"Hey man, wait up." Embry heard leaving the woods after patrolling. He was shocked to see Quill, since they were on the territory of Sam's pack, rush out behind him.
"What are you doing in Uley territory?" Embry joked making Quill laugh.
"Well I was hoping to catch you but you weren't at Paul's last night." Quil retorted as Embry tried keeping his heart calm.
The night before he had spent with Leah in the cabin. He had blanket in his car and he placed them underneath while they had sex on the floor. They had laid there for hours before he had given Leah the keys to his car so she could get her car from Paul's house. She left his keys in his car and went home to take a shower before Paul realized her car and before Seth caught her scent. Embry took a nap before patrolling during the late night into the morning. He managed to wash away her scent in the river right before. He didn't see a point of going to Paul's right away and he felt he should run it off home before phasing to get a hold of his thoughts about her.
"Yeah, I just was busy with mom stuff." He shrugged hoping Quill would buy it. Which he did because most of the pack learned not to get involved with Embry and his mom. Embry and Quill were like brothers but some things Embry didn't like to talk about and Quill respected it.
"What are you doing out here?" Embry asked again as they walked away from Sam territory.
"I was hoping to get an update for Jake about the whole operation unit a pack?" Quill smiled.
"Operation Unit a Pack?" Embry scoffed laughing making Quill sheepish.
"Dude do you have a better name?" He defended throwing his hands up in the air.
"Operation Black Pack?" Embry howled with laughter. Quill rolled his eyes and continued to walk with Embry. He wondered what had gotten into him. He had been in an awful mood for weeks and was really dark for a while but then suddenly he was in a great mood. He wondered if it had anything to do with Leah.
"You okay Bry?" Quill pondered. Embry slowed down laughing and looked at his friend.
"Never better." He smiled with a spark in his eyes. He clapped Quill on the shoulder before walking on. Quill thought to inquire more but decided to not. He didn't want to ruin his friend's good mood. Not yet.
"Paul and Jared are good to go. The pups aren't, too impressionable to alpha Sam. They have no idea. We just need Leah." Embry summed up. Trying once again to hold it together.
"Well, I was just headed there myself if you wanted to join me. Level up where she is at." Quill shrugged. Embry nodded as they silently walked to Embry's car to drive to the Clearwater's. They froze when they heard screaming, crying and cussing. They looked at each other and ran inside.
"What the fuck!" Embry yelled at the sight of seeing Seth wrestling with Harry. Harry was cussing and flaring his body in his son arms. Leah was holding her mom while Sue cried and Leah yelled towards her dad and brother. Sue sobbed as blood dripped down her hands and her body was surrounded by glass. They all froze in their current positions as Embry and Quill came inside. Embry slowly approached them with Quill on his flank.
He slowly came up to Sue and took the pieces of glass out of her hands and set them on the counter. He slowly led her over to the couch away from everyone. His heart shattered seeing Sue in this fragile state.
"Okay, Seth come help her hands." He ordered looking at Seth. Seth had their dad in his arms and wasn't letting go. Embry slowly approached knowing Harry might hurt him. He knew it wouldn't hurt but he didn't want to startle Harry.
"Seth go sit with your mom. I got your dad." He slowly set Harry on the ground as Seth moved to Leah's mom. He hugged her into him as she cried into him. Embry motioned for Quill to clean up the glass as he picked Harry up and leaned him against him. Quill nodded knowing to do whatever Embry said since he was basically raised by the Clearwater family. Embry slowly pulled him outside to get some air. Leah followed him outside.
Quill took care of the glass and moved over to the couch taking care of Seth and Sue. Leah sat on the porch stairs as Embry leaned her dad standing up against the post.
"Embry he shouldn't…" Leah started to say.
"Leah, let the man stand. He's fine." Embry said softly. He didn't want to be aggressive with her so he spoke softly. He knew Harry felt like he was weak, like he couldn't take care of himself or them. Embry went to his car and brought back cigarettes and lit one for Harry and one for himself. Leah growled.
"Damn it Leah. Let me smoke if I want." Harry almost growled at her. He automatically regretted it and quickly apologized. Leah held her hand out and Embry hesitantly handed her one and she lit it. They all just looked out into nothing and smoked together in silence. It was an inside understanding with Embry and Harry since the time Embry was sixteen. It was why he had them to begin with.
"Thank you Embry." Harry managed to choke out after several moments. Embry nodded blowing out the smoke and clapping Harry on the back before leaning over the railing next to Harry. Harry was essentially a father figure to him and he hated seeing him decline like this. He knew Harry's life would end soon but he couldn't even cope. He didn't know how so he continued to focus on smoking instead.
"I am sorry, baby girl." Harry sighed looking broken again. Leah's face fell and Embry motioned her over to her dad so Harry could hug her. She was his little girl again in his arms and even though with the pack she acted like such a hard ass, in her dad's arms she was small. Embry knew whatever happened that he would be there for Leah because he owed Harry that much. He owed Harry his life so he would make sure the Clearwater family would be okay after.
"Embry can you get Sue?" He asked hugging Leah one more time. Embry nodded and brought Sue back out. He could see that Leah didn't want to leave her dad's side. So Embry slowly approached her and held out his hand for her to take. Her beautiful eyes met his grey ones and he was once again hers in the moment. He took control over the situation before bringing her inside to Seth and Quill. She slowly went upstairs and he would follow her shortly because he wasn't leaving this time.
