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Chapter 6
Talae trotted in through the front door of her house. She had walked home from school today, her parents were at work and she'd declined Jacobs offer of driving her home; she didn't want to take advantage of his generosity no more than necessary. No, it was best that she walked. Or, ran, rather. She kept a pretty steady pace all the way home; it felt good to stretch her human legs a bit too.
It was Wednesday and Sunday was coming over in an hour or so. So as soon as she'd kicked off her shoes and thrown her stuff in her room, she cleared what little debris laid on her bedroom floor, and put out the snacks and the energy drinks her mom had gotten for them yesterday. No reason not to make this study session fun too.
The evening went well. As well as two hyped-up-on-Monster giggleing teenage-girls, who'd rather dance around the house than do homework or be outside in a snowball-fight, could be, anyway. Not that they didn't study, mind you. The snowball-fight and their crazy dancing just took up more time. But they did get the schoolwork done what they'd plan to, they were just smarter than they thought they were... apparently...
She managed to keep tight about her and Jacob kissing, even though Sunday made one hell of a try trying to get her to spill the beans. Not saying she didn't think about it, boy did she think about it. But Sunday proved a good distraction from her paranoid and preposterous thoughts on the subject.
When Sunday finally went home though, she was left alone with her mind. She laid awake, like she had the nights before, thinking about it in great detail, trying to figure out why it happened, how it happened, even what had happened.
She managed to drag her ass to school for another two days, even as she was running on four hours of sleep, tops. Trying to analyze the current Jacob-situation was driving her mad, insane, bonkers, koo-koo. Overthinking it in massive degrees. And on top of that he was going to pick her up from school that day to go to Port Angeles, for parts for that stupid bike she just had to have. And she had no idea how to react or act around him now, they hadn't seen each other since it happened, having no chance to talk about it, leaving her all sorts of room to conjure up her own damn theories. This was not a situation she was familiar with. And, okay, the dirtbike was not stupid, she loved it to death already. Dammit.
She'd fallen asleep during last period's Psychology, after she'd done her presentation, and now she was being brutally shaken by someone, telling her to get up off her arse and get in gear.
Luckily when she looked up with sleepy, bloodshot peepers, it was the deep blue ocean eyes of Sunday that looked back.
"Huh?", she managed to croak out, fully prepared to drop her head down onto her folded arms again.
"Come on sleepy-head, we're done here", she grinned and dragged Talae to her feet. She yawned and stretched before picking up her bag and with heavy steps followed her brightly cheery friend down the halls and out into the parkinglot.
"So what are you doing this weekend?", Sunday asked, picking out ripped pieces of paper out of Talaes birds nest of hair. How they'd gotten there, she had no idea.
"Uhm, working on the bike, chillaxing with the guys, oh and getting started on that english paper", she grumbled out the last part. Oh how she hated MacBeth.
"Sounds orgasmic", Sunday said in a very serious voice, earning a slightly disturbed look from Talae.
"... Right...", she continued to eye her friend as they stepped out into the sunshine. Yes, she thought, vitamin D.
"Oh look, it's your lover", the blonde girl grinned, waving enthusiastically at the tall, dark and handsome guy standing by his red VW.
Her upper lip twitched, but she had given up trying to correct her. Since Talae hadn't told her anything about what had happened, but Sunday was smart enough to know something had happened, she'd been spinning her own outlandish tales of what she thought had occured, ranging from a feathery kiss to downright porn.
She heard Jacob chuckled. Great, how many times did this have to happen?
"What is he, like 26?", Sunday suddenly wondered, "what does he do, since he's almost always here to pick you up?".
Talae snorted, "more like 17, genius. I.. I guess he goes to school on the rez? I dont know...".
Sundays eyes went wide, "You don't know... Really?", she turned to Talae, "He's Quileute, right? I hear most of them are some hardcore health freaks. At least, that's the rumors". She leaned in and whispered, "is it true they all got rock-hard bodies?".
Talae let out a hearty laugh, "Yes, yes it is". She put her hand on Sundays shoulder, "I'll introduce you some time" she winked at her.
She squealed and jumped a few times before settling down again. She cleared her throat then leaned back towards her native friend. "Uh, sounds cool..." she murmured, acting as if she didn't just scream like a crazed fangirl.
Talae rolled her eyes and shook her head, but remained silent. She spotted Caleb trying to get Sunday's attention and tapped her friend on the shoulder, "Someone's trying to communicate with you Sunny", she jerked her head in his direction. Sunday whipped around and grinned, then whipped back to give Talae a quick hug before running off, shouting goodbye over her shoulder.
She rolled her eyes again and marched over to where Jacob surveyed the whole thing, looking mildly amused.
She pointed her index finger at him and said in a low voice, "One word big guy, and I'll castrate you with a pair of dull scissors".
He held up his hands in defense and grinned, but said nothing as they climbed into the car.
To her surprise, the drive to Port Angeles wasn't that bad. He acted like he had before, so she did the same, and they quickly fell back into talking and joking comfortably with each other.
They got the parts with money to spare and Jacob promised her that the bike would be up and running in a week, two weeks tops.
"So, how come you have so much time on your hands?", she asked as they stepped inside a diner a little outside of town. The time read 18:38, late Talae thought. Not late in the sense that she'd giving her parents fair warning she'd be home late. It was more considered late by the two young shapeshifters in the sense that they hadn't eaten anything all damn day, and were practically starving.
"I graduated last year, so I do small jobs here and there, waiting for the money to start a work and repairs shop", he shrugged as they say down by the diner's front windows, gaining a unobstructed view of the street.
She raised her eyebrow quizically, "Graduated? How old are you?".
He chuckled and leaned on the table with his elbows, "How old do you think I am?".
She leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms, inspecting his earthly form as she had many times before, althought not for the same reasons...
She was silent for a minute. "Well you look 25. But I'm guessing, since you so kindly informed me that you graduated, 18. Or are you a late bloomer?", she smirked.
He huffed, also leaning back in his chair, "Pff, late bloomer my ass. I actually started school a bit early, mind you. But yes, I'm 18", he stuck his tongue out at her.
"Very mature Jacob", the smirk still firmly planted on her face. He kicked her under the table as she laughed at him.
A woman in her forties came by their table, chewing on a knot of pink gum, "What'll ya have dearies?".
Even though she smelled overwhelmingly like deep fried whatever, Talae managed to keep from gagging and ordered a clubsandwich with a side of mozzeralla sticks. Mmh, smelted cheese...
Jacobs nostrils flared uncomfortably when he also noticed her greasy scent and Talae couldn't hold her laughter in, earning a questioning stare from the older waitress. He even tried to close of the airway to his nose and breathe with his mouth as he ordered a cheeseburger with fries, giving his normally deep, rumbling voice a comical nasal touch, making Talae hold her stomach it hurt so much from laughter. The waitress scribbled down their order and got them both their designated drinks.
"Oh my god, Jacob, that was hil-ow!", she winched as he kicked her again after they got their beverages.
"How could you not gag at that?", he asked, repeatedly blowing hard puffs of air out his nose as to clear it.
She grinned at him, the pain in her shin already gone, "Because my mother raised me to be a polite and well-mannered girl" she said proudly, and mockingly, straightening her back and lifting her nose to the ceiling. "Ow! Jacob stop kicking me, I'll bruise...", she reached under the table and rubbed her shin after his last booting.
"Yeah yeah, if you say so", he snorted, "so, I have to tell you something".
"Hmm?", she took a sip of coke, slightly interested.
"Your dad told you about the Cullens, right?", he asked, shifting to leaning his forearms on the table again.
"Uhm yeah, they're like, vegetarians or something, right?", she lowered her voice and leaning over the table too. Luckily for them the diner had about 6 patrons in all, most of them sitting far enough away for them to talk privately.
"Yeah, something like that. It means they only drink animal blood and are into preserving human life", he explained, "they have been living here for a while now, they are a pretty big coven".
Talae nodded, indicating for him to continue.
"Their "heads of house" are Dr. Carlisle and Esme Cullen, they're married and act like the mom and dad", he continued to explain about the other vampires in the coven, Rosalie and Emmett, Alice and Jasper and Edward and Bella. She noticed his tone changed when he mentioned this Bella person and how his eyes flashed with pain for a second, but decided not to press it.
"And Edward and Bella now have a little girl, Renesmee, she's about a year and a half now", he looked up at her and noticed the confused look on her face, "what?".
"Adopted or...?" she asked, raising and eyebrow. Did they change a little girl, or was she human?
"Oh! No, uhm... Bella had her before she turned, she's a hybrid, half human half leech", he answered and the confusion on Talaes face lessened, "Don't ask me how".
"Right", she said as their food was placed before them. She smiled at the waitress and started digging in like she hadn't been fed in a month.
They ate in silence for a while. Chewing on a fry he finally continued, "So, some of the Cullens have special powers you should be aware of. Alice is precognitive, she has future sight, but mostly when it will impact her life or the life of someone she cares about. Though the future isn't absolute, it changes all the time. Her husband, Jasper, has pathokinesis, or whatever, he can feel what you feel and influence your emotions", he paused, making sure Talae was still following him, he continued as she nodded, " Edward is a mind-reader, plain and simple. So try not to think of any embarrasing things when he's around". He cringed a little, remembering the times he'd so often thought of something he didn't want anyone to know and bam, there was Edward. Prick.
"Sounds... horrible", she raised her eyebrows and twitched her upper lip, just thinking about the invaded privacy.
"Yeah, it can most definently be a pain in the ass. His wife Bella though, she has this shield thing... She can do so much with it, use it like a plastic wrapper or like a giant dome. But it only stops like, mind attacks like Eddy-boys telepathy or illusions and stuff..." his words faded as he saw the utterly confused look on Talaes face, "I've lost you haven't I?".
She nodded her head vigurously, "Like, a mile ago".
He let out a light chuckle, "Yeah, it gets confusing. Renesmee can put images in your head by touching you and if you got a shield ability, like Bella, she can bypass it with no problem. But really, you just gotta watch out for Edwards mind-tricks, and maybe Jasper a bit, but you get use to it". He took a sip of coke, pretty tired of doing all the talking now.
"Get use to it? Jacob, how much do you hang with these bloodsuckers?", she said as she popped another cheese stick in her mouth.
"Actually, a lot. My - our pack become closer with them after Renesmee was born", he told her about the whole deal with the Volturi and how they had come to kill what they thought were an "immortal child", and so on and so forth. When he was done telling her, they'd finish both their meals and Jacob waved the waitress over and had paid for the both of them.
"Trouble really follow these people, huh?" she gulped down the last of her soda and wiped her mouth.
"Yeah, it's gotten quiet over the last year though, its nice", he shrugged.
"So, why are you telling me this now? Am I going to meet them soon?", she then asked, still trying to process and remember all the things he'd told her.
"Yeah, actually. If you're free this weekend I'd like to take you to meet them?", he smiled.
She let the surprise wash over her face before she regained her cool, clearing her throat, "Right, yeah, I'm free, sure. I'd love to go meet a whole family of leeches, marble hard, strong as rhinos, bloodthirsty... leeches..." the last part of her sentence faded as she sighed and looked down at her hands in her lap. She'd never met any kind of vampire that didn't try to tear out her jugular at the first sight of her, understandably that she would be a little apprehensive getting in a room with eight of them, oh and a hybrid child. Great, just, freaking great.
He saw her hesitation, and he did hear her rather pessimistic comment, "Don't worry Tee, I won't let them hurt you".
She looked up to find him smiling at her, and everything looked a little brighter. She grinned back at him, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear, "You better not".
He let out a laugh as he stood from the table and grabbed her hand as she stood to follow him out, "I won't, I promise". He brought her hand up to his face and placed a light, long kiss to her knuckles, holding her eyes with his own deep, dark, chocolate orbs.
Mmh, chocolate... She blushed and bit her lip, thinking back to how those lush lips felt on her own, how warm and electrified his hands were as they grazed the skin on her hips...
He smirked, probably seeing right through her, and turned to lead her out the diner, never letting go of her hand.
Jacob arranged for Talae and him to visit the Cullens the following day, Saturday. He told them they'd be over around 11, in time for "brunch".
He glanced over at her; she was staring intently out the car window, almost unconsciously picking away at her fingernails as her hands rested in her lap. At least I'm not biting them anymore, she thought, fighting the urge to chew the now jagged edges of her nails down to bloody bits.
Were they going to like her? No, fuck liking, were they just not going to kill her? That was all she asked for, really. She liked being alive.
She had even called Leah Friday night when she'd gotten home, asking her advice just dealing with it, and, of course, her take on the Cullens. Leah had been somewhat helpful... Not. She had told her nervous friend to "calm down" and "it'll be alright", telling her that even though they were bloodsuckers, they were "good people". Still wrapped up in her previous experience with vampires, Talae was, to say the least, still very skeptical of the whole situation.
She jumped and sucked in a surprised fill of air as a big hand came to lay on her thigh. Her eyes snapped away from the scenery bluring past them outside and moved over Jacobs kind face, seeing the comforting smile he held.
"It's going to be fine. You're acting like I'm bringing you before the mafia", he chuckled, shifting his eyes between her and the road.
"Might as well be", she sighed, but put her own hand over his and gave it a hard squeeze nonetheless. She took several deep breaths, staying as calm as she could as they pulled off the mainroad and down a wide dirtpath. She saw a bit of roof mixed with wood panels and dark grey walls coming up in the distance between the tall trees that surrounded them. The Cullen clan sure liked their privacy. But then again, it was almost mandatory with them being the scourge of the earth and so forth...
They rapidly approached the huge, architectual-dream mansion and soon enough Jacob had parked the car and were waiting for her in front of the house. She, however, had every intension of staying in the car. She crossed her arms and turned her head away from Jacobs irksome stare.
Cursing under his breath he marched back to the car's passenger side and pratically ripped the door open. Talae gave a squeak as he dragged her out of the red car and flung her over his shoulder, kicking and trashing, screaming bloody murder.
He was sure all the leeched had gathered around the windows by now, probably amused greatly by their little display. He smirked to himself, tightening his grip on the flailing girl on his shoulder
She settled down a bit when he'd gone up the front step and the few feet to their front door. He hesitated for a second before he dumped her back on the ground in front of him. She landed stifly on her feet and glared at him for a long while, blowing stray hair out of her face.
He held her eyes, half curious and half daring her to try and make a move. They continued to glare at each over as his hand raised to ring the doorbell. He pressed the button for a few seconds, and as soon as she heard shuffling on the other side of the door she bolded for the car.
"Stay!", his alpha voice bellowed before she could take more than two steps. Her body stopped awkwardly in mid-run and her face twitched trying to disobey his order with every fiber of her being. She lost the fight and begrudgingly turned back around and stepped up beside him. He smirked at her. She mouthed the words "fuck you" as the door began to open.
Holding her breath as it opened fully, she saw a beautiful woman with dark caramel hair and amber eyes standing there with a slightly curious look on her kind face looking at them both. Talae frowned at her eye color; crimson was the only color she had ever come across. She assumed the difference might have something to do with her diet.
She smiled at Talae and then turned to Jacob, "Hello Jacob dear, it's nice to see you", she said, a motherly vibe to her voice.
"You too Esme", he stepped forward and pecked her cheek, "This is Talae our new pack memb- is that french toast I smell?", he started, then sniffed the breeze from the house and went hurridly inside past Esme, leaving Talae all by herself with the leech matriarch. I will kill him.
Dammit. It was too late to run now, the vamp had already seen her and was now looking at her with a gentle smile.
"Uh... Hi...", she tried, sticking out a shaky hand.
Esme warmly took it into her own two cold hands, "Nice to meet you Talae. I'm not going to bite you dear, now come inside and have something to eat". She stepped off to the side to allow the poor girl free passage, giving her shoulder a light push to get her going.
Talae cautiously stepped into the house, gawking at the grand interior of the manor. Jacob had been right, the delicious scent of french toast tinted the air around her, mixing with the viscid sweet scent of vampires, coming from what she assumed was the kitchen. Esme shut the door behind her and gestured her to follow as she glided gracefully through the house. Talae followed the best she could, trying to take in the modern, intriguing house and remember to breath through her mouth until she could stand the overwhelmingly sticky smell that covered the entire structure and every inch of the air. The hall edded out into a large lounging area and the syrupy smell thickened in tackt with her noticing the five leeches hanging out there. Mother Vamp walked over to a fair haired man that shared her eyes. Talae stood awkwardly, shifting her weight back and forth on her feet, almost piercing the delicate skin on her lower lip the way she was gnawing on it.
The blonde man stepped forward with a friendly smile, "Hello Talae, I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen, it's a pleasure to have you with us today". They shook hands and she mustered a half smile, but was slightly feeling better overall, relieved at their kind personalities. She could pratically feel the love seeping out of Esme.
"Thank you", she said, the words barely above a whisper as she looked at the other, so far, silent vampires in the room.
"Well, let us introduce you to the family", Carlisle smiled, gesturing for her to stand beside him and she moved to do so. Esme came around her back and stood on her other side and put her delicate hand on her shoulder; leaving absolutely no escape routes available. She could hear laughter and voices, including Jacob's, comming from the presumed kitchen, but her focus was on the two pairs of leeches in front of her, desperately fighting her natural instinct to phase and rip their head off. Right, which one is the mind-reader? she thought to herself, trying to think random thoughts. No problem there though, her mind was already going two hundred miles an hour.
"Talae, this is-", before Dr. Cullen could finish his sentence the smallest vampire in the bunch lept forward with an excited squeel and hugged her around the torso, barely reaching Talae's chin with the top of her head. An involentary growl escaped the young she-wolf as the sickening sweet scent completely flooded her nose and the impish girl stepped back quickly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snarl at you", Talae grimaced, but the fae-like being just smiled at her and clasped her hand instead.
"It's no problem, I remember the issues Jake use to have with us too. I'm Alice", she chirped, her voice like a gospel of little crystal bells. Her hair was short and raven with a purple shine to it and complemented her spunky attitude. Her excited behavior rubbed of a bit on Talae and she felt herself smile and relax, if only a tiny bit. This one she could like.
"Nice to meet you Alice", she smiled politely and stood a little straighter. Alice beamed at her as another vampire stepped up to her side, intertwining his fingers with Alice's. The pixie gave him a loving smile.
"And this is my one true love, Jasper", she said turning back to Talae with a grin that seemed to brighten the room.
He had a head of soft golden honey curls and tawny eyes that were so very similar to the rest of the family. His neck and parts of his jaw were covered in almost invisible cresent scars, like teethmarks, but it didn't take away from his handsome features and he stood straight, unwavering, making Talae think she stood infront of an experienced and victorious warrior.
"Pleased to make your acquaintance Miss", he said in a smooth south-state accent that fit his character all too well, and they shook hands.
"Like wise", she responded with a small lopsided smile, noticing the skin on his wrists were also scarred.
The couple stepped off to the side as a bear of a man moved forward, putting out his humongous lion's paw for her to shake. She slowly took his hand, watching her palm dissappear, and shook it. He purposly clenched her hand a bit too hard, and she thought of the way Sam, and Paul, had "tested" her the same way when they met, and squeezed his hand a bit hard, too, making some of his joints pop. He grinned at her little power-display before releasing her hand again. She noticed his dimples, going as far as to call them cute, when he smiled and his dark, cropped hair contrasted with his marble skin.
"Another she-wolf, eh? I'm Emmett, vampire extraordinair and I'll be attending all your entertaining needs this afternoon", he said, bowing in a very theatrical manner, his grin teasing and mischievous. She almost immediatly liked his humorous approach to the situation, and couldn't help but return his grin.
"Aren't you a little bulky for a leech?", she teased, noting how big he was in comparison to the rest, having the physique of a weight lifter and the height of a basketball player.
He clutched his chest mockingly, "Ouch, vicious this one".
She let out a small chuckle as he winked at her. She stopped chuckling rather abruptly though, as the last unknown bloodsucker stepped up and wrapped a slender arm around Emmetts. She had long, straight blonde hair and chilly eyes, though her figure and features were more than model-worthy. She shot Talae a cold look, before smiling, rather fakely, and stuck out her petite hand, "Hi, I'm Rosalie, wife of Emmett here".
Talae gave her hand a quick shake, actually believing that her hand was colder than the rest's, and gave her a polite smile, "Hi".
"Oh, I'm so excited you're here! We'll have so much fun!", Alice exclaimed, "I love you're tomboy look, it's very vogue", she said, referring to Talae's old jeans with holes in the knees and black tanktop with a Killswitch Engage logo on the front. She'd respectfully taken of her converse shoes at the door, leaving her in rainbow colored toe-socks.
She raised an eyebrow skeptically, wiggling her toes, looking over Alice's high-fashion clothed figure, "Right".
"Are you hungry dear?", Esme smiled, and, as if on cue, Talaes stomach let out a low rumble. She hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so it was quite understandable.
She smiled sheepishly, "I guess so". Esme gestured her towards Jacobs voice and lead the way. They entered a largish kitchen with a long isle in the center where Jacob was currently sitting, munching on a breakfast platter. She immediatly stomped up to him and wacked him hard on the head.
"OW! What was that for, Tee?", he winced and rubbed his now sore head, possitive that if he hadn't been part supernatural wolf he'd have a cracked cranium.
"For leaving me all by myself in a strang place, that's what assface!", she shouted right back at him, almost wacking him again when he stuck his tongue out at her if it wasn't for the plate Esme quickly shoved into her hands with a disarming smile.
She huffed, but sat down at the isle besides Jacob anyway and started on the eggs right away.
It was only when she'd stuffed her mouth with egg and toast that she noticed the three pairs of stranger's eyes on her. She hurriedly swallowed the food, nearly choking in the process.
"Uhm, hi... I'm Talae", she wiped her hand on her jeans and stuck it out for the nearest one to shake, who happened to be a beautiful woman with long, slightly wavy, dark mahogany hair and kind amber eyes. She smiled, although a bit confused, and gently shook Talaes outstretched hand.
"I'm Bella, nice to meet you", she said, her voice a light, appeasing jingle, much like Alice's angel-like voice, "and this is my husband and daughter, Edward and Renesmee". She indicated to a lean man with copper curls and a child with his hair and deep brown eyes, playing with a picture book. Edward stood up after smiling at Renesmee, and gave Talae a lopsided smile, "Hello".
They shook hands, and Edward turned towards the little girl still on the floor. She looked like she was around seven or eight years old, "Renesmee, come say hello to our guest".
The child stood up and smoothed out the crinkles in her dark burgundy dress before walking up to Talae with an elegant small outstretched hand and a twinkle in her eyes.
"Hello Talae, it's awful nice to meet you", she said, her voice so much like her mothers, but lighter and more carefree. She was an adorable child, Talae had to admit, and she gladly shook her tiny hand.
"Nice to meet you too Renesmee", she smiled. She gasped as an image of the child hugging her around the legs sprung to her mind, triggering a slight feeling of "I'm glad to see you"-joy. She remembered Jacobs explanation of the small hybrids powers and smiled down at the small girl. Renesmee grinned back, feeling very accepted and ran into Emmetts bear-arms. He happily picked her up and sat her on his shoulders.
Talae was thankful that she didn't have to shake anymore hands now. She could feel how her right hand had become considereably colder than the left since she stepped through the Cullens front door. She frowned at it as she flexed her fingers back and forth, only content when the temparature returned to normal.
"It's very nice to meet you all, really. And this is delicious Esme, thank you", she said to the crowd around her, nodding in turn to Esme who smiled. There was a whole lot of smiling going on, a lot more than what she'd initially believed. An image of death and destruction with blood everywhere and leech parts spread across the floor had been what was originally on her mind.
"Ouch, I am for one glad it didn't turn out that way", Edward said, a slightly pained expression on his face, which turned into a smirk at Talae stared at him disbelieving. Right, telepath, get it together Talae! She mentally slapped herself and shot Edward a glare as she finished her breakfast. Least to say she didn't appreciate the privacy invasion.
Esme took her plate away when it was empty, before Talae's manners could protest, so when Jacob and the leeches retired to the livingroom she of course followed. She was still slightly angry at Jacob for leaving her like that, but she'd rather be fuming at his side than all alone in strange territory, so she kept close to him.
The young alpha threw himself on a three-person couch, pratically taking up the whole thing, and then some. Emmett sat down Renesmee and he and Bella started playing with her on the floor. Most of the other vampires stood around, coupled.
"So Talae, Jacob tells me that you're even faster than Leah in you're wolf form?", Dr. Cullen stated, looking very interested.
She smiled lightly, "Yes apparently". She was a little proud.
"If you don't mind, we would like to, for lack of a better word, test you, and I know, that you already proved yourself to Sam and Jacob", he held up his hands as Talae was about to object, "but there is still a lot we don't know about you shapeshifters, we didn't even know that there were anymore in America. I'd like to run some medical tests, like we did with the others in the pack, see if you share the same genetic makeup and such. I assure you there will be no harm done", he finished with a smile, so reassuring that all she could do was bow her head in defeat and mutter a quiet 'yes'.
His smile got wider, "Thank you. Now, if you'd follow me please, I'd like to take some blood samples. This way". He lead her up a flight of stairs and into an office.
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