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Chapter 2: Surprise
Leah POV
"Daniel, wait a damn minute!" Damn Sam, and the rest of them for intimidating Daniel, he was my imprint, and I didn't give a shit that Sam, my little brother, or the rest of my pack didn't know just yet.
"I'm sorry Leah, I have to get out of here." Was Daniel afraid? He was shaking like a leaf.
I had to explain what was happening between us, I needed him to stay, but it was too late Daniel sprinted off and mere seconds later, I heard what sounded like the screeching of car tires speeding away.
"You idiot!" I shoved Sam hard. "You scared him off, how could you!" I had to go after him, I threw down my heels and tried to storm off, but Sam grabbed a hold of my arm.
"How could you?" Sam countered back with a snarl. "What is this Leah?" He demanded. "I imprint and marry Emily, so you attempt getting back at me, by trying to screw my cousin? That's low Leah, even for you!" All the anger I ever felt towards Sam since this whole ordeal took place came to surface full force.
I jerked my arm out of his grasp and before I realized what I was going to do, my flat hand went across his cheek. The resounding slap took Sam off guard, and probably stung like a bitch.
Damn that felt good.
"If I wanted to get back at you, I would've done it a long time ago, with someone much closer to you." I seethed with anger, my chest rising and falling in rapid, shallow breaths. "He's my imprint you douche bag!"
"Oh shit!" I heard Jake exclaim, while a mortified Quil looked as though he had just seen a ghost.
"This is one for the books!" Embry laughed.
"This is just all kinds of fucked up." Paul muttered. Jared seemed as though I had rendered him speechless.
"Family gatherings are gonna be real awkward now." Seth groaned.
Sam seemed stunned for a moment before speaking.
"There must be some way to undo this." His words not only shocked, but they enraged me. We weren't together anymore, and he had just married my fucking cousin. How could he possibly think he still had a say in my life and what I did with it?
"Sam!" Speak of the devil, my cousin Emily Young, now Uley, was making her way over. She was dressed in an elegant yet simple white lace wedding gown. As my cousin moved, her short train billowed in the wind behind her.
I hated the fact that she was damn pretty. Why couldn't Sam have imprinted on someone less striking? Don't get me wrong, I knew I was a looker too, but I had always been described as a strong beauty while Emily's striking looks were defined as softer and more feminine. Whatever the hell that meant. From her long glossy black hair to her satiny copper skin. "It's time to cut the cake!" She said excitedly but her delight dwindled a bit the moment she noticed how close Sam and I were standing together. She also took in the many mixed expressions on everyone's faces.
"What's going on?" She asked Sam, but Jake spoke first.
"Leah imprinted. On Daniel Uley." Jake had the biggest shit-eating grin on his face.
"She what!" Emily yelped, her voice much higher than usual with shock. Sam's new bride observed the anger and pain sprawled across her new husband's face. "Your cousin? The doctor?"
Foolishly the elders and some members of my pack thought Sam didn't imprint on me because I was unable to conceive. I was dubbed a genetic dead end, therefore useless which was why I phased in the first place.
"That's right and get this cuz, Sam here, thinks Leah should fight or try to undo it." Seth piped in. My little brother had the smuggest expression on his face, I had ever seen. I couldn't be prouder.
The way Emily glared at Sam…let's just say if looks could kill, he'd be in a body bag.
"Sam," Her angry scowl transformed into a more wounded one; and for a moment I felt bad for her but, nevertheless, it had to be said, and because I was still so damn pissed off, I couldn't hold back the cynical laugh that escaped my lips.
"Did you try to undo your imprint with my cousin?" I questioned him, knowing the answer already because I saw it in Sam's memories, "So why in the hell would I?" Immediately I saw the remorse in his face, while Emily was too much of coward to even look me in the eye. Sam didn't even try to fight it. The same night he imprinted on Emily, he dumped me. Two weeks later, they were a couple.
"You can't fight or break an imprint Sam and you know that." Emily interjected heatedly.
"And I wouldn't if I could." I added angrily.
Sam let out a snide chuckle.
"You've got to be kidding me Leah, you won't last a day in his world!" He spat venomously at me. "He knows nothing of our legends or our ways, he was young as hell when he left. His mother came from one of the wealthiest families in Spain and he's well-traveled." Sam skated passed his new bride, stormed towards the long-forgotten bottle of expensive wine, and held it up to me, before walking back over and thrusting it in my hands.
"Forks…La Push is just a stepping stone for his medical career. If he's anything like his mother's people," Sam tapped on the expensive bottle as if that would knock some sense into me, "he'll be out of here before you know it. His mom didn't leave because she didn't feel welcomed, she hated our humble existence. She was gone before my uncle's dead body started to rot."
I felt all the air leave my body. How could Sam be so vulgar?
"Damn Sam, that's cold." Embry spoke up. "Leah don't listen to him, he's just in shock."
I felt my confidence start to waver as I gripped the bottle of exclusive wine in my hands. Was Sam, right? Was Daniel out of my league?
"Lee, he's just jealous." Seth remarked.
"Sam you're being a real asshole right now." Jake added.
By now Emily's face was blazing with anger. I bet she didn't wake up thinking her wedding day would play out like this.
They were right. Sam was playing mind games. If Daniel and I weren't meant to be, then I wouldn't have imprinted on him. I mean, isn't that what Sam told me all those months ago when it happened between, he and Emily? Feeling my confidence come back, I thrusted the bottle back at Sam.
"I'm not your girlfriend anymore." I slowly growled at him, I was pissed at myself for letting him get underneath my skin. "I will fulfil my duty to our pack, I will protect my tribe from the cold ones. But you hear me and hear me good Samuel Uley, Daniel is my imprint and he and I will figure this out without you or anyone else intervening. You are just my Alpha, nothing more, nothing less. Soon that will be over as well." I had been counting down the days until Jake's ceremony to become Alpha took place. Just four more weeks, six days, and fourteen hours to go.
I knew my words hurt Sam. Through his memories I knew he was in love with Emily, but a part of him still loved me too. A part of me still cared for him also, but I wasn't going to play second best to anyone.
"You heard her Sam, now go on back with Emily. You have a cake to cut." Jake advised.
"You have to accept this Sam." Emily added heatedly.
"Oh, I'll accept it my love," Sam smiled at his bride confidently, before looking back at me, "but let's see how the rest of La Push feels once Leah and Danny Boy go public." With one last glare of animosity, Sam took a long gulp of the posh wine from the expensive bottle, then tried to reach for Emily's hand but to his surprise she jerked it away and started marching back without him, no doubt in my mind she was beyond pissed, and like a lovesick puppy he followed with Jared and Paul in toe.
My other pack brothers remained. This is how it's always been. Even though we were a pack of one, it always felt like we were a circle of two groups. There was Sam, Jared, and Paul, and then there was me, Seth, Jake, and Embry.
Quil remained neutral.
"It's gonna be okay sis," Seth smiled placing his arm around my shoulder. "This is a good thing, now you and I both have our imprints!" My little brother imprinted a few weeks back on a girl named Bree Tanner. Poor kid came from a pretty abusive home, and after her father was arrested for killing her mother, she came to live with her maternal grandmother in Forks. "The only person left to find their soulmate is Embry."
Seth was right. Even, Bella was finally starting to give Jake a real chance. After Cullen left, Bella was a damn mess, but not only did Jake put her back together again, he killed Victoria. Most importantly, Jake imprinted on Bella, but she was still trying to make sense of it all. Imprint or not we all knew, Jake chose Bella a long time ago.
"I'm good guys, really." Embry assured us, "besides you save the best for last, meaning my imprint is gonna be bad ass!" He and Seth fist bumped one another in agreement.
"You know Daniel moved a few houses down from Bells." Jake announced.
"He doesn't live on the rez?" No wonder why I hadn't seen him around since he returned a few weeks ago.
Seth shook his head, "Nah, he told Billy, since he'll be working at the hospital in Forks he felt it was for the best."
"Or maybe he really hates the rez just like his mom does." I mumbled.
"Leah don't do that. Sam's just being a dick," Embry replied.
"He doesn't mean too, he still cares about you, so this probably has him all screwed up." Quil always played devil's advocate. Maybe because he spent more time with Sam than the rest of us since Claire was Emily's little sister and lived with them.
That was why he probably remained so neutral.
"Anyway," Jake cut in glaring briefly at Quil, "You should stop by his place. He should've made it home by now, the way he was driving." He smirked.
"Oh shit, this is so supernaturally fucked up!" I groaned, folding my arms across my chest. "I can't do this right now." As much as I wanted to go after Daniel, I knew I needed a game plan.
"You'll figure it out Leah, why don't you head home and sleep on it, then stop by Daniel's tomorrow." Seth suggested.
I nodded in agreement unable to speak anymore. Tomorrow was gonna be one interesting day.
Daniel POV
By the time I was done wolfing out, it had been closer to midnight. Much to my relief my car was still there, and the road was deserted. Being completely naked I was thankful for the bag of sweats I always kept in my trunk. After quickly getting dressed I drove home. My thoughts still plagued with Leah, the strange happening that occurred between us, and that kiss. After taking a quick shower, I scarfed down some food and waited for sleep to take hold of me. I dreamt of a life I never knew could exist. A life I never wanted, but now so desperately needed now. A life with Leah Clearwater. Our beautiful kids. Two boys with her spunk, and a wisp of a daughter with my eyes.
The following morning, I was beyond confused. I had been bewitched so speak by this woman and I didn't even know her. I was still trying to piece together what happened last night. While I ate my breakfast. I had finally decided I would go back to La Push and get to know Leah. I wasn't sure what I was going to say to her but the need to see her was paramount.
The only person who knew of my wolf's existence was Mercedes, cause there were no secrets between us. Oh no Mercedes! Telling Leah about Mercedes may be even more difficult than fighting the unrelenting urge spurred by my wolf to kill those undead creatures in the guise of humans.
I didn't know why I hated them so much, but whenever I came across one, I knew deep down inside I had transformed into this killing machine because of those cold bloodsucking bastards. To think I was once seduced by one before I became a wolf, before I knew she was trying to make me her prey, I still cringe at the very thought of her hands on me. After attempting to kill me, she left me there for dead. Had my ability to heal quickly not been triggered I would've been another one of her many victims.
I learned early on, the only way to truly kill them was to rip them to shreds and burn their marble bodies. In between my studies, I killed as many of them as I could. They were nothing like the Hollywood films described.
Vampires.
They were totally different. It had been two years since my last kill and I been trying to get rid of my wolf, but he didn't want to leave. At the time I didn't understand why. I finally think I figured it out. He...no we were waiting for Leah Clearwater.
Grabbing my keys off the table, I made my way towards my front door, and just as I opened it, there stood the one person I hadn't been able to stop thinking about. The one woman whom somehow, I had fell in love with instantly with one single gaze.
"Leah!" She was there standing at my door. She had on a pair of black jeans with a rip on the knee and a sexy light gray V neck fitted shirt. She was so damn beautiful, it didn't matter what she was wearing, because she wore her beauty in every motion and word. My lips curled immediately. She looked nervous but happy, she was biting down on her bottom lip, and I had to stop myself from leaning forward and kissing her senseless.
What a pleasant surprise.
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