Emily sat down and took Mason's hand into hers, "Sweetheart, how did he punish you?"
"Well, he would smack me around a bit and…umm, I really rather not talk about it please."
Sam got up and kneeled down in front of Mason.
"It's okay; you can talk to us about it when you are ready. Now, I need to tell you why I don't want you out on your own," Sam smiled kindly and then sat on the coffee table in front of her.
Chapter 4
By TwilightSelenaCullen
"I have a better idea, let's show her!" Selena said excitedly.
"No Selena wait, she's not ready!" Sam yelled.
Selena was already on her feet and ready to go.
"Not in the house!" Emily screamed, and it was the first time we'd heard her actually scream at someone.
"Okay fine, not in the house," Selena said as she took off though the front door. They all chased after her.
She took her shirt off quickly, as she ran.
"What's going on?" Mason questioned.
"Yeah, I know this part's a little awkward, but you get used to it, I won't completely strip this time though," She said as she was pulling off her pants.
"Selena I swear to God if you…" Sam started but it was too late, in seconds she had quickly morphed into her wolf form, "Well you have to admit she's definitely improving," Paul said.
Seth smiled, "Yeah, you go Selena!"
Mason was stunned and began backing away cautiously. Selena slowly and cautiously approached her.
"Get back," Sam yelled at Selena, "Emily get Mason inside!"
"No wait!" Seth yelled, "She's in control, she's been training a lot, she has this, just give her a chance."
Selena slowly continued approaching and she lied down in front of Mason. Selena figured it would be less scary sitting on the ground. Sam's wolf form would have towered over her but Selena was even in human form far smaller and shorter than the rest of them.
"You can pet her, she won't bite," Paul said jokingly.
Mason kneeled down and slowly reached out and felt the incredibly soft, silver fur, "H-how is this possible?"
"I can explain everything, and I will I promise, but at the moment I have the mind to change, and kick her ass," Sam growled.
Selena whimpered and backed off fearfully.
"You're so lucky I don't have the time to deal with you, change back and put some damn clothes on," Sam barked.
Paul walked over to Mason and placed his hand on her shoulder and smiled at her a tad bashfully, "It's a lot to take in, I understand, I've been there."
Mason smiled back at him but said nothing.
"Cool it Romeo," Selena said now back in her human form, as she was pulling on Jake's leather jacket.
It was long enough to be a dress on her, which worked out for the time being.
Sam quickly approached her and she tried to back away but he was too fast. He grabbed her by the ear, and led her inside, "Ow Sammy let go, ouch!"
They all returned inside and Sam led Selena to the stairs, "Go get changed, now."
Selena sulked up the stairs to grab an outfit, she always kept extra clothes at Sam's since she spent most of her time there. She quickly threw some underwear on and a silky black form-fitting dress, then threw Jacob's jacket back on top of it; then she ran back downstairs. Emily brought in some hot chocolate for everyone and gave Mason hers first,
"This should help calm your nerves, and keep you warm, it's cold out there."
"Thank you," Mason answered.
"She won't be thinking that for long," Selena said as she strolled across the floor to go sit beside Seth, but was stopped short.
Sam grabbed her arm and roughly pulled her back down onto the couch beside him, "Now let's see how much you mouth off."
Selena whimpered.
"Why did she say that?" Mason asked.
"Because…" Selena started.
"I think you've done enough damage, don't you?" Sam asked.
"But I…" She started.
He raised an eyebrow at her daring her to speak.
"Was just trying to help, jeez," Selena pouted.
Sam looked at her shocked, "You never know when to shut up do you?"
She looked down at her lap.
"Answer me Selena," Sam warned.
"You just told me to shut up," She said smartly.
Sam grabbed her face and forcefully made her look at him, "Since you gladly demonstrated how to turn into a wolf, would you like to demonstrate for her, how I punish you?"
Selena's eyes widened and she blushed wildly, "No Sammy, please don't, you wouldn't, please!"
"Try me," he warned.
She waited until he let go of her face rather than pulling away and pissing him off more.
"Okay, so she said that because, our temperatures are higher than those of humans, the vampires we hunt have temperatures colder than humans hence the term our father used, 'the cold ones', but we won't get into anything about them today. You may have noticed the temperature in Paul's hand when he touched you," Sam said.
Paul blushed and Mason nodded, "Okay I remember it now, I was a bit distracted by the huge as… rather large dog."
"Wolf," Selena corrected.
Sam looked at her wildly, and she spoke quickly, "I didn't mean it, it just slipped out! I promise I won't say another word!"
Seth smiled, "So wait if they are called 'the cold ones', then that makes us the hot ones, right?"
Paul smirked and knuckle bumped him, "Oh yeah, we rock."
He shook his head and went back to his biological sister, "We are also super fast, and strong, and we heal quicker."
"We? So is everyone in this room…?" Mason asked.
""I'm not," Emily smiled.
"Besides her, everyone else is, and there are more of us, Seth's sister, Leah, and Embry too," Sam explained.
Mason glanced at Emily and noticed her scar, but refrained from saying anything.
Sam sighed, "Sometimes it's hard to control your anger as well, and it's one of the main downsides, I hate it the worst, if you'd ask others then they might have different opinions."
"Tell her about imprinting," Seth said.
Sam smiled and looked at Emily when he answered, "A wolf will sometimes imprint on someone, that means that when they see that person they will fall in love instantly, they will be whatever that person needs and wants, and do everything to keep that person safe and happy."
This is exactly what happened to Paul the instant he saw Mason. He wasn't telling anyone just yet as he was for one, wasn't sure what Sam would think, and two, didn't want to scare Mason off by moving too fast.
Mason looked around the room, "That's so sweet, so you imprinted on Emily… and…." She took a moment to decide who imprinted on whom, "Seth imprinted on Selena?"
She was sure of the first since Sam was the wolf in the relationship, but unsure of the second, "Yes," Sam answered.
"How did you know about Selena and me?" Seth asked.
"I don't know, just a feeling, you two feel so close to each other like you're drawn together somehow, and the way you look at her, and you two obviously do everything together," Mason said.
Selena smiled.
"Wow, you're so smart," Paul said dumbly.
Mason smirked his way and batted her eyes at him. It was a natural habit of hers to do toward guys who she instinctively knew liked her. Selena laughed but kept her mouth shut.
"So the signs, it doesn't hurt, it's just a different feeling by the way, and you will have good hearing, you will start to get feverish, and moody," Sam said.
"Kind of like you're PMS'ing, without the damn cramps," Selena said and snickered.
Sam on the other hand didn't find it funny at all. Mason became very inquisitive as she was instantly fascinated with this new information about her life.
"Umm, how do we, as girls, know it's not JUST PMS then?" Mason asked, "And Sam, I have the feeling you are the leader? Yes? And ya, stripping in front of people is not a problem. I'm used to…" she paused as she saw Sam's face turning red, "umm so anyway, cute dress Selena."
"Th-thanks," Selena said, not taking her eyes off of Sam.
Sam momentarily distracted turned his eyes towards Mason, "I am the leader, yes, and I forgot to tell you about the alpha command, when a wolf is in their form, they have no choice but to obey exactly what I say as their leader, I wish that worked all of the time, but I have ways in my human form, of making people do what I want."
Selena was glad that Mason had lots of questions, and begged her with her eyes to continue them.
"How is that?" Mason asked.
"We have rules here Mason, and when you don't follow those rules there are consequences, for minor things there are warning of course, and you might get a smack sometimes, but when you push the boundaries too far you may be grounded, which I do enforce rather strictly and you won't get away from, or you will receive a spanking," Sam said.
Mason nodded, she clearly got that from how they've been talking and behaving.
"House rules include no disrespect of any kind, eye-rolling, talking back, swearing, nothing, you must do your best in school and in your training as a wolf, and when I or Jacob as second in command, tell you to do something, you do it," Sam answered, "Those are the basics, you should pick them up pretty swiftly and easily as you go."
Mason looked over at Jacob and couldn't help but find him to be pretty sexy as well as she did Paul. She gave Jacob a quick look up and down.
"Question, does Jacob handle the punishments too or just commands? And as far as school, I had a 4.0 GPA so doing well in school isn't an issue. But, if I stay how would we transfer my transcripts from my old school without alerting my…our dad as to where I am? OH and fair warning I can respect the umm spanking and grounding thing but if I get smacked in the back of the head then I'll have no choice but to seriously hurt whoever did it. I am so not okay with that."
Sam smiled, "I'll take this one step at a time, and Jacob will handle punishments sometimes too depending on the situation. If something happens while you're with him, at their house o at school or something, then it is his job to reprimand you for it, or if I'm not around for some other reason. But since you are my sister I will deal with you more myself, and also if it's a pack matter like you fought with another member, or almost exposed our secret. But if you disrespect Jacob, or fail to listen to him, then he has my full permission to deal with you how he deems necessary and appropriate."
He paused and glanced at Jake who nodded respectively and replied, "It's not my favorite part of the job, but I will do it if it needs done."
"Well put," Sam complimented, "Now about you transferring, the school here on the reservation is different than that of a normal school, we do have a couple council members who work in the office who are on the council, and most know of our…special circumstances, they will be able to keep everything very quiet. As far as everyone else at the school knows, you are my sister and I will have taken legal guardianship over you because our parents are no longer around, that's all they need to know. We will also refrain from smacking you in the back of the head, but we will still warn you when you are out of line," Sam said.
"Lucky you," Selena answered.
"What's the council?" Mason asked.
"The council are the elders of our tribe who know about our secrets, we have to meet with them sometimes in either social, or problematic situations. Most of the time we just listen to stories around a campfire, and tell them about how we are progressing as a group, if and when you do turn, they will want to meet you."
"Yeah, and that's a lot of fun," Selena said sarcastically.
"What does she mean by that?" Mason asked.
"I can't tell you exactly, but you will find out in time," Sam answered.
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