A Jacob POV... don't worry B will be back.

Jacob.

The girl's icy fingers tried to dig into my body, but couldn't get a hold onto my shirtless chest. She'd mumbled something about an Anthony and an Edward before collapsing.

That made me sure we'd made the right choice.

We were protectors. We protected the humans from the bloodsuckers. It was our destiny to kill them, and leave the innocent humans in peace.

When we'd got the strange scent of the girl, we all knew she was something different. It stopped us from acting on our instinct. The smell of her was too sweet but not overpoweringly so. And not the stingy bleach stink bloodsuckers polluted the air with. What was stranger was that her smell was there, but you couldn't actively sniff and smell it. It was triggering right at the back of the nasal cavity, a memory of a smell. She was like flowers that just passed through a room: although they had been taken away, their scent still lingered momentarily in the air.

She was not a vampire, I was sure. But what she was, I did not know. And that power. Still, my heart raced at what had happened, and that confused the hell out of me.

'Embry. Quil. Sam. I need you to change back, we're going on a little cross-country hike,' I told them, hoisting the girl completely into my arms so I cradled her bridal style.

Embry was the first to morph back and dress. I gently place her light body into his arms, and as I let go, I noticed she was levitating. God, this girl was full of oddities.

Embry's eyes bugged out, but he did what I said and gently guided her into his arms, pulling her cold body to him. I saw a light shudder go through his body before I turned away to dress. It made me chuckle.

I pulled on my denim cut-offs in record speed. Embry gladly gave the girl back. Relief washed through him without her in his arms.

'I... uh, didn't want to squish her,' he forced out at my questioning look.

Another ripple of laughter burned through my body.

'I think she's a tough little cookie, Em. Sounds like she plays with the big boys.'

The two other boys laughed at him too.

'So, where're we heading Alpha?' Quil asked once the laughter died down.

I looked at the floating girl in my arms. Okay, I could understand how Em didn't want to squish her. She looked so beautiful and felt very breakable in my arms. The way her head lulled back, I didn't like. I shifted her slightly awkwardly, trying to bring her head up. Embry noticed my movements but said nothing. He raised her head and placed it so that it was secure, supported by my bicep. I grunted. It was his thank you.

'I think we better go see a certain lonely mind-reader, and his family.'

I think I'll leave it there for now... exam study is calling my name! Wish me luck!