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We finally arrive to chapter 10 and I must say I enjoyed writing the last part, I hope you like it!
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10 Team
Dylan's point of view
"So, how did your little adventure went?" Brad asked
We are in a little café of another beautiful city of Italy, Florence. It's 10 am and we are having breakfast in a very crowded area, nobody would ever suspect that we are from a different specie, not with me hiding our scents.
"I went to see Leah", I confessed
"You did what?"
Brad is my best friend, we are almost the same age and we met after the war, when we were hiding from Volturi. He is a tall brown hair guy with blue eyes and very popular with the ladies. He is always wearing a chain with the symbol of a wolf on it.
"I had to see her", I explained
"Relax, I am not going to tell the others, but I thought the 'falling in love' process was going to take time or something, isn't it a bit too soon? Besides we are about to start a new war, this is not the perfect time to start a relationship"
"I know! But I just can't stop thinking about her, is not my fault. Maybe the fact that she has a bond with me accelerated the process or something"
"Maybe. You are her imprint, right?" I nodded. "So how did it go?"
"What?"
"Your date"
"It wasn't a date. I feel like a complete stalker, I followed her all day long and then when vampires finally left her alone I got in the train she was in"
"And?"
"And what?"
"You got in the same train and you just stayed there? What did you do?"
"Well, we talked…and I kind of… I made her cry"
"Seriously man, you have 162 years old and you still don't know how to talk to a woman?" Brad started massaging his forehead. "What are we going to do with you?"
"In case you have forgotten, I have experience with women, but is different with her, my voice cracks, my head is a mess and I can't stop saying stupid things"
"Stop talking like a little girl, now concentrate, all you have to do is practice. This is something new for both of you, she is probably feeling the same way you are"
"Yeah, you are probably right, hey she should be your sol, not mine", I admitted sadly. "I'm a complete idiot"
It's hard to admit it, but I don't think I am the best imprint Leah could have. I've been thinking about that since I saw her three days ago. She needs someone that is able to protect her, someone that can dedicate all his time to her, someone that understands what she has been through. I don't understand it, I didn't know what to say to her the other day, why me?
"Ok, now you look like if someone had died", Brad commented. "Hey, remember what I told about practicing? You should start now"
"I promise myself I wasn't going to see her until the meeting"
"Why wait three weeks if you can see her now?"
"What are you talking about?"
"She is here"
"Very funny"
"I'm not lying, she is right behind you"
Brad's ability is always useful. He can see, smell, and hear three times better than any werewolf; you can imagine how good his senses are. So I believed him and turned around. He is right; she is walking across the bridge that leads to this part of the city. White pants, blue t-shirt, sun glasses, she looks amazing.
"No leeches on the area", Brad confirmed taking a deep breath. "What are you waiting for? Go and talk to her!"
"Are you crazy?"
"Dylan she lives with almost 40 vampires, the fact that you can see her around without any of them in the area is just a message from destiny that says 'go and talk to her' "
"Ok, ok, I'll go", I stood up and fixed my eyes on her
"What are you doing?"
"Announcing my presence", I explained accelerating the rhythm of my heartbeat
Leah reacted almost immediately; she took her sunglasses off and smiled widely.
"Oh god, you two need urgent help", Brad said
"Hey, where are you going?"
"If you aren't going to talk to her, then I will", he said before he started walking in her direction
I sighed; I left money over the table and followed him. Leah had continued walking, but we catch up with her in the middle of the street.
"Hey she wolf", Brad greeted her
"Hi, your name is Brad right?" oh perfect, she remembers him
"The one and only"
"Dylan!" I am almost one block away, how did she see me? Oh right, she has superpowers
"How are you Leah?" I tried to sound casual as I walked towards them. "Please don't think that I was following you again, this is just a coincidence"
"It's ok, I know you do it for my own safety", she smiled at me; I am melting here.
"So what are you doing here?" Brad asked her
"Well I am the actual post woman of the Volturi castle", she explained. "They sent me here and there to deliver letters or packages to certain people", she took out three letters from her bag
"Did you already read them?" Brad asked
"I don't care what Aro writes to people"
"Aren't you the spy here? You are supposed to read them", Brad commented
"I read a few last week, but he writes always the same thing, it has to do with business and collector's stuff. Aro enjoys collecting all kind of old things, so he makes me do the tedious part. If he wants to send an important letter he is not going to ask me for help, he has Jane for that"
"That's why you are alone", Brad noticed. "You don't need bodyguards to deliver a few letters"
"Exactly, after that I have to go back to the castle. I still have a few hours left, but… I kind of got lost", she admitted with a nervous laugh; god she looks so cute
"Well, today is your lucky day, Florence is my natal city, I can take you anywhere you want", he just can't stop talking, can he? "It'll be an honor to escort you around the city, right Dylan?"
"Sure", I said with a fake smile
"Thanks, I hope this doesn't take too long", she showed the first letter to Brad. "This is the first place I need to go"
"You weren't so lost then, we are really close, follow me"
We started walking in the direction Brad indicated, we left Leah in the middle and of course my best friend started talking again.
"So Leah, have you learned how to speak Italian?"
"Yes, Aro forced his bodyguard, Renata, to teach me a few languages, now I can speak English, Spanish, Italian, Latin, German, French and now I am learning Greek"
"You learned all those languages in six months?" I asked impressed
"Well, the first months I couldn't leave the castle and I didn't have anything to do, so I started learning to entertain myself", she admitted. "They taught me how to fight in my human form too"
"Why?" we both asked
"They don't allow me to transform unless I am in a mission and it's completely necessary, so I needed a way to protect myself in my human form", she explained. "Shape shifters can transform at will, we are not really used to fight in our human form"
"Then prepare yourself, because many of us want to see you in your wolf form", Brad said
"You are not fighting against my sol", Leah's heartbeat suddenly became faster, what did I say?
"Relax Dylan, we are not going to fight against her, we are just curious", Brad said raising his hands in defense. "Especially the twins, you really made an impression on them"
"They are British right?" she asked. "You are from Denmark and you are Italian, what about the others?"
"Alex is from Australia", I answered. "Erick is from Latin America, Jamal comes from Africa, Oliver is Irish and Valadik is from Russia"
"Wow, you come from all around the world", she said impressed
"I hope you don't mind but I investigated a little bit about Quileute people", Brad admitted
"You did?" Leah asked
"Is a very interesting culture, but there are only a few of you, that made me ask myself if all Quileute men could transform into wolves"
"Well, they all have the genes, but when I left we were only 17 and most of them are very young. The first transformation happened like five years ago and it was only because the cold ones had invaded our territory"
"So shape shifters only exist to protect their people?"
"Any human who needs our help", she answered Brad
"I see", he commented. "So you don't know what happens if you stop transforming"
"Some of us think that we will start aging again, but we don't know exactly what is going to happen"
"I still can't believe that we have live so long in this world and we didn't know your people existed", he said to her
"We try to keep our existence as a secret"
"So only pack members know the legends?"
"Everyone knows the legends, but only pack members and their imprints know that they are true"
"You mean you can't tell your family or your friends?"
"Exactly, is a bit complicated, but is the only way to protect them"
"That must be hard for all of you"
"Most of the guys knew each other before transforming, so is not really a problem for them, but I lost all my friends after I transformed for the first time. I didn't have time to have fun or to go out with them, I was always too busy patrolling, and the fact that I was always running around with 16 half naked men didn't help me either"
"Hey Leah I think this is the building you were looking for", Brad noticed
"You are right, wait for me here, I'll be right back", she said before entering the building and I sighed
"Oh, Dylan, I thought we had lost you fifteen minutes ago", Brad said to me
"What?"
"Now I know why you made her cry", he said angrily
"What are you talking about?" I asked confused
"You haven't said a single word since we started walking"
"That's because you haven't stop talking, besides, I have nothing to say"
"She is telling us everything about her, and if you haven't pay attention is not easy for her, so stop acting as a ghost and just say something!"
"I'm back", we turned around to see Leah. "Is something wrong?"
"No, Dylan was just thinking about the last thing you said, you know the 16 half naked boys running around", Brad said
"Oh", she walked towards us and took our hands. "See?"
"Is that your normal body temperature?" I asked surprised and she nodded
"Shape shifters have a high metabolism in order to be able to transform all the time", she explained and released our hands. "That's why we don't use too many cloths, besides is uncomfortable to run with a lot of cloth in our wolf form. Brad can you take a look to the next address?"
"Sure", she handled him the next letter. "We have to walk a little more for this one, but is not far away either, follow me", he nudged me when he passed in front of me
"So Leah", I started to say just to please Brad. "Did you live in the city?"
"No, I have lived all my life in a reservation called La Push. It's a beautiful place between the forest and the beach", she answered with a sad tone
"Do you miss your home?" I asked without thinking; I am an idiot, of course she misses it!
"Well I miss the forest and the weather, it is always raining there, but I like Italy, is a place full of culture and history"
We kept walking in silence and Brad made me sign to continue talking. I don't even know why, but I obeyed him.
"What about your family Leah? Do you have any brothers or sisters?" I saw with the corner of my eye Brad hitting his forehead with his hand; what did I do wrong?
"Just one brother, Seth, he turned 18 a couple of weeks ago and he is a shape shifter too", she answered with a smile. "My mother, Sue Clearwater is part of the shape shifter council, so she knows everything about us, and my father… well my father died a few years ago"
"Oh Leah, I am sorry", I said. Dammit! Why can't I say something right? Now she is sad again and is all my fault.
"If there is anything…" Brad started to say but she shook her head violently
"No, thanks. This happened five years ago, talking about it shouldn't upset me anymore, but I… it was all my fault. Seth and I were arguing in the kitchen, we were really angry and we transformed for the first time in front of him. He wasn't prepared for that and he had a heart attack. Seth and I didn't know what was happening, we were too confused and too scare to do anything, I just didn't understand what was happening…"
"You've been through a lot of things to be only 22", I said after a long pause. "Like I told you the other day, you are a survivor Leah"
She didn't say anything and we kept walking in the direction Brad was indicating. Fortunately the next building, which was an old house, wasn't too far away. Leah entered the house and we stayed under a tree in the front yard.
"Now you understand?"
"Understand what?" Brad asked confused
"Why I can't talk to her, every time I open my mouth we end in an uncomfortable silence. I don't understand why I am her mate, I can't make her happy"
"Wow, dude relax", Brad asked me. "Now breathe deeply, again, good"
"I am an idiot"
"Yes you are, but not for the reasons you think", Brad commented. "You are thinking too much"
"What?"
"You heard me, you are trying too hard, I mean, you met her just a few days ago and you barely know her, you can't expect everything to be perfect"
"I am not asking for perfection, I just want to have a normal conversation with her"
"Maybe that isn't the way it is supposed to be"
"What do you mean?"
"From what I am noticing, she has suffered a lot, so do you, you both need someone who can listen, someone who can understand your pain, if you think it that way, you are perfect for each other"
"Are you crazy?"
"A little bit, but that is not the point. Think of it Dylan, when I talked to her all we did was talk about trivial things, but when you started talking she showed us her real concerns"
"Ok, let's suppose that you are right, what do I have to do?"
"Just talk about yourself and your problems, show her that you understand her"
I sighed. If I do that my bond with Leah is going to be stronger, I am not sure if I want that, I mean, things are really complicated just the way they are and talking about my problems is not going to change anything.
"Just one more letter", Leah said while she walked toward us
"I think I know this place", Brad said looking at the address. "This way"
"They gave you something?" I asked Leah looking at her bag
"A package for Aro, it probably contains an old crown or a piece of jewelry of the last roman emperor, I don't know, he collects all kind of weird things"
"Did he give you the necklace you are wearing?" I asked and she nodded
"Yes, every member of the royal guard has one of this", she explained. I don't like it, and by the way she looks at it she doesn't like it either. "Do you mind if I ask something?"
"Whatever you want", Brad said
"When the war ended, where did you hide?"
"Siberia", we both answered with a smile
"Siberia?"
"In the mountains of Verjoyansk", I added
"Valadik is Russian, so that is the only place he felt safe", Brad explained
"That sounds logical", Leah commented. "Did you like it?"
"It's the more freaking cold place I've been in", Brad said. "No matter what happens, I am not going back there"
"It wasn't that bad", I said. "I like it"
"When we finish with all this stuff I am going to buy a ticket to Trinidad and Tobago and I'll stay there for the rest of my life!"
"What is he talking about?"
"Brad is obsessed with an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean", I explained her. "If you could go anywhere you want, where would you go?"
"Home"
Somebody kill me please. That's the last thing I ask her, I swear! This is killing me! I am the worst mate ever; I should bury myself alive here.
"Dylan are you ok?" she asked concerned, I just nodded
We kept walking in silence till we reach the last building, an antique shop.
Leah was immersed in her own thoughts, but who really worried me was Brad, it isn't normal that he stays quiet for more than a few minutes, what is going on inside his mind?
Leah entered the store and we waited outside. I thought Brad was going to give me another speech, but he didn't say anything, he just sat on a bench and sighed.
"You haven't told her, have you?" Brad suddenly said angrily
"I don't know what you are talking about"
"Of course you know what I am talking about. That's why you have been acting so weird around her, this isn't you. My best friend is an optimist guy with a great personality and a good sense of humor, what's wrong with you?"
"I just want to do the right thing here, ok?"
"Please explain it to me because I don't understand you", he said seriously
"Didn't you listen to her? She has suffered enough and now she is living with a bunch of vampires, do you really think knowing it is going to change something?"
"She deserves to know it"
"It's my decision if I tell her or not", I said firmly
"And what are you going to do? Ignore the information and then ignore her? That is going to kill you and you know it"
"For the last time Brad, I am not going to tell Leah!"
"Tell me what?" Shit, she is back already? "You are not going to tell me what?" Leah insisted with a serious expression when I didn't answer.
"It's nothing Leah", I said trying not to make eye contact with her.
"You are not a good liar Dylan. Brad?" she asked my friend and I turned to look at him.
"You are going to die", he answered.
Leah didn't say anything, but her heartbeat became faster, I can hear it, and now she is having trouble to breathe.
"Brad, can you leave us alone?" I asked him
"I'll see you later, I am sorry Leah", he turned around and walked away
"Let's take a walk", I said and she followed without pronouncing a word. "I am sorry Leah, I should have told you sooner, but with all the things that were happening, and after all the things you've been through, I thought… I thought…" expressing how I feel has never been easy for me
"What… what is going to happen?" she asked with a nervous tone
"I don't know, we don't know why this happens, but after a werewolf finds his sol, she is in complete danger. It's always the same, after a week or a month, strange things happen to them, they die in accidents or they are murdered by vampires"
I don't like to remember that. After the war I had the chance to meet a few couples and it always ended the same. The girls were found dead and we couldn't blame anyone but ourselves. Some of us called it bad luck, but others think there is a good reason for all this nightmare, they think a werewolf shouldn't spend so much time with his sol, so nature finds the way to take them out of the way. I know, is the stupidest idea ever.
"I am going to protect you Leah", I assured her. "No matter what happens I am going to be there for you"
"You are forgetting something", she said. "I am not a normal person Dylan, I can protect myself"
"I am not going to leave you alone"
"What I mean is that is not easy to kill me, if destiny, nature, luck or whatever you want to call it wants me dead, I am going to fight back", she isn't nervous anymore
"You sound very confident of yourself"
"I am, no one messes with Leah Clearwater without paying for it"
"Leah let me handle this"
"Excuse me?"
"You are trying to deal with things you don't understand"
"And you do?"
"More than you"
"Then teach me"
"I don't want you to get involve in this"
"Involve in what? Dylan you are my imprint and I am your sol, whatever happens to you implies me, and whatever happens to me includes you, don't you understand? We are bond in more ways than any other couple on earth"
"Oh, really? Thanks for the information I haven't realize"
We stopped walking and she turned around to look at the open field in front of us. She is just so stubborn, why can't she understand that I want to keep her safe?
"Fight me"
"What?"
"Fight me", she insisted turning around to look at me
"I am not going to fight against you Leah", has she lost her mind?
"You still don't understand what an imprint means", she said walking towards me. "Fighting against me is the only way you will understand all the things that I am able to do"
"Leah this is not necessary"
"Yes it is! I don't need you to protect me; I need you to let me fight at your side"
"Fight against what?"
"Everything, vampires, destiny, life. We are a team Dylan, you can't leave me behind, we are in this together", I sighed.
"If protecting you means leaving you behind, then I'll do it", I assured her.
"I tried it the nice way; don't say that I didn't warn you"
"What are you talking about?" I barely dodged her kick. "Leah stop it!"
Why women don't listen? She didn't stop; she began attacking me with kicks, punches, hits, blows, all you can imagine. I dodged them all, but with the last one she almost knocked me down.
"Fight back", she said recovering her breath. "Fight me"
"Leah stop it, you are going to get hurt"
Ok, I think I said something I shouldn't have said, because now she is looking at me with a very angry expression. She started attacking me again and I think is time to end this. I immobilized her hands with mine, but she managed to knock me over with her feet. I stood up as fast as I could, but Leah attacked me from the back and I ended on the floor again. She wants me to fight back? Ok, let's do this.
I pushed her away with my hands and I stood up again. Leah was still on the floor, so I took the opportunity to get closer and I surrounded her with my arms. Before she could do anything I grabbed her hands with mine and I put them against her back, let's see if she can do anything about it. Unfortunately for me, she had the great idea to hit my head with hers, and let's just say it hurt.
I released her, she tackled me and we ended on the floor again. We started struggling over the grass; there is no way I am going to let her win. Leah can be fast and agile, but when it comes to strength, she has no chance with me. I ended on top of her and I decided it was enough, so I stop struggling and she did the same.
"You give up?" she asked me while we recover our breath and I started laughing
"Never"
"Well me neither"
I smiled at her. I have to admit it, she is a good fighter and she is beautiful. I fixed my eyes on hers and we stayed like that, I can feel her breath against my face and her heartbeat is becoming faster. No matter how much I think about it, she is the best thing that has ever happen to me.
"I think we are going to make a good team", I murmured and she smiled at me.
Her lips captured my attention and I leaned forward, we closed our eyes and we got carried by the moment, but before I could catch her lips with mine something else called my attention. There is a strange scent in the area; vampires.
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