First Imprint [Book 1] ✔️

18 • The Call

SAM'S POV

I was washing dishes after supper when I got the call. The phone rang right after I felt a weird shimmer in the air. I turned and quickly grabbed it.

"Sam, it's Billy," Billy said in a raised voice over the growling in the background. "Jacob's just turned."

"I'm on it," I told him, hanging up the phone and quickly running past a startled Emily towards the backyard. It took Jacob a lot longer to turn than I thought it would. After I saw him on the cliffs, I thought it would only be a matter of days before he changed. Over three weeks later and he only just turned.

I quickly phased and felt my brothers phase too. Sometimes that extra instinct to let us know when someone had changed was really helpful. I heard Jacob's panicked voice in my head. I felt his confusion. He was thinking about attacking Billy.

"Jacob, don't attack Billy. You need to get out of the house," I calmly told him as I ran towards the Black home. I met up with the pack as we waited just inside the forest, staring across the street to the house.

We saw the door open and Billy press himself against the interior wall of the house, as a gigantic russet brown wolf ran passed him and out the door. He was almost as big as me. Jacob ran to where the rest of us stood in the forest. As soon as he joined us, we started to run deep into the forest.

Jacob was running through the events of what had just happened in his mind. He had just come back from seeing a movie with Bella Swan and her friend who kept puking. Paul laughed at that image which freaked Jacob out as it dawned on him that we could see his thoughts and he could see ours.

"What happened next?" I asked. Jacob looked at me tensely before continuing with his memories.

He had been sitting in the car with Bella and started feeling really sick. He got home and felt like he was about to crawl out of his skin. Billy said he didn't look good and that was all it took. He exploded and he didn't understand what the hell was happening.

When we got deep enough into the woods, I had Embry explain everything to him as the others left us to patrol. I thought he would take it better from Embry. He told Jacob how all of our legends were true. He also explained the reason for his distance over the past month.

"I'm so freaking excited that you're with us, man," Embry said, nudging Jacob with his head.

"But why did this happen now?" Jacob asked. Unlike the rest of the pack, Jacob wasn't immediately celebrating the fact that he was a werewolf.

"And why the hell should I? I'm a freak." Jacob responded to my thought. Paul started growling.

"Enough Paul," I said. I went on to explain.

"You're blood was first triggered by the Cullens living so close to the rez. It usually takes an entire year to go through the process. We've recently had another vampire come to the area and this one keeps repeatedly coming back. That's why this is happening to you now. We actually thought you would turn sooner."

I searched his mind and had a good idea why he hadn't turned as quickly as we thought he would. It was because of the Swan girl. Because Jacob had been so happy hanging out with her that he hadn't had any issues with his temper.