Chapter 2

Before Analei left her grandfather did tell her it would take around two weeks to travel there by foot, he also said it would prepare her for the physical aspect of being around their pack and being able to keep up. Hopefully she will catch a ride here and there, although she will mostly be in her wolf the whole time, might cut the length of this trip by a few days.

She would cross the border in her wolf too, it just makes it easier for her, and she hates human police. As she thought about them a chill went through her body.

A few hours after she left her grandfather's house she phased and since Alaska was mostly snow and woods, it was easier for her to travel. Although she knew it wouldn't be this easy the whole way and sighed to herself, what had she gotten herself in to?

She relaxed as she walked and as she relaxed her mind wandered off. She may be normal in her town, all of the town folk and the tribe knew her and what she was and what the reason was for her appearance and she still got stares. How much would she stand out in Forks? Probably like one white rose in the middle of a mud field. She laughed to herself slightly and continued on her journey.

'I was right when I said catching a few rides would help me get here faster' she thought to herself as she past the Welcome to Forks sign in her wolf form. She immediately picked up the rancid scent of vampire but she also knew that the Quileute's had a treaty with a vampire clan so she didn't think much of it as she padded on but made sure to steer clear of their territory.

She found a secluded place in the wood and phased quickly and shoved her clothes onto her body and made her way to the busiest part of town. She immediately got stares and whispers said about her, how did she know? She could hear them, easily, stupid people. She shoved her hair into her hoodie and pulled the hood up as if to protect herself from the cool spring air, but this was summer back in Alaska, warmer than actually.

Analei found herself on the way to the reserve and smelled wolf scent overlaid with wolf scent, which meant short cut paths. She veered off the main road, if you would call it that – it was a dirt road, and walked along the rough path but very manageable in her human form.

Fifty feet in she stopped in her tracks knowing they were there, watching. "Well come out, I'm not going to bite." She laughed slightly to herself as she saw 3, no, 4 wolves emerge from the woods bushes and trees. Her hood was still up so they couldn't see her face or her hair, yet.

One of the wolves turned back into the brush and came out a few second later human, with no shirt on, just shorts. 'What do they put in the water here?' Analei thought to herself as her eyes raked over the male's body.

"Are you from the Inu Tribe?" His voice was strong, that of an alpha, if not his second. "Yeah," Analei responded, "My name is Ana, and you are?" Ignoring her question he motioned to her hood, "Take that off." She sighed, she dreaded this moment and slowly lifted the hood from her head and she looked up at the human amongst the wolves and for a split second she saw his eyes soften.

He scoffed, "Do all wolves in Alaska stand out like this?" Analei shook her head, "Just me." That was her response. She wouldn't give him any more than he was giving her, he didn't even give her his name. She already decided she didn't like him, even if he was drop dead gorgeous.

He motioned for her to follow him and she did, the wolves trailing behind her. The trek back wasn't too bad, only about ten minutes and then they came up to a house where there was wolf scent radiating from the building. Almost as soon as they came out of the cover of the woods, more wolves emerged from the house, and she spotted their alpha, leading them towards her where she waiting in a clearing, with three wolves at her back and the human one to her right side.

Her heartbeat quickened but she willed it to slow, she was technically the alpha of her pack at home. She may be female but she could easily take more than half of their males.

Sam stopped in front of her and raked his eyes over her body, "They didn't tell me you'd stick out this much." Was the first thing he said to her, really? Did no one have manners here? Ana stuck out her hand, "My names Ana, eldest of the fighting wolves, and alpha of the Inu Tribe." His eyebrows raised, "They did tell me not to underestimate you though." Was that a slight laugh?

Same grabbed her hand in a strong shake, "My name is Sam, let's sit and you can get to know the rest to the pack." As they led her to a fire pit the ones in wolf form went off to phase back and change into clothes, or just shorts like Mr. Model over here. She sat down and saw the boys racing from the house, laughing. One of the younger ones sat on her right and a boy around her age sat on her left.

The younger one spot first, "Names Seth Clearwater, nice to meet you Ana." She smiled a bit and nodded her greeting. The one to her left spoke next, "Names Embry Call, also nice to meet you." She nodded and looked around, it was getting darker and one of the boys lit the fire, shirtless, as every other boy in the pack was. She noticed the lone female wolf and nodded a bit to her, she nodded back and her eyes went back to the fire. Female wolves were always weary of other female wolves.

Laughter and conversation rose from around the fire until Sam spoke, "Quiet!" The noise died out instantly and looked around. "All of you know that we were getting a visitor from the Inu Tribe, what you don't know is why." All of the wolves looked up at him, except one, Mr. Arrogant. He eyed her, surely just making sure she didn't step out of line. "Ana is here to help form an alliance with us, for her tribe to grow strong so that in the case we need the help, they will be there and if they need the help, we will be there. Please treat her as one of the pack, your sister." As he ended his small speech the boys all cheered and got up, immediately fooling around with one another.

She was then bombarded with questions, "How old are you?" "What does your wolf look like?" "How big is your pack actually?" And the strangest one, "Do you have a boyfriend?" She looked at the four wolves around her, she recognized their scents to three of the being the ones in the forest when the found her and then there was Seth. "Well, I'm 18," She started. "Ha! Already too old for you Seth!" Embry, egged Seth on. "Oh shut up Embry it's not like you have a chance with her!" Seth called back.

Her eye brows rose, this is like all these males are in heat just looking for something to hump. She didn't even find herself that attractive and for these boys to be blatantly telling one another they have no chance with her was funny.

The two boys settled down listened, "My pack has two other wolves besides me, they're 13 and 14, and uh" She scratched her head, "No I don't have a boyfriend." She purposefully avoided what her wolf looked like, she didn't plan on phasing here.

"Ana." Sam called her over to where he was standing with the gorgeous but arrogant wolf from the woods. As she walked over she made no movement to acknowledge he was there. Sam motioned to him, "This is Jacob Black, and you'll be staying at his house with him and his father."

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