I stood on a short cliff overlooking the water, watching a large wolf pacing around on the sand below me. He'd been pacing for ten minutes, and I finally decided enough was enough. "Seth!" I called, lowering myself down to a foothold. "I'm coming down!"

He gave a short growl that didn't mean very much to me. My shoes squished into the soft sand, and I turned to look at him. He'd stopped pacing now, and was just looking at me. "You'll have to face me sometime, you know. As a human." I huffed.

He just stood there stubbornly, not making a move to change back.

"Seth... What do you want me to do? Do I look like I'm made at you?" I paused. "Okay, don't answer that. But it's not because you went ape-shit on me. That, oddly enough, I'm not concerned about. I'm mad because you won't talk to me now because you're scared of yourself. I mean, come on! You could tear a car apart in seconds and now you can't even look at me!" I shook my head. "Seth, despite what you are, I'm not scared of you! Not... completely. Admittedly, wolves still freak me out. But I know you, Seth. I know who you are!So... Kuamuamu, look at me! Yelling at you in wolf form makes me feel like I'm shouting at a dumb animal!"

He looked at me a beat longer, then turned and ran off. I watched him go, surprised at his abrupt exit and a little offended. Then I wondered if he could even understand me at all in wolf form. That would have been awful. All that yelling and I probably just looked like a lolo to him.

Just then, I saw him running up the beach toward me, human again. "Where did you go?" I called.

"Changing." he said as he jogged to stand in front of me. "We don't keep our clothes when we phase. They kind of rip to shreds."

"Kinky." I commented. "Are you ready to talk to me now?"

"I was ready the whole time." he told me.

"So why didn't you come out?"

"I thought maybe if I stayed in wolf form, whatever is affecting the pack wouldn't get to me." he said. "I can't go wolf if I'm already wolf."

I looked at him, then took a breath. "Sam told me what imprinting is."

He looked down. "I was going to tell you-"

"No you weren't." I said. "But that's not the point. Seth, you're my worst nightmare."

He seemed hurt at what I said, but he didn't answer. I just kept looking at him. "So why can't I stay away from you?"

His dark eyes found mine. We just stared at each other for a really long moment, like this was the first time we were truly seeing one another. We didn't even move. Then, in one swift motion, Seth pulled me close to him and pressed his lips against mine. I kissed back, wrapping my arms around his neck. I'd never kissed anyone like this. I'd never felt for someone like this. It wasn't quite as intense as what Seth was obviously feeling, but it was definitely something.

He pulled back, but neither of us let go so we were still only inches away from each other. "Nani," he murmured. "We should go."

"Why?" I pleaded, not really wanting to move.

"We need to help Sam figure out this infection problem." he said. I could feel his breath tickling my nose.

"Can't we do that later?" I asked, inching closer to his lips again.

He took longer to answer, probably because I was driving him nuts. "Later, never, whatever you want, really."

I smiled as we connected again. Somehow, even though I didn't have much experience in the relationship department, I new this was different from anything else. This was deeper, this had more meaning. I knew, deep down, that this was destiny. And that seemed like a very vast, very magical thing.