Edward's POV

"Alright Esme, I promise." I mutter. Esme, who I am talking to on the phone, is demanding that I stay here and not do anything dangerous. She wants me to wait for the Denali's to arrive before I go looking for Melanie. I hate lying to her but she can't honestly expect me to sit here and wait while who knows what is happening to the woman I love.

The Denali's won't be here for a few days and I am not going to stick around for them.

"Can you please wrap it up? Otherwise we are leaving without you." John says, I growl at him. He holds his arms up defensively and Jake makes him leave the room.

"Sam, he may be your son but he needs a good kick in the ass!" Sam, the old pack leader, sighs.

"I know but I can't do anything. Emily will have my head if I even yell at him." Leah, who just arrived, lets out a quiet sigh.

I give her a sympathetic smile but she sneers at me and goes toward the kitchen. She can be such a pain; I understand that she lost the man she loved to her cousin. I know it hurts but it has been over twenty years. She should have moved on a long time ago.

"Esme, tell Carlisle to make sure to bring his medical bag. Just in case."

"Alright. Be careful Edward. Please."

"I will." I lie. "Bye." I then hang up.

"Is everything set? Is the Denali Clan coming to help?" Jake asks. He doesn't really approve of my family being part of the search but since I am his daughter's imprint, but at this point is is desperate enough to let us help.

"Yes, but they won't be here for a few days. We need to go now!" I say sternly, Jake nods in agreement.

"One of us needs to stay behind, to tell the Denali's what's going on..."

"Why? You know my family will fill them in..." He glares at me and shuts me up with his thoughts. He wants Leah to stay behind because he knows she likes putting herself in danger.

"Leah!" Sam barks toward the kitchen, agreeing with Jake. Somehow, he knew that's who Jake had planned to stay behind.

"What?" She yells as she walks into the living room.

"You are staying here." Leah shrieks with defiance.

"Hell no! I am not staying behind while you guys go off to fight! You can't phase anymore, you can't Alpha me into staying!"

John speaks up. "But I can."

"Please John, don't make me stay here!" She begs, trying to get him to feel bad.

He looks away from her. "You are staying here!" He says in his alpha voice.

She starts crying softly and nods. She then goes back to the kitchen, leaving everyone in the room in an awkward silence.

"Alright." I say, clearing my throat. "Jake lets go..."

"Everyone make sure you stay in a group; we don't know what we are dealing with." Everyone in the room agrees with him as they head outside.

Leah's POV

I can't believe they are making me stay behind while they go off to fight demons and god knows what else! Seriously they can't even phase anymore! Sure, they have their children but it isn't the same...

I shouldn't be here! They know I don't have to patience for this and yet they made me stay behind anyway. I groan in aggravation, wanting nothing more than to go fight.

888

It has been two days since the others have left for the search and haven't seen a hide nor hair of the Denali clan. I half tempted to call up John and complain until he is fed up enough to let me join the search...

Sighing, I head to the kitchen to make something to eat just as the doorbell rings.

"That better be them." I mutter to myself as I head back to the living room, as soon as I am at the front door, I open it without a second thought and speak. "Took you long enough-" When I see the person on the other side of the door, I gasp quietly at him.

He's a little over 6 feet tall and well built, not too thin nor fat, pleasantly lean. He has dirty blond hair plus some slight stubble and bright blue eyes.

"H-hi..." I whisper.

"Hello." He responds and my body melts at his voice. Oh god, it's so deep, even deeper than Sam's. I gasp quietly at the reminder of the man I used to love, waiting for the pain to come. It doesn't. Nothing happens when I think of Sam, it's as if my love for him has completely disappeared-

Oh god, this man is my imprint...

"May we come in?" He says, I stare at him confusingly.

"The only people who are supposed to show up are the Denali's..." My eyes widen in realization. "They're your family?!" He nods hesitantly. "But ho-"

Tanya and the rest of the leeches come up to the door.

"Oh my god, when Carlisle said that a dog was going to be here, he wasn't lying." One of the blonde females' sneers. I growl at her, trying my best not to phase.

"Irina, that's enough! We are here to help them find Edward's mate, not berate their allies!" Eleazer says sternly.

"He's right sister, you're going to make her phase. Thomas is with us, remember?" I surprisingly stop shaking when she says that name. Thomas... I glance over at him and my chest tightens. He looks scared to death.

I gulp nervously. "I am sorry... Would you all like to come in? I can brief you on what's going on?"

They all nod as they one by one come inside. Thomas, is the last one to enter. Once they sit down on the couch, I awkwardly sit in the love seat, not wanting to scare Thomas anymore.

"There's no need to be hostile around Thomas, dog." Irina says, I narrow my eyes at her.

"Shut up leech." I snarl. She hisses at me.

"Hush!" Kate intervenes, slightly nudging Irina. She then looks at me. "Please tell us how we can help find Melanie, she may be a wolf but I'm rather fond of her." Tanya rolls her eyes; I snort at the thought of Tanya trying to get Edward's attention at her birthday party a few months ago.

I only know about it is because my niece, Jasmine, told me. I sigh sadly. Thank goodness no one told her about Melanie. God, I hope they find her...

"A-are you alright?" Thomas asks, his voice full of concern. I look at him.

"I just hope they find Mel soon..." My voice cracks from the lack of use, I rarely talk to people because I usually spend my time in my wolf form.

Kate clears her throat. "Well, we'd love to stay and chat but we are going to join the others now." Her, Eleazer, Irina, Tanya and Carmen all get up and head towards the front door.

"I thought you wanted me to fill you all in?"

Eleazer nods.

"We are unfortunately running out of time. The longer we stay here the longer Melanie will be missing. It's best if we just go find the others and get the information from them." He then looks at Thomas. "You stay here okay? Your mother and I don't want you to be in danger."

Thomas nods. "Alright dad, but you guys better come back." He smiles lightly.

"We will honey." Carmen says as they leave the house. Now it is just me and Thomas in the living room.

Together.

Slapping my hands on my knees, I stand up from the chair.

"Would you like something to eat? They will be gone for quite a while." I laugh nervously. He glances at me with awe and stands up from where he is sitting.

"I would love something to eat. Thank you." I nod timidly and I gesture for him to follow me to the kitchen.

"I was on my way in here to make me a sandwich when you all arrived, would you like one?"

He nods. So, I gather everything I need from the fridge to make a quick peanut butter and jely sandwich. Once I have it made, I hand it to him.

"Need anything to drink?" I ask. He waves it off, claiming he doesn't want anything. "Okay..." I mutter as I finish making myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Once we have both finished eating, we head back into the living room. Biting my bottom lip, I look over at him and speak. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"How did you come to live with the Denali clan?"

He chuckles quietly. "I was wondering when you were going to ask that." I blush. "Well, my mom told me that my birth parents died when I was a baby. My mother during the birth and my father in a car accident just a few weeks before." I nothing more than to comfort him. "She told me that she came to the hospital to see Carlisle but stumbled upon me in the children's wing. Her exact words were 'I fell absolutely in love with you and begged Eleazer to let me adopt you!'" He chuckles. "And that's that. "

I scoot closer to him. "Well, I am glad they adopted you. I wouldn't have met you otherwise."

"I am glad too." He says in a husky voice. I gulp nervously, look down at my lap. After a few minutes I look up and see his face is inches of mine, my heart rate rises. I try to speak but no words come out. He chuckles before connecting his lips to mine.

As soon as it happens my whole body feels like it's on fire. I eagerly wrap my arms around his neck, pulling him closer to me as the kiss deepens. My nostrils fill with his scent, my mouth waters.

He moans loudly as our tongues tangle. I run my fingers through his hair, loving the softness of it. After a few minutes of kissing passionately, I break the kiss to breathe. He smiles breathlessly.

"Wow..."

I smile widely. "Couldn't have said it better myself."

A few more minutes go by as we bask in the glow from the kiss. I look into his eyes and gasp at the emotion in them. The passion and love...

"Thomas, do you know much about my kind?"

He shakes his head. "Not really, all I know is you change into a wolf and kill evil vampires. Why?"

I bite my bottom lip. "I guess you don't about imprint's then..."