Disclaimer: Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer. She messed up the story when she made Jake imprint on Nessie. Fortunately for us there's always the world of fanfictions.

Author/Note: This is a Leah/Jacob story with all the normal pairings and the events in Breaking Dawn never happened, because just like my cousin said, Breaking Dawn shouldn't even be considered a book.

Translation to English of O Nosso Amanhecer 2. This version was subjected to a few changes from the original in Portuguese.

This translation was a request by FantasyLover74.

I'm not a native English speaker so I'm sorry for my grammar and spelling. Thank you for reading and thanks the people who reviewed, FantasyLover74, She-Wolf Heiress, brankel1, Chick, Piper9004, Jo Harv, JacobLeah, CallyGreen, Mariaxxx, RobertForLife, Darkmaster of the arts and BenitaxoxoCastiel.

Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part II

Leah Clearwater

8. Lessons and Rewards

I knew things would change after my mum's wedding. She spent two days with me until I was completely recovered and although it was nothing serious I was thankful because those days made me recall the times when I was just a human girl. My mum would always stay by our side whenever Seth and I were sick.

Charlie and my mother never planned a honey moon. They alleged they were too old for that and they were worried about the leech's attack. We still didn't know if Irina had something to do with it but there was a small possibility.

When I was fully recovered my mother decided to have a talk with Seth and I and I knew immediately that our lives wouldn't be the same anymore. I had no idea if my brother was aware of what would happen next but something in his face told me he wasn't expecting it.

"Charlie wants us to move in to his place. The house has an extra room full of his old stuff and he said he's going to clean it to make a bedroom for Seth." My mum started.

"So we're going to live in Forks?" Seth asked surprised.

"I didn't say that. The thing is…it wouldn't work." My mother said after a deep breath. At least she was being realistic about the issue. I mean we were werewolves. We were supposed to protect La Push.

"You two have responsibilities to your pack."

"Not to mention Seth is still in School and I have a job." I added and my mother nodded.

"Plus I know that you would never agree to stay in Bella's old room." She looked carefully at me.

My mother knew me well. The last time Bella was in Charlie's house she wasn't a leech yet but even so I would never feel comfortable enough in her bedroom. That was her house, her room and I would never take her place.

"What about Charlie?" Seth asked.

Charlie was a decent man and I doubted that he would agree to come to live with us in the Reservation. No one would care if he did, because although he wasn't a Quileute, he was friends with everyone, but he had mentioned before that he would not disrespect my father's memory by staying at his place with my mum.

"A wife needs to be with her husband. We understand mum…" I said quietly.

"What are you talking about?" My brother asked confused.

"Mum's moving in with Charlie."

She nodded.

Seth's face was suddenly pale. He was such a momma's little boy and I guess he thought we would all live together after the wedding.

"You're leaving us." He mumbled.

"Seth…I'm not going to leave the country. I'm just a few miles away and I can drive here whenever I want. I'll be visiting you frequently."

"But I'll starve." He said almost in despair. "Leah can't cook."

"Yes, I can." I retorted.

"You can go to Forks to eat with us whenever you want." My mother said. "I'm not leaving you…ok?"

Seth made the saddest face ever and my mum went to hug him. When she let go of my brother she was crying.

"So…the house…is ours?" I asked.

"Yes, the house is yours."

"Cool." Seth said. He had finally understood that without my mother living there we would be able to do whatever we wanted.

"Don't you think you'll be able to skip classes. You need to help your sister and be a good boy at School. I'm still your mother, understood?"

She glared at Seth and he recoiled. Mum was scary as hell was she was angry.

"I'm going to pack and then we're all going to Charlie's place. He wants to have a word with you too."

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It was weird to live without my mother there to clean, cook and scold us whenever we made mistakes. I did miss her company more than anything else because she'd been there all of my life. But, just like she'd mentioned, she wasn't that far away from us and I was having a great time being queen of the castle.

Two days after my mother move in to Charlie's place, my brother asked me to throw a party to celebrate the fact that we were now emancipated, even though this didn't apply to him since he wasn't even sixteen years old yet.

First I declined. I wasn't in the mood for parties, especially with a bunch of werewolves hanging around in my place, eating my food but then I thought that this was a very good chance for me to show Seth my authority once and for all. So we would throw the damn party and in the end he would have to clean the house all by himself.

I knew perfectly well that this hadn't been my brother's idea. I could smell Embry's finger on this for miles so I would probably make him clean the house with Seth too.

"The sweet smell of freedom…" Embry said when I opened the door. As I thought he was the first one to arrive.

"You just want a place to hang around and crash whenever your mother wants to know where you've been." I accused.

He looked at me surprised and I realised he was a bit embarrassed about that.

A half an hour later there were already seventeen wolves in our house, eating, drinking, playing and yelling. Sam, Jared and Paul were missing.

"He's not coming." Jacob said lying down on the couch as if he owned the place.

"I don't care." I replied knowing he was talking about Sam.

"He's watching Denis. The kid is going to phase soon."

"What about Paul and Jared?"

"Patrolling. I couldn't allow everyone to come at once but in a few hours Quil and I are going to cover for them so they can have fun too."

"Awesome…" I said sarcastically at the thought of having Paul in my house.

"So tell me something Leah…I never thought you'd agree with Seth's idea about having this party…"

"Well…I can be nice to my little brother…sometimes."

"Right." Jacob arched his eyebrows. "What's the catch?"

"Let's just say that after tomorrow he'll never ask me to throw parties again."

Jacob laughed.

"I wasn't expecting any less from you." He said.

After a few minutes his phone started ringing and when he saw Sam's name on the screen he muttered a "shit" and called for Martin. I knew instantly that Denis had phased.

Martin Indigo was Denis best friend at School and therefore Jacob left with him to go and help Sam. I remembered the first time I had phased and if it wasn't for Seth's presence I would've done some pretty stupid things that night. Having someone you trusted there could make the difference.

"So we're having a new pup." Quil said happily.

"Honestly Quil…do you really think that's a good thing? These kids are so young they don't even have the slightest idea of how their lives just changed."

Quil shrugged. He still thought that being a wolf was the best thing ever. What a moron. Almost an hour later Jacob, Martin, Sam and Denis finally arrived. The poor kid was a mess. By looking at their faces I knew they had a hard time convincing Denis to trust them.

"He couldn't phase back." Jacob told me. "He's still a bit confused."

"Why did you bring him here?" I asked.

"He needs to meet the pack."

I rolled my eyes. I wasn't in the mood to play babysitter.

Denis had been surrounded by the younger wolves and was trying to recognise everyone when I pulled him and forced the others to shut the hell up.

"Be nice…the kid's already scared." Sam said behind me.

"Fuck off Sam. This is my house, I make the rules."

When the silence filled the living room, Jacob asked them to sit down and they all obeyed. Sam was on Jacob's right side and I was on his left. Seth, Quil, Brady and Collin were behind us. That was our core. Only Jared and Paul weren't there. Our first generation.

We didn't have a specific hierarchy in the pack besides the alpha and beta positions but there were two different generations of wolves. The first group was the one who had fought along the Cullens against Victoria, Riley and their newborns, consisting in ten wolves even though Brady and Collin were left behind because at the time they were only thirteen years old. The second group consisted on the eleven new wolves that started phasing after Bella joined the Cullen's family. They were all between fourteen and fifteen years old and some had accepted their fate better than the others.

"So Denis finally phased and we explained things briefly to him. I want you all to give him some space and whenever he has problems try to help him, alright?" Jacob started.

"So we're actually wolves…all of us?" Denis asked shyly.

"Yes." Jacob stated.

"How?"

That was a very good question and none of us knew exactly how to answer it.

"It's genetic. Your father passed you the gene." Sam explained.

"You told me about…leeches…" Denis said not hiding his confusion.

"I did. They're mostly known as vampires." Sam declared.

"Like the ones in the movies?"

Everyone laughed and Denis shut up immediately feeling embarrassed.

"Not exactly but close enough." Jacob said. "The Council will explain everything to you in a few days. For now we just need you to focus on controlling your emotions. Tell him Sam…"

Sam went forward.

"Right now you're a ticking bomb but it's not your fault. Our nature is volatile. Paul for instance is quite unstable; Embry on the contrary can control his emotions quite well."

Denis looked at Sam with a puzzled expression. I really didn't know if he understood what Sam was saying at all.

"What Sam is saying is that you can't go home for a while." Jacob said.

"You'll stay with me and I'll teach you everything you need to know." Sam announced.

"What about my parents?"

"We'll tell them you're on a camping trip. The most important thing right now is to make sure our secret is safe and that you don't hurt your family." Sam explained. "The sooner you control your emotions to phase the better."

"Can't I stay with Martin instead?"

"No. Martin is too young to guide you. I was the first one to phase."

Denis' eyes opened widely as if Sam was some sort of a hero.

"So are you the boss?" He asked.

"No, Jake is the boss. We call him the alpha wolf. In the pack we follow his orders." Sam stated.

Jacob rolled his eyes; he still didn't like to be the alpha.

"Sam's the beta, which means he also has some sort of authority." Jacob said.

"We're a family so whenever you need to talk, we're here, ok?" Sam said putting a hand on Denis shoulders.

Denis nodded.

"I'm starving…Can I have something to eat?" He asked blushing when his stomach started to make loud noises.

"Sure. Come on…" I took him to the kitchen and left the others talking about telling the Council about Denis, calling his parents to say he was going on a camping trip and other pack related stuff.

Denis was really starving and devoured every single thing I gave him to eat. Good thing he wasn't picky.

"Am I going to miss School?" He asked me.

"Yes." I said making him more sandwiches.

"Cool."

I rolled my eyes. Teenagers were all the same. When I phased I wasn't in School anymore, which was actually a good thing because with all that happened to me after that I would surely fail the year. Seth didn't fail because he took everything much better than me and my mother was always telling him to study.

"I used to be scared of them." Denis said throwing his head in the living room's direction.

"You were scared of Jacob?"

"Not Jacob…or Seth…but the others…mostly Sam, Jared and Paul…"

"I see…Well you're not the first one to say that."

He sighed in relief.

"And you're not staying alone with Sam. Jason and Rick are staying with him too because they phased not long ago."

"That's cool. So…about this alpha thing…why is Jacob the alpha?"

"Because he is the descendent of the last alpha, Ephraim Black."

"Does that mean he can order us around and punish us like he's our father?"

"I guess…We're like a big family and someone has to give the orders. Better him than Sam."

"And what are you supposed to be? Our mother?"

I slapped him the head.

"No, I'm not your mother, you fucking idiot. I'm your worst nightmare."

He swallowed the rest of his sandwich and gulped.

"It's just that when there's an alpha male there's usually an alpha female too. Are there other girls?"

"No, just Leah. Aren't we lucky?" Jacob said coming into the kitchen. "By the way she's our second beta."

"Damn…" Denis muttered. "I'm sorry about that alpha female thing." He gave me a small smile.

"Just get out of my sight." I ordered.

Denis left to join the others.

"Alpha female?" Jacob asked glancing at me.

"Too much Discovery Channel." I shrugged.

"Quil and I are leaving. Sam's going too."

"Fine. Goodbye then."

"We have to patrol tomorrow night. We're taking Ethan and Martin with us."

"Wonderful." I whined.

"You know Leah…You're actually good with the pups…maybe if you were just a little bit nicer…"

I grabbed a plate from the table and threw it at him but he easily ducked and the plate smashed on the wall.

"Forget it…I'll see you tomorrow." He ran away laughing. He was going to pay for that. I would make sure of it.

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There were reasons why I didn't like to patrol with the pups. First they were a pain in the butt, always asking stupid questions about werewolves and phasing; second they were constantly bragging about their physical changes and how girls thought they were much handsome now; third they were always competing which was rather annoying because I had to listen to the sentence "I can do this or that better than you" about a hundred times during patrols; and last but not least there was this thing called privacy that no one respected.

I got it. I honestly did. I mean I was the only girl in the pack and the younger ones were quite tempted to watch me naked whenever they could. After all Jacob was always saying I should be treated like everyone else, like one of them but I really didn't enjoy giving them a porn show, especially not for free.

So I knew exactly what my two new "brothers" were thinking right now while we were waiting for Jacob to meet us. I was wearing shorts and a small top and their eyes hadn't left my body since I arrived. I hadn't killed them yet because I kept saying to myself they were too young, too immature and too stupid to die by my hands.

"See something you like?" I teased.

Their faces were priceless.

"No…I mean…I wasn't looking." Martin said stepping back. I was really good at that. The kid was practically green with fear.

"Me neither." Ethan stated.

"You do realise I'm not blind, right?" I grinned. If I had the reputation might as well have some fun.

"We were just…"

"Looking at my breasts." I cut Martin off and he started sweating.

"No!" they both half yelled.

"It's fine…I mean if I were you I would also stare at a beautiful girl like me. I'm hot, right?"

They were speechless. My question had caught them off guard and they knew that I could rip their heads off either they answered "yes" or "no" and that was probably why they didn't answer at all.

"I have an idea. Why don't we phase and wait for Jacob in our wolves forms?" I suggested.

They nodded.

"I'll go first." I stated with a smirk when I noticed the panic in their faces after realising I was going to take my clothes off in front of them.

Ok, so that wasn't one of my best ideas but I wanted to embarrass them tonight.

I got rid of my top and they just stared at my bra trying to conceal their shock and maybe some excitement too.

"Your turn now." I pointed at them. They were only wearing cut-offs which was actually great.

"But…we'll be naked." Ethan shrieked like a little girl, exactly the way I wanted.

"Hey…I take one of mine, you take one of yours. This is how things work. Or maybe you want some privacy?"

They both nodded in agreement.

"You want some privacy?" I insisted. "Were you thinking about giving me privacy when you were looking at my body?"

They knew they were in troubles.

"Even though we're a big happy family…it doesn't mean we have to share everything. And I sure don't like the idea of sharing my body with stupid little boys…alright?" I took a few steps towards them.

"What the hell are you doing Clearwater?" Jacob asked. He had the worst timing ever.

"Establishing a few points of authority with our new pups." I replied. "Now…take off your shorts boys."

They glanced over at Jacob and made this "help us" face that made me laugh.

"They're not going to undress Leah."

"Hey…I took my top off so they have to…" I stopped talking when I realised that my own words had caused Jacob to stare at my bra.

"My face is up here you moron!" I snarled at him.

"You're demented Clearwater." He stated trying to hide his embarrassment. I had forgotten he was just a teenager as well.

"An eye for an eye…" I insisted.

"Let's just go. It's getting late." Jacob mentioned.

"Maybe you should take your clothes off to give the pups an example." I suggested.

"You're crazy."

"They need to learn about privacy and I believe you need it too."

"If you didn't want us to stare, you should've kept your top on." Jacob declared coming closer.

"You're the lamest alpha we could get."

"And you're just having fun at our expanses."

"And you need to back off." I warned when he was just an inch from me.

"And you need to learn how to behave properly. You're our beta for crying out loud."

"Why should I behave when none of you manage to do it?"

"Maybe because you act like a bitch every time we try. Now stop torturing the kids."

We both looked at Ethan and Martin and they were staring at us, probably thinking we were insane. Then I crossed my arms over my chest and their eyes went straight to my breasts…again.

"See!" I glared. "This is unbelievable…"

Jacob's growl made me shut up and Martin and Ethan closed their eyes for a moment. Jacob took off his shirt and put it over my body.

"Stop staring." He ordered the pups. "Go to the forest and phase."

The kids left running, relieved that I wasn't going to murder them after all.

"You really need to control your bitchiness." Jacob said.

I just glared again.

"You provoke chaos everywhere you go and now it's really not the time. We need to focus on getting Irina and then you can do whatever you want." He continued.

I threw his shirt in his direction and our eyes met.

"I know I'm not really a beta…" I said. "You trust Sam…but you never trusted me."

He kept quiet.

"You always say that I'm a beta because you need me to think I'm in control. Because you want me to behave…well that's not going to happen. This is who I am Jacob. When I'm angry I lash out at people, when I'm sad I bitch about everything, when I want to make someone suffer I don't stop at nothing, when I want to embarrass the pups to have some fun I do it despite the consequences…I'll always be this way and making me a beta won't do you any good."

"Maybe Edward was right…" He said almost in a whisper.

"About what?"

"I shouldn't have made you beta of the pack."

I looked at the floor. I knew he was right. I wasn't fit to take that position and I was making things harder for everyone.

Jacob came to me and put his shirt back on my hands.

"If you don't want to patrol with the pups, you can go home. Have some rest."

"So even the leeches think I'm not good enough." I mumbled.

"No…it's not that. Edward just thinks I can't handle you."

I looked at him surprised.

"And I can't…yet." He added with a huge grin. "But one day…who knows."

He left running to join Martin and Ethan leaving me alone. I didn't know exactly what he meant by that but it made me feel a little better. He was the first person who wasn't giving up on me.

I phased and ran towards the forest to join my brothers patrolling.

'Does that mean you trust me?' I had to know the truth.

'Always.' His thoughts made my heart lighter and suddenly the night seemed much brighter too.

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A week later I was surprised by Jacob's presence in the library. I'd never seen him there. First I really thought he was there to study but as soon as I saw him coming my way I knew he had something to tell me. If Irina had attacked he wouldn't be so calm. If something had happened to my brother he would've brought Embry and Quil along to calm me down, so I had almost a hundred per cent sure that he just wanted to talk to me about patrols.

"I need a word with you." He said approaching while I was putting some books on the shelves.

I looked around to see if we were alone and then I told him it was safe.

"I've spoken to Sam last night and we have a problem." He said frowning.

"Is this about me being discharged from the beta position?" I asked.

He nodded negatively.

"It's about Denis, Jason and Rick. They need a place to stay and…you're actually the only one with a house half empty." He explained.

"Say what? You want me to babysit the pups?"

"No…They just need a place to stay at night."

"What happened to Sam's house?"

Jacob looked away and I knew what had happened. Emily was back from Boston a week earlier than expected. Sam didn't have time for the pups right now.

"Oh…" I said stupidly. "And they're not ready to go back home yet?"

"Jason seems to be the only one trying to control his phasing ability but the others…I don't think they're ready."

"I can't believe this…I was actually enjoying my new free life and now I'll have three kids plus my brother to take care of."

"Come on Leah. You are a beta too."

"Technically." I stated. "What about my job?"

"Sam's going to pick them up every morning so you don't have to worry."

I sighed in defeat.

"Thanks." Jacob patted my head and left. "I'm going back to classes."

I was getting soft. I had complied with my alpha's plans without even a good fight. That was lame.

I spent the next two hours surrounded by books. I was putting away the last one when I heard a loud noise outside. It sounded like glass shattering all over the place.

To have a big pack was actually good because we would be able to defend our people against the leeches but now that I was thinking about it, it was also dangerous. Not only because it would be difficult to hide our secret but also because having eighteen teenage wolves in the same School was quite problematic. Sam, Jared and I were the only ones who had finished High School. Jacob, Seth, Quil, Paul, Embry, Collin and Brady had never caused troubles but the younger ones…Let's just say they still had a lot to learn.

The constant urge to compete against each others and some stupid rivalries had led Martin and Shane to fight and to prevent them to phase in the classroom, Ethan and Caleb had forced them to jump out of the window. The problem was that they were still fighting, they could phase any second and everyone was staring.

"Shane! Martin! Stop!" I yelled. I'd been the first one to get near them but I knew there were teachers on their way. I didn't have much time to yell at them, I had to do something. They were rolling on the floor, kicking and punching each other. I tried to pull Shane away from Martin but he shoved me off of him with an arm throwing me to the ground.

The little bastard was stronger than I thought. By the time my old teacher, Miss Grace, arrived with two more teachers, Mr. Owen and Mr. Nathan, Shane was already shaking violently. The two men stepped forward to try and break them apart but I stood in front of them not letting them go any further. If Shane phased they'd be dead for sure.

"Miss Clearwater please go back to the School with Miss Grace." Mr. Owen said. I didn't move. The man was clearly an idiot. Couldn't he see that Martin and Shane were out of control?

"You can't stop them." I warned.

"They'll kill each other." He insisted.

"Not if I can help it but you need to stay away." I said.

The man tried to pass through me but I didn't budge and he realised I was too strong for him to push me out of the way.

Martin was now screaming insults at Shane and although I really wished I could handle this myself I knew the best way to solve the problem was to get Jacob to come to us. I did have a Plan B if Jacob couldn't reach us in time. I would apply all my strength in front of everyone and kick those two so hard they'd fly over several miles away and never come back.

My violent solution would probably get us into more troubles so I had to call our alpha. With an alpha command Martin and Shane would calm down immediately.

It would sound really awkward to send someone call for Jacob Black. It would raise a lot of questions but I had to do it. Even though it would sound lame I was prepared to deal with the consequences. I cursed my luck.

"Damn it Jacob, I could really use some help here." I whispered too low for humans ears.

Surprisingly Jacob appeared by my side so I wouldn't have to call him after all.

"What's the prob…" he stopped mid-sentence when he noticed the two idiots rolling on the floor throwing each other's insults while hitting hard punches and kicks that would probably kill a normal human being.

"Fuck!" Jacob said not caring about the teachers.

"Jacob Black watch your mouth!" Miss Grace said.

"Sorry." He gave her the sweetest smile he had and walked over to Martin and Shane.

"What are you doing?" Mr. Nathan asked.

"Don't worry about Jacob." I said.

"Stop right now you morons!" Jacob using an authority voice.

They obliged although I was sure he hadn't used an alpha command. By that time half of the School was already there trying to see what was going on.

Martin had a black eye and probably a few broken ribs. Shane was bleeding from his nose and lower lip but I guess the injuries weren't bad enough compared to the fear they were feeling just by looking at Jacob's angry features.

"Infirmary now." I ordered.

Shane's cuts would heal soon and we had to make sure no one saw it.

"I'll take them." Jacob volunteered and I followed them closely.

The teachers were too busy controlling the other students to stop us from leaving. As soon as we were out of sight we left the School and ran into the forest.

"Now, what the hell was that about?" Jacob asked them.

They didn't answer.

"Whatever it was it can't happen again." I warned.

"Leah's right. You almost gave our secret away and you could've hurt innocent people. That's not acceptable."

"What are we going to do?" I asked.

"I'm taking them to Sam. He's better taking care of these things."

"What about your classes?"

"I'll fail the year anyways…You'd need a fucking telescope to see my grades."

Martin and Shane laughed slightly.

"That's not funny." I stated. "You go back to School and I'll take these idiots to Sam."

"But Sam is at home…with…"

"I know he's with Emily. Don't worry about it I'm not going there to start a fight."

"Ok. Thanks."

"By the way I'm not going to pay you for fixing my car." I said.

Jacob looked at me surprised. We had agreed I would pay him back one day.

"I'm going to give you lessons so you can pass the year."

"What the hell! I don't need a tutor!" He complained.

"Yes, you do besides this is going to be a win-win situation."

"I don't see how. I'm fixing your car for free and I'll have you torturing me after School."

"I'll help you pass the year and you can make some money out of it."

"How?"

"Use your imagination."

I knew he would realise what I was suggesting pretty soon.

"Betting?" He asked reluctantly.

"See? You're not so dumb after all."

He grinned.

"I guess we have a deal." He said going back to the School.

"Let's go morons." I called Martin and Shane and we went to Sam's house. I told him briefly what happened and Sam's glare made Shane and Martin tremble from head to toes. He didn't tolerate that kind of behaviour since he had hurt Emily after loosing control for a just a second. Those two were about to learn their lesson the hard way.

"Do you want to come in? We could both talk to them and…"

"I don't want to see her yet." I cut Sam off. "And you don't need me for this…actually I guess you never needed me at all."

Sam's eyes met the ground and I left quickly. There wasn't an easy way to handle that situation. I just needed to put my mind into other things other than Sam and Emily and right now I had plenty of opportunities. I was going to tutor Jacob and I was going take care of three of the pups for at least a week. There was a time I hated everyone and everything that could remind me of Sam's wedding day but now I'd realised what I really needed was closure and the sooner the better.

Later that night the three pups arrived at our place and I had to feed them. I realised I would have to spend a lot of money in food. My brother helped me to clean the room where my mother kept some stuff of when we were kids. We put everything in the attic and fortunately the room was big enough for them.

We didn't have beds so they would have to sleep in their sleeping bags. Before they could go to bed I imposed my rules and then I left to my room. I was dead tired. Seth was actually excited to have them around and stayed up until very late keeping them company.

The poor kids were having a rough time. Seth and I hadn't needed that kind of training because we were fast learners even though Seth was only fourteen when he phased. Jason was missing his family, Denis was scared that he could actually kill someone accidentally and Rick was worried about his grades because he didn't want to fail the year.

I heard Seth tell them that it would be alright and I didn't know if my brother was being honest because actually things could go wrong any minute. The pups didn't know how dangerous it was to have a crazy vampire after us. Irina had proved to be quite interested in killing us all and they were definitely not ready to face her.

I didn't like to admit it but our only chance was Alice's visions and although she hadn't seen anything else since my mother's wedding it didn't mean Irina wasn't out there waiting for the right time to attack.

I heard a howl not too far. Embry, Caleb, Collin and Justin had finished their shift and were calling the next group.