Chapter 7 – Interesting Secrets

'Do you smell that?' Jared asked as he sniffed deeply with his snout in the air.

Paul put his muzzle in the air as well and inhaled severely and then let out a deep growl. 'LEECH!'

They booth took off through the trees as they rounded the huge group of trees they both skidded to a stop. 'That thing has Mila.' Jared snapped out as he glanced over at Paul. 'We have to help her; Kim would never forgive me if something happened to her on our patrol.'

'Agreed, but we've got to be careful about it. She can snap Mila's neck like a toothpick' Paul warned Jared as they stood there devising a plan and finally started stalking towards the vampire.

They both watched in horror as the vampire lifted Mila up by her neck and threw her. Paul ran as fast as he could and jumped to his side and slid along the dirt and caught Mila's body in his side just before it hit the ground. At the same time, Jared charged the vampire as he jumped up and gripped the vampire's arm as he jerked it and snapped it clean off.

'Paul get her further away, this leech is feisty as hell.' Jared warned as he snapped the vampire's other arm clean off and she began to scream.

A few minutes later, Mila's indigo eyes slowly fluttered open as she heard someone screeching again. Mila looked over and noticed a gigantic brown wolf was attacking the woman who had cornered her against the tree.

Mila looked down and her eyes widened when she saw a gigantic silvery-grey wolf standing at her feet. She started to try and move her feet to push away; the wolf leaned his giant head down and gently put her left calf into his mouth and began to pull her as if she weighted nothing. Suddenly the wolf bit down on her leg and she screamed out as pain radiated through her whole leg.

Paul stopped moving when the copper taste of her blood landed on the tip of his tongue. He immediately dropped her leg and backed away from her.

Mila sat up and looked down at her leg and noticed it was bleeding through her track pants. The wolf's teeth actually cut through her pants and into her flesh. His/her teeth had to of been razor sharp. She nearly started to hyperventilate when she looked over and watched as the brown wolf ripped the head off the screaming lady and then spit it out on the ground. She watched as right in front of her the giant silver wolf morphed into a naked Paul squatting on the ground. Her head snapped around and watched as the brown wolf morphed into Jared who was also naked and squatting on the ground.

Paul and Jared watched as Mila passed out and fell back onto the ground. Paul looked at Jared. "Well that went well." He couldn't help mumbling as he untied his shorts from his leg and slipped them on.

Jared shrugged. "About as well as it could." As he slipped his shorts on too; Jared watched as Paul carefully lifted Mila into his arms. They turned to go to Emily and Sam's.

Her head was fuzzy as she was slowly starting to wake up.

"I didn't mean to bite her Em; I swear on my life." Worry was thick in Paul's voice.

Emily gave Paul a knowing look. "Paul I know you didn't mean too. Just calm down and let me see what I can do." Emily's eyes went to Sam. "We might have to call Dr. Cullen. There's a lot of blood and I don't see it stopping."

Paul and Jared both growled. "HEY!" Sam snapped at the guys. "If we have to call him then so be it."

"Umm who are we calling exactly? And are you aware that those two turn into giant wolves or am I completely insane?"

All eyes looked over and noticed Mila was propped up on her elbows looking at all of them. She noticed Sam turned towards Paul and Jared with a nasty glare on his face.

"Something you two forgot to mention?" Sam asked tight lipped. Suddenly both of the guys found the bedroom floor more interesting than anything that might have been going on in the room. "OUTSIDE BOTH OF YOU!" Sam stalked between the two of them and down the hallway. When the two didn't follow. "NOW!"

Mila watched as Paul and Jared both cringed and jumped as they followed Sam out of the house. "So I wasn't imagining it right?"

Emily's almond shaped eyes blinked a couple of times as she shook her head. "No you didn't but Sam is going to have to explain everything to you. It's not my place to tell you because it's not my secret to tell." Mila nodded; Emily knew the younger girls' eyes were watching her. "I can't really get to this through your track pants. Can you shimmy out of them and I'll go get you a pair of my sweats."

Mila watched as Emily left and pulled the door close behind her letting Mila have her privacy as she laid back on the bed and carefully slipped her track pants over her hips and down her legs and off. She stood from the bed and tugged her t-shirt down over her butt. Mila's eyes went wide as her cheeks flamed red, when the bedroom door opened and Paul started to walk through.

"Oh fuck…Shit…Sorry!" Paul backed out of the room but not before he felt a hand pop him in the back of the head.

"PAUL LAHOTE! Do you not know how to knock on a door? Get outta here!" Emily scolded.

Paul back pedaled from the room and back into the hallway where he growled at Jared who was doubled over laughing his ass off. "You suck dude."

Jared couldn't breathe, if he was a normal human being and not part wolf he'd be turning blue by now from laughing so hard and not breathing regularly. "Dude I can't believe you walked into that room without knocking. I saw Emily's coming and I swear her eyes glowed red and smoke came out of her ears."

Emily apologized profusely. "I can't believe he just walked in here."

Mila was rubbing her cheeks as she pulled on the sweat gently as Emily carefully guided the leg hole up and over her left calf letting the elastic rest just at the bend of her knee; Mila pulled the right leg up as well after she secured the sweats around her hips.

Emily walked out of the bedroom as she glared at Paul. "You perv!"

"I swear Emily I thought…Nevermind." Paul back tracked his thoughts because the look on Emily's face advised him to not argue or try to plead his case.

Sam walked up the stairs as Dr. Cullen followed behind him. Sam made sure to give both Paul and Jared a warning glare. Sam turned into the guest room where Emily had Paul put Mila. "Mila this is Dr. Cullen. He's going to help you."

Dr. Cullen was so good looking for a doctor. Mila always thought of doctors as old farts who had been practicing for far too long. Dr. Cullen looked as though he was in his late thirties maybe. He could've possibly been younger than that. His voice was soft but firm and his golden colored eyes held her captive.

"Hello Mila it's nice to meet you. You can call me Carlisle if you'd like. There's no reason to be so formal." Dr. Cullen introduced himself. "Now let's get a look at your leg." His ice cold hands gently took her left leg as he examined it carefully. "You'll probably need a couple of stitches these are deep but they are not long."

Sam cleared his throat. "So the guys told me you saw them. I guess I should explain a few things to you. But I have to ask that once I tell you about our secrets; you never repeat them to anyone. It's vital to our pack and also to our tribe's survival."

Mila nodded. "You can trust me Sam. I know all about secrets and keeping things to myself. You asked me and I will honor you and the tribe."

Sam nodded. "The Quileute people through the years have been known for our legends of being the decedents of wolves, but most people listen to our legends and think they are just that; old stories from when the tribe was first born to the Earth. Only those with the wolf gene know that the legends are completely true. The gene exists because we protect the tribe and our land from cold ones."

"Vampires." Mila whispered. "They really exist?"

Sam looked at Mila. "You know that vampires are called cold ones?"

Mila nodded. "I took a few different darker courses in college. In more than a few mythological classes we discussed the different names of vampires." Mila swallowed as she tried to keep her eyes off of what Dr. Cullen was doing and on Sam. "So the gene exists because of vampires."

Sam nodded. "It's why all of us phased for the first time. It's why we keep phasing. We are stronger than them, we are faster than them. We have insane healing abilities; we've also got telepathic abilities when were in wolf form so we can communicate when were hunting or patrolling. All of the guys you've met are in the pack and Leah; she's the first and only female of the pack so far. Collin and Brady were the youngest to phase at thirteen."

Dr. Cullen smiled as he nodded once he was finished. "Leave them in for a couple of weeks and I'll either come back to remove them or Sam can bring you to my place in Forks to remove them."

"Thanks Carlisle." Mila smiled.

"You're very welcome." Dr. Cullen smiled back as he walked out the door and was gone."

Sam nodded. "Get some rest; Em wants you to stay for dinner and afterwards Paul will take you home."

Mila nodded. "Thanks Sam." Mila lay down as she took in everything she was told; interesting secrets. Very interesting.