Hey, you guys remember what I said about chapter lengths? Some are short some are long... this is a short one, but a good one if I do say so myself. Very fun to write.

Chapter Four

An Enemy- Part One

"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend." -Abraham Lincoln

His imprint had her legs wrapped around another male, there was no part of Embry that liked that.

They had decided to walk rather than run to the rendezvous point because it wasn't far from the house. As soon as they entered the forest Taylor had flung herself onto David piggyback style. She had encased his waist in her long, shapely legs and folded her arms around his chest. Every part of her was touching him and it wasn't right. Embry shook with jealousy and something inside of him threatened to claw its way out and tear David apart.

Taylor was so preoccupied with literally holding her pack mate together that she didn't even notice Embry's feelings. David was a mess. As his alpha it was Taylor's job to keep him from involuntarily exploding into his other half and the wolf inside him was not making it easy for her.

The wolf, Snow, wanted out. He wanted to strut around Leah and show off his fine white coat and vivid blue eyes. He wanted to run with her because he could just tell that she was fast, she wolves always were. He wanted to-

David didn't care what Snow wanted right now. David wanted Snow to tell him exactly what the hell was going on with them.

Snow would tell David what was going on if David the human would let Snow the wolf meet-

No. Snow the wolf would tell David what he wanted to know or David the human was going to make Snow a very miserable wolf.

Snow thought that maybe he should have picked another human to bond with.

Taylor thought that maybe the two of them should stop bickering because it was giving all three of them a headache. And Taylor knew that Snow better have stopped trying to rip David in half because they were about to meet a big pack that might not be receptive to them. If David or Snow embarrassed Taylor at this meeting then Killer would make them a very miserable pair.

Snow was a clever wolf, he decided that it would be best to take the advice of their wise alpha.

Embry, who didn't know that his imprint was only keeping her pack mate together, clenched his jaw a little bit tighter every time Taylor tightened her arms around David. Embry was just at his wits end when they finally reached the clearing where so many important events had been housed before. On the other side his pack stood in loose formation, so it wasn't hard for him and Leah to find their place among their brothers. Leah stood behind Jared and to the left of Quil. Embry stood behind Quil and to the right of Seth.

Embry did not miss the small frown on his imprints lips when she realized how lowly ranked he was. It had never bothered Embry before that he only ranked above the pups (it only made sense he thought seeing as he was only half Quileute) but now that he had Taylor, who knew exactly what it meant to be ranked so low in a pack so large, he was embarrassed. He stared at his bare feet in shame and only saw the light skin that marked him as different from his brothers. And, not for the first time, Embry wished he was better.

Taylor watched Embry drop his head and wondered what had made him feel so desolate. He's a very sensitive boy, She thought. She wanted to go over and rub his belly, maybe nuzzle his neck with her nose, but she knew she couldn't. Where he stood was the other alpha's territory and it would be disrespectful to just waltz on over there because her mate was feeling sad. But Embry might not know that and he wouldn't look at her so she couldn't even give him a reassuring look. So she climbed off of David's back and took her place between him and Evan.

She counted the other pack, there were nine in total, and if their formation was correct her mate was ranked seventh. Taylor remembered the faces she had seen in the diner and recognized that the two unfamiliar faces were the alpha and the Third. The Third was of average height at maybe 6'1 and as muscular as any other wolf. He was handsome though, in a rugged way that was different than Embry's prettiness. On his face he wore a sneer that took away from his good looks and Taylor assessed that he was angry. Probably volatile. She would bet her bottom dollar that he fought that way, filled with pure rage. All fang and claw. Jaden used to fight that way too, using his pent up anger at his parents as fuel. It was dangerous, sloppy, and Taylor had demonstrated to Jaden many times that it was the quickest way to get killed in any kind of battle.

The alpha was… different. He was stoic, like David. Almost as big as Evan. Not exactly a looker in her opinion, but maybe if he smiled. Those things didn't worry her though. She didn't need him to show her emotion to predict which move he would make next. Size meant almost nothing to a fighter as skilled, smart, and fast as Taylor. And what he looked like was nowhere near important to her when her wolf had already chosen a mate.

No, none of those things worried her. What bothered her was the, for lack of better word, vibe that the man emanated. There was something inside of him (most likely his wolf) that called to her, except it wasn't exactly a call. She had felt the call of wolves before- it happened whenever her own pack needed or wanted her attention. The pull to them in response to their calls varied with the strength of their need and the strength of the wolf. The strongest pulls always came from David and they were strong enough to pull her right into his head. The other alpha's wolf was pulling on her so hard that she literally felt it tugging at her heart. She could feel the desperation and misery radiating from it, but he wasn't her wolf. He didn't belong to her so she couldn't help him.

A memory that didn't belong to Taylor flashed through her mind. It was Killer's memory, but back then she was called Tsida and her alpha was Kaliso, the wolf who had many. Kaliso's pack was twenty men strong, it was the biggest there ever was, and Tsida was only a pup. Tsida loved Kaliso like a brother and so whenever Kaliso ran, Tsida followed him and he would let her. Because Tsida was always with Kaliso she had learned many useful things from him, one of those useful things was how to take a wolf.

You can have him if you want. You can have them all, I can show you how. Killer whispered from the back of Taylor's head. And then, without permission, Killer tugged on every single member of the other pack.

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