"Holy shit, what the hell? I thought he was...?"

"A vampire?" Rylee couldn't keep the amusement out of his voice.

The male just nodded as the female stared after Jayden and Aly.

"He is."

'But just now, he phased...into a..a wolf..."

"Yes." Rylee was clearly amused by their confusion.

"How is that possible?"

Rylee looked at the two of them now. "Before I answer anything else, why don't you tell me who you are, I mean, I don't even know your names and you want to know all about my family, that hardly seems fair."

The two stared at Rylee for a moment before the male finally answered.

"Fine. I'm Tristan. This is Callie...my sister. We weren't looking for trouble, but being a wolf yourself you must understand why we were concerned with the...uh...your siblings. I still don't understand how this is even possible."

"They won't hurt anyone unless it's in self defense. Jayden, as you saw, is half wolf, half vampire. My sister, who has a twin, is half vampire, half human." Rylee watched the shock and more confusion on their faces. "My father is a wolf. My mother, his imprint, is half vampire, half human."

"Your father imprinted on a...a half vampire...how do you even get a half vampire?" Tristan was utterly confused and curious now.

Rylee sighed now. "My grandmother, my mothers mother, was still human when she got pregnant by a vampire, my grandfather. They didn't know at the time that it was possible until it happened. My grandfather turned my grandmother as soon as my mother was born to save my grandmothers life. My twin sisters are both half vampires like her, and my brother, as I already said is half wolf, like my father, and half vampire, like my mother. Now, if you don't mind me asking, are you from around here, I mean, do you have a pack?"

Tristans face turned from shocked and confused to a blank mask. "We don't have a pack. We live on our own. Like I said, we weren't looking for trouble."

"Where are you staying if you don't have a pack, I mean you must be from somewhere."

"We don't have a place to stay really. We just wait..." Callie was speaking softly now but Tristan cut her off.

"That's enough Callie. We're fine really. She misses...home."

"Home...HOME...WE DON'T HAVE A HOME TRISTAN! We never did. Why can't you let anyone help us? I am so sick of sleeping outside and..."

"I SAID ENOUGH CALLIE!"

"Hey, it's alright, I'm not your enemy ya know. But, if you need help, or if you just need a place to stay, I can bring back with me. I'm sure the pack could help you both if you want it, and if nothing else, we could at least offer you a place to stay like I said. Until you're ready to leave again. As long as I can trust you to not cause trouble." Rylee tried to speak cautiously. He wasn't sure why he was being so nice.

Callie looked at her brother with pleading eyes, a tear running down her cheek. Tristan brushed it away with his thumb as he thought.

"Alright, we'll follow you. But I'm not making any promises that we'll stay."

Callie hugged her brother happily.

"Do you know how to drive a motorcyle?"

Tristan nodded. Rylee dug out his own keys out of his pocket.

"Can I trust you to follow me and not take off?"

Again Tristan nodded. Rylee handed him the keys to his bike as he walked back into the parking lot. He approached Jaydens bike and nodded to the one next to it.

"That's mine, it rides smooth so you shouldn't have any problems. I live out on the La Push Rez. Just try to keep up."

Rylee couldn't help the grin as he said the last part. He threw on Jaydens jacket as he climbed on the bike and kicked it to life.

He waited until Tristan and Callie had the other bike started and then he sped out of the parking lot.

Elli wasn't sure how long she had been in the tree. She opened her eyes and looked down at Mykah. He seemed to be asleep. She carefully climbed down the tree and landed noiselessly on her feet. She turned to look at his wolf, still asleep. Even in his sleep she could feel the confliction coming off of him. It almost made her sad. She took a deep breathe and quickly ran off toward home.

Elli slowed once she felt she was far enough away from Mykah. She took her time getting home trying to think of how to deal with everything, but with no luck. She cared about Bryce more than she wanted to admit but the imprint was starting to take it's effect on her. She knew it was only a matter of time before Mykah came around himself. She just hoped it was a long enough time for her to tell Bryce. She knew it was wrong to keep leading him on but she was already tired of the conflicting emotions. She wanted to just give in to all of them and see what happened. That could be bad though.

Elli was brought out of her thoughts when she was suddenly pulled against someone. Lips crashed against hers in a searing kiss, causing her to melt against the person. She knew then that it was Bryce. Bryce paused long enough to whisper a panted 'I'm sorry' in between kisses.

Elli couldn't respond right then, too caught up in the kisses he was giving her. His arms held her tight against him. They were both brought out of it by Jaydens voice.

"Fucking Christ…"

It was then Elli realized she was at her house now. Jayden had just come walking out of the woods toward them.

Elli could see Jayden was clearly still pissed, maybe even more so than earlier. When she saw Ally trying to hold his arm as they walked she knew something had happened.

"Making more of a mess for youself Elli?" Jayden came to stand almost right next to his sister.

Bryce let out a low growl.

"Dude, you did not just growl at me…"

"Jayden, please, I'm sorry about earlier. Leave Bryce out of this, I don't wanna fight with you."

"You should have thought about that before you started hiding things from me Elli." Jayden was half yelling and half growling now.

"Jayden, leave her alone, c'mon." Aly said quietly.

"Stay out of this Aly." Jayden growled at her.

"Did you tell him yet Elli….."

"Jayden, please….I don't know what is wrong with you lately, but please, don't do this to me. You and I…we're not supposed to hurt each other."

Jayden growled and stepped closer to Elli.

"You should have thought about that before deciding you didn't trust me!"

Bryce pulled Elli back a little letting out his own growl. Jayden started shaking and growled fiercely back this time.

All of them snapped their heads to the front of the house when they heard the bike's pull in. Jayden heard Rylee in his thoughts.

'Where are you?'

'About to give someone a beating.' Jayden growled back.

He turned his attention back to Bryce and Elli.

"Jayden, I'm begging you, please just calm down. I'm not ready to do this yet." Elli tried to pull away from Bryce a little but he wouldn't let her go.

Rylee appeared a few feet away from them with Tristan and Callie behind him.

"What the hell is going on?" Rylee asked no one in particular but everyone ignored him.

No one answered him.

"What then Elli, huh? Are you just gonna keep going back and forth, you gonna be a little slut, is that it?"

Bryce pushed Elli back further behind him and then snarled as he punched Jayden hard in the face.

The next thing Rylee knew, Aly was standing with Ellie keeping her back from Bryce and Jayden. He heard the gasps from the other two wolves but they stayed behind him.

Jayden phased only seconds after Bryce hit him and was now growling fiercly and stalking toward him as Bryce backed away.

"Really Bryce, what the fuck were you thinking?" Rylee wasn't sure what to do since he had to keep an eye on Tristan and Callie.

"I wasn't thinking, I just acted on instinct. Get him to back the fuck off will you?" Bryce was panicked now.

"Jayden! Jayden listen to me goddamnit!"

Jayden paid no attention to his brother. Rylee closed his eyes for a moment and tried to reach his thoughts. 'Jayden, stop, think about this. You don't really want to hurt Bryce!'

But all Rylee could hear from his brother was a mess of anger and jumbled thoughts and rage.

The next voice stopped Jayden in his tracks and Rylee snapped his eyes open.

"If you put even the tiniest scratch on him, I will shred you apart myself."

Rylee heard the slight change in Jaydens thoughts. They were still angered and jumbled, but now the word MATE stuck out from them.

Jayden growled at Siana and started toward her. She turned and ran a few feet phasing as she did then spun around to face him.

"Fuck, this isn't good. You two stay put."

Rylee didn't wait for a response as he ran toward Jayden and Siana and then phased. He let out a howl. He then focused on his brother and Siana, who were tumbling in a tangeled mess. That is until Jayden threw her off. Oddly enough he didn't throw her hard enough to hurt her really, just enough to get her off of him.

Jayden lunged at her before she could fully recover and pinned her with his paws. He saw images flash through his brothers mind that he wish he hadn't seen. He knew Siana saw them too.

'I will never submit to you for any reason you asshole."

Rylee tried to pull his brother off of Siana but he was thrown backward by Jayden. He growled at his brother just as Rylee heard the other voices now in his thoughts.

'Rylee, what the hell is going on?' Rylee was pretty sure that Mykah. So not what they needed right now.

'Mykah? Just stay the hell away right now…' He heard another voice before he could finish.

'Answer the question Rylee.' That was definitely his father and he had no choice but to answer with that tone.

He let the events play in his head from when he arrived at the house to now. Just as he finished he saw the wolves running toward them out of the trees.

'If he hurts her Jake, I am so going to kick your ass. I told you to talk to him.'

'Jayden, get the hell off her now! And don't even think about running!' Jake left no room for argument in the command.

Jayden growled fiercely but did as he was told since he had no other choice. He heard a growl then and looked to see Mykah in his wolf form growling because Bryce was holding Ellie in his arms.

Mykah realized what he had done when Jayden growled back at him. Luckily the others were too focused on Jayden to pay attention to Mykah and he hid his thoughts quickly. He wasn't ready for them to know he had imprinted on Elli.

Siana walked over to her mother and stood next to her.

'We're all going to phase back and no one is going to attack anyone, and no one is to leave until I say so, understand?' Jake growled out the words.

Siana whimpered at his words and then Jayden suddenly growled looking at his father. 'She can't phase back, she shredded her clothes and I'll be damned if any one is going to see her naked.'

Siana gasped in her thoughts and Jake growled at his son.

'I know you have some issues right now that you can't control, but you will not growl at me, got it?'

Jayden just let out a huff. They all turned when they heard two human growls. Rylee saw Tristan and Callie growling at Ryan and Nessie who apparently had shown up at some point. Callie was clinging to Tristan.

'Shit….' Rylee let the curse slip.

'Who are they?' Jake almost growled out.

'I'll explain later, can I phase now so I can take care of them?'

'Fine, and then go get clothes for Jayden and ask your sisters for something for Siana.'

'What, no way, I'm not wearing clothes from a…..'

'Leah, control your daughter. She will wear the clothes or she can go naked.' Jake snarled.

Leah mentally rolled her eyes but talked in her thoughts quietly to her daughter.

Rylee phased and threw on his shorts. He walked over to Tristan and Callie.

"Sorry about all of this. That's Ryan, and my mom. They won't hurt you. Come with me, you can wait in my room unless you'd rather stay here."

"Are you sure they won't hurt us?" Tristan practically whispered.

"As long as you quit growling at them, you're safe."

"We'll wait here then until you can explain all this."

Rylee nodded and ran into the house. He came back out minutes later and set the clothes on the ground by the wolves feet.

Seconds later everyone was back in their human form and throwing on their clothes. Jayden growled angrily.

"Couldn't you have ordered her to change in the woods so no one would see her?"

Jake walked over to his son. "Get in the house and wait in your room. You are not to leave that room until I tell you too!"

As Jayden started to stalk away Jake called after him, but not in his alpha tone. "And apologize to your sister and Bryce."

Jayden ignored his father and just stomped into the house. Jake then noticed that Ryan was clutching Nessies hand and she had her other hand on his chest rubbing softly as if to calm him. He couldn't help the small growl that escaped.

"Jacob Black, don't you dare growl at him." Nessie kept her voice firm and serious. Jake turned his gaze from them over to Rylee now.

Rylee was trying to explain things to Tristan and Callie. "Okay, that's my mom, Nessie, and that's Ryan, Bryce and Siana's dad. Bryce is the one that punched Jayden. Are you with me so far?"

"So Bryce is a…..a half vampire, and Siana is a wolf?" Tristan asked.

"Yes. And that…."Rylee pointed to Leah. "is their mother Leah. Also a wolf as you saw. That's Mykah, uh…just ignore his behavior for now."

"Ok, so who's he?" Tristan asked almost warily as Jake watched them.

"That is my father, and he is also one of the alpha's here."

"WHAT? You didn't say your father was an alpha."

"I didn't know that would be a problem for you. Is there something I should know?"

Tristan looked at his sister and Rylee didn't miss the fear in her eyes. He turned back to Rylee.

"Not right now, no. But we're not very trusting of….wolves we don't know, so if we come across as un polite, you will have to forgive us."

Rylee looked at them both for a moment then he turned toward his father. Jake walked over to them.

"Dad, this is Tristan and Callie. Is it alright if they stay here for a bit?"

"For now, but we'll talk about this later. Right now I need take care of this mess. What is going on between your brother and sister?"

Rylee glanced toward Elli then back at his father. "You have to ask them dad. I can't help you with that. But dad, something's wrong with Jayden.. I told him to talk to you, or even Ryan or Leah but….he wouldn't."

"Your brother….well I'm going to talk to him. First I need to deal with the others." Rylee nodded as Jake turned and walked back over to Leah and Siana. He looked over to the side and saw Bryce was still holding Elli close to him.

"Elli, go see your mother please. Bryce, come over here." Jake knew neither of them had to obey, but they did as they were told. Before Elli pulled away Bryce gently kissed her lips.

Jake sighed and looked toward Mykah when he heard a low growl. "Mykah, is there a problem?"

"What, no sorry, no problem." He grumbled as he heard Ryan softly laugh.

Bryce walked over to where Siana and Leah were standing.

"You may want to think twice before punching my son in the face again. He may have been in the wrong with what he said to his sister, but I can guarantee you he would not have hurt her. Next time you lay a hand on him, there may not be anyone around to stop him. Think about that."

Bryce just nodded and Leah glared at him.

"And you young lady. Your mother is going to have a talk with you when she takes you home. I suggest you listen to her carefully. Like or not, Jayden is your imprint and the sooner you accept it, the easier it will be on both of you. In the meantime, if you can't be nice to my family, then don't come around. You still owe them an apology from the other day, and I don't want to see you at my house again until you do."

"Jake…"

"No Leah. Jayden apologized to you and Ryan, now it's her turn. Until she does she can stay away from my house. You two are free to leave. I'm sure Ryan will be along soon."

Leah took Siana by the arm and walked off with her. Bryce looked back to see that Elli and Aly were both gone from site.

"She'll be fine Bryce. You can come by later to check on her if you want."

Bryce just nodded then disappeared. Jake turned back to Mykah now to see he was watching Bryce with a murderous glare.

"Go home Mykah, and leave Bryce alone."

Mykah huffed but said nothing as he took off.

Jake took a deep breathe and turned back toward his family. He walked closer to them but stopped a few feet away. "Ness…"

"Don't start with me Jake, you know he is uncomfortable around wolves esp ones he doesn't know."

Jake sighed and walked closer to Rylee. "Dad, Jayden needs to…"

"I know what he needs Rylee. I've taken care of you both since you were babies."

Jake then held out his hand to the other two wolves. "I'm Jacob, sorry about all this, I'm sure it's not a great first impression and you're probably confused. Rylee will fill you in."

Tristan shook his hand but Callie wouldn't let go of her brother. She kept her face hidden.

"She's a little shy. Sorry if we caused any trouble. We don't have to stay….."

"It's alright, you're welcome to stay. I want to know your story but I have a son to take care of first. Rylee, there's gonna be a bonfire later tonight at the beach, I expect you there at some point. Bring your friends."

Rylee nodded as Jake walked away. Nessie walked slowly over tugging a reluctant Ryan behind her. She hugged Rylee gently and then asked "Who are your friends?"

Ryan growled softly when the other two wolves seemed hesitant. They returned the growl. "Guys, please, it's my mom, she won't hurt you. And neither will he. Mom this is Tristan and Callie, they may stay here for a bit."

"It's nice to meet you both. Sorry about all the commotion." Nessie smiled softly then she placed a hand on Rylees cheek. She used her gift to speak to her son.

Tristan and Callie watched intently.

'Be careful Rylee, you don't know their story. I'm going to show you something and I want you to take them there to stay for now.' Nessie showed Rylee the cottage in the woods that used to be her home. She let her hand slip away.

"Alright mom, I will. But what was that place?"

"I'll explain it more later, but they can stay there for now."

Rylee nodded his understanding.

Nessie walked with Ryan now into the house.

"Come on, I'll show where you can stay for now."

As they made their way through the woods Tristan asked Rylee questions.

"So what was going on back there with everyone?"

Rylee laughed a little. "It's complicated sort of. I'll start with the easiest part. Jayden and Siana. They imprinted on each other but Siana doesn't want anything to do with him because he's half vampire."

"But that doesn't make sense. Her father is half vampire, and her brother right? So shouldn't she be used to that?"

"Ok, so maybe that wasn't so easy. Siana despises her father and her brother. We were all surprised when she stuck up for him back there. See, when Leah was a new wolf, she despised vampires. She didn't warm up to them until she imprinted on Ryan. It seems her daughter has the same attitude even though Leah has long grown out of it."

"Ok, but then why would Jayden attack her, aren't wolves supposed to protect their imprints?"

"That's a harder question. We aren't exactly sure yet what's with his moods lately. I have my own idea but I have to ask my dad too. But I think it has something to do with the fact that not only is he a vampire, but he's also a wolf, and the son of an alpha at that. I think his instincts are just so strong that he will do whatever it takes to claim his imprint, and the more she rejects him, the worse it becomes for him."

"But you don't think he's a threat to anyone?"

"I know he isn't a threat to his family, or to anyone else as long as they don't give him a reason." Rylee said carefully.

"Ok, so what about the other half breed, Bryce I think you said? Is he your sisters mate? And why did the other wolf keep growling at him?"

Rylee laughed again. "That's a little more complicated. Elli has known Bryce since we were all younger. They started growing closer together a few years ago when he would come to visit us. When we moved back here, they see each other more now. They care about each other, a lot. I can tell that much. But….Mykah imprinted on Elli."

"But he hasn't told her?"

"Oh no, she knows, she knew the day it happened. Mykah has a worse attitude then Siana. He wanted nothing to do with Elli. I think he is slowly coming around though. But Bryce doesn't know that he imprinted on her. Elli hasn't told him yet. She doesn't want to hurt him or lose him as a friend. I'm not even sure how she feels about all of it. No one except Mykah, his brother, and my siblings know so you can't bring it up to anyone. That's what her Jayden have been fighting over. They have always been real close, Jayden and Elli, but she kept something from him and now he's just all around pissed off esp. since he found out what it was."

They walked in silence for a few minutes before stepping into a clearing with a small cottage.

"This is it. My mom said it you guys can stay here. I've never been inside but we can check it out."

Rylee walked forward and pushed open the door. It looked exactly as his mom had showed him. He walked down the hall and saw the bedrooms and bathroom. Then he walked back out and saw Tristan and Callie in the doorway.

"Something wrong?" Rylee asked them curiously.

"It smells like leeches." Tristan almost growled.

"Oh, sorry about that." Rylee sniffed the air. "That's my family, well my moms side of the family. Apparently this is where she grew up with her parents. You could probably open the windows and air it out. If you want to get cleaned up the showers back there. They'll be plenty of food at the bonfire tonight. I'll introduce you to the rest of the pack. Although there may be one or two I don't know yet."

"Are you sure we'll be safe here?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

'Rylee, get your ass back here now.' Rylee heard Jayden's voice in his thoughts.

"Shit, I have to go. Will you two be alright until I come back to get you?"

"I think so. Is everything alright?"

"I'm sure it's fine. I'll be back soon."

Rylee ran out of the cottage and headed home.

When Jake went inside to talk to Jayden he found Elli crouched in front of his bedroom door. She was begging him to let her in.

He grabbed his daughter gently and hugged her to him. "Sweetheart, it's alright. He didn't mean anything he said to you."

"I know that daddy, it's just, we've always been so close and I don't understand why he's so mad at me."

"I think I do. But it has nothing to actually do with you and I'm not sure he even realizes it himself. But I'm gonna try to take care of it alright?"

Elli nodded and then walked to her own room. Jake pounded on Jaydens door. "Open this door Jayden." He used his angry father voice.

Jaydens door cracked open and when Jake opened it the rest of the way Jayden was already across the room on the window sill. Jake shut the door behind him.

"Jayden, you need to be more careful with your temper. There's some things you need to know that while they may not help you, it will help you at least understand what's happening."

Jayden just huffed. Jake sat on the edge of the bed.

"Your emotions are very high right now. That's partly due to the imprint. You can feel her emotions as well as your own. But you also have an overwhelming need to claim you mate."

Jaydens head turned so he locked gazes with his father. "Jesus Jayden, I knew you needed to hunt but I didn't realize it was that bad."

"I'm fine. What were you saying..about claiming my mate?"

"Your emotions aren't going to get any better until you have claimed your mate. You have to find a way to try and keep them under control until then. I know it's very hard to do, but if you don't, you are going to end up hurting someone. You are going to feel so protective of her until then that you may feel like you are going insane. Not only do you have the wolf who wants it's mate, an alpha wolf at that, but you have your vampire side too. The two combined is almost lethal in this case. You can't force Siana to submit or give in to you. For one it's wrong, and two, she'll hate you if you do that."

"How do you know all this, how can you even pretend to understand this?"

"Haven't you learned by now that you are my pup?"

Jayden just snickered and turned away.

"When I met your mother, I imprinted on her. I hated it and I tried to fight it at first. But I couldn't. I was going nuts and I was getting jealous over Ryan once he showed up. I started blowing up at everyone and I felt like I was going nuts. Sam told me what was happening. He said it wouldn't get better until I claimed her as mine in every way. He was right. Of course I was still protective and jealous for awhile, but not as bad as before. But you Jayden, you're more of a danger because you can do more damage than the rest of us. You need to find a way to bring Siana around before you do something to someone you'll regret."

"She wants nothing to do with me dad, that's not my fault. I didn't do anything to her. She's the one with the prejudice's." Jayden tried to hide the growl but failed.

"Can I go now?"

"No, you need to hunt, but I don't want you going alone right now, you're too keyed up. Wait for your brother to get here, I'll make him go with you. I have to talk to Sam so he can tell the rest of the pack what's going on. And Jayden…"

Jayden turned to look at his father as he called to his brother in his thoughts.

"I don't know what's going on between you and your sister, but if you ever imply that she is a slut again, I will personally make sure you learn some manners. I know that you didn't really mean it, and that is the only reason I haven't done anything else. But don't ever let me find out that you called her that again."

Jayden turned back to gazing out the window. Jake walked over and squeezed his shoulder, then walked away out of his room.

A few minutes later Rylee ran into the house only to be stopped by his father. "Whoa, everything ok?"

"Uh…I think so…is Jayden alright?"

Jake chuckeled. "He called you didn't he…..I told him he had to wait for you to go hunt. I was just getting ready to head to Sam's so I can talk to him. Go on, watch him though, and don't hesitate to phase if something goes wrong."

Rylee nodded and then ran up the stairs to their room.

Okay, I managed to make this one a bit longer. So what do you all think? Do you still like it, did you not like? I haven't forgotten about the other vamp problem so don't worry, there will be more of that coming soon. I did want to apologize for something I realized I keept doing. I keep changing the way the names are spelt of certain characters without even realizing I did it and I'm sorry for that. Anyway, any reviews comments questions are always welcome and greatly appreciated. Pls pls tell me what you think