Jared left and a few minutes later I heard a wolf howling. Just one long, drawn out, howl. After a while we heard quiet a few people come into the house, and suddenly the kitchen was packed. "Sam, Jared told Lynn." Emily seemed to be completely calm in this setting. "Jared, we'll talk later." Sam said looking across the table from me. "Lynn, are you okay?" Sam asked slowly, seeing my shocked expression. "Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm just not used to crowds." I said giving him a smile. It was true too, I was never one for crowds of people. "I meant are you okay with the werewolf thing?" He said with a smile of his own. I laughed at myself. "Yeah, I knew that. I'm fine with this, I mean it's nothing I cant handle right?" I said with a smile. "Oh, so you think you can handle this?" Said a man from down the table. He gestured to his muscles and then to the person beside him who was just as big and brawny. "Sure I can. Besides, I'm a vet, mess with me and you'll get neutered." I said with a somewhat devious smile. It had the desired effect, when I saw his hands reach for his lap. "Alright you two, calm down." Sam said from his spot behind Emily.
"Um, Sam, I just have a few questions. Is that okay?" I asked a few hours later. I stood up to help Emily make cookies. Sam was sitting at the table watching her cook, and I wondered if she had told him yet. "Sure, ask away." He said turning his attention to me for just a moment. "Well, do you have to have a full moon to change?" As I asked this question I tried to remember if last night had been a full moon or not. "No, we can change at will, although if we have strong emotional surges, such as anger, or devastation, we often change against our will." I was fascinated.
"Well, I kind of have the feeling I'm not supposed to ask this, but I'm very curious. Why did you start changing?" It was as if a glacier had fallen over his features. "You know what, forget I asked that question. How about speed? Have you even tried to see how fast any of you can move?" The tension never left the room, but he answered my question. "No we haven't tried, but we know we're fast." He turned back to watching Emily. "How many are there?" I had seen six earlier: Sam, Jared, Embry, Collin, Brady, and Seth. "There are ten of us right now. But there are only eight on the Rez. Leah left for college, and Jacob stays with the Cullens almost all the time now. But that's what happens when you imprint. You can't stand to be away from them." Sam said looking at Emily. There was so much love and adoration in his look that I had to turn my head, I couldn't watch.
"Thank you, Sam, for answering my questions. Thanks for letting me help Emily. I'm going to go now. I need to get ready for work, I start tomorrow." I said standing up and making a quick exit. I had just opened the front door to leave when I walked into someone. It felt like I had run into a brick wall, I fell but was caught before I could hit the ground. "Sorry, I should pay more attention to where I'm going." I said bracing myself against his arms. I took one look into his face and I was drowning. His eyes were deep pools of dark chocolate, and his features were chiseled as if from a coffee colored stone. He was absolutely beautiful, and before I knew what I was doing, I had laid my hand against his face. He turned into my hand, though his eyes never left mine. Then someone behind him gave a small push and we were both on the floor.
One of his arms was still around my waist, barely letting me graze the floor before I was against his chest. He was holding himself above me with one arm, and was looking directly into my eyes. "I-. I'm sorry, I need to go." I said in a fluster wiggling my way from his grasp, and running for the door. I didn't stop running until I got to my front porch, but he didn't follow me. If he had, he could have caught me with ease.