The largest wolf in the pack stood. He was jet black and much larger than the other wolves. He was the Alpha. I could read the authority in his mind as well as in one of the other wolves. Jacob had as much power over the pack as the Alpha did but he still had to answer to Sam.
Hello, Bella. Welcome to the pack. The two wolves behind me are Jared and Paul. There are many things you have to be aware of if you are going to be part of this pack. When you first changed you mad correct.
I nodded.
Sadly a bad temper comes with the job. Jacob will help you learn to control it, so that you don't make the mistake I made once.
I saw in his mind the face of a woman, who was very beautiful before, but it was now marred my three long scars going down the said of her face. Her name was Emily. She was Sam's fiancée and he was too close to her when he got angry once. I was taken aback by the damage had done and he flinched. Sorry.
It's okay. It was my fault. I lost control and did something I will regret for the rest of my life. We will all help you so that you never do that to someone you love. There a few more things you need to do.
The first of the last things hurt like hell. They gave me a tattoo on my shoulder and said it was representative of what I had become. It was tribal and depicted two wolves howling. I would have liked it if it was smaller and more easily hidden. I also had to change my wardrobe. It was too hot for me dress like I normally did because of my new temperature. When on the reservation I wore shorts and no sleeve tanks, but around Charlie I was forced to wear long sleeves. My hair was the biggest problem. It was down to my waist and I didn't want to cut it too short. I agreed to cut it to mid-back length. It seemed that because I was a girl my hair could be longer than the boys, my fur was just as short as the boys but I could have it longer as a human. Charlie noticed everything that had changed about me, other than my new tattoo. He also noticed the time I was spending at La Push. He always assumed I was going to see Jacob, which in a way was true. I was closer to Jake than any of my other pack brothers. He was my best friend and helped me to move past Edward and regain some meaning to my life.
"Hey Bells, you goin' down to the rez today?" he asked as I ran out of the house one morning.
"Yeah. Why what's up, dad?"
"Could you drop me off at Billy's? We're gonna go fishing and he's driving."
I nodded and grabbed my coat. I waited by the driver's side of my truck, calling Jake while Charlie got ready. "Charlie's coming to go fishing, so can I change at your house?"
"Sure, but you ought to know we have a new recruit to train today. Do you remember my friend Embry? Well he changed and we get to teach him how to be part of the pack. See ya when you get here, bye Bella."
"Bye."
Charlie didn't talk much on the ride to La Push, which was kind of weird to me. The guys in the pack were always so loud. I could barely ever hear myself think when they were around. When we got to Jacob's house Billy was on his way out the door which was perfect.
"Have a great trip," I told Billy as I jogged past him into the house. I had a backpack full of clothes that I kept at Jacob's house. I traded in my long sleeves and sweats for jean shorts and a cut off shirt, even though it was raining.
"You ready?" Jake said when I had finish changing. He was shirtless as always, and his hair was drenched in water.
"Yeah, so are we going to run or do I have to drive."
"Embry lives pretty close but we have to drive pretty far out to teach him. We're going to take him into the woods behind first beach. There's something you should know about him though. His mother is from the Makah tribe and his father left him and his mother when he was small. He doesn't know who he is and his mom won't tell him so don't ask him who his dad is okay?" I nodded. I was happy that he was joining the pack though because, then I wouldn't be the only one who didn't know how I fit into the pack. I also hoped I wouldn't be bumped from third in command when Embry joined. I enjoyed the fact that from the moment I joined the pack I was important. Apparently my lineage made me more important, even though I didn't know who I descended from. I read it once in Sam's mind that it had to do with Levi, his grandfather. That made him my cousin and the only reason I wasn't Beta was because Jake was supposed to be Alpha and decided to let Sam take that position. There wasn't much need for the rankings since there weren't many of us. Jake and I drove to Embry's house to pick him up. He hopped in the back and we drove to first beach.
"Hey Jake, sup'. Bella, is that you?" he turned to Jake, "I thought we were here so that you could help me with the change." I giggled. Apparently my brothers hadn't told him about the only girl wolf to ever join the pack. "We are and Bella is here to help. You'll see, just don't ask to many questions.