PREVIOUSLY-

After thoroughly christening our new home, Embry lay beside me in the bed, running his fingers over my bare stomach, feeling our daughter dancing underneath his fingertips.

"That's our little girl. I'm going to be the father of a baby girl." Embry said before leaning down and kissing my belly where she was pushing against it.

We talked about baby names for a little while before falling asleep.


The next few days went by in a rush as we prepared for the wedding. Renee and Phil flew in on Friday and she was a blubbering mess when she saw me and I'd told her that it was a baby girl.

She did finally understand what I'd meant about Embry and I when she saw us together. She'd told me that our auras were the exact same, like we were one person in two bodies, and I'd agreed, though I hadn't ever figured out what was with Renee and 'auras'.

When I woke up the next morning, I realized it was my wedding day. The wedding was at noon and I'd woken at 8am, which left me 4 hours to get ready. I looked over at the empty space beside me, and saw a note.

I love you more than life itself and I need you more than air. I'll see you at the altar. -Em

We had decided against the sleeping separately before the wedding for a few reasons, mainly because the imprint wouldn't like that, especially with me being pregnant, and the fact that we were technically already married through the tribe.

I heard the TV on in the living room, so I put my robe on and decided to go see who else was there.

"Morning, mama wolf. Happy wedding day!" Seth told me as he lounged on our couch.

"Morning, Seth." I told him, feeling the baby suddenly start doing jumping jacks on my bladder. I went over to sit by Seth, relaxing on the couch as I felt the baby rolling around.

"Can I?" He asked, pointing to my belly. I nodded and he rested his hand on my bump. "Hey little girl. Mama's getting married today, isn't that exciting?" Seth whispered to my belly, and I swear she did a complete flip. "You be a good little girl today and don't kick mama too hard."

She calmed almost instantly. I knew that she knew and responded to my voice and Embry's voice, but it seemed like she also knew Seth's as well.

Within minutes, Emily and Rachel were walking in the door, carrying dress bags and talking about makeup and hair.

Just a minute after they walked in, Leah and Kim walked in, with a small 2-year-old girl trailing in behind them. Emily had taken her niece, Claire, for a few weeks while the little girl's parents dealt with a divorce at the Makah tribe. I had asked if she had wanted to be my flower girl and she was more than excited about it. She'd just arrived the night before and still had yet to meet most of the pack.

"Seth, we're taking over the house, go prowl outside for a while or something." Leah told him, and he huffed, but got up anyways.

"I'll be just outside if you need me, mama wolf." Seth said, kissing me on the cheek before taking off out the door.

"Alright, now to get down to business. First things first, the bride needs a shower. Go take one while we make you some breakfast." Emily told me, and I complied, still not fully awake.

The next 3 and a half hours, I sat in a chair being pampered and played with like a human barbie while Emily did my hair and Kim did my make-up. Leah painted my fingernails and Rachel painted my toenails.

A knock on the door signified that someone outside of the pack was there. Kim ran to get the door, and found Renee and Charlie on the other side.

Renee came rushing in and immediately started crying as she realized I'd just put my dress on and Leah was tying up the back of it.

I'd chosen a beautiful ivory colored dress that had lace fitted around my chest, but then opened up with flowing tulle, allowing my bump to be visible just enough that I knew Embry would love it. It was strapless with a sweetheart neckline, and I wouldn't be wearing any shoes, seeing as we would be on the beach.

My bridesmaids were all wearing teal green chiffon dresses (that looked amazing on their russet skin tone) and they would all be barefoot as well.

"Oh honey, you look so beautiful! I can't believe my baby girl is getting married today." Renee said as appraised how I looked. "He's going to fall to his knees when he sees you walking down that isle. Oh! Before I forget, this is for you."

She handed me a box, and I opened it, revealing a beautiful old looking hair comb. It had diamonds and sapphires. "It covers the something old, something borrowed and something blue. Your dress is new, so you're covered."

"Bella, we're going to head down to the beach. You leave here in 5 minutes." Emily told me and I took a deep breath, getting nervous.

I wasn't nervous about getting married, I was nervous about falling flat on my face in front of everyone, even if I wasn't wearing shoes, it would still be entirely possible.

"I'm going to head down with them, Bella. Good luck, honey, I love you." Renee said kissing me on the cheek before scampering off to catch up with them.

"Well then, Bells, I guess that leaves the two of us." Charlie said before pulling me into a hug. "My baby girl is getting married. They don't prepare you for these days when they send you home from the hospital with your new baby… just remember that."

"I'll still be your baby girl, dad." I told him, hugging him back, but careful not to mess up my makeup. "Don't make me cry, they took two hours on my face." I laughed.

"You look beautiful, Bells, and I know Embry's going to be knocked off his feet when he sees you." Charlie told me, offering his arm for me to hold.

"Thanks, dad." I said to him grabbing his arm to walk out of the house towards the beach.

"You know Sam had to practically drag Seth away to get him dressed. Poor kid couldn't stand the thought until Sam told him he'd ruin your wedding if he was only wearing cutoffs." Charlie told me, laughing as we started our walk down the beach.

I laughed, imagining that. I knew it had been hard for Embry to stay away all morning, I could feel it from our bond. I felt relief knowing that I would see him again in a few short minutes, and then we would officially be married.

We walked down towards the beach, and I was amazed and extremely excited that the day turned out to be incredibly beautiful. Not a cloud in the sky, a nice warm temperature, and just a slight breeze as well.

"You know you'll always be my little girl, just remember that." Charlie told me as we continued on.

As we followed the path, I began to see the black sand beach, and straight ahead I saw rows of chairs, filled with people, and in between stood an archway.

I saw Embry immediately, wearing his beige linen pants, with matching vest, the long sleeves of his white button up rolled to his elbows, and of course he was barefoot as well. He looked incredible. His eyes widened and his mouth opened as he saw me for the first time, walking down the isle.

Beside him stood Sam, Paul, Seth, Jake, Jared, and Quil, all dressed in linen dress pants and button-down shirts with their sleeves rolled to the elbow. On the other side stood my brides maids, Emily, Rachel, Leah, Kim, and my little flower girl, Claire. I didn't care that the sides were uneven, I knew that Embry had wanted all of them standing with him and I was more than okay with it.

Once at the end of the isle, my dad gave me to Embry, who had tears in his eyes. "You are the most beautiful being in the universe." He whispered to me as he took my hands.

"You clean up pretty well yourself." I smiled back at him.

Pastor Webber was officiating and began the ceremony. I hardly heard anything he was saying because I felt entranced, just looking into Embry's eyes the whole time. It almost felt like he'd imprinted all over again.

Soon it was time for our vows, and we'd chosen to write our own.

"Bella, from the very moment our eyes met, I knew I wanted to spend my life with you. You are everything to me, my whole universe. I love you more than I ever thought I could love anyone, and it continues to grow every day. You are the air that I breathe, and the ground underneath my feet. I pledge to honor and cherish you, to dedicate myself to your happiness, and to love you with every fiber of my being until beyond my dying breath."

I knew I had tears rolling down my face as I looked up at my world, trying to remember my own words.

"Embry, I choose you, and I'll continue to choose you every day for the rest if my life. How lucky am I to be able to call you mine? I love you more than words can express, and you complete me in ways I never knew were possible. I promise to honor you, to love, you, and to cherish you throughout all life's adventures, no matter what may come our way. Because of you, I find myself becoming the me I have always dreamed of being. We are two bodies with one soul, and I will love you forever."

I saw a tear drop from Embry's eye as I finished my vows. I was again lost to his gaze until I heard the pastor say, "I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride."

Embry let go of my hands and cupped my face, pulling me in and kissing me in a way that made my knees feel weak.

I heard tons of applause, and pulled away, blushing as I remembered we were in front of lots of people and couldn't get carried away.

"Now you're officially mine, wife." Embry whispered in my ear as we walked back down the aisle.

"I was always yours, husband." I whispered back to him. Suddenly I found myself being picked up and carried bridal style.

We'd chosen to have the reception at Sam and Emily's, and apparently I was being carried the whole way back. I noticed everyone else following behind us and I smiled to myself, so happy that the wedding had gone off without a hitch. After the reception would be a huge bonfire back at the beach with a smaller tribal ceremony.

"So, we're married now." I mentioned to Embry as he carried me up to the house.

"We are, and I couldn't be happier right now if I tried." He told me, carrying me across the threshold before setting me down inside the house where tons of food had been prepared.

"Neither could I. Happiest day of my life so far." I told him as he kissed me sweetly again while people started filing in.

We watched everyone fill the house for a few minutes before I felt someone tug on Embry's arm.

"Hey bro, can I borrow your wife for a minute?" I heard Paul ask Embry.

"Sure man, just make sure I get her back." Embry laughed as Paul grabbed my hand and led me out around back where no one was.

"What's up, Paulie?" I asked him, starting to get concerned.

"First, congrats, Mrs. Call. You really do look great." He told me and I smiled, urging him to continue. "Alright, so I wanted to do something at the bonfire tonight, but I wanted your permission first, seeing as its your ceremony…"

Now I was intrigued. "Go on…"

"I want to propose to Rachel tonight. It'll be after your ceremony, of course, but—" He didn't have the chance to continue because I was slinging my arms around him in excitement.

"Of course! Yes, please do! I've only been waiting on this since you imprinted! Did you think I'd say no? Hell, I would've had a double ceremony if you'd done it earlier." I told him excitedly.

"I just didn't want to take the spotlight away from you on your big day…" He mentioned, scratching at his head.

"Since when have I ever liked being in the spotlight? Paul, you're my best friend, one of my imprints, my protector. I want you to be happy, just like I do for Embry and Seth. I think tonight will be the perfect time because Rachel won't be expecting it." I told him honestly.

"Thank you, B. Now, I guess I should get the guest of honor back to her party." He told me, escorting me back in.

"You know, normally I'd say running off with another man at your wedding reception would look pretty bad, but seeing as it's this loser, I'll give you a pass." I heard from behind me. I turned around to see Jake standing there on the front porch. "Congratulations, Bella."

"Thanks, Jake. I can't tell you how much it means to me that you're okay with everything. I really am as happy as I think I could ever be." I told him, feeling Embry come up from behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist so that his hands rested on my belly, feeling our little girl kicking away.

"I know you are, Bells." Jake said to me with a sad smile before walking inside.

I knew that Jacob wasn't fully over me, even though I was imprinted, married, and pregnant. I continued to think that was the sole reason he wasn't chosen as one of my protector imprints. They both had no romantic ties to me, and he did. I just hoped one day that he would find happiness and maybe even an imprint of his own.

The reception was in full swing, and I couldn't have been more happy that I'd specifically requested that there be no dancing. Embry made me a plate of food as I continued to have people come up to me, offering their congratulations.

Renee had seemed to bring an entire purse full of airplane bottles of alcohol and had started singing and dancing, forcing Phil to proclaim his apologies before carting her off back to the hotel.

I noticed that Charlie had stuck by Sue nearly the entire time, which struck me as odd, but interesting at the same time.

After a while, all but the pack, plus Charlie and Sue, had filtered out, and I was at ease again.

It was almost as if I was floating on a cloud until I heard a "What the fuck?!" being yelled, along with "Language, Sam!"

I turned my head to see what was going on, only to see Quil Ateara with an unmistakable look on his face. Following his gaze, I saw him staring directly into the dark eyes of none other than little Claire Young.


A/N- HAPPY HALLOWEEN! One of my favorite holidays and my family is stuck in quarantine/isolation. The wedding is FINALLY here! Just a sneak peak, but I'll be skipping ahead in time again like I have a few times now. I had debated greatly on keeping the Quil/Claire canon imprint, but in the end I feel like it's vital to the story. This one is a bit long, but it could have been longer if I hadn't wanted to stop on that bombshell. As always, please review and have a lovely Halloween!