With A Soft Sweet Scent
A/N: I'm so sorry! I really really meant to put this up yesterday but then I stayed over at a friend's house so... but in an effort to apologise properly I have the next two chapters. So peace? :D I will make a proper effort to post more chapters during the week but I won't promise much because I write Science this week and Science and I have yet to find an understanding with each other. But Enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: Twilight still belongs to Stephanie Meyer.
Jacob walked up the path to the small cottage and snapped his phone shut wondering who the place could belong to. Seth had sounded... surprised that he was coming and Jacob sighed. He didn't want to come, he hadn't felt like doing anything today but his dad had kicked him out the house saying her had things to do. He'd never been here before but had heard Alice talk about it. He saw the door was slightly open and smelt the scents of his pack mates, Alice and something else. Something sweet and delicate, his nostrils flared as he took in the new scent. It's tickled his throat and it reminded him of something. Curious, he opened the door and heard a girls low voice.
"No." She didn't sound happy and Jacob felt his temper flare a bit. He frowned and turned into a room following the voice and the scent. He walked into a kitchen and came face to face with a nervous looking Seth and an agitated Alice, where was the other girl? He breathed in deeply trying to place the scent. He wondered if she was ok.
"Who does this place belong to?" He asked Alice.
"A friend." She said shortly. Jacob could tell that the girl was the one who had left the scent but he was struggling to remember where he had smelt that scent before.
"Alice, where is she?" He asked. Alice looked at her friend and was shocked at the emptiness to them. Usually Jacob's eyes were expressive and filled with laughter but now they were flat and emotionless. It scared her to see him like this. She knew Kayla would be pissed at her for telling him but he looked so uncertain and so desperate that it didn't seem fair to hide the truth from him. He seemed to recognise the scent but not where he knew it from.
"She left," She said softly, "she didn't want to stay around with the pack being here."
"Or me?" Jacob asked, he'd managed to place the scent. It was the same one as his dreams, except it was intensified a hundred fold with such a range of tones. It seemed to be gentle and delicate smell of cinnamon but it held a powerful smell of fire behind it.
"She didn't want to see me did she?" Jacob asked. He watched Alice hesitate.
"She's just as unsure of this as you are," She said quietly, "She also wants to wait and hear what the Elders have to say before she sees you. She dreams of you too, and it frightens her that you are actually real."
"You know what's going on though, don't you?" he asked.
Alice nodded, "It was a long time ago when your tribes used to live in harmony. Her being here and her being called to here can only mean one that either the two of you are going to have a confrontation or that you are going to need her help."
"What is she?" Jacob asked curiously.
"When she wants to share with you she will." Alice said, "She isn't proud of what she is and like you she didn't have a choice in the matter." And with that she left and walked through the door, he heard the others talking in the room next door and he looked at Seth.
"Where did she go?" He asked again, he felt an urge to find this strange girl and ask her why she had invaded his dreams.
"I can' tell you that," Seth said, "She ordered me not to tell you and her commands trumps the Alpha command."
Jacob furrowed his eyebrows as he thought about that statement. She must be very powerful if her orders could supersede his. He decided to just forget about her. There were reasons for her not wanting to see him and to be honest he wasn't sure he would have the self-control to not turn it into a confrontation. Underlying the empty feeling was a bubbling rage. He didn't know how to make it stop but he was constantly angry and felt himself getting irritated at the smallest of things. He took a deep breath and followed the path that his Pixie friend had taken. As he walked into the lounge he heard Quil and Paul cracking up.
"So she made Leah scream louder than you?" Quil asked Embry. Jacob watched with interest as Embry flushed and Leah scowled.
"She put a spider in my shower," she said rolling her eyes, "I hardly think that counts."
"But the way she said it," Paul said laughing, "Man that was priceless. Where is she anyways?"
"She had to go," Seth said grabbing a muffin off the plate. Leah looked at Alice who nodded in Jacob's direction. He scowled at them. Honestly, could they at least try to be subtle about the whole thing?
"You ready for patrol?" Embry asked, as he got up from next to Leah.
"Yeah, let's go." Jacob muttered. They drove in Jake's Rabbit to the Clearwater's house before they phased.
"How are you doing?" Embry asked.
"Ok, I'm just finding it more and more difficult to keep my temper in check." Jacob admitted, "And Kayla's scent is the same as the one from my dream so that's driving me crazy as well." He growled. It was so frustrating. He wanted to know why she had come here. Why was she in his dreams and what could possibly happen that she would need to be here? Not having the answers was frustrating him. He could tell Embry was alarmed at the anger that was bubbling.
"Dude you need to run." Embry suggested, "Try and work out all that frustration." Jacob managed to give a wolf's shrug.
"But there's so much to do here, all the youngster need watching out for and making sure they learn to keep themselves in check."
"How are you supposed to do that when you can barely keep yourself in control?" Embry pointed out, "Seriously Jake, take a couple of days and run to Canada's border, sort out the issues and then come back. I remember the last time this happened and when you did let loose you ended up phasing." Embry said grimly. Jacob mentally scowled. He'd hoped his friend had forgotten that but evidently he hadn't. Jacob had used to get bouts of the empty feeling every now and then without any warning. It would last until he'd then release the underlying rage. The last few times had been bad. He'd phased the one time and then before that time he had broken his hands punching through a wall. He winced at the memory. Embry was right, he did need a break, besides he'd only get his results in about a month's time anyways so it wouldn't hurt to take a break.
"Will you let my dad know?" He asked Embry.
"Of course," Embry said, "just make sure you get yourself sorted."
Jacob nodded and started his run. He had a long way to go and a lot of anger to burn out. Embry watched as Jacob ran and when he couldn't hear his thoughts anymore Embry sighed. His friend was broken. Too many things had happened to Jake for him to ever be fixed again. Briefly he wondered if Kayla would maybe talk to him. She certainly had a knack for solving problems and had helped him break the news of him being a werewolf to his mom as well as his engagement to Leah even though his mom was slightly disapproving of her. He smiled at the thought of Leah. He couldn't wait for the wedding, Only three more weeks, he thought. He continued patrol before heading back to the house to break the news to Billy that his son was gone again.
A/N: Please feel free to feed the plot fairies :D
