SONG: Hallelujah by Paramore
My jaw dropped. Although I knew Koda could never win in a fight against Edward, to hear him practically threaten Edward in front of me, made me wish I were strong enough to hurt him.
The room remained silent for a few moments, until the older man in the rocking chair spoke.
"Patrol," he said, gesturing some of the pack members towards the door. About five stood up from their spots and walked silently out of the door. Some nodded and smiled at me, others didn't look at all. When the door flung open, I saw snow falling onto the floor of the forest. Then, when the last person was out, my view to the outside was gone.
I heard Koda chuckle beside me. "They have patrol duties now. We work in shifts," he explained. I slowly turned back to the room to find Miles, the man in the rocking chair, Koda, and two other wolves looking up at me.
"Well," the older man said, "I guess since you'll be staying with us for a little while, we should introduce you to some of the guys. Although there aren't really many available at the moment. I'm Lucas, or Luke, whichever. " He pointed to the pack member to the left of him. He looked younger than the rest of the wolves; I guessed fifteen, maybe. He was slightly less muscled than the rest of the wolves, and had hair the length of Koda's. "This is Kyle."
"Hey, Bella," he smiled politely. I smiled slightly, still bitter.
"And I'm Gabriel," spoke the slender-looking wolf to the right. I turned to him, he smiled and shrugged, "call me Gabe." He looked the most like Koda from what I'd noticed, but his hair was a little longer and he was less muscled.
"Well, Koda, I trust you can take it from here?" asked Luke. Koda nodded. "Bella," I turned to him. He got up from his chair and walked over to me, extending a hand. I reached my own out to meet his. His grip was firm and undoubtedly hot due to the wolves' warm body temperature, "I hope you enjoy it here. I'm sure you will." He let go of my hand and left the little house.
"Bella," Koda began. I realized I was watching the door after Luke left. I blushed slightly and turned back to the three wolves that were all looking curiously at me. "No one really got to explain everything to you. Luke is the leader of the pack, we follow his command."
"Ah, but Koda is second in command," Kyle amended.
Miles snorted in amusement again, "Not that anyone listens to him."
Koda growled slightly and clenched his jaw. "Correction, not that you listen to me."
This stung. The second-in-command thing was a little too familiar.
"Ha, Miles is just bitter," Gabe corrected, "he wishes he was important."
"I'll show you important…" Miles trailed off, already getting up from his seat.
Koda growled much louder this time, and the arguing stopped.
"Bella, remember?" he said through clenched teeth. Miles looked back at me, let out a groan, and sat back on the floor.
"I won't forget," he threatened, looking at Gabe. Gabe laughed and shrugged dismissively.
"Really, Bella, are you mute?" Kyle asked, already bored with the fight.
Realizing I hadn't said anything, I used this time to get answers. "Where are we?"
Everyone looked at Koda. I followed in suit, and once again, Koda was looking at me, an apologetic smile on his face. "Alaska."
I wasn't sure how I felt about knowing this. I wasn't on the other side of the world, that was a relief, but I wasn't home.
"And what is this place?" I asked, looking around the small cottage curiously. It didn't look threatening, by anyone's definition of the word.
"It was Luke's grandmother's. She loved the pack, so when she passed it away, she gave it to us in her will," Koda said in remorse. The others were all looking at the floor now.
"Oh, sorry," I said, blushing.
"It's okay," Koda said quickly and put his hand on my arm again. I was about to shake it off, but Kyle spoke before I had a chance.
"Jeez, Koda, didn't you bring her anything?" Kyle asked. I turned to find him searching around the room.
"I couldn't," Koda said, dropping his head again and moving his hand from my arm. I heard him mumble an apology.
"Oh well, I'm sure Abby can give her something." I was surprised to hear another girl's name.
"Abby?" I asked.
"Yeah," Kyle began, "Mile's imprint."
Miles growled again, "Fiancé."
"You're engaged?" I turned to Miles, curiously.
Koda answered for him, "Yeah, Miles is eighteen."
I smiled, trying to lighten the mood. "Congratulations."
Miles calmed. "Thanks."
I heard two small knocks on the door. I jumped slightly and turned to Koda. He nodded in Miles direction. Miles was already at the door, opening it.
A slender blonde female walked through the door. She was wrapped in a pale blue winter jacket that was covered in snow, along with a small duffle bag she held in her hands. She smiled at Miles and stepped through the door. He quickly shut the door behind her and hugger her tightly. I looked away; already able to feel my eyes tear up as I remembered what I had lost.
**A/N: kind of short.
sorry it took so long! i was having massive writers block. now i know exactly where i'm going, so it will take me less time. also, this whole meeting-the-pack thing is kind of boring so everytime i thought about writing i was like "ehh". don't worry, the rest is much more exciting :o)
sorry about the character's descriptions, i know they're somewhat lackin'. haha.
OH, this is just fluff, so you can stop reading if you want:
but only 6 more days! i'm going next friday to see Twilight (i already ordered my tickets) and i'm so excited! anyone else?
also, for all you die-hard rob pattinson fans (like myself): he came to the King Of Prussia mall in PA (near me) and it was rumored he had a panic attack by all the screaming girls so he had to leave early!
i felt SO bad for him! those poor fans, too. they stayed all night and slept at the mall. i was going to go, but i wasn't about to sleep outside a mall. hehe :o) okay, so maybe i'm not a DIE-hard fan.