Next chapter. Hope you guys enjoy it. I promise you that more will be answered in the next chapter. Thanks so much for all your lovely reviews from the last chapter. It is really motivating reading all your lovely comments. Anyways. Happy reading and remember to tell me what you think.

Up next: Mr. McBride sheds some light on what`s going on. Sonia and Jacob have a nasty confrontation with Bella. Sonia and Kim go to the woods.

"I shouldn`t have said what I said to Jared." Kim whispered over her coffee. She looked like absolute hell.

"Why did you say you hated him?" I asked. I never knew Kim had it in her to say that. Especially to Jared.

"I don`t know. It just all got to be too much Sonia. He was in my face so much...he wouldn`t leave me be. It was like something just took over me and I had enough. When...when I said it... I really felt like I meant it. It was fucking scary."

"But you don`t hate him right?"

"NO! I love him! It`s just like...sometimes I can`t breathe."

"Did you talk to him about it?"

"Nope. What could I tell him?"

"What you feel."

"I`m afraid of hurting him."

"What could you tell him that would hurt him?"

"A lot of things. Don`t get me wrong...Noah is the best thing that has happened to me, but I`m only nineteen. Sometimes...I feel that everything has just passed me by."

"Like what?"

"Like all my friends are at college. They are going to have careers. They are going to go traveling."

"Do you think that you and Jared moved too fast?"

"I dunno. When he imprinted on me...I was only your age, he was almost a year older. He was my first boyfriend, my first everything. Don`t get me wrong, I don`t want anyone else but him. It never felt rushed."

"You are overwhelmed then. Imprinting, engagement, baby and the...thing..."

"Today just...terrified me. If anything happened to Noah or Jared because of me I don`t know what I`d do."

"Nothing will happen to them."

"What if today was just a taster?"

"If it was then...we will have to find out what it is...and how to stop it."

"What if we can`t?"

"Then...no Kim! We will find a way. Are you sure you don`t want to tell Jared?"

"What if he gets hurt?"

"If it wanted to hurt the guys then it I think it would have already."

"What about Noah?"

"There was no marks on him though. It made a bird fly into the window. The only people it seems to be hurting are us."

"Do you think it was because you found it and I saw it?" She whispered.

"That sounds like it would explain some things. The only people who are targeted are us. The only ones who know are us."

"So, do you think, if we tell the rest, that they will be safe?"

"Do you think we should take that risk?" I asked, really unsure. Kim turned her engagement ring around her finger a couple of times.

"I think we should do some digging first. Find out what the fuck it is before we involve anyone else."

"Jacob won`t let it rest, neither will Jared."

"When I`m certain that it can`t anyone else then I`ll tell him. Until then..."

"What will you do?"

"Dunno. Jared will be mad. I mean...we are supposed to get married. We have a kid and we live together. We are soul mates and I`m keeping something really big from him. I should talk to him."

"If you told him then he`ll make sure you and Noah are safe."

"You mean more than he does now? I should just man up and tell him."

"Go call him then. He`s probably over at Emily`s place."

"I`m not calling Emily`s. She`ll just get on my case."

"Do you want me to call Jacob?"

"You just want to talk to Jacob. You don`t need an excuse you know." Kim laughed a little. "We should get both of them over here to talk."

"Good idea. I`ll call him and get him to bring Jared."

"Okay. We will tell them that there is something going on but we can`t tell what it is yet. They will be pissed but..."

"We`ll deal with it. We just have to stick together."

I went to the land line and dialed Jacob`s number. I hope he`s in human form. It rang for about a minute before Jacob finally picked up.

"Hey! Sonia! Everything okay?" Jacob asked. 'Kim`s with her right?' I heard Jared say in the background.

"Yeah, everything`s fine...well...you know."

"How`s Kim?" He asked.

"Pretty torn up." Kim made an angry face at me but I mouthed at her to shut up. I heard some shuffling going on in the back ground on Jacob`s end and some cursing.

"Sonia. Put Kim on the phone." Jared demanded in a scarily calm voice.

"Oh..hey Jared..." I cringed and looked desperately at Kim for help. She hopped of her chair and took the receiver.

"Jared...Yeah..Yeah I`m okay...Noah`s fine don`t worry..." She sighed and slumped against the wall a little. "Can you come over? Yeah to Sonia`s place. With Jacob? Okay...see you soon. I...I love you too." She hung up the phone slowly and breathed out.

"When will they be here?"

"Soon. A couple of minutes or something."

"I`m scared." I admitted, I was starting to sweat a little.

"Me too. I feel like my stomach has dropped out of my ass. Are you sure your mom is okay looking after Noah for a bit?"

"Oh yeah. She loves him don`t worry. She`s happy to do it." I looked out the window and spotted Jacob and Jared`s hulking forms coming out of the woods and across my lawn. "Shit! They`re here already!"

"Really? That was quick." Kim went and stood at the sink. Seemingly to put some distance between herself and the door. There were a couple of raps on the wood before Jacob opened it and came in, followed by Jared, who instantly locked his eyes on Kim.

"Hey." Jacob said to the both of us, before coming and standing beside me, putting his arm around my shoulders.

"Hey." I said to him.

"Hey." Kim whispered to the floor. Jared stood still at the door.

"Can you give me five minutes to speak to Kim alone please?" Jared asked. Jacob nudged me gently and started to move away.

"Are you okay Kim? Do you want us to go for a couple of minutes?" I asked her.

"I think we should talk to Jared and Jacob together first." She said. "Please Jared." She said quietly to him. He nodded. I went over to Kim and brought her to the kitchen table. Jacob and Jared sat down opposite.

"So...what`s going on?" Jared asked, eyes still on Kim.

"It`s about that dream...from a while back." Kim said.

"The dream? Are you serious?" Jared sounded so scornful. He must be still pissed off.

"If you`re not going to listen then..." Kim went to get up put I pulled her back down. Jared reached out over the table to take her hand.

"I`m sorry Kimi...just...just please tell me what`s going on."

"There is something going on...something that only me and Kim know about...something that...we don`t know for sure what it is."

"You`re so eloquent Sonia. That made so much sense." Jared said nastily. Holy crap he can be a jerk when he wants to be.

"Hey! Shut the fuck up talking to my imprint like that." Jacob shoved Jared angrily.

"Just stop it!" Kim shouted, annoyed. "I knew if I tried to tell you that you wouldn`t listen."

"I`m all ears." Jared said.

"Is it something to do with those scratches?" Jacob asked me. I nodded minutely.

"What scratches?" Jared asked.

"Sonia had these weird scratches on her side two days ago. Like someone scratched her hard with their nails. They looked really deep but faded so fast. She didn`t know how she got them." You could practically see the clogs turning in Jared`s head.

"Two days ago...when I felt you got scared over something and you wouldn`t tell me what?" Jared said levelly.

"Yeah." Kim answered him.

"You had these scratches too?" He asked, his hands were balled into fists.

"Not scratches. Something different."

"Are you going to tell me what?"

"An impression of a hand...like it was scalded into my skin."

"Let me see." Jared jumped out of his seat and tried to force Kim`s sleeve up.

"It`s gone. It went as soon and it came." She pulled up her sleeve some more and held her arm up for inspection. Jared studied it for a long time.

"I can`t see anything." Her pulled her sleeve down, gently this time, and sat down back in his chair.

"So...you think these dreams and scratches are connected?" Jacob asked.

Kim and I looked at each other. What do we tell them? Will it be safe?

"I can`t remember everything about the dreams." I said. It was the truth though.

"Me neither." Kim said.

"Then tell us what you do remember. Please Kim I`m begging you. I just wanna help you."

"When...when me and Sonia were kids...we found something in the woods..."

"I thought we weren`t going to tell that much!" I nudged Kim.

"What did you find?" Jacob asked. "Sonia?" He asked when I didn`t answer him.

"I don`t know what I found Jacob. I can`t remember what it is."

"And you saw it too?" Jared asked Kim.

"I saw, but I can`t remember either."

"Why do I feel that I can`t believe you?" Jared asked. Kim bit her lips.

"I have no idea." She whispered into her hands.

"Listen! We told you all we know. We found something in some cave in the woods when we were kids and now it`s come back and hurting us."

"So you are dreaming about something that happened over ten years ago when you were kids. It`s nothing to get freaked out about." Jared said.

"It`s more than that. How can you explain me and Sonia having the same dream on the same night? Getting fucking marked on the same day? Having a fucking bird fly into our son`s window when we talked about it? This is exactly why I didn`t want to tell you! I knew you wouldn`t fucking believe me!" Kim shouted angrily.

"I want to believe you but what you`re telling me doesn`t make sense." He said soothingly.

"Like imprinting and shape shifting are supposed to make sense? Like vampires are supposed to exist? Give me a break." She snorted and crossed her arms.

"What`s going on in here?" My mom came into the kitchen with a face like thunder. "Sonia?"

"We are just talking about something."

"Obviously. What?"

"About when Sonia went missing as a kid in the woods." Jacob said before I could come up with a good lie. I saw my moms face whiten.

"Jacob!" I hissed at him.

"Why...why would you be talking about that?" My mom whispered. Did she know what nana knew?

"Because Kim and Sonia have this stupid idea that some sort of monster lives in the woods and is out to get them." Jared said dryly.

"Shut up!" My mom told him. Jared looked very shocked. "You have no idea what you are talking about." She advanced on him, pointing her finger into his face. She looked demented.

"Mom...are you okay?" I got up and went to her.

"Am I okay?" She laughed. She looked like she was on the verge of tears. "I knew one day you would...forget it." She shook her head and headed for the coffee pot.

"Ms. Mara...what do you know?" Jacob asked, getting up and coming over to us.

"About what Jacob? My daughter went missing...it`s just a horrible memory to be dredging up." She lit a Marlboro with a shaking hand and turned her back to the room. I looked over at Kim.

"I don`t believe you...what really happened?" Jacob used his gentle voice.

"Nothing happened!" She screamed. "Got it? Sonia! Kim! Nothing happened that day so I suggest that you just forget about it."

"Ms. Mara...Something is happening." Kim began, getting up. "Something that neither me nor Sonia can remember exactly but...we are starting to. Ever since the first dream, I`m remembering more and more and more stuff is happening. I`m getting scared." By then Jared had his arms wrapped around her. A far off look on his face.

"I won`t let anything hurt you baby." He told her. Kim looked pained.

"Boys...Can you go for a while? Can you leave here for a couple of hours and promise to go far enough away so that you can`t hear us?" Mom asked them. Her tone was not to be contested.

"Why can`t we stay? If it concerns Kim then it concerns me." Jared said.

"This doesn`t concern you Jared. It can`t concern you."

"Jacob. You will do it right?" I asked him, looking up into his face. I could see that he was conflicted.

"It`s important Jacob. If you love Sonia like you say you do, if you are concerned about her well being, you will do as I ask. As she asks. You too Jared."

"How long do you need?" Jacob asked. I took his hand and squeezed it. Thank you Jacob.

"A couple of hours." Mom said. She went over to Kim and Jared. "Noah is in my bedroom sleeping, you can speak in there."

"Thanks Ms. Mara." Kim said as Jared led her out of the kitchen.

"You two can talk too." My mom left me and Jacob alone.

"I remember when you had that nightmare." He said.

"Do you?"

"You asked me if I though evil things lived in the woods. I didn`t know what you were talking about."

"I don`t know what I`m talking about either."

"You won`t do anything dangerous will you?"

"I don`t know if I can promise that." Jacob pulled me into a cuddle.

"Sonia...please don`t say that. Will you tell me what`s happening when you know what`s going on?"

"I don`t know that either Jacob." I nuzzled my face into his chest.

"You can trust me, I promise you."

"I know I can. Can you come over tonight? When my mom is asleep?" I asked him.

"Whatever you want. I`ll come whenever you need me or want me."

"I do want to tell you but...I`m afraid that if you know...it will hurt you too."

"Whatever this thing is it`s a pussy. Picking on two defenseless girls..." He suddenly pulled away.

"What`s wrong?" I asked. Jacob grimaced.

"Kim will tell you." He said, looking down at me and rubbing the back of his fingers on my cheek. "Look after her Sonia." So some shit had gone down between her and Jared then.

"I will. She`s like my sister." And I really meant that. Jared burst through the kitchen door with a face like a slapped ass. I jumped a little as he slammed the door behind him.

"Whatever the fuck is going on I`m going to find out." He snarled at me. Jacob placed me behind him and got in Jared`s face.

"Back the fuck off!" He growled.

"Somethings happened to my imprint, to my Kim!" He spat. "All of a fucking sudden she wants her space!" Jared looked like he was about to explode.

"She`s just confused man." Jacob told him. "She`ll come round."

Jared didn`t answer him, he just gave Jacob a black look and stalked out of the kitchen and outside.

"I gotta go before Jared kills something." Jacob muttered.

"How angry is he?"

"So angry. Kim is his everything, she`s the mother of his child."

"She loves him."

"When she said that she hated him...fuck...I had never seen him lose control like that."

"Go take care of him."

"I will. And you...take care. I`ll come see you tonight."

"Cool."

"Yeah...cool. And...here..." He handed me a little leather bag before giving me a kiss on the forehead.

"What`s.."

"Open it later. I love you." He gave me a small smile.

"Me too. I love you." He smiled wider before leaving and running after Jared.

I opened the little bag and took out a little dream catcher on a long leather cord. Oh wow...it was beautiful. We learned how to make these at school but...this one was so tiny, and so detailed. My heart swelled. I decided right there that I would make him something too.

"Sonia?" Mom came into the kitchen. I pocketed the dream catcher and looked over at her.

"You ready?" She asked.

"Yes. I`m ready."

I followed her into my nana`s room where Kim was waiting. Her eyes were red rimmed and bloodshot. I will stick by her, I have her back. We were in this together.

"So..." Mom began, sitting down at nana`s desk. "What do you know about Utlapa?"

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