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"Is this what you're looking for?" said a deep mysterious voice coming from the shady silhouette.
"That's our ball. Thanks dude!" said Seth, who was being completely natural and oblivious to the creeper standing in front of us.
The man came out of the shadows then, and I couldn't help but notice the similarities between him and the pack. He had the similar russet skin, although his was slightly lighter, tall build and naturally muscular. If I didn't know better, I'd say he was a wolf too. But we're the only one out there, besides the freaky movie werewolves. His midnight blue eyes scrutinized me like I was some piece of art he was dissecting for approval. "I noticed. Name's Matt. I was wondering if there was a Sam Uley here."
I took a slight step forwards, trying to keep Seth out of this. Who knew what this guy could do.
"What do you want to do with Sam?" I asked, trying to be casual, and failing miserably. I probably sounded like I was choking on salt water.
He didn't seem phased by the hostility in my voice. "I just want to meet him. I heard he was the chief around here, or whatever you guys call it."
Now I was very suspicious. How would he know that? It's not true anymore, but still. I felt uneasy about this guy, and wasn't sure if I should tell him if Sam's here or not. Unfortunately, Sam happened to overhear us and came walking over.
He was acting calm in the strange situation, as usual. "I'm Sam Uley. What can I do for you?"
"Well I'm Matt and my father told me about your… pack. I heard you were the Alpha, and I came to straighten that out." Matt replied, like it was a natural thing to say.
I looked around at the rest of the pack, who had come closer to see what was going on (even though they probably didn't need to, they're just nosy). They all looked as creeped out and confused as I was. I really wanted to know what this was all about. I was getting impatient with all of this, so, as Alpha, I went right ahead and asked, even if I didn't realize I did until after the words came out of my mouth.
"Straighten out what? How do you know that Sam is the Alpha? And who the hell is your father to tell you about us?"
He smiled a little. It was an evil little smirk like the bad guys have before they are about to kill you. "Well that's precisely why I'm here. I know about you, because my father gave me exactly what he gave to Sam. The werewolf gene. My pack lives out in Northern Idaho, along with my father," he paused, trying to be dramatic, but really just pissing off the group of wolves surrounding him. "And Sam's."
It was completely silent. No one had any clue of what to say or what to do. I looked over at Sam, only to see him looking back at me. His expression was one of horror, surprise, and anger. The latter was probably for his father, and not Matt, but I felt that both of them deserved it right now.
Paul, with his big mouth, was the first one to speak. "Who the hell do you think you are? You come here and tell us that you're also a freakish wolf like us, and then you say that you're Sam's freakin' brother?!?" He seemed to be really mad. Paul's always mad, but this time that anger was shared throughout the rest of the pack.
Sam, seemingly speechless, finally found his voice to talk. "My father. You come all this way to see me to tell me about my father? I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I don't care what you have to say about my sorry excuse for a father." Hurt and anger was leaking through his voice. I don't know if Matt could tell, because Sam has always been one to be calm during crazy situations, but the rest of us could see through it clearly.
"I think what everyone is trying to say, is that you caught us unexpected, especially with news of Sam's father, but if that's all, then we would like to ask you to leave." I said, trying my best to be a good Alpha is this type of situation, especially while Sam is falling apart.
Matt just laughed, and it made a shiver run down my spine. "Oh I'm far from done here. My father told me that Sam was the Alpha of the pack down here in La Push. As your older brother, I felt that I needed to come and take my place as the rightful Alpha." When he finished, he had a smug smile on his face, and a small murmur of voices started to descend around us. Before I could say something back, we saw Emily, Kim, Maggie, Embry's imprint, and Claire, all walking towards us, and more importantly Matt.
All of the imprinters immediately went stiff and tried to block off Matt's sight from them. Of course, as a wolf, it wasn't that easy to keep their arrival from him.
"Oh! And who do we have here? Hello ladies." He said, trying to be seductive. He looked Maggie up and down, checking her out. Then he gave her a wink and licked his lower lip, in a way that would make any guy shiver in disgust, but may have the opposite effect on girls. Maggie was never one to sit back and take something, so it was no surprise that she stood up to him.
"Excuse me? Who do you think you are appearing here and trying to flirt with me? I don't know who you are or why you're here, but I couldn't care less. Back off, because I happen to be engaged." She ended with a death glare towards him, and he looked back shocked and slightly startled. Embry, looking proud, wrapped his arm around her waist and she leaned back into him.
"Well, congratulations then. And actually I do have a purpose for being here. I came here to claim my rightful position in the pack." He said.
I, as the actual Alpha, felt it was my job to set him straight on this whole Alpha situation. "Sam's not the Alpha. He's my second in command. I'm the Alpha of this pack." I tried to look proud of that position while I was telling him all this, but inside I knew that I almost wished that he could have been right and Sam was the Alpha. "My name's Jacob Black."
"Well Jacob, it's very nice to meet you. And, if you don't mind my asking, how did you become the Alpha of the pack anyway? Last I heard Sam was." He looked honestly curious, but I could see the cogs in his head, trying to decipher this new news. I think he wanted to try and find a way around it, but then again, I really couldn't be sure.
"Well my grandfather, Ephrium Black, was the last chief of the Quilete tribe. My ancestors were all respected chiefs on the reservation. Levi Uley was second in command to my grandfather, which is why Sam has his position." I figured this would clarify things well enough for him.
"I see. Well you certainly left me a lot to think about. Thank you very much for everything. I hope we meet again Jacob, Sam." He said this with a slight head nod to each of us when he said our names, and then he was gone.
"Jeez what's his rush?" said Leah, looking just a tad bit more pissed off than normal.
"I have no idea, but I don't like hearing that he'll be back. That guy gives me the beejebers!" said Quil, who gave a little shudder to show the emphasis of what he said. We all laughed slightly at him, but were still too tense to let even Quil's jokes cool us off.
"Same here. And I swear if he tries to hit on me again, I'm going to seriously consider kicking him in his vulnerable spot." Maggie said, with a devilish smile creeping across her face. Embry, with his arm still around her, looked like he may be sick from the thought of him hitting on Maggie again.
We all tried to relax a little more after that. No one wanted to keep the awkward tension hanging there any longer. We went back to our game and played for a little while longer. It was getting late, and the girls were getting tired. We all started to head off in our own directions when Sam came up to me.
"Hey Jacob. Can I talk to you for a second?" He seemed nervous; almost like he was afraid I'd say no.
"Yeah sure Sam." I said. We stood there, watching as everyone drove off. We were standing next to Sam's old black truck and Emily was inside, waiting for us to finish I guess. "What's up?"
He was wringing his hands together, seemingly uneasy. He took a deep breath and let it out, then started to talk. "I feel really unsure of what that Matt guy wanted. He seemed like he came here and he was all cocky and proud of who knows what, and then when he found out that you were the Alpha and not me, he got really nervous and didn't really know what to say next. I mean, he got out of there pretty fast, even for a werewolf. If he knows my dad, than he obviously knows something, and the fact that he knew I was the Alpha, even though I'm not anymore, is starting to scare me. Something is off with that guy, and I don't know what he is planning to do with you or me, and I'm worried about how-" I cut off his babbling there. I don't think I'd ever seen Sam this distressed.
"Sam, calm down. I don't know what he was doing or what's going to happen, but I think the best we can do is to just stay calm and keep a lookout for anything unusual. Until something starts happening, I don't think we should freak out too much over it." I said, and I suddenly felt this burst of support in me. I felt like a real Alpha at that second. I was telling people what to do in a crazy situation, and I helped calm Sam down. At that moment, I wasn't thinking about hating my ancestors or about Bella, I was just thinking about how I, as the Alpha, could help out Sam and the rest of the pack.
"Ok I guess you're right. Well I'll see you later Jake." Sam said, and started to get back in his car.
"Later Sam." I replied.
I started to get in my car to drive home when I heard a very faint howl in the distance. I didn't recognize it as one of the packs, so I figured it must be a local wolf. It wasn't too loud so it must have been pretty far off.
I drove off, ignoring what I'd just heard. Billy gave me all of about 5 seconds of peace before he started questioning me.
"So what did that guy want that you were talking to? He seemed kind of off to me."
"I have no idea. He said he's Sam's brother and he came to take over Sam's place as Alpha, but when I told him that I was the Alpha, he ran off." I said this with what I'm guessing was a puzzled and annoyed expression on my face.
I must have guessed right. "That's odd. Don't let it get you down kiddo, he ran off, he can't be much of a threat if he backs down from a fight." He replied back, with that reassuring smile parents always give their kids to make them feel better.
"Yeah I know. I shouldn't let this get to me, but there's something about him that makes me feel like he's going to be back." I said, still kind of unsure.
"If he comes back, deal with it then. There's nothing we can do now." He said back.
There was a calm silence the rest of the drive home. He didn't seem to have much more to add, and I didn't really feel like talking about it anymore.
I looked out my bedroom window and thought I heard the howl again. I felt a shiver run down my spine, but I shook it off and went to sleep, trying not to think about what happened or what may happen soon enough. I think it would be better for everyone to just shrug it off and go on pretending it didn't happen. And on that note, I fell asleep.