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Jacob's POV

I ran back into town with Sam wondering how long she'd been in that state of being panicked, afraid, and sickeningly unhealthy.

Let's head to your place that's probably where they took her; it's closer. Suggested Sam

Yeah, smells like it I sniffed the ground and caught everyone's sent heading in one direction

We came in the back to try to be conspicuous, what ever that means, I've just been told to be it from Billy. I saw al of the over-sized guys and Leah around the table with Sue and my dad.

Sam walked through the door and all was quiet "Where is she?" he asked

"Sleeping in Jake's room. We…we found her mother… and possibly the reason she phased." Murmured Sue

"What's that supposed to mean?" Asked more on edge than I was if that could be done

"Jenna Burnfire left her. Two weeks ago, she dropped her off at the hospital saying it was for a check up and ditched her. The next week at the hospital Kimi's room was torn apart and she was gone." Spat Billy "Kimi is such a good girl; she's so strong but she couldn't handle this one on her own."

My jaw clenched as I spoke, "That's why she phased… she finally got mad at her mom and turned prematurely."

"Little, Kimi…" cooed Leah with her head in her hands and elbows on her knees while she sat at the table "our little Kimi… the same one we babysat and played with just four years ago is now a monster with out her mother—"

"That's not a mother. That's a selfish woman that doesn't deserve a kid." I said through gritted teeth

The whole room was quiet until we heard fast footsteps as Kimi skidded into the kitchen "I smell bacon." Was the first thing she said.

I pointed to the table where Paul was reaching for a piece and grabbed one. She locked eyes with him and edged closer to the gigantic mound of meat.

"Paul… Drop it." We all saw the fear in his eyes as he darted away from the table, bacon-less

Kimi attacked the plate of food with such speed it made me proud. After five minutes she was sitting cross-legged on the table, pate on her lap, with bacon hanging out of her mouth as she chewed. Seconds later she was licking the plate "What else ya got?"

"Well good morning to you to Kimi." I smiled she hadn't changed at all "Auntie Sue made your favorite: scrambled eggs."

Her eyes lit up like she had heard that she just won a million dollars. "Really, you guys have 'em?"

I picked up a large pan and spatula "Take it nice now." She held out the plate and I dumped easily six pounds of eggs on it. "Good girl."

"Thank you Jake!" she chimed digging in again

"Well." Said Sam "Lets all go home for now it looks like Kimi needs a break." Every one headed out besides Paul and Me. Billy had gone with Sue and Sam to talk

I walked back to the counter next to Paul "Why did you get a thank you while I got mauled?"

"I gave her food you tried to eat it." I teased

"Yeah," he chuckled "hey she's pretty." He nudged me with his elbow

"And she's eleven." I scolded him

"So?! Claire just turned four!" he whispered harshly

I took another look at Kimi. Nothing about her personality had changed but… wow. I was concerned about how skinny she was before so I didn't look at anything but her exposed ribs. This time now that she's almost healthy I looked at the rest of her like the copper skin, long legs, shiny hair, big lips, and… other thing that are large. "Hey Kimi how tall are you?"

A muffled "6'1" was her reply

"I told you, she's not eleven—she's a model!" he grinned

"Shut up, Paul!" I smacked him in the back of the head to silence

"I'm done." Kimi hoped off the table and stood still for a moment looking out the window.

I looked her up and down trying and failing to make the connection of what she looks like now and what she should look like.

"Jake? Paul? Why do I look like this? I'm not stupid. I know I shouldn't be this tall or strong or understand the things I do… I was a wolf for crying out loud! What's wrong with me?" the tears welled up in her eyes as she hugged around my waist

I looked down "Kimi baby… listen to me. There is nothing wrong with you. You're just, a little different." I tried to sooth her Paul nodded to me letting me know that he had to get back to Rachel when he left I lifted her chin up so she had to look at me "You're perfect." I kissed her on the forehead and hugged her

"Thank you Jake. I-sniffle- don't remember you being this nice to me." She mumbled against my chest "I'm sorry I said I'd rip you apart."

"I believe it was limb from limb" I corrected, lightly teasing her

"Oh, sorry again." She replied sarcastically breaking our little love fest "Ugh, look at me!" she smiled "I look terrible."

"Ok you need to shut up now." I raised an eyebrow

"What ever. So you gonna tell me what's going on?" she walked out of the kitchen to our small couch and sat down

I followed suit leaning against the side and resting my arm on the back. "Do you remember those stories Jared used to tell you when you went to bed?" she nodded "Well they were true—"

"What?!" she interrupted slightly angry, I jumped back

"Hey! Hey! You can't get mad in here!" I said crouching in the corner

"Why?" she asked with her short-cropped hair falling over her wide eyes

"Well, when people like you and me get mad, we phase into wolf form and it's dangerous for the people around them…" I paused and thought of Emily "It's really dangerous Kim. You can't get mad until you can control it."

"Oh ok…" she said curling up in a ball and propping her right cheek on her knees like she was refusing to look at me

"What's wrong?" I asked slowly getting up

"Nothing."

"Kimi." I sighed plopping down next to her and put one hand between her shoulder blades

"My mom jumped like that right before she dumped me on the hospital. She nearly ran off the road one time."

"Kimi Istas. Do you know why your dad named you that?" I asked pulling her into my lap

"No…" she mumbled with a thick voice like she was trying to hold back tears

"He told me the second he saw you with your pretty white hair he had to call you that because it means 'beautiful snow'." She looked up at me her eyes were red-rimmed "I couldn't think of a more perfect name for you." Making her happier had me happier

"I knew I missed you a lot for a reason." She curled up with her head on my lap after few seconds she said, "I'm hot."

"You have no idea." I thought, "Yeah, you have a body heat of over a hundred now so you are going to need new clothes."

"Shopping?" she said with a groan "I thought you were a guy."

"Last time I checked I was. But really you could get heatstroke now." I ran my hand through her hair studying the soft locks "It's a good thing you already had short hair or else you would have been a puff ball when you phased, ask Leah what happens." She laughed and rolled over on her back so she could look at me

"Like I never left?" she asked

"Like you never left." We always used to sit like this and watch TV for hours just talking and laughing, we were buddies, she acted old for her age and I acted young so it worked out

"So what we gonna do today, Boss?" she asked smiling again

"Well, I could teach you how to control yourself." She raised a delicate eyebrow

"How?"

"Well," I started "I get you really pissed off and you try to control the wolf inside you. Another reason to go get clothes."

"Huh?"

"If you do phase you'll shred your clothes and I'll be forced to see you naked." I grinned cheekily at her and she rolled her eyes

"I'm gonna hold out on that one, Jake." She smiled closed her eyes and shook her head back and forth

"What ever you say." She took one of my large hands in her smaller ones

"You got big man." She stated in awe pressing our plams together

"I told you I'd always be taller"

"Jake."

"What?"

"Shut up."


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