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Chapter Twelve: Meeting & Planning
"What is taking them so long?" Paul moaned impatiently as he sat on the couch in Sam and Emily's house.
"They'll be here soon."
Paul rolled his eyes dramatically, "Sure they will."
"They'll be here soon Paul, Callie had to make sure she had everything Brook would need while she hangs out with Emily," Embry defended his Imprint.
"Anyway," Sam began, diffusing the situation before it got out of hand, "Do we have any leads on why the blood suckers attacked last night?"
"Just that there was only two of them," Seth volunteered his answer.
"I just don't get why they would attack. They seemed to know that they were on our land," Sam mumbled to himself as he mulled over the information.
Embry shrugged, "I'm just glad Callie was able to protect the girls."
"Me too," Jared agreed, "But I know Kim is still a bit freaked out by what Callie did."
"She did what she had to do."
"Of course she did," Sam backed up Embry.
"So Embry, how was sleeping with the witch?" Paul asked with a mischievous smile on his tan face.
Embry let out a soft growl, "Paul," he growled in warning.
Paul lifted his hands in the air in fake surrender, "I was just curious!"
"Paul, stop trying to piss Embry off," Sam commanded.
"I have a question," Leah's monotone voice called from across the room.
Once she knew she had everyone's attention she continued, "Are we really going to help that freak with her problems?" she asked snidely.
"What?" Embry asked, shock shining in his voice.
"It seems that she's dragging her problems here and putting not only the pack in danger, but the people of La Push too. Normally in situations like this we annihilate the problem," she shrugged, ignoring the growls coming from Embry.
"We are not going to kill a human Leah," Sam stated as if he was speaking to a child.
"But she's not human," Leah pointed out.
"Neither are we!" Seth snapped at his sister.
"What is your problem with Callie anyway?" Embry suddenly snapped, jumping to his feet with his hands clenched into fists at his side, his whole body shaking visibly.
"My problem, Embry," she growled, "is the fact that the pampered princess comes to town and she brings her problems with her!" Leah defended, remaining in her seat.
"We are supposed to help people and protect them Leah, not feed them to monsters!"
"But she isn't a person! And she isn't one of the people we are meant to protect, she is an outsider Embry, an outsider."
"Leah," Sam growled, becoming irritated with her attitude.
"No Sam, you know I'm right. Princess Callie is bringing a killer that we have no idea how to defeat to our land, and just because Embry is infatuated with her we're supposed to help her?" she asked incredulously.
"She's my Imprint Leah! She's not just some girl I have a thing for, she's my soul mate!"
"So what?"
Embry suddenly, felt his shaking stop as realization dawned on him, "You're jealous."
Leah scoffed loudly, "Jealous of her? Please."
"You are! You're jealous that I imprinted before you, and that my Imprint is special."
"If you mean 'special' as in a danger magnet like that vampire loving Bella, then yes she is special!"
Embry laughed darkly, "You just can't get over the fact that Sam imprinted on someone else. I get it Leah, I sympathize with you, but you need to get over it. You guys weren't meant to be, and you need to move on. Don't be mad at the other members of the pack that have Imprints."
"It's not about that!" Leah defended, standing up and taking a few angry strides towards Embry, her body shaking.
"Then what is it about Leah?"
"It's about the fact that she isn't one of us! She is a snobby rich girl that couldn't defend her dead sisters kid, and now expects us to!"
"Wow," a musical voice said from the doorway, "I never knew someone could hold so much resentment towards someone who has done nothing to them."
"Callie," Embry warned, walking away from Leah to stand in front of Callie.
Gently, Callie pushed Embry to the side, "For the record Leah, I may be rich but my father had to work his ass off to get it, and I'm going to have to do the same when I take over his company. I have never done anything to you to deserve the way that you have treated me," Callie told her strongly.
Leah laughed darkly, "You deserve it when you come to us for help, which puts all of us in danger."
Callie thought this over for a second, "Fair enough. Don't think of it as helping me, think of it as saving a life."
"I don't care about your life," Leah spat.
"I wasn't talking about me," Callie countered calmly.
Leah snorted, "Then who?"
"Brooklyn. If you don't want to help me save my nieces life, that's fine, but don't deny me the help of your fellow pack mates."
Leah seemed to deflate some.
"You don't know me, Leah," Callie continued, "You only saw a glimpse of what I've been through. I understand that this whole dramatic act is your way of dealing with your pain, but do me a favor," Callie requested, "don't drag me into it."
Leah mustered up a halfhearted glare and stomped out of the house, shifting into her wolf form and running into the woods.
Once Leah had left the house Callie turned towards Sam, "Sorry about that."
He shrugged his shoulders, "It needed to be said. Maybe now she will let go of the past and move on."
"Where's Demi?" Seth's excited voice asked from the couch.
Callie suppressed a laugh, "She's on her way. She wanted what she referred to as 'Aunt Demi and Brooklyn' time."
Seth looked a bit upset that he would have to wait a bit longer to see his Imprint, but he quickly shook it off and returned his attention back to Sam.
"So you can read each other's minds?" Aria asked in clarification.
"Only when we are in wolf form."
"Interesting."
"That sucks," Demi commented.
"What?" all of the boys asked together, their heads whipping around to face a now blushing Demi.
"You don't have any privacy," she continued, her blush deepening slightly.
"I guess you're right," Quil muttered under his breath, the rest of the pack nodding slightly.
"Back on topic," Gina requested.
"Right," Sam mumbled, "We'll have to increase our patrols. Widen the normal boarder so that we patrol around the Alexander house."
The boys nodded their heads in approval.
"What about you guys?" Sam directed his question at Gina.
"Aria is currently researching what kind of Evil we are dealing with, and all three of them have continued with their training."
"What kind of training?" Paul asked curiously.
"Mostly a charmed object that has the sole purpose of killing them. They have to defeat it by any means necessary," Gina shrugged.
Embry's mouth fell open in horror as he looked between Gina and Callie. Callie saw this and laughed lightly, shutting his mouth for him.
"It's actually a really good way to train," Callie explained to him, "It makes me think quickly, which is needed in a real fight."
"It really does," Demi agreed.
"We will have to inform the Elders about what is happening," Sam mentioned.
"Why do they have to know?" Gina asked quickly.
"Because it involves the tribe's safety," Sam said slowly.
Gina sighed, "Fine."
"We should also call Jake and let him know what's going on," Seth suggested.
"Jake?" Callie asked in confusion, looking around the room as she waited for someone to clarify.
"Jake is the other Alpha," Embry began, "don't ask," he told Callie as he noticed that she was about to ask another question, "he's currently traveling the world with his Imprint and her family."
"I'll let him know," Sam nodded his head in confirmation.
"I have a suggestion," Aria suddenly stated, bringing everyone's attention to her.
"Yeah?"
"I think that we should have a training session with the wolves," she suggested.
"Why?" Callie asked in confusion.
"Because they have never been up against something like this. They are used to fighting vampires that move faster than the eye can see, but they aren't used to fighting someone who can teleport wherever they please."
"She has a point," Gina agreed.
"How would we even go about training?" Sam questioned.
"We would have you hunt us, and try and capture us. Or we could simple do hand to hand combat."
"No way, not happening," Embry stated, Seth nodding in agreement.
"Why not?" Callie asked, "I think it's a really good idea!"
"We are not going to fight you, you could get hurt!" Embry defended.
Callie glared at him, "Are you saying that you think that you could beat me at something like this?" she asked darkly.
Embry felt the blood leave his face; knowing that this was one question that he could not answer wrong or the consequences would be very bad.
"Well, I mean, we are made to do this. And we are virtually indestructible, while you guys are more fragile," he defended weakly.
"Bad choice man," Jared mumbled under his breath.
"Embry," Callie began through clenched teeth, "We can take care of ourselves, and you guys need to learn how to fight someone who has magical powers."
"I know but-"
"No, this is going to happen whether you like it or not."
Embry sighed loudly, knowing that he couldn't win, "Fine."
Callie smiled at him brightly, "Good."
"When do you want to start then?" Sam questioned.
Gina looked at the three girls in the room, each of them nodding to her in some sort of silent agreement.
"As long as Emily can look after Brook, anytime works for us," Gina answered.
Sam thought this information over silently, "How about we start tomorrow morning?" he suggested.
"Perfect."
"These past two days have been crazy," Callie commented as she and Embry walked along the beach later that afternoon.
"It really has," he agreed.
Callie suddenly stopped walking, pulling Embry to a halt, "What is it?" he asked, seeing the look on her face.
Callie sighed, "I'm scared."
"Of what?"
"I have a bad feeling about this whole fight with Damien," she admitted, flashing back to what she read about in her personal Book of Shadows.
"What do you mean?" Embry asked cautiously.
Callie sighed again, "There was this prophecy that Seraphina, the Fire Elemental before me made," she admitted.
"What did it say?"
"Basically, that only one can live while the other survives," she stated, "How very Harry Potter of her," she commented wryly.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" he demanded.
"Because it's not important."
"Of course it's important!" Embry snapped, causing Callie to cringe away from him slightly. Seeing this he made his voice softer, "It's important because it involves you."
"I don't even understand the prophecy, so it might not mean anything at all," Callie tried to smile at him.
"I think you need to show Gina and your cousins that prophesy," he suggested.
"I will. I just didn't want to worry everyone over something like that when we have more important things to be doing."
Embry pulled her close to his body, "You are the most important thing in my life," he whispered into her ear, sending shivers down her spine.
"I love you."
He kissed her ear gently, "I love you too."
They continued to hug until a soft giggle from Callie broke the silence.
"What?" Embry asked curiously.
"I was just thinking," she answered.
"About?"
"About when we have kids."
Embry raised an eyebrow, "When?"
Callie blushed, "I-I mean if! If we have kids," she corrected herself, her face a bright pink.
Embry pulled her closer to his body, "I think it's more of a 'when'," he whispered into her ear huskily.
She hit his arm gently, "None of that!"
Embry laughed and tucked a strand of red hair behind her ear, "What were you thinking about our future children?"
"That they are going to be abnormally supernatural."
"And by that you mean?" he questioned with a smirk on his face.
"They'll get my magical powers, and your ability to change into a wolf. Along with the fact that our kids are gonna be studs, they have the trifecta!"
"This is why I love you," he told her adoringly, laughing at her reasoning.
"You know you wouldn't want me any other way!" she sang to him happily, if only for a few moments, the doom that was approaching, out of her mind.
"You know it."
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