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I know I said that this chapter would be the turning point, but I changed the ending (Part of the reason I didn't update yesterday), so next chapter will have the point, and the Cullen's will be there too! 3

The first part is basically the morning through Lilly's eyes, so don't eat me. If it's any consolation, this is the longest chapter I've written in ANY of my stories!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!

Sorry, I got a little carried away.

I've noticed, that I have yet to have a disclaimer! SO here it is.

Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer, and do not claim to own any of the Twilight Saga (wish i did). I do claim ownership to any of the Rowan, and Seth's friend Jason, they are from MY imagination.

Note: The Rowan are what the Davenports are, thus, Jason is not a Rowna although he is from their world. (Will be explained soon.)

Thanks! Happy Reading! Or is it trails? Huh, oh well. :)

The Pack

Chapter Ten

Lilly Davenport

Seth was delectable. His every motion lit a fire in me that had yet to burn in my heart. I'd had no idea what his reaction would be when I had the insane urge to straddled his lap in the kitchen. I loved it. He made me bold in ways I had never been before. Did he have any clue that I'd never touched anyone outside of my family until him? That I had no clue about boys or, God forbid, sex? No, he didn't. Hell, I barely knew the rough aspects of sex and only because Nigel had once harassed me about being a girl and telling me relatively gruesome things about sex that I'm sure couldn't be true. Could it really hurt? My parents had never thought to tell me anything, and I was to embarrassed to ask them or even to ask one of the maids that cleaned my room at home.

Seth held me after our mind-blowing kiss. I felt so tiny, so protected, his arms resting on my back, sending shivers of heat through my body. I felt at home.

A deep rumbling voice made me jump, "Hey Kiddo."

I pulled slightly away from Seth and turned my head to look at the charming little house that the voice had come from. A handsome man was standing on the porch smiling easily at Seth, pride showing in his eyes, "Are you going to introduce me to the girl or keep her to yourself. The boy's are inside waiting. They want to meet her."

I felt Seth tense under my hands. I ran my hand along his back to sooth his nerves. It seemed to work and he took the hand I had resting on his chest into his, "Are you ready? They can be a little overwhelming."

I smiled at him, "I think I can handle them. Remember, I…"

He chuckled, the rich delicious tone of it interrupting me, "I know, you have siblings."

I joined his laughter, my voice trilling over his, almost creating a sort of harmonized music. Before I knew it, we were standing on the bottom of the porch steps. Seth held my hand while I walked up the three steps. The gesture warmed my heart like his hands did my body. I'd seen my father treat my mother like at formal occasions. Of course my jeans and pastel tie-dyed baby doll top were a far cry from my mother's grand ball gowns, but the overall effect was the same.

A pang of sadness hit me. In that little instinctual act of courtesy, Seth had unknowingly reminded me of what I was. Not the fact that I wanted to stick my fangs into the tender skin of his neck and fill myself up with the red wine of his essence that I craved so much, but that I was the oldest daughter of the Royal Rowan Family. I had responsibilities that I couldn't deny.

I forced my panic down, determined to make a good impression on what seemed to be Seth's adoptive family. From what his mom had said this morning, he didn't spend much time at home. Emily and Sam's, to the Cullen's, and home for a few hours every week to sleep.

Sue had burdened me with her sorrows and fears for Seth when I had come to the door:

"Lilly, darling! What are you doing here so early?"

I couldn't stop myself from fidgeting, "Um…I wanted to see if Seth was okay. My brother told me that he left school yesterday at the start of lunch and I was worried."

Sue smiled, "Come in dear." She pulled two chairs away from the table and plopped down in one, "Sit. Heaven sakes girl, don't be shy." I sat across from her and she started folding a pile of laundry, some of it, I had noticed with embarrassment, Seth's underwear.

She folded a pair of pink socks and tossed them into a pile near the door. "Seth is doing much better." She sighed tiredly before explaining further, "Alice, Edward and Bella Cullen brought him home after he passed out on his way to lunch."

I felt my eyes open wider in distress, "What happened?"

Sue shrugged, her eyes flashing maliciously, "More than likely stress. My boy is never home these days. I see him a few nights a week and he's always sleeping. I bet that the only sleep he gets is when he's home. The boy simply needs a few good nights sleep. The pack rely too much on him, he is only seventeen. Those boys have finished school already. Why can't they handle things themselves at least until he isn't still in school? Did you know that until you came, he was dangerously close to truancy? Seth kept ditching class and…and…" She groaned, "I'm sorry Lilly, you aren't here to listen to me ramble. I just get so frustrated."

I took one of her hands in mine, "It's okay. I understand. My older brother is the same. He's forever coming home at odd hours of the night and sleeping all day. He doesn't come down to breakfast but three days in a week. It makes my mother angry, but at least she's got the rest of us to worry about rather than focusing on just him."

I'm not sure why I always burst into random speeches of wisdom, but today was a record, Emily and Sue both fell victim to the wrath of my ever-extensive outburst.

Sue had just smiled at me, "I guess it's a common problem." I shrugged, "At least girls aren't like that yet. You need to spend more time with Seth and teach him the value of timeliness and sleep. You are such a sweet girl. Not many people make house calls these days, it's all electronic." She brushed an errant hair away from my eyes and for once I had felt the touch of a mother. Sue didn't want anything from the touch. She had no idea how much she had just comforted me. Even when my own mother was too wrapped up with the possibilities of my still dormant gifts and my father in her, Sue at least would be there for me and not ask anything but a caring ear from me.

"Thank you." I said softly.

"Oh dear, I've upset you. Are you okay?"

I smiled, "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just been a long morning."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

I shook my head, "No, I'll be okay."

She clapped a hand on my knee warmly, but didn't see me flinch away from the touch, "I'll bet you want to see Seth." Yes, more than anything in the world. I simply nodded, "How about this, Seth is still asleep in his room and since I trust you kids, I'm going to the store and then to Charlie's for a bit."

I had made breakfast for him, before daring to wander back to his room. He was beautiful, his arms were hanging over either side of a too small bed, and his knees were bent to keep his feet on the bed. When I brushed my fingers over his cheekbone, he flinched and for a moment I was afraid that I'd woken him. He relaxed and I resumed my gentle exploration of his face. He was beyond beautiful. Everything about him was perfect, every little detail and groove of his face enamored me.

Unexpectedly, I had found my fingertips drawn to the soft line of his lips. As soon as I had made contact, though, Seth jerked awake, his eyes flying open.

Now, I was faced with his surrogate family. Emily was a sweet woman, and I was grateful that it seemed that she took care of him when he was away from his mother. The wolf in me couldn't help but growl. Seth was mine. I was here for him now. A rabid wolf would kill her now, she was unneeded, but I was relieved to note that although I had made my change, I was still sane. I liked Emily.

I did want to attack the male though. He smelled like an alpha, undoubtedly he was a figure of power in Seth's tribe. This must be Sam. I grinned when Emily went to him, hugging him tightly before going inside.

Seth pulled me towards the man, "Lilly, this is Sam. He works opposite Jacob. Sam, this is Lilly, my girlfriend." Seth looked at me and I saw the question in his eyes.

I squeezed his hand once and let go, "Hello, Sam, it's nice to meet you. I'm Seth's girl." I would always be his, just as he would always be mine.

Sam chuckled and grasped the offered hand. His skin was warm, like Seth's, like mine, "Pleasure to meet you. I will say that you've got guts, girl." He looked at Seth, "You got lucky, man, and the boys won't scare this one off."

I arched an eyebrow, "Scare me off."

Seth ducked his head, "Yeah, the guys are a little wild. I will warn you that they're going to say some strange things that won't make sense and…"

I put a finger to his lips, "Seth, it's okay. You haven't met my family all at once. I'll be fine. I'm still trying to get Oliver calmed down. He's jealous of you."

Seth gapped, "Of me? Why on earth?"

I shrugged, "Oliver's always been the only person I needed and now I have you. He thinks I don't need him anymore. He's being completely illogical though. He'll always be my twin. I just have a mate now."

I mentally wanted to hit myself over the head for calling him my mate; it was not something humans said. Ugh! Why were humans so frustratingly hard to understand? Then again, why was my brother acting the way he was? Over our bond, he was screaming at me, trying to find me, yelling all sorts of insults at me. I had had to stifle a laugh when he had gotten flustered after insulting my mother, only to remember that we had the same one. Oliver was acting like I was his wife, entirely too creepy for me. I could handle identical twin sisters that act like one person, but I could not handle a brother who wanted more than sisterhood from me. It was nasty, but then again, not exactly his fault. It was my parents fault, for letting me feed from him.

Even now, as I'm being led into Sam and Emily's house, I can feel Oliver's power surge within me, his feeling threatening to overtake mine. He had always had the stronger mind out of the both of us. It was linked to his gift, any thing he draws he can bring to life. For Oliver, anything he can think of can become reality. Most of the time, he just left his drawings on paper, but right now, I wouldn't put it past him to draw something to come cart me home.

The inside of their house was cute. It had a really warm feel to it, and I could almost envision loads of generations of Uley's had grown up here.

The tranquility had almost calmed all of my hyper sensitive nerves, until Seth pulled me into the kitchen. I had approximately three seconds to react to the strange object that was aimed straight at my head. I caught it, of course, being used to such assaults at home from the twins, and before I could register what I was doing, chucked it back in the direction it had come from, hard.

A male voice squeaked and the house seemed to shudder when my target hit the floor. I gasped and my hands flew to my open mouth, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry." I looked at Seth who, to my greatest surprise, was leaning against the wall shaking with laughter.

Still laughing, he pulled me into his arms. "That was an awesome throw."

"I'm so sorry." I cried.

Seth squeezed me so tightly, I was gasping for air. "It's okay, Lilly. You just earned a place of respect in the pack."

I pushed him away gently, startled by his phrase, "The Pack?"

He nodded and waved a hand at the group of adolescent boys I had failed to notice, one of them on the ground. "That's what we call ourselves"

"Like a wolf pack?"

Something flashed in his dark eyes, "Yeah, like a wolf pack."

I smiled and turned to the boys, "Hi."

They all just stared at me, until the one I'd pegged with what now appeared to have been a biscuit said, "Damn, Seth, how'd you get a girl like that? She can throw, she likes wolves, and she's hot."

Seth growled, low in his chest, and the noise sent shivers down my spine, "Knock it off, Paul, you could have hurt her."

The one named Paul scoffed, "Come on Seth, I wouldn't intentionally hurt your girl."

I huffed, "Boys, I do have a name. It's Lilly. L-I-L-L-Y. Lilly. It's real easy, you should try using it some time." I poked Seth, who was looking all too smug, "You too."

He gasped, and Emily circulated back to my side laughing, "Come on, Lilly, you should come meet the rest of the girls in the living room. Sorry you missed breakfast. We'll start cooking lunch in about an hour and a half."

I smiled at her, "It's okay, and Seth and I had breakfast at his house."

"Oh, Sue cooked? It's a Saturday, she usually goes to Charlie's."

"I cooked."

Emily arched a thin eyebrow at me, "Sue let you cook?"

"Yeah, I guess that's rare. Seth asked the same thing."

"Huh, she must like you. Anyway, follow me."

I followed obediently. Listening to the silence I had left in my wake.

"Lilly!" A woman appeared out of nowhere and started hugging me. "Hi! How are you? It's so nice to meet you."

"Um, I'm doing well."

I looked over the strangers shoulder in desperation at Emily. She was smiling sympathetically, "Lilly, this is Kim, she's Paul's wife. She's a bit hormonal at the moment." She shook her head, "She's pregnant, and sometimes she gets like this." Emily gently pried the woman off of me and led her back down the hall she had come from, leaving me in the dimly lit hallway on my own.

Pictures lined the wall. Emily and Sam at their wedding. Jacob holding a stunningly beautiful bronze haired little girl lovingly. Seth and Sue in front of his car. Emily and Sue. I stopped when I reached a picture that held a smiling woman that I didn't recognize, her arms wrapped around a younger Seth's neck.

The air stirred as Emily stepped back behind me. I pointed to the picture, "Who is this with Seth?"

Emily sighed, "That's Leah. His older sister. Seth and Leah are my cousins. Did you know that?"

I shook my head, "I don't mean to be rude, but why am I meeting you all and not his sister first?"

Emily frowned, "Leah is the jealous type, and she was really hurt when Seth told us about you. We haven't seen her in a couple of days, she's probably staying at the Cullen's." I felt guilty about making Seth's sister angry.

I examined more pictures and found one of Sue, Seth, his sister Leah, Emily, and a man that looked like Seth. I gasped, "Was that Seth's dad?"

Emily nodded sadly, "Yeah, that was Harry. That particular picture was taken when I came down to celebrate Leah's graduation. That's when I met Sam for the first time."

I smiled, "You two are great together."

Emily laughed at me, "Gee, you are so determined and insightful. How do you do it?"

I shrugged, "It's a gift." I joined Emily's infectious laughter.

Emily laughed harder, and hugged me with one arm, "Come on…"

"LILLY!" The scream was from one of my sister, my enhanced senses picking up on her voice.

I stopped laughing and turned on my heel, heading back to the front door. It was one of the twins. Moss, I assumed, given the slightly lower tone of her voice.

"Lilly, where are you going?" Seth tried to grab my hand, but I felt the movement and jerked away.

"Be right back!" I yelled back into the house before sprinting out the door.

Moss wasn't with Ivy. That was strange. They were virtually attached at the hip, always had been. "Moss?" I yelled, not really sure where she was.

"Lilly!" She replied, relief as much evident in her voice as her terror.

I ran towards her voice, and growled when I found her. A man was standing over her as she tried to crawl away from him, her blond hair dragging in the dirt.

The man was too old, but his eyes were the vibrant red of the transition. "Lilly, wake up! Help me!" Moss shouted.

Something inside me came to life, a feral, untamed thing that was positively new to my adult body . I lunged at the creature, tackling it to the ground. It looked stunned for an instant, before lunging for my throat. Just before hits jaws closed upon my jugular, it burst into flames.

I was gasping for breath through the smoke, and found Moss through the remnants of her power. I shook my head to clear it, and walked to my sister, who's hand was still outstretched.

"Moss?"

She looked up at me with a strange look in her cerulean eyes, "Did I kill it?"

I nodded, and pulled her to my chest, knowing it was what she needed at the moment. I vaguely understood it, but my little sister had just killed something. When she started wheezing I pulled back. I was concerned, but I couldn't help but to smile. It was ironic that the pyrokinetic was the one with asthma. "Where's your inhaler?"

She glowered at me as she pulled the thing from her sage green satchel. I smoothed her hair down and she arched an eyebrow at me, "Better?"

I kissed her head, "Much. Now, what were you doing out here in the first place?"

"I was looking for you! Everything at home was so boring. Dad was stressing in his garden, mom was compulsively cleaning and Ivy was helping her, Nigel and Holly weren't home, don't know where they were, Oliver was moping in his room, and Gerry was being Gerry, curling up in a corner and saying nothing, being creepy." She smiled at me, revealing her perfect teeth, "You were the only one doing anything remotely interesting, and I was able to follow your scent, because you didn't flash or use a car."

"Glad I could be a source of amusement, but I'm busy."

She shrugged, "I'll go home, but you need to be back for dinner at five."

I scoffed, "Why?"

"Because we're having dinner with some guests."

"Who are they?"

She furrowed her eyebrows, "Um…it's the…the…I think…" She pulled a little piece of paper from her pocket, "Oh! I remember, it's the Cullen family."

I gasped in shock, snatching the paper from her in disbelief, "When did that happen?"

"Before your little outburst yesterday." She paused, "You were really scary. Your eyes got all icky, and the screaming. Mom was screaming and crying, dad was running around like a headless chicken, and then those people came barging in all stressed up but momma made them leave."

I stopped breathing, what had happened while I had been unaware? "What? Who was it?"

"I dunno. Mom wasn't exactly in the mood to make introductions, and dad was holding the yummy boy down."

"Yummy boy?"

"Yeah."

She was interrupted by, "Lilly!"

I hissed, not wanting them to ask how my little sister got all the way out here on her own, "Shift Moss, please! I'll love you forever."

She rolled her eyes, "If I have to." She shoved something cold into my hand, "This is for you. Oliver made it in his moping." Without looking, I shoved it in my pocket. When she shifted, she had the courtesy to burn the remnants of her clothes. She looked at me with her big yellow eyes, and perched on my shoulder. She was a beautiful Red-Tailed Hawk, a prime example of an immature hawk. I rubbed her head, and she let out a hawk shriek, before flying around me in a circle, perching on a branch nearby.

Seth came puffing into my little clearing, "Lilly, what's wrong?"

I turned to Seth, smiling, "I'm sorry, it's just I noticed her." I gestured to Moss, "She's one of my family's hawks, Calantha." I held out an arm, and she perched on it, careful not to cut my skin with her talons while she shuffled up to rest on my shoulder.

Seth got closer to inspect her, "Wow, I didn't know you had hawks."

I shrugged, causing Moss to have to flap her wings to regain her balance, "We have lots of strange animals. Cal is just one of them. She's the twins. I noticed her out the window, and had to see if it was her."

"How can you let her loose?"

"She's a messenger hawk, my mom wanted me to know we have an early dinner with guests." I waved the piece of paper with the Cullen's name on it in the air. I bit my lip really wanting him to come, "It's the Cullen's, and I know you're friends with them. Would you like to come, Seth?"

He grinned, "I'd love to."

I smiled, and pulled a pin out of my little shoulder bag, and scribbled my acknowledgment on the back of the paper, tucking it into the holder on Moss's ankle.

I helped her catch her first wind, and she flew off in the direction of home. With her gone, I was instantly relieved, "I'm sorry I ran out like that."

Seth shrugged and reclaimed my hand, "It's okay. I'm kind of glad you did, the guys were giving me the third degree."

I laughed, "Okay, I won't leave you again." He led me back to the house. With all of the lightness in my tone, I was serious. I would never willingly leave him. Even if I had to kill someone to get my way. One day, Seth would know the truth, and I could be with him forever.

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