quick shower and running out the door. I should be able to meet up with them at Sam's house for breakfast and hopefully they won't be too upset with me. When I phased I did make the mistake of thinking for a short second how good the full night sleep actually was.

'Well a full night sleep must have been nice. Thanks a lot there Em. What were you so busy doing that you could not pick up the phone when Sam called? You stuck me with Leah all night.'

'Jake, dude, I'm sorry I didn't mean to but I just wanted to get some sleep my life has been crazy for the past while. Listen I'm heading to Sam's meet me there and I'll explain everything to everyone.'

'I'm outside in his yard right now and man I'm telling you this Sam was pissed last night at you. Jared was with Kim all night so he wasn't going to come out with me. Sam wanted to be with Emily all night. Paul was just off patrol so he went home and slept. The only one we could find was Leah to come out with me.' His thoughts were yelling at me and I stopped running towards the house.

'Jake, Look I said I was sorry something came up and I couldn't answer my phone now I am going to meet you at Sam's house to explain everything that happened yesterday and I'm sure even you or Sam can see why I didn't pick up my phone last night and why I was so tired.'

For the next few moments until I got to Sam's house I ran in silence no one to interrupt my thoughts at all. When I got there I saw Jacob sitting outside the door in his wolf form I had a feeling that he wanted to attack me right then and there and frankly I really didn't blame him for wanting to do that. I had left him with Leah all night I would want to attack me to. But he didn't he just phased back with me and followed me into the house without saying a word.

I entered the house to see Sam standing in the living room with his arms folded over his chest glaring at me. When he looked over at Emily and Kim. "You two need to go to the kitchen and get breakfast started please." He turned to me and walked past heading for the door leading outside. I knew he wanted to talk to me and I figured he might have wanted to do it in his wolf form so he could lie out how Emily felt when he got home last night.

She worried about all of us but mostly Sam. And when he gets home even 2 minutes late she gets so scared it isn't funny. This would also give me a chance to show him privately what I had been going through for the past week with my mother and show him the fights I had had with her about the fact that she had kept this thing secret from me for so long and still hadn't told me everything.

When we got outside I looked at him. "Sam." I started I was almost thinking it would be easier for me to explain this all at once to everyone. When he stopped walking and looked at me I decided to continue. "Can everyone else come too? I only want to explain what happened once. Then you can punish me for everything." We had all been through the punishment it was dealing with Emily both in his thoughts and in person for what we had put her through for not being on time. And I knew he was at least a half hour late last night so that was a whole lot of worrying that I was going to have to handle coming at me when this was all done. But it was what we had all agreed upon when to decided to mess up.

Sam nodded and let the way back into the house. "The only thing is we do this in human from. I can't control what gets past and no one else deserves to feel this after what you put Emily through last night when I finally got home."

I nodded and followed him into the living room where everyone was sitting looking at us as Seth got up. "That was quick. Man the last time I got into trouble for being 2 minutes late I got yelled at for half an hour then we phased. There was no yelling to hear of" Sam up his hand up stopping him from talking.

"Seth, that is enough or you will be joining us outside when I do let him hear how Emily was last night when I did get home." He turned to me, and nodded. "Now Embry wants to explain to everyone what happened last week and why he missed 2 patrols."

I looked around the room at everyone. "Okay I guess the easiest way to say this is the entire fact that I missed patrol is I was fighting with my mother." I took a deep breath and Sam sat down leaning back into the chair. "My mother told me on Monday that I have a sister and that she is coming to live with us tomorrow. I have spent the past week moving things around. Every waking minute of the day. We finally finished everything last night around 11 and I was dead tired. When my phone went off I knew who it was but I just didn't want to deal with running all night so I just let it go. She still hasn't told me who my father is but I guess I have to learn to deal with the idea that maybe my mother did sleep around a lot and now I have to keep the secret from another person that I live with. I left this morning before she could find anything else that she wanted to have done before she arrives."

I took a step back making sure I could make eye contact with everyone as Emily and Kim came into the room. I had said the story loud enough that they could hear what was going on and why I had missed two days this week. "I am ready to take up a shift for Leah and one for Paul for covering for me during this past week. Any night either of you want."

Leah laughed. "You think that will make up for wrecking my night last night when I finally was out on a date and Sam calls ordering me to come out on patrol with Jake because you were a no show."

I shrugged my shoulders I did have a wise comment to throw back at her but with Sam in the room I really couldn't do that. The point of this was to get everything out and I had offered to make aments for what I had done if she didn't want to accept my offer then that was her choice.

Paul looked at me. "Sure how about you take Monday and Tuesday for me this week. I could use a break and my truck needs to be fixed. Even better that will get you out of your house and having to deal with your sister."

Emily smiled at me, which I hoped was a good sign. "Embry I know I usually yell at you guys for making Sam late for bed. But I have to say that right now I am feeling a little sorry for you. This past week must have been hard and I do understand that no one here can truthfully understand your discomfort in all of this. However I am going to order you to bring her over for dinner one night when you are ready to do that."

I nodded quickly at her. One down now all I have to do is deal with it in Sam's eyes unless he lets me off the hook too.

Sam rose walking towards the door again. "Is that everything everyone has to say right now?" He scanned the room and when no one spoke up he looked directly at me. "Follow me outside and phase when you get to the woods we need to have a talk about this."

I did, as I was told not that I could actually refuse it. I had never refused an order form Sam but from what Paul and Jared had told me it hurt really bad. Jared had once told me that it feels like someone is standing there punching your temples and you just stand there and take it. That is as far as he has ever gotten. When Paul heard that he was explaining it to me he jumped in and filled in what happens after that. From what I can remember he said it feels like someone pricking your temples with a pin only a really big one, almost like a knitting needle in a way. I still shuttered at the thought of that silently as I made my way to the woods and phased. Sam was right behind me his black wolf followed mine as I made my way to our usually meeting spot where we would do this sort of thing.

Sam would sit a good 3 feet away from me. His order would come for me to sit and stay where I was, as he would release all the thoughts from the previous night. However I did have two nights to deal with. I knew Jared wanted to get a piece of the action too for what Kim had gone through that night but he knew that couldn't compare to what Emily went through. I sat there calmly as the thoughts came rushing towards me as how Emily reacted when he got home the first night and the even more worry that hit her the second night when he landed home an hour late. When this was all over he sat there resting for a minute. I had to wait for him to give me permission before I could leave the last time I tried to leave without him knowing about it I had to deal with a really nasty bite mark for a few days, which I had to hide from my mother.

'Alright I know you explained everything that happened but I want to see these conversations.' I stayed quiet for a few seconds not wanting him to hear them. 'Embry, open your thoughts to me NOW!'