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New Wolf
A few hours later Emily rang to say that I had to stay at Jakes for the night, it was Billy that took the phone call while both Jake and i were in the same room so he couldn't ask the questions to get some answers I was desperate to hear. Billy left us claiming that he was going to Harry's to watch the game I knew he was leaving to get information about the pack, he left some money on the side to order a pizza while Jake picked a few DVDs that we could watch.
Jakes appetite was increasing and he was eating the same amount as the wolves after eating his large pizza he then finished the three slices that I had left from my medium pizza, we spent the rest of the evening watching sci fi movies before we both fell asleep on the couch cuddled into each other.
I woke up the next morning dripping in sweat struggling to wriggle out of Jake's arms I looked up when I could hear chuckling above me and came face to face with Billy's and Sam's grins.
"Stop with the grins, he is almost the same temperature as you Sam and the rest of the wolves." I whispered.
"Come into the kitchen with us so we can talk." Billy then spoke while pushing himself towards the kitchen, once we all reached the kitchen I sat in a chair opposite Billy while Sam lent against the units.
"Embry phased yesterday that was what the second howl was, he is unable to calm down enough to phase back to his human form that was why nobody could walk you home and you had to stay here. The first howl was that Paul found a fresh scent of the male leech, it looks like he was with the female leech that the Cullen's told us about." Sam said to both of us, Billy nodded and I put my head down in guilt knowing that it was my fault that the wolves were at risk.
"Bella this is not your fault, these leeches would have come here even if you were not with the Cullen's, if anything it makes the wolves job easier because they are not just going after random humans." Billy said pushing himself closer to me and taking my hands.
"I suppose but i can't help but feel guilty." I replied looking up to Billy's face.
"Morning Bells, dad you could have woken me up I didn't realise other people would be in the house." Jake suddenly said stopping the conversation and making a face at Sam.
"Morning Jacob" Sam responded politely, Jake just nodded his head before looking at me.
"What is the plan for today then?" Jake asked.
"I need to go home and have a shower and get changed." I replied quickly glancing at Sam not sure what plans to make.
"You're going all the way to Forks just to have a shower?" Jake then asked.
"No you know I'm staying on the reservation at the moment."
"You called Sam's home 'home'" Jake sneered I stopped to think and realised what I had said earlier.
"Well it is it's my second home."
"Bella are you ready to leave and I also think that Emily might need you today plus Kim is coming over in a bit." Sam then said.
"How about we do something tomorrow instead?" I asked looking at Jake.
"Sure sure I will catch up with Embry and Quil today and do some more of my car, maybe we could all hang out tomorrow?" Jake then asked, I nodded at him and gave him a hug goodbye feeling guilty that Embry would probably not be able to be around Jake today.
We walked back to Sam's in silence until my stomach started rumbling and I remembered that I had not had anything to eat yet.
"Your stomach sounds like mine and I have the excuse that I am a wolf, what's yours?" Sam asked laughing.
"Hungry" I replied before trying to walk a bit quicker.
"I'm glad you see my home as your home." Sam suddenly said changing the subject.
"That's good it just slipped out I hope I was not being too forward." I replied truthfully. A few minutes later we reached the house Sam went to walk around the back rather than through the front door, I followed but stopped in my tracks when I saw sat in the middle of the garden was a massive dark brown wolf.
"Bella I don't want you to get to close Embry for now, at the moment he is not like the rest of us." Sam said making me stop walking some distance away from Embry while Embry made a whining sound I nodded before looking back over to Embry.
"Hi Embry I'm just going to go have a shower and get something to eat then I will come back outside, do you want anything to eat?" I asked I had a feeling that that maybe seeing a face that he recognised might help him to calm down and phase back. Embry then shook his head as I turned around and made my way into the house and towards the bathroom.
Twenty minutes later I was showered and fed so I made my way back outside to the garden and sat down on the grass in the place where Sam stopped me earlier, I took a quick look around and realised that Sam or the others were not around.
"So you're the new wolf? The colour of your fur reminds me of chocolate." I spoke trying to say things that would calm him down. Embry poked his tongue out of his muzzle and made a funny laughing noise and I could not help but laugh to.
I spent the next hour just talking and trying to calm him down when suddenly the wolf disappeared and a very naked Embry appeared. I quickly looked down feeling the heat of my blush take over my face.
"Sam get Embry some clothes please" I yelled too scared to look up yet.
"Bella its ok I have clothes on now." Embry spoke walking towards me.
"Embry stop there, for the time being I don't want you too close to Bella your temper can change quite quickly and Bella may not notice in time she also used to only being around wolves that have been phasing for a quite a while." Sam commanded coming to sit next to me.
"Sure Sam" I will just sit here and talk.
"It won't be for long just until I know that you can keep calm near her."
I looked at Sam surprised by what he was telling Embry I did go to say something when Sam caught my eye and shock his head, I guess what he said to Embry made sense as much as I don't really see Emily's scars anymore I really don't want the same scars.
The next few days passed in a blur of spending time with Jake and also making sure I spent the same amount of my time with the wolves, Emily and Kim. Jake did ask about why Embry was now hanging around with Sam and his gang but I firmly stated that what Embry does is not my business, I felt guilty keeping secrets but I knew he would understand when he starts phasing.
Sam eventually allowed Embry to come close to me again after a day even though Sam or Jared would always be hovering near by just in case but so far he had not lost control, if anything he has better control than Paul. It was another sunny day in La Push Jake was spending time with Quil working on his car so I was laid out in the sun spending time with Embry.
"How are you doing?" I asked
"It's all still really weird I grew up thinking I was not Quileute but now I know that I am half, I never got treated any different I just wish that my own mother could tell me who my father is."Embry answered
"Have you asked her about him at all?"
"Yep that's the reason why I phased for the first time the other day; we got into an argument about it."
"Maybe one day she will tell you." I replied sadly.
"let's change the subject talking about her will only make me mad and then Sam and Jared will get mad at me for losing it near you."
"They would only get mad if you phased to close to me." I replied confused why they would get mad at him just for losing his temper.
"Bella you don't realise how protective of you they are, I've seen in their minds I can see how they feel about Emily and Kim because they are their imprints but how they both feel about you is almost the same it's not only them but the wolf also that feels the need to protect you. Don't take it the wrong way I feel protective of as a brother but their feelings are a lot stronger for you." Embry explained while I sat there dumbstruck, I knew that our bond had been getting stronger but I didn't realise that I was that important to them.
"Thanks for that insight I just really don't know what to say, I know our bond is strong but I didn't realise that they also felt the bond between us." I replied still shocked
I realised that Embry was different to both Jake and Quil he seemed the quieter one the thinker out of all them, we spent the rest of the morning laughing about things that we got up to when we were younger with Jake. I knew he missed him but Sam would not let him near any of his friends just in case he lost control and revealed the secret. We were broken out of our banter by Paul storming out of the forest walking towards us, I went to get up to speak to him but Embry suddenly grabbed my arm pulling me back it was not until I really looked at Paul that I realised that he was shaking.
"Hi Bella I'm surprised you would even recognise me, I can't remember that last time we actually talked like we used to." Paul sneered while looking at Embry's hand on my arm.
"Paul I will always recognise you, what's the matter? Why are you being like this?"
"You spend all your time with him lately whenever I come by you are always with Jake, him or spending time with Emily." Paul answered back with a blank face.
"Paul I will always have time for you, you should have said something to me before." I replied trying to shrugging Embry's hand off me so I could walk towards Paul.
"Let go of her Embry I will never hurt her" Paul yelled.
"Paul you are shaking, go calm down." Embry replied Paul's response was to growl at Embry and take a big step forward so he was closer to me; I was suddenly pushed behind Embry when I looked back up at Paul he was in wolf form and stalking towards Embry. I could feel Embry shaking but before I could move away from them Embry turned around and pushed me hard so that I flew through the air and landed on the other side of the garden, I then watched Embry phase into his wolf before I hit the ground the back of my head hit something hard and then I was engulfed in darkness.
I wake up and found that I was led on the couch in the front room with a damp cloth on my forehead Jared holding my hand and Emily sat on the floor near my head, I heard shouting outside but couldn't make out who it was.
"You're awake are you ok?" Emily asked while Jared squeezed my hand I went to sit up and suddenly I felt dizzy and the back of my head hurt, I laid back down and cringed when the back of my head hit the pillow.
"I'm fine a bit dizzy and my head hurts, what happened?"
"Paul got mad and went to attack Embry when Embry knew he was losing it he pushed you out of the way but because he is new to being a wolf he still doesn't know his own strength and pushed you a bit harder than needed and when you hit the ground your head found a random stone in the garden. " Jared replied quickly
"Guess that explains the pain then" I replied back while moving my head and rubbing the back of it with my hand.
"Here you go take these painkillers the pain should go away soon." Emily approached the couch with pills and a glass of water.
"Bella how are you?" Sam asked while rushing to the couch and taking my other hand
"My head hurts and I feel a bit dizzy otherwise I am fine."
"I don't know why Paul acted the way he did but he is sorry for losing control near you, he thinks that you will be scared of him now." Sam replied
"Sam can I speak to him in private please I think I know why it happened and I need to put some things straight." I asked sitting up again once I stopped feeling so dizzy. Sam nodded before getting up and walking outside to get Paul a few seconds later Jared and Emily followed Sam as Paul walked in with his head lowered.
"Paul look at me, please don't feel guilty."
"I'm so sorry Bella I really didn't mean to lose my temper especially with you so close." Paul replied looking up at me but stopping on the other side of the room.
"Its fine Paul I forgive you but we do need to talk about why you felt like I didn't have time for you anymore, so come sit next to me and give me a hug."
"You're not scared of me?" Paul suddenly asked while walking to the couch and sitting next to me, I snuggled up closer resting my head on his arm.
"Paul you would never scare me even when I could see you shaking I still wanted to get closer to you."
"You should never do that Bella, I would never forgive myself if I phased to close to you and hurt you." He replied lowering his head.
"What I said outside that I would always have time for you were true, you are the only one that will not sugar coat anything and treat me like I am about to fall apart. Next time please tell me even if it is leaving a note on my bed if we miss each other, I know that because of the fresh scents of James and the female Sam has been working all of you harder so we have been missing each other, I thought that Embry might feel left out because he has left his friends behind and doesn't really know any of you."
"Ok Bella but I really am sorry, I've got to go Sam is punishing both of us for losing control to close to you by putting us on twelve hour active patrol shifts for the next three days, so I will catch up with you after plus Embry is waiting to speak to you." Paul said while getting up from the couch and heading towards the back door, a few minutes later Embry walked in with his head lowered in guilt just like Paul did.
"Embry come sit next down and stop feeling guilty."
"Bella I am so sorry for pushing you so hard and knocking you out." Embry said while making sure he was sat at the other end of the couch.
"You have nothing to be sorry about I want to thank you for saving me, if Paul had phased with me so close I would have been hurt if not killed." I said while slowly moving up the couch to sit next to him.
"Just the thought of what could have happened scares me." He replied
"Ok well you better get going before Sam gets even madder at you I will see you in a few days when your punishment is done." I replied ignoring his last comment.
"I don't think Sam can get any madder than what he already is, he and Jared were both patrolling so they saw everything."
"Sam will calm down remember he has to see every day knowing what happens when you lose control and phase to close to humans." I said while he got up from the couch he looked up and tried to smile before walking back out. I could feel the painkillers kicking in and started to feel sleepy so I led back down and closed my eyes and fell to sleep.
I didn't get to see either Paul or Embry for the next three days Sam was still so mad at them that he would start shaking if anyone mentioned them, when they did both come off patrol on the third day and walked into the house both Sam and Jared stood up and took protective stances in front of me and growled at them before they sat down as far away from me as possible. I really did feel sorry for them and they looked so guilty for what happened but I knew that there was nothing I could say or do until Sam had calmed down and could trust them to be around me again without losing their tempers.
It was a few days after this that Sam told us that the Elders were holding a bonfire to welcome Embry to the pack, so that day was spent with both Emily and I stuck in the kitchen cooking all the food ready for the evening. Embry was beaming at this I could understand why when you spend the whole of your life thinking that you were an outsider when really you were always a part of the tribe must be a nice feeling.
"Sam the food is ready to go Bella and me are going to go get ready." Emily yelled making me jump
"Sure I will get Jared to wait here for you both I think Kim is coming her first anyway." Sam called back as Emily grabbed my hand and dragged me into her room.
"Em why do we have to get ready it's going to be dark soon nobody will see or care about what we are wearing?" I asked while sitting down on the bed crossing my arms.
"Because this is a special evening not only is Embry being welcomed into the pack but he is also being welcomed in to the tribe."
"That's really nice of them." I commented while Emily laid out jeans and a new top for me.
Ten minutes later we were ready to leave and found Jared and Kim both sat in the front room waiting for us we left and walked slowly down to the beach with Jared behind us moaning that if we talked less we would walk faster.
We sat and listened to the legends again I was shocked to find that my dad was here listening to this again but I guess it always sounds good no matter how times you hear the same story. Eating was a comical affair with the wolves acting like they had not eaten in days rather than hours, the food all went within minutes of them getting to the table.
"Bella can I have a word a minute please." Billy called over to me; I got up and sat next to him waiting to find out what he wanted.
"How are you doing Bella?" He then asked
"Fine"
"How are you really doing Bella?"
"It's all good even though I do feel guilty keeping secrets from Jake but I do understand the reasons why."
"It won't be long Bella before he joins the pack." Billy replied looking sad.
"I know I see him shake every time he gets angry now and that his temperature is almost the same as Sam's"
"How are you Sam and Jared getting on?" Billy then asked changing the subject
"Yes we are getting on really well I'm surprised how close I feel to them."
"How do you feel about that Cullen now that you have not seen him for a while?" Billy asked taking me by surprise.
"My feelings for Edward have changed I see now how it could never work, I can't imagine leaving all of this is and Charlie behind." I replied while motioning my arms towards the pack.
"That's good Bella I am pleased that things of changed do you want to sit back down, there are a few other things that need to be talked about tonight before we leave."
I made my way back over to the log I was sharing with Jared and Kim and started up a conversation with them before Billy yelled to get everybody's attention.
"Tonight is also a night of celebration, we are pleased to be welcoming two new members to the tribe, Embry and Bella please come stand in front of us. I watched Embry get up and move towards the elders but I froze shocked that I was a part of the celebration also.
"Bella get up they are waiting for you" Jared whispered in my ear, I promptly stood and walked towards the elders and stood next to Embry.
"Embry I understand that you thought you were not Quileute but it appears that you are by phasing into a wolf, therefore the Elders and I would like to welcome you to the tribe as a full member. For every new member of the tribe their family gives them a gift that has been passed down through the generations as we don't know who your father is I would like to present you with a hunter's knife that my grandfather made by hand and gave me." Old Quil spoke looking directly at Embry I could see Embry choking up so I gave his hand a quick squeeze before he took the knife from him, Old Quil then nodded in the direction of the log where he was previously sat, Embry turned around and walked back to his seat I saw his hand briefly wipe his face and I felt a lump in my throat when I realised that he was crying.
"Bella a great wrong was made when this tribe turned their backs on your great grandmother because she fell in love with a white man, as the Elders now we are truly sorry. We would like to welcome you into the tribe as a full member; we understand that your blood is mixed but we can see past that and that your place is here on the Reservation just like your grandmothers would have been and your mothers." Billy said while nodding his head to somebody behind me I was too shocked to move until I felt the tears running down my face, I felt both Sam and Jared approach and stand either side of me Sam was holding something in his hands which I could not quite make out.
"Bella this was your great grandmothers shawl that was given to her the day she was welcomed into the tribe as a baby, my mother was given it by her mother for the day a direct descendant of your great grandmothers would be welcomed back into the tribe this is now yours." Sam said turning to give the shawl to me.
"Thank you all of you for welcoming me here, I really to feel that this is where I belong with my family." I sobbed before Sam and Jared both hugged me and walked me back over to the log sitting either side of me.
The rest of the evening passed with us all listening to the Elders and pack singing traditional Quileute songs I made sure that I approached each of the Elders thanking them each for their acceptance of me and talking to my dad about the ceremony.
There is a little hint in this chapter revealing who could be Embry's dad.