As soon she said those four words, he was a blur, he had his hands wrapped around her throat squeezing the life out of her, absolutely furious with her.

As Emmett and Edward were sprinting towards her, Edward could hear Caluhm say "if I'm not going to have you no one will."

By the time they got to him he had choked her enough to leave her unconscious. Emmett rammed into him like a mac truck and Caluhm let go of her throat and she dropped to the ground, Edward tried to get a hold of him but he was too quick for him at the time, yes to quick for Edward. He was distracted, but Caluhm disappeared into thin air. Edward ran to Sarafeena, terrified that she might have been dead.

He told Emmett "I'm going to take Sarafeena to the rez, track him down!"

Emmett nodded and took off. Edward scooped Sarafeena off the ground and ran to the car, while in the car he called Jasper, Jake, and Sam and told them to meet him at Seth's, it was the closest and he wanted to check her out before he went to help search. When we arrived not only were the guys he called there, but Dr. Cullen was there, along with ten other freakishly tall boys, ones that had the same features as Jake, Sam and Seth.

"Seth isn't here, he went up north, he's probably in Canada by now," Jake told them.

He was upset with the way the night had gone, and about Sarafeena's reaction to his presence at the bar. As soon as Edward got the initial status about Sarafeena from Dr. Cullen he briefed the other guys about what he looked like, and that he went by the name 'Caluhm'. As soon as he said his name, Jake, Sam and the other ten were off sprinting into the woods in all different directions.

Dr. Cullen stopped Edward and asked "what else do you know of him?"

"She pleaded with him to leave them alone…"

"You?" Dr. Cullen asked.

Edward said "I assume so, yes, me and Emmett, and then he asked her why she wouldn't go with him, to which she replied "because I don't love you" that's when he attacked her. I did hear his thoughts, and as he was trying to kill her, he kept saying that if he couldn't have her no one could."

Dr. Cullen puckered his brow and cocked his head, "Edward... he's a vampire... she must know?"

Edward replied, "I don't know, but it was odd, Emmett got to them before I had, and Emmett saw Caluhm stopped about two feet in front of her and motionless, unable to move."

Dr. Cullen asked, "and she didn't try to run or anything?"

"NO, that's the odd part, her body language was very calm and confident that he couldn't hurt her."

Dr. Cullen was very intrigued about the whole situation "go help them track, I will stay with her until someone gets back here. Then I will see if I can find anything out about him."

Edward was half way out the door when he called back to him, "he might be from California , not New York city" then just like that he was gone.

There wasn't much Dr. Cullen could actually do, he put a wet washcloth on her forehead to try and keep her cooled off, he checked to make sure nothing was broken or crushed in her neck or throat and everything checked out fine.

Just as he went to change the washcloth Seth tumbled in, "where is she, is she ok, did they catch him?"

"Slow down, catch your breath" Dr. Cullen told him, he had over-heard what Jake said about him being up in Canada, so he knew what Seth had gone through to get back so quickly.

"Sarafeena is ok, nothing broken or crushed, she's just passed out from the lack of oxygen. So sit down, calm down" he told him while getting the washcloth for her head, and grabbing a huge bottle of water for Seth.

He drank the whole thing in seconds, Dr. Cullen informed him he better take better care of himself if he wanted to be there for her. His eyes grew wider, he went to say something when everyone came busting back in.

"Did you find him, did you kill the bloodsucker, did…"

"NO" Edward yelled, "HE GOT AWAY," he was absolutely furious.

Jake looked at him "calm down, we did our best" which drew a hiss from Edward. Jake ignored it at first and went on to say "they are still out there looking," Edward was still making noises which made Jake really angry, "who are you to be so judgmental of how we work, you let him get away in the first place! Why do you even care so much about her? She's just another…"

Edward got right in his face and said "finish that, go ahead."

Dr. Cullen got up and got in between them, Emmett groaned, "aww man, I wanted another epic showdown."

Seth stood up and shouted at them, "REALLY!? REALLY!? YOU ARE ALL PATHETIC, LOOK AT HER, LOOK WHAT HE DID TO HER... JAKE LOOOOOOK AT HER!! EDWARD SHUT THE HELL UP, STOP TRYING TO PLACE BLAME AND WORK TOGETHER. A VAMPIRE JUST TRIED TO KILL THE WOMEN I... I MEAN THIS INNOCENT GIRL!"

All their mouths were hanging wide open, shock was written all over their faces, Seth had never freaked out that much on anyone about anything. But their eyes weren't focused on him, they were looking at the couch behind him.

He heard a tiny raspy voice say, "I need to leave, I need to get away from you, he's going to kill you," she looked up at Edward, Emmett, "and even you," she looked at Jake, "and, and, you" she looked at Seth, but this time a tear trickled down her soft tiny face. She tried to stand but they forced her back down.

She was getting angry now, she rose her raspy voice louder, "are you guys deaf? I said he's going to kill you, he's a vamp... wait" she paused and looked up at Seth, "you said vampire." She looked at them all, she squinted her eyes at Emmett, Edward, and then Jasper and finally Dr. Cullen, she shot right up... "You're all... you're... WHAT THE HELL, I am a trouble magnet! Why, what, do you too?"

Edward looked at her and answered the last question by stating "only animal blood, no humans."

She was so upset she didn't even hear his answer, she got up and started for the door when the ten freakishly large boys started to pour in. She jumped back, and looked at Edward.

"Can I go?

He looked over at Jake, "yes, he isn't nearby and we are sending the ten back out to keep the perimeter."

She took to the door with heist and pushed her way through all the towers that surrounded her.

Edward yelled after her "don't go too far and do NOT leave the rez."

She let out a scream of frustration, while picking up her pace away from the tiny over stuffed house. Jake looked at Seth and nodded, Seth took off out of the door after her, and he was followed by the ten others.

*****

Seth talked to them briefly before they all took off in every direction but the one she was actually going in, this was left for Seth. He caught up to her in seconds even though she had thought she had picked up a good enough pace sure to buy her some alone time. When he caught up to her she was rambling on about how dumb they were, and how it was their funeral, and why did she even care she hardly knew them. By this time she was back on the beach, the very one where she was attacked. As soon as she was about twenty paces onto the beach she pretty much threw herself to the ground and started crying. Seth had no idea what to do, was she hurt? Did she just trip? Then he heard her crying.

She got up and turned on him sharply, "if they are all vampires, what does that make you? I, I mean you guys?"

"I don't think I should tell you, you're dealing with enough right now, maybe some other time" she glared at him, which he was smart enough to just answer her questions. "Well, umm you see our…"

She interrupted, "no candy, just give it to me" she said.

"Ok" Seth replied, "we are, are, I'm a werewolf." Her face went totally blank, she started to slowly back away from him. "You look terrified, are you ok?" She was about to scream, she started to look around for something to protect herself. "Wait, you look scared but not shocked, why?"

She wasn't going to talk him but he slowly inched his way closer to her.

"Look at me, please, I'm not going to hurt you."

"YOUR NOT GOING TO HURT ME? THATS ALL YOU THINGS DO!!" she screamed at him.

"What are you talking about, how do you even know? And for the record, I have never hurt a human being, never even had a thought to until the other night!" he said.

"Wait the other night?" she asked.

"Yeah, when that guy attacked you on the beach" he hung his head. "I was there, and I couldn't help you."

"Why?" she asked while gazing up at him again.

"I was going to kill him" his head still hung in shame that trued into a disgust look, "I couldn't even protect you, I couldn't…" she stopped him.

He wasn't a horrible beast like she expected, she could feel his pain, it was aching deep in her chest, and she gasped for a breath as she remembered the most horrible thing from her past, she dropped to her knees and the tears started to flow. How could she feel this way towards one of them, she felt like she was betraying the most important person in her life. Seth rushed to her side and tried to wrap his arms around her. She pulled back but couldn't help but want to feel his arms wrapped around her, to comfort her.

"Please tell me what's wrong, how can I help?" he pleaded with her.

She peaked up through her bangs and said "you're, you're, you're a werewolf" she cried out. "You kil…" she couldn't finish her sentence.

"No, we protect people, not kill them, we kill vampires"

"I KNOW YOU KILL VAMPIRES" she screamed at him.

He was totally confused now, and then she looked shocked again.

"But you haven't killed Edward and his family, why?"

"Back home we had, have a treaty with them, if they didn't bite people we would leave them alone."

"Wait, they don't feed on people?"

He smiled "nope, they feed on animals. Edward told you that back at the house, but I think you were to shocked to hear him" she looked puzzled but was shockingly ok with it, but turned her attention back to him.

"I don't think I can" she paused and looked down, it was breaking her heart to even think about hating him for what he was, then she looked up, it was a full moon. "Wait it's a full moon, how are you not transformed?"

He smiled again, "Ohh yeah that, well I guess werewolf isn't really the proper name for us, we are actually shape shifters. Werewolves are vile, but it's just what we had always thought we were. I'm sorry I didn't mean to mislead you."

"So you're nothing like a werewolf?" she said with just a little too much joy in the tone of her voice.

"No we are not, like I said, we protect people, and only change when we need to. There have only been a few instances when people got hurt by us, and it was totally an accident. We would never hurt anyone but vampires."

She felt like she was being kicked in the stomach each time he said anything about killing vampires, but she couldn't tell him why, she hardly knew him and she didn't want to involve him in that part of her life, her past. She peaked up at him, "All vampires? Well besides the Cullen's?" she asked.

"Personally no, I have no problems with them, as long as they don't hurt a person, which is kind of hard, being that human's blood is how they survive, most of them that is. I have no problem with them as long as they don't cross that line."

She began to ease up, "So I don't even know your name." she said.

"Oh, well, umm, I'm Seth" he stuck his hand out to shake hers, she got closer to him and looked up into his eyes, his posture totally change, she looked sad, depressed even, and then suddenly very angry.

She was shocked and confused, was he the same Seth Katy had mentioned to her, the one she thought had left her the flowers? The same man she hadn't been able to stop thinking about, the one she cared so deeply for? Were they really one and the same?

She didn't shake his hand, instead she started to yell at him "OK didn't you hear me before, does anyone hear me?? Do you all not care about your lives??" She looked at him "listen I'm sure you have someone you love, someone you want to protect, why are you putting your life on the line by staying here with me? I told you, HE WILL KILL YOU."

Seth was now getting annoyed with her total hundred eighty degree turn a rounds in her personality changes and now decided to be a little firm with her, he raised his voice slightly and leaned towards her "listen I heard you the first twenty times, I'm not deaf, or dumb, I know what you said, I do understand English ya know. Take a breath and realize that there are over fifteen of us and one of him. Why is he going to kill us, just us? Why not anyone else in town, why are you so worried about us and not the town? There is a bloodsucker on the loose…" she looked at him and gave him a little smile, she kind of liked the term 'bloodsucker', but she didn't want to explain to him the reason why he was only after them because then she would have to admit that she had a connection with this stranger.

So she decided to change the subject, "so you're really a shape shifter? I take it you change into a wolf?" she asked.

He knew what she was doing, but he went along with it because it meant at least a couple minutes of her not shaking from fear, or freaking out and crying. He had dazed out while looking at her, admiring her beauty but realized she was still in the same clothes from when he saw her at the bar and that she must be freezing.

She looked up at him before he could answer and asked him "can I see?"

"See?" he asked.

She nodded her head, "yes, can I see? I kind of don't believe you, I'm more of a visual kind of girl" he thought about it for a couple minutes, because changing wasn't always safe, but how could he ever hurt HER, hurting her would be like stabbing himself in the chest a million times.

"Can you wait over there behind that big rock? I need some space," plus he had to take his clothes off, which he was a little embarrassed to do in front of her, even though he knew full well that he normally walks around half naked anyways.

She did as he asked, and went and stood behind the rock, about a minute later, a sandy brown haired wolf the size of a small draught horse started to walk toward her. At first she thought she should run, no way was this the young faced handsome guy that had just been standing in front of her. He walked very slowly towards her, so he wouldn't scare her too much. As he got closer, he could see the absolute fear in her eyes, she was afraid of him, he was a monster, he stopped and hung his head in self disgust. He didn't blame her, he was a monster, he thought, look at me, look at her, it's like beauty and the beast, beast times ten that is. She could feel something was wrong with him, she didn't understand how she could feel this, she was normally the one to make others feel what she wanted them to, but somehow she knew, and she had to do something. She slowly started to walk towards him, so softly as if she was floating in air all the way to him. She very slowly kneeled down about four feet in front of him, he looked up and cocked his head to the side, she started to crawl towards him, he met her half way, he didn't understand why she was in the sand getting herself, dirty, even colder, and wet.

She gazed into his eyes for about two seconds and smiled "it is you" she said.

He put his head down in front of her hand, she lifted her hand to pet his head, then she softly stroked his face, he closed his eyes and enjoyed every moment of contact he had with her, she smiled and let out a small giggle as he lightly nuzzled her face with his nose. She stared into his eyes again and couldn't fight them back, the tears started to flow again. Just the mere thought of him losing his life because of her was breaking her heart, the tears started to get a little heavier. He leaned forward and tried to comfort her, she leaned herself on top of his shoulders and began to literally sob into his back, holding on to him while soaking his fur to his skin. He just stayed there, very still and let her get it all out, she eventually curled into a ball with her head resting on his side, she cried herself to sleep. Poor girl was exhausted from everything she had been through, fighting for her life, to trying to fight to protect the people around her. If it wasn't perfectly clear to him before this, it was now, she was the answer to his prayers, she's the one he would lay down his own life for, she's everything he ever wanted, everything he ever needed...

*****

When he was sure she was really asleep he got up making sure not to wake her and got about thirty paces away from her, he wasn't going to take any chances at all, he morphed back to his human self. He went back over to her, picked her up and started walking back to his house. She wasn't as cold as he thought she would have been, but then again his body heat could probably start a small fire. He got back to his house and only Kota was still there, sitting on his porch.

They chatted real quick, "we have the guys still out looking and keeping the grounds pretty tight. Jake and Sam think its best she stays here for the night though."

Seth just nodded and walked up the stairs, opened the door and said goodnight to Kota. He didn't think he was ever more happy to not be in is wolf form, he was so ecstatic that they wanted her to stay with him, it gave him the chance to prove he COULD take care of her and that he was worthy of her. He brought her straight to his bedroom, he pulled the blankets down and laid her ever so gently on his bed. He covered her up and went to get more blankets, again he wasn't taking any chances, after all she was his life. He could have gone and slept on the couch, that's what the rest of them would have done, except maybe Edward, he probably would have done the same, Seth propped himself up in the hard wooden chair next to the bed and watched her sleep for the next four hours, it was almost dawn. He could tell she was dreaming because every now and then she would smile or let out a tiny moan. He had started to fall asleep himself when he heard her say his name.

"Sarafeena, are you awake? Are you ok?" he got up and went over and sat on the side of the bed, she said his name again, this time lighter, more airy. He leaned over her, hovered over her face till her eyes opened, he jumped back and said "oh I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, really I was just checking to see if you were…"

She interrupted him, "what... still alive, still breathing, still me and not some crazy vamp or something?" she giggled. Before he had a chance to answer she said "no, Seth Clearwater, I think you were trying to kiss me."

His face turned ten shades of red before he could spit out "aaaah umm no, no I wasn't, you, you said my name, you, you called me."

She looked down, kind of disappointed and said "oh ... I see" she paused, as she went to ask if she really did say his name, he spoke first.

He asked, "did you um want me to uhhh umm kiss you?" he stuttered out while starring at the floor.

She smiled and scooted herself closer to him, she said "why don't you try asking me that, instead of the floor?" He smiled as she gazed up into his eyes.

"Dance with me" she demanded.

He had a confused look to his face, "Uh what? There's no music."

"Close your eyes" he did as she instructed and she softly ran her finger down the side of his face, he smiled and lightly picked her up off the bed.

They danced all around the room effortlessly and magically, it was so beautiful to see the way they moved together, it was as if they were meant to be as one. He twirled her around and pulled her tightly into his bare chest. She gazed up into his eyes and for that moment while pressed together they could feel each other's hearts, beating as one, racing with desire, with love. He gently took the side of her face in his palm which was so big two of her faces could have fit, he looked into her eyes and before he could even make a move she was there, right in front of his face, she was lingering just long enough for him to grasp what SHE was about to do. She brushed the side of his face cupping his jaw into her hand and leaned forward, he moved in and beat her to it, he lightly brushed his bottom lip across her top lip, she closed her eyes, he then lightly kissed her bottom lip and moved down to the side of her neck, she started to melt like putty in his hands, all her stress, her fear, everything in her mind was gone, she was free, she was his…