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CHAPTER 26
I ACCEPT YOU
Violet, please don't walk away from me." I choked out. I was begging my beautiful angel from heaven.
I had to tell her my secret. Let her know she's not alone. But, I didn't understand why she told me that the beauty before me was only a shell of who she is.
"I need to tell you something really important."
"Embry, - I can't." she wasn't looking at me, the ocean seemed to attract her attention. "I need to go." Gracefully she stood.
"Just a few seconds. That's it." I begged. I pulled myself to my knees, I almost died when she said we couldn't be friends.
Still not looking at me she shook her head. "I can't, I really need to go."
My love - my reason for being started running toward the road that led back to her house. With my werewolf speed, I ran in front of her.
Vi gasped. She was about to find out that I too am only a shell of who I really am.
She looked up at me with those gorgeous eyes in total shock. Then turned and looked behind her.
"How - how did - you were just…" she was freaked and I had to calm her.
"Please, Vi." I softly spoke. One, I didn't want to see her scared. Two, I didn't want to be the cause of her feeling that way. "Vi, you told me a while back that you knew we descended from wolves." She just stared at me for the longest time. "I was planning on telling you down the road. But, it looks like this is the best time." Okay, here it goes. "I phase into a werewolf."
My Violet - the delicate flower that she is, just stood, frozen in her spot, staring at me.
"Vi, say something."
A few more seconds and finally I got a response, "Those stories I've read in books - are true." I knew it wasn't a question, though I nodded expecting her to run again or pass out.
"I cant tell you the story like Billy can." I let out a deep breath, "It all started out as we were spirit warriors until the Chief's body had been possessed by one of his guards. The guard took his own body and destroyed it." I was looking at her for any signs of panic. She looked calmer when she should have been running like hell. "When the Chief saw his guard entering his body, he pretty much was stuck in the spirit world. Well, he came across a wolf an d spoke to it, eventually asking if he could share his body with him. You know, like co-exist with it? Anyway, the wolf let him in and one day he ran back to the village. The men of the tribe were about to kill him when he shift into a human man. He didn't take his old form. He was tall, muscular and scared the hell out of his family and tribe. He explained who he was sand the guard that had his spirit within the Chiefs body was killed. The Chief never took his old form back and shifted into a wolf to protect the land. The land that we stand on right at this moment."
Her head was cocked to the side, I kind of got that feeling that she was letting it sink in.
There was a small smile spread across her lips. "You turn into a wolf."
"You believe me!" I dropped to my knees. "Oh god, Vi. I would have thought you woulda ran alike hell when I told you what I am." I held onto her hands and looked up at her. "I'm the one who is only a shell of who I truly am."
"Can I ask you something?" She looked down upon me pondering. Biting down on her bottom lip was such a turn on.
I nodded whispering, "Anything."
"Can you show me?"
"You mean you want me to change into a wolf for you?"
"Yes." She whispered looking deep into my eyes.
"Yeah." I answered standing. "Uhm, I'm gonna have to go into the trees and take my clothes off. I didn't bring any extra clothes and if I phase here - well, lets just say I can't phase back without you seeing all of me."
My life's eyes got even bigger. "Uhh, oh -'kay."
"Don't move." I said softly smiling down at her. "I won't go in too far, just so you can see me - well not all of me, but -" I was scared shitless she would run. I took off my shirt handing it to her. "Hold this for me, please?"
Violet took hold of my shirt and I gently grazed her cheek with my finger tips.
"I'll be right back."
I ran into the trees, not too far and took my pants off behind a tree. Once I was naked bent down, crouching so she could see me. I quickly changed and cautiously walked out to my beautiful flower.
"P - Prince?" She gasped as I walked closer.
I shook my head. I knew she would realized that I was the wolf she called 'Prince', but now knew it was me.
"E - Embry." her hands and my shirt flew up to her mouth. My girl didn't run or scream.
I nodded again as she walked up to me. The closer she got, he r hand automatically reached out to me.
I leaned down, closed my eyes sand waited for her fingers to run through my pelt as she did before.
As if reading my thoughts, she started rubbing behind my ears.
EMBRY! Leah of course, its about damn time you told her!
Shut up, Leah. Oh shit! Did I just growl?
"Embry?" Vi said pulling away.
Thanks Leah, I just scared her! I shook my head at Violet and lay on the ground. I whimpered as I looked into her eyes wanting her touch.
"Did I hurt you?" I shook my head again. She then got down on her knees and went back to rubbing my ears. "You're so soft." It was like it was the first time she really noticed it was me. "But - I told you so much." Her hands flew back to her mouth. I nudged her arm letting her know it was okay.
It's not my fault you're a huge ugly mutt. Leah said sniggering.
I had to fight the urge to growl again That was a low blow, Leah. She's not afraid of me so stick it.
Em? Leah sighed, I'm happy for you. You've got one hell of an imprint. Or should I call you 'Prince'?
I'm only Prince to my Princess. I mentally stuck my tongue out at her.
I'm thinking about doing something with her tomorrow. Is that okay with you, Mr. I told my imprint I'm a smelly dog? Normally I wouldn't care, but I want to see this girl happy.
She's fucking happy now! I snapped. And yeah, if she wants to hang out with a freak like you, Clearwater.
Touché', pup. She laughed.
Can I get back to Vi rubbing my ears? This is like a major turn on.
Too Much Information, Call! She gagged, then blocked me out.
We sat like this for some time. I knew she was fighting with herself over something. I just didn't know what.
"Can you - uhm, change back?" She asked as we looked into each others eyes. "I need to show you something."
I pulled myself up when I felt his sudden urge to just - lick her. I leaned down, since she was still on her knees, my nose was touching her cheek. Then I did it. I licked her cheek. Her taste was so sweet as she looked at me as I sniggered.
"That was not very nice!" Violet scorned though the smile she had told me she thought it was funny.
I ran back to the tree where I left my pants and phased back. After I put my pants on, I ran back to the mother of my children. I sniggered as I saw her still wiping off the slobbery kiss I had just given her.
"That was not funny." She laughed. Then she became serious within seconds. "Come with me," She turned away from me then said, "Prince." I heard the smile in her voice and as she was my imprint, I couldn't help but obey her command.
We walked closer to the waters edge than usual. "Vi, what are you doing? You told me you couldn't swim."
"As long as I don't touch the water I'll be fine." She said as her fingers laced through mine. It was the best feeling in the world. "Does it hurt, changing forms I mean?"
"It did at first." I admitted. Was she leading me to the cliffs? "Now that I've been doing it for so long, it's just something natural. I used to have to get really pissed off in order to phase, but now - not so much."
"That's why you're so tall and so warm too, isn't it?"
"Yeah. We all pretty much look like this."
"We?"
"Did you think I was the only one?" I looked at her with a smile, "There's fourteen of us."
"Why are you all like this for?"
"I don't want to scare you. Where are we going anyway?"
She looked up at me, a smile so bright it lit up the darkening sky.
She pointed to where she wanted to take me, "To the cliffs."
We kept walking hand in hand, talking about what it was like phasing and the strength and speed we possessed, not only in wolf form, but in human form as well.
When we reached the cliff, Vi peered over the edge. I heard her taking a deep ragged breath. "Embry - I need for you to jump." she whispered, turning to me.
"Vi - what? No! You - you can't ju…." I started walking to her but she ended up holding up her hand to stop me.
"Don't worry about me. Just jump off the cliff." she was too beautiful to resist.
"But, Vi. I don't und…" I didn't want her to get cold all I wanted was for her to be safe and warm.
"You said once, that you and the other boys do this all the time, right? I want to see you jump." She was trying to get me to jump and I swear if she weren't so damn sexy I wouldn't have done it.
"Uhm, ok, but… are you going to wait here?"
Violet's POV
Embry is Prince and Prince is Embry. This is fantastic! I never imagined that such a thing was possible! I should be running for my life, or should I? But, why?
That's when I noticed that Embry would never do me any harm. No matter what the circumstances.
He stood by me when I cried into his fur and also when I laughed at his blue painted face in the basement. He trusted me enough to tell me his secret.
Now - now it's time for me to do the same.
As I peered over the edge of the cliff I took in a deep ragged breath. "Embry - I need for you to jump." I whispered, turning to look at him.
"Vi - what? No! You - you can't ju…." He was coming toward me, but I stopped him.
"Don't worry about me. Just jump off the cliff." He looked so adorable with his concerned face.
"But, Vi. I don't und…" it was getting cold now, but I'm sure that he couldn't feel it.
"You said once, that you and the other boys do this all the time, right? I want to see you jump." My encouraging smile seemed to be working like a charm.
"Uhm, ok, but… are you going to wait here?" He pleaded with his big puppy eyes, afraid that I was going to abandon him. How could I do that to someone who had moments ago had shown me his true self.
"I'll do you one better." I gave him a full smile. He has no idea. And with that, he jumped.
For a boy/wolf, it was a good jump. Not very graceful, but who's judging? Oh, I am, because I can do so much better than that.
I saw his head emerge from the water a few seconds later and he was smiling. Smiling like it was a hot, sunny day. Show off. But, he was incredibly sexy in the water looking up at me right now.
"Okay, now you need to turn around. And no peeking. You can't turn back around until I say so." I was speaking very low, but for some reason I knew that he could hear me. With a frown he turned around, back facing the cliff, waiting as patiently as a shape shifter could.
That's it. No doubts or second guessing. He had shown me his secret and I'm showing him mine.
First, I took my shoes off and when my feet touched the rocks and sand, I felt that energizing feeling again. Followed by my baggy jeans. It's funny how I absolutely despised the idea of wearing shorts or pants. Call me hypocritical. Next was my coat, I've always thought that covering my body with clothes that hid my figure was absurd. Well, look at me now! The last item I had to take off were my panties, since I didn't want to rip these like so many others I had before. And last, but not least, I let my ponytail loose. The truth is, I never really liked to tie my hair back.
Okay, its now or never.
The place could be different, but the feeling is the same: freedom. There will be nothing but contact with the water once I jump.
And that's exactly what I did, I jumped. Embry heard the quiet splash and turned around without me telling him to. I emerged two seconds later.
He'd seen my tail. Exactly what I needed him to see. "Embry… please say something."
It's okay, Vi. Don't do any sudden movement or get to close to him since he seems to be having a little trouble breathing.
Four…five…six seconds passed and I thought that he was going to swim away, screaming for his life or shout at me. Well, maybe even both.
He didn't though. He did the exact opposite. He smiled. The smile that I had always seen across his lips every time we met.
"Oh my god. You are more beautiful than I could ever imagine." He moved closer to me now. A good thing. At least he wasn't running away from me.
"I - I won't hurt you, Embry." I said serious and the sound of his laughter scared a few birds that were passing by.
"Vi, I had just shown you that I turn into a monster the size of a freakin horse and you think I'm scared of you hurting me?" His gaze was as intense as mine. Neither of us wanting to break it.
Even being content with the moment at hand, I still needed more. I know I shouldn't do it. Maybe he would leave by my being so bold. Slowly, I raised my hand from the water and caressed his face. The surprise was instant.
"Wow, I can't believe how warm you are right now." He said leaning in to my touch while I smiled.
He wasn't leaving. With my new found courage, I wrapped my arms around his neck as he happily returned the gesture.
"You smell even better than I remember." I couldn't think of anything to say back to him. I was so happy that I could start to ramble at any moment.
"Thank you. So do you." I could feel the smile on his face as he had his head placed against my shoulder. We didn't move from this position as we spoke.
"So, you're a mermaid." I knew it wasn't a question so I let him continue, "Is there anything else I need to know?" He said it with a husky voice in my hear and I felt a shiver running down my spine. I broke our embrace to look him fully in the eye.
"Yes. I want to tell you everything." I took his hands in mine saying, "No more secrets." He nodded and kissed my forehead.
"No more secrets."
There was a rock nearby in which Embry could lean on. He must be tired and I was afraid that he would pass out at any moment from finding out my secret. So I carefully took his hand and guided him to the rock.
"You swim pretty fast, for a girl." He said smiling as I take a seat next to him on a small crevice in the rock. Lucky for us, no one was nearby.
"Yeah, well, it is one of the benefits to having a tail." I wiggled my tail a little for effect, "That, and my tail is bigger than yours." I smiled up at him and he started laughing. His laughter was infectious and soon I was laughing beside him.
"Can I… uhm… can I touch it?" There is a first time for everything! Not only had he not freaked out on me, but he wanted to touch my tail. This was so amazing!
"Sure." I said lifting my tail from the water to give him better access. It was the first time that I ever let someone touch my tail and I wasn't very sure what to expect.
His eyes seemed to sparkle like a kid in a candy shop. When one of his hands touched my tail, there was that electrical shock anymore since my tail and his hands were both warm. It was a very nice sensation feeling his hands touch part of my , his hands started to rub my tail. Up then down with careful movements, but oh so soothing. I was feeling extremely happy, that if he stopped, I would scream, maybe beg for more.
"It's so shiny." I was blushing now. That was a very nice compliment. I always had been proud of my tail. Well, not lately though.
After his hands stopped the incredible massage on my tail, I put it in the water again and we turned in to face each other.
I was born this way." I said shyly at first, unsure of how to start, but never breaking eye contact. "Well, let me rephrase that, I didn't come into this world looking like this. I did have two legs. It started showing up when I was two years old. Even though I always knew that eventually I'd have one, because of my mom." He was holding my hand and that was all the encouragement I needed. "My mom and I look a lot alike. Every woman on my mothers side is like this. That's why I learned ever since an early age that I had to keep this a secret." Now, I took his hands, "I have never done any harm to any human being. I swear. And neither had my mom. She was an angel." The words were starting to catch in my throat. Embry must have sensed it, so he squeezed my hands a little tighter for reassurance. "As if having a tail wasn't complicated enough. I inherited other gifts as well."
"Gifts?"
"Well, I don't know if 'gift' is the right term, but that's what I used to call it. Did you ever hear of the legend of the Sirens?" I wanted to know until which point the understood about the legends, so I couldn't be misunderstood.
No, not much. I remember that our history teacher said that they were women that attracted sailors with their voices and they died in the rocks within the ocean." He made a are-you-serious face and I gave him a huge smile.
"With all due respect to the word, but this is all crap. Most of these stories are nothing more than bad thoughts coming from the ignorance of men during that time. Just for the fact that a beautiful woman had a gift. They presume that she was evil." He nodded and gave me a little smile.
"You would never be able to do any harm to anyone, Vi." How does he know that? I still didn't finish the story. "What is the true story then?" He wanted to know the truth only and nothing made me happier.
"The truth is, there were at that time really beautiful women with the gift to attract men with the sound of their voices. But, they didn't kill them. That doesn't seem very cleaver, does it? People tend to distort the images of mythological beings to their own morbid pleasure. Like with mermaids…"
"…And werewolves." He finished. I think that he didn't like to be linked to the silver bullet and full moon stereotyping.
"Exactly. We are just like everyone else. We only have a few extra skills, just…differences." I smiled, looking at the horizon, and for a moment I saw the same light reflecting in the water the last day that I was with my mom at the lake. Absolutely stunning. "I fit in well everywhere . I never caused any problems for anyone at school or anywhere. I've always been a good student and I helped my mom with her work. But I wanted more." I dropped his hands and I was embarrassed to look into those gorgeous eyes. "One day, when I was in school, I met this guy, Don. He was nice and treated me well. I never had a boyfriend before, so I thought that that was enough for me. He was no Adonis or stood out in a crowd or anything, but he was a nice person." I shivered at the memory and I still couldn't face Embry. So, after some time, he thought it would be a good time for us to become more intimate." The sound of Embry's growl startled me and he apologized. "I thought that I was ready that I could trust him completely and I wanted him to know every thing about me before we…" I almost got sick. "So, I told him." The words that came after were merely a whisper, but I knew that Embry could hear them. "First, he didn't believe me. He said I was crazy. So I had to show him." I felt nauseous, taking my hands from Embry's and observed them. I looked again to him, gathering my strength. "The- the way he looked at me. It- it was- it was like he was disgusted by me. Like- like I was a bug that he was afraid to look at. I felt awful, so I ran away from him."
I couldn't cry, I don't know if it's because of the impact to get this out and off my chest, or what, but right now, I felt dry. And that was far worse.
Embry took me from my trance, taking my face in his strong hands and kissing my forehead.
"I would never, ever do that to you, Vi. You have no idea how important you are to me." And I believed him. I have no reasons to doubt him now and I think that I never really had doubted him. Embry never lied to me. I nodded my head and he went back to his position.
"From that moment on, for the first time, I saw myself as a freak. Don never came looking for me or I, him. But soon my mom realized that something was definitely wrong."
"So, I told her that I'd told everything to Don and everything that happened with him when she got home that night. She asked me if I wanted to pick her up and I said yes, of course." My hand automatically grazed over the scar on my stomach. "That night, we took the same path home as we always did. My dad was working overtime at his job, as always and we were walking home. Out of nowhere, we were stopped by her coworkers and some of our neighbors." I looked at Embry and he must have sensed my nervousness, since I was starting to squeeze his hand tighter. "These were people I have known my whole life. People that saw me grow up and always admired my moms work with the kids." A single tear that had escaped was removed by Embry. "With just a few twisted words, al the years of trust and support turned into hate and prejudice, by our own friends." I was shaking I was crying so hard and if Embry wasn't there holding me I would probably still be in my shell. Finally, I pulled away. "Then they started to talk about all the weird stuff that went on and we were accused of that. We tried to escape, but there were so many." This was the most painful memory that came now and my tears streamed down my face, "All of them had the same disgusted look on their faced. As if we were some infectious disease. My mother tried to argue, but no one wanted to listen." If Embry didn't have so much strength, I surely would have broken his hand by now. "I had to watch, helplessly while being choked as they started attacking my mother and cutting her as if she were a dead animal at the butcher's shop. They didn't just kill her, they quartered her, Embry, they cut her to pieces and they made me watch!"
There was no sound coming from anywhere. Even the birds were gone.
All I could hear was Embry's breathing and the beating of both of our hearts.
"My mom used what little strength she had and screamed so loud, that for a second, they let me go. And- and I ran like a coward! I didn't know where to go and I thought there was some one that could help me."
"Don." Embry growled. I nodded.
"I thought he'd at least would have helped me hide, but I was wrong. He was agitated and started to call me names, putting me down. I begged him and told him that there were people after me and that they had just killed my mom. But, it was all for nothing." I was rubbing my scar so hard that the skin might start to rub off. Embry held my hand and put his in its place, like he wanted to heal it.
"He was the one to do this to you?" His face was a mixture of sadness, pain and anger. I could only nod before the crying got worse.
"He was so mad. He wouldn't stop yelling at me, telling me that I was a monster and that I wasn't human and didn't deserve to live. When I saw the knife in his hand it was too late." Another tear escaped Embry's eye and I felt bad for being the one who caused it. "I woke up in the hospital two weeks later and stayed another week sedated by the medications." He took my hands again and intertwined them with his. "My dad had to burn her remains because she was so disfigured. I couldn't even bury my own mother!" The tears streamed even more now thinking of how much I missed her. "And- and it's all- because I was not human- like them. That's why I wanted to stay away from you- Embry. I didn't want you to look at me the way they looked at me. I wouldn't be strong enough if you did that to me too."
Embry pulled me into his arms and held me tight while I cried into his chest, relieving some of the pain that would forever be in my heart.
Embry's POV
I held Violet in my arms as she cried over the traumatic experience she had just told me about. Don't get me wrong, I cried right with her, though I knew how her mom had died, I wasn't ever going to do that to my love, my Violet.
When she had herself pulled together, I pulled her chin up to look into her eyes. We were only inches apart and I wanted more than anything to finally find out what she tasted like. I leaned in and she didn't pull away as my lips touched hers giving her the love that she thought she didn't deserve.
Now it was my turn to tell her about something else. That something else; how she's my imprint.
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