Lycaon Dusk
So chapter 24. Amazing how this story has gone up to. I want to say thank you for everyone comment and favorites, it was motivation to keep righting this story.
Chapter twenty four
I remember my father and how the radio in the mustang was always on the county station. Listening to Trace Akin, Garth Brooks, Brooks and Dun, Brad Paisley, and others but my favorite artist. I enjoy listening to was Carrie Underwood. And the last song I ever heard from her was Temporally home. It always similar to my life as a military child, moving once in every two to three years, from station, to base, or over sea's voyage, that people ask where's your home?
This is my temporary home, it's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this is my temporary home
I couldn't reply on that question because home to me wasn't the four walls and a roof it was the people I care for. When Mom died my father became home, but if you ask me a location I truly love, from all my travels along the world. I would tell you Fork's Washington was my home. I was practically raised there by people who loved me and I loved them. I spend two weeks to a summer there, the holidays, and lived two years near Fork's. There was no reason on why, but family. I cried when Grandma Helen died for I love to hear her stories, the same one over and over again because of her alziemers. Or Grandpa Geoffrey teaches me about being a man, even though I was a girl, as was practically a tomboy. Even had my hair so short that I could be mistaken as a boy.
But when my grandparent past away so did the holidays. But during the summers I came to see Uncle Charlie and a chance to hang with Bella. But there was something else that draws me to Forks. La Push and my friendship with the Clearwater's. How Leah treated me like a sister, when my hair was long as a kid she would chase me around first beach and her house to brush my hair. The natives thought it was cute even gave me a native name cause I had a Quileute spirit the say. Corn tussle, for my blonde hair. Soft as corn silk, although corn wasn't grown in Washington. I thought I found my home out of the temporally. That was until I met him.
(Young Diana POV)
I was seven at the time and Bella went back home to phoenix. I was by the beach in La push with Leah, been invited to a girls picnic with Leah and the Black twins. I was nervous I never associated with them much because they were older and played with the big kids.
"C'mon sis, they aren't gonna bite." Leah assured.
"But what if they don't like me?" I said clinging to her jacket.
She stopped and looks at me in shock. "The Diana afraid of what people think, the world has fallen."
"Not funny Lee-Lee," I whined, I was only seven and didn't like to be alone. Also had friendship trust issues because I was bullied by classmates; they picked on me for no reason manly my hair. "What if they make fun of my hair?"
"They won't sis, have you forgot your nickname corn tussle?"
"I don't understand why, my hair isn't yellow?"
Leah sigh and shook her head before grabbing my hand and drag me across first beach, Sue and mom behind us as the chat in their conversation. While little Seth was in his holster snoozing on his mom back. We reach our location as we found the twins and their mom Sarah on a red warm blanket with food. Quickly they ran up to us that I jump back running to mommy. Grapping her leg, she chuckled.
"What's wrong my little pup?" she asked but I shook my head. The twins and Leah walked towards us.
One offered their hands. "Hi, I'm Rachel but you can call me Rach."
I stared at her hand, though mom stepped aside and gave a light push "go on, introduce yourself."
"Di . . . Diana." Shaking her hand,
"And I'm Rebecca though I call me Reba"
"Like Reba McEntire?" I asked excited. Everyone who was a kid gave me a strange look like who is she while our mom's laughed.
"Mom, who's she." Rebecca asked her mom Sarah.
"She's a country singer dear." Sarah replied in giggles.
Rebecca gave a face of disgust, "Scratch that call me Rebecca."
Suddenly I was in-between them in a monkey in the middle as they exclaimed, "She's so cute," I look at Leah with pleading eyes but she shook her head holding a hair brush. I gulped and slip out the twins and ran.
"Diana gets back here." Leah yelled.
"We just wanted to play with your hair." Rebecca added.
"And braid is as well." Rachel added, "Our brother ran away from us!"
"Not by the hair of my chitty chin chin!" I cried running for my life, looking over my shoulder until bumping into someone knocking us both down while our heads hit hard against each other. " . . . OWWY"
"Ow, you alright?" said a voice.
Sitting up to stare at brown eyes, and a cute boy along with it, "um, sorry yeah-"
"Jake grabs her," Rachel yelled. Looking over my shoulder to see them getting closer, quickly Jake the boy called grabbed my hand as we ran as far as we can. We ran until we reach to the lower cliffs and hid in a cave. We panted bending over.
"Tha . . . Thanks." I panted.
"No . . . problem my sisters always try to brush my hair." He replied. Looking at his head to see he had shoulder length hair as me. He stood up and offers a hand. "I'm Jake."
"Diana, Diana Swan." Shaking his hand.
He cocked his head, "I didn't know Bells had a sister."
"No, she's my cousin."
"Why don't I see you around?"
"Cause I hang with Leah or somewhere far away."
"Far away?"
"My daddy's a sailor, so we travel . . . a lot." I said proudly.
"Oh, want to hang?" Jake asked.
"Sure," as he took my hand and we scavenge over the tide pools seeing all the aquatic life that lived in the mini pools of waters of grey. Jake pointed out barnacles, mussels, sea cucumbers and other tiny life, however the girls found us and dragged us back to the blanket playing with my hair. I pouted arms cross while Rachel brushes my haired into stands and Leah braided them.
Jake soon walked towards us, trying to hold his laughter. "Not, funny Jake."
"Sorry, you look funny." He stated.
"Oh Jake, since you're here why not we play with your hair."
"Sure, sure." Jake shrugged like it was nothing. I gawked is he really going to let his sister played with his hair. Rebecca squealed and sat behind him and started brushing his hair. We sat in front of each other and talked.
"So how old are you?" he asked.
"Seven you?"
"Seven too."
"Cool, what's your favorite color?" I asked then wink when Leah pulled hard.
"I like red I guess you like pink." He said.
I shook my head, "I like blue and gold."
"Why?"
"Because that because." I shrugged.
Jake whine in protest, soon the girls were done with our hair tangled in braids. Mom took a pictured as did Sarah and Sue. We whine in protest soon Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah started talking to girly stuff that I took Jakes hand and walked towards the water sitting down and piling top sand. Then took a hand full of wet sand and pile on top of it.
"What are you doing?" Jake asked
"Making a drip castle," I mumbled.
"Can I help?" Jake asked sitting down grabbing a handful of wet sand.
"Sure," so we made a drip sand castle. As we did this I felt comfortable to around him and I didn't understand why. Most guys would run away saying I had cuties. He didn't.
It was a start of a beautiful friendship for I knew I found home.
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It was 2000 and Jake was crying on the phone so was I as I clung onto a pillow, he told me that Sarah died in a car accident and immediately he called me while I was in Portsmouth. It was nine o'clock on a Saturday here but I didn't care. Something just told me not to hang up.
"Why, why did he take her away?" he cried on the other line.
"I don't know Jake, I just don't know." I whimper.
"Diana, can you come over please," he begged.
"I can't Jake, I'm moving to Europe, daddy got promoted and transfer to Germany."
"Can't you move here?"
"I can't I'm sorry." As I yawn.
"No, I'm sorry I shouldn't have called."
"No Jake, it's cool I'm here for you." I assured, "Tell me anything I'm here."
So we talked and each passing minute my eyes became heavy, so tired but listen him talk as I continued to listen. Hearing him distracted himself, bringing up memories of us and his mom. Sarah was like an aunt to me always caring. As an hour passed I was close to dead laying down staring at a picture of all of us his sister, Leah, Seth now three, me, him and Bella. Though he focused on her.
"Diana, you there?"
"Yeah," I breathed, eyes almost sealed.
"I gotta go, call you later?" he said about to hang.
"Jake," I interrupted.
"Yeah?"
"Semper fi," I sigh.
". . . What does that mean?"
"I'll . . . tell . . . you . . . later—"as sleep won the battled. However once I moved to Europe we never spoke to each other again. Although I couldn't understand long distance phone calls customs and packaging. And when my mom dies I forgot his number and busy living my life and am strong. I forgot my true home with my friends and family. As my social life fell miserably to supporting life, but the word Semper fi taunt me so hard in understanding why I needed to know, that I needed to tell someone.
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I open my eyes when I heard the door unlock. Looking dead on into muscular tone russet chest, radiating of heat, I shiver so cold. In fact I was freezing. My body shaking violently and tighten hard. We were on the back porch of my house, and Orion held the door open while the other extended in case to catch me.
"Jacob, set her on the couch. Leah gets towels and a blanket. Yvaine get a bath ready hot water." Orion ordered.
Everyone nodded as they follow ordered alpha voice or not. Jacob sat down on the couch holding me closer to him. I shivered teeth almost chattering hard to break. Jacob soon started rubbing my arms rocking a little.
"Wh-wha-what ha-ha happen?" I stuttered.
Orion knelt in front of me, "You have hypothermia sis, and we got to get you warm quick."
"Water's running" Yvaine announced.
"Leah takes Diana and cleans her up." Orion told her.
"Alright," Leah said about to take me out of Jacob arms but Jacob refuse.
Orion glared, "Jacob, I know about your issue but her lips are blue and she's pale as death so give her to Leah or I'll use my command voice."
Jacob stiffens and sigh lifting me up and taking me up stairs into the bathroom as he set me down on the toilet. Leah came in and kicked him out, removing my clothes and washing my body to remove all that has happen with in the past eight hours. Afterwards she helps me put on a tang top and gym shorts. I was still freezing. Quickly Leah wraps a blanket.
"Guy's she's not moving well." Leah announced.
"Shit, bring her down." Orion said.
Leah helps me down stairs and settled me on the couched. Though it instead on a cushion she settled me on Jacob. Instantly he wraps his arms around me while tucking a blanket over us, to secure the warmth. I hissed when my frozen skin touched his.
"God your freezing Diana," He said, my instincts responded by snuggling closer to him, absorbing his worth. Jacob hugged me closer, "Relaxes you'll warm up soon. Faster if you took your clothes off,"
"Jacob," I muttered, "Don't even—"
"Survival 101" he used as an excused that everyone laughed. My raspy hand lifted up and smacked him up side the head, though not enough strength to hurt.
"That's what he said." I grumble. Automatically the room was filled with chuckled.
"Always make a joke on a bad time." Orion said, scratching his head, "Typical."
I panted burred my face into Jacob neck focused on his spice scent making me think warm.
"How come you guys aren't warm enough to stand the cold or sickness?" Seth asked.
"Our body tempture is at precisely one hundred degrees, and we are immune to disease however when it comes to the bodies limit it shuts down at a slow pace." Yvaine explained peeking over Jacob shoulder to see her dress in fresh clothes. "Diana being half lycan causes the body to shut down faster, but not like a normal human. If we didn't have the confrontation we would have gone to a hospital for frost bite."
"Who are you?" Leah growled as she sat down almost block me from her.
"She's Yvaine Ashley Lyall the Lyall clan Beta's granddaughter." Orion answered, "Also Diana's second cousin."
'Wha-"I gasped.
"I'm your cousin is that a problem?" She said almost in giggles.
My breathing now irregular overwhelmed in what I am hearing though closed my eyes and focused to breathe. A warm hand touched my forehead, and pressed softly. Opening my eyes to stare at Leah's wrist.
"Seth makes some Tea or whatever." Leah ordered which Seth replied heading into the kitchen.
I looked around and notice a few people missing. "Wh-where's Embry and . . . and Quil?"
"Their following Hunter making sure he leave's Fork's." Jacob answered.
A whimper escape, Hunter was my curser and I almost killed him. I couldn't quite understand it; I should be furious if not psychotic about setting revenge or just shot him to end this misery. But I couldn't. He save my life from death and awaken my true being. Except I couldn't understand, why, why he actually did it. Was it blood relations or something more?
I shivered scooting closer than ever to Jacob forms. Jacob held me tighter, "It's alright honey he won't get you."
I shook my head, "I'm so confuse."
"I know," Jacob whisper as his place a kiss on my forehead. What is going on with him acting so . . . I don't know very close?
"Yvaine care to explain why you and Hunter were here?" Orion ordered.
"Yeah, um well, a month ago the American district received a message from a anonymous source announcing Diana had transform and is mentally unstable to substane her beast to concentrate around civilians. So they send me and her curser to escort Diana to a close by shelter house to see the damage on the mental cycle while her stability. Since there are cases where the curse dominates the host physiological mind, which leads to bipolar or schizophrenia of the asylum. We didn't want to risk having to loose a sister to the mad house and accidently break our secrets."
"But I'm not mad!" I yelled.
"Haven't you heard your wolf chant in need or suddenly go on defenses when around the Cullen's?" Yvaine asked. I stop looking away. "Thought so."
"But now understanding your point of view Orion, I shall call the organization to renounce this uneventful claimant and search for who this anonymous person is."
"However Hunter said the Lycan who murder Stan is looking for Diana." Jacob growled lowly holding tighter to him but not enough to hurt, "What does he mean?"
Yvaine sigh taking a seat on the love seat. "There's been rouge wondering about in the continent. Who is unknown for the past five years? He leaves a bloodbath trail behind as us marshals have to clean up the mess. We are still looking for him however when have leads he disappears. He leave's no victim alive and when he does he hunts them down and searches till capture which he . . . ."
"Which he tortures those in the utter most horrible ways which would put Jack the ripper to shame? But when by chance if a female is curse during his mercenary spree, he considers them an optional mate. Five women have been curse all raped and left to precede a pup except miscarriages and some even committed suicide. Now Diana being decedent from the blood line of leaders makes a perfect candidate for a pernamite mate. A forever partner."
"What, no. "I spoke sitting up. "I can't be someone's mate nor killers partners I already have enough on my plate."
"That's why we need to transport you to a safer location, considering your heritage location." Yvaine said.
"Wait what heritage?" Jacob protest. "Diana's not a Lyall."
"Actually she is." Orion said.
Seth soon came back from the kitchen and handed me a cup of hot chocolate. I said thank you while he took a seat on the floor.
"Luna Swan's maiden name was Lyall. She's a wolf's child and her father is Drest Lyall previous alpha of the Lyall clan."
"Previous?" I asked this is a first time to hear about my grandfather.
"A challenger that of our relatives challenge Drest to duel for alpha mainly his son, in this case your uncle Damian." Yvaine informed.
". . . Brain overload." I muttered rubbing my temple.
"Back to the main problem with out the location of the rogue it's best to leave forks." Yvaine said.
"I just can't leave." I said, "I'm still in school."
"That's why I'm here; once you graduate we leave immediately to Scotland." She said, "You'll love it there Diana, and Drest would be so happy to see you once more along with our relatives and pack mates."
"I . . . I don't know?" looking at Orion for help.
"I was planning to take you to Scotland sis, but only at your occurred." Orion replied.
Jacob growled, "So you were going to take her away from us."
"Jacob," I hissed he stopped and stare at me while I sat up, "You can't make my decision."
"Diana," he breathed out hurt.
I bit my lip and stare at Yvaine. "If my grandfather so wish to see me . . . then he should have come. I am no ones toy or a game of property."
Standing up though wobbled a little, "Now, it's time for the problem at hand. If there's a rogue out there then we have to stop him before more innocent lives are at risk."
"But you can't do anything your not even a marshal." Yvaine protest though Orion got the message.
"No she's not, but she is my pack mate in terms a partner."
"You're not actually serious." Jacob bellowed standing up, "Your not gonna risk your life. It's stupid and rash."
"Jacob" using my wolf voice which he stare at me. "I may not understand what your problem is but I am not going to stand here while a killer is on the lose."
"So you're gonna let your self die!"
"NO!" I barked out that echoed. The living room became silent which Leah told Seth to head home while she said goodbye to Orion. Yvaine excused herself and went upstairs as Orion stood there arms cross.
"Black, you should tell her before you lose your chance." Orion said.
"Tell me what?" I growled angry as hell, staring at Jacob. He looked down not staring me in the eye. "For god sake Jacob what the hell is going on."
"It's nothing," Jacob murmured.
Orion growled, "Diana since you been living in Forks and passed the first moon. What have you've been feeling around him?"
I looked at my pack brother in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"Remember I said you probably made familiars with Black?" Orion stated.
I nodded to his words recalling that day, "So,"
"What if you didn't actually make a friendly connection?"
"I'm leaving," Jacob announced taking a step towards the door.
"I command you to stand still Black." Orion said using his wolf command voice. Immediately Jacob froze in place. "Now you listen to me Black and you listen well. It's because of your connection bond which is causing Diana to lose herself ever so slowly because her emotional state can't be denied anymore."
"And why does her emotion mattered?" Jacob snarled out that my chest suddenly hurt. Not again, not this heart aches. As I place my hand over my chest breathing heavily.
"That's why you ass. Diana wolfs form subconscious relies on her emotion. Her beast is her emotions and because of your sorry excuse of a coward to tell her straight." Orion said. Quickly by my side as my body started to hurt.
"What's going on?" I panted.
"Tell her Black tell her why her body started to shut down when you left, tell her why she is always happy and excited to see you, tell her why she feel's hurt when you hold feeling to another, Why you actually went back to school, her school. Tell her now."
"Because I imprinted on her!" Jacob exclaimed.
"What?" I whispered, did he actually say what I think he said.
That's impossible imprinting is suppose to be like love at first sight. Also I've feeling strange around him before he became a wolf. Then again we were both changing at the same time. Going back to all the moments these past eight months. Realizing how my body reacts and me emotions. The connection pulls when he was hurt in June after the newborn attack. How I yelled at him two weeks ago. And these past few day's of his closeness and overprotection, what he said yesterday,
"Diana please I really care about you and I want us to be together as friends or something. Whatever it be just don't ignore it. There's something going on and I know you can sense it and maybe had since day one, but I asked you not to ignore it otherwise it'll hurt us."
"How?"
"It's, its call a Postpone bind. It's like imprinting however it takes a slow time to evolve. The elders think because of the seven moon of your transformation I couldn't imprint right on the spot. Diana I know I screw up but please I want us to be together. I knew you wouldn't go straight forward so . . . . I thought of taking it slow, regain your trust."
"All this time," I whispered. "All this time and you didn't feel a fucking thing. I hurt, because of you."
"I-"
"Tell me, did you feel a single thing all this time?" I yelled.
"Yes," Jacob replied dead on center in the eye. "I couldn't understand it either. But after I phase and saw you I felt something strange, I knew you were important to me but I let my mind take control. God, I'm so stupid."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Why didn't you?" Jacob comeback but I snarled a warning, "I . . . I was afraid that you would think I was using you second hand, second place because . . . "
"Your love for Bella," I whispered as tears silently fall.
Shoving Orion off me and sat down on the couch. Tears veil my sight, I really hate my life.
"Diana pleases understa-'I stopped him by raising me hand as he knelt down almost grabbed my hands.
"Stop just stops and don't say a single word." I whispered, then sigh, "Now I'll ask question and you nod yes or no got it?"
He nodded, "Is it a complete imprinting?"
He shook no, "Do I get an option on my decision between friend, brother or lover?"
Jacob nodded yes though worry as he bit his bottom lip nervous in my decision.
"Now you can speak on this question, when did you realize I was your imprint?"
"After the full moon when Bella went into labor?" Jacob answered.
Okay now the spirits are twisted, letting him imprint on me when I look awful. Cover in dirt, blood, and wearing nothing but a shirt. I shiver.
"Now look me in the eye and tell me, did you ever hold any feeling for?" I ask looking him dead on in the eye. "Any true feeling any at all?"
Jacob didn't say a word in which I understand. I remember one text message from Bella in how Jacob reacted on her statement on Imprinting. That it was a twisted lover, a pointless mechanism that ruins many should. Same as Leah, Sam and Emily. The idea of imprinting from Billy is to make the wolf stronger, but what is its true purpose of life. Carlisle said that Jacob had twenty for chromosomes, and my receant blood test explains I had about twenty four, practicaly twenty three point five. Because my DNA was evolving on an evolution sequences to this new form. So I as well with twenty four chromosomes may possibly be so. Carlisle also said that I as well might be Jacob Blacks mate if we were the only two people to reproduce. I shudder at the thought. Imprinting was some of the importance either makes a person strong or . . . a canident to reproduce. Either way it destroys the connection in one's being. Emily description on her part was different from what I'm proceeding right now. I don't feel worry or any romantic charms in which Emily describe, I don't feel the innocent charms that Renesmee and Clair express to Seth and Quil, Including Kim and Rachel connection to boyfriend and girlfriend material.
I just feel angry, furious, hurt, and sad. I prayed to any higher being to never set romantic feeling to the pack other than siblings. Because of what I am an actual werewolf. I vow to never fall in love or any hold on the alpha in front of me who announced his claimant as his true soul mate. I couldn't be after the crush I healed while assume I was still human, his feeling and devotion to Bella. We thought each others as friends and close to see them become something and see him as a cousin. He was future chief bounded to his lands, descendent upon the blood line of leader, that of his ancestor. He has a family a home and obligation to being future chief. Even though the title is of honor it was a state of pride.
Then again, thing don't mix well. In fact since Taha Aki all the wolfs imprinted on those of their tribe or hold native blood on Native American heritage. Orion is over five hundred years old and once came to these lands and yet Leah imprinted on him and she's only twenty. Seth Imprinted on Renesmee natural enemies but she's partially human. Then yesterday Brady imprinted on May, a shy girl who knows nothing of the supernatural. Only the fact word of journalism. Then their me a scar up half breed with a mess up life and the guy I once thought trusted who lead my world on misery of confusion who almost lead to unexplainable reason announced he imprinted on me after I transform. What common thing do we all had of us. We're pale faces not blood relation to Native American blood. I would know because of research on on me and so of Renesmee. Orion being a full on English man, and May well May is defiantly not Native American even though she has tan skin.
I stare at Jacob eyes; they say that the eyes are the gate way to ones soul. For what I saw was the veil of imprinting, misery, furious and sad. But what I wanted to see wasn't there. I sigh, getting up and gave Orion a hug.
"Thanks brother, for everything."
"You are welcome sister; do you want me to come tomorrow to explain everything?" Orion asked
"Yes, that would be nice." Pecking his cheek, "Night."
As I pass Jacob and went up stairs though stop remembering the dream I had today, "I truly never understand the marines when they say Semper fi."
Then went up stairs and went to my room locking the door also locking the door. I slid down the door then held my legs close to my chest. I heard Yvaine open the door from her room as she walk half way down the stairs.
"I may not understand Imprinting, but us female Lycan are stronger but also frail." She said walking down stairs.
"Wait, what does simper fi mean?" Jacob asked
"How should I know, I'm not in the military," Yvaine said, "There's a thing call a dictionary or the internet."
With that said, she went to the bathroom and the shower was heard.
"A military brat, as always." Orion sigh, "Semper fidelis."
"What does that mean?"
"Latin, it means Always Faithful or Always Loyal, for family and entitles. Goodnight Jacob knows I did for a reason."
There was a pause of silences when the front door shut.
"Always faithful?"
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So you all know I am Team Switzerland. No Team Edward or Team Jacob on this case. Also following SM story plot till Seth Imprinted on Nessie, including how Diana reacted through out the story when she met Jacob. So now we understand?
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