LEAH PROLOGUE
Things had been so normal, I was young and in love. I was so happy. Life couldn't have been better than it was, until Junior year. Sam left, he didn't tell me anything, he just disappeared. I had been a nervous wreck, I called him constantly and was so scared. No one had seen him or knew why he had suddenly gone missing. Then he came back, I cried when I saw him and wanted to beat him but I was just revealed he was alright. He never told me why he left, never gave a reason, but at the time I was just happy to see him.
That was until he started to act differently. He was different when he came back, he seemed less relaxed and more serious with unpredictable mood swings .Even though he was different, I still loved him, I loved Sam so much and I thought we were happy. It changed when my cousin, Emily, came into town. Sam broke up with me and started to pursue her. Emily promised me she wasn't going to do anything but then I find out they are talking and then dating. I hated Sam, I hated him so much for what he had done. How could he do that to me? He said he loved me, we had talked about a future after high school, a real life and then he dumps me for my cousin!? She wasn't any better, she had promised to stay away from him, but here she was dating him and practically throwing it in my face. We didn't live in a big town and now everyone knew he was with her.
I was angry. All the time. It built up inside me festering and bubbling, everyday getting bigger. Then one day it overflowed inside me and I changed; I phased for the first time, inside my house in front of my parents and my little brother, I turned into a wolf. It killed my dad. Literally. He had a heart attack when he saw me phase, and he died. My mom says it wasn't my fault, that dad always had a bad heart, but I know it was me. It didn't help that right after I phased it caused my brother to do the same.
Finding out that I was a shapeshifter was earth shattering, I couldn't understand. My mom explained it to me and my brother but I could barely comprehend it all. Not only wa shapeshifter, but my main purpose as a wolf was to destroy vampires. Not only were shapeshifter real, but so were vampires, I was surprised how calmly I handled the news. There was family, the Cullen's who lived nearby who were vampires, but they didn't drink human blood, just animals. I didn't like it, in fact it added to my anger. These creatures existed and killed people, the only thing to stop them was me, my pack. We couldn't touch the Cullens unless they broke the treaty between us, but I was ready if they ever tried.
I understood Sam and saw him in a different light, the reason he had changed over the past year was he had phased too, he was shapeshifter like me. And the reason he dumped me for my cousin Emily was the fact that she was his imprint, the only person for him. He talked to me, explained it all and told me her never wanted to hurt me like that. It still hurt, no words could heal the pain inside me. I didn't forgive him, I still blamed him and Emily. They did this. But now I was stuck with them, I had joined Sam's pack and everyday I would see Emily through the link and it would send me over the edge.
My rage would caused me to shift and I would just run. I ran and ran until I couldn't run anymore and then I would collapse in the woods and feel completely lost. The pack thought I was looking for pity, but I honestly just wanted to go back to my old life. I wanted to forget it, just go back and never even look at Sam, ignore him and have a different high school experience. I wish I hadn't fallen in love with him and wasted 3 years of my life.
I tried to leave the pack once, it didn't work. I was stuck there, with him. I hated it, it made me hate myself. I didn't understand why the universe was being so cruel to me. I wanted to imprint so badly, anything to stop being such a lost cause. I hated being seen as the loser, loner, always hanging around her ex, I knew it looked pathetic.
Time passed and my anger flaked away, I started to adjust to my new life. I grew to forgive Sam and Emily, I didn't want to be so angry anymore, it was exhausting. Emily and Sam got engaged, when I found out I didn't really know that to say. I still had a love for Sam, something I didn't understand, but I knew it was over between us. I still searched for my imprint, but there was no one, I was still alone.
Life was never boring, I had to listen to Jake pine over this girl Bella, which was beyond annoying. When I first saw her, I don't what it was but something about her rubbed me the wrong. Maybe it was hearing about her constantly through the link or maybe it was the way I could tell instantly that she only saw Jake as a friend. It reminded me too much of Sam when he came back from his first phase, he had always been kind to me, but there was a distance between us. I knew she didn't love him and I knew that he loved her.
Bella married a Cullen and got pregnant, a rare and unnatural occurrence. Sam was furious, he wanted to kill the child before it could harm any humans. Jacob wouldn't allow it, that's when he left the pack. When he did, my brother followed him and I was worried. I didn't want Seth to be in danger, especially if I was the one might have to hurt him, it was unthinkable. So I chose to leave the pack too. I had wanted to leave before but now I had a solid opening. Jacob and I had never been close and he was not thrilled to have me join, he even tried to talk me out of it, but I was determined to get away from Sam and to protect my brother.
It never came to a fight, once the child was born Jacob imprinted and Sam could do nothing about it. I didn't like Vampires, but being so close to them and protecting them from my old pack was something I never would have fathomed. I still despised their species as a whole and everything they stood for, but the Cullens were kind and had an appreciation for human life most vampires lacked.
Once it was over, I was happy for Jake, he found his imprint and it made me confident that I could still find a type of happiness one day. Time passed and Jake formed his own pack, and made me his beta. We had become friends and it was a surprise to both of us. Sam and Jake resolved their feud and things went smoothly for a while.
Then the Volturi came, an evil vampire organization the apparently enforced the rues of their species. They wanted to kill Bella's child, Jake's imprint. I wouldn't let that happen. Our entire pack was ready to take any means necessary to protect the child, Renesmee. Sam and Jake even united together to face the Volturi, but it never came to a fight.
This all feels so long ago, it had been 2 years since the Volturi came to kill Renesmee. Now Sam and Emily were married and she was due anyday to give birth to a baby girl. Embry and Quil had left Sam's pack and joined Jake's pack, along with a few new members. All of the old timers had imprints now, Embry, Quil, and even my baby brother found his imprint before me. I was starting to doubt female shapeshifters even had imprints.
That was until I met Domenic.
