One thing about being human and growing up already aware of the super natural around you is that you serve as some type of link between the human world and the unknown. One fact being that I was a near expert on noticing when humans were very close to the change that would pull them into an unknown destiny.

We were still in LaPush. After Billy Black's funeral we were originally supposed to head to Alaska to celebrate the girls' birthday but with the situation here, our pack couldn't afford to leave yet. Alice Cullen had already kept an open re-scheduling for the party though. My pack was in a meeting with the LaPush wolves. I was of course invited to sit in but mom knew I'd get bored easily since they were only discussing patrol changes and shifts. It was at this time I'd usually wander off to one of the wolf homes and bother/be entertained by whoever decided to flick the meeting.

Today was an unlucky day in that no one had chosen to sit it out.

That left me to wandering the reservation and my own devices. And of course chance running into old human classmates that I lost touch with the moment my family had returned after my year on the Rez and took me back out on the "road" with them.

"Hey Uley!" I turned around. The voice was familiar but I couldn't place it. Again had my background not been what it was I would've been more curious to why three guys had just emerged from the woods. Their features were different since I probably hadn't seen them in 3 years.

"Hey." I added a wave in a lame attempt at distracting them from my fallible memory.

"It's Hunter." Ah, Hunter. Solomon's much younger baby brother. Solomon spent too much time protecting the kid from the world. He hadn't phased, they hadn't even told him about the wolves. Solomon didn't live in his parent's house anymore especially after having gone to college and med school, not to mention spending weekends volunteering in peds at the hospital because his 8 year old imprint suddenly took up an interest in "doctory" things. Anyway it was easier to detach his family from his activities. "How ya been?" His interest in my well being seemed forced.

"Good." He had to be at least a year younger than me but he had bulked up considerably making us look pretty much the same size. I was going to comment on it until he reached his hand out for me to shake. When I did, I worked hard to control my expanding eye muscles.

"You're kinda warm." I stated. His two friends (or minions neither had spoken so I couldn't place their IQs) standing a little behind him gave each other a look at my statement. "Been sick lately?"

"Nope. Mom said it runs in the genes or something." He apparently accepted the idea that his body temperature was genetic. "So you hang with my brother right?" Straight to the point.

"I wouldn't say hang exactly. I mean it's kinda hard to hang with a doctor who's old enough to be my father." Hunter shot his eyes skyward. I loved critiquing the words of others.

"You know what I mean." I pretended that I didn't. "That gang. You know the Elders' Chosen. You're in it right?" I held the instinct to laugh. So that's what they're calling it these days?

"What exactly is the Elders' Chosen, Hunt?" I hadn't been expecting him to get fed up with my attitude so quickly. All semblance of civility disappeared as he grabbed my shirt collar. I didn't struggle knowing that would just enrage him more.

"Stop playing cute with me Uley. There's a gang that my brother's in and as far as I know has been in it since I was born. No one tells the rest of the Rez who they are. It's like they just get chosen to be all secretive."He spat the words, his grip on my shirt tightening. "And I know they have their own special school."He leaned in closer to my face."Let's just pretend that we don't notice how they're all in their thirties yet they still look to be in their late teens and early twenties." He shook me a little probably unnerved by my silence. "Now you tell me what's going on." He gritted his teeth as he said that and released me. I could sense his comrades getting nervous. They must not have anticipated this type of confrontation. It struck me that I would now have to serve as spokesman for peaceful human-shape shifter relations.

"Whaddya want me to say Hunter? Your brother's not in some gang of illegal activities. They're just a really tight knit group." I tried watering down the explanation but it didn't make the guilty feeling of betrayal creep up in my stomach.

"Tight knit my butt." He exclaimed then raised his finger to point at me accusingly. "Tell me Uley, you're one of em aren't you? Because of your dad." He was navigating into forbidden territory. The way he sneered 'dad' made me angry but I didn't let it show. I was used to people talking about my dad but it was always in the good sense. This new development irked me.

I felt a weird pang of loyalty to my father in that moment as if I were the only one allowed to bad mouth his memory.

"They say he got this whole operation started. You just getting pulled for the ri-" I don't know what possessed me but I blinked twice and he was on the ground holding his face. I'd dropped him in one punch effectively ending my short lived career as peaceful ambassador. I was disappointed in myself but not enough to stop the words from coming out of my mouth.

"You'll watch what you say about my family Hunter." I warned and walked away after that confrontation. I knew that wouldn't be the last I'd see of the kid. He'd obviously picked up on more about the pack then they realized.

And if some scraggly 14 year old pick up on it, how many others on the Rez were scoping out the secret society within the tribe?

"Leonard Levi!" Oh great. I've angered god mother. I looked up from my spot at the kitchen counter in the Haven home. God mom had just entered and by the way her clothes were in disarray (being clad in only her phasing pants and a sports bra), she had just phased recently. "What did I just hear about you beating up some kid in broad daylight? Embry's mom left me a voicemail telling me she saw you in a scuffle."

"Embry's mom? That woman is still alive?" I asked. Mom wasn't amused. "Don't worry, it was just Hunter." I said with a dismissive wave. Mom's face screwed up into one of confusion.

"Solomon's brother?" I nodded. "Why were you two fighting? That boy should know better than to be a bully." I pretended to not be offended that god mom automatically assumed I would be the victim in a Bully-Nerd relationship with the younger boy.

"It wasn't a fight. He was voicing some built up frustrations to me and in the course said some things that he may or may not have meant. I lost my cool and punched him."God mom was in front of me now and she raised an eyebrow. "Don't worry the kid's not fragile he can take a hit."

"That's not the point! You shouldn't go around hitting…humans." She lowered her gaze and her voice when I looked up at her with the signature 'are you serious?' face. I was in fact still human so hitting another human was technically acceptable.

"If you're so worried about him, I can vouch that in a few weeks he'll probably be stronger than I am and you'll have to keep him from pummeling me into the ground." That interested her again.

"What do you mean?" She studied my expression.

"That kid's a year younger than me and he's always been small. He must've had a major growth spurt to catch up to me in 3 years." I was dropping hints. Godmom didn't show that she was getting it. "He's gonna phase." Godmom looked surprised. It took me a while to realize the implications of what I'd said. It didn't take her long at all.

"There haven't been any induced phases since the Volturi thing. If you're sure he's going to phase that means there have been leeches running around here and a lot of them." She ran a hand through her hair. It wasn't as long as she liked it evidently but I'd never seen her with long hair. She kept it short but it was styled and layered. The occasional highlights would sometimes carry over into her wolf form. But now wasn't the time to focus on god mom's beauty habits. "Are you sure he's phasing? I mean boys tend to shoot up quickly." I knew why she was asking useless questions. If Hunter phases that means the vampires that murdered the two escorts have long since left Olympia and have made their way closer to LaPush and Forks. That or Bella and Renesmee got too close to him when they were here.

The first reason sounds more dramatic though.

"His skin's pretty warm. Not as warm as it will be but it's still noticeable. He noticed it too since he's been questioning-"

"Questioning what?" Whoops. The cat's out of the bag already, might as well bring it home.

"He's worried about Solomon. Wants to know what's up with the pack. They have a name now. The Elders' Chosen or some crap like that. He knows about the haven school although he's not quite sure what it is and he's pretty adamant about getting information out of me." I explained calmly. That's when I remembered I had delicious cereal in front of me and I was not about to let it get any soggier.

"We may need to reel him in quickly then. I know Solomon wanted his brother to stay out of it but he may have no choice. Keep us updated and if he tries to incite too much speculation let us know so we can handle it." She turned to leave the room but stopped. "And if any of the guys come in here and congratulate you on 'dropping' Hunter, tell them I'm gonna 'drop' them." She left the room as soon as I confirmed that I would. It left me feeling antsy and nervous. I guess I felt like a spy or a pawn. I had to spy on the humans and keep them quiet. It would be easy because I was still human myself but my lineage already pegged me as slightly untouchable. I felt like a weird double agent, a half breed.

I never felt more in tune with the woes of my sisters.


A/N: Surprise! A chapter before the weekend. (probably because I'm in a good mood since one of my classes got cancelled on friday :p) anyway review and tell me what you think!