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Chapter 9

Seth POV-

The rest of the evening went rather well.

That is if you don't count the elders calling Edward a bloodsucker or a leach every time they got the chance. At the end of the night the elders have tried to claim that Edward and his family were poison to us and that they should all die.

Edward didn't even blink at them when they said this; actually none of us spoke for the longest time. It was Paul, my hotheaded pack brother that broke the silence.

"Sure, you elders are correct." He had said, his sarcastic voice ringing in the air. "So, I believe we are going to take off home, seeing as we don't have any problem with Edward or his family. He's Seth's imprint, he's protected from us. If you Humans want to "run" the Cullen's out of town, YOU do it!" To say I was surprised at Paul's words would be an understatement. Paul was the least welcoming of my brothers about the imprint and yet he was the one that shocked the Elders into admitting that the Cullen's have done nothing wrong and have proven to all of us that they are not the monsters most of their kind are.

It was a packs decision to allow Edward and his family to cross the treaty line. Actually it was Sam who wanted to completely dissolve the treaty. It would be many years before I truly grasp his reasoning for dissolving the treaty.

Edward POV-

Part of me didn't want to leave Seth, when the night finally came to an end. But I knew we would have forever.

When Sam spoke of dissolving the treaty, he also spoke his thoughts to me. "Edward, Seth is young, he has such a great life before him. I don't wish for that to be cut short. But Ephraim has proven that as shifters we are not immortal (like how vampires kind of are). I hope it's not too close to the present, but when the time comes. Edward I want you to be free to save Seth, to change him so that he could have forever with his imprint, with you. That is, if Seth wants to."

I don't say anything out loud to Sam, but I do nod my head in understanding to his thoughts. We would have to wait to have that talk, just the two of us. I was very touched by Sam's words, though if I was being truthful I would have to admit that even without Sam's permission if the time ever came that I would have to change Seth, I would. Only if he wanted me to that is.

"Edward, are your thoughts full of Seth?" Ephraim teased as we lounged in my room that night. I couldn't help laughing at him, sometimes he acted like the old man he was, but other times he was just like a teenager. Much like me and my siblings actually.

"Maybe I am. I've been alone for so long Ephraim; it's still hard sometimes believing I've found someone. He hardly knows anything about me and my family. Seth's young, he's only 14 years old. Ephraim what will I do when he get older, what if he never wants this life for himself?" Ephraim just stared at me for a moment as his thoughts jumped from one thing to the next.

"Edward the two of you are soul mates. When the time comes he will choose to join you. Now let's get that chess set out, I think tonight will be the night I will finally be able to win against you." The old serious Ephraim disappeared, taking the old serious Edward with him.

"You will not be winning this night." Five games later Alice and the other family members arrive home; Alice came running into my room, not even knocking.

"Ephraim!" She yells as she slams her body into his.

"Oh, Ali careful, I'm not as young as I once was." He says and I could tell from his thoughts just how much her rock hard body crashing into his hurt.

"What are you doing here?" The hyper pixy asks as she takes as seat next to him. The rest of the family soon arrives at my door, though they are kind enough to wait for an invite into my room.

"Come in everyone. Ephraim came to visit." When I said the last bit I couldn't help feeling bad and Jasper felt it and in his thoughts he questioned me. "Edward, what's going on?" I quickly shake my head; it wasn't my news to tell. It was Ephraim who needed to tell them.

"Dude Ephraim what brings you here?" Emmett asks giving him a hug.

"Well, um." Ephraim's emotions and thoughts were all over the place as he looked at my family, his friends. "My body stopped aging long ago. But I am a shifter, we're not meant to live forever. I came here seeking Edward and you because soon my soul will make its final journey and I don't want to die alone." My families thought erupted into worry and sadness as they started to understand what Ephraim was saying. He had sought us out to die.

"Then we'll make sure you are not alone." Alice and Rose say as they hug him. "Group hug!" Alice says looking at the rest of the family.

"Um, rather not." Jasper says as he waves to Ephraim before exiting my room, he is quickly followed by Emmett who gave Ephraim a "see ya later man." Carlisle and Esme quickly decided to leave, giving no reason, though they did tell us to stay away from the back house we owned. I couldn't help laughing at Alice's pout when she noticed that everyone was bailing on her "group hug".

"Ali lighten up, you know we never stick around long once someone states group hug." She says noting as she rolls her head and lets Rose pull her out of my room, saying something about doing makeovers.

"She never changes does she?" Ephraim asks as my door closes.

"Nope, that little pixy never changes." I laugh as Ephraim and I set up for another game of chess.

We played three more games before I noticed Ephraim slightly nodding off.

"Brother why don't you go to bed, we'll play tomorrow." I say as I start to put the board away.

"I would like to argue, but I am tiered. Goodnight brother." We had taken to calling each other brothers awhile ago, mainly it was because of him being a wolf shifter, and they needed a pack, and brothers.

"Alice set up the guest room across the hall for you." I say to his retreating form, before I deiced to go downstairs and tell my other siblings to keep the noise down.

When I entered the living room I froze.

Alice was having a vision; the thing about it was that it was extremely fuzzy, like a lot of shifters were involved.

"Alice?" Jasper asks as she comes out of the puzzling vision.

"There are nomads, either coming or here, I don't know which. We need to inform Sam's pack about them. I couldn't get a good look, something's about to happen." Her eyes were locked on me as she spoke.

AN: This is called the calm before the storm, shit is about to hit the fan, and there will be more twists and turns coming up. Review if you would like an update. Thanks for reading.