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I could tell that tonight meant alot to Quil and that he had put all of his effort into making tonight perfect, it really paid off. I'd never wanted a night not to end more than now. We had spent the day shopping in local book stores and shops in Port Angeles, even stopping in an Arcade to play a few games after getting bored of the shops. I thought we'd head back home for dinner, but Quil had insisted he be able to take me on a proper date tonight. I conceded without much fight and he ended up taking me to an upscale, but not too fancy Japanese restaurant. It was so different being on a date with someone who actually ate, and boy did he eat. Quil ordered all you can eat sushi and ramen, and the waiter replaced his empty dishes at least four times that I noticed. With Quil actually eating, I was able to focus on our conversation. No feeling self conscious about being the only one eating, no pretending to be full a few bites in just to get out of being starred at while I chewed. I was able to enjoy the food and most importantly, the company. I was so comfortable and happy around Quil, it felt almost euphoric.

Our conversation stayed light for the most part, with Quil always seeming to find something goofy enough to say to make me laugh. Although about midway through our dinner, Quil's parents came up. He told me the reason he'd wanted our first date to be a Japanese restaurant was because the only restaurant he could remember going to with his parents was a Japanese one, he remembered his mother loved sushi. It made me both sad for him and happy, because he'd finally been able to trust me enough to share something about them with me. From what I'd experienced, he'd always been very standoffish and reserved when it came to talking about his parents. The dinner was delicious though, and the company even better. I would have been more than happy with just dinner especially considering we'd basically made a day of it, having spent most the day driving to, and in P.A. but Quil insisted he had one more surprise, refusing to tell me more. We parked Quil's Highlander, fed the meter and began walking downtown PA, towards the outskirts until we reached an ice cream shop.

He led me in and bought me my favorite chocolate ice cream, ordering a large order for himself as well. I thought we would begin walking back to the car when he ushered me the opposite way leaving the shop. I looked at him curiously but he only said the ice cream wasn't the surprise. The surprise was revealed not five more minutes of walking later, causing a wide smile to stretch across my face. He'd taken me to an outside black and white rendition of the movie Casablanca! Seriously, what 17 going on 18 year old put so much thought into making a night special for a girl? It's unheard of, I'd never guess Quil could be such a romantic. They had a booth you could check out chairs and pillows and blankets and everything, so we went and got a few blankets. We spread them out and sat down with out ice cream almost right before the movie had started. It was the most perfect night ever.

The date had only managed to permanently cement my feelings in place. I hadn't ever been surer of anything more than my love for Quil Ateara V. We'd been getting to know each other so completely these last few months, I was almost worried we wouldn't have much to talk about tonight. It was the opposite of course, we'd talked about so many different things, the admission of our feelings allowing us to be even more vulnerable and open with each other. I should have known it would be as easy as breathing being with Quil. It seemed almost comical the internal war I had put myself through before.

We were back in La Push now, leisurely strolling down First beach hand in hand. I looked down at my feet as the wet sand squished between my toes beneath the shallow water they splashed through. The tide came back in just then, my feet now fully covered in the icy water. It felt amazing, even in the frigid early September air. It was then I realized I was happy, truly happy. I wasn't pretending for the sake of those around me anymore, I was really happy. I smiled up at Quil, he had so much to do with it.

I stopped us from walking and turned into him, bringing my hands up to run through his thick black hair. For a moment I just looked at him. He was beautiful, his expression zealous. I moved forward quickly then, crushing our mouths together. I was putty in his hands. It was the most incredible, breathtaking, thrilling thing in the world, kissing Quil. I'm sure I'll never get enough of it, enough of him. I felt so FREE whenever I was with him, it was like nothing I had ever experienced. It was outright addicting. We walked a goods ways further down the beach until we reached a large, smooth enough to sit on piece of driftwood. We had to walk so far down to find a viable piece of driftwood, we were almost to Second beach, and almost completely surrounded by the forest. The privacy was nice.

"You know-"

"Bells I-"

We both started to talk at the same time. We laughed and he smiled softly down at me. I was briefly distracted by echoes of wolf howling, but I was soon back hyper fixated on Quil as soon as he gathered my hand into his.

"You first kitten." He offered.

I tilted my head back looking up at him seriously. I wanted him to know exactly how I felt, make sure he knew that for me ; my feelings already were much more consuming than most high school crushes. Make sure he knew what he was getting himself into, and if it ended up scaring him away… honestly it'd be better now than any further down the line. I already loved him so intensely now, sooner rather than later I fear I really wouldn't be able to survive the heartbreak if it were to come. I was about to blurt something out, probably embarrassing, when Quil's face suddenly scrunched up into a mask of disgust.
"Do you smell that?" He asked alarmed. I sniffed the air, trying to detect what had distracted him so thoroughly. I couldn't smell anything amiss though, only Quil's scent mixed in with the smell of the driftwood we sat on and the ocean's spray.
"No..." I said unsure looking around.

"That's weird it's really strong to me, so strong it's almost unbelievable you can't smell it sitting right next to me. It smells like burning…sugar? No…. Burning chemicals like bleach or something but it's sweet too…. Too sweet. It's gotta be some type of illegal burning going on near by. Are you sure you don't smell it?"

"No, I don't smell anything but the ocean water Quil. Maybe yo-" I was sharply cut off by a very high, feminine yet child like voice. It was hypnotic, it felt like she was singing rather than talking. How oxymoronic, a demon having such an angelic voice. I'd know it anywhere, despite only having heard it once before. Thanks to the reoccurring, paralyzing nightmares of the red demon that spoke now.

"Finally, we meet again Bella. Who is your little friend?" I stiffened into a statue, completely unable to move. She'd come back for me, just like I knew she would. I was so stupid, I knew I should've left to Phoenix incase she came back. I hadn't , instead I'd put the person I loved most in lethal danger, and there was no large group of indestructible friendly vampires around to protect us from their demented counterpart either. Her red eyes were fixated on me, piercing murderously into me. She looked like she wanted to kill me for sure. Even more though, she looked as if she was getting some type of high being this close to me. Or maybe it was being this close to killing me? Her clothes were torn and dirty, but it only gave them an almost antique look. Her tight red curls were slung over her shoulders, her pale white skin only making them appear more fiery.

I'd almost forgotten about Quil in my initial panic but, suddenly I was on my feet and Quil was standing in front of me protectively.
"Who are you?" He asked firmly. It was clear as day Victoria wanted to hurt me even when she didn't say anything threatening, it was written in every detail of her face. I mentally slapped myself for letting Quil bring me here, for putting him in this insane danger. I was desperately trying to rack my brain to formulate a plan or idea to lead her away from Quil. We both didn't need to die, Quil wouldn't die. I heard another howl from the woods, it seemed much closer than last time. It was just enough of a distraction to break me free of my frozen, terrified comatose. I tried to step in front of him but he only pushed me back further. He had no idea what danger he was in, what he was putting himself in between.
"He's protective, I see." Victoria smirked haughtily. I couldn't have stopped the physical recoil my body had to her voice if I'd tried, I absently shrank more into Quil's back. I immediately began to quiver, no. It was Quil, he was shaking. Why was he shaking so badly? I had seen him tremble slightly when he was upset lately, but it was never this hard. He was probably terrified. All humans were, even without the murderous glaring I'm sure she'd invoke the same almost impossible to ignore flight or flight instinct in anyone. "You are quite pretty for a human I'll give you that, but is that really all it is that entices such protectiveness in the men around you?" She asked, obviously to herself yet she looked actually curious. Quil stepped back, causing me to as well seeing as I was still flushed against his backside, then he growled at her. My head whipped up to stare unbelievingly at the back of his head. He actually growled at her, I was sure. I'd been around vampires long enough to know what a humanoid growl sounded like. It wasn't like any of the vampire growls I'd ever heard before though. When vampire's growled, their bell like voices came out more of a hiss. This was a growl if I'd ever heard one. It was deep, animalistic and positively terrifying. Before I'd had anytime really to process Quil's growl, Victoria was moving. I couldn't see her, just a blur but I knew she was coming towards us.

"Victoria, No!" I screamed desperately. I hadn't truly finished thinking the thought, before I had threw myself away from Quil in an attempt to save him from her, hoping she'd leave him be to get to me.
"Leave him please, just take me!" I pled as the red streak grew closer.

Suddenly there was a goosebump rising rip that rang through the air. My head whipped desperately to my right to Quil, fearing she'd somehow already gotten to him. Quil's body was arching forward, growing?? Before his hands could hit the sand he was abruptly sprouting fur. I blinked and in his place, stood a huge, magnificent dark grayish brown wolf. It's snout, ears, and tail were all pitch black with piercing light blue eyes. I blanched, stumbling backwards in disbelief.

The wolf yelped sorrowfully, ironically, due to its terrifying stature. Before I'd had time to think, its head was whipping to face me. I actually crumbled to my knees as the bear like, menacing growling beast launched itself at me. What a turn in events, I was sure I was about to die and not know exactly how it had happened. I was barely able to register that the animal wasn't mauling me, that he was actually jumping over me, before sharp intense pain was shooting through my arm. I screamed, as Victoria's face came into focus in front of me. She was soon a red blur having been tackled by the wolf not three feet in front of me, I scurried back frantically and clumsily in the rocks. Victoria had been so close to killing me just now, her nails had dug into the skin of my arm. The red blur was slowed enough to register as Victoria in my brain just before it registered the wolf's teeth around her neck biting through her granite skin. Victoria was screaming into the dirt and rocks in disbelief as the wolf used its body weight to hold the screaming and snarling vampire to the ground. Her arm flew up towards the wolf's side and just before it hit his side there was another massive black wolf's head there tearing the arm right off Victoria. As I took in the black wolf, I realized there were more than just that one that had come, a russet brown wolf was there tearing her thrashing leg off. I looked around frantically to see if someone was seeing this or if I had finally gone crazy and this was my brains demented idea of a mental breakdown. Of course no one was around, the area we'd chose to sit was almost fully inclosed in the trees.

A loud yelp sounded and a grey and black wolf went flying. It took me a second to understand that Victoria had kicked the wolf flying through the air towards me, because another wolf had moved in to take care of the abandoned leg so quickly. I had completely stopped breathing as the wolf she kicked flew closer toward me. I had already gathered that Quil had turned into the black and brown wolf, so I figured these other wolves had to be other people too. At least they had been. I know I'm not crazy, Quil definitely morphed into that creature. The injured wolf landed several feet in front of me, but the falls momentum sent him sliding through rocks and dirt stopping just feet in front of me. My hands flew up to protect my face from the flying debris some of the rocks slicing through my skin. When I brought my arms down I realized exactly how close the massive wolf was to me. I could lean forward and probably touch it. It whimpered, and rolled its enormous head my way. I gasped as I took in It's light brown, almost yellow glowing eyes. Although they were glowing and I'm sure identical to that of a regular wolf's eyes, something about them seemed human. I was sure this was a person in front of me. Oh God were they trapped like this forever? I didn't know what was happening to Quil. A tear rolled down my eye and I scooted closer to the wolf on my knees. I lent forward hesitantly and brushed my hand through his fur as tears rolled down my checks.
"I hope you'll be okay." I cried out in a whisper. Looking up to see the wolves tossing the last remaining pieces of Victoria in the fire I'd missed being started. They were actually tossing the limbs in the fire with their mouths, I wasn't entirely sure this wasn't a nightmare still. The wolf I had touched whimpered in front of me and the edges of its giant form began to tremor. It got so fast I couldn't see them anymore and then, it shimmered into a very human, very naked man. He groaned rolling over to face me. I gasped out loudly and wasted no time throwing myself at him. I hugged him to me tightly and he hugged me back.

"Embry! Omg, Embry!" I yelled almost disbelievingly. I didn't care that a few seconds ago he was a giant wolf, I was just so happy he was okay now that I knew it was him who Victoria had kicked. I lifted my head, wiping my tears away.

"Em, are you okay?" I asked shakily.
"Yeah Bells, I'm fine. The leech broke a few ribs is all." He winced.
"BROKE RIBS? Omg Embry, I've got to call you an ambulance just stay still while I find my phone." I breathed out ruggedly. He did too, as he reached out to stop my hands.
"It's okay Bells, I'm a werewolf. We heal really fast, super fast. " He said gently, like he didn't want to overwhelm me. We're way past that. Suddenly, I gasped out frantically taking in my surrounds as I thought of something, Quil.

"Embry, where's Quil? Omg he turned into a wolf like you, he was fighting Victoria a moment ago. He was just here, he's black and brown, or gray…" I rushed out panicked. "Quil! Omg do none of you know what happened to him? He was just he-" I panicked looking at the remaining wolves, none of them was him. Before any of them could respond Quil came bounding out of the forest. I cried out in absolute relief as I took him in. He was human again, wearing Jean cut offs and that's it. I looked into his brown eyes and something happened, something shifted inside me instantly. It felt like my world had changed in the blink of an eye, like my world had stopped. The earth stop turning and time stood still. Everything changed in an instant. It was the same almost, because I was aware Quil was the most important person in my life now but this was much more. He was all that mattered. He was my was my world completely, I would do absolutely anything for him. My mouth fell open as the gravity of the shift set in. I faintly heard whispering voices, or were they so faded in my muddled head that they just sounded like whispers? I didn't care, I only cared about Quil. I forced myself to refocus, an almost crippling need to touch him and ensure he was actually okay took over me. I ran straight for him. I didn't care about the giant wolves, I ran past to get to him, I just needed to get to him.

I crashed into him grabbing onto him as tight as I possibly could unable to hold back the flood of tears and sobs that racked through me. I had almost lost Quil, I had almost died. We had almost lost our whole life together. He held me just as tightly, burying his head in my neck and hair. I couldn't stop crying, I was so relieved he was safe. He kept rubbing my back while he held me tightly to him.

When I was finally able to breathe normally without sobs racking through me, I looked up at him through wet lashes. He wiped away a tear falling down my cheek with his thumb.
"I'm so sorry Quil." I cried out. He looked surprised that that's what I said and then confused. He lifted his other hand to bring to the other side of my face, his large rough hands completely encompassing my face now.
"Why are you sorry?" He asked. I breathed out raggedly, looking down.
"This is all my fault, I can't believe I put you in so much danger. If what happened to you hadn't of, we'd both be dead." I huffed truly angry with myself. "You don't know what she was, she was a -".

"A vampire." He finished. I looked up at him shocked.

"How?" I asked. I barely noticed the wolves heading back into the forest. I only noticed at all because one of them had shimmered and turned human to help Embry up.

"When I phased, that's what it's called the whole changing into a wolf thing. Well there's a pack collective mind, I can hear and understand everyone's thoughts while in wolf form. Vampires are apart of our legends, who we are made and designed to kill. Apparently our ancestors knew the Cullens, they had a treaty." He explained, I gasped in realization. Jacob had told me that story, the story of the cold ones and wolf warriors, how had I forgot.

"Yes Jacob told me something about that, the cold ones and your people being descendants of wolves. I can't believe the Cullen's knew about you guys, or that you can read each others minds, or that you just turned into a wolf at all for that matter." I said in awe.
"Even so, this is still all my fault. I knew the Cullens were Vampires earlier enough to get away from them before a homicidal psychopath even fixated his sights on me. I could have prevented this, prevented you from experiencing any of this. That vampire was after me because Edward and his family killed her mate when he tried to kill me. That's why I was in the hospital in Phoenix last year. Her mate James, tricked me into thinking he had my mom so I snuck away from the Cullens to go to him. It was a ploy, he never had my mom. He played a home video he found in my moms house. It fooled me and almost killed me." I said absently rubbing the bite mark on my arm. He starred down at my arm in shock and horror.
"The legends say that if a human is bit, it wi-"
"Edward sucked the venom out in time, but it was close. Too close. I should have never put myself in that situation. If I hadn't, none of this would be happening, we would still be on our-" He cut me off by crushing his lips to mine. I was certainly shocked away from my somber train of thought, instead quickly consumed by the kiss and Quil and the fervent need he displayed. I kissed him back just as passionately, but he ended up pulling back much quicker than I wanted.
"You're right. Dating a vampire probably wasn't the best idea you've ever had kitten, but if you hadn't you wouldn't be the girl I love. You are who you are today because of your past and the experiences you've survived and I would never want you any different. From now on, we're both going to stop dwelling in the past. We're going focus on the present and future, which is ours. We're here now, we're both safe and you don't ever have to worry about that red headed she devil ever again. All that matters is me and you now Bella, I mean it." He said seriously, passionately. I smiled up at him, he said he loved me. I leaned in and kissed him softly on his lips.
"You are my future." I whispered. He smiled and kissed me again. It began slow and sweet, but quickly morphed into needy and urgent as we pressed closer together. Soon my hands were knotted in his hair and he was gripping my waist tightly, pulling me closer to him. We lost ourselves in each other, until I pulled back panting. He groaned breathing in ragged breaths of air as he set his forehead on mine smiling. "I love you too." I whispered. His smile widened and he began to kiss me again. I could get used to this.

A/N: What do you guys think? How do you think the two of them and the pack will react to their imprint? Please review 3