Hermione was excited to learn that Bella had started to come out of her depression and was hanging out with Jacob. Charlie had called the day after she and Sam returned from England and talked to her about how he was going to send her to Jacksonville to live with her mother. That night, Bella went to the movies with her old friend Jessica and ended up at Jacob's the next day. That was a month ago and Hermione was glad her cousin was almost back to her usual self. She was just setting the table for her, Paul, Jared, and Sam, when a growling and howling stopped her. She peeked out the sliding glass doors and saw a large light grey wolf with dark patches whimpering in her back yard. Hermione knew it was one of the boys from the rez but she didn't know which one.
Hermione knew Sam and the guys were on their way soon and she didn't know how to get ahold of them, so she called Billy and Harry Clearwater. Once she hung up the phone, she made sure she had her wand on her and slowly made her way to the wolf.
"Shh, its okay. Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you. Help is on the way. My name's Hermione and I'm going to help you through this, okay?" The wolf just whimpered and lay on the ground, his massive head on his paws. Hermione made it to the wolf and cautiously sat down a few feet away. She extended her hand and waited until the wolf crawled to her and laid his head in her lap. She rhythmically ran her fingers through his surprising thick, soft fur. She hummed a light tune and around ten minutes later, she felt a shift and looked at the russet skinned boy with his head in her lap. She waved her wand over him and a white shirt and shorts appeared on him.
"There, that's better isn't it. You're Jacob's friend Embry right?" He looked at her through his curtain of hair with wide eyes. She smiled and began picking leaves and debris out of his ebony locks.
"What's going on?" He sat up and looked at her.
"Come, let's get you inside. Sam will be here along with Billy and Harry and they'll tell you what's going on. I'll make you some tea that will help calm you down." He quickly stood up and helped her off the ground. They turned around and Sam, Jared, Paul, Billy, and Harry were standing on her porch with worried looks on their faces.
"Hermione, you could've been hurt!" Sam looked furious. She stepped in front of Embry and crossed her arms. "He could've hurt you like Paul did." Paul had a pained look on his face and wouldn't look her in the eye.
"Samuel Joshua Uley! I can take care of myself and he was scared and angry. Sometimes it takes a woman's touch and I knew he wouldn't hurt me." Sam glared at Embry over her head. "Don't you look at him that way, this is a very difficult time for him and you need to make him feel as comfortable as possible."
Sam sighed, she was right. "I'm sorry Hermione, it's just, I know how it is the first time phasing. It took the Elder's hours to calm me down after I had disappeared for a few weeks and even then, I had a hard time keeping a hold of my temper."
"Well, that's because, no offense," She turned to Harry and Billy who waved it away, "they don't have the particular gentleness and calming nature needed in these situations." She turned to look at Embry. "Come on then, I promised you tea and they will explain everything."
Embry sat at the table next to Hermione as she doctored him up some chamomile tea and fixed him a plate of pork chops in cream of mushroom gravey, corn on the cob, peas, home made bread and mashed potatoes. Once she set the plate in front of him, he eagerly dug in and gulped down the tea. He had been at home with his mom, feeling feverish and volatile when they had gotten into an argument about his grades and he stormed out of the house. He felt a weird tingling sensation down his spine and the next thing he knew, he was a giant wolf. He was scared and angry and ran through the woods for some time until he tripped over his overly large paw and tumbled out of the forest onto the beach by a secluded house and Hermione came out.
He had seen her around Jacob's house and around town with Sam, Paul, and Jared but he'd never talked to her. He was scared he would lash out like he did with his mom but she patiently waited for him to come to her and she had such a soothing aura about her, he felt drawn to her and she began petting him a humming and a strange calmness and clarity washed over his body and he was suddenly human again.
After everyone finished eating, they gathered in Sam and Hermione's living room and Billy wove his magic with his words and told Embry the legends of their people and explained how everything was real. He looked at everyone wide eyed and felt a small hand on his arm, patting it reassuringly and looked down at Hermione who hadn't left his side since she found him outside. She then told him about herself and what she had been through.
"So where does Hermione fit in, in all this?" Sam beamed down at Hermione when Embry voiced this question.
"Its very rare, but I imprinted on Hermione. She's my everything and I would do anything to make her happy." Sam and the Elders then went on to explain imprinting.
"So she's like the den mom or something." Hermione laughed.
"I guess you could say that. Don't be shy, this is where you usually find the boys if they're not in town causing mayhem and mischief." She shot a pointed look at Paul. "Feel free to come over anytime, I'm usually here, if not, the door is always unlocked."
"And she cooks!" Hermione laughed at Jared.
"Is that the only thing on your mind Jared?" She turned to Embry and eyed his hair. "You might consider a hair cut. Your long hair probably makes your coat thick and heavy. But yes, I cook all the time so if you're a bit peckish, stop by, even if I'm not here, it hasn't stopped this lot from raiding my stores."
"But don't let her catch you foolin' around with any of the 'slags' as she calls 'em. She very protective of us."
"It wouldn't be a problem Lahote if you'd keep it in your trousers!"
Sam and the rest of the pack returned to the kitchen to come up with a new patrol schedule while Hermione saw Billy and Harry out.
"Okay, so you want me to patrol until eight in the morning? What about school?" Embry looked at his new Alpha.
"Sam you better change that! I'll not have you messing with his school work!" Sam nodded sheepishly at his imprint.
"Embry, how are you doing in school? If you need help, I'm here to help with that also."
"Jeez Hermione, don't you have a job or something?"
"Actually Embry, I don't. I don't need one. Besides, I have a full time job taking care of this lot!" She smiled fondly at her boys.
"Yeah, I've always wondered about that but never had the guts to ask. Are you loaded or something?" Hermione blushed. Sam was the only one who knew about her wealth here and she didn't want them to treat her any different. She looked up at Paul.
"I'm pretty well off you could say."
"Just well off? She's the third richest witch or wizard in Europe! Her vault at the wizarding bank has mountains of gold and other crap in there!" The other three pack members looked at her in surprise.
"You'd never guess with the way she behaves." Hermione glared at Jared.
"Well I don't feel the need to buy obscenely expensive things and rub it in everyone's face. The most expensive things I buy are my books and food for you lot!"
"Sam's got a sugar mama!" Paul wriggled his eyebrows at Sam while the rest laughed.
"But seriously, until you can get a better hold on your temper, you're kinda in a quarantine, then after that, you can go back to school but you'll pretty much have to avoid everyone but us." Sam gave Embry a serious look.
"So, does this mean I can't hang out with Jacob or Quil anymore?" Embry asked sadly.
"Sadly, yes, but we'll help you get through it. Now, about your hair." Hermione stood behind him and ran her fingers through his inky black tangled hair.
Embry easily fit himself in with the pack and started loving his new life beside the fact that he couldn't talk to his best friends. He took her suggestion seriously and cut all of his hair off and she was right, he felt much lighter when he phased. He hated it, but Hermione had gone on a shopping spree for the pack because they were tearing through their clothes at a ferocious speed. She said she was working on spell to make it to where their clothes phased with them, but she was having difficulties with it.
"It just makes me mad! When an animagus transforms, they take their clothes with them. You lot just shred yours then when you phase back, you're as naked as the day you were born. I love you lot to death, but I don't want to see you naked." Jared, Paul, and Embry laughed. "I'm serious, watch."
Hermione concentrated and her limbs shortened and she felt her animagus transformation complete. Where Hermione just stood, there was now a large pure white husky dog. She let out a small bark and wagged her tail and transformed back into her normal self with her clothes.
"I didn't know you could do that!" Hermione looked at Sam with wide eyes.
"I swore I told you! I'm sorry love."
"But that's not fair, you still have your clothes. Mom's been up my ass about all the clothes that's gone missing and how I never wear a shirt unless I'm at school."
The group laughed. "Charlie asked me the other day if any of you even owned shirts and how you were never sick."
A few weeks later, the guys decided to go cliff jumping and asked if she wanted to go. "Bugger that! Thanks but no thanks, I prefer to keep my firmly on the ground where they belong." She shooed them out the door and went upstairs to take herself a bubble bath and relax for the day.
After two hours in the bath, Hermione dressed in a pair of Sam's sweat pants and her favorite grey shirt she had acquired from him when they first met. She set out her books and made herself comfortable in her library.
Bella and Jacob were driving down the road to a spot where they could ride their bikes when Bella spotted Sam Uley and a few other guys standing on the edge of a cliff. "Is that Sam Uley?"
Jacob made a face. "Yeah, him and his cult." Bella watched as two of the guys held a third guys arms and threw him off the cliff and whooped. She slammed on her breaks, threw it in park, and bolted out of her truck.
"Oh, my God! Did you see that?!" She was horrified. Did her cousin know about this? They still weren't on speaking terms, but she would always love her cousin.
Jacob got out of the truck with a much more sedated pace and laughed. Bella looked back at him with an astonished looked on her face. "They're not really fighting Bella. They're cliff diving. It's scary as hell, but a total rush."
"A rush?" She felt the idea plant itself in her mind.
"Most of us jump from lower down and leave the showing off to Sam and his disciples."
Bella calmed her heart and walked back towards the truck and Jacob. "You got some kind of beef with him or something?"
"I don't know. They just think they run this place. Embry used to call them hall monitors on steroids. Now look at him." Bella looked at the glare Jake was sending to the remaining guys on the cliff.
"That's Embry?"
"Yeah."
"What happened to him?"
"He missed some school, then all of a sudden, he started following Sam around like a little puppy. Same thing happened with Paul and Jared." He looked down, then back up out to the water. "Sam keeps giving me this look, like he's waiting for me or something. It's kinda starting to freak me out."
Bella felt chills go down her spine. "Well, you should just avoid him."
"I try." Jake looked her in her eyes. Bella looked back and watched as Sam jumped and spread his arms, gracefully diving into the water, a little niggling in the back of her mind. She brushed it off and her and Jake got back into the truck and drove off without another look back.
About a week after the pack went cliff diving, Hermione was sitting in her living room, working on some research when she got a frantic call from Billy.
"I think Jacob is about to go through the change. He just got back from a movie with Bella and her friend and he's running a temperature and he's very angry. Hermione, I know Sam's on patrol right now but-" He was cut off by the sound of ripping clothes and a howl.
Hermione cursed when the line went dead and ran upstairs to change. She tried Paul's line first and no one answered so she tried Jared's next.
"Jared! Thank God."
"Hermione? What is it, are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine, but I need you to phase and tell Sam to meet me at Billy's, Jacob phased."
"Shit! Yeah, no problem!"
"Thanks." She hung up the phone and threw on a pair of shoes and grabbed her wand before aparating to Billy's. She heard loud crashing and things breaking in the house and ran in, hoping that Jacob didn't accidentally hurt himself or Billy. She entered through the front door and crept around the corner. The table was splintered with broken chairs littered around it and cabinet doors hung off their hinges. Hermione could see claw marks on the floor and on the walls.
She crept silently down the hall with her wand drawn and saw a mass of russet fur curled up on the floor. "Jacob?" The russet wolf lifted his head and gazed sorrowfully at her. She looked beyond him and saw Billy panting in the corner with a scratch mark on his arm that was bleeding lightly. Hermione sank to her knees and crawled over to Jacob. "Oh Jacob, it's okay, he knows you didn't mean it." Hermione rested her forehead against his and looked in his eyes.
"Jacob, I need you to do me a favor okay? I need you to think of some happy thoughts, calming thoughts, human thoughts." She situated herself so she was mimicking the day she found Embry. She gently stroked Jacob's fur and hummed a light tune. She gave Sam and the pack a smile when they walked in and Jacob scooted so he was between them and her. "Jacob, it's okay, they mean you or I no harm."
It took several hours, but eventually Jacob calmed down and phased back to his human form. Billy handed him some clothes and he quickly dressed. "Dad, I'm so sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me." Hermione placed a hand on his arm to calm his shaking down.
"Sam, will you make Jacob some tea while I heal Billy?" Sam nodded and left to go make a pot of tea while Hermione pulled out her Dittany and unstoppered it. "Now Billy, this will sting, but only for a moment." Billy nodded and Hermione put a few drop on the three claw marks and watched as the skin stitched itself back together.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Jacob was shaking again.
Hermione stood up to her full height, which was only to Jacob's shoulder and glared at him. "Jacob Ephriam Black! Don't you use that tone with me! I know you're angry and confused but there is no need for that. Now, go sit your arse in the kitchen and Billy will explain everything." Jacob glared defiantly at her for a moment. "March!" He felt compelled to listen to her and angrily stomped into the kitchen where Sam was just finishing the tea.
"What're they doing here?" He glared at Sam and the rest of the pack.
"Drink the tea first." Jacob obediently took a large gulp of the liquid and felt himself instantly calm a little bit. Seeing this, Hermione gestured for Billy to start. Once he was finished, Hermione told her secrets.
"So the legends, they're all true? The Cullen's are vampires?" Billy and Sam nodded. Jacob started shaking again. "And Bella was with that filthy leech?"
"Jacob, outside." He got up at Hermione's orders and bolted out the door. Sam and the other followed and there were a chorus of howls and galloping feet as they ran through the woods. "Alright Billy, I'm going home, let me know if you need anything."
"Thank you." He grasped her hand in his and she bent to kiss his cheek.
"You know its no problem. I'll see you later Billy." She gave him one last smile and vanished with a small 'crack'.
Hermione had been laying in her bed for about an hour when the bed dipped and Sam pulled her against him and nuzzled her neck.
"How'd it go?" She murmured sleepily.
"It was alright, I had to order him not to tell Bella though. I think that's only the second time I've ever used my Alpha voice. He's not happy about it to say the least." Hermione rolled over and crawled on top of him and draped her body over his. Every time they touched, Hermione's magic hummed and made it very hard to control herself, since they'd been living together for the last few weeks, it was almost unbearable.
Their lips met and battled for dominance as Sam's hands roamed over her curves. His finger tips trailed along her thighs, hips and finally up her torso, dragging her shirt up in the process. Hermione shuttered at the feeling and nipped, kissed, and sucked along Sam's jaw and neck. She got to his juncture between his neck and shoulder bit down.
"Jesus Hermione! If we keep up like this, I won't be able to stop." Hermione bit down again.
"What if I don't want you to stop?" That was all Sam needed to hear and he brought her lips back up to his and kissed her with an almost bruising force. His hands were fisted in the back of her shirt and when she ground herself on his erection, he growled and flexed his arms and her flimsy shirt ripped under his strong hands. The material hung on her smaller frame as her rubbed his hands over her smooth back. Her hair hung around them like a curtain around them with their pants and heavy breathing filling the silence around them.
Hermione slid down his large frame until she got to the mesh shorts he was wearing, leaving a trail of hot open mouthed kisses in her wake. Small hands gripped the waist band of the shorts and drug them down his lean thighs and legs. He kicked them off when she got to his ankles and slowly slid back up his body. Sam groaned as she palmed him through his boxers and nipped at the sensitive skin around his hips and the tops of his boxers.
Having had enough of her teasing, Sam gripped her arms and pulled her back up before flipping them over. He pulled the tattered remains of Hermione's shirt off and gazed hungrily at her bare breast. Hermione gazed back at him with lust filled eyes and he slowly leaned forward and captured a small, pert nipple in his hot mouth and swirled his tongue around it. With her back arching off the bed, Hermione dug her fingers into his hair and scraped her nails across his scalp. Sam rolled the other nipple between his thumb and forefinger before switching and doing the same to the opposite.
Sliding his hands under her back, Sam wandered down her body, kissing and lavishing her scars as he went. As his hands and lips roamed her body, he looped his thumbs in her shorts and knickers and slowly rolled them down her curvatious form. He sat back on his knees and tossed the garments behind him and took her dainty foot in his hand and kissed the inside of her ankle. He growled appreciatively as the scent of her arousal hit him and Hermione's belly tightened in response. He licked from the inside of her knee to her upper, inner thigh and settled in between her legs.
He lightly nipped and licked everywhere except where Hermione would kill for him to. When his tongue finally found her hidden nub, his large hands had to hold her to the bed as she loudly moaned and fisted his hair. He swirled his tongue and inserted a finger into her wet folds and set an antagonizing slow pace.
Hermione's body tingled and hummed at Sam's ministrations and she felt a pressure building deep in her stomach. He feverishly attacked her hidden nub as his fingers pumped into her moist center. With her back bowing off the bed, Hermione moaned and dug her fingers roughly in his hair. Blowing a small puff of air over her clit and flicking his tongue over it, Hermione had an Earth shattering orgasm. Sam lapped greedily at her juices and crawled slowly up her languid body, nestling himself between her creamy thighs.
"Are you sure about this Hermione? Once we do this, there's no going back."
"Sam, please!"
"If we do this, I will mark you as mine tonight. You will be mine forever as I am yours. If we do this, we will be bound eternally, will you be mine forever? Will you be my wife?" Sam hadn't counted on pouring all that out there, but it just felt right.
"Yes, anything Sam! Anything just make me yours, I need you inside me. Please, please." That was all the conformation he needed and be slowly began sliding into her slick, wet folds. He heard her murmur something and a glow envelope her stomach. "I'm ready to be yours, just not ready to be a mum yet."
Sam nodded and kissed her roughly as he entered her and felt her barrier break. When he smelt her maidenhood fade away, his wolf howled and clawed its way to the front. Hermione felt his demeanor shift and his eyes had a yellow ring around them and she knew his wolf had taken over.
"Make me yours," she whispered and she didn't have to tell him twice. As she always figured it would hurt, her first time, she was surprised when all she felt was lust, pleasure, and possessiveness. As she looked at her wolf, fear was the furthest thing from her mind and she wriggled her hips to get him moving. He slowly sunk further into her before sliding back out painfully slow. He kept us this pace, teasing her and make her mewl and whine.
"Sam please!" He smirked at her, kissed her, and sat up on his knees while bringing her legs up around his shoulders. He hissed at the tightness and had to close his eyes to gain some control back. He finally began moving in her again at a slightly fast pace as she moaned lowly and breathed harshly. They locked eyes and he kissed her passionately and slid out of her. Hermione whined and he chuckled before flipping her over onto her hands and knees. He didn't give her any time to adjust and swiftly entered her again as he gripped the swell of her hips and vigorously pounded into her.
His name tumbled from her lips like a chant and the wolf in him howled in pleasure. His mouth filled with saliva and he knew it was time. Sweeping her hair to the side, he leaned forward and licked right below her right ear. Shivering under him, Hermione waited with baited breath until she felt him sink his teeth into her. Her magic surged and she came instantly, pulsing around his hardened member and milking him when he came shortly after. Ungracefully falling to the bed, Sam curled around Hermione and the two fell instantly asleep.