I stood regally at the front of my pack as Jacob spoke to the Cullen's in his human form. I had met many vampires in my sixteen years of life and have only found two worth trusting. Peter and Charlotte.

I watched them wearily trying to ascertain whether or not they were trustworthy. They seemed nice enough, and Sam and his pack seemed to trust them. Jacob pulled a girl over to me.

She had dark brown eyes and long curly bronze hair. She had a child with her and cautiously brought it forward. I smelled the girl and knew she wasn't human.

I tilted my head at Jacob. " This is Renesmee. She is half-vampire and half-human. She is my mate, and this is our son Chase." The child reached out to me until his fingers brushed my muzzle. I licked his little fingers and looked Jacob in the eye and nodded.

We have to help them Darius. He is so innocent. I cannot stand by and watch him be destroyed. We star training tomorrow. I turned and led my pack from the clearing. Darius, I want you to stay with me. I will see the rest of you at 8 o' clock tomorrow.

We shifted back to human form and went to enter the house, when I saw a shadow lurking off to the side. I knew who it was before I could even see a facial feature. "I'm going to sit out here for a moment D. You go ahead and take a shower. Your clothes are in the bottom drawer of my dresser and on the far right side of the closet." He nodded and kissed my cheek softly before walking inside.

I walked towards the shadow and waited. Seth stepped forward. " I need to talk to you about this " Imprint thing."" He said solemnly as he looked into my eyes. I nodded. " I'm listening." He took a deep breath. " We can't be together. I am marring Sadie in October. We are going to be happy." He paused and tried to read the expression on my face.

" I mean you have that Darius guy, and I have Sadie. I just don't find you worth ruining my relationship with Sadie over." I laughed bitterly. " Don't worry. You're not the first one to do this to me, and you probably won't be the last." I turned around and stalked predatorily into the house.

I took a quick shower and then stomped into my room wearing my towel. Darius came up behind me and wrapped me in a tight hug. "You okay Cade?" I nodded. " It's nothing important D." I smiled and leaned into his embrace. "Different town, same story." He murmured into my hair.

Darius and I had been betrothed at one point. We had become really close. But, one day he met Bailey, and his whole world shifted and changed. We had been in love, but I hadn't been worth holding on to. I didn't hold it against him anymore. We needed each other more now than ever.

Bailey had been one of the one's to die. I remember the look on Darius's face the moment she died. He had felt it, and through the love I felt for him I felt it to. It took me three weeks to convince him to come back. Darius and I still love each other, but not in the same way we used to.

I have reoccurring nightmares and he has always, even before Bailey slept with me to keep the nightmares away. The one's he couldn't keep away he was able to calm me down from.

I quickly threw on a tank top and a pair of shorts and we slipped under the sheets. " Goodnight D." I muttered. " Goodnight Cade." We drifted off into a peaceful slumber together.

I awoke to someone standing over us. I screamed. Darius flipped us off the bed and hid me behind him as he faced our attacker. It was Emily. " Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you, but your pack is out front waiting for you." I looked at the clock and swore. " Damn it!"

I leapt into the closet and threw my black yoga pants and black tank top on the bed. Darius was right behind me. " Thanks Emily." I said as she walked laughingly from the room. I stripped without any thought. Darius and I had seen each other naked before. It's hard to avoid when shifting around each other.

We ran outside as I was throwing my hair up in a messy ponytail and slipped on a pair of flip flops. " We are going to start with jogging today. Then we'll shift and stake out the territory and work our way into Sam's schedule running patrols."

We jogged for a while and then met up with Sam and he showed us the boundaries. He ignored me for the most part and told Darius anything that needed telling. Getting used to this will take time.

Sorry this is kind of a transition chapter, and it's long!

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