I wake up in the worst pain ever. I call for my mom and she rushes up. I tell her what's going on.
"You're about to phase!" She yells then helps me get dressed.
Sam brings me into a clearing and I fall to my knees, in too much pain to stand much longer.
"Now Jeremy. Listen to me. Take off those expensive looking clothes. Clothes normally rip while we phase."
I listen to Sam and strip to my boxers. Now kind of embarrassed because Leah just showed up.
"Okay now breathe and lay down. Curl into a fetal position." Sam demands in an official, alpha tone. Soon, I'll have that effect on this pack.
I listen to what Sam says. I lay on the forest floor and curl into the fetal position. Leah is watching with concern. She knows the pain of phasing. Sam helped her after she phased. He is helping me during.
Then I hear bones crack and skin rip. I scream in agony. The scream turns into a howl. I look at my black paws. I am the same color as Sam's. Wait. I'm white with black paws. I am a mixture of my mother and my great uncle. This is cool.
Leah, in wolf form, walks in front of me. Our eyes meet and the world around us freezes. It is like I was made just for her, as she was made just for me. I was destined to protect her and love her. I see me holding a bundle in a pink blanket. I see Leah in a beautiful wedding dress. I see us. Our future. I just imprinted.
I go back to my clothes and I phase back. I get dressed and I hug my mom.
"Mama. I just imprinted. And it as the most amazing feeling!" I whisper in her ear.
"That's good honey." She rubs my back.
Mama works with the Royal wolves. That is how we are so rich. Sam says when he steps down he is going to work for the royals as well. Emily will just help me take care of the pack.
Two women will be in my life while mom is at work for months at a time. She leaves tomorrow. I will miss her. I have Emily and Leah though.
I walk home and I sit with mom.
"I'll miss you." I sigh sadly.
"Jeremy. Honey. I'll miss you too baby." Mama hugs me tightly.
Boy I'm going to miss these hugs. I am going to miss her presence when my father appears. I won't stand it. I will hurt him without my moms touch.
Maybe Leah will step in there. Calm me when Paul shows. Calm me when I miss my mom. Calm me when I need it the most. I know I will for sure need her, hopefully she will be there when I really need her.
I sigh, kind of exhausted. I have had a long day. The pain of phasing, and I imprinted on Leah. I lay in my bed, just in my boxers, and I lay drift off to sleep.
