Imprinting on the Enemy

Chapter 1


Seth's POV

Being a wolf isn't easy for me. I'm not the youngest wolf in the pack, but I was one of the younger wolves to phase. It sucked. Because of this, I'm one of the only wolves who hasn't imprinted. To me, that really doesn't matter. I already have an amazing girlfriend, Rachel Black. She was Jacob Black's older sister. She and her twin, Rebecca, were human like their mother, Sarah. Jacob and his father, Billy Black, were werewolves and a part of the pack. Even though I hadn't imprinted on her, her curvy body and wavy black hair took my breath away. Rachel is 19, one year older than me. Emmett Cullen, the second oldest of the Cullen brothers, once commented:

"Dating an older woman, Seth...that's hot."

Rachel is just as childish as Emmett. She knows our "secret" and loves hanging with the pack. Their favorite activity was playing soccer on the beach. Unfortunately, Rachel rented an apartment closer to the Washington State University. She moved earlier this year in March. Everyone misses her presence especially Billy. Around May, Rachel stopped visiting as often and it freaked me out. I thought there was another guy she was seeing on campus. I was too afraid to tell the rest of the pack my assumptions because:

I'm the "baby" of the pack. The others would just laugh at me and believe me…I cannot take any more of it.

Jacob would KILL me for not trusting his sister.

I confided in Renesmee Cullen, Edward and Bella Cullen's daughter. She was my best friend aside from any pack member. Aside from Leah, who moved to Hawaii with Becca, Ness was practically my sister. I hang with her a lot, normally when Rachel wasn't available and the other guys were getting lovey-dovey with their imprints. Renesmee knows how I feel when it comes to imprinting. Jacob Black imprinted on her but they were still on the brother-sister phase. Jake knew that Nessie, despite her being 17 and staying that way forever, didn't want to be romantically involved with him. He insisted that she would get over it and he's still waiting for her to change her mind. Between me and Nessie, she really never was going to move on. But we agreed not to tell Jacob, for his own good. Jake was a very emotionally sensitive guy. When Jake found out Bella was marrying Edward, he ran off to Canada. We had to convince him to return and visit her. At the wedding, he found out about their honeymoon plans and got pissed off so much he tried to attack…I think. All I remember is trying to hold him back. That was 18 years ago. 18 years ago, Renesmee was born and my pack tried to kill her and Bella. Over the years, we've patched up with the Cullens. Aside from Jake and Rosalie's endless hatred for each other, we couldn't be closer. The pack loves Ness as much as they love Rachel, even Sam. Nessie once told me that Sam scared her shitless. I laughed so hard, Jasper had to use his powers to calm me down. It makes it even easier that Rachel and Renesmee are best friends too. Rachel was doubtful of our friendship at first but after she got to know Ness, she warmed up to her. It kills Jake whenever Nessie sleeps over at their house with Rach, because they always obsess over hot actors. Jake, being the overprotective idiot he is, hates it. Speaking of Jake, I only saw him on patrol. Where are the others?

I heard laughing. I looked over towards Sam's house and saw the pack with their imprints. Sam was sitting on the patio bench with his hand resting on Emily's very pregnant stomach. Jared and Kim were holding hands, side by side on the steps. Embry was sitting on the other bench with Lynn, his imprint. Quil was seated on the porch railing with Claire in his lap. They were engaged in conversation. I began to walk over there. Jared glanced at me coming and quickly whispered something to Sam, who was currently talking. Everyone quieted down. I walked up the steps, gave Emily a gentle hug, and asked them what they were talking about. Jared smiled and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Do you remember Paul?"

I couldn't believe my ears.

"Paul as in Paul Lahote?" I inquired.

"Yeah…"

"Okay what about him?"

"Well…he's moving back on the rez…"

"Oh."

Paul Lahote was the most hot- headed werewolf I had ever met. His temper was easily provoked and he was the strongest wolf in the pack. When I knew him, he hadn't imprinted, Instead he went around from girl to girl, leaving a long trail of broken hearts behind. Last we all saw of him, he was tired of the constant fighting between us and the Cullens. He moved away two months after Nessie was born. He was never around for the big Volturi fight or Nessie's growth. Why move back after 18 freaking years? And since when did any of us keep contact with him? That's exactly what I asked them. Jared grinned sheepishly.

"I have. He's glad we've made up with the Cullens. He's ready to move back."

"Umm…okay"

Sam stood up as Lynn and Kim took Claire and Emily inside.

"Seth, why don't you go up and inform the Cullens?"

That was probably one of the best ideas ever. I ran into the forest and phased. I ran past the treaty line and up towards the Cullen house. I felt the sun beat down ferociously on my russet fur. This was unusual for Forks. I wondered if it had something to do with Paul…Wait what? I shook my head.

Dear god, I sound just as superstitious as Billy Black.

I reached the Cullen's place and phased back. Carlisle opened the door.

"Hello Seth. It's been a while. Come on in."

"Hey, Dr. Cullen"

"For the hundredth time, call me Carlisle."

I entered the living room. Alice, Bella, and Esme were on the couch. There were tissues covering the floor in front of them and tears were streaking down their faces. I moved over so I could see the screen better. Titanic was on screen. I wanted to laugh. I must have been smiling too much because Alice noticed I was holding in laughter and she threw her tissue box at me.

"This is not funny, Seth!"

"Sure Alice, what could be funnier than watching three female vampires sob over an overrated tragedy about a man and a woman freezing to death when their ship sinks?"

Bella gave me a fake glare and said:

"They fall in love and the woman survives."

"Then why the hell are you crying? Happy freaking ending! She's alive!"

"But their love is forbidden! She's a rich girl and he's poor! They were together and death destroyed their love!" Esme argued.

I scoffed and just threw Alice her tissues and left. I found Jasper in the "dining room" with Emmett and Rosalie. Jasper and Emmett were arm wrestling and Rosalie was painting her nails a horrid shade of baby pink.

"Looking for redemption, Emmett? I heard Bella beat you...again. For the millionth time in 18 years..."

Emmett glared at me. Jasper snickered.

"That's exactly what he's trying to do. Redeem himself."

I rolled my eyes. Rosalie looked up at me and smiled. Her smile was more like a mother's smile. I knew I was one of the only wolves she liked.

"Hey Rose…um no offense but…that's a horrible color."

"Ugh! Nessie said the same thing! You don't see anyone else complaining!"

Carlisle walked in.

"That's because they're all terrified to say so, Rosalie. It really is an unpleasant shade."

Rosalie huffed and went for the nail polish remover. Emmett mouthed a "thank you" at me. I laughed and went in search of Nessie. I found her in the piano room with Edward. They were playing the lullaby he wrote. Edward stopped playing when I came in. I'm guessing he read my thoughts because he stood up and excused himself to go round up the others. I slid next to Nessie on the bench.

"What's up?"

"Oh not much, 18 freaking years and I can't get this song right. My crazy music teacher at school once said we had to "suck the feelings and emotions from the songs" and let it "feed our musical soul" or whatever."

"Haha, just like a leech."

"Dude, not cool."

"You know I was joking!"

"Whatever, mutt."

"You can't call me that. You're one too."

"How dare you!? "

"Wh- How dare me…how dare you!?"

"What the hell did Ido? You were the one who just offended my…whatever-ya-call-it…status or something."

We continued to yell at each other until Carlisle pushed his way through.

"Please, there's enough noise coming from the ladies upstairs."

There was a five second silence before a series of shouts broke it.

Carlisle sighed. "Now there's more…"

We ran upstairs into the living room. Everyone was crowded around Alice. She was kneeling on the ground with Bella and Rosalie's arms around her. Esme and Jasper were kneeling near her, trying to coax her to tell them what happened. Edward and Emmett sat on the couch. Carlisle hurried over to the crowd. I leant over to Renesmee and whispered:

"What the hell happened?"

"She had a vision…"

"This big of a deal for a vision?"

"Well it must've been something really personal because she's too shaken up to speak."

"Cant Eddie like read her mind or something?"

Oops, I said that too loud.

All eyes turned towards Edward. He stood up.

"I can't see anything. Something is blocking me. A shield or something."

Everyone's eyes shifted to Bella. Her eyes went wide.

"Um…well I have good reason."

The Cullens began to yell at her.

"What the hell, Bella?"

"Well, take it down!"

"Why?"

"What good reason could you possibly have?"

This family is so damn entertaining sometimes…and stupid.

"I heard that!" Edward warned.

Laughing, I turned to Renesmee.

"You can fix this. Just go up to her and put your hand on her face. See what she saw. It'll save a lot of time."

"You're right."

She fought her way through her family members and put her hand gently on Alice's face. Her initial reaction to what she saw was terror but then gradually changed to confusion. She lifted her hand off and Jasper and Rosalie hurried her out of the room. The rest of us turned to look at her. Bella was the first to speak.

"Sweetie, what did you- er, she see?"

"Well, mom I honestly don't know. I do recognize their faces but I just can't remember where..."

"Just explain it."

"Okay well, there were four people with black cloaks. They were moving through the trees by the baseball spot, it looked like they were floating. They looked like us. Pale faces except they weren't smiling. They were terrifying. And one of them, um…a guy with light brownish hair and more than 6 feet tall, he grinned really evilly. Almost as if he knew he scared her."

Bella's smile dropped.

"Okay honey, why don't you and Uncle Emmett go in town for a while?"

Emmett jumped up.

"Yes! Nessie, let's go! We're so robbing that gas station in Port Angeles!"

"I call driving the Hummer!"

He groaned and they left.

I looked at Edward and Bella.

"Okay, obviously the Volturi are coming again. Why?"

Carlisle spoke,

"I'll write Aro and find out."

He and Esme left the room for Carlisle's study. Edward immediately turned on Bella, forgetting I was there.

"What the hell, Bella? Why did you block me?"

"I was protecting her, Edward!"

"From what?"

Bella paused.

"I guess you'll find out sooner or later…"

"What happened?"

"Before you all ran into the room, she had her vision. She was screaming "no" and "please don't". Rose and I knew immediately what she saw. I had to use my shield to conceal it from you and the others."

"What did she see, Bella?"

"The Volturi, but it wasn't that that scared her. Back when she and Carlisle went to send more proof of Renesmee's innocence to the Volturi and inform them of her memory loss, Demetri…he, uh…he raped her."

"Who else knows?"

"Rose, Esme, and I know. I don't know about any of the guard members."

"So Jasper doesn't know?"

"No"

"I am going to kill that son of a bitch."