Chapter 4

Sara Call's POV

The second I saw him, I knew. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I knew that Edward Jacob Cullen-Black was my imprint, the very essence of my being, the reason to get up in the morning, the magnetic pull driving my life, the man that I will one day make my husband and raise a family with. All of my life, I had been told to hate vampires and anyone associated with them.

My mother, Leah, resented Bella (the human grandmother of my EJ) who gave it up to become a vampire…but not before becoming pregnant with his mother Renesme. That was what really ticked my mother off. Here she was, a perfect match for my father Embry and yet the two couldn't get together until their imprinting bond was triggered at the hybrid-um, I mean Renesme's wedding when vamp guests from all over the place showed up and set off the 'baby making' genes. I was a result of that by the way.

Even once they'd made their differences, Leah hated Renesme for taking Jacob away from his pack which only consisted of him, her, and Uncle Seth. Now she was stuck in a pack with Sam, reliving all the painful memories of them together and then him with Emily. Mom had to wait seven years in discomfort until she finally imprinted on Daddy. And boy was she miserable.

I only mention this because I need you to understand why imprinting on a half-vampire is the completely wrong thing for me to do. Here I am, Leah Clearwater's daughter, taught to hate the Cullen-Blacks, taught to judge before meeting, to never get close to one of the 'leeches,' and here I was totally, completely, head-over-heels in love with one of their children.

I guess that means that my dormant werewolf genes must have activated in order to imprint though. Huh, I guess that I'm a part of the pack now. All the while I was thinking, I kept eye contact with EJ. 'He felt it too!' I thought with relief. It was rare that an imprintee didn't feel the draw but it was still in our history books.

Suddenly, the air shifted and a small grey wolf was standing in front of our group. EJ was in front of me in an instant, knelt down in a protective crouch. Not that he needed to worry about me now that I was a wolf.

I craned my neck around him to see who had phased. None of the regular wolves was phased and I didn't recognize who it was. I scanned the crowd again. Tia Uley was missing. Great! Now all of the triplets were wolves, along with their not-so-little little brother Sammy.

Rosie phased as well, in fear or retaliation I'm not sure, her fur a dark russet color like her father's. Jacob phased and both girls whimpered when he barked. I guess he was giving them an order. He was still the rightful Alpha after all.

Renesme grabbed something out of the back of the car and placed the small pink fabric in Rosie's mouth. Nessie nodded towards Tia, her hands outstretched with another spare outfit. Tia growled when she tried to make an advance and Nessie stopped in her tracks. Jacob barked again and Tia moved forward to get the garments from his wife.

The two female wolves retreated to the bushes, returning minutes later in designer skirts and matching pink tops. Carlie, who seemed to have imprinted on Sammy (ha the irony!), spoke to Tia from her brother's lap. "I want that shirt back when you're done." She said with a laugh. Sammy and a few of the others laughed along with her husky laugh. Even Rosie joined in, her laugh sounding like a tinkling bell compared to ours.

Jacob, still in wolf form, glared at his werewolf daughter but Carlie only grinned back. "What? Come on, Daddy, you know that's my favorite shirt!" She paused, her grin widening to the familiar wolfish smile that most of us could pull off. "If you let me visit Aunt Alice, I'll let Tia keep it as a dishrag if she wants."

Nessie started laughing, her laugh a high pitched bell, and she nodded. She tugged on Jake's ear and he stood up straighter. His eyes met Rosie's and she nodded. They seemed to be talking telepathically. Finally, EJ's mom got back into the Rabbit and his dad took off into the woods after her. His barking laughter could be heard for miles.

"See the problems you've caused?" Vanessa, the always more outspoken of the triplets, accused EJ, her hands resting on her hips. I growled in the back of my throat and moved to step in front of my imprint. He wouldn't have that though, for he pushed me farther behind his tall stature. "Now we've got two more wolves and who knows how many more you've triggered?" She said angrily.

I phased right then, my emotions not in check enough to keep my skin in human form. I growled angrily at Vanessa who took a step back. Even though I was the shortest girl when I was human, it seemed that I was the biggest female wolf.

I heard someone whimpering and recognized it even though I had never heard him speak before. EJ was laying on the ground, his arm bleeding uncontrollably. Oh god, what had I done? His half-vampire skin was cold against my muzzle as I tried to lick the wound clean. As gross as it sounds, I think I was actually helping.

Carlie and Rosie were at their brother's side in an instant. Even though my instincts told me against it, I let them get close enough to check out his wound. By that time, his arm had stopped bleeding and I had removed any blood from the outside of his arm.

Carlie looked up at my big wolf eyes and spoke slowly. "We need to get him to our grandfather Carlisle. Vampires can't get hurt…except by werewolves. That's why our family is careful not to horseplay with each other that much. And now you'll have to be careful around him too."

I nodded, my eyes welling up with tears. I couldn't loose my imprint, not when I just met him. I hadn't even heard him say my name or that he loves me or any of the other important things that the rest of the imprinted couples got to have.

Do you mind carrying him all the way there? I heard a voice in my head. It's only me-Rosie. I can't stay phased for that long and Carlie and I need to run ahead so Grandpa can have everything ready when we get there. Please? EJ's life depends on it.

I nodded and allowed the sisters to settle EJ on my back. It felt natural that he be in between my wolfy shoulder blades. It was like he was meant to be there. Carlie phased instantly, being a quicker phaser than even her father. Rosie followed after her with her vampire speed. She took off into the forest and in an instant, I couldn't even see either of them.

I moved to follow them but one of my brothers blocked my path. I didn't have time for this! "Where do you think you're going Sara?" Tim asked. His imprint was seven, he hadn't ever had to deal with any problems bigger than 'what should I wear?' with Lizzie.

I growled when he continued to stand in my way and quicker than I thought I could, I leapt around him and into the forest. I may not have been a wolf for long but even I could tell that that was the fastest any of the wolves in this pack had ever run.

Keep going, Sara. We just got at the Cullen mansion and Grandpa is setting up the living room. I heard Carlie in my head.

On my way. Had to distract some of the others. I'm following your guys' trail. Be there in a minute. I thought back. It felt weird, having a conversation in my head with someone else and not thinking I was crazy. I guess this is how all the other wolves felt when they first started phasing.

I pushed harder and the little boost sent me farther into the forest. I saw a big white, mostly glass house coming into view and sighed in relief. EJ was going to be okay…I hope.