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'I'm lost' I thought, searching for any sign of life. I was shivering beyond control. The cold, snowy wind was ripping through my clothes, chilling me to the bone.

I didn't know what to do. 'crap'

There was a noise to my right, and I froze. Taking a deep breath, I turned and looked.

There, standing in full view, was a wolf. I huge, massive black wolf, with soulful brown eyes.

He turns, as if I would follow him. 'Really?' I thought, and tried to sneak off the other direction. Screaming and running for my life.

I ran, right into another wolf. This one Gray, with black spots.

"Nice, wolf" I said, lowering my voice, "Please don't kill me…"

Before I knew it, the wolf was gone, and a naked Embry, shoving on shorts was standing in from of me. From behind, Sam stood, also in shorts.

"What the HELL just happened?" I said, before fainting.

*a little while later*

I came too, wrapped up in blankets on the couch. Sam and Emily talking quietly behind me, Embry sat in the chair next to me. I looked at Embry and jumped up.

"STAY AWAY!" I shouted, backing up into Quill. My heart going a million miles a minute

"Hannah" Sam said, calmly

"YOU TOO!" I screamed, pointing at Sam. "Are you one of them?" I questioned the others. Jared, Paul and Quill all nodded.

Without saying another word, I ran to my room, locking the door. Emily was there in a flash, knocking.

"Hannah" she said lightly, through the door, "Can I come in?"

"No"

"Hannah, please" she said, "I'm not a shape shifter, I'm human"

I grabbed my cross off the night stand and held it out in front of me. I don't know why, it seemed to make me feel better, at least.

I whipped the door open; saw Sam standing next to her and pointed the cross at him. I grabbed Emily's' arm and pulled her inside, locking it tight.

"Hanny" she said, pulling me over to sit on my bed, "It's all right"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, IT'S ALL RIGHT!" I hollered, "DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT I SAW?"

"Yes" she said, simply "I live with them"

"How is this even possible?" I asked, confused

"Sam wants to tell you, can he come in?"

"Absolutely not" I said, in disbelief "I don't know what they are, if they are safe, and what is going on!"

"You haven't been hurt yet, have you?" She said, holding my hand

"No" I said, begrudgingly

I thought about it for a second, "Fine, Let Sam in. Only Sam" I said, making point clear

She hugged me, stood up and opened the door. Sam entered and Emily came back to sit with me.

"Stay there" I said, holding up my hand "Not a step closer"

Sam frowned but did what I asked. He crossed his arms, a sad look on his face.

"Hanny, you know I would never hurt you" he began "we are blood"

"I don't care" I said, "I don't know what you are"

"Let me explain" he said, shifting his weight over to one leg.

He told me of the legend, of the third wife who sacrificed herself so the chief could save his village from the 'cold ones'. Of how our people had shape shifted to save their land and their people.

It was a lot to take in.

I looked to Sam, a million questions going through my head…

"What was that that you were chasing?" I asked, confused.

Sam looked at me, pondering "That's complicated"

"Sam!" I said, frustrated "I deserve to know!"

"I don't want to scare you anymore" he said "you need time to process this"

"Fine" I said, standing up and walking to the door "I'll just ask the others"

I opened the door, and marched into the living room
"speak" I said, looking around "What is it that you guys hunt?"

Each member looked around the room at each other, almost daring them to answer.

"They won't say" Sam said behind me

"Samuel" I said, pinching the bridge of my nose "What if I'm out there alone and run into what ever is out there" I said "I need to know!"

"You won't ever be alone" he said, firmly. "We have excellent hearing and can pick up your scent."

I walked over to Embry, giving him the sad puppy dog eyes "you'll tell me, right?"

"Not fair" Embry muttered, looking at Sam, pleading.

"All I will say that what out there is not natural, it's a thing of legends" Sam said, reluctantly

"What? Like Dracula?" I asked, looking into Embry's eyes. A twinkle in his eyes told me what I wanted to know.

"What are you going to tell me next? I have to watch out for Dracula? Is harry potter out there going to put a spell on me? Do I need to be worried about voldemort coming to kill me?"

"Of course not. Harry Potter and Wizards don't exist; that's just crazy talk" Quill said laughing, the others chuckled.

"What about Dracula, then?" I asked, standing up and walking to Sam, "Frankenstein?"

"Well, about the Dracula thing…" Sam said, crossing his arms

The boys all grinned.

"You've got to be kidding me"

"That's what we hunt" Sam said, looking me in the eyes "Vampires"

"Oh" I said, rubbing my temples "That makes perfect sense"

I looked to Emily "Ever think of making them all take a cat scan?" Emily smiled

"Well, you guys are talking crazy, might as well find out if you all are, or not" I said, glancing Sam's way.

Sam chuckled, pulling me into a hug. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you" he said "we need to keep this as secret as possible"

I nodded "oh, don't worry" I said, pulling away "I won't say a word. No one would believe me and think me as crazy as you all are, anyways"

I looked at Embry, sitting in the corner, farthest from me "You" I pointed at him "We need to talk"

I took Embry's hand and drug him to my room.

This was going to be a long conversation...


A/N: I hate writing Author's notes. I think they ruin a story. I just wanted to put in that I will be posting the next chapter this coming weekend, but I wanted to get this chapter posted. Hope you enjoy. Take care all.

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