I wake up in an unfamiliar place. I need to blink several times in order to get my vision clear. I get up and now I recognize the room I am in. I am covered in blankets and I am laying on the couch in Sam and Emily´s house. I am not alone in the room. I am surrounded by Emily, Quil, Sam and Paul

"Oh good you are awake! How are you?" Emily's kind voice fills the room.

I take a moment to wrap my thoughts around. What happened? Then I remember. The beach. The screaming. Jacob turning into a wolf.

"Oh my God" I start

"Stephanie I understand that you must feel shocked and that you have a lot of questions right now. We didn't want you to find out this way. We were gonna tell you." Sam says and looks at me.

"You know the legends. They are true Stephanie. Jacob is a shapeshifter. We all are."

"All of you?"

"Well myself, Jacob, Quil, Embry, Paul, Jared, Seth and Leah. We are a pack and we are here to protect the reservation" Sam continues. I take it he is the alpha.

"Protect from what?"

"The cold ones"

"Cold ones?"

"Vampires, Stephanie" Paul says.

My head and werewolves don't exist. This can't be real. But I saw what I saw.

"I can't do this" I say and get up

"This is insane" I continue and start to collect my things.

"You should sit down, you fainted" Sam starts

"I am fine" I snap

"Stephanie, please stay. We need to talk about this" Quil says and puts his hand on my arm.

"No we dont. I can't believe you have kept this a secret from me." I say and look at Quil.

"He couldn't tell you. It´s a pack rule. No one outside the pack can know" Sam answers.

"Well I am sorry I ruined that plan" I say bitterly.

Silence.

"She should know Sam" Paul says.

"There is more?" I ask

"Well if there is more, don't tell me. I don't think I want to know anything else." I say and are just about to turn the doorknob to get out when I hear Sam.

"It is about Jacob"

I hesitate. I want to leave. But my curious side take over. I need to know what this is about. I hear Jacobs' words in my head. Me ruining his life. I turn around.

"Please sit down" Sam says. Emily pats a spot next to her on the couch. I hesitantly sit down next to her. She puts her hand on mine.

"First of all, everything we have told you today are tribal secrets, No one outside the pack and the tribal council with the elders are allowed to know about this. You can't tell anyone Stephanie. This has been a secret in generations. It must stay that way.

I nod. No matter how angry and hurt I am feeling right now I hold the greatest respect for the tribe and the legends. I am not gonna be the one ruining everything.

"I am not gonna tell anyone. I promise. You can trust me".

"I know we can trust you. And like I said you were supposed to find out anyway. Because of the imprint."

Imprint? It's a word I have never heard of.

Sam starts to tell me

"It's how shapeshifters find their true soulmate. The soulmate destined to them by the Spirits. It's not like love at first sight, really. It's more like… gravity moves… suddenly. It's not the earth holding you here anymore, she does… You become whatever she needs you to be, whether that's a protector, or a lover, or a friend. I know, because I imprinted on Emily and that's the best thing that ever happened to me".

I look at Emily and I see the way they look at each other. It´s love, respect, adoration, intimacy, protection.

"Jared and Kim are also imprints" Quil adds. That makes sense, the connection I noticed between the two of them one the beach.

"It is impossible to break an imprint. No matter how hard the wolf tries." Sam states.

I think for a second.

"So Jacob imprinted on Bella?" I ask.

Then Paul and Quil start to laugh. A look from Sam silences them.

"No, Bella is not Jacobs imprint. You are"

As I hear the words everything starts to spin again. "True soulmate", "You ruined everything", "Jacob loves Bella". I have heard enough. I can't take this any longer. I get up and I run out of the house.

"Let her go" I hear Sam say behind me.

I don't know where I am running but I make sure to stay out of the woods. Now I know why the woods aren't safe. Because of werewolves and vampires.

Somehow I end by the cliffs and I sit down and wrap my arms around my knees. I feel wetness on my cheeks and I realize that I am crying. How did this happen? I am Jacob´s soulmate and he despises me for it.

I don't know how long I am sitting there watching the waves. The sound of the waves and the salty air brings peace to my soul. Suddenly I hear someone approaching. I turn around. It´s Embry.

"I really don't want to talk with you right now" I say and look back to the ocean.

"I know," He says but sits down anyway. He has a jacket in his hand. As he sits down I feel the heat radiating of him.

"Is it a wolf thing? The heat and the growth spurt?"

He nods.

We sit in silence for a while.

"We didn't want you to find out this way. It must have been terrifying watching Jacob phase like that"

It was.

"Jacob was really worried that he had hurt you"

I snort.

"Jacob doesn't care about me"

"He does. He carried you to Sam´s. He is just conflicted"

"Conflicted? He hates me, Embry, he wants to be with Bella."

Embry stays quiet.

"But I don't care, I don't need Jacob to be my protector or lover. I just don't want the drama and I want Jacob and I to be able to be in the same room. Can you please talk to him? Tell him that he can be with Bella if he wants too"

"But he shouldn't be with her. That's not the way things are supposed to be"