I am so so so sorry for the long wait. I have been so busy with work and I have had little time to devote to my fanfic. Well, I´m back. I´ll try and post another chapter as soon as possible. I really hope you enjoy it and I hope it was worth the wait. Happy reading.

I sat glued to the chair in total shock. I was thinking fast. Too fast. My mind was starting to go into overload. How can this be? How can they know? Did that really happen? Did they really know? As in know everything? But how? Why would Mr. McBride have told them? They didn´t have anything to do with the secret. And my dad….they were in contact with him…..It just didn´t make any sense! I couldn´t see the reason behind it all.

This was just too much. Way too much! I needed Jacob. I needed him to hold me and tell me that everything would be okay. I needed his strong arms wrapped around me. Keeping me safe.

But then what? The problems would still be there. Utlapa would still be that evil black shadow, hanging about, unseen but felt. That poisonous fog that´s seeping into La Push. And La Push has to be kept safe. The tribe comes first….above all….over everything…and everyone….Utlapa wouldn´t stop unless somebody stopped him. And I knew that that somebody was me. I started this….I was the one who awakened him.

Switching off the computer and going over to my night stand I took out the picture of me and Jacob. Just looking at him filled my heart with love but also with some undefined sadness. A strange ache. Like my heart was being pierced. My Jacob….I would keep him safe. Alive. No matter what the price. Replacing the picture I took my iPhone and messaged both Ollie and Bernie.

"We will talk soon."

So what happens next? What´s my next move? Maybe it was the one I should have made first. The one I was putting off for a long time. Since that first call.

"Dad…..you´ll have the answers." I said to the empty room. I need to do this! You need to do this Sonia! You may be a lot of things but you are not a coward! You need to sort this out! Do it for everyone you love. Don´t be afraid.

With a strong sense of determination I marched into the kitchen and grapped my dads number from the cork board and dialed it before I could give myself time to chicken out. It rang for about a minute before he picked up.

"Hello?" Said an unfamiliar, gruff, male voice. A strangers voice.

"It´s Sonia. Is…is that…is that…Robert?" I couldn´t bring myself to call him dad. He was silent for a long time.

"Sonia…..I…." He sounded completely shocked. He must have known I was going to call him though. "You sound like your mother."

"Listen….we need to talk about a lot of things. I think you know what. Important things." I stressed, wishing I could end the call right at this moment.

"I understand." His voice was all business now. "There is more you need to know and for only you to know. You can tell the other…Kim right? But not the pack. This is important."

"Fine. Tell me."

"Over the phone? No. Your friends. Bernie and Ollie. They will know where to find me. Mr. McBride is here too."

"How do I know that this isn´t some sort of trap? Why should I trust you?" I asked accusingly. This was too weird.

"Do you trust your friends?"

"Yes."

"Then talk to them first. They will tell you what they know. Then you can make the decision to come and see me. But don´t leave it too late. Things have been set in motion. We need to act soon."

"What things?"

"Not over the phone. I´m sorry Sonia." I got the impression that he was apologizing for a lot more than that. I bit my lip, trying to make my mind up.

"Okay…fine. I´ll talk to you soon."

"Good. You have no idea how much I want to see you. You and your mom."

"Yeah…so….bye."

"Bye. And keep safe."

"I will."

And I hung up.

So I just talked to my dad. For the first time in years.

The whole experience felt oddly surreal. He didn´t even sound like how I had imagined him.

But I knew it was him. It is very difficult to fake the type of concern I heard in his voice.

I felt it very hard to trust him but I knew I needed to hear what he had to say. I needed answers. And there was two people here, two people very close to me that had them.

"I´m coming over to see you." I messaged Bernie. I got a reply almost immediately.

"No. Don´t come to my house. Meet me at the secret spot."

The secret spot? Our old refuge. It was an abandoned timberyard a couple of miles into the forest where we used to hang out when we first got our drivers licenses.

"Can I really trust you?" I typed, feeling so unsure.

"You can. I´m your friend Sonia. You know it."

"I´m leaving now. Meet you there." I replied before putting on my raincoat and heading out.

Driving there would only take about twenty minutes but I decided to park my car a bit of a distance away and walk the rest. I didn´t want to take the chance that one of the wolves were around and follow me. I was nervous of that risk enough.

As I approached the yard I saw Ollie´s car parked beside the little wooden shack that we used to hang out in. Crap, I hope Jacob can´t feel my nerves and decide to come looking for me. That was another big risk. It was so hard to do things secretly when the person you were the closest to had an almost psychic connection to you.

"Hey." I said nervously and I opened the door to the shack and faced Ollie and Bernie alone for the first time in what seemed like ages.

"Hey Sonia." Bernie greeted me. She seemed hesitant but she hugged me in the end. One which I returned eagerly. Like it was returning the embrace of a long lost lover.

"Sonia. It has been way too long. I´m sorry about being such a dick. I just didn´t know the truth. But I do now." She said.

"It´s okay." Still unsure about how much they actually knew.

"No, it´s not." Ollie said this time. He gave me a short hug before settling down to sit on an empty upturned crate.

"What do you know?" I asked both of them, standing firm where I stood.

"We know about the pack. The legends are true and all that. We also know about the vampires and Bella. About imprinting." Ollie said, slightly bored.

"How do you know all this?" I asked.

"´Cause apparently I was going to change." Ollie said, shocking me again. "But I didn´t obviously. But I still could. That´s the thing. Like what happened with your dad and Joshua Uley. Something went wrong."

"What? I mean….what went wrong? If the others phased then why not you?"

"Mr. McBride sought me out." Ollie continued. "First I thought he was some sort of lunatic ya know? But then he changed into this giant motherfucker of a wolf. It was like tripping on acid it was that freaky. He told me I was meant for something different."

"What something?" I pressed.

"He said that whatever it is that causes us to change into wolves is stronger in some and weaker in others. That it takes the right conditions, not only having vamps around. Those of us who are affected but don´t change are given something else. It´s like super senses. I can´t describe it any other way. Like…." Ollie seemed like he was struggling to find the right words. "..like these crazy dreams. Where I can see myself. But floating above me. Looking at myself sleeping. I thought I was going nuts Sonia. And Bernie…the same happened with her, because we are soul mates. Like you and Jacob are."

"You imprinted!" I looked from one to the other in shock. Bernie shook her head.

"That only happens with the wolves."

"So what are you then?"

"The same as you and Kim. Spirit warriors to give it it´s old name."

"But me and Kim can´t leave our bodies!"

"Because you were imprinted on."

"Wait! Sue Clearwater told me something like that. If the imprint of the wolf leaves her body then he would die."

"You got it. Since the wolves are tied to the earth in their wolf forms then so are the imprints. You couldn´t leave your body even if you wanted to because it´s an inbuilt defense against harming Jacob."

"If you can leave your body then show me." I demanded. I needed proof before I believed them fully. Bernie and Ollie looked at each other warily.

"We´ve been practicing." She said. "I told you she would want to see." She said to Ollie who grinned.

"Okay….I´m gonna try, might not work though." She lay down on the dirty floor of the shack and closed her eyes. "You´ll know it´s me when I touch your face okay."

"Okay." I replied at bit weirded out by the scene. She lay completely still and Ollie had his eyes locked on her nervously. The howling wind was the only noise that could be heard.

About ten minutes later I felt something cold brush against my hand, then brush against my face. It felt like static electricity.

"You feel her right?" Ollie asked, totally serious. I nodded. "Ask her to do something." I swallowed.

"Pull my hair." I asked. I felt a gentle yet persistant tugging. "Thanks Bernie….em….I believe you." My God that was super creepy. A couple of seconds later Bernie gave a groan from the floor and rolled onto her side.

"I´m gonna hurl!" She said as she darted outside with Ollie following her. What happened was just too true to deny. They were telling the truth. They were what they said they were. And it was….wow….

"I´m sorry." I told a trembling, ashen Bernie as she re-entered the shack.

"Don´t be Sonia. I´m more sorry for you."

"Why?"

"Because of Jacob."

"Jacob loves me!" I growled. "I thought you understood that!"

"Listen Sonia. And please Listen!" Bernie begged. "Jacob isn´t who you think he is. He isn´t who he thinks he is!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Billy Black isn´t Jacob´s father."

"W-w-what?" I stuttered. No way…..no way was that true. I shook my head.

"Jacob doesn´t know obviously. But believe us. McBride and your dad told us. Jacob´s dad was some strange guy who came to the rez a couple of months before Jacob was conceived. His mom had an affair with him and got pregnant with Jacob."

"Hold up! Even if Jacob´s mom did have an affair Billy could still be Jacob´s father."

"Have you ever looked closely at Jacob?" Ollie persisted. "He looks nothing like Billy Black! Plus he doesn´t even look full native."

"None of us are full native! We all have white ancestors somewhere in our family trees!"

"Maybe one or two Sonia. Jacob looks half."

"And so what? Genetics are strange you know! He could look like his grandfather or something!"

"Hey! I´m just relaying information." Ollie held up his hands in defense. "Billy knows this apparently."

"And so what if it´s true? That doesn´t make Jacob a bad person." My poor poor Jacob. Fuck sake! How could I even tell him this? It would destroy him!

"Talk to your dad and McBride about it. They know more. More than they told us anyway."

"Where are they?"

"Out on the Spokane rez. With your Granddad."

"I´ll go to see them when I have the chance."

"When you can get away from Jacob you mean."

"It´s difficult."

"We´ll make sure he doesn´t follow you out there."

"How?"

"We´ll create a diversion. Tell him that you and your mom are visiting your granddad. That´s nothing suspicious."

"True."

"Your dad´s nice. Real cool." Bernie told me, sensing my nerves.

"Really?"

"Yeah. He wanted to know everything about you. We showed him pictures. He misses you. And your mom. They are soulmates."

"I´ll be sure to tell her that."

"What happened with him….I know it was tough on you but it was tough on him as well you know." Ollie added.

"I´ll keep that in mind."

"Listen Sonia. Jacob is looking for you." Bernie said, seemingly listening to something that I couldn´t pick up on.

"How do you know that?"

"Super senses remember?" She winked at me. "It´s awesome."

"That would be totally handy." Why couldn´t I get any superpowers? I mean, how the hell was I supposed to fight Utlapa without any? Throw a rock at him or some shit? "I´m gonna go."

"We´ll head too. Oh, and don´t worry. Jacob can´t hear you when you are with us."

"Why not?"

"Because we don´t want them too."

"With everything you tell me it just creates more questions."

"McBride and your dad will answer a lot. The sooner you go the better."

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Up next: Sonia visits her dad and Mr. McBride and learns some very disturbing truths about Jacob. Is Utlapa really what he seems? Will Sonia tell Jacob what she has learned?