Chapter 3

First thing I noticed when I felt myself coming around was that I was stifling hot. It was so hot that I threw the comforter I had wrapped around me off.

Then I felt something move and something big grab my wait pulling me close to a hot body.

I squeaked quietly and looked over my shoulder at who the hell could be in the bed with me. And who the hell had the nerve to cuddle me so closely. Rude!

I saw Paul sleeping still though and he honestly looked so peaceful that I didn't want to wake him. I had a dream last night that had me confused and thinking straight all at the same time.

I was confused because it had seemed so real. But it had me thinking straight because it gave me a new perspective of looking at our situation.

Ok I won't leave you all in suspense.

I was in a field and sitting up I looked around. At first I was all alone then a giant wolf came into the clearing. It looked as Paul did that night he had changed in front of me. But instead of coming any closer he just sat down at the edge and whined. It was almost like he was trying to come closer but something was stopping him. Then he started to growl at something behind me. So I turned around.

What I saw was my grandmother. Well a really old version of my grandmother. She had passed before I was born but I had always looked at her pictures hanging on the walls of our home.

"Come child. Stand." She told me and I felt myself compelled to stand. "Hush protector I only wish to speak to her and no harm can be done to her here"

Paul stopped growling but I could tell he really wanted to come to me.

"Why are you here grandma? Where is here exactly. How do you know that was Paul?" I asked quickly.

She held her hand up to silence me.

"I am here to help you understand, or at least to give you some light on the situation. The spirits, including myself, did not give you this gift to harm either one of you but to protect you. You were bestowed this gift because you have both been so hurt that you both have given up on love. We see that Paul while at first resisted now accepts what you are to him. You are very reluctant but are coming around. This gift was given because if not you would have faced the large conflict headed your way and you would have lost. This ensures that all is not lost and that there is hope for the tribe. The threat is larger than any of the previous packs have gone up against and you have to be prepared. Let him learn to love you though child. And learn to love him. You were made for him and molded to be perfectly matched. Don't fight it. It will only cause you pain. Unbearable, unneeded pain. The end result is always the same though even if you try to fight it. You always end up together." She went silent.

I thought about it for a minute before replying. "Why me though? Out of all the women in La Push why me?"

She smiled "because you're strong enough to handle the beast and the man."

"He isn't a beast" I was getting mad. I felt a strong need to protect him.

"I know the man isn't, but never forget he has an animal lurking beneath the shadows. He is more in tune with his wolf than any of the others. He is actually merged with his wolf while the others see it as a completely separate entity. There will be things that happen as things progress and you should never be frightened of them. More so you should never be frightened of him. He is unable to harm you. He may seem like he will at some points but he never will. Just remember that." She told me

I nodded and noticed she was starting to fade. "Who is this threat that is coming?" I asked panicked as I just remembered what she had said.

"They are cold as Ice, hard as rock, and eyes that shine brighter and are redder than the brightest of rubies." She said as she faded completely.

I turned around to face Wolf/Paul and suddenly wanted the comfort I knew only he could give me.

It was then that whatever had been holding him back was released and he came charging at me. I was nervous for a moment until I remembered grandma's words of advice. I wouldn't fear him or his wolf.

He came to a stop in front of me and started sniffing me all over. He then actually pushed me over with his snout and I fell to the ground with an oomph.

It was then that he started to lick me. Every inch of me. Even in the dream it tickled so I started to laugh while trying to push his hands off.

When he was dome what seemed like inspecting/marking me with his scent, he laid down on top of me and covered me like a really hot blanket.

I came back to the present as I felt Paul Jr. on my backside. Or should I say Paul Sr. I laughed in my head. Oh I was so funny sometimes. I should do standup comedy I crack myself up so much.

So I had decided to give this a go between Paul and I but that didn't mean I was going to sleep with him right away. I mean a girl had to set standards for herself. Plus I didn't want my first time to be before I heard the words "I love you" and have him mean it. Yes I am still a virgin at 20 so you can stop being shocked. I just never found the right guy. And now I know why.

So as Paul was still slumbering away my body made it apparent that I haven't peed in over 12 hours and I was about to whiz on myself.

So very slowly, like a ninja, I tried to get out of the hold Paul had on me. But NO he wasn't having any of that apparently. His hold just kept getting tighter the more I tried to get away. Now I wasn't even trying to be nice and quiet. He really had a good grip on me. One last attempt had me finding myself landing on the floor with a thump and with a quick to action, half naked man on top of me growling, looking around like we were under attack.

Then he looked down at me and started sniffing me and touching me to see if I was hurt I guess.

"Um, Paul what are you doing?" I squeaked as he tried to lift my shirt but I squealed and smacked at his hands trying to keep my shirt down.

He huffed and grabbed both of my hands in one of his as he pulled my shirt up with the other. Than poked me in the ribs causing me to laugh. Which made him smirk and poke me again.

"Stop that" I laughed out "or I'll pee on you. That's why I was trying to get out of your iron grip then fell on the floor."

He thankfully let me up after his inspection and said "Hurry up and come back, I'm tired and need a few more hours of sleep." His gruff voice did things to me. Oh man was I in for it.

"Now doesn't that smell wonderful" he purred and grabbed me around the waist burying his face in my crotch. Rude and intrusive much!

"Off! Stop that right now! I am going to go pee thank you very much and frankly I don't know you well enough right now to have you anywhere near there." I huffed at him. smacking his shoulder.

He just laid back down all the while chuckling and staring. So I walked out the door and closed it behind me. See if I come back now.

After peeing for like 5 straight minutes, I mean seriously have you ever had to pee so bad that it just never ends, then you wonder to yourself "how the hell did my bladder hold that much!"

Anyways, I finished going and after washing my hands I looked into the mirror and winced. I had a horrible bruise on the side of my head with a goose egg size bump to go with it. But nothing a few days, some Tylenol, and some ice wouldn't do to cure it.

I had planned to go downstairs of the strange house I was in to see if I could either leave or get some food, thank god the bathroom had been right across the hall or I would have peed myself. But my plan was thwarted when I opened the door and Paul scooped me up, threw me over his shoulder with a screech, and bounded back for the bed.

Once at the bed he laid me down gently then proceeded to wrap himself completely around my 5'3" frame. Well there sure as hell was enough of him to engulf me because he had to be at least 6'7", and he was the tallest and most built out of the guys.

"Paul let me go. I am starving. And not all that tired anymore" but after no answer I decided to let it go after a few minutes of him not moving to let me up. In fact I could tell he was asleep because he relaxed completely. So I did the only thing I had room to do and started to lightly scratch his scalp.

He slept for another hour before my stomach must have woken him up from the growling. Because he looked up at me from his spot on my chest. I stopped scratching his head and he shivered for a moment.

He smiled and said "looks I need to feed my woman"

"I may have accepted whatever is happening between us. But currently I'm technically not your girl." I know he didn't want to hear that and while I have decided not to fight we had yet to get to know each other, let alone talk of being his 'woman' and him my 'man'.

He started to kiss my stomach where my shirt had ridden up and sniff me for some reason. "We may not be dating, or in love, or even in like, but I am attracted to you and by the smell of it you are attracted to me. You may not be mine yet but you are mine in the future tense and will never be with anyone else but me. The same as with me. I will never want another woman other than you. You are it for me making me your man." Then he lifted my shirt the slightest more and pulled the top of my shorts down slightly, not much more than half an inch any more and I would of flipped on him. then he started to take random sniffs. Like a dog would do if he had found a new scent and was trying to decipher it.

"This is going to be harder than I thought." he said and I was confused. He gave my stomach a few small soft pecks there and said something in Quileute that I didn't understand.

"What is going to be harder?" I asked as he moved away from my stomach and rolled off me to stand up. I shivered from the rush of cold air that hit my body. It may be summer but Paul was heated like a sauna and any temp air after him lying on me was going to give me a chill.

"You are fertile." He said "I'm going to be more overprotective of you when the guys are around. I'm just warning you now. It is ingrained in us to mate our woman and get her full of our pup or pups. You smell so much stronger though because you are a virgin."

As he was explaining this to me I was turning beet red "you can tell all that from my scent!" I exclaimed embarrassed.

"Yes. It will last 3 days total if you are on a cycle like the imprints. Your scent gets stronger. Smells so appealing. I'm going to want to jump you, but my wolf and I agree that you are not ready for that step. The smell differs for the other pack members. To them you will smell like sister and one they have to protect but as your scent gets stronger tomorrow you will need to be aware they will be touchy feely. I most likely won't let that happen" he growled "But we communicate love through small touches. A hand on the shoulder, A pat on the back, wrestling, really anything that is touch. You are the youngest of the mates so the males will be protective of you. But remember you will always be mine." he told me through gritted teeth.

I was shocked but understood. The thought of some bitches hands on him got me riled up and she was just a figment of my imagination. "I understand. I don't want women to be all over you either" I told him with a head nod.

"Good now be prepared to meet the pack formally and their mates, or as we call them imprints" He told me.

"Wait why do you guys call each other the 'pack'?" I asked "And what does imprint mean?"

"An imprint is the wolfs mate. The elders say it is the best match possible for the wolf and man. While myself am merged with my wolf I needed someone better. Theirs is the best POSSIBLE match, you are my 100% PERFECT match, for both wolf and man. We call each other the 'pack' because wolves run in a pack." He told me.

I just nodded thinking over what he told me.

"Good now lets go. I smell food and now I'm hungry" he pulled me up and threw me over his shoulder. Then started down some stairs.

I forgot to tell him about my dream but when I remembered I guess that would have to wait till later because as he plopped down at a table with me in his lap I turned to face 16 people staring at me.