*Warning this chapter contains two books:

Book Three: Alex and Book Four: Jacob

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Book Three: Alex

Unknown Emotions

I couldn't help myself as I ran towards Seth, and tackled him into a hug. He chuckled a little bit and wrapped his muscular arms around my slim waist wrapping me in his bubble of warmth. I snuggled in deeper allowing my fingers to clutch the thin worn out fabric of his shirt. Everything about this seemed dream-like… it seemed… unreal.

Seth placed his hands on either side of my face. His shades blocked me from clearly looking into his eyes, but something told me they were filled with warmth. I licked my lips nervously, and he leaned forward so that his lips were just barely brushing mine.

"Excuse me, Seth, I don't meant to interrupt." Jacob's voice cut through the silence, and I jumped out of fright. "But I believed that is my date you're cuddling."

"Last time I checked this was my girl." Seth countered in a harsh voice.

"Well that was over a year ago," Catalina snickered silently. "Things have changed a little bit since then, Seth."

Seth tightened his hold on me forcing me to bury my face in his chest (not that I was complaining). Aaron coughed loudly before grabbing Catalina's arm. She looked oddly nervous about Seth's sudden appearance. I could understand how she was feeling. Seth had left me last year after getting beaten up by my imprint, but something about this visit felt… different. It had me feeling with a sense that something big was going to happen.

I swallowed nervously between the obvious tension going through Jacob and Seth. Even Catalina and Aaron, who were left in the dark about the real reason this happened, could sense that something big was going on between Jake and Seth.

"Clearly, since Jake was feeling confident enough to take out my girl."

"Seth, relax it was nothing." I ran my hands over his chest allowing my fingers to memorize the feel of his muscles. "We're just friends."

Seth pressed his lips against my forehead giving them a few moments to rest against my skin before he pulled away. "It's been too long."

"Where have you been?"

"Italy."

Book Four: Jacob

Hard Feelings

I growled angrily as I smashed my hands against Emily's table. Sam frowned at the indents of my fists that were left on the edge of the counter top and I sighed. "I'll fix it, Sam." From across the room, Embry gave me a sympathetic look. It comforted me yet angered me at the same time. The feeling of support from the Pack was enough to relax the tension in my muscles, but knowing that they pitied me was enough for me to angrily clench my fists.

"What did Seth want?" Sam placed a hand on my shoulder quietly urging me to speak.

"I don't know, Sam," I sighed desperately. "He wanted her, but he had that look. It was like he was trying to tell me that something was coming, and it was big."

"But if Seth hates you as much as he is hinting he does, why would he warn us?" Quil pointed out.

"I don't know if he was warning me… it was more like smugness."

"So he came to throw everything back in our faces in some sort of twisted way of getting revenge?" Paul asked.

"No, he came to beat up Jacob and get the girl." Embry cried.

"That's not the point," I yelled. Everyone stared in silence as they waited for me to speak. It took a while but eventually I rubbed myface and cleared mythroat. "It was the fact that he reeked of vampires. It was like he surrounded himself with a coven of vampires for the year that he was gone." Sam opened his mouth to comment, but I held up a hand to cut him off. "The weirdest thing was… he smelled as if his natural scent has been changed, so that it smelled a little like vampires."

I ignored the look that the Pack gave me. I could sense the disbelief in the air as easily as I could sense Seth's smugness. Of course, it would be nearly impossible to explain how I was over 100% sure that Seth was giving me a secret message when he showed up today, and it would be twice as impossible to explain how his scent had mingled in with the scent of vampires. The only way I could explain it was if Seth had spent the whole year surrounded by vampires, but then shouldn't Sam's scent have mingled with Emily's if mixing scents was possible.

Sam placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder. He believed me somewhat, but he also had an air of doubt around him, and that seemed to make all the difference. How could I warn my brothers about what might happen if they doubted me?

I squeezed my eyes shut trying to shove any negative thoughts to the back of my mind. My main priority was keeping my imprint safe and making sure that at all costs Seth does not get her.