Her Final Days

Chapter 21

Rosalie gasped as Ephraim said to her, "You and your granddaughter are in grave danger, for the witch is here. She wishes to harm you..."

Just then, a cackling voice was heard. "I have you two now," the witch laughed as she used vines to tie up Rosalie and Jill. Jill screamed in horror as she was being taken away...

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Edward rushed home and saw Jacquelyn, Ezra, Embry, and Sam staring at a small baby. Baby Emmett laughed as he stared at a huge black wolf that was staring at them. He said, "What's going on here?"

"We found a lost baby," said Sam. "He was just wandering around in the woods." Ezra started to speak but Sam silenced him with a cruel look. He then said, "Where are the others?"

"They are on their way here," said Edward. "Charlie and Sue are shocked that their grandchildren are wolves, but they'll get over it. We are quite shocked about this, as the Swan family is not Quileute. I bet that Darius's sisters might have children who could be phasing."

"Not really," said Sam. "I spoke to Lorena and Lucy and their children cannot phase, as their fathers are not Quileute. But I know for a fact that their grandchildren could be next to phase should you return here."

"Perhaps," said Edward. He eyed the wolf and said, "Why is he here?"

"He is our ancestor," said Sam. "Taha Aki cannot come to us in his human form, so he assumed the form of a wolf. He claims that he's here to help us deal with the witch."

"I see," said Edward. "Ezra, you have something that's bothering you. You must say it now or you'll never get a second chance."

"Ezra must keep quiet," said Sam. "As a member of my pack..."

"He has not joined your pack yet," said Embry.

"He is your son and he can phase," said Sam. "So he's joining the pack."

"Not without his mother's consent he doesn't," Jacquelyn snapped as she stared at Sam. Sam growled at her and she said, "One move and I take him back to Tacoma."

Embry glared at Sam and Sam backed down. "This isn't over yet," said Sam. "I will know the truth."

Ezra said to him, "Know this, Sam. "I know who Emmett's mother is. She lives with her grandmother at the nursing home."

"What was her mother's name?" said Embry.

"Her name is Jill Durham and her grandmother's name is Rosalie Durham," said Ezra.

Edward's face paled as he heard the name Rosalie. "You sure it's Rosalie?"

"Why should she not be Rosalie?" Embry said. "She might have decided to stay here while we mourned her death and you guys moving away. To think that she had been living under our noses the whole time. My wife had known her through the church and we've known them for years. But I never suspected that she could be...her."

"I knew it was too good to be true," said Sam. "She fooled us all. This travesty cannot go unpunished. I say we march down to the nursing home and demand some answers. She and her granddaughter will be squealing when we get through with them."

Just then, the entire Cullen family and the wolves marched through the house, effectively ending the conversation. Carlisle said, "We have agreed that the training will take place here, where no one can see us. We are still debating if Ezra will be allowed to join the pack..."

"He will," said Sam, "as soon as his mother and Embry admit to their little tryst..."

"They will not," said Quil, "because there was no tryst between Jacquelyn and Embry."

"Unless the Cullens are hiding something from us," said Brady.

Everyone glared at him and Paul said, "Be careful, for we've been hiding things from them as well."

"Maybe it's time that we stop hiding things from each other," said Edward. "You know I can hear your thoughts."

"Darn!" yelled Colin. "He's found us out."

"Too bad you can't find us out," said Emmett. "Now, who's ready to get their butts spanked at Texas Hold'Em?"

While several wolves took offense to that and began planning revenge on Emmett, Jacquelyn and Embry had escaped to Jacquelyn's room. "That was way too close," she cried out.

"Indeed," said Embry. "Sam nearly busted us."

"Why do I have a feeling that we'll eventually get...caught in the act?" Jacquelyn sighed as she flopped onto her bed. Embry sat next to her and said, "Hopefully, not by Sam. He's already onto us. We had better not give him a reason to catch us. If he does, then you'll never see Tacoma again."

"I hope not," Jacquelyn said as she faced him. "Maybe we should have told the truth about the imprint in the beginning. That would clear up so many things."

Embry frowned, but he knew that Jacquelyn was right. To keep the imprint a secret was a bad idea, but to have it exposed would make it so much worse. Maybe Quil did know the truth, but refused to say anything. He would have a chat with him later.

But for now, it was all about him and Jacquelyn.