[ Disclaimer ]: I do not own Twilight. I simply borrow the characters for my use in the stories.
A/N: For those of you wondering about Alice and her ability to still see Grace and Bella though Grace herself is a shifter. Its kind of simple, well too me it is. I thought that since Grace was still "growing up" to becoming a shifter, she didn't have that trade mark that blinded Alice just yet. Once she does shift, Alice wont able to see what happens to Bella or her own family. After all they will be going to school together. Wonder how mad she'll be. XD
Words that you find slanted are the wolves talking or thoughts.
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Bella and I made are way downstairs where we thought our adult fathers would be at. We searched around the house, and I mean we searchers everywhere. She left me downstairs to see if they went into any secret room her father Charlie may have had without her know how. I glanced around myself to see if Bella was even close by, from the thumping sound coming from upstairs I didn't think so. I tilted my head, ignoring how embarrassing my action was and sniffed. I was able to pick up six different smells. One was the glorious smell of the ocean, the other was Bella's smell, strawberries if I'm right. Then there was Alice, she smelled like coconuts and I do like those. My father smelled like blackberries, and Charlie smelled like roasted peanuts. Why did everyone have to smell like some sort of food?
Just breathing in the different scents caused my stomach to growl even louder than it did while I was up in Bella's room for not too long. It was only 11:30am and I was hungry.
"I don't think they're in the house anymore. They would've gone in the backyard to talk and maybe drink something." Bella sighed, descending from the stair way carefully.
"My father isn't much of a drinker, but I assume your right. I can still smell their scents close by, they couldn't have gone off to far from here." I grinned, proud of my super sniffer. Bella folded her arms over her chest, her body was shaking from how cold the weather had dropped.
"To think it was summer vacation just a few months ago." She half chuckled. Her teeth were starting to chatter against one another in that annoying sound I really hate. I wasn't going to punish her with a loud holler for her to shut the hell up, instead I wrapped my arms around her and brought Bella into a friendly hug. I knew my body temperature was warmer then it should be, so why not put something like this to good use. I'm willing to be her walking heater if it means a new friend of mine doesn't get sick the day I saw her. I felt Bella's shoulders move up in down as she laughed, her face nuzzling my chest unconsciously.
"Thanks, I almost forgot your super hot now." I could feel her cheeks warm up as she blushed. She must have realized what her sentence sounded like if understood wrong. I laughed once, patting the top of her head as we pulled away from one another. "I didn't think I was that hot." I winked, pointing to the back door that was down the hall. "I can hear them in the back. Nothing's wrong but… I can smell someone else. His scent is mucky and awful. I don't really care for it too much."
"You mean like Alice?" She asked, leaving me for a few seconds to go and grab something.
"Alice smelled good, aside from the putrid, too sweet smell that was emanating from her. This scent is different, its animal like. Do you think one of your shifter friends is around here?" I asked, moving past Bella so I could get a view of their backyard. She followed me down the small hallway to the back door where we could see our fathers laughing over a cold beer.
"Not that I know of." She said, bundling up in a blanket that had been on the living room couch. Bella moved over to my side, watching our parents with a small smile. "He doesn't go out much besides fishing with Billy." She said as she looked up at me then back outside.
"Maybe I can go out there and greet them, then they can smell me and ask questions. Then I can ask some of my own and we'll both be happy and unsuspicious of one another." I exclaimed, wrapping my arm around her without a thought. To me, though Bella and I had only met a few hours ago, I saw her as a sibling of mine all ready. She may just have that effect on people. With how clumsy she is, and… Normal, really all I want to do is watch over her.
"It depends on who it is." She mumbled, not moving away from me seeing I was a heater of sorts. "Plus, if you go out there while our dads are talking, won't they see that as a bit strange?" Bella asked, tilting her head to look up at me. I shrugged, seeing where she was going with this conversation. If I walked out there while they were talking, minding my business and headed straight for the woods my dad would stop me and ask what I was up to. I can't blurt out 'My senses told me someone was out there!' like an idiot and have Bella's dad stare at me like I was some weird his daughter shouldn't hang around anymore. I just became friends with the girl and I don't want to lose a friend after I just got one.
"How about if I went around the house and entered the woods from another direction? I can slip through the front door and enter the woods from the side of the house, go around and surprise whoever is watching you." I said while looking down at her. This is something I'm going to have to get used to. Normally, I would be the one that was shorted then everyone and have to look up. Now that I've grown over night I'm the one that has to look down at people. It isn't that I don't like it, but if you put yourself in my shoes you would understand me a whole lot better.
I can see it now, some old lady asking me to reach for the applesauce that was on the top shelf. Explaining herself to me on whys he eats the soft food, and how it was better on her stomach or she would get gas. Or even while out shopping with my dad, and he sees something we need for the house but it just so happens to be on the top shelf. He'll give me a look and contain on moving down the isles, waiting for me to walk back over to him with the item he couldn't reach for because of his height. I'm going to be so abused over the next week, you have no idea.
"I think you'll be able to do it, but be careful. The front door sort of squeaks when you open it." She said, moving out from under my arm. Bella talking to me helped me to remember I was still inside the house and not living the nightmare I had just imagined. I filled her down the hallway and past the living room to stand behind her at the front door.
"Do you have some oil and maybe a spray bottle?" I asked. The front door was the easy part, but the screen was going to give us some problems. If it made the squeak voice that Bella claims it will make, than we will need to get these rusty hinges something to help make them sing with silence. Bella nodded her head and left to search for the items that I needed. No longer then two minutes later she returned with the items I had asked for. I took the bottle and opened it up, I took a whiff to make sure nothing else had been in the bottle. It was brand new, so nothing had been inside it. I grinned, taking the oil out of her hands gentle and poured a small amount inside of it.
"A few good sprays on the hinges each should do the trick." I said with a proud grin. I'm so grateful I read that book that great ideas for at home things you could use to remove stains or do whatever.
"Think it worked out?" She asked, looking over the hinges to the screen door with a grimace. The hinges were rusted with the rusty smell to them. If you got close enough you can smell it, but for someone like myself I can smell it without the need to be so close. It reminded me of blood for some reason, the way it smells like iron makes me feel sick. I can stand the sight of blood, but the smell has me puking my guts out if I don't hold it back. I've bitten the inside of my lip hard once as I fell to the ground catching a small kitten after she tumbled out of her cage. The kitten was fine, but I had the iron taste of blood in my mouth. It was digesting enough that I had to use the liter box as my toilet. I apologized to the cats that had watched me as if they were people. Since I only had pets as friends, to me they were exactly like people.
"Only one way to find out." I sighed, walking right through the door with hesitation or fear. I had pride in the work I had done to the door, there was no sound besides the door being pushed against the win. I heard the whistle of the door falling shut. Bella held her hand out, easing the screen door back into place. I gave her a confident grin and ran towards the woods. I took it easy when I could see my father talking with Charlie in my line of sight, this was going to be the tricky part. I waited by the side of the house, watching for my chance to dart into the woods and hide within the trees.
My father pointed over to the small shed Charlie had in his yard, getting the man to turn around. This was my chance! I thought, running in to the woods as fast as I could. With my legs being longer then they were before, I was able to reach the trees in only a few strides. It was like I was gliding over the dirt floor as I pushed myself to run faster through the trees, maneuvering past the rocks and fallen tree branches with ease. I heard a strong heartbeat coming from right behind Bella's home a few yards away, they were close enough to hear conversation and see the house if their vision was anything like mine.
I peeked around a few trees, watching a tall russet wolf staring at my father and Charlie speaking in the backyard. His ears twitched a few times, he moved his paws, digging his nails into the dirt. I was more amazed the surprised that I would be able to find a wolf this quickly. Bella did mention something to Alice about the wolves patrolling her house all the time even when she wasn't home. It had something to do with Alice and her visions. I was going to ask the pixie about that later tonight. If she had some magical gift, did that mean I too had an ability other than being able to change into one of these big things?
The wolf huffed, turning its head over in my direction. I swiftly hid back behind the tree, kicking a few leaves from under my shoes. I was trying to trick the big guy into thinking I was an animal passing by. It didn't work out like I had wanted. I could hear him approaching me slowly, a loud, angry growl coming from the big wolf. I have to remind myself, he isn't some large puppy I can throw a stick at and yell fetch. No, in this case I'm going to need some giant stick to draw his attention from me.
Hold on, I thought. I'm like this guy in everyday besides the male parts. I was a wolf too, but I hadn't shifted yet. I let out a long sigh and showed myself. I came face to face with a snarling wolf. His head was lowered, paws spread apart ready to launch his body at his stalker. I held both hands up in the air, scared shitless that I couldn't move any closer or even speak. My heart was racing, there was not beat to my heart, it was one steady flow of thumbs. I could hear the sound of my heart getting louder and louder, my eyes widen as everything happened so quickly.
The russet wolf lunged towards me with teeth bared, I could feel its hot breath hit my face when the next thing I saw was him flying back into a large tree. I took a step back, semi-glaring at the wolf as it got up with a snort. His eyes widen with shock, his lower jaw dropped. I tilted my head, feeling something move right behind me. I looked back, watching a tail swing back and forth from my behind.
Holy shit! I shouted, turning in multiple circles as I chased the odd thing sticking up in the air until I became dizzy that I needed to stop and rest. Why do I have a tail? Am I a giant wolf now? Not that this isn't cool and all, I didn't think I would be able to turn this quickly. Oh man, what will I tell my dad? How do I change back?" I was too busy trying to figure out how to change back into my smaller human form that I hardly noticed the other voice talk to me in my head.
"Thanks, I love being ignored."I heard a mans voice sigh. I lifted my giant head up, looking around for where the vice had come from.
"Are you my conscience?" I asked, looking up at the top of my head the best I could. I sat down, looking back over at the other wolf who looked annoyed as heck. He huffed, trotting over to me with his head held high. Don't tell me he was about to explain who he was, that would bum me out.
"Sorry, but I'm going to explain a lot of things to you." He snapped, growling at me with his teeth bared. "I don't know if you're a threat or not, I'll be asking the questions right now. You can shut up and answer them."
I laughed mentally. I stood up on all fours and pushed my paw against the other wolf's face. "Yeah right hot shot. I'll answer your questions, but don't order me around. I'll just kick your ass." I smirked, showing the sharp fangs underneath my chops. I have no experience in fighting as a giant ass wolf, but I've seen enough dog fights to get the gist of it. Bite, scratch and go for the neck. The other wolf didn't like my small threat too much, but he nodded his head anyway and took a seat. I restrained myself from giving him praise for being such a good boy and took a seat as well. I heard him groan, rolling his eyes.
"One thing you should know about is when you shift, others that are in their wolf forms can hear your thoughts." He said, looking back over into Bella's yard. I glanced over as well, no longer seeing my dad or Charlie outside. I could hear them chuckle from inside. My father asked Bella where I had gone off to, she told him I was in her room looking up some clothes online. My dad was to tipsy to see how bad a liar Bella was, but he asked her to help me pick out some outfits and she left up the stairs without falling.
"Haha, way to go Bells." The russet wolf spoke in his mind, turning his head back over at me. "My names Jacob Black. You don't have to keep calling me wolf." He mentally sighed again, yawning right after a small moment of silence.
"What are you doing out here Jacob? Spying on Bella because you got some crush on the girl?" I smirked, watching his reaction. He gave me a warning growl and stood up, ignoring my question all together as he walked away from the house.
"Come with me. You should meet some of the others since you'll be joining the pack soon."
"Whoa, slow down there big guy. Whoever said I was going to join your little pack?" I could hear the voices of the other wolves inside of my head all at once.
"Who's that Jack?" A smaller boys voice asked.
"Did we get a new pack mate? Hi, I'm Seth!"He seemed excited to meet me. I on the other hand didn't want to deal with a happy wolf jumping around me at the moment. I was busy talking to Jacob who was being a rude ass since he's walking away from me.
"I asked you to follow me not kiss my ass!" He shouted, looking back at me with a glare. "Do you have a hearing problem of some kind? Just follow me."
"Trying to be some leader smart-ass?" Another woman's voice spoke up. She sounded annoyed. "No fucking-duh sweet-cheeks. I'm Leah Clearwater, I don't want you asking for my name again in the further. Got it?"
"Nice to meet you Leah, you sound like a very pretty woman. I'm Grace Parker." I complimented her because of the sound of her voice. She could mask it all she wanted, but there was a hint of heartache and sadness in each word she spoke. Leah was forcing herself to move on from something tragic that had happened to her. Whatever it was, I'm sorry.
"Fuck you newbie! I don't need you to show me any sympathy. I'm not a child" She muttered angrily. This small group was nice really in a way, after you get around the insults and bad language. So far only Jacob and Leah had potty mouths, I had yet to hear little Seth shout any foul language my way. I wasn't an angel myself, but I hardly ever said so many in one sentence like these two. Maybe I would join the pack.
I heard Seth chuckle."Don't worry about my sis, she can be a hot head sometimes. It's nice to meet you Grace and I'm not an oversized puppy! I can be aggressive." He grumbled. As if to prove his point, I could hear the loud thumbing sound of paws hitting the dirt floor approaching Jacob and I at a fast pace. I walked up to Jacob for some protection, I wasn't ready for an attack! I'm still new to all of this wolf like activity!
Jacob took a side step away from me. He gave me a look that read 'Your on your own'. Some help you are. I awaited for the boy to pounce on me. I heard his strong heartbeat coming from my left, I stared up at the small hill awaiting for his descending fall.
"Rawr!" I watched the smaller wolf jump from the ledge of the hill and land in front of me. He leaned onto his front paws, launching himself directly at me. I moved to the side, tackling him down to the ground in one swift move. I pad my paws down on his ribs, applying some pressure there for him to feel a sting of pain but nothing more. I held the extra skin on his neck in my sharp teeth, growling loudly into the boys ear.
"Scare me again and I will make sure that woman of your dreams won't be able to have any kids. You'll have to explain to her why and I'm sure as hell it won't be a pretty story. Don't. Do it. Again." I let go of him and walked ahead of Jacob. Leaving the boys behind me with shock written all over their expressions. I rolled my eyes and turned back to them. "I was joking, no way would I hurt that guy. He's funny."
Seth rolled onto his stomach, his ears pressed flat against his head as he lowered his head. "You won't castrate me? Promise?" He gave me the puppy dog eyes. I can never win against those eyes!
"Pssh, weak-ass." I heard Leah comment. I noticed a silver wolf walking up behind Jacob and Seth. This must be Leah. She is a very beautiful wolf indeed, I was right.
"I can still hear you dumb-ass. Whatever you think, I can hear. No privacy at all, it blows…" She said, nudging her younger brother with her muzzle. "Get up Seth, don't be such a baby. It was joke, even I could hear it in her voice." Seth stood up without any help from his sister aside form the soft nudge she gave him. All three of them started to walk towards Jacob, each giving a comment about my presence and what they should tell Sam. Apparently this guy Sam was the Alpha of the pack, and there were more of them back on the reservation. This talk with him better not take long. I have plans for tonight with the Cullen's and I don't plan on backing out.
My thoughts about the Cullen's had both Jacob and Leah growling at me. I was confused about their reason for it, but I wasn't going to ask. Actually, in a sense I sort of just did since they can hear my thoughts.
"We don't socialize with the Cullen's, if you want to talk to them you can do it over at the treaty line. We wolves are the enemy to those leeches. Don't you know the legends?"Jacob asked, taking a step towards me. "They are blood suckers who live off human life. In this case, the Cullen's live off of animal life. They claim to be vegetarians but we know better. One day they'll slip, and when that happens we'll be able to rip them to shreds!" He raised his head, letting out a howl. Leah and Seth barked with approval, they seemed excited about ripping the Cullens to shreds.
"Hold on, do you know where the Cullen's home is?" I asked ignoring the disgusted look Leah had given me.
"You want to find the leeches's so badly? Run towards these hills over there. You can't miss it, their stench gets worse when you come closer to the house." Leah spoke, tilting her head in the direction she was speaking about.
"I don't think the Cullens are all that bad" Seth muttered. Wincing when his sister snapped at him and scold her younger brother for even having such a thought. The way they acted like children was annoying me to no end, I'm sure that this Sam would be able to hold a better conversation with me without growling and snapping his teeth. Being in a pack that is as large as they are thinking had got to make them all stressed out.
"Hey Jack, Sam wants you three back over here. What the hell are you doing out near Bella's house anyway?" A boy's voice I didn't recognize asked with a grunt. He sounded as annoyed as Leah did when she spoke up, must have just woken up from a nap.
"Who is that? Did another one shift?" He asked. It was weird, but I was able to see where he was at the moment. He was close to what they call the treaty line, walking along besides the border scouting out for the leeches. Great, now they have me calling these civilized vampires some stupid nickname. I honestly would rather talk to them no instead of this Sam guy. Maybe they could explain to me what was going on between the two parties.
"You can say that. She moved here with her dad and I'm guessing her mom must have had the genre. Her father smells like a normal human to me." Jacob replied, continuing his conversation with this Jared fellow while I mad my plan of escaping them. I felt my tail wagging from behind me. Ha! Even my tail agrees with me, and that is all I need. Right before I had the urge to run off through the woods to visit the Cullen's, Leah interrupted my thoughts.
"You need our help baby Jared? Want us to get your mommy so you aren't scared the little leeches are watching you?" She cooed playfully, snickering which sounded like a wheeze mixed in with a snarl. Scary stuff going on over here.
"Ha. Ha. Leah. You won't be laughing when Sam scolds you and Seth for not doing your duty and following Jack over to Bells. Aren't you two fighting or something? I don't care, hurry up and get back over here. Sam just woke up ten minutes ago!" He shouted through our minds, causing some of us to wince. I really need to find the off switch from all this communicating, I was getting a headache.
Jacob huffed through his nostrils, releasing a hot stream of heat and mucous. I blanched, turning my head away from him. Ick, that was gross. I can practically smell bad breath coming from all three of them. Did anyone remember to brush their teeth?
"She's funny." Seth laughed, running a few feet ahead of me. "Let's get you over to Sam. He'll talk with you alone and you're going to need a set of clothing."
I reluctantly followed after the three of them, easily catching up with Seth in only a few strides. He was shocked and lost balance, quickly collecting himself so he would not fall and look like a total fool. "Your really fast! I wonder if you could beat Leah in a race, she's really fast too." He said with a wolfish grin.
"I really want to get all of this over with, I have a sleepover I would like to make it on time." I said with a soft mental sigh. I wonder how mad an Alpha can get. This should be enjoyable.
It really didn't take the four of us long to cross over the treaty line and rush it to the beach. Man, the smell of salt and hearing the roaring of the waves brought back memories. I only could think of one time that I had almost drowned in the water if it wasn't for my mother who was swimming close to me. I thought being a big girl that I was, I could swim all on my own without the stupid floats. I was wrong, and started to sink. Doggy paddling wasn't much help at that point either. No matter how much I yearn to swim, my body tends to tense up when I get waist-high in water. I can get my feet wet and splash around, but if I go any further in I panic and race out.
"You can't swim now because of all that?" Seth asked, his ears pressed flat against his head. I shook mine, looking over at him. "No, not exactly. It was enough to scare a five-year old to death. I had swallowed too much water and should have died. My mother was able to save me before I saw the 'light at the end of the tunnel' kind of deal." I mumbled, hearing the soft patter of feet and sand. Yeah, not everyone's life is happy-go-lucky all the time. Sometimes, there really isn't even such a thing as happy ending.
I watched three tan humans running over to the giant wolves sitting on the beach. Oh yeah, I'm curious about the color of my fur. I was super happy to have shifted, but I have no clue what color I am. I turned my head around to look at the color of my fur. I had a blackish-white coat that had leaves and sand stuck to my fur. Hmm, I like it! The three humans caught up to us, neither breathing for air from the simple jog over to Seth and I.
"I'm Jack." The taller, muscled looking one said, lifting his hand up to introduce the others as well. And here I thought he had no manners at all, what a surprise. "This is Leah and Jared." He pointed to the both of them. Lean rolled her eyes and Jared lifted his hand up with a grin. "Hey" He said with the wide smile, looking over my fur coat.
I glanced at the clothing Leah was holding in her arms, tilting my head like a confused puppy. Leah laughed once, holding the clothes out for me to smell. "I didn't do anything to them. Emily gave them to me, you can wear these so you have something to wear instead of your birthday suit." She smacked my nose with the shorts, smirking up at me.
I swear, if I wasn't a giant wolf my face would be so red, standing in your birthday suit in front of boys is not good. I don't want to change in front of these guys, and I really didn't want to change in front of Leah either. I opened my mouth, taking hold of the clothing between my teeth without harming Leah in the process. I huffed in her face, blowing her hair back. With a wolfish grin I jumped over the three of them, running behind the cover of the woods so I could change.
"Crap! I forgot how to ask to change back." I groaned loudly, flopping onto my side. I could hear an older mans voice inside my head chuckle.
"You have to calm your heart down, once you do that you will change back." His voice was deep like every mans was, but he had smug and control written in his eyes. He could try to cover it up, but being a leader was getting to him.
"I'm going out on a limb and guessing your Sam." I curled up into a ball on the ground, waiting for his reply. I was holding back by acting proud and courageous, but underneath all that courage I was scared. I freaked out when Jacob came after me the way he did, I was also mad and my body expanded into this thing. I don't fight, and having the others snarl and growl at one another scared me shitless. I wouldn't be the greatest wolf out there, I'd be better off as someone's house pet. I can growl behind a door and acre the mail man away wild I proudly marked my territory around the neighborhood.
Sam laughed, showing himself by stepping through the trees. He was a giant black wolf, way taller then Jacob or Leah. I didn't see Jared's wolf form yet, but I'm guessing he was still small compared to this guy.
"You must be Grace." He took a seat in front of my curled wolf form on the ground. I lifted my head, giving him a small nod of confirmation. "I'm Sam, the Alpha of this pack. I won't ask you to join right this second, but I do need to know where you stand with us."
"I-I don't know. I'm not used to any of this yet, and I'd really like to understand more about these legends Jacob was talking about." I cowered back into my ball, whimpering when I could feel my chest tighten. Why was it doing that?
"Hmmm. Grace?" His asked with a softer voice. I could feel his nose touch my ear. He huffed, biting onto my ear, tugging at it lightly. I lifted my head so he'd stop, shaking my head like every dog does after you've petted their head for a long amount of time. It gets rid of the tickle feeling. "Have you imprinted on someone yet?"
"Imprinted?" I asked, moving onto my stomach. "Isn't an imprint going to be the one person I'll want forever?" I watched him nod his head once. He moved his paw in the dirt, drawing out what appeared to be earth. It had an 'E' at the top, very creative I said with a little sarcasm. I could hear Sam mumble something incoherent in another native tongue. "Um, no I haven't yet."
"When we have imprint on someone, we are no longer in need to search for the one person that will complete us. They are what holds us to this earth, what makes our world go round. Once you've imprinted, you'll know and they will too. It would only be a matter of time before they want to be close to you, as you want to be with them." He explained, standing back up on all fours. "Try to relax and think of something that calms you down. I'll be waiting with the others for you"
I bowed my head down to look over his makeshift earth one last time, I watched him leave me out of the corner of my eye. I was now alone to change back into my two-legged form, but what would be able to help calm me down. My first thoughts were to think about my mother and how she held me close when the storms came overhead. Lightning is something I fear no matter what. I had the loud sound overhead, the flash of light that shines through my window along with the thunderous boom. While all of that happened I wouldn't cry, my body would curl up into a ball while I cried softly under my sheets. My mother would com in and hold me from on top of the blankets, shushing me softly and repeating my name.
Her embrace was always warm and inviting, I would love getting hugs from her even out in public. I could careless what anyone else thought of me, my mother was the best. Yes, there were times when I wish she wasn't my mother or I would run away to my grandmother's house. All in all… I miss her.
The thoughts of my mothers warm embrace had me shrink back down into my human form. I kneeled down to the ground, drawing a heart in the middle of Sam's earth. In it I wrote down 'There will always be one' and stood. I smiled and turned away from the image so I could change and meet up with the others.
I'll need to use a phone from around here, my papa is probably wondering where I am right about now and I'm probably sure that Bella ran out of excuses. I put on the sports bra and made my way through the tree's and bushes. I placed my hand on a tree, looking over at the five people who were talking amounts each other. They seemed to be engrossed in whatever it was they were talking about, their voices were kept low enough that I had to strain myself to get a couple of words in.
Jacob was wondering how they were going to stop the Cullen's from finding out my small obsession with the female named Esme. Sam was cooling everyone off after they growled at the mention of the vampires. Seth was still in his wolf form, watching them talk. Leah was snapping at Sam, wondering where he had been for the last few hours since he was supposed to take over the shift way earlier. Jared was trying to coax Leah to leave it alone, something was up with Emily. Leah huffed, turning away from them all, muttering a 'whatever' and started to walk away. Sam stood there, watching her leave. He sighed, rubbing the back of his head.
The only one that noticed me so far was Seth, he watched me with questioning eyes. I was guessing he had the same suspicion as I did. Was Esme my Imprint?
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I'm thinking two more chapters before Grace actually meets Esme face to face. I don't want to rush things and have them together by the fourth chapter, I like to play things out, having things happen that keeps them apart. Build up suspense and all that.