Ch. 5 Unexpected Brother

As Spence continued to run she could feel the faint glimmer of a wolf phasing for the first time. She didn't know where her brothers were, she couldn't hear them and normally she could this far out.

Spence turned her run into a downright sprint as she searched for where the magic was coming from. There deep in the woods was a gray looking wolf, slightly lighter than Paul. The wolf looked directly at Spencer looking confused.

"What's happening to me?"

It wasn't Jacob like Spence half expected but someone else entirely.

"Embry?" she asked.

"Spence, that you?"

Spence had met Embry a couple of times that first week she had hung out with Jacob.

Embry moved his nose. "God what is that weird smell?"

"Sorry," said Spence. "I kind of smell a bit different than your regular wolf. It's complicated. "We've got to find Sam and the others."

"Wait, Sam Uley and those frat brothers of his, they're this too!"

"It's a lot to take in too believe me. Come on we should go. Can you walk or do you need a minute to get your legs under control?"

Embry looked down and tried to focus on his sea legs.

"I think I'm good," he replied. "So where we going anyways?"

"To find someone who can help."

"You can't do it?"

Spence looked over at Embry. It wasn't really her place to say anything but she figured she owed it to him and he was a brother now.

"All of those legends are true aren't they," Embry asked after the short silence, "the stuff about our people turning into wolves. I thought only descendants from Taha Aki were said to pass on the gene. My mother was from the Makah tribe."

"Yeah that's true."

Embry lowered his head knowing what it meant. Either Joshua Uley, Quil Ateara IV or Billy Black was his father, not the lie that his mother had told him.

"And that stuff about the cold ones?"

"Yeah they're true too," Spence replied, ignoring the harsh tone he used when he said the word 'cold ones'.

Embry laughed, "Oh come on don't tell me you're offended by that."

'Damn the mind reading thing,' Spence thought for the uptenth time.

"There's a lot you don't know Embry."

"Like what, like this being the reason you started ignoring Jacob. You know he's been pretty pissed but I get it now, you were just trying to protect him."

"It's more than that. I spend a lot of time with the Cullen's because I'm like them too."

This stopped Embry in his tracks. He snorted. "What do you mean you're like them?" Embry asked harshly.

Spence didn't know how much she could tell him so she remained silent, her true thoughts hidden from him.

"You're a trickster!" Embry accused.

He hated that Spence wouldn't answer him so he lunged for Spencer's throat. She didn't even bother to get out of Embry's way. To her it was a test, to see how much she was capable of as a wolf and if she shared the same vulnerabilities as they did which according to legend, they could be hurt in wolf form but before he could even reach and before Spence had a chance to test her theory, Embry was tackled from behind by Jared.

"That's enough Embry," Sam said with the full Alpha tone in his voice.

Embry rolled out of the way and bowed by force.

"Couldn't you guys have waited ten minutes?" Spence asked. "I was just about ready for him."

Sam shook his head at his cousin, "You might be willing to take that risk but I'm not."

"You're protecting her," Embry asked sounding very confused.

"Whatever you might think," said Sam. "She's one of us."

"Half," said Spence. "If you would have let me explain before wolfing out on me I could have told you the truth."

"Which is what?" Embry said standing up now that Sam had let go of some of his leash.

"My mother carried the wolf gene but my father was a vampire."

"Ugh that's repulsive," said Embry.

Paul and Jared both laughed but Sam gave them all a look that made the three wolves bow.

"Hey how come she doesn't follow," Embry said sounding disappointed.

"One of the advantages to being a hybrid," said Spence, "I don't follow Alpha's orders."

"You can either hate it or accept it," Sam said to Embry, "I don't care which but Spence a sister in this pack and my biological cousin is so you will respect it. The same goes for the Cullen's. Bella is her cousin from Charlie's side. The Cullen's are off limits. It's open season on any vampires besides them."

Spence interjected. "Same goes for Trent and Shay," she said. Sam looked at her and she just shrugged. "What? They might not be vegetarians but they're not a threat. I don't even know if they'd ever show up here after dropping me off like a piece of luggage but you never know. If it hadn't been for them, my father would never have turned and I wouldn't have been born."

"What a shame," Embry said.

Sam shook his head, "Fine, same goes for those vampires."

They had seen what they looked like from Spencer's memories so they would know which ones to avoid.

"Thanks Chief," said Spence. She looked at her brothers, "seems you've got things under control. I think you can fill Embry in on the rest. I'm going to go give the Cullen's a heads up. I'm sure they're wondering if and when Jake is going to phase. I'll meet you guys at the cliff in an hour."

"Sounds good," replied Jared.

"Speaking of Jake," Embry said to Sam, "Guess I have to stay away from him too."

"At least until he goes through the change."

"Damn that's going to suck," Embry said walking in no particular direction.

As the wolves headed off to one direction Sam stayed behind and turned to Spence.

"Hey," he said.

Spence turned to look at him.

"Thanks for your help," he said to her. "With Embry I mean. We weren't really expecting him."

She smiled, "You're welcome. And thanks, for looking out for me."

Sam nodded, "It's what we do. You may be half vampire but you're one of us. I mean that."

Sam took off to follow his brothers leaving Spence alone. She knew that Sam meant every word. He may have been hard and stern but she could respect that given that he was the Alpha of the pack. If he didn't keep order there would be chaos. And he was only Alpha to keep the seat warm until Jacob took his rightful place. Hearing from Sam though that she was one of them made her feel more complete somehow, gave her a sense of belonging. It had taken some time for that part to reach acceptance, she had all ready felt accepted among her vampire relatives so to have Sam give her confirmation; for once Spence no longer felt like she was split in two.

She dashed to the other direction and made her way to the Cullen house.

Emmett and Jasper were quickly on the deck the second they started to hear the large paws making their way to their house. None of the wolves were supposed to cross the line it was part of the treaty.

Bella came outside with Edward.

"Relax," said Edward, "It's only Spence."

'Dude you could hear me,' Spence asked as she made her way in from the trees. 'I was over a mile out.'

Bella went over and rubbed Spence behind the ear. She leaned into it, enjoying the friendly feeling. She rolled her eyes at the irony of the situation. Back home she had a dog and he would make the same movement whenever she rubbed him in the same spot.

"Your thoughts are getting a lot clearer in your wolf form, though it would be easier if you were human."

"Yeah," said Emmett, "And not just for him either."

Spence thought it over but she had all ready ripped through the clothes she was wearing earlier as she talked to Charlie and didn't have any spares. She wasn't going to get naked in front of the Cullen boys. Even though her brothers had seen her she didn't want these guys, whom she considered as cousins too, to see her body.

Spence was relieved that Edward was keeping a straight face since he couldn't avoid people's thinking.

"It's easier her as a wolf," said Edward, "She wants to stay connected to the pack since she's meeting up with them later."

"Leaving us for them again," Emmett teased.

Spence ignored his comment. 'Embry phased,' she said to Edward.

"Embry?"

'Believe me I was just as shocked. We all were. Guess his mom never told him the truth about his father.'

"Guess not," said Edward. He saw the looks Bella and his brothers were giving him. "Embry Call phased."

"Another one," asked Emmett.

"How big is this pack going to get," asked Jasper, "That makes five all ready."

'Probably as long as you're here,' said Spence.

"What do you mean as long as we're here?" Edward asked.

'I didn't phase until I got here. Had there been any vampires in South Dakota I'm sure I would have phased. Sam believes as much too given that I have the genetics.'

"So it's our fault?"

Emmett and Jasper growled.

'Woah, easy,' said Spence. 'It's just a theory.'

"She's not blaming us," said Edward. "She was just thinking of a theory that vampires cause the genetic transition."

"It makes sense," said Bella. "We aren't on friendly terms with the Quileute's but before we got here they were just normal guys. Same could be said for Spence."

"I don't like it," said Jasper.

"Neither do I," said Edward, "but Spence and Bella do have a good point. It will be something we look into. "

Edward looked at Spence, "You should go. Don't want to keep your brothers waiting. Thanks for telling us about Embry."

Spence nodded.

'We good,' Spence asked him before leaving.

Edward looked at his brothers and then smiled, "Yeah we're good. You just caught us off guard with that thought."

'Trust me I know, I felt bad just thinking it given that I'm part vampire and that didn't trigger my own phase so it was the only thing that made sense.'

"I understand. Go have fun."

Bella rubbed Spence one last time and she then headed toward the woods.

She made a quick stop to her house jumping through the open window to her room where she grabbed a pair of shorts and a sports bra. It was a relief that Charlie was at work otherwise her scene would have seemed strange to him. She headed out the same way she came but ran human through the woods.

As Jacob rolled the street on his fully restored black bike he pulled over when he neared the sight of the main cliff where much of the tribal kids used for cliff diving. There at the very top was Sam and his lap dogs and not just them but Embry, whose hair had been cut short and Spencer too in nothing but shorts and a bra. Jacob seethed as he saw her. His two best friends had left him for Sam and his group.

Jacob got back on the bike just as he watched Spence dive from up top. He had seen enough; putting the bike in gear and taking off.