A/N: Hi! So those of you who reviewed got a tiny sneak peek of the start of this chapter which I hope you enjoyed! You can all offer your thanks to tanny321 for that!

Thanks very much to tanny321, MyAwesomenessIsAwesome, PhyscoPenguan64, Bookworm6193, Andreagirl1234, Neejaloveslife, 562Babyy and Cia-marie for reviewing the last chapter.

Also, there was a teensy bit of confusion about the whole Brady thing! I do apologise! In the prequel to this story Brady half imprinted on Maiyah when she was 8 but the imprint was broken when he took her to Carlisle and made him change her. Brady was then banished from the pack by Sam. Hope this clears some things up!

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Chapter 21: Brady's Warning

Maiyah's POV

"Maiyah, go back inside now. Call Jake or Sam" growled Paul, his shaking only getting worse.

I didn't question him, just ran deeper into the house, my heart beating faster than ever before. I grabbed a phone and locked myself in Paul's room, pacing furiously across the carpet as I punched the numbers in. I listened to the dialling tone and it just seemed to go on and on. Finally there was an answer.

"Hello?" came Emily's cheery voice.

"Sam, I need Sam" I gasped out, my clammy hands slipping slightly on the phone.

"Maiyah? I'll just get him" said Emily, her tone suddenly sharp and alert.

I spent the next few seconds trying to control my breathing and listening to Paul growling at Brady. I nearly jumped when I heard Sam talking to me.

"Maiyah, what's happened?" he asked in an authoritative voice.

"Brady's here, he's at Paul's house" I whispered into the receiver.

"What?" roared Sam, making me flinch, "right, Maiyah, stay on the phone to me. I'll get Emily to call Jake and the others. What's the situation at the moment?"

"He's at the front door. Paul keeps telling him to go but he won't" I said feeling the panic of the situation bubbling up.

"Ok, well Paul can handle him I'm sure. You're going to be fine" said Sam, his voice commanding and calming. He would always be my first alpha and I would listen to him no matter what.

"Sam, are you going to come round?" I asked nervously. I would feel safer with him here.

"Yes, as soon as I know that Jake is on his way" replied Sam and I immediately felt a little better.

I yelped when I heard an angry roar from downstairs and the ripping sound of clothes. The door shook in its frame as I heard the clashing snap of jaws and claws. Paul and Brady were fighting.

I should go down and help. I knew Paul was strong but I had no idea about Brady. He hadn't looked as tall as Paul, but I hadn't seen him for years. I whimpered pathetically as I heard another crash.

"Maiyah, you still with me?" came Sam's voice from the speaker. I quickly pulled the phone back to my ear.

"Yeah" I whispered, my heart hammering.

"Jake's on his way, give it two minutes and he'll be with you. I'm going to set off now. Will you be ok?" said Sam.

"I'll be ok" I said in a shaky voice. I would be ok. Jake was only going to be a couple of minutes. It would be fine.

I hung up the phone and sat with my back against the door. I felt useless. The fight was still going on downstairs and from the sounds of it, they were in the backyard. I screamed when there was a loud pounding on the bedroom door.

"Maiyah, open up" yelled Sam.

I scrambled up and flung the door open. He immediately pulled me into a hug as I shook like a leaf. I followed him downstairs and was relieved to see that Jake had pinned down Brady, both in their wolf forms. Paul looked unharmed and phased back immediately when he saw me. I didn't care that he was butt naked, I threw myself at him and wrapped my arms tightly round his neck.

"You ok?" he asked breathlessly. I nodded and let go of him.

Jake slowly released Brady and they both phased back, Sam throwing a pair of cut offs to both Brady and Paul. The tension in the air was thick. Brady still had a dead, eerie look about him that really made me feel on edge.

"What are you doing here, Brady?" demanded Jake, his tone hard.

"I came to apologise for everything" he said in monotone.

"Speak quickly" growled Paul, his arms around my waist. Sam and Jake shot Paul a look before turning their attention back to the now very calm Brady.

"I'm sorry for taking the wrongful decision to take Maiyah to Carlisle. I'm sorry that you had to suffer as part vampire and wolf. I'm sorry for abandoning you when you needed help. I'm just sorry" said Brady, a weird expression of half blank, half remorseful, showing on his face.

There was an awkward pause. I didn't know what to say.

"I'm sorry Sam, for betraying the pack and your trust" continued Brady. Sam shifted nervously from foot to foot.

"You were wrong, but you seem remorseful" he said cautiously.

Brady nodded, his hollow eyes trained on Sam. The two stepped towards each other and shook hands. Then Brady turned his eyes on me.

"Am I forgiven?" he asked, yet not a single emotion crossed his face. I was starting to get seriously freaked out by him.

"Yeah, I guess" I said shakily, subconsciously curling back into Paul as Brady stepped towards me.

Brady held out his hand and I stared at it for a moment before shaking it. He almost smiled and I jerked my hand back.

"I hope you are happy together" he said addressing both Paul and I. I didn't really know what to do but I felt Paul nod.

It was a very awkward afternoon. We sat in Paul's kitchen trying to make conversation but with Brady being all weird and spaced out, it was a bit difficult. Collin came speeding into the house at one point. He and Brady used to be like brothers but something had definitely changed. Towards the evening Brady said he had to leave. Then it got really creepy.

"They'll be here soon" he said as he stood on the porch with his back to us, "you better watch out"

Then he ran. He ran so fast. Jake took off after him but couldn't keep up and dropped back. I felt my heart leap into my throat.

"We should have killed him while we had the chance" growled Paul.

"Paul, we don't know what he was talking about" said Sam, his authority showing through the situation.

"He's clearly got it in for us" cried Paul, tremors shaking him. I turned and tried to calm him down.

"No, we'll be fine, won't we? Sam?" I asked trying to calm my own nerves.

"Of course we'll be fine" said Sam with a tight smile, "come on, why don't we all head over to mine"

"Come on Paul" I said tugging on his hand.

Sam had driven over as it was his fastest mode of transport so we caught a ride back with him. On the way, I caught sight of Andrea Perry. She looked kind of distressed and she was alone.

"Sam, pull over for a second" I said already unbuckling my belt.

I leapt from the car and hurried over to Andrea who flinched away from me.

"Woah, sorry" I said backing up slightly. Andrea's expression was fearful.

"Sorry" she said trying to straighten out her features.

"You alright?" I asked cautiously.

"Yeah fine" said Andrea, her eyes suddenly snapping to the car behind me, "who's that?"

I turned and saw what she was looking at. Paul was half out of the passenger seat while Sam kept a restraining hand on his arm.

"Oh, that's Sam driving and Paul, he's my err... boyfriend?" I said as a question.

"He's nice" said Andrea who suddenly burst out laughing. I looked at her in surprise. She best not be insulting my man.

"Paul's great he-"

"Chill, I didn't mean to be rude" said Andrea with a smile.

We stood awkwardly for a moment before I heard a low warning growl coming from Paul. I rolled my eyes and returned the growl.

"Want to join us? You can get to know some more people" I offered pointing my thumb back to where the car was and Paul was now standing. Andrea looked surprised that I had asked her but smiled and nodded.

"So, Andrea Perry, what brings you to these parts?" I asked as we walked to the car.

"Oh, nothing much, fresh start and all that" she said with a small nervous laugh.

"Hmm" I said scrutinising her closely, "Andrea Perry is too much of a mouthful. How about I just call you Perry for short?"

"Yeah, that's cool. I've never really had much of a nickname before" she said with a grin as we reached the car.

"Cool, well guys this is Andrea Perry but you can just call her Perry, courtesy of moi. She's new round here and she's coming with us" I said leaping back into the car.

"Hi there" said Perry blushing slightly when Paul and Sam both turned to look at her.

"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Sam, this is-"

"Paul, Maiyah told me" said Perry and I smirked at Paul.

"Well, let's go then" I said shaking the back of Sam's chair.

The drive back was good except Perry was slightly freaky at times, randomly bursting out laughing or snorting. Paul gave me the raised eyebrow and I just very maturely stuck my tongue out which made him laugh too. Then he wiggled his eyebrows and smirked in that annoyingly seductive way that just brought thoughts of last night flooding back which of course made me blush furiously.

"Oh Christ" yelped Perry staring at me in horror. I gaped at her.

"Err, yes?" I said feeling completely confused.

"Nothing I just umm, well, never mind" she said turning to look out of the window.

I turned to Paul and shrugged. He just snorted and shook his head. I was kind of grateful when we pulled up at Sam's. I immediately leapt out and punched Paul in the arm for making me think about last night while we were with people. Sam just rolled his eyes and went in to find Emily. I turned to see Perry waiting nervously by the car.

"Come on then, we don't bite" I said with a smirk.

Me and Paul took the lead and she eventually followed us into the rowdy house. Apparently the entire pack had gathered here after news of Brady returning and giving us his creepy warning got out. I caught sight of Embry who was scanning the room nervously. As soon as he saw me he leapt across the room and grabbed me in a hug.

"Oh thank god you're alright" he said in a clearly relieved tone. I hugged him back and sighed.

"Yeah, I'm ok now" I said and we finally let go of each other.

"When Emily rang me, well, I thought the worst" he said running his hand down my face.

"Sorry, I was just a bit frightened" I admitted quietly, my gaze dropping to the floor. Embry wrapped my in another hug.

"It's ok sis" he said before pulling me to a couch.

"Oh, guys, this is Andrea Perry, call her Perry, Andrea, a name, but yeah, she's new" I said waving at Perry who was standing in the doorway.

A chorus of hello's sounding round the room which brought Emily and the kids bustling into the room. Matty and Jenny flew at me and I was swamped as they both clambered onto my lap.

"Hey guys" I laughed trying to extract myself so that I could get to Emily.

"Oh Maiyah, I'm so glad you and Paul are both ok" she said before pulling me into a hug.

"Yeah, just glad Jake and Sam got there in time" I said with a smile, "oh and Emily, this is Andrea Perry"

"Oh hi, you're very welcome" said Emily bustling over to a startled looking Perry.

"Nice to meet you all" she said gazing round the suddenly quiet room.

I scanned the room and found the source of the sudden silence. Red was staring at Perry like he had just seen the sun. His features were slack, the usually hard look gone, replaced with a look of pure adoration. Perry noticed him and went bright red, her eyes flitting nervously round the room. Red got to his feet, stumbling over outstretched legs in his determination to reach Perry.

"Hello" he breathed brushing his floppy hair out of his eyes.

"Hi" said Perry with an even deeper blush on her pale skin.

"Come on guys, this could get X-rated" said Quil leaping up and rushing into the kitchen.

The rest of us followed and fought our way to the table where an untouched pile of cookies had been left. I fought Seth over the last Smartie cookie and pouted when I didn't get it. Paul was immediately in front of Seth, growling and looking very menacing. Miraculously, I got the cookie back and happily ate it, giving small pieces to Jenny who had taken up residence next to me. Then I turned my attention to Sadie and Embry who were standing over by the sink.

"So, good weekend?" I asked trying not to give anything away in case Embry had bottled it and not told her about the pack.

"Yeah it was good" said Sadie with a smile, "Embry told me everything"

"About time" I said with a snort, shaking my head and leaning back against Paul who kissed the top of my head.

"How about you? Apart from today I mean" said Embry even though he was slightly distracted by Sadie's hair.

"Best weekend ever" I said with a grin and Paul snorted. There was a pause and I turned to Embry who was opening and closing his mouth like a fish, his face changing from brown to red to purple and back again.

"Please tell me you guys didn't do what I think you did?" he spluttered, Sadie rubbing his shoulder a look of confusion on her face.

"Oh come on man, you knew it would happen at some point" said Paul, his arms tight around my waist.

"She's my sister. You slept with my sister" yelled Embry.

"Yeah, and thanks for telling everyone in the whole house" I said with a scowl, "you were fine with it the other week"

"Yeah, I was being hypothetical. I didn't mean for you guys to actually rush out and do it" he said, his breathing very fast.

"Just calm down. It was my choice, he didn't pressure me or anything, just leave it" I said in exasperation. Way to ruin my first time brother.

"What's wrong with you guys sleeping together? I sleep with mummy and daddy all the time" said Jenny curiously. I shared a look with Paul and burst out laughing.

"There's nothing wrong with it, Embry's just being a bit silly" I whispered loudly in Jenny's ear.

"Stop being mean Uncle Embry. Maiyah and Uncle Paul can sleep together all the time" said Jenny seriously.

I swear the whole state could hear the laughter that erupted in the kitchen at that moment. There's nothing quite like the innocent mind of a child. Embry blushed and started cursing quietly under his breath. As we all settled down and started chatting normally, I felt a wave of tiredness wash over me, probably from the stress of the day, and rested my head on Paul's shoulder. I felt myself drifting off to sleep, visions and echoes of what Brady had said bouncing around in my head. I didn't like the tone of his words. He knew something bad was coming and it wasn't going to be good.

A/N: So there we go :) I'm not entirely convinced I like this chapter but I'm really tired! Also, there won't be an update on Friday or next Monday because I'm going home for Easter weekend and I'm not taking my laptop. Don't be too sad!

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-Lem x