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Chapter 9

"I would like to welcome our three newcomers to the pack, young Seth Clearwater who is young Leah's younger brother, my son Jacob who just joined the ranks today…" Sam growled and pulled Edward closer upon hearing Jacob's name "and young Mr. Edward Masen who is the imprint of our alpha Sam." Edward blushed furiously when Sam made him stand like the others before him and tried to hide behind him but apparently Sam wasn't having that and made him stand front and centre.

"Thank you Billy, Edward will be staying with me from now on and I would like you all to take it upon yourselves to get to know him, pack members are expected to protect him no matter what." Sam stood tall and proud and spoke clear and firm making Edwards heart skip a beat… Hold on a second heart?

"But isn't he a vampire, why would he need protection." One of the younger wolves said from beside Jacob.

"Edward is a special case, he is not as strong as your average vampire and nor has he ever had the drive for blood that others do. Edward is becoming more human every minute we are bonded and soon will be fully human and needs your protection as my mate." Edward softly tapped his arm to get his attention. "What is it baby?" He asked making Edward blush again but said nothing as he took his fingers and placed them on his pulse, as sluggish as it was, it was climbing faster quickly. "Well it seems his transformation is almost complete, he now has a beating heart." He announced proudly sitting back down pulling Edward on his lap and getting comfy for the story telling.

Edward snuggled in close and sighed as Sam wrapped his arms tight around him and pulled him close planting a kiss on his head.

Billy cleared his throat again ready to start. "Long ago, there was a shifter wolf named Taha Aki who was the first of our kind. He and his wife bore three children who would all grow to have the gene and spread it onto their children and so on. One day a cold one came seeking refuge from werewolves and was refused upon seeing his red eyes. He vowed his revenge and that he would return. Years came and went with no visit from the vampire, it was soon believed that he had died or was bluffing. Soon Taha Aki was too old to shift and his oldest son was the new alpha of the pack when the vampire decided to show again with an army behind him. Two witches lead them all causing pain and panic as they went. Taha Aki heard the screams and stepped out of the hut in time to see the same cold one from all those years ago murder his eldest son. He heard the screams of his wife as he shifted for the first time since his youth to attack the vampire but was intercepted by another that wrapped their arms around his neck. His wife found a sharp rock close by and sacrificed herself so her husband could live and save the lands. His two other sons soon came to help along with the rest of the surviving members of the pack and before long the vampires had retreated. Only one remained, he had long blonde hair and evil red eyes that held no mercy. He held his arm out and dropped this necklace to the ground as a reminder to the pack of what had happened that day. Not that anyone could forget the loss that was suffered that day in the hands of the cold ones." Billy held a necklace up for all to see, it was startlingly familiar to Edward who gasped and quickly stood.

"May I please see that necklace Mr. Black?" He asked politely already walking toward him. Billy nodded and handed it to him curiously.

"What is it Edward?" Sam who had apparently followed him asked.

"I know who this necklace belongs to." Edward whispered. "Your tribe was lucky to escape with their lives. This necklace belongs to Caius of the Vulturi and those two witches you spoke of ad the Vulturi twins Alec and Jane. Of the Vulturi wanted this pack gone the could do it and not bat an eye, they would wipe out the entire state if they had to."

"Who are the Vulturi Edward, how do you know of them?"

"The Vulturi is the closest my kind has to royalty, they're thousands of years old. No-one knows for sure how old they are, but they are the strongest coven in the world and are unstoppable. They have three leaders Aro, who is a little fickle but ruthless in his quest for collecting vampires with talents. He's been after me since Carlisle first changed me but I refused him, he also want Alice and Jasper who also repeatedly deny him. Markus isn't much of a threat since his mate was killed then there is Caius, he is solely responsible for the extinction of werewolves and is the most crooked of the lot of them. They are who my kind answer to when we threaten the secrecy of our existence, the price for that is death. There will be the odd vampire who is granted immunity if they join them, that vampire is so great full they accept. That one vampire always has a talent that they wanted. If they want someone it's only a matter of time before they have them for something they have supposedly done, it won't be long before they come for me again." Sam snarled and pulled him close.

"They'll had to get through me first." He vowed.

"Me too." Came an unfamiliar voice making Sam spin around to face him growling and pulling me behind him.

"Who are you?" He demanded.

"I am Mitchell Masen and that's my little brother you're manhandling." Edward gasped and hid further behind Sam, fists tightening in the back of his shirt. "I'm going to kindly as you to hand him over now." He smirked.

"You'll have to kill me first." Sam snapped. "You're trespassing alpha, tread carefully. Why are you here?"

"Why I came for Eddy, you see two months ago a seer in my pack had a vision of my baby brother whom I thought to be dead for over ninety years. I just had to come see for myself and there he is looking every bit like our mother. I'm not here to take you away Edward I'm here for you to help you, to teach you. I know exactly what is going on with you and I can help, I was just testing your imprint here. I didn't meant to frighten you believe me after all this time of believing you to be dead…"

"I didn't even know you existed until this morning." Edwards said softly, peeking out slightly from behind Sam.

"You were going to be told on your 18th birthday but you didn't make it that far before the influenza. Dad had stopped shifting two years after you were born for mum and you would have shifted on your next birthday. It's how things were done then, I know it seems cruel but it was for the best. I've lived all this time with the promise to be reunited with my baby brother this year, here I am and I'm not going anywhere until I've taught you all I know and you send me away specifically. My pack and I will be staying in the town over so as not to cause trouble, is there anything I should know for my packs safety?"

"There is a coven of vampires just across the boarder from our lands, they are not to be touched until I give the OK." Sam glared at him, daring him to argue.

"Why not take them out now?"

"There is a treaty in place to prevent unprovoked attacks and they are my family, stay away from them. They mean no harm." This time it was Edward who glared at his brother and daring his arguments. He nodded and raised his hands in mock surrender smirking at Edward who was now glaring defiantly at him with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Quite a little spitfire you got there, just like mum. I won't harm the leeches so long as they don't harm you or my pack. You have my word."

"I don't know you, your word means nothing. I will make up my own mind." Sam wrapped and arm around his shoulders and pulled him into his side. Edward melted into the embrace and smiled up at his mate before looking back to his brother.

"We will meet tomorrow to discuss what you think you know, for now I'm taking my mate home for the night. Goodnight." With that Sam turned and left with Edward tucked safely into his side. The whole way there Edward had exactly one thought.

My long lost brother is a douche.