I'm back with another one! I got some good responses from the Prologue, so I decided to go ahead and get the first chapter up. This is basically just a refresher chapter that gives us a little more insight to Collin and why is like he is around vampires. It also runs over the events of Untouchable that lead up to the infamous kitchen scene where Collin meets his imprint. Enjoy!

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Chapter 1 – Trouble, Trouble, Trouble

Collin

I knew something big was going to happen the moment Jake phased and told me that expected the pack in Denali by morning. However, nothing in my nearly eight years of being a wolf would have helped me see just how big this something was. And let me tell you…it was big.

Jake had been having trouble with his imprint, Renesmee, ever since she matured. I had been in his head countless times while patrolling, and I could begin to see that his interests in her were changing. It wasn't anything cheap or wrong; he didn't even think of her sexually at the time. He basically just had a little crush on her. Not that I blamed him - Renesmee had always been beautiful. Just a few weeks before her seventh birthday, she began to look really beautiful, if you get me. Jake took notice. Then, one night he did something that sent a whole series of events into motion that bring me to why I was called up to Denali.

Here is where all of my trouble starts. Not that I wasn't used to my life being full of problems…

You see, I live in the type of world where nothing can ever be really hunky dory for long. I've only been happy a few times in my life. I've always had this feeling of dread in my stomach…like it was too good to be true. I mean, it usually was, so that's no shocker there, but that's beside the point.

The pack had all been pretty content for most of my time as a wolf. The big fights of our time all came before I was really big enough to play a major role. That was the part that sucked the most about it. Sure, we had leeches that were coming out of the woodwork to destroy us, and I couldn't wait to fight with the rest of my pack. Sam had bigger plans for me. This biggest fight of them all, and I didn't even get to do anything. Not one thing. The funny part is, I remember being absolutely pissed as hell about it for weeks after that. I wanted to get a hold of an actual mean filthy bloodsucker and rip it to shreds. Literally – I wanted to just go ape shit on one of them, just to see what it was like. However, they all left pretty much peacefully and all went their separate ways. I had missed my chance, and things were diplomatic yet again.

Like I said, things never stayed nice for me for very long. I got my chance with a vampire eventually.

It happened about two years later when I was still young and thought I was hot shit. Who could blame me? I was a studly, young, massive were wolf with speed, strength, and more rage than I would ever know what to do with. Nothing could get past me!

Except for this one guy.

I was out patrolling with my pack mate Brady one night, and I remember it was one of our first nights going at it alone. Sam was getting older, and wanting to phase less for Emily's sake, so we were being trained to take on more responsibility. Brady was taking the North quarter, and I was taking the South. Remember how I thought I was the coolest thing to hit the planet since the dinosaurs? Yeah, I lost that feeling real fast when this one leech shot out of nowhere and attacked me.

I don't mean he swiped at me and chased me around a bit either. No…this thing came out of nowhere and bit the crap out of my back leg, which is basically poison for a wolf. I was gimping around in complete agony when the fucker came at me again! I thought I was done for. All this time, wanting to get my stupid paws on a leech and then one comes along out of the blue and almost ripped my leg off. That was a fight I almost didn't win, and it has been a fight I think about every day since it happened.

He nearly had me – if Brady wouldn't have come to save my ass, I know I would be one very dead pup at the moment. That wasn't the worst part of it though. Knowing that my brothers could see inside my head and feel the shame I felt for almost failing at what I was born to do was hard enough.

Every single one of them knew how much I wanted to kill a leech of my very own – one we were actually allowed to attack for once. Anyway, it was by far the scariest experience of my life, and that's no easy thing for a wolf to admit. I'm born to kill these creatures, and they literally scare the shit out of me.

Take the Cullens for example. Now, they're not as horrible, but many of them still scare the crap out of me. Take Edward. In a fight, he would have been able to hear anything I planned to do in defense before I had even finished the thought. I'm rather glad he's on our side.

So, you can imagine how thrilled I was to be going up to Denali with the rest of my pack to help out my Alpha. Of course I would go for Jake, but that certainly didn't mean that I was going to be happy about it. Staying in a house full of vampires was never a fun thing. I foresaw a lot of sleeping outside than hanging around the crypt. It said a lot that I would rather brave the icy, Alaskan nights rather than sleep indoors with team vamp.

As I mentioned we were going up to Denali to help Jake deal with his imprint, Renesmee. You see, Edward and Bella had forbidden Jake to tell Renesmee about the imprint until she was fully grown, or seven years old. Jake agreed because well, he didn't want to piss off the in-laws that he would have until the end of forever. Jacob kissing Renesmee presented him with a whole other set of problems besides announcing he had imprinted on her.

You see, He had agreed with Edward and Bella not to touch Renesmee or mention the imprint until she was fully matured. This would have been on her seventh birthday, but of course - Jacob ignored his little promise and kissed her anyway that night. His promise to Nessie's parents was officially broken. Why he kissed her the night before he had to leave for college was beyond me. Maybe he didn't want to leave without her knowing how he really felt about her. Maybe he was curious. Maybe he just couldn't help himself any longer. Whatever it was, I wasn't sure. I just know that it messed up his life almost permanently.

He left the next day and went away to college, and Nessie became really depressed because she still didn't know about the imprint. Like any girl, she freaked out. Jacob claimed it was a mistake and that he didn't mean to kiss her, which upset the poor girl even more. Her parents decided to take the family up to Denali, Alaska to help take her mind off things. That was where the real trouble started.

Then Denali family of vegetarian vampires had adopted two brothers who were newborns. I guess some accident had convinced Tanya, the coven's leader, that they needed to be transformed into vampires. One of the brothers adjusted well to their lifestyle, and let's just say the other one - not so much. So basically, we were blessed with a pair of newborn brothers into the fang-filled family. Creating new vampires is like playing with fire - you never know what can happen. Some fires are completely controllable while others can get out of control really quickly. This is what happened with the newborn vamps that Tanya had created. While brother number one stayed with the family and got along pretty well, brother number two took off to live as a real vampires do - killing humans and drinking from them. Basically, he was a thirsty murderer running wild.

Renesmee started to have feelings for brother number one, and that's where the trouble continued. Stefan, as he was called, had caught Nessie's eye and was giving Jake a run for his money. I didn't know that imprintees could actually be attracted to other males. Sometimes I think Renesmee just gave Stefan attention to mess with Jake while he was down at school. I got the feeling that she just wanted to get back at him. Either way, he was thousands of miles away and she was running around the backwoods of Alaska with a new vampire that was attempting to romance her. It gets better. Jake caught wind of all of this and let me tell you he was pissed.

We had barely recovered from that news when a new scent turned up around Forks. One that was undoubtedly that of shady vampire. We tried to track it, but the rain and his use of a car made it really difficult to figure out where he was and what he was doing. We didn't have time to worry about that, for daddy vamp Edward made the call and summoned us up north.

The wild brother, or brother number two as I called him, showed up within days and picked a fight with Jacob over Renesmee. Wouldn't you know that his scent was the same one we had been chasing around Forks? I already didn't like the guy. You can imagine how Jake felt when brother number two, Damon, expressed his interest in Nessie. Jake was even more pissed. Now, I liked Nessie just fine but if she didn't stop flirting with all these damn guys I was going to go nuts. So far Jake, brother number one, and brother number two were after her. I guess she was getting back at Jake for kissing her and then ditching her to go to school. I would have been upset too, but this was ridiculous.

Imagine our surprise when Renesmee jumped into a sports car with Brother number two and took off the next weekend. I thought Jake was gonna lose it. Alice stopped him from tracking her, claiming that she needed to go have this life experience and for us to stop sheltering her from everything. Well, what we didn't know was that Brother number two was apparently a shield like Bella and could actually block other vampire's talents and 'show' vampires like Alice and Edward what he wanted them to see.

Long story short…Renesmee figured this out and ran home several days later. She had actually used her talent to escape him after he tried to hold her captive. He had threatened to take her to the Volturi and let them know that she was romantically interested in a werewolf. She had eventually gotten lose and returned, filling us in on his master plan. We knew he would be coming back for her, so we waited, ready to attack. To make matters even more confusing, Alice hunted down Nahuel to come talk to a confused Renesmee. She was upset because she didn't belong anywhere and felt like a freak for being a hybrid – something I can definitely identify with. At least I had a pack of other 'freaks' that were just like me. Poor Nessie had no one.

However, Nahuel didn't come alone. I had heard Tanya mumbling something about more half breeds running around the house, but I hadn't paid much attention. Tanya was old and bitter and a tad scary when she was in a bad mood, so I generally avoided her and ignored her comments.

That brings me to what happened this morning.

Jake and I had just gotten back from patrol and were starving. I was elated to find that Carmen had decided to learn how to cook, and was doing so for us in the kitchen. I remember following the scent of cooking pasta the moment we entered the back doors of the house. However, the smell of food was laced with something else. Something…exotic…fruity…and really fucking good.

I sniffed the air again as Jake clicked the door shut. "Do you smell that?" I asked, frowning at him.

"Yeah. Pasta," He grunted, gingerly wiping his feet on the doormat. I glared at him again, turning my nose toward the kitchen.

"Yeah, but-"

"Let's eat."

Thanks, Jake, I thought bitterly. We moved toward the kitchen and the smell of food got stronger, but so did the other smell. What the…

The rest of my pack was already in the kitchen, standing around – Brady, Embry, Quil, and Seth, and they were joined with Renesmee and Carmen. I also recognized Nahuel, the half breed from the Volturi war, but two other people were with him.

The first woman was medium sized and had dark brown skin, although it shone with a strange pearlescent glow that Renesmee had. Her hair was a light brown but tinged blonde like my hair got when I spent too much time in the sun. It was curly and wild and stuck out in all directions. I calmed myself when she looked up at me with dark brown eyes that were like Renesmee's as well. Okay, so at least not more full vampires, I thought to myself.

My nostrils suddenly flared as the exotic flavor filled them, nearly knocking me over. My eyes shifted a little to the left, and the next thing I know, my life as I knew it changed forever. There she was.

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I hope this chapter helped clarify a few things. I said before that if you haven't read 'Untouchable' then this story won't make much sense. However, I did try to review the key points of that story in this chapter to make sure we're all on the same page. I hope it helped!

This is the last 'reviewing' chapter. In the next chapter, Collin meets 'someone' ; ) and we move on with the story. Remember, it does move along with the storyline for 'Untouchable' but it will also have it's own little events. Remember to check out my photo bucket (link is on my profile) for pics of Collin, Estrella, Denali, and all of the other characters.

Enjoy and please review! : )