Embry POV
Knock, knock, knock. I banged on the front door.
"Come in," called Billy. I walked inside the small house. It seemed so dark and gloomy inside ever since Bella had had Nessie.
"Hey Billy," I said enthusiastically as I walked into the living room. "Is Jake up yet? How's he doing?" Jake hadn't talked to any of us in over a month, unless it was about pack business.
"Not so good Embry. Jake's still asleep and I have to go shopping for more food, seeing as him and Paul have eaten everything within a kilometre of this house. Do you want to stay and watch some tv with Paul?" He replied. I nodded, my thoughts mulling over Jake's current depression. What would it take to make him snap out of it? Another girl? I laughed out loud at the thought. Yeah right. Jake doesn't even leave the house!
I dropped onto the couch opposite Paul, giving a slight nod to acknowledge his presence. At the thought of girls, my mind had trigged a certain longing. Almost everyone had imprints now, except for me, Jake, Leah and Seth. Even Colin and Brady did!!! I was beginning to think that love was just a myth.
I heard a bang in the distance, but just shrugged it off. It was probably just a bird or something. But then I heard the scream.
"HELPPP!!! JAKE!!!" Paul and I immediately shot up and sprinted to the door. As I wrenched the door open I heard a loud bang from Jacob's room and muffled swearing. At least he was up now. I looked left and right searching for the source of the sound. Almost immediately I spotted a pair of figures in the distance. Using my super eyesight, I zoomed in on the pair. There was a girl (the source of the scream). She appeared to be struggling against some guy. No, not a guy, a blood sucking leech!
Paul and I immediately jumped into action. I leapt over the fence, looking up in time to see the leech through the girl at the garage wall. She crumpled to the ground automatically, not moving an inch. I heard the door behind me slam shut as Jacob caught up to us. All three of us morphed in sync as the leech closed in on her.
A growl erupted from my left as Jake took the lead. The bloodsucker turned around and glared as we slowly, and purposely converged on him.
'Thanks a lot for waking me up guys! Stupid leeches, why can't they just leave us alone!' Jake growled again.
'Sorry boss, we didn't want to disturb you. What's your plan of attack?' I replied.
'Embry, you look after the girl. You can borrow some of my clothes. Paul, you're coming with me. We're going to tear this leech limb from limb!' Paul gave a growl of confirmation.
The leech took a step back, and quickly spun around and took off running. Jake and Paul followed close behind as I ran over to the small figure lying on the ground.
She looked about my age and she definitely had Quileute blood in her. She looked familiar. An image began to form in my head, but just as quickly as the thought came, it disappeared. Using my snout, I moved her long, brown, wavy hair that hid half her face. I yelped in shock. There was blood all over her face, and even more of the bright red liquid was gushing out from two massive slices on her forehead and cheek.
I needed to pick her up and carry her, so I quickly morphed back into my human form and ran over to the remains of my clothes. My shorts weren't torn too bad, so I quickly threw them on and then jogged back over to the girl. Lifting her up in my arms, I felt the familiarity grow stronger, but like before it quickly disappeared. I ran her into the house, straight passed the kitchen and into the living room. After placing her on the largest couch I jogged to the bathroom in search of the emergency medical kit.
After five minutes of tearing the room apart, I found it hidden behind the laundry basket. I quickly checked the contents of the box, making sure that everything was there, before I quickly sprinted back to her. Looking through the box's contents, I had seen a piece of cloth perfect for cleaning the blood off of her face with.
After another ten minutes of wiping her face, the blood was all gone. Looking at her so close up, I began to fell the feeling of familiarity again. That wavy brown hair, that tanned skin, the way her lips parted every time she breathed. It couldn't be possible! Mum had told me she was dead! I'd seen the burnt tree house; I'd been at the funeral! But then how could it be that my sister was lying right here on the couch in front of me?
I could here the pack coming up the driveway; they'd obviously joined in the chase. A thought hit me. Jacob, he must have known! They were best friends but after her death he never mentioned her. And when he did he never looked anyone in the eye. The front door banged shut. I let out a loud growl at the sound of his voice. He had a LOT of explaining to do!
