I walked in on him and some bitch in my bed. I heard the moans and panting as I climbed the steps up to my bedroom, but I was praying he was just watching porn.

He wasn't.

I opened the door to my bedroom and found my fiancé Jimmy banging his new secretary on my new 500 thread count sheets. My jaw dropped open and my chest felt like someone just stuck an ice pick into it.

The smell of sex and sweat accosted my nostrils and for a brief moment I thought I was going to throw up on the floor. It must have only been a few seconds before Jimmy noticed me, but it felt like hours. I couldn't believe this was happening. He looked straight at me and panic washed over his artificially tanned face.

"Eva" he said startled by being caught in the act of adultery.

The girl he was with gasped and turned her face away from me as if I couldn't tell who she was. Jimmy pulled himself out of her and came towards were I was standing frozen, his cock still hard and wet.

"I…I am so sorry" he pleaded trying to grab my hands in his own; I wrenched them away from him and punched him as hard as I could.

"Eva, Jesus!" he shouted.

I had never hit anyone before it had hurt more than I expected, luckily my adrenaline was flowing through me in excess and I didn't care.

"I cannot believe you!" I shouted at him as he clutched his swelling eye.

"Your secretary! Are you fucking kidding me" I screamed pointing to the skinny brunette who was now gathering her things from off the floor and attempting to dress herself.

Jimmy was looking from her to me, and running his hands through his short blonde hair. "I don't know what happened, Eva. I didn't mean for this to happen"

I suspected he just hadn't wanted for him to get caught. I had always ignored my gut feeling that he was not being faithful. I chalked it up to trust and commitment issues. I tried to talk myself into thinking he was perfect when I knew he wasn't. Actually buried beneath the hurt and embarrassment was a small seed of relief. I had my doubts and fears about marrying him, but was talked into saying yes by everyone around me. I should have trusted myself instead.

"I'm done" I said and stormed out of the room.

I grabbed the keys to my car and my dog and went to the four seasons. The night then consisted of some very bad music, tears and a few bottles of wine. I just kept running over what I had done to cause him to cheat on me. I had always been supportive and loving. I rearranged my whole life for him when he was offered the position in Miami, and this was how he repaid me?

So I could stand to lose a few pounds and maybe I was a little over opinionated, and big deal if I never let him do anal…you know what that was probably it, that bitch looked like she would take a dick in her ass. I huffed in frustration as I realized I tried my best to please him, without compromising myself in the process, and it just wasn't enough. I just wasn't enough.

The next morning I went to the bank and emptied my account. Jimmy and I had a joint account and while I didn't make much as a therapist, he was a corporate lawyer. There was enough money to begin a new life and that was what I needed.

I hated living in Florida anyway, the heat and I never mixed, me being from Chicago. I had given up my entire life, friends and career to move with my cheating fiancé. This was so humiliating; I just hoped my pride was salvageable.

I was too upset to talk the night it happened but I needed to talk to my sister. Gwen was my best friend, and if anyone could make me feel better it was her. She had moved to Seattle two years ago after meeting this guy Embry while on a business trip She decided since I was moving to Florida and she was out of a roommate she might as well relocate to be closer to him. It was all very rushed and romantic, and I couldn't help but be a little jealous of her.

Embry was Quileute lived on the La Push Reservation about two hours outside Seattle. Gwen had started out in Seattle but once their relationship became more serious she moved in with him.

That was after he had told her he was a werewolf or shape shifter. She had thought he was crazy until he showed her. Embry turned into a giant wolf and fought off vampires. He told her she couldn't tell anyone, so naturally she called me and told me as soon as he left. I thought they were both crazy but she was so freaked out about it I realized it must be true.

It took some time but we got used to it, she would call me with any vampire fighting news as I found the whole situation incredibly interesting. Embry's pack mates were not so cool with my knowing their biggest secret once they found out. But Gwen assured them, I was an Irish therapist and that made me possibly the best secret keeper in the world.

I hoped it would be okay for me to stay with them for a little while. I doubted Embry would mind and I needed sister for support. Gwen answered the phone after a few rings and my plan to be brave and emotionless as I told her what happened flew out the window. As soon as she said hello I burst into a sob. "I need to come stay with you for a while" I cried.

"Of course you can stay, what happened?" she answered immediately. I could tell Gwen was nervous, I had never been a crier.

"I called off the engagement. Jimmy was cheating on me." I told her the whole story of how I found him in bed with his secretary and how I cleaned out the bank account.

"Well he doesn't deserve you anyway. I always thought he was shady." She pointed out. Gwen was the one person in my life who never really liked Jimmy. She saw him for what he was, an asshole.

"Ugh, I don't even want to explain this to mom." I groaned. I dreaded that conversation. Mom had been ecstatic when Jimmy proposed, her dreams for me consisted of marriage and lots of babies, it didn't matter if that's not what I wanted for myself.

"I'll tell her." Gwen assured me. Gwen had always had a better relationship with mom than I had. I chocked it up to her being the baby of the family.

"Thanks Gwennie."

"Come as soon as you can. I'll have the spare room set up for you." She told me before I hung up.

I went back to my and Jimmy's apartment when I knew he would be at work and packed my jewelry and personal items. I grabbed my fall and winter clothing from the back of the closet. I left the summer things; I wouldn't need them now. La Push never got very warm. The next day I was on a plane to Seattle and making a plan never to fall in love again.

Gwen was waiting for me at the terminal with a hug and some alcoholic coffee. I grabbed my bags and my dog Clarence and went to load up Gwen's jeep. I hadn't realized how much I had missed her. She had come out to Miami a few times but I hadn't seen her in at least 6 months.

"How are you holding up?" she asked me once we were on the highway and headed to La Push.

I sighed "as well as I can be I guess. I want to just get over it you know." Gwen nodded in understanding.

"Maybe you'll meet a nice Quileute man, fall madly in love and have to move here permanently." She said hopefully.

"I've decided being in love is too disappointing." I smiled at her sadly " I think it'll be me myself and I from now on."

Gwen reached across the column and squeezed my hand, her dark brown eyes filled with sympathy. "Just because Jimmy didn't work out, doesn't mean you should just give up completely."

"Ever the romantic." I laughed at her. It was easy to be romantic when you had a man who would die for you. Unfortunately not every woman got imprinted on.

"Let's not talk about now." I said needing to change the subject. "So any new wolf stories?" I asked her and she laughed at me. I loved hearing about it the Quileute boys' adventures.

"Yes, actually there was some unknown vampire skulking around the woods last week." She answered. It was amazing that these things actually existed, although I kind of always thought they did. You can't find almost every culture with a similar legend and there be no truth to it.

"Ooh, did they catch it?" I asked her excitedly sipping on my coffee, practically choking at the amount of whiskey in it.

"No, he got away. Swam over to Canada." She answered. That was a little frightening; I really didn't want to be chomped on by a vampire. Gwen had explained to me that they were beautiful, vicious and indestructible and I was absolutely sure I never wanted to come across them without a wolf man by my side.

We spent the rest of the car ride catching up and rocking out to songs on the radio. Gwen and I reached La Push at around 3 in the afternoon. I was excited because I hadn't seen her and Embry's house before.

"It's kind of small, but cozy I like it." She said. We pulled into the driveway and Embry and their little Pomeranian dog Roxie came running out of the house. I felt my stomach twist up in jealousy when Embry kissed Gwen. I wasn't jealous of Embry but of the fact she had someone to love her unconditionally. They were each other's soul mates, imprint, Embry called it, some kind of wolfy perk.

Gwen gently pushed him away and over at me blushing but apologetic. "Hi Eva" he said with a lopsided grin.

Clarence was clawing at the car window to be let out and when I opened the door he ran out to sniff Roxie. It was cute seeing a Pitbull and a Pomeranian run around chasing each other.

Embry opened the trunk and began carrying my bags into the house.

"You should hire him out" I said to Gwen "You would get good money for a man like that."

Gwen laughed, "men like him grow rampant around here, and besides I never wanted to become a pimp."

That evening I got settled into my bedroom. She had it decorated in a cottage style that she knew I would appreciate. It was a small room with only a single bed, but it felt more like home than Jimmy's condo ever did.

Gwen ordered a pizza for us and we watched movies for the rest of the night. Embry had to Patrol the forest for Vampires. I could tell Gwen was nervous for him, who wouldn't be if their lover were out fighting some vicious supernatural creature.

I fell asleep on the couch to the sound of wolves howling.

The next morning I woke up to Gwen yelling at someone. I threw on a robe and prepared myself to break up a fight. I love her but that girl has a temper. Gwen was in her pajamas yelling at Embry and I assumed one of his pack mates.

"Someone needs to get Paul under control then!" She shouted. "His goddamn temper is going to get himself or one of you killed!" Embry stood up from the kitchen chair and wrapped his arms around Gwen and kissed the top of her head.

"We do what we can babe. Paul just gets worse as he gets older. They all get like that if they don't imprint, and Paul was already bad." He told her.

" Well the gods wouldn't be cruel enough to make some poor girl spend the rest of her life with Paul, so we'll just have to deal with him" The guy sitting at the table with them said with a laugh.

I walked into the kitchen "Is everything okay?" I asked concerned.

Gwen had told me about Paul before. He had a violent temper and it often got him into trouble with the pack. "Yeah" Gwen answered me,

"Jake, this is Eva. Eva, Jake" She introduced us. Jake was the biggest man I had ever seen in my life. Gwen had explained that he was the alpha, so I assumed that was why he towered over the others.

"Nice to meet you" I said shaking his incredibly warm hand. "You too" he replied.

"Alright guys I'll see you tonight at Emily's after I give Paul an intervention." Jake said as he left.

"I'm going to try an get some sleep" Embry said heading to the bedroom and leaving me and Gwen alone. She had made pancakes for breakfast and loaded some up onto my plate.

"Are sure everything's okay?" I asked her again because she still looked worried.

" Yeah, It's just Paul. He got pissed off at Embry and took a chunk out of his leg." She told me.

"Jesus, what's wrong with him?" I asked.

I can't even imagine attacking one of my friends. How could they put up with that shit?

"I have no idea; you're the shrink, you tell me." She shrugged.

"You want me to analyze him?" I laughed impersonating Freud.

"God knows he needs it. You'll meet him tonight at Emily's 28th Birthday party, analyze away."

Emily was Sam's wife. Sam was the Alpha of the pack before Jacob stepped up. Tonight was a surprise party for her birthday and the first time I would be meeting Gwen's friends. I was nervous because I knew some of them were not happy I knew about them being wolves and also because I knew Gwen had told them why I had come. And I hated sympathy.

Gwen and I spent the rest of the morning baking a few cakes for the party, or Gwen baked as I watched.

"I don't know why we just couldn't buy something from the store." I said as I attempted to ice the cake. I and the kitchen were covered in flour, sugar and chocolate. I wasn't even sure how that had happened.

"It's nicer this way" She replied as she swiffered up the floor." Emily always bakes, we should at least make the effort"

I rolled my eyes and continued working on my masterpiece. It was definitely abstract.

We got the cakes safely to Emily's little house and were hiding/crammed in her kitchen with what felt like half of La Push. It was suffocating being smushed in between giant men with temperatures well over 100 degrees. It didn't help that I only came up to everyone's armpit.

I had been introduced to everyone and was trying to keep names straight. All the young men looked so much alike it was hard to tell them apart. They were all huge and muscular with dark skin and short black hair. I had yet to meet the infamous Paul, and I assumed Jake who was also MIA was still conducting the intervention.

Leah had taken Emily for a Spa day to keep her out of the house and she had just texted saying they would be back on 5 minutes.

We heard a car come up the drive, then doors slamming and then finally after what seemed like hours suffocating in a tiny kitchen, the front door opened.

"SURPRISE!" we all yelled at once.

Emily looked shocked and then started laughing. I noticed the long scars along what would have been a perfect face. Gwen had explained what had happened to Emily that morning and I tried not to stare. After everyone had wished her a Happy Birthday and the guests were all eating I went up and introduced myself to her.

"I'm so glad to finally meet you!" she sounded extremely genuine. " Gwen talks about you non stop. I feel like I already know you."

I smiled; I had no doubt everyone here knew all about my life including my recent breakup. Gwen did have a big mouth.

The party went well on into the night; everyone including me was having a great time. Everyone was friendly and no one seemed to mind me being there and for that I was glad; still there was a nagging in my heart though as everyone seemed to be paired up and I was alone.

I was pouring myself another drink on the back lawn when Jake and who I assumed to be Paul showed up.

Paul was one of the most attractive people I had ever seen in real life but one of the fiercest looking as well. I wasn't going to even bother to introduce myself to him, in fact I was going to do my best to stay away from him.

He was the epitome of tall dark and handsome, with the same black hair and eyes as most of the inhabitants of the rez; but there was something more to him. His jaw was perfectly angular yet masculine set off by a long straight nose and almond eyes that glittered in the darkness. I found myself staring at him longer than I should have.

I know Gwen wanted me to "analyze him" but I felt like someone's birthday party was not the place. I watched as he grabbed a beer out of the cooler and then asked to speak with Embry inside. I assumed he was going to apologize for biting him the night before.

A little while later I was slightly tipsy from the copious amounts of wine I was drinking and walked inside to use the bathroom. As I exited I could hear shouting coming from one of the bedrooms.

"You should have told her to keep her fucking mouth shut Embry! Now some random cunt with no ties to us at all knows all our fucking secrets!"

Were they talking about Gwen and me? Did he just call me a cunt? I hoped Embry wouldn't let someone talk about Gwen like that. I hid just outside the room listening behind the open door.

"Lay off Paul." Embry said exasperatedly "Eva is Gwen's sister, so she does have ties to us and she isn't going to tell anyone."

So they were definitely talking about me. I wondered if I should make my presence known or eavesdrop a little longer?

Eavesdrop clearly.

"I don't know why everyone is all up her ass, she can't be that great if her fiancé was fucking someone else." Paul said with venom in his voice.

That was just unnecessary, there was no need to bring up my terrible love life. This guy was an asshole, and I wasn't sure why me knowing about the wolves was such a big deal to him, no one else seemed to care.

I was in a vulnerable point in my life and it did not feel good to have some dude that I never even met talking mad shit about me. I knew why I had decided to stay away from Paul.

"She's nice Paul, and Gwen loves her, so if you fuck with Eva and hurt my imprint, we are going to have some real fuckin problems." Embry threatened. I had a new liking for Embry. Of course he was only defending me because of Gwen but he was still defending me; that counted for something.

" Just make sure she doesn't say anything about us." Paul said poking his finger into Embry's chest. Embry knocked his hand a way.

"I told she's not going to say anything. For fuck's sake, what is your problem?"

"It's a secret for a reason Embry. I want her off the Rez as soon as possible, she's a risk." Paul growled.

I could see Embry roll his eyes from were I was standing behind the bathroom door.

"A risk to who?" Embry asked skeptically. "Half the tribe is in on the secret and everyone else would just think she's insane if she stated saying we turned into wolves. She's not a risk Paul and she can stay here long as she wants, I'm not telling her to leave"

"Then I'll tell the stupid bitch myself" He said and turned to storm out of the room but I stepped into the doorway blocking his path. I was not going to be treated like a little bitch, and I certainly wasn't going to take this laying down.

"Eva" Embry gasped. Paul locked his eyes with mine for a moment, at first they were burning bright with anger but then I watched as it all melted away. He stood there stunned for a moment and then looked really relieved as he leaned forward and inhaled deeply. Was he smelling me?

What a fucking nutjob.

Once I composed myself and stopped worrying about what a weirdo he was I began to tell him off.

"Don't worry you made yourself very clear just now." I shouted. His facial expression didn't change.

"You don't want me here I get it. But Gwen is my sister and I have every right to be here with her, so you're stuck with me, deal with it bitch." I said and pushed him on the shoulder, although he didn't move even a centimeter.

"Eva, don't" Embry warned stepping forward to block me from Paul.

I knew pushing him was probably a stupid thing to do but I couldn't help it, my south Chicago side came out when I got angry. I expected Paul to yell, hit me, phase, or all three but he didn't, he didn't do anything but gawk at me.

Embry and I were both staring at him waiting for him to do something.

Finally, he simply laughed to himself and bit his lip as he studied me. I searched his eyes for some kind of indication of violence but there wasn't even a hint of it. But that couldn't be right; he was ready to kick me of the rez just minutes before. I grew a little worried that this was a moment of calm before the storm, but the only thing he did was continue to rake over my body and face like he was memorizing it.

"Shit" he said shaking his head as he gently pushed me aside and left the room.

I looked at Embry confused and he looked back at me mirroring my expression. Then some sort of realization must have him

"Oh Jesus" he murmured and then also left the room.

What the hell was going on?