#Day 4#

Chapter 14

Ava POV

I'm curled up on the sofa, dressed in a black hoody and tights, wrapped warmly in an old patchwork quilt. Chaska is lying in the centre of the living room, watching cartoons as Mum starts to make lunch. I'm thinking about how this would have to be the quietest Monday I have had in a long, long time. But, of course, that's the moment my phone starts to ring.

I dig around under the blankets to find my phone and pull it out to see a selfie of Max plastered across the screen. I groan, "Sorry," I answer groggily on the sixth ring, "I'm dead right now, can I call you back later?"

"Oh you're dead, very funny Ava," Max snickers. "Now get your ass out of bed!" she snaps in my ear.

"My ass is out of bed thank you very much, and was sitting comfortably on the sofa before you called," I huff, shuffling out from under the blanket, and swinging my legs off the sofa.

"Oh boo-hoo, do you want me to fly over there and rub your feet for you, maybe make you a nice cup of tea?"

"Well, now that you mention it, that would be really nice," I chuckle as I walk towards the front door.

"No, no, no, no, no, you my dear need to get back to reality right now. Get rid of that holiday brain and let's talk some business," I can hear and imagine Max clapping her hands together on the other end of the line.

"Fine," I huff, shrugging on a large jacket as I go to sit on the porch swing, Max talking away in my ear.

Embry POV

I am finishing up my morning patrol, and I'm feeling restless. I have spent the whole time thinking about Ava. Her smile, her laugh, how I can see her again. We hadn't got to talk at the bonfire so all I really know about her life is what I hear her tell Leah and the other imprints. She's been living in New York City; she owns some businesses but didn't go into too much detail about them. By the end of the night I had noticed there was no ring on her finger, so she's probably not married but still probably is not a definitely, and that's one part my mind keeps repeating, again and again and again. The kid, the phone call on the beach, the lack of contact over the years, what if she has a rich husband about to swoop in on his private jet and take her away?

My wolf both growls and whimpers at the thought.

When were you going to tell me you imprinted on Ava? I freeze as Seth's thought crosses my mind. I hadn't even felt him phase; my mind goes blank with surprise.

I was just waiting for the right time. I think loudly trying to block out the voice in the back of my mind saying, I wasn't sure how you would react.

Seth apparently hears my thought still and he laughs. Embry what did you think I was going to do, rip your ears off? Seth asks, still laughing. I can see him through the trees and start to walk towards him, my head held low in embarrassment.

Well you threatened to do that to Paul, I say, and Seth rolls his eyes at me.

That was Paul, and I didn't follow through with the threat. Seth says just as Paul phases in for his patrol.

Wasn't much of a threat Pup, Paul scoffs in his head. What are you to doing on patrol? Embry your shift was over like ten minutes ago and Seth you're not on until this afternoon.

Nothing, just on the way home for lunch, Seth says phasing and tossing on a pair of cut-offs. "Come on Em, let's go see Ava."

Ava POV

"You poor thing," I smile into the phone as I push myself back and forth on the porch swing. The business talk was settled a while ago and now Max is just complaining to me about life.

"Honey I have been up since four this morning working, you should be grateful. God the bags under my eyes, it looks like I've been up all night online shopping," Max says dramatically from the other end of the phone.

"Mmm… Well that's just not good enough," I sigh looking down at my nails.

"Don't you dare fake pity me girly…" I giggle. I look up from my nails and am a little caught off guard as Seth and Embry walk out of the forest. How are they not freezing to death? I wonder and open my mouth to yell at them to go put some more clothes on before they freeze to death but Max asks "So how's the little man doing?" Both Embry and Seth wave hello as they walk up the stairs and I wave back before answering Max.

Embry's POV

Seth goes straight to the kitchen when we reach his house but I stand in the doorway of the Clearwater's residence, eavesdropping on Ava's conversation. I know it's wrong, but her silvery voice and soft giggles call to my inner wolf. "Oh he's great," Ava says and I resist the urge to look out the door and take a glimpse at the breathtaking smile that surely covers her lips. She pauses to listen to whoever's on the other end of the phone then giggles. "Will do… Love you too Ma-" My inner wolf feels like it's just been hit by a car as my imprint tells another man she loves him, she loves him! My blood begins to boil and I start shaking with rage.

Ava's POV

"Well give him a big hug for me and remind him his Aunt Max still loves him."

"Will do."

"Love you Ava, bye."

"Love you too Max, bey-bey." By the time my finger hits the end button Embry is marching out the front door, down the steps two at time and towards the forest, all while shaking with a furious and pained look on his face. "Embry!" I call out after him, standing with concern.

He doesn't look back at me as he starts to run into the forest, out of sight. I want to run after him, make sure he's alright but stop myself. I drop my phone back in my pocket and quickly walk back into the house. Mum and Seth are both staring out the window before I walk in and their eyes snap to meet mine.

"What happened?" I ask. Mum just shrugs and looks back out the window. Her face looks a little shocked but deep in thought.

"Umm, I'll go find him, check he's okay," Seth says quickly, jogging out of the room and I move to the window to watch him run into the same spot of forest where Embry had gone.

Embrey's POV

She loves him! She loves him! She loves him! I phased as soon as I got into the forest now I'm running, I don't know where to but I don't care. She loves him! SHE LOVES HIM! My mind screams.

Who loves who? Paul asks.

Embry calm down! Seth says, as he phases and starts running to catch up with me.

How can I calm down, she loves him! She loves him!

Who?! Paul yells annoyed.

Ava said she loves him, she said she loves him!

Ava. What's wrong with her saying that? Paul asks, with a few images of Ava at the bonfire flashing through his mind and before Seth or I can answer he starts to put two and two together. You imprinted on Ava! It wasn't a question but I still nod my head as it fills with images and muddled feelings of when I first saw her, when she took my breath away and became my world. I slide to a stop and howl my sorrows at the cloudy sky.

Ava POV

I go rigid in my chair as a wolf howls in the distance. It's a sad sorrowful cry that makes me worry even more. Embry and Seth are out in those woods, what if they get hurt, if the wolf attacked them?! I try calling their mobiles again, but neither answer.

Paul's POV

"You're joking," Leah says as she paces the living room. As soon as I got home Leah asked what was going on. I was almost two hours later than usual and she had heard Embry's howls from earlier in the day. So I sat down and told her all I knew, that Embry had imprinted on Ava at the bonfire and was now upset from overhearing Ava on the phone tell someone "I love you" and stuff like that. Oh and how he completely ignored me when I tried telling him the person on the phone was probably just her receptionist. (AN: Paul knows about Max because Ava told Leah on their day together and Leah tells Paul everything – just in case you were wondering how Paul knows about Max. So Paul also knows Chaska is John's kid but as many times as he tells Embry, he would go off on another rant and not listen, and Paul gave up and left before he killed Embry for being so stupid.)

"What's so bad? You were worried about her leaving and now well after this situation is fixed up - Ava will fall in love with Embry, they'll get married and have a big happy family," I say. (AN: Oh how wrong you are Paul, hehehe ;)

"No, I mean yeah I want her to stay, but I don't as well. I want her to have the option, to be all she can be. She's already soaring in this world, I don't want her wings to get cut," Leah stops walking to wipe tears from her eyes. I stand and pull her into my arms.

"Everything's going to be okay, Leah. If Ava didn't want to stay here I'm sure Embry would let her go, he just wants her to be happy. And as soon as he gets his head out of his ass he'll see that."

"Yeah… yeah," Leah stutters cutely. "Everything's going to turn out okay… Is Embry still out there?"

"Yeah, Seth was going to get Sam when I left, see if he can bark some sense into the idiot."

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