A/N: Wasn't last chapter exciting?! I know I was happy with how it turned out (kinda). This is the first chapter that is part of the birthday present for my friend Twilight iz Awesome!


Last time:

Joint POV (differences for Seth in parentheses) [differences for Phoenix in brackets]

I looked at (Phoenix) [Seth] and suddenly everything holding me to the earth was clipped away. It was like watching released helium-filled balloons float up into the atmosphere. But I didn't float away. Instead, one thing, as large as everything that had previously held me to the earth, held me now. It was (Phoenix) [Seth]. (She) [He] was the center of the earth, and everything rotated around (her) [him]. (She) [He] was the most important thing to me now, the most important thing to me ever. I had imprinted.


Chapter 11: Fear

Phoenix POV

How could I imprint?! I shouldn't even be a werewolf! Leah never imprinted! How could this be happening to me?! I've seen how the others interact with their imprints. And Seth's a wolf, too! AND he's my best guy friend! Holy CRAP! Seth has a fucking twelve-pack! Wait, what if he imagines me naked, while we're on patrol, and what if I have to see it?! OH GOD! WHY?!

3rd Person (Omniscient) POV

While Seth stared at her, Phoenix quickly formed a plan. The next day, when she got home from her sleepover at the Cullen manor, she would pack and run away. She'd go to Alaska, to visit her aunts and uncles. Then, she'd go to Europe. She'd get a job as a model or something. Yeah, that would work.

Phoenix POV

I'll never come back. If that's what it takes, I'll give everything up. It's my life; I'll live it like I want to. I don't need some mystical magical voodoo crap to choose my love/soul mate for me.