Breaking Boundaries | Jacob Black

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Dear diary, 

I think I'm dreaming. 

I probably read too many fantasy stories last night, because what I just experience was definitely out of this world. Terrifying, inhuman. 

I think I'm losing my mind. Maybe this is it. Maybe that's me turning crazy. 

All this while I thought that I could entertain the idea of death when it came knocking at my door. But knowing how close I'd become to seeing death in person, I'm not too sure I want this. 

I'd miss everyone so terribly. And they would miss me. Would they?

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"So you're...werewolves?"

"Kind of." 

"You transform into...into giant wolves? Like...on will?" 

"Yeah you could say that." 

"That is awesome!" Leiana burst out, an excited gleam in her eye. She had regained her entire composure from their earlier encounter with what the boys called vampires. 

Vampires. Cold ones. Those were the terms they used. Indeed, Natalia could still feel the brush of the man's icy cold fingers along her jawline, and shuddered. Surrounding them was the pack of wolves munching on Emily's fresh batch of muffins as they awaited for the girls' reactions. 

"So do you have like, supernatural abilities or something?" Leiana asked like a kid who just got news that Christmas was real, "Like, I don't know, do you run super fast and stuff?" 

"You got that right," Embry smirked, "we run fast and our bodies are hotter than normal humans, so we never get cold. We even have a mind link within the pack."

"Mind link?" Natalia echoed.

"Yeah it's kind of like inner dialogue, but with the entire pack," Quil said, "it can only happen when we're in wolf form though." 

"So what? You hear each other's thoughts?" 

"Trust me, it sounds better than it actually is," Jared shuddered. 

The girls had been given the debrief once the shock had slowly subsided, but to say that Natalia was relieved was an understatement. She hadn't stopped eating ever since they'd delivered the news, and that anxious knot in her stomach kept on growing with every second she spent in their presence. 

Her hand reached for another muffin, only for Jacob's fingers to catch her wrist. His dark orbs met hers, "don't," he said softly, putting her hand back at her side. 

She didn't linger over the surge of warmth that ran up her arm at his touch. Better not to dwell on such mysteries. 

"It's a lot to take in," Sam's eyes darted from Leiana to Natalia, "and trust me, if we had a choice we wouldn't have said a word. But...things happen. Just don't wander around the forest on your own. It's dangerous, especially with those leeches around."

"So the murders," Natalia's hands fisted onto her lap, "it's not an animal is it? It's...it's them?" 

Sam nodded, causing her to let out a soft breath. That was too much information for one night and she could feel her brain pulsating with all the new information she'd just gathered. 

"Anyway, I think that's enough for today," the alpha rose from his seat as sign that this meeting was deemed over, and as Emily started gathering up the plates with the help of the other pack members, Jacob was quick to reach Natalia's side, "I'll drop you home."