"What howl? What HOWL?" My palm collided with his face, making much more of an impression than Bella's punch he received when she was human. My head hurt, as pieces of what felt like someone else's life flashed behind my eyes. "What do you mean, WHAT HOWL?"
"Ow! Goddammit Leah! What the hell was that for?"
"I told you what it was for! It serves you right if the famous meant-to-be Alpha didn't even know two wolves needed help!" My head was throbbing, but I ignored it as the pictures briefly stopped.
"Leah! Tell us what happened!"
"Yeah, we can't do much if you don't tell us anything."
"Go out there and smell it yourself! The stupid leech smell is strong enough! Just step outside!" No one moved, and the throbbing was getting harder to ignore. I put two fingers to my temple, but that just made the pain worsen. I winced, and closed my eyes. I heard a door open, cringing as the overly sweet scent of flowers, that made my head spin. I sighed in relief as they closed the door. I heard mutterings, and felt all eyes on me as I blinked a few times.
"Leah, we couldn't smell anything." Sam said cautiously. "Now, tell us what really happened-"
"I told you!" I screeched loudly.
"Tell us again, we couldn't really hear anything, just the high frequency sound from your bitching." Paul lazily replied, as Jared nodded, trying not to smile.
"Didn't I just tell them?" I turned around and demanded to Embry. He shuffled his feet.
"Well, it was kinda hard to understand, I mean, the only thing I can actually process was you slapping Jake." He looked down, as I growled.
"And, I never smelled anything either. Maybe it was just chance it showed up." He added as an afterthought. I threw my hands up in the air in exasperation.
"Idiots. The whole fucking lot of you are idiots. I'm going." I needed a nap, the pictures in my head were getting clearer and clearer, and I had much more trouble concentrating on reality than I did a few minutes ago. I turned around and wrenched open the door, when Embry pulled me back with so much force I was sliding on my feet. Damn, that kid got strong. When did that happen?
"Tell us what happened Leah." Sam's voice reverberated around the room. I could barely hear him now though. The pictures were crystal clear.I was looking at those two-two things, grow up before my eyes. The images had completely absorbed me.
"Leah? Leah? Leah!" Embry shook my shoulders, but I was too confused to respond. What was happening? Miceo. The boy's name was Miceo. A picture of the girl morphing into a wolf flashed by. Adela. Her name was Adela.
Embry POV
I shook her shoulders, calling her name.
"What's happening to her?" Emily leaned against the counter anxiously, then began to push her way forward. Leah was stone cold now, the only thing moving was her eyes, darting back and forth, wide and disbelieving.
"Is she playing a trick on us or is she seriously fucked up?" Paul asked, his brows furrowed.
"Shut the hell up Paul," Seth replied, as he too, moved closer to Leah.
"Leah? Leah?"
"Is it like a lone wolf thing? I mean, it could be normal for wolves like that." Jared suggested. Emily uttered a gasp, then tried to shake Leah's shoulders, though it was hard considering their comparative heights.
"What is it Em?" Sam tried to draw her away, as if Leah was suddenly dangerous. She pushed him away, and he backed up, looking concerned.
"She whispered something. It was something like, Mis-ao or something. I moved closer to Leah before backing away.
"She did it again." I stuttered.
"What did she say this time?"
"A dailla. Something like that." Emily seemed to get a far off look in her eyes.
"Em, what is it? Do you know something about this?"
"No, no, it's not that. It's just-" She looked away, as if embarrassed.
"What?"
"Well, when Leah and I were fifteen, we were so caught up with the prospect of marrying, and having kids.." She giggled. "We would exchange names that we would name them." Her face grew serious.
"And Leah's never changed. They were always one boy name, and one girl name. M-i-c-e-o, pronounced Mis-ao, would be her little boy's name. And," She seemed to get that look in her eyes again, as if she was reminiscing. "And the girl's name was spelled A-d-e-l-a. Pronounced A-daila. Leah uttered something incoherent.
"So she's gone off her rocker. What's new?" Quil joked, but everyone merely glared at him. A shriek, that no one could mistake, came from Leah, and we all snapped our gazes toward her again. Just in time to see her collapse into the fetal position to cry. We stood there stunned. I had never seen Leah cry before, and I'm sure that most of the others hadn't either. She lifted her head up tiredly, as if she had traveled to Taha Aki and back, and locked eyes with me.
"It's true Embry. It's all true." She laid her head back down, and yawned.
"Leah, what's true?"
"Leah?"
"Leah!"
"LEAH!" But she ignored us, and closed her eyes, whispering Adela again, before going completely
still.
