First Imprint [Book 1] ✔️

20 • Unexpected Break

SAM'S POV

"Jake, Embry...hey, wait up." I heard Quil Ateara call out. I heard two humans running and then the shimmering feel of Jacob and Embry phasing.

"Damn it!" Jacob swore. Pain radiated out of both Jacob and Embry.

"I hate this," Embry complained. "Did you see his face? That so wasn't worth taking a couple hours break."

"You guys did the right thing. It's better to keep your distance." I reminded them.

They met up with the rest of the pack and we started our afternoon patrol of the treaty line before heading back home. It had been a long night and morning of patrolling. But the good news was that we hadn't caught any fresh scents of the redheaded vampire. We were hopeful that we had scared her off the lands for good. She must have realized by now that her companion wasn't coming back.

We soon completed our afternoon check and headed towards Emily's house for lunch. It was funny how I thought of the house as Emily's. She had taken over it completely. It wasn't a tiny little shack anymore, but a warm loving home that even had flowers in the picture box under front exterior window. I felt warmth spread through me as I thought about how much love and peace she brought into my life. At this thought, Paul started making gagging noises and Jared kissing noises.

"All right, all right, let's go eat." I laughed as we reached the forest border and phased back into human form. After we each put on our sweats, we walked into the house. I heard movement in the kitchen and headed in that direction.

Emily had outdone herself making subs for all of us. Emily loved cooking. It wasn't something she did out of pure necessity because I couldn't cook to save my life, but she did it with an absolute joy. She also loved taking care of her "boys," as she called the pack.

We soon started talking about the elusive leech and wondering if she would come back. We didn't understand why she kept coming back to the area in the first place. With the exception of the Cullens, we hadn't heard of any other bloodsuckers coming repeatedly to one area before. She wasn't following normal patterns.

We had begun to wonder if she was testing us in some way, trying to get us separate to get by our defenses somehow. Maybe that was why we had been finding so many different trails of her scent recently. All of us were hopeful though that she was gone for good. We were finishing off our third round of subs when the phone rang. I got up to answer it.

"Hey Sam, is Jacob there?" Billy asked.

"Yeah, we're just finishing lunch."

"Hey, I just wanted to let him know that Bella Swan has stationed herself outside of our house and I don't think she's planning on leaving until she talks to Jacob."

"Okay, thanks for letting me know."

We hung up and I leaned against the counter frowning. I didn't think it was a good idea for Jacob to spend anytime with Bella. At least not right now. He was still a new wolf. He had lost complete focus when we were in the meadow about to attack that black haired bloodsucker because he saw Bella Swan. If he lost focus and control and hurt her as I had hurt Emily, I knew he wouldn't ever forgive himself.

I walked over to Emily and wrapped an arm around her waist, kissing the scar on the side of her mouth. She turned and smiled and I felt calmness wash over me. Emily was here and she was alive. Feeling her warmth helped me reach a decision.