Arriving at the beach she looked around to find Logan and she didn't see him, she sat down and looked at her bracelet Phillip had given her and then automatically began to touch her ring around her neck. All she could remember was the day her and Clay decided to say their vows to each other in front of the pack declaring them together forever.

**Flashback**

She had dressed in a beautiful white short dress and let her long beautiful blond hair flow down her back. She had bouquet of lilacs that Clay had ordered specifically for her. She stared at herself in the mirror and took a deep breath knowing that today she and Clay would officially be together forever by pack law and that was way more important than the legal law. She heard everyone downstairs and she walked down in her beautiful black strapped heels. At the bottom of the staircase awaited Jeremy he was like a father to her and would be giving her away. He stood proud and tall in his black pants, white shirt and black vest with a black tie. She smiled at him as she took his arm and they walked out the back door to where they were holding the ceremony. In the back was big circle of flowers and in the circle stood Clay in all white barefoot. They walked to circle and she took in a deep breath as all her pack brothers stood behind clay in their matching outfits to Jeremy and watched as she and Clay stared at each other. Reaching the circle she bent down and un-strapped her heels and stepped inside the circle with Clay still holding the bouquet. He stepped close to her taking the bouquet and handing it to Logan.

They smiled at each other as Jeremy began to speak. "Today marks a new day in our pack, we are standing witnessing a union of two that loves each other more than life itself and will fight by and with us to conserve our pack. I would like to say I have never been more proud of two people. Clay your are my son. Finding you and raising, teaching you has given me more strength than I could ever have found. I believe in you and every decision you make and as you stand before me before the pack and declare your love to this woman I as Alpha support you and sanction this union." He smiles at Clay and turned his attention toward Elena. Here he began to get teary eyed and he spoke "Elena today we welcome you into our Danvers family not as a pack sister but as a daughter, cousin and niece. Clay was right about you and your strong enough to survive anything even being in this family." Everyone began to laugh, "I smile because we are so lucky to have you and we shall draw our strength from you, today you become the matriarch of our pack. I love you and welcome." Tears streamed down her face as she mouthed the words Thank-you to Jeremy.

It was now the time for her and Clay to make the their promise to each other. Clay took both her hands and held them to his face as he tried to recite everything he wanted to say "I have never known such a stronger woman, and I am so lucky you chose me to be apart of your life, you stayed even with all this and it made you that much stronger. I will spend everyday of my life loving you and making feel family because that's what we are to each other her family. I love you darling!" Elena cried and was barely able to breathe through Clays promise to her. She took one hand and wiped away tears and automatically went into her speech "How does girl top all that, but here goes! Clayton Danvers ever since I met you I have been intrigued by the way you have always pushed me, here I am a lonely girl out in this world and you took me in and made me apart of a family. No matter how much I tried to screw it up, you were there for me, you all were. I am so happy to become you wife today and forever we will be! I love you so much."

All of the pack stepped forward around the circle and Jeremy said the last union word "as this pack we welcome this union. So now marks your journey as man and wife." Clay and Elena looked around and finally at each other placing their rings on each other and they kissed passionately as the rest of the pack members clap.

**flashback ended**

Elena was interrupted by Logan saying "hey", he walked over and stood in front of her. She dropped her hand from her necklace and looked at him "your here, sorry I was late." He helped her up and rubbed her shoulder replying "it's fine, you okay?" She nodded and walked over to their hiding spot and began to undress for their run. Running helped Elena unleash a lot of anger, sadness, and confusion she had in heart. She ran so free and hard that Logan was barely able to keep up.

The run lasted almost five hours and she was completely tired afterwards. Dressing Logan didn't know what to say to her he knew he had to say something. He finally spoke saying "you had a lot of issues to get out huh!" She smiled and replied "yea just thinking some things over" as she straightened her clothing. They went their separate ways and Elena walked home in early morning still thinking about her old life in ways that she hadn't thought about them in a long time. She flipped out her phone and searched through her phone book for a number until she finally reached the number labeled Clay and she wondered or not if to dial and she push the call button. Putting the phone to her ear she didn't know what to expect or to say when the phone got answered. It rang three times and by the time it came to the fourth she heard a voice, a voice she hadn't heard in so very long and still it took her breath away. Clay answered sounding sluggish and sleepy with a very low voice "hello". Elena had no words she just sat there listening to his voice as he repeatedly said "hello." It seems as if Clay hadn't noticed the number or looked at the caller id but eventually he did and he called out to her "Elena, Elena is that you?, please say something just speak to me." Elena had no words just tears in her eyes as she listened to voice, she knew that this was more confusing but finally she took the phone down from her ear and hit the end call button.