A/N- hello, my lovely readers, I loved reading the few comments I have got for this story, they are what have made me post this chapter so soon, even though I'm not pushing for reviews on this story, as it is about a girl with selective mutism, but I do appreciate them.

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Chapter 15

Embry's POV

I was sat in my bedroom, with my headphones in and the music turned up as loud as it would go; so loud I couldn't think. I had been sat like this for three weeks.

Mum appeared at the doorway to pester me into going downstairs to get something to eat. I felt bad about worrying her, but I had no appetite, and I couldn't be bothered to get up and have a shower. My hair had grown out of its normal regulated style and was hanging limply around my shoulders. I looked like a zombie, but I couldn't bring myself to do anything about it.

"Embry, I'm really worried about you. You're getting really thin." Mum commented.

I just grunted and put the headphones back in, not liking the throbbing in my ears and the images of Ruthie having a panic attack that swarmed into my brain and invaded during the silence.

What seemed like five minutes later, my mum appeared at my doorway again to tell me that she'd made me dinner and that I was to come eat something.

As I sat playing with my food, being unable to force myself to eat any of it, she said she needed to tell me something. Then she just said, "Embry, I know."

"What?" was my instant reaction, followed by, "How?"

"Billy Black told me," she said, as casually as if he'd told her that I'd made it on to the school's non-existent football team.

"When?" I asked, shocked that Billy - of all people - had told my mum about the wolves.

"This morning, when I went to deliver his groceries." she sighed, "I couldn't stand seeing you like this, Em, and he knew. I knew he knew by how he talked about Jacob going through the same thing. I had to know, Em, I worry about you." Then she muttered under her breath, "You're all I've got left, after your good-for-nothing father left me."

I didn't think I was supposed to hear that last bit, and if it weren't for my wolf hearing, I wouldn't have. My mum always put on a brave face and told everyone she was fine, but I knew she wasn't. I also knew from experience not to confront her about this, she was scary when she got emotional. That's why I chose to ignore her comment on my unknown father and ask her how much Billy had told her instead.

"That you're a wolf, like in the Quileute legends, and that I should ask you for more details on why you are acting so weird."

"Do you know the legends?" I asked.

"Yes. Billy told me them before he told me they were all true."

"So, you know about Imprinting?" I questioned.

"Like, from the story of the third wife?" she answered.

"Yeah, that's it," I said, before I was stopped.

"Embry, did you imprint? That's a stupid question, of course you did. Who is she? Can I meet her? Em, I want to meet my future daughter- in-law. You should invite her for dinner on Saturday." mum gushed.

"It's not that simple mum. It's Paul Lahote's little sister and she's got selective mutism and he said it would be best if I stayed away from her and I don't know what to do because I want to do what's best for her but it's hurting me to stay away from her I can't stop thinking about her and-" I blurted on one breath before had to stop for air.

"Em, calm down." Mum told me, "If you imprinted on her, then obviously the sprits have decided you would be good together. You never know; maybe you could help her."

My mum had never sounded so wise, and tribal.

"I guess. But she won't talk to me." I sniffed, pathetically.

"I'm sure she will in time, just try your best." she encouraged, "Also, Sam Uley was telling me about a Quileute girl with selective mutism who's started a blog, and is about to run her own gallery exhibition in Seattle. That would match your Ruthie - maybe you could find that blog."

A/N- hope you like the new chapter... Again, if you're interested in betaing this (and other stories) just pm me, the only problem being I'm not sure how betaing works :S

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