It's IndependentStallion here! How are you guys doing!? I'm pretty tired right now, but I'm also very happy with myself. I've updated two stories (sorry for Do You Promise fans, I'll get to it tomorrow), and I even went ahead and got started on another story of mine. It's called Fading Dawn, and I really like it! It is an OC story, but I think it's a nice change and unlike anything you've ever read before! It is a love triangle with Embry and Seth, so if that interests you, I would suggest that you read that story as well! Tomorrow, I plan on updating Do You Promise, and uploading two more stories of mine, called Counting The Stars and Love Eclipse. And then I'll rotate on update days for you guys so yay! I'm going to be a lot more active, and I really hope that you guys enjoy this chappie! Now gallop away and read, my little stallions!

His words shouldn't have gotten to me. I shouldn't have let them. Nothing that he said was anything that I hadn't heard before. But, the thing that seemed to get me was that I had never heard those words from him before. Every one in the pack had called me a harpy, a bitch, every word in the fucking dictionary menus two people. Seth and Embry. And of course I still thought that Embry was dumb and naïve, but that was because he chose to spend his time around Jacob and Quil. It wasn't a fault of his own.

The truth was that I hadn't hated him. Whenever we had patrols together, I didn't mind as much as when I had patrols with other people. And that was because he didn't give me a reason to mind like every other member of the pack did. Sam because of our past. Jared because of all the lovey dovey shit he felt for Kim constantly. Paul who was as much of an asshole as I was a bitch. Jake who had been so obsessed with a leech lover who didn't want him back. Quil who was constantly thinking about new games to play with his young imprint, Claire. Colin and Brady were constantly thinking about video games which wasn't as bad as some of the wolves but still drove me up the roof. Oliver who was a mini Paul, always thinking about women. And then Becket who was quiet and kept mostly to himself, usually thinking about schoolwork and family. And that left Seth and Embry, two of the wolves who I actually didn't mind patrolling with.

And not all of them had called me these names to my face. No, a majority of them were cowards, not wanting to end up the way that Paul did after one of our little fights. But they all said it one way or another, in human form when they thought she wasn't there, in wolf form when they didn't know she had phased yet. Or they told her that she could be 'less bitchy and miserable'. Either way, it angered her, and that was why she bitched all of the time. But when she was paired with Embry and Seth, she was okay, kept mostly to herself except for words that were shared. And she thought that she and Embry were acquaintances to say the least. She didn't think of him as a friend or someone she valued, but she did like him as a partner, someone she would go into battle with.

Or at least she had used to. Now it was like he had broken some silent argument that had been made between them. And he would come to realize what her wrath was like when it was towards him, and he would wish that he didn't say the words that he had.

She didn't know him that well, not like she knew a majority of the other boys whom she'd grown up with. No, Leah had thought that he was more of the silent type. He was tall but didn't have a muscular build, more lean and lithe as she was. He had the same basic features that the others had. And she had thought that he was the total opposite of a lady's man. Not because he wasn't attractive enough for women to come to him but because she'd though he would be too shy to accept their advances. But she had been wrong. When he'd kissed her, it hadn't seemed like it was his first time or his second time or his third. It was something he was familiar with.

That kiss. She didn't even want to think about it. Embry had kissed her out of no where, and she had been surprised, shocked, yet eager to kiss him back before she forced herself to pull away. Leah wanted to blame it on her hormones, she was still only twenty one, and it had been years since she'd last had sex let alone kissed anyone. But, it wasn't just that, and she was willing to admit it, only to herself. There had been electricity in that kiss, one she may have continued if they actually liked each other. But they didn't. He had kissed her to shut her up, and he was damn lucky he didn't have a broken nose to sport for that move. Everyone else in the pack would have, that was for sure.

Once she went inside of her house, she closed the door, locking it, not wanting him to come inside and try to apologize further. He had done enough, wasn't that obvious? Besides, Leah was one who believed that words said out of anger were words said out of pure emotion and feelings. People didn't simply just throw words out there that they didn't mean. No, when they were angry, those thoughts came to the surface, and they said it. And that was exactly what Embry had done. He had always thought she was a bitch, that she deserved the names that they called her. But she didn't care what he thought. Any respect he may have had from her was gone by then.

She was conflicted. On one side, she wanted to go back out, to make sure he didn't do anything to personally sabotage her car. She may have liked him more than the others in the pack, in the past, but she still had to be careful that he didn't plan an explosive. But Leah also didn't want to see him again, didn't want to hear any of the excuses that he may have made up while she was gone. She walked into the kitchen, fixing herself a glass of lemonade as she thought about it. She would go back out there because the last thing she wanted to do was buy a new car. She wasn't made out of money.

First, she decided to change. Leah didn't want to wear a dress, not if she didn't have to. She had to admit thought that she was beginning to find that feminine side of herself once again, the one that had disappeared after her breakup with Sam and when she began turning into a wolf. But, she was happy with her body, knew she had a nice one that most females would beg to have. Her breasts were nice 'C' cups, she had a flat stomach, and she had curves in the right places. Leah was a sexy and attractive woman, and she was happy to begin feeling like it again.

She slipped into a dark blue halter top crop top that stopped over her belly button. And she paired it with some low waist sweatpants, pulling her hair into a messy bun, not caring that the strands were slipping out. She had patrol in an hour, so she knew that this outfit would work. She slipped into her Converse before going outside, not saying a word to Embry, as she pulled her shades on, sitting down on the lawn chair.

Embry stopped working on her car, taking her in. Typical male. He really wasn't any different from the other males in the pack. "Look, Leah..."

She cut him off. "I don't want to hear it."

"But I really think I should apologize for..."

"Listen closely because I won't be repeating myself. You are a pompous ass who thought he could make me melt just by kissing me. And when you didn't get your way, you threw a little tantrum. Well guess what, you spoiled brat, I don't associate with people who are selfish and think only of themselves. I don't associate myself with jerks. Honestly, I would prefer to have Paul as company rather than you."

He let out a breath, and Leah could tell that he didn't like being compared with the hot head of their pack. But, was Embry not acting like him? Paul had a crush on her all throughout high school but had been too much of a chicken shit to actually make a move on her. They'd been best friends, and she had liked him as well. But he had never given any hints to taking their relationship to the next level. And then his older friend, Sam Uley, had asked her out. And not seeing a chance with Paul, she agreed. And she saw Sam for two years, decided she was going to get engaged and was happily and blissfully in love before he began to act differently. And then she walked in on him banging her cousin. At the time she hadn't known about the whole imprint thing and wouldn't have excused them even if so. Imprinting didn't mean that they had to cheat, he could have at least broken up with her first. And it was then that Paul thought he should make his move. And why would she say yes? What woman would unless they were using the man as a rebound? And that was when he started hating her. After she'd rejected him, and it seemed to her that Embry was doing the same thing.

"Why do you do this?" Embry snaps out at her, walking towards her. "You make yourself a bitch, make yourself a target, make us want to be complete and utter asses to you! Not everyone in the pack hates you, Leah, and I'm one of the people who doesn't! For fuck's sake, you used to be so sweet and kind, and now your main pleasure in life is making everyone miserable! Don't you ever miss having friends and hanging out with people that aren't your goddamn family?"

Her eyes widen at his outburst before she quickly stands up, tossing her sunglasses into the chair, as she pokes her finger into his chest. He'd gotten much closer than she thought he had. "You shut your mouth, or I promise you won't have a tongue to speak with because I'll have ripped it out and fed it to you!" Leah growls out at him. "You don't know what shit I've been through! You don't understand how I fucking feel, so how about you keep your nose in your business and stop trying to get into mine!"

"You made it my business when you broadcast how miserable you are every single fucking day!"

"I'm sorry for being sad!"

"You think you're the only one going through shit, Leah? You're not, and I'm pretty sure that people with other things on their plate don't need to hear about the sad life you live because your boyfriend broke up with you! Get. Over. It."

We were chest to chest now. "Oh, and let me guess, Embry Call is just so fucking sad and miserable because he can't tell his mommy the truth about what he is. Oh, is it okay that you're here now? I would hate for you to get grounded."

Nobody had ever talked to me like Embry had. Sure, Paul had called me names, but he hadn't gone that far into my past. This argument with Embry was so much more than I thought he was capable of. He growled. "Do you ever think that the world would be a better place without your rude and snide remarks? Last time I checked, no one asked for them!"

"There are a lot of things I didn't ask for! I didn't ask to be cheated on! I didn't ask for my ex to get together with my cousin. I didn't ask to turn into a giant wolf! I didn't ask to be stuck in this crummy little city forever! And I didn't ask to have to give up all my dreams to protect the ungrateful people that live here!"

Neither of us says anything while we breath, chests together, sharing the same air, looking into each other's eyes.

This chapter really shows a different side of Embry, but don't worry you'll find out what's going on through his head in the next chapter! Please do not forget to review this story whether it be good or bad, I like both! And make sure to share this story with your friends also, okay, guys! I'm also going to be going back to answering reviews so if you have any questions or anything, leave them there!

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