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Sam POV:
Samuel Uley was tired.
The day had been long, just like many of the days and months before. This was a tiredness that couldn't be slept off, but yet seemed to accumulate as the days dragged on and blurred
together into a maddening array of insanity. He had never asked for this position to be handed to him, or rather, forced upon him. He had grown up listening to the Elders as the spoke of
the tribes ancestry and of the Protectors and he had always wondered as a child what it would be like to be a wolf, wild and free from all that bound him.
He had never thought that he would be so personally involved.
Over the past year, his life had changed drastically. Sam remembered the day that changed it all with stunning clarity. He had just finished celebrating his twenty-first birthday when his
world exploded, literally. His mother had baked him a chocolate cake, just the way she knew he liked it and had invited a small group of people, close family friends, over to her home
to celebrate Sam's birthday. The gathering had been relaxed and informal, just the way Sam liked things, and the day had been good except for the staring. Billy, Harry, and Quil Sr. had
all been discretely glancing at him that night, with looks of...expectation. He had made his excuses and went home that night, not knowing how much things were about to change.
On his walk home, Sam had started thinking about his absentee father that had not shown up to yet another birthday celebration. The thought of his father didn't usually bother him but it
had that night. His mind had started running in vicious cycles, playing memories of a childhood better left forgotten. He remembered waiting for his father to call, waiting for his father to
play catch with him, waiting for things to change, always waiting. Then he snapped.
Anger flowed through him in scorching waves, like uncontrollable lava flowing down a volcanic mountain, burning and singeing. The pain had been all-consuming.
Changing into a wolf is not easy physically, mentally, or emotionally. That night and the days that had followed showed him what being truly alone and helpless was.
He had had no one to coax him through the traumatic ordeal of becoming a Protector of the tribe. Harry and Quil Sr. had been the ones to finally find him.
The Elder's knew all the in's and out's of being one of the Chosen. The gene had skipped their generation but their fathers had taught them well. The men had been able to help calm Sam
down enough for him to phase back to his normal human self. Old Quil had handed him a pair of shorts to cover his nakedness and then they took Sam to Harry's home where Sue had
been waiting with a warm meal that could have fed a human army, yet he had eaten it all. All had been explained that night. He was one of the Chosen, made to be able to defend his
people from harm from the Cold Ones. Jared had phased six months after that, then Paul. Being the Alpha, Sam had been there to guide them.
Sam mentally shook himself from his memories as he heard his phone ringing. It was Billy. "Sam, we have a problem."
"What is it Billy?"
"It's Bella Swan. She's gone missing. You know she has been dating one of the Cullens." Sam knew what Billy meant, the Cullen's weren't supposed to harm a human or the treaty would
be forfeit. The fact that the girl had gone missing sent up major warning flags. "We need you and the boys to do what you do best."
Billy gave him detailed directions to the Swan's household.
"We'll be there shortly, Billy."
Sam stopped his truck on the edge of the road in front of the Swan residence. It would have been faster and much easier to run to the location in wolf form but it would raise suspicions if
they just appeared out of the woods. There were numerous vehicles and people milling about the yard and home, almost all with strained looks of concern or stress on their faces.
He, Jared, and Paul spotted Billy fairly quickly. As they made their way through the throng of people Paul and Jared flanked beside and a few steps behind Sam.
It was an instinctual formation. Sam smelled the burning scent of the vampires and he knew the other two smelled it as well.
It made them all on edge. "Stay calm until we get out of sight." The smell brought a hair-raising response out of the pack members and an almost instantaneous need to phase, to
defend. Billy could see the strain on their faces and decided to relieve them. "Go." That one word was barely a whisper that from Billy, but the pack heard.
Sam nodded at the other two and they all despersed once deep enough within the dense forest to not be detected by humans. All three changed into their ancestrial form and took off in
the directions assigned to them: Jared north, Paul South, and Sam East. All three were on guard, watching and waiting, trying to detect any movement or sound.
Sam crept sleathily through the woods. The moon was hidden behind the dense clouds above but he could see clearly.
The ground was soggy beneath his paws as he trudged deeper into the woods, searching for Bella's scent. He could hear from their thoughts that neither Paul nor Jared had found
anything so far but they continued searching. Suddenly, as he was passing a rather large tree, Sam caught a whiff of what could only be Bella's scent.
She smelt like comfort and sunshine and Sam couldn't have stopped tracking the scent, even if he had wanted to. He saw her. She laid crumpled in the fetal position on the ground,
surrounded by wet leaves and moss. He approached her. Sam nuzzled her face and neck with his nose, trying to arouse some sort of response from her.
What happened to her? The thought was plaguing him. He phased back, quickly pulled his shorts on, and stepped closer to the girl.
As he walked closer some of the foliage growing heavily on the ground rustled with his movements and the girl opened her eyes. He watched silently as her eyes traveled up his tall form.
Then his world was thrown upside down.
Their eyes met and he knew. She was the One. Everything that had ground him before was suddenly of little to no importance. She was his everything now.
He would protect her, love her, support her. She was his mate. The thought left him feeling awe and wonder.
Since he had first phased, Sam had always believed he would be alone for the rest of his existence but here she was, his mate. She was his.
Sam folded his body down to her level and gazed at her. His mate was beautiful. She had a big brown eyes with a heart-shaped pale face, encased with cascading brown hair that flowed
freely in soft curls and waves. He raised his hand and gently caressed her smooth cheek, as if to convey his feelings.
Bella smiled softly at him and he couldn't fight the smile that bubbled up at seeing his mate content. In a soothing voice he spoke the traditional words of every mated Alpha that had
come before him. "A-ya u-ha wu li s qu a dv a wa dv di ni hi, u na li go hi. A-ya gv ge yu i ni-hi a le a s qua ni go do di ni-hi ni ga na ye gv na ni dv le nv da e s ga i gv ne hi." (Translation: I
have finally found you, my mate. I love you and I will keep you safe from harm.) Silence followed his words, a peaceful silence spent basking in the glow of finding your other half.
Bella's timid voice broke the quiet. "Who...who are you?" Her voice was filled with curiosity and wonder.
They both felt the impact of the imprint, it affected both parties in many ways.
Sam spoke softly, afraid to break the comfort of the moment. "I am Sam Uley."
I hope you all enjoyed that! :) I loved writing from Sam's perspective.
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