Chapter 4: Reality is stranger then fiction

Embry's POV

I couldn't believe how pretty our little patient was. Shiny brown hair that felt like silk, stormy grey eyes and skin as pretty and light as Bella's was. Except that our patient was really built. Completely gorgeous.

Sam of course thought the worse, he figured she might be another Forks' girl that had gotten led astray by the Cullens, but we didn't smell any vampires near by.

Even though we helped them defeat those new born leeches, he never fully trusted them, and when the strange Halfling was born Jacob became the pack Alpha of his own pack. We were still all family though, and Seth and I came and went between the two packs. Jake was always with little Nessie and Quil had Claire, Collin had imprinted with a pretty girl from Forks, named Bonnie Monroe, and Brady had imprinted Bonnie's sister Monica.

Only Seth and I remained unattached. Seth seemed to not care as much, although it was hard to know since he was always so cheerful.

Sam asked the pretty girl her name, she spoke it with a voice the angels would have been jealous of.

"Veronica Lenore Albright, Veronica. What a pretty name. It fit her. I smiled at her and she flushed a pretty rose petal pink.

After a bit Sam asked her if she was hurt, she tried to sit up but cried out in pain. I felt an instant catch in my stomach, feeling for her. She didn't deserve to suffer any.

Sam asked her where she was hurt and she responded that her muscles were very sore.

Seth waited until Jared, Paul and Quil were sent on patrol and Collin and Brady were sent to run an errand. Then Sam left to talk to Emily. Seth scooted up to the top of the bed and pushed Veronica into a sitting position, then let her lay back against his chest, as he began to massage her sore muscles. I decided I needed to do something for her too, and removed her flip-flops and began to rub her dainty feet, when she began to giggle and flop around I smiled. Then she kicked me right in the jaw, I just chuckled, but she was so ashamed of herself.

"I'm so sorry!, I always end up doing something stupid." She stated, I smiled.

"You didn't do anything stupid, I was the one tickling you. It's okay." Then she looked at both of us and smiled.

"I told you my name, what's yours?" She asked and I told her and took her hand in my own. She stared at me with a dazed look then Seth introduced himself and she was out.

Passed right out against Seth's chest. Lucky little shit. I went and got a cool damp towel and came back, I placed it on her forehead and waited. She soon began to moan quietly and opened her eyes looking at me again. That's all it took, my mind went blank and she was all I saw, all that mattered. I had just imprinted.

Seth's POV

She was breathtakingly beautiful, mink brown hair that fell to her waist, eyes the color of a summer storm and soft supple porcelain skin. Sam asked her name and she answered in a sweet voice.

"Veronica Lenore Albright." Her voice made my heart beat faster.

Sam then asked her is she was hurt, she told him her muscles were terribly sore. Sam sent the guys out, then left himself, I went to the head of the bed and pulled Veronica into a sitting position, then sat where her pillows had been and leaned her body back against my chest. Her body felt so good against mine. I started to massage her tense shoulders and neck.

Embry sat at her feet and slipped off her flip-flops and began rubbing her small feet, she giggled. Embry must be tickling her feet, she was whining for him to stop then she kicked him right square in the jaw, served him right. Embry told her not to fret, but she was really upset.

After a bit she looked at us and asked us our names. Embry introduced himself and then I did after, then her eyes rolled back and she passed out against my bare chest.

Embry slipped away and got a wet towel and placed it on her forehead. She began to moan quietly, then opened her eyes and looked at Embry. He went all strange and his eyes glazed over, I think he might have imprinted on her. I felt a prickling of jealousy in my stomach.

Then Veronica looked back at me and my vision hazed, my pulse quickened. I looked straight into her beautiful eyes and could see our lives intertwine. I had just imprinted on Embry's imprint. I was young, but I knew enough to know that this was not something that had ever happened before, at least not from what the elders had told in their legends of our people. When I looked up at Embry, he and I seemed to form a kinship, a brotherly bond of protection and love for the beauty that lay between us. She would be our destiny, our love, our light. Some how our friendship had manifested itself through this one woman. There would be no animosity between Embry and I, Veronica was all that mattered. She was our life now, nothing else meant anything, not family, friends, old girl friends, nothing. Not even the pack. Veronica Albright was our past, present and future.