"Emma!" someone calls.
They've been looking for me for at least six hours. Pneuma's hungry again, but I refuse to leave Nanook.
"Emma! Oh thank God! There you are!" momma says.
She puts her hand on my back and I growl at her.
Pneuma yaps again.
"Emma. Pneuma's hungry. Come home so you can feed her."
I pick up Pneuma and set her closer to momma. I lay my head on Nanook's back.
I'm not leaving, I think.
"Emma. What happened?"
Momma finally notices the blood.
I stand up and write 'Tanya' on the ground with my paw.
Momma gasps and calls for Tanya.
When she gets here, momma asks, "Did you do this?"
"Of course I did," Tanya turns and faces me, "Karma's a real bitch, isn't it?"
"What did she do to you?"
"Oh, Emma didn't do a thing. It's what your pets did."
"What did the pack do?"
"They killed Laurent. Irina finally forgave herself and started to love. Then they killed him."
"He was about to kill Bella!"
"If he had, everything between then and now would not have happen."
I lose myself.
I phase into a giant blonde wolf and lunge at Tanya.
"Emma! No!" Jasper yells.
He runs out of the woods and slams into me. We plow into the ground. I snarl and snap at him.
Wait. Why am I doing this? Jasper's my brother. I'm losing it, I think.
I change back into me and Jasper gives me his shirt. After I get it on, he pins me down.
"Jasper, I'm so sorry," I whisper.
"It's ok."
"No. It's not. I almost killed Tanya. I almost attacked you-" I start to ramble but Jasper cuts me off.
"Emma, shh. Calm down."
"Jasper, Tanya bolted," momma says.
"We'll deal with her later. Can you give me Pneuma?" Jasper says.
He scoops me up in his arms and momma gives Pneuma to me. He runs back to the house and says, "We're going back home. Emma's about to snap. Someone get our stuff."
Jasper gets on his motorcycle, I scrunch up in front of him, and I tuck Pneuma under my shirt.
"This is so illegal it isn't even funny, but we're gunnin' it," Jasper says.
The drive normally takes two hours, we get home in one.
Jasper carries me inside and lays me on my bed. He takes Pneuma and holds her.
"Try and go into Sleep State," he says.
He sits in the rocking chair in the corner and before I know it, I'm in Sleep State.