My second day on the Quileute Reservation, and I'm sitting here next to Embry, who, like me, is a werewolf. I am glad it is a weekend, because that means I can spend it wrapping my head around the whole concept of the supernatural world. Vampires, and werewolves exist, what else is out there waiting to be discovered? I can feel Embry's warm arm resting on me, and I think back to last night.
'Embry, tell me who did you imprint on?' I ask.
I see images flashing through my mind of me standing there in my wolf form, with long dark red hair, of me walking with him in my human form.
"Hey, Embry…" I start.
"Yeah? What is it?" He asks curiously, turning his head to me.
"I don't want to sit here all day, no matter how nice it is here. I think I'm going to go for a walk, make sure I know my way around the Rez. Could you come with, so I don't get lost? Also it would be nice to have someone to talk to." I say, stretching, preparing to stand up.
"Sure thing Liz, I would be happy to come along with you." Embry smiles widely.
'Oh dear lord,' I think as I smile at him.
Leah grins and nods as if she knows what I'm thinking. This is that imprinting thing that I've heard about, and she knows it. The only reason I asked Embry to go with me is so that I could talk to him about… everything. I had no idea where to begin, but I know that I want to understand, that is all that matters to me. Everything I thought I knew, that was almost entirely destroyed last night.
As I walk to the door, Embry leaps up out of his seat and jogs over to me.
"I'll see you later, Leah," I say, opening the door.
Embry follows me out and notices the bracelet he gave me.
"You're wearing the bracelet," He smiles.
I glance over at him, and then at the bracelet, as we walked away from the Clearwater house.
"Yeah, it's very pretty, at least I think so. Thank you."
"You're welcome." He grins.
As we continue to walk throughout the Rez, I prepare myself to ask the questions I have planned.
"Liz," Embry says, stopping in his tracks as we reach the beach, "I know you want to ask something, so just ask."
I stop and face him, looking into his eyes.
"What do you want to know?" He asks me.
I'm silent for a long moment before I open my mouth.
"Everything," I blurt out.
"That's not vague at all." He snorts, walking over to me.
"I want to know everything I need to about being a werewolf," I state more calmly.
"That's a lot of information, where should I begin?" Embry sits down thinking.
I walk over to him and sit down next to him as he reflects on what he knows.
"Well, from what I remember hearing, we aren't true werewolves since we can shift back and forth at will. Not everyone with the gene for it becomes a werewolf, like Billy Black, who only passed it on to his son, Jacob. He's that huge voice you heard last night."
I feel a shiver go down my spine as I remember the experience, and as it does I feel Embry wrap his arm around my shoulder.
"Anyway, the gene only becomes active around vampires, and for a while the gene was becoming active in clusters. There was a huge clan of vampires known as the Cullens here for a couple of years, and they only fed on animals so they've been allowed to stay, as long as they don't cross onto our territory, well that part may be null and void actually. But not important, they are friendly. Most vampires aren't friendly though, and hunt humans, which we try to prevent." He explains to me.
He tells of the almost battle between the Cullens and the ruling group of vampires known as the Volturi, causing more shivers to go down my spine. My mind starts to wander to the rogue vampire that attacked us last night, and I look towards Embry's chest.
"I'm fine Liz, he hardly hurt me." He answered as if reading my mind. "It would have been worse if you hadn't chased him off. I think he sensed you were about to phase for the first time. And perhaps he heard the rest of the pack coming in to help."
I still instinctively touch his side, to check on it. He yelps out in pain, and I jump backwards a foot. He bursts out laughing, and my face grows red with frustration. My hair is standing on end as I punch his arm as hard as I can. We both get hurt though. He still is chuckling, and I scowl. I stand up and start walking away, forcing him to follow me to the forest where everything happened.
He catches up and apologizes quickly, good thing. He sighs as we enter the forest, memories of the night before flood his and my mind. We come across the shreds of fabric of his and my clothing, I feel shaky, tense and Embry hugs me from behind to calm me down. Fortunately for my wardrobe, it works. I stop shaking and turn to face him. I hug him back and I begin to cry again.
"Cases like you and Leah are very rare since you two are the only women we know of who are werewolves." He tells me when I stop. "You're unique.
I interrupt him at this point, "And what does that mean for us later on, when Leah gets married and I get married? What happens when we try to have children?"
He stares at me with serious, sad eyes, "I don't know."
I glance down, and sigh, continuing to walk through the forest without Embry. I walk to the lake I fell in, and sit at the edge. I had known since I was young that I wanted a family eventually, and now I find out that possibility may have been taken away. Tears start to form in the corner of my eyes as Embry catches up.
"Liz, I wasn't done yet."
I turn to face him and wait for him to continue what he was about to say. He walks over and sits next to me.
"Liz, it's rare for women to become werewolves. But when we stop shifting back and forth for a prolonged period of time, we start aging again and continue along with our normal aging processes. And when that happens everything should click back into place."
"But what if it doesn't, Embry." I say, turning away from him.
"I don't know…" He sighs.
"Exactly," I scowl, feigning anger, but feeling quite scared inside.
"But I would still be there for you and care for you."
