Chapter 1

Leah Clearwater stared in shock.

There, on her bed, clearly plain-as-day on her white sheets...a blood spot.

She checked her calender...and all her previous calenders...no! it couldn't be...

Leah Clearwater had started her period. For the first time in 5 years.

Tears welled up in her eyes. Her mind began to fog. Only those words ran through her head: I started my period...I started my period...I started my PERIOD!!...

It had been 5 years...5 LONG years since she had been a wolf. The only she-wolf in a pack of should-be male-only wolves. She remembered how ashamed she felt, so humuliated when she had realized what she had become.

And now it was all over.

But the question was...why?

The vampires had not left. Oh, the Cullens were gone, yes...long time ago, actually. But not before the Denalie clan had taken their place. And Leah hadn't had a chance to get a hold of her wolfiness. Those two were the only supposed ways to STOP being a werewolf.

But history had changed itself to make her a wolf. Now maybe history changed itself to stop her from being a wolf.

Maybe you had to loathe it as much as she did.

"Leah!"

Her mother! Yes, Leah was 25 and still lived with her mother. They needed each other and besides, community college was cheaper.

Leah quickly covered up the spot with her quilt. She would wash it later.

"Leah? Are you all right?" her mother asked, knocking on the door. "You're usually the first one up..."

"I'm fine, Mom," Leah said quickly. "I'll be down in a second."

Leah threw on some clothes and, out of tempt, threw back the sheet once more to see if it was real.

It was.

There, striking against the white, the red popped at her.

"LEAH!"

Mom..

Should she tell her mother?

Yes, she should know this....

No! a small voice hissed. The shock of you turning into a wolf killed your father.

But this is GOOD NEWS, another voice argued.

Your mom is old. Don't push it.

She can handle it!

But--

"Leah!"

Leah spun around. Her mother was standing in the doorway.

"What is going on?" Sue Clearwater asked. "This isn't like you. Usually, you're the first one down! It's not like you to oversleep...or..."

Suddenly, the woman's mouth fell open and a strange gasping noise escaped.

Leah ran toward her mother. What...

Sue pointed...Leah followed her finger...It was pointed toward...

Oh...

"Mom," she whispered.

Then suddenly she found herself engulfed in a pudgy hug.

"Oh, sweetie!" Sue exclaimed. "I can't believe this! After five years? Oh, honey, this is wonderful news!"

"Mom?" Leah knew her mother well. And she wasn't the type of person to jump up and down full of joy.

Sue held Leah at arm's length with tears in her eyes.

"We need to celebrate!" Sue whispered to her, as if she was telling a major secret. "How about a shopping spree? Or a party! You used to love parties!"

Leah had to laugh. It was true. She used to be the life of the parties. Going to them left and right. Sam had always said...

Then it had occured to her.

The boys! The pack!

She was no longer a wolf. Her period started. That meant she wasn't frozen in her wolf-state anymore.

Leah grinned at her mother. She was right.

It WAS time to celebrate!