This is the story of Embry and his imprint.

I had always wondered how it really felt to have an imprint.

I wondered if it was wonderful to have someone that you loved so profoundly you couldn't deny them anything.

Or if it was terrible, to have nothing of your own anymore- not your time, not your heart, not your soul.

Now, I had found out- it was a mixture of things, bitter-sweet with more sweetness than bitter. I was happy to make her happy.

Her name was Sylvaine. She was tall and slender, and wasn't proud of it- she hated that she was beautiful, because it drew attention. I could see it in the way she walked.

She had dark green eyes with brown flecks, like a forest. And she had soft, long auburn hair- beautiful.

She was too beautiful to be true.

I laid awake, that first night after I had seen her in all her glory, for hours on end. Eventually, Emily had to come in and tell me to go to sleep.

But I was too thrilled to sleep- so I just turned out my light to let Emily and Sam get some rest.

I sighed into the darkness. Was she happy? I doubted that, even though it hurt me to say so. Her eyes- so mesmerizing to me- were so sad and broken-looking.

I loved her and wanted her to be happy, but she was too sad for me to be around. My brothers thought I was depressed enough as it was, since Mom died- I didn't need a depressed imprint to make it worse.

But maybe I could make her feel better if I was around.

Maybe...

I opened my eyes to find that I had slept the night through. Interesting, I thought.

So I wnet downstairs to the kitchen, where almost the entire pack was congregated for breakfast. When I entered the room, there were grins everywhere- mostly in my direction.

"Congrats, Embry," Seth said, smiling slightly. He obviously was jealous of me.

I just nodded and grabbed some food, lost in thought about Sylvaine. The only thing that brought me out of my thoughts was a yelled, "You're going to be late!" from Sam.

I jumped up and grabbed my pack from the counter, and ran out.

More school. More Sylvaine. I was happy- for now.

Sorry- a filler chapter. I'll get more up soon!