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Paul furrowed his massive eyebrows as he prowled around. She had to have left a scent. Somewhere! Anywhere! Several times over the past few years he had caught her scent by his

mother's house. But his mother wouldn't speak to him, and he doubted she would go there. Paul, Jacob thought to me. With a sigh I responded mentally. Jake, I am really busy. Piss off! Jake

replied simply. Billy and Andrew offered to help you. I told them about how imprints are to be protected at all costs, even if it isn't yours. They knew about Trinity from me and Sam. They want to

help. They can ask around or something. For the first time in a long time. I felt a shiver of Hope. Send them down. We're leaving for California. She must have moved to a small town. She doesn't

like the city. . . . my thoughts trailed off and each one stabbed my heart with pain. Why would she have left? What could have caused her to leave me? We didn't fight. She loved me. The only

thing Paul could think of was when he attacked her, but she had forgiven him long before she left. The whole thing effected Paul in horrible ways. He no longer had time for anything except

searching. He had to be with her, love her, hold her, protect her. He hated being away from her and each second burned him with guilt. Guilt because he couldn't protect and love her the

way she needed him to. Billy and Andrew soon approached in human form. They each had back packs. Each boy was more than prepared, and dedicated. No one in the new pack had

imprinted yet, but then again, they were young. Andrew was 16, and Billy was 16, too. Paul knew it wasn't terribly young, but they were basically pups, new wolves. Paul phased back and

ordered them, as he slipped on his sweat pants. "head your asses to whatever small town you find first. Look for Trinity Parker. She's blonde. She's amazing . . . she's 29 years old. Ask

around, do whatever you need. Check in with me at night, move on to the next town if she isn't there. Ok?" Andrew nodded and shook his head so his midnight hair was out of his eyes.

"ok. We'll head to Napa." Paul nodded and they all took off for their destination. Paul would sniff around, the boys would investigate. And hopefully, they would find her.

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Shailene's POV

"5 more minutes!" she groaned as her mother shook her shoulder. "Shailene. It's me, Ashley! Get up. You said we'd go shopping, so lets go." Shailene opened her eyes and her brown

orbs scanned the room. "meet you at dots in 10 minutes, then." Shailene yawned as she sat up. Shailene's house was only 5 minutes from the shopping center, and Ashley's apartment.

Shailene sat up after Ashley left the room and ran her hands through her thick brown hair. "crap." She realized as she jumped up and grabbed the phone as she got the shower running.

She dialed her mom's cell phone number. "hey baby." Her mom's gentle voice answered. "mom, can I go to dots with Ashley?" her mom compromised. "yeah, sure honey. But be back by 5.

Don't leave town, you hear me?" Shailene nodded. Her mom always made her promise not to leave town, and she never understood why. "ok, mom. Love you." her mom's smile could be

heard in her voice as she replied. "love you more. Bye honey." Shailene tossed the phone onto the living room couch and jumped into the shower. The Luke warm water pelted her skin as

she washed her body and hair. She gently turned the knob and let the water flow stop. She wrapped herself in the towel and began the impossible search for clothes. She found some

faded jeans and a blue quarter shirt. She quickly changed and used an elastic to tame her mane of brunette jungle. She slipped into her rocket dogs and ran out of the house. The streets

were empty except for the occasional cars heading towards the forever crowded shopping center. Every face was completely familiar, the town was so small, everyone knew everyone

else. Shailene briefly glanced two new faces, but she saw Ashley a second later. In her arms was several different outfits, all of which were extremely bold. "lets try them on!" and as

usual, when Ashley said 'let's' she meant her. Shailene laughed and followed Ashley to the dressing stall on the side of the store. Shailene leaned against it while Ashley tried on all of her

new clothes. Shailene looked around and saw the new faces again. They were peeking into the store. The one with thinner black hair was scanning the store. The one with thicker black

hair's eyes were only for her she blushed furiously and looked down. He looked much older than she was. "Shailene! Move, I can't open the door!" Ashley complained. Shailene didn't hear

her, she was too busy forcing her gaze to her worn out shoes. Suddenly, Ashley swung her door open and Shailene was thrown to the floor. Ashley's mouth hung open and burst into fits

of laughter. Shailene laughed, too. "it's not funny." She murmured between giggles as she stood up. Suddenly, a hand was on the back of her shoulder, as if to gently steady her. "are you

ok? I saw you . . . fall, I mean." He scratched the back of his neck and tried again. "I'm Andrew."

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