Chapter One:
When my eyelids opened, I looked to see a face right in front of mine.
"Gah!" I jumped upright, to see that it was just my sister, Leah. Leah wasn't the nicest sister in the world, but her temper has gotten better since we joined Jake's pack. Although, that will probably change after the wedding.
"Seth, mom wants you to get fitted for your tux." She grimaced. "Be lucky you get to go with Jake. Mom is forcing me to hang with Alice." She faked a gag. "Not only do I have to stand vampire stench, but I have to listen to Alice, or else mom isn't making me her maid-of-honor."
"I thought you were okay with the Cullens. I mean, we have fought by their side twice. You could be nicer." I said, getting up. I yawned, and felt extremely tired. It's been awhile since I slept, because we still ran frequent patrols. Last night it was me and Quil. He kept going on and on about he was superior to me because I was the young one. In our old pack, Brady and Collin were the youngest, and in the pack with Jake, the triplets were the youngest, being 13 years old. I was only 16, but I still claimed to be better than them, because I actually fought vampires. Well, vampire, singular, but still, it's nice to have a claim.
"Could, but I won't." She sighed. "That's all going to change after we have family ties to the bloodsuckers." Leah snorted.
"Bella isn't that bad."
"Says the Cullens perfect lap dog." She laughed. I shook my head and pushed her out of my room. "See you." She waved. I got dressed after I shut the door, because I knew we were going to the Cullens house after the fitting, and Jake would not prolong his wait to see Nessie. When I left my room, to no surprise, Jake was in the living room, his knee bouncing up and down in impatience.
"Finally." He muttered. "You are so slow!"
"Geez, what a nice compliment Mr. Boss, sir." I saluted him, and then we both laughed.
"Seth." My mother's soft voice said. I turned to see her, and she was smiling tentatively at me. "Tell Bella when I plan to tell Charlie." Her hand lowered to her stomach. "Who would've thought I could still get pregnant."
Jake snorted. "As long as you haven't had your menopausal session, your turkey can still be cooked."
"Mom, dad did have a vasectomy, so maybe that's why you and him never found out." I said, being polite to my mother.
"That is true." She said. Her eyes widened, like she remembered something. "Oh! Tell Bella that her and her er…extended family are allowed to come to First Beach after the wedding. I've cleared it with Sam, he said just to make sure that they aren't thirsty." I loved the fact that my mom was trying to be nicer towards the Cullens. Leah, on the other hand…
"Mom." I sighed. "Are you going to tell Charlie about the supernatural world? Technically, he'd become an Elder too, so he'll need to know." I could tell by her expression that she didn't want to tell him.
"I guess I have no other choice." She said. Glancing over at Jake, still impatient, she smiled. "Now you boys go have fun." She kissed my cheek and we bounded out the door.
There, next to the Aston Martin, was Harley, Damian, and Evan. They were triplets, and you could tell from their skin that they weren't really the same as us. I got in the car, and let my thoughts control me.
Their father came to Seattle from India, for a job shift, and he met Joann, my mom's younger sister. Joann was in Seattle for a business expo, and Rashid was in the expo. They met, had a few cups of coffee, and Joann convinced him to try for a job in Forks, and he got it, and they lived in La Push ever since, raising their three sons.
My cousin's skin had a bit of a lighter shade than us natives, and their hair didn't nearly grow out as long as ours. They still had to cut their hair once they became werewolves, and that was a shocker for us.
Mom told me and Leah that her grandfather was Levi Uley, which was how the triplets inherited the werewolf gene.
After the Volturi left, Harley, Damian, and Evan wanted to join Jake's pack. Sam allowed them, as it leveled out the packs. Sam had nine, and Jake had eight. Since I've shared the minds with my cousins, I couldn't help but think that their names suited them. Nobody could tell, but their names are actually Indian, their mom just wanted normal sounding ones.
Harley enjoys eating deer meat, and he'll go out hunting with his father. And I find it ironic, because Harley means Deer hunter. Damian would always try to settle our fights, as his name meant he was the tamer. Unfortunately for him, Evan means young warrior, which means, yep, you guessed it, Evan loves to get into a good fight.
When we got closer to Seattle, I thought I should start up a conversation. "So, where's Quil and Embry?" I wondered why they weren't with us.
"Quil is still sleeping, and Embry is running around." He nodded out the door, and I saw a flash of grey fur through the trees.
"Why aren't they coming?" I asked. I was a little mad that Quil was allowed to sleep in, and I wasn't.
"Quil needs more sleep than you. He's been running around for six days, against your four. As for Embry, well, I always think it's better to have a little back up."
"Your taking this Alpha thing to your head, aren't you?" I smiled, but I saw no humor in Jake's face.
"No, I'm just cautious." He sighed. "Last night, Edward came across a different scent. I allowed Quil and Embry to get fitted last night, so that Embry could run around wolf today."
"Does Edward recognize the scent?" I asked. If it was a vampire, I could see why Jake would get upset.
"No, he didn't recognize it. He said it was just a nomad, but then again, so was Victoria." He growled. Victoria was one of the vampires that tried to kill Bella a couple years back, but Edward finished her while I finished off the boy named Riley.
"Oh." I said. I slunk in my seat, and then felt a poke in my back. I turned around, and saw my cousins pointing fingers at each other.
"You guys are so immature." I rolled my eyes, and turned back in my seat. That's when it hit me.
"Are we meeting the Cullens there?" I asked. I smelled a fresh vampire trail. Jake slammed on the brakes, then gently took us to the forest. Once we were in the forest, Embry came to us, and he turned his head towards the trail.
"Seth, take Damian and Evan. You three can scope out the area with Embry. Harley, you go back to La Push and inform Sam. I'll call the Cullens."
"What about the fitting?" I asked.
"The Cullens will cover for us, car trouble or something like that." He pulled out his cell. Everyone else got out of the car, and phased into our wolf forms.
Well, well, well, it's about time you got here. Someone thought.
Leah, what the hell are you doing here! I barked. Alice is going to murder you.
Relax, kiddo. She pulled out an image of Alice having a vision. The physic gave me permission. Besides, I'm not going to let my baby brother get hurt.
You know, Leah you are really annoying. I tried to tune her out. Embry, take me to where you followed the trail.
My pleasure, he thought and ran at full speed. I ran after him, with Leah nipping at my heels. Damian and Evan snickered, their bodies lagging behind the rest of us. Damian's white body stood out, but thankfully he had some gray on his back to help camouflage him. Evan was tan, like me, so you were always able to tell when he got finished with a kill. Harley was russet, like Jake, but nowhere near big enough.
Geez, can it guys! Embry thought. Wait, guys and girl. He snickered.
Thank you for referring to my gender. But when has a lower rank told the Beta what to do. Leah thought, and it silenced Embry. And here I was, going to research who your father was... too bad.
You were going to do that. Embry thought, a smile to his voice.
Whoa, check it out. Leah thought. She was in front of Embry now. Vampire. Female, by the looks of it.
Yeesh, and not the friendly, vegetarian kind either. Embry snorted. My nose burns.
We wanna see an evil vampire. Damian thought.
Yeah, can't we cousin Lee-Lee. Evan thought, laughing.
I thought I told you to never call me that. Leah slowed to a stop, and moved over so that everyone could see the vampire.
That was when I really saw her.