Chapter 28: Kidnapped.

Embry's POV.

I was surprised to see how fast Laurence let everything go. She pried for a while, but let things go. She didn't want to seem like she was begging me to sleep with her. To her, that was the guy's job.

We did end up in my room, but only so Laurence could clean up her things and put them in her bag to be ready to leave tomorrow. Part of Laurence wanted to stay and part of her wanted to go. She wanted to see the beach I had grown up in and go dirt biking.

"We don't have to go." I said to Laurence, while making my bed. I figured she would want to sit on it later.

"I know but I'm so embarrassed." She squeezed her eyes shut and clenched her fists, "You know when you do something or say something stupid but you don't realize it was stupid till, like, five years later? And then you're like, Why the fuck did I say that?"

I knew exactly what she was talking about. "I thought we were going to act like none of this happened?" I grinned, to lighten the mood.

She sighed, "Yeah, I did say that." She lay down on my bed, "My dress is ripped." She pouted.

I had completely forgotten about the beautiful, long, lilac coloured dress she was wearing tonight. So much had gone on tonight that how flattering the dress was to every inch of her body was the last thing on my mind.

I chuckled.

"What?" Laurence sat up with a frown.

"I love how after all that's gone on tonight, you still remember the slight detail of your dress being ripped."

Laurence rolled her eyes and smiled, "Have I ever mentioned how my I loved you?"

"Yes. You have."

"Good. Because it's important." Laurence got off my bed and picked up her night bag, "Do you mind if I take a quick shower?"

"Of course not, try not to get in any fights."

Laurence's eyes widened and she glared at me. She didn't think my joke was funny and I kicked myself for saying it. Laurence took a quick shower and was back in my room wearing a big t-shirt and plaid pyjama pants to sleep in. Her black hair was soaking wet and a tad curly. I had never known that Laurence's hair was naturally wavy. She was beautiful.

She had a towel in her hand and was trying to dry her hair. "What?" she bit her lip, sheepishly.

"You're gorgeous." I said.

"Are you kidding, Embry? I'm not even wearing makeup."

I walked up to her and took the towel out of her hands. I threw the towel on the floor and grabbed Laurence's face.

She gasped and her breathing became uneven.

I just wanted to look at her. I had never seen Laurence without makeup before. Come to think of it, I had never seen any of my girlfriends without makeup. Amber always had a bag of makeup up nearby and she refused to leave the house without it.

Without makeup, Laurence almost looked like a completely different person; her skin looked paler without the blush, her eyes looked lighter without the eyeliner and mascara. She took my breath away.

I knew I had never felt this was about anyone before. Not even Amber. I couldn't limit my relationship with Laurence because of what I went through with Amber. I had only known Laurence for a few days but I knew she was going to be the most important thing in my life from now on and I was done being afraid of ruining things with her like I had with Amber. Laurence wasn't Amber because with Amber, I always knew something was going to tear us apart.

I just meant to touch my lips to hers, I didn't mean for things to get out of hand. But the second our lips touched, Laurence clung to me and my heart started racing. The blood burned in my lips and Laurence's hand left my skin tingling.

My body acted by itself and my arms were around Laurence's waist. We stepped on each others' toes and fell on my bed causing Laurence to giggle. She started removing my tie and my hands traced the incredibly soft skin on her back.

Her breathing became erratic and she got my tie off. She started unbuttoning my shirt with clumsy fingers. I pulled her t-shirt over her head and it was hard to remember how to breathe once her breast were exposed in front of me. I'd never seen such large breasts; I was overwhelmed with so many feelings of desire and lust.

I started kissing down her throat and shoulder, my hand was trembling. I was too nervous to really touch her. It wasn't hard to remember the last time I had felt this much desire. And the flashbacks to that moment in my life made it hard for me to not push Laurence away.

She moaned and continued unbuttoning my shirt. She peeled my shirt off me and threw it on the floor.

We lay on my bed, our lips lingering on each other and my hand skimming up and down her waist. I was barely touching her skin, afraid I'd screw up.

Laurence pulled away to look at me, "What wrong? You're distant."

I didn't know what to say. I just looked at her, completely speechless. She was so close and almost naked. I was so in love that I was too afraid to try anything.

Laurence understood that, "I love you. I love you so much and I'm sad that I make you uncomfortable. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. You can't screw up with me. It's impossible. You and I are going to be together from now on. Whether you screw up or not." She appeared to be so sincere. I knew she meant every word of what she was saying.

I didn't want her to feel bad, I did want this. I wanted to be with Laurence for now and the rest of my life. I was ready to start the rest of my life now.

"I love you." I whispered and kissed her lips.

I let everything go and we made love for the first time. I didn't think about Amber, or Silver, or the embarrassing situation at Sue's party. Laurence was the center of my universe. She was my everything and I never forgot it because being with her was the most amazing experience of my life.

When we were done, Laurence held me tight. She lay her head on my chest and intertwined her fingers with me.

"I love you." She said, "I told you, you had nothing to worry about." She kissed our hands and sighed.

I was speechless. I just stared at the beautiful woman at my side—the woman that I loved so deeply—and was struck with so much happiness. My heart swelled with the love I felt for my imprint and the desire to keep her happy forever.

"I feel so special." She snuggled closer to me.

"You are special." I hugged her and kissed her dark hair.

"Let's sleep." She whispered relaxed into my side.

I was just drinking it all in. I was still in shock of how absolutely happy I was. Of course every amazing moment always had to come to an abrupt end.

My phone rang.

I wasn't going to pick it up at first. Then I looked at the time and saw that it was barely past six. I frowned. I wasn't used to being up or even receiving phone calls at this early. I reached for my pants on the floor without bothering Laurence who was glaring at me and picked up.

"What 's up?"

"Bad. Bad. This is very bad." Jacob panicked.

"What's going on? Is somebody hurt?" I held Laurence tighter to my side.

"Seth is freaking out. Silver's missing and we're pretty sure Nahuel kidnapped her. She's in danger, Embry."

I was frozen at first. I didn't understand what this had to do with me. I hated how I felt a sudden pang in my gut at the thought of Silver being in danger. The thought of her being kidnapped sounded impossible. Especially her being kidnapped by Nahuel, a harmless and all around good guy.

"She's with Nahuel. Where's the danger in that?" I asked.

"He's in love with her, man. He'll change her. He's venomous, remember? Not like Nessie. He could change her and she'd be…dead to the world."

The word dead made me snap up into a sitting position with Laurence still in my arms. She eyed me with the most confused expression.

Silver couldn't die. It wasn't for me but for Seth, and Amber. When we were dating, Amber always spoke about her undying love for her sister. I had never seen anything more deep and true than Amber's love for Silver.

And I loved Silver. She was like my sister, for so many reasons. Not only was she the sister of my ex-girlfriend, but she was the imprint of my brother. She was also the girl I loved to tease, annoy and get on her nerves.

"I'll be with you in a sec." I hung up and jumped out of bed. I put on some sweats and started looking around for things that I didn't need; cell phone, keys, a t-shirt.

"Um, should I know about something?" Laurence was sitting up in my bed with her hair puffed up and my sheets wrapped around her.

I didn't have time to feel bad but I did anyways. I didn't want to break any bad news to her. "Silver…was kidnapped by a half-vampire who may or may not change her. Most likely against her will and if I know Silver…she's scared and wants to be home with her mom and sister." My throat swelled up at the thought of Silver and Amber's combined pain.

I thought Laurence would be pissed that I was leaving her to save the "bitch" who kicked her ass at the party.

Laurence completely surprised me with her horrified expression, "Ohmigod! Silver was kidnapped by that dude? What are you doing sitting here talking to me? Seth needs you and Silver…find her! Oh my god!" she clamped her hands on her mouth after realising how loud she was being in the morning with my mom only a few doors away.

"You sure you don't mind me leaving like this?"

She bit her lips, "I mean, I don't want you to leave but Silver's in trouble and if it were me, I'd hope she'd let Seth go."

"I'll hurry, okay? My mom usually makes breakfast in the morning and if you need friends to hang out with you can call Emily, she's Sam's wife and she's about your age." I was rushing through my sentences, and throwing my shirt on the floor since I would be phasing anyways. "You can call Kim, she's my age and she's Jared's imprint. You can also call Jacob's sister Rachael. They might be lonely since we're all out today. The numbers are on the fridge." I kissed her forehead and sped out of the room.

Half way to the door, my heart pierced at the premonition of a long departure. I went back to my room and grabbed Laurence's face—who's expression hadn't changed since the quickness of my leave—and kissed her as hard and passionately as I could in 3 seconds.

I was still uneasy while walking away from her but I knew I had some business to take care of. My pack needed me. Seth needed me. And Silver needed me. Silver was always, directly connected to Amber in my head, so I moved faster and phased in the woods.