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Leah P.O.V. (1 Week Later)
"Leah! Sam's here to pick you up!" Mom screamed from downstairs. Dad was watching a game with Charlie and Seth.
Finishing my last coat of mascara I called back, "Be right there!"
Is it weird to say that I'm excited to go on a date with Samuel Uley? He's just so damn cute and charming, from what I've seen. I just hope today's fun.
He said we were going to go to a carnival in Port Angeles and then to dinner, so I dressed semi-casual. I had on a ruffled dress with a cardigan covering my arms and ballet flats. I curled my hair and used my fruity smelling perfume, the one I always use for dates.
Sam said he would pay for everything, so I'm only taking my cell phone and that's it.
I slowly, sauntered downstairs and almost gasped! Sam looked fantastic! He's gotten taller, buffer and he got a haircut! He looked so hot! I am so lucky to be going on a date with him.
He caught my stare and grinned, "Hey Lee!"
"Hi, are we ready to go?" I asked, in a sort of daze. I've dated muscular guys before, but da-amn! None of them were as big as Sam!
Sam nodded and bid my family goodbye. He confidently took hold of my hand and I have to admit, I was a little shaken up. Not because he grabbed my hand so fast, but the temperature. Sam's hand was very warm, too warm actually.
"Are you feeling well?" I asked, as I buckled in my seat belt.
He looked at me, confused. "Yeah, why?"
I shook my head, "Your burning up, Sam! Are you sure your feeling alright? I'm not trying to be annoying, but it's not normal." I paused and looked down, "I don't want you to end up in the hospital or something."
Grinning, he replied, "You'd care if I was at the hospital?"
"Of course!" I replied, not feeling self-conscious at all. I'm the type of girl who speaks her mind and I just did.
We stayed silent the rest of the drive. It wasn't uncomfortable, it was actually very calming. The carnival looked pretty fun, actually. Couples were everywhere, holding hands and hugging each other.
Sam better not get any ideas, though.
Kim P.O.V.
I can't believe this. I'm still in shock. This sucks.
"Kimberly Ripperton, it is now your duty. along with Emily Young and Rachel Black, to protect the Quileute tribe from vampires until the boys phase. Women wouldn't usually phase, unless they're pups are needed to be stronger than they are for the future."
Tears pooled in my eyes as the council decided my fate and my friends' too.
Emily shook her head, "I don't want to do this! It's not fair! I'm barely seventeen! I wanted to live my life! I wanted to go to college, get married, have a bunch of kids and have a career," she cried, "This isn't fair!"
She was shaking violently, either from anger or anguish. I think it was both.
Rachel wasn't in better shape. She was silent, staring at her father with big, round, brown eyes. Poor Sarah. I know for a fact that she hated this twice as much as we did. She looked. . . Dead.
She nodded once in a while, but for the most part cried silently. Sarah, as much as she wanted, couldn't comfort her daughter. Rachel didn't, couldn't need her anymore.
We've all been disowned by our didn't need us and we didn't need them, not anymore.
"You girls will all live in a small house that was built long ago, made specially for female shifters," my father spoke, "It's deep in the woods, but that shouldn't be problematic for you three."
Leah flashed into my mind when he said 'female shifters'. She had been obsessed with tribal stories when we were younger. She always thought it would be so amazing to be able to shift into wolves.
In a way, she's right.
I got angry then, though and angrily asked, "Leah. Will she shift, too?"
Nobody in the room answered my question. Harry sighed and shook his head. "No. My daughter will not phase. In a sense, she is like a treasure of the tribe. My great-grandfather had predicted she would be the mate of the alpha. . . Which will be Jacob. He said that women from the Clearwater family wouldn't phase because our bloodlines didn't penetrate that far. Seth will phase, but he'll be one of the smaller, more agile wolves with faster attacks."
Sue seemed pleased, but worried at the same time. "I understand that you might not find this fair, but," she choked, "You are more safe than she is. You can protect yourselves better than she can. The vampires that caused you three to phase have once tried to wipe out all the shifters in the Olympic Peninsula. They didn't succeed, obviously, but neither did we."
Billy shook his head. "They are trying to kill off all the mates that belong to the alphas in each pack. Without their other halves, the alphas will be too weak to phase, which means that no one from his pack can phase. There has to be a male heir to each alpha, for the men to shift. The girls, they'll help their packs phase, but only the females would."
"So your basically saying that we have to protect Leah, twenty-four seven," Rachel asked, with no emotion in her tone.
"Please," Sue cried, "I know you and Leah haven't been on the best terms lately, but please! She is my daughter and without her, we'll all perish!"
I nodded my head and vowed, "I'll protect Leah."
My mother let out a cry and tried to come over to me, but my father held her back. His face was red and blotchy. I could tell he was trying not to cry.
Emily sighed and mumbled, "I'll help protect the tribe, too."
Kyle, Emily's dad, looked on to her with pride. I could tell he was more than proud of his daughter at the moment. Em's mom, though was another story. Cassandra looked angry. She was practically radiating her hatred.
"If-God forbid-something happens to my daughter," she glared at every elder in the council, "Her blood will be on your hands."
They all looked away from her glare, except for Quil Senior. "She will not be harmed, Cassandra. The boys will phase soon, I promise," he sighed, "Jacob will need to step up as soon as possible. William, Sarah, try to anger your son with annoying little things. If he is not the first to phase, then he will have to fight for his place. . . And breeding rights of Leah."
Everyone in the room, noticeably grimaced. Leah's parents grabbed each other's hands tightly. Sue's eyes spilled tears as Quil Senior finished his sentence.
"I would protect Leah, if I was human or not," Rachel spoke in a panicky tone, "But what does that mean?"
Harry's face hardened. "The alpha of the pack gets to mate with any female he wants. Whoever shifts into a wolf first, gets the female of his choice. It doesn't have to be his imprint, so if Jacob phased and didn't want Leah," he took a deep breath, "He can have either one of you two, excluding Rachel. It wouldn't matter if you have already been imprinted on or if you imprinted, he can do whatever he wants, no questions asked."
I felt my face turn pale. "Which guys are supposed to phase?"
"Samuel Uley, Paul Meraz, Jared Pelletier, Embry Call, Seth Clearwater and Jacob Black. Your brother's are too young to phase," My father replied automatically.
"In total, we will have eleven as part of the pack, then."
"Not quite, Emily. Leah will be part of it no matter what. Aside from Embry and Seth, any of the wolves can claim her," Kyle said, looking fondly at his daughter.
Emily nodded, "Can female wolves claim a guy?"
Nobody answered.
"Ah," I said softly, "That hasn't been tested out before."
Billy disagreed with me, "Not exactly. Long ago, a female shifter claimed the alpha and then the alpha chose his mate. The female was long forgotten by the man she desired, pushed aside so the man could be with his imprint."
"Basically, the female chose wrong and was punished by being too hasty in finding her mate that she never got him," Sarah replied, in a smug tone. "That story always makes me want to hit that woman upside the head. She knew that the alpha was destined to be with one of the girls from a certain family in the tribe, but she persisted. The story really interprets patience as a virtue that eventually will pay off."
Rachel stared at her mother, "Who was she?"
Her mother shook her head, "Nobody knows because her name was erased from the records. The tribe didn't want knowledge of a woman like that."
Patience. I hope I have enough of that. I don't want to claim Jared and end up like that poor woman, whoever she is. I just hope I don't have to wait long for the guys to phase.
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