Chapter 10 – The Notes

Anna couldn't get her thoughts on school. They'd been back to school for their senior year for a month now. And her thoughts were too far gone on something that hadn't left her mind since she'd arrived at the school this morning. Normally Embry was the only thing on her mind, but for some reason it wasn't right now. She kept pulling the note out of her pocket and re-reading it. Someone had placed it in her locker and she found it this morning in one of her books.

She could feel Embry's eyes on her and knew because of the imprint bond he could feel her worried state. She flashed him a smile before her eyes looked down at the note again.

Embry Call is NOT who he seems.

It was vague and anonymous. She had a thousand questions and she didn't even know who the hell to ask about it. The last bell of the day rang through the school as Anna snatched the note from her desk and pushed it into her back pocket as she stood up. She smiled softly as Embry approached her.

"Hey is everything ok? You don't seem like you today?" Embry asked Anna honestly. He kept getting strange feelings from her all day long. He could tell her attention was not on school or their classes.

Anna shook her head. "No I'm fine." She lied, that was too easy and she shouldn't have done it. She let a fake smile cross her face as she pushed up on her toes and kissed his cheek softly. "Are you driving me home or do you have patrol?" she asked as they walked down the hallway.

Embry nodded. "Yea, I have patrol but I've got enough time to drive you home. I'm not letting you walk in the rain. I don't need you getting sick like you did last year when we first started dating."

Anna agreed as she felt Embry take her hand in his and laced their fingers together. All the while the words in the note kept repeating in her head like a revolving door. Anna was really unsure of what to do with the note. Actually, she wasn't sure what to do with the notes. This wasn't the first one, it was just another in a long line of questions and statements that made her wonder what exactly they were talking about. Embry had been nothing but great to her. They'd been together for just shy of a year. Anna had honestly never been so happy. Almost every waking moment was spent together.

Embry parked in Anna's drive way as he pulled her across the seat and locked his eyes with hers. "Are you absolutely sure something isn't wrong? I just have this feeling…I keep getting strange feelings from you because of the imprint bond. I just – are you sure you're ok?"

Anna smiled softly as she caressed his cheek. "I'm fine Embry. Go before you're late for patrol and Sam will get your ass for it." She leaned up and kissed his lips softly. Like every kiss they shared, Embry's arms wound around her and it heated up quickly between them. His kisses always knew how to make her breathless and curl her toes in her sneakers.

Embry pulled back from Anna's lips as he looked at her again. "I forgot to ask; my mom is going out of town this weekend and it's my weekend to be off patrol. Would you like to come stay the whole weekend? Tell your mom you're going to stay at Lauren's for the weekend; she'll probably be with Jake all weekend since he's off patrol as well and Billy is going into Seattle for the weekend for a few doctor's appointments so it's safe to assume that's where they will be."

Anna smiled as she kissed Embry's lips once more. "I'd love to stay with you. You already know you don't have to ask."

Embry reached over and opened his door and he held onto Anna as he slipped out of the truck and she was settled into his arms as he walked over to her front door and placed her on her feet on the bottom porch steps. He leaned down and kissed her lips once more. "I'll text you once I finish patrol. Love you"

Anna nodded in understanding. "Love you too; just please be careful." Anna watched as Embry nodded and took off in his truck towards his house. She walked into the house and noticed Brady wasn't home, he was probably patrolling with Embry. She jogged upstairs to her room and placed her books on the desk. She was about to start her homework when she looked up at the cork board that hung above her desk. All the notes she'd received since being back in school were pinned to the board. She couldn't figure it out. They'd been printed on computer paper instead of hand written. She pulled the one she'd gotten earlier from her locker from her back pocket and pinned it up with the rest.

Anna thought better of it and unpinned all of the notes and re-read all of them:

How long have you known Embry Call?

How well do you really know Embry Call?

Do you think you know everything about Embry Call?

Does Embry really love you?

Soul mates? Really? Are you sure about that?

Lies Lies Lies

Is there such a thing as a little lie?

And the last one from that day.

Embry Call is NOT who he seems.

Anna then placed all the notes in the top draw of the desk. She didn't want Embry to find them. She couldn't understand why someone would want to make her doubt anything about her relationship with Embry. She'd honestly never fallen in love before and she couldn't believe how happy she was, but for the last month all these stupid notes were making her second guess everything in her relationship with Embry Call.

In a couple of days Anna was going to be spending the entire weekend with Embry. There had to be a reason why she was getting all those ridiculous notes. Maybe she could snoop around his house and see if there were any answers to the questions that kept her minding going for the last month.

Anna looked at her clock and was suddenly aware she'd been doing her homework for the last four hours. It was nearly 10 PM. She was brought from all of her thoughts as she heard a tapping on her bedroom window. Her grey eyes turned to the window as she genuinely smiled at the sight of Embry outside her window. She unlocked the window and slid it up so he could get in. "Embry what are you doing here?" Anna asked quietly. She didn't want to be too loud she knew her mom and gran were sleeping but didn't want to wake them.

Embry frowned. "I've just been worried about you all night. I just feel like there is something wrong or something you're not telling me. Is someone bothering you at school or at work?"

Anna's eyes looked at the desk for a split second and then her eyes met Embry. "I promise I'm fine. I don't know what kind of feelings you're getting from the imprint bond. Maybe it's just because I'm so nervous about it being our senior year. I can't wait for it to be over and I can go to community college."

"Have you decided what you want to do?" Embry asked cautiously.

Anna shook her head. "No not yet. I've got all year to figure out what kind of degree I want. I just know I don't want to be anywhere you're not. This is why I chose the community college in Port Angeles. It's close and you can actually go as well; I mean I know you've got tribal responsibilities for the council, but they can't stop you from furthering your education.

Embry nodded. "True, but I haven't decided on anything yet."

Anna smiled as she pushed up on her toes. "Don't worry so much you've got plenty of time to decide. Not to mention some people wait a year after graduating before deciding to go to college." Anna kissed Embry's lips softly. "Are you done with patrol for the night?"

Embry nodded as his hands gripped her hips and pulled her closer to him as he kissed her again and deepened the kiss. He felt Anna grab his belt loops on his shorts and begin to walk backwards as she pulled him with her.

Anna smirked up at Embry. "C'mon join me in bed. I'll let you keep me warm tonight."

Embry returned her smirk with one of his own as he nodded. How could he refuse her? He couldn't. As soon as they were wrapped in each other's arms and the light was turned off, they both fell into a deep sweet dream filled sleep.

Her brown eyes looked at him as he sat on her window sill. "Are you sure this is going to work?"

"Do you or do you not want Embry Call as your boyfriend?" He asked her in a hard tone.

"Of course! I just don't know if this is going to work. Anna and Embry have been inseparable since day one of their relationship. I don't understand how this is possibly going to work. She is his imprint."

His shit eating smirk was just a warning sign of things to come from his demented brain. "Don't worry about the imprint bullshit. You just worry about your part in all of this. If you want Embry as much as I want Anna then we can't fail. You better be ready by Friday night though. I've got everything set up and it is going to be perfect. Don't fuck it up or none of this will work."

Her big brown eyes watched as he disappeared out her bedroom window his words ringing in her ears. Friday night. It would all go down Friday night.

He wanted Anna Fuller and he was willing to sacrifice everything for her.

Was she really ready to fuck up someone's happiness?

Yes; yes she was.

She was selfish and wanted her own chance at happiness and honestly didn't care who she had to destroy in the process.

Most of all she wanted Embry Call.