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Chapter IV: A Broken Heart

~Cassandra~

Much like a few hours before, I took a deep breath before entering the house.

I climbed out the car and walked in, there Embry was pacing furiously, obviously waiting for me to arrive.

He looked up and saw me; Embry was about to approach but he stopped short.

He wanted to touch me but he also didn't want to scare me away.

I couldn't bring myself to go towards him. I felt like if he touched me I would forget all the anger I had towards him and melt lovingly into his arms.

"Cass-," he began but I put up a hand to stop him.

"Embry, we have to talk. Let's go into the living room." I told him and he nodded.

I walked into the spacious living room with Embry trailing behind me. We sat across from each other in huge, plush armchairs.

Embry sat forward waiting for me to begin the talk.

I took a deep breath and let it all out, when I did, I started my long explanation.

"Embry, when I left earlier, I went to the houses of the guys that I met." I could see that Embry wanted to say something about this but he held his tongue, I then continued, "And while I was there, one of them imprinted on me. Now before you ask, the reason they didn't do so before was because I had in my gray contacts. So they couldn't see straight into my eyes. But now I don't."

Embry started to shake and I decided that I should hurry with this before he exploded, "And Kyle, that's his name, told me that he would fight to the death for me. So I guess you have a little bit of competition." I laughed nervously after my last statement. I then regretted it when I saw the look in Embry's eye.

"Do you love him?" he asked roughly. I shook my head, "No Embry, I just met him. How could I love him?"

"I don't know, you could have imprinted on him too." Embry replied. I sighed, "If I imprinted on him don't you think that I would have told you by now?"

Embry ignored the question, "How do you know he's not just toying with you. This guy's obviously a werewolf and females are rare so he might just be saying these things so that he can get a female were."

I shook my head, "No, it's real."

"How do you know?" Embry asked. All this time he's been somewhat calm, but now his shaking had started up again.

"Because, I just know, okay?" I told him again. Not wanting to admit how Kyle and I had tested the proof of the imprint.

"How do you know Cassandra?" Embry asked me again. I winced, anytime he used my full first name he meant business. And the fact that he sounded so much like my father also put me on edge.

I was nothing but a weak wolf while he was my Beta. Imprint or not, I had to follow his orders, but that didn't mean I had to like it, or tell him calmly.

So I puffed up my chest and said with a snarl, "We kissed, alright? Is that what you want to hear? That we laid on his couch and sucked face for five minutes?"

Embry's mouth dropped, "I can't believe you cheated on me!" he yelled.

"I didn't cheat on you!" I yelled back.

"Then what the hell do you call making out with another guy while you have a boyfriend?" he asked me.

Embry did have a point, but in my mind it wasn't cheating. Really, I had no guilt whatsoever. Maybe I'm a horrible person, or maybe I feel no remorse because Embry's making me mad and I want to hurt him. Of course, if it is the latter, I'm going to be feeling the guilt later.

"I call it a test. You're the same one who just asked me how I knew it was real. It was real because when I kissed him, I could tell it was real."

Embry clenched and unclenched his fists repeatedly. We were now standing, having jumped up out of the chairs in our anger.

"Pack your bags, we're leaving." Embry said simply.

"What? We can't leave!" I told him.

He just turned from the room and started to stalk upstairs.

"Embry, we can't leave," I told him again. This time standing in front of him so he couldn't go anywhere.

He looked down at me. The look in his eyes broke my heart, just like I'd broken his.

"Yes we can. I'm in charge of your safety, and I feel that we are not safe here."

He started to walk around me but I grabbed on to his forearm.

He scowled and yanked his arm away from me forcefully. "Embry, we're not in any danger."

Embry whirled around on me, "Not in any danger?" he yelled. "You're telling me that a foreign pack isn't dangerous? Just because you want to stay here with your precious Kyle doesn't make it safe to be here. We're leaving now. I'll make the reservations when we get to the airport."

My mouth dropped. Was that what he really thought? Was that my real reason for wanting to stay? I sighed dejectedly and walked slowly up the stairs, following the stomping of Embry's feet.

For a second I felt like I was in the children's story Hansel and Gretel. But instead of following bread crumbs, I was following the pieces of Embry's broken heart.

~Embry~

We were absolutely silent as we sat in the waiting area for the plane.

The pack didn't know we were coming back home. But I couldn't tell them because they'd ask why and what Cassandra did to me can't be explained over the telephone.

That's what she'd become to me now, Cassandra. No longer Cassie, or my love, the keeper of my heart; she took my heart and smashed it into a million pieces.

Over the speakers in the airport the song 'Two Is Better Than One' by Boys Like Girls came on. I smiled at the irony, this was our song.

I almost laughed when after that Alicia Key's 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart' came on. The world just loves me today, doesn't it?

Cassandra had broken my heart into a million pieces and it would take a lot to mend me back together again. I can't believe that this guy imprinted on her, but that's not what hurt me. Cassandra is a beautiful girl, with lightly tanned skin, long, smooth legs, an hourglass figure. Her long dark brown hair got natural light brown highlights going through them and her green eyes sparkled in the morning sun. I didn't blame the bastard, I can see why he feel head over heels for her like I did.

What hurt me is that she'd kissed him, kissed him. And from her they 'laid on his couch and sucked face for five minutes.' I was furious as well, I was the one who taught her how to kiss.

She would be nothing but a virgin in everyway possible if it weren't for me. And to think, this all started because she wanted to have sex but I refused her.

Oh if Jacob isn't proud that I resisted – well, technically I didn't – he sure will be proud of the fact that his baby girl is a whore. But I know he'd understand, after everything he and Melanie went through after all.

I thought I was the luckiest guy in the world when I imprinted on that small baby. But now that she's grown, I'm nothing but an unfortunate bastard in love with a woman who wants nothing to do with me.

Over the speakers the crackled voice of a flight attendant came on, "Attention Ladies and Gentlemen, Flight #367 is now boarding to Seattle, Washington. Flight #367 is now boarding for Seattle, Washington."

There was the click of her hanging up the speaker. I got up and carried both my and Cassandra's bags and headed towards the man collecting our tickets.

Cassandra was walking slowly in front of me while texting. I huffed out a breath and walked around her. How inconsiderate.

When I passed I could faintly see the name on the screen. It said Nick. I almost growled, another one of her boy toys. I feel sorry for him too. Like I said Cassandra's beautiful, he was probably sucked in by that just like me and that guy Kyle.

When we were settled on the plane I turned to Cassandra and said, "So who's Nick?"

Her head snapped up and her eyes held a surprised expression. I guess I would be surprised too, seeing that I hadn't spoken to her since we left the house.

Her eyes then turned hard with anger, "You were reading my texts over my back?" she asked accusingly.

I shook my head, "No, I was passing by you and happened to look over. Now who's Nick?"

She scoffed, "You're not my father, you can't order me around."

I growled softly then leaned over to whisper in her ear, "I might not be your father but I'm still your Beta. And I order you to tell me who he is."

I backed away from her and she scowled, "He's a friend of Kyle's, one of his pack members. There happy?"

I nodded and she said to me, "I can't believe you've turned into this. Using your power over me, this isn't the Embry that I know."

I scoffed, "Yeah well, you're not the Cassie that I know either."

She pulled her knees to her chest and started to sob quietly.

I turned my head and looked through the window on the other side of the plane. I refused to feel bad for making her cry. I still felt bad anyway but I just reminded myself that the pain she's feeling now is only one-fifth of the pain I was already feeling.

~Kyle~

I sat on the couch watching TV, but not really seeing it. My mind was up in the clouds thinking about Cassie.

When I imagined her bright green eyes and her beautiful smile, I just had to grin.

"What you grinning for boy?" asked Sam in a country accent.

I just smiled some more, "Oh nothing."

Sam sat beside me and said, "I must say, your imprint is nothing short of beautiful. I can see why Tory wanted to get into her pants."

I scowled a little at that, "Yeah," I said distractedly.

Sam just laughed, "Don't worry, Tory might be a horn-dog, but he'll never betray a brother. But anyways, what are you going to do about her other imprint?"

I just shrugged, "I have no clue. I'm just going to try and win her over I guess. There's nothing more I can do."

Sam rubbed his chin, "You know how I am a historian about our kind. When this happened back in the day, the two males would…"

He was cut off by Nick running into the room. "Kyle come here, you gotta see this."

Nick was waving his phone around like a beacon. I got up and walked over to him to see a text from Cassie.

It said: Told Embry about imprint. He was furious and he's taking me back to La Push. Sorry.

My heart fell, she's moving back? I knew it would happen sometime but that was just unfair. The douche bag didn't even give me an opportunity to fight for her.

I sighed dejectedly, but the wolf in me wouldn't give up that easily. Are you gonna let her off the hook like that? Are you gonna let that other guy take her away from you? Cassandra is your mate, there should be nothing more in the world that you would do than to make her happy. And if this guy is bossing her around like this, then she can't be that happy now can she? Go to her, fight for her and don't give up till you take your last breath.

The internal pep talk that my wolf side gave to me but a bounce in my step and I ran over to the couch where my own phone was located.

I texted my bank and saw how much money I had saved up.

When I got the balance back I knew it was enough.

While walking to my car, I made the arrangements to have the earliest flight that I could to Washington. Which happened to be leaving in two hours, just enough time for me to pack and drive to the airport.

As I bounded up my stairs I could hear the rest of my pack behind me.

"Where are you going?" asked Nick.

"Are you really that dense? He's going to get Cassie back idiot. And we're going with him," replied Tory.

I spun around to see my four brothers behind me.

"Are you serious? You're gonna come with me?" I asked.

"Hell yeah! You're going to a foreign country with no backup. Have you lost your mind? Of course we're coming with you, we got your back if that guy's pack decided to attack," said Sam.

I just smiled, "Well then pack your bags boys, we're going to Washington!"

They hollered and whooped and ran out to get their bags packed. I smiled again, I'm so lucky to have friends like them.

~Cassandra~

We arrived back in Forks, two hours after landing. It was now eleven at night and I was tired and sore.

I yawned as I entered the house with Embry trailing me.

My mom was there sitting on the couch reading a book while my dad had his head in her lap watching TV. I could hear Chaska upstairs playing video games. My new senses were really kick ass, I got to admit.

At the sound of the door opening, my mom's head popped up to see me.

"Cassie honey! What are you doing back so early? You left yesterday."

I dropped my purse on one of the armchairs and ran to her with tears in my eyes.

She embraced me and asked, "Cassandra? What's wrong sweetie?"

I just shook my head and tried my best to keep myself together.

"Come on, let's go talk about it over some ice cream, okay?" she asked me.

I just nodded as she pulled me to her room where it was soundproof.

My parent's room didn't allow sound to get out, but it did allow sound to come in. I don't really know the reason why they had that installed. I could think of a reason but that would be really weird.

I sat on her bed while she pulled some Rocky Road ice cream out of the mini fridge in the room.

"Now tell me what's going on." She said as we settled down.

"Mom, I think I made a huge mistake by going to Hawaii," I said. Then I started to tell her the whole entire story.

~Embry~

As soon as the door to the bedroom shut, Jacob's hand was around my throat while I was pinned up on the wall in a matter of seconds.

My feet were dangling off the floor and I could barely breath but I showed no fear in my eyes.

"What the hell did you do to my daughter?" Jacob growled out furiously.

"I didn't do anything, your daughter was the one who cheated on me." I gasped out.

My feet touched the floor and Jacob's hold on my neck loosened but he didn't remove his hand.

"Explain," he said sternly.

I took a deep breath and told him the entire story from the beginning.