Author's Note: This is now my third story for these wolf boys. This one started with a dream that I had and just had to get the snippet out. I think it is an interesting concept and I want to play with it a little. So, unlike most of my stories, I will post this in pieces.

Due to life issues, I don't know when I will get to finish this, but wanted to start getting the feed back and see if it is worth finishing.

This is a continuation of of my first two Twilight stories "Protection" and "Healing". These can all be read independently, however, the story of Paul and Anna's relationship would be found in "Protection", mostly takes place four years after the pack all phases. Phyre and Embry's relationship is in "Healing" along with Seth and Karen's introduction. That takes place about two years after Protection. Just look for the stories under my profile. This story takes place the summer following "Healing", so nearly seven years after the pack starts phasing.

Please be warned that there may be topics of violence, anger, abuse, sex, suicide and other adult themes. This is rated M for a reason.

Please let me know what you think. The stories I post here are not perfect. I do not edit enough for typos and grammar. Mostly, I work on these stories to shake up emotions and other projects. Any constructive criticism is greatly appreciated as it will help me grow as a writer with style and content choices. This is not 100% to cannon. However, I own nothing.

I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 1

The soft thudding of large raindrops as they hit the car seemed to synchronize with the silent tears that fell from her cheek.

Could life get any worse?

She knew the answer to that was yes. It could always get worse. Still, she hoped that it wouldn't.

Rae waited for a good thirty minutes hoping the rain would let up or someone would drive by to help. Yet, only two cars had passed down the road between Forks and La Push, Washington as she sat there. Neither of them stopped. And the rain, just seemed to be getting heavier.

"Seriously? I don't remember people being so rude as to leave a car stranded with a flat tire on the side of the road." She grumbled to herself.

The sign announcing that she was "Now Entering La Push, Quileute Indian Reservation" was taunting her. Stuck off to the side of the road, just in front of the sign. So close and yet so far.

Her mind tried to stay focused on where she was headed. She hoped that she still had family there. Her grandfather. Her cousin. Anyone.

How could she explain everything that had happened? Would they lock her away in the loony bin? Send her away in shame?

The past was the past. She couldn't change it. She couldn't hide it. And she literally had no where else to go.

Deciding to leave everything in the car, she opened the door to start the walk into the small Reservation where she grew up. If someone took it all, well, there wasn't much to it anyway. All she wanted was to see her family.

With all of her money safely packed away in the hidden pockets of her oversize, all weather, hunting jacket, she pulled up the hood and trudged her way into the woods. She knew the road would be safer, but the woods would be faster as she could cut through. Raelynn sighed as she hoped that her memory was right. It had been eight years since she had been in La Push. She had no idea what changes awaited her. She only hoped that she would be safe.

Fifteen minutes had passed as she tried to work her cold feet through the mud when she crossed a narrow path in the trees, only to be met with the startled eyes of a very large wolf.

They were the most incredible pair of honey brown eyes with flecks of green. All set into a sea of rich chocolate brown fur with splotches of white around the paws and underbelly, as if he had jumped in puddles of bleach.

Everything stood still. Rae didn't even realize that there were two other wolves on the path as well. Her breath froze and panic began to settle in.

Her feet moved as she slowly backed up away from the trail. Her heart was pounding so loud that she no longer heard the rain around her.

"Not again." She mumbled. "Please not again."

Her back hit a tree just as her legs gave way. Rae slid down until her knees were pressed into her chest and her head buried itself into her arms as they wrapped around her legs.

A deep male voice broke through her panic as she felt warm hands pull her up. "Come on. It's not safe out in the woods alone. You are going to get sick in the rain."

Rae jumped back from the man. Her breathing uneven.

"Don't touch me!" She screamed.

The voice sounded hurt. "I was just trying to help."

She rounded on a boy that looked to be around her age. "I don't want your wolf paws on me and I sure as hell don't want to be your imprint!"

Rae ran as fast as she could toward town. Toward what she hoped was still her grandfather's house. The tears streamed faster.

Why? She questioned. Why was that her life?

Brady stood there stunned. What in the hell just happened?

He, Collin and Phyre were on patrol when they found some strange girl wandering through the woods.

The second his eyes met her's, everything shifted. She was the center of his universe. The only person that mattered. It was everything that he had seen through his brother and sisters eyes within the pack.

He had imprinted.

A type of instantaneous bonding with his soulmate as chosen by the ancestors. It was something special for the wolves. The protectors of their tribe.

He wasn't prepared for it. Well, none of them had been. Except for Paul. But, he was weird anyway.

Yet, now he met her. Brady met his soulmate, his imprint. He didn't even know her name.

"Fuck!" He screamed.

"Dude, how did she know you are a wolf and you just imprinted on her?" Collin asked once Brady phased back into his wolf form.

Brady was beyond confused. "I don't know. But, she hates me. She is already denying the imprint. And I don't know her name!" Damn it hurt! Physically. Deep in his chest, there was a pain at knowing that he scared her and she rejected him. "What in the hell am I going to do?"

Phyre spoke to him through the shared mind link that all of the wolves in the pack had access to when in wolf form. "What ever is going on, we will get answers. Your girl just ran straight for Old Quil's house."

"Thank you for following her and making sure she was safe." Brady whined. He should have been the one to make sure she was safe. But, he had been so shocked that he didn't know what to do.

"Brady!" Phyre yelled at him. "Stop moping about it all and go to Sam's. If the girl is with Old Quil, I am sure that Sam can get answers."