"See? I told you this would mend nicely."

It was already evening and as he promised, Carlisle came by to remove Leila's bandages and leg cast. She sat on the bed in Billy Black's house, wearing an old bathrobe. Carlisle removed her chest bandage off in privacy, but soon gave permission for Billy, Seth and Jacob to enter as he removed the leg cast and the arm bandage. The gauze had dried blood on it, but her skin was now smooth, as if she was never injured to begin with.

Leila ran a hand through her skin, relieved, "Thank you, doctor. That was really beginning to itch."

Carlisle chuckled, "You're welcome. I must say you are very fortunate to have shape-shifter blood in you. Any normal human would've been dead from your injuries." He settled down by the foot of the bed, "Your leg is fine now, too. You can start walking around if you feel like it." He looked up at Jacob now, "Edward and Jasper are patrolling our borders, but they have smelled nothing yet, except the path that she took retreating from you."

Jacob nodded, "Yeah. Sam, Leah and Embry are patrolling ours. They haven't smelled anything too. Only the path she took during her attack on Lei." He nodded towards Leila, "So she's fine now? She can start walking?"

"Yes. She'll be perfectly fine." Carlisle said as he packed up his instruments. "A little exercise might do her good. I think it'll also be a good idea to introduce her to our borders. It would be a shame if she attacked someone from my family."

Leila nodded, and Carlisle smiled, "Don't worry, Leila. If Carmille is out to get Edward or Jacob, then our family will not let her. Jacob may be a werewolf, but we have considered him a part of our family, and we'll protect him as well."

Jacob grinned, "Thanks, Doc."

Carlisle smiled at him, "Anyway, I shall see you soon, Leila. I'll be patrolling the border with the others from time to time."

"Thank you, Doctor Cullen… Carlisle." Leila said.

Carlisle left, with Billy behind him to bring him to his car, so that only Jacob and Seth remained with her. "So, does this mean you can cook now, Lei?"

Jacob scowled at Seth but Leila simply giggled, "Maybe. Would you like me to cook for you, Seth?"

Seth was about to nod, but Jacob put a massive hand on his head to prevent him from doing so, "You don't have to. This kid is going home, and I can cook for us here."

"Am not!" Seth cried out, "Sam told me to stay here to help her feel comfortable. He said that she had warmed up to me, and would probably keep her relaxed than having the others around."

Jacob muttered vexes under his breath, most of them directed at Sam. Leila sighed as she stood up from the bed gingerly, testing her legs, with Seth holding out his hand to help her. When she was steady, she patted Jacob's shoulder. "It's okay, I can cook for all of us. Seth can stay if he wants."

Her touch on his shoulder was cool again, and it instantly calmed him. He sighed, "Okay, okay fine. But he's sleeping on the couch."

Seth grinned up at her and made his way to the kitchen, guiding Leila who had her hand on his shoulder. Jacob followed them from the rear, his heightened sense of smell picking up the scent of wildflowers that trailed from behind Leila.

When they got to the kitchen, Leila immediately became busy. There wasn't a lack of supplies from the Black kitchen, and soon she had vegetables and meat on the stove, and was mixing a batter of brownies for Seth.

Seth was busy licking the spoon that Lei had used to put the batter on the pan when he spoke up, "Wow, Lei! Your brownies are awesome!"

Jacob's brows furrowed, "Really? Lemme have a lick." He licked the side of the spoon that Seth hadn't licked on and sighed, "Oh wow. That tastes heavenly. Where'd you learn where to cook?"

"From my father… he's a French cook." Lei said, straightening up from putting the brownies on the oven. She turned off the stove, seeing the food was done, and was starting to clean up the stuff she used for cooking. Jacob and Seth immediately came around to help her with the dishes.

Seth turned to look at her from soaping, "But… you said you were a Makah. How did you have a French father?"

Leila laughed, "That is a very long story. Something reserved for after-dinner conversations, I think."

Jacob grinned, "Oh great. You just gave the kid an incentive to eat as fast as he could."

"It's not so bad." Lei said, wiping her hands on an apron. "Maybe the three of us can go outside. I haven't been in a forest for a while, since my people always had been near the sea."

Jacob shrugged, "Sure, no problem. Since both the Cullens and the pack are patrolling, I don't think that Carmille would be able to attack soon." He nudged Seth, "Of course that depends on how fast Seth here can soap the dishes."

"Hey!" Seth cried, and he immediately went back to soaping kitchen utensils. Leila laughed at the two of them as they started splashing each other like kids.