Aphenphosmphobia | Paul Lahote

nine

— Madison

The pack, Emily, Amanda, and I were all seated in the Lahote's living room. Sam, Emily, Jared, and Amanda were seated on the large couch. Quil, Jacob, and Embry were seated on chairs. Paul was beside me.

Sam was looking at me in questioning, "how did it happen?" He asks.

I looked over at Paul and back at Sam. "The day I left to California I felt an ache in my heart. Like I was missing something, something was breaking inside of me. The way to the airport I felt a pullback here, I wanted to come back so badly but we were already on the plane. As we landed the ache was small, but not hard enough to make me come back. I couldn't take it the next week so I told mom take me back to Carlisle. I wanted to tell her but she was too busy meeting with all of her family members. The week later when I arrived in Forks my body was on fire, it was burning so bad that I felt like I was on actual fire. Carlisle took me in and helped me shift, he warned me about their smell but I didn't even smell it at all, my mind was only on one person." I paused, taking a deep breath as I thought back to when I first shifted.

My eyes landed on Paul; "I thought of you. Edward explained to me about imprints, and he knew that I was yours so he made me think about you. He tried telling me about you, to distract me from killing myself." At this Paul swiftly grabbed me by the waist and firmly placed me on his laps, a growl escaping from him.

"Killing yourself?" Emily asked sadly.

"I didn't want to take the pain, it was too much to handle. The first day I was locked up in a basement where I was acting like a bitch at first. The second day, my skin was burning. The third day my senses were heightened, everything was sensible for me. Things I didn't want to smell and I could see miles away in the depth of the woods. The fourth day was the day that I finally shifted.

It was something unbearable, I almost succeeded in killing myself but that resulted in a fight with Edward. Whenever they would check up on me I would end up fighting with one of them. Edward, Emmett, Jasper, and Carlisle would fight with me so I could contain my anger.

They helped me to shift back into my human form the next day. They'll help me with everything until I was back on my two feet's. I was going to stay for another week but I heard Amanda shouting for you to calm down, you were about to lash out on her so I had to control everything in my power not to hurt her or you — seeming that I have my own pack as the Stormy's. I used my wolfie senses on protecting a human. My wolf took control over my body until I smelled you, my imprint."

I smiled timidly at Paul, my eyes never leaving his chest from rising up and down. Paul placed a small kiss on my forehead and pulled me closer to him as if it was possible.

"Stormy pack?" Quil asked. I nodded, "Originally it's called The Storm's pack but since they changed our surname it's the Stormy's Pack." I shrugged.

"So meaning your an alpha?" Brady asks, looking up at me from where he was seating.

I shrugged, looking down at my fingers. "I've been using my alpha voice a lot then I intend to, my mom had explained it to me that it was in my nature. Since my great grandmother was an alpha as well before the Cullen's came back. Most of the Storm's pack were females and only three packs were males only."

"Are you starting your own pack?" This time Sam asked as he looked at me directly in the eye.

It took me a few minutes to respond but nodded. "I found a journal my great-grandmother had written for the next female alpha, she left a lot of explanation. See, our wolves don't spark up because of some vampire. The Cullen's knew my ancestors because they had helped them when my first generation pack was attacked by some horrid vampires. Edward had explained to me what had happened, they helped and in return, there was peace between the Cullen's and the Storm's. Our wolves were driven out of us due to our phobias. The day Axel kissed me-" Paul growls, "it sparked up my sudden urge of wanting to fight back. I wanted nothing but make him feel what he made me feel. I had problems sleeping at night due to all the wolves dream occurring but I thought it was because of the news of all the animal attacks but it was my wolf trying to communicate with me."

Silence filled the room after my explanation. Sam was deep in thought as Emily only rubbed his back for him. The rest of the pack just stared at me in awe as Paul was smirking down at me.

"You're going to be a great alpha," Amanda suddenly blurts out. "I mean, a pack led by a woman? Now that's unheard of."

Sam didn't like what she said because he was now standing glaring daggers at her, I growled cautiously as I stood up and stood in front of him.

"I'm not going to fight you over some title. It's better if we speak alone before I lose my control. A newborn wolf is a lot to handle, especially when it's an alpha."

Sam just growls threatening, looking at me with his chocolate eyes. I closed my eyes as I felt my eyes shift into their color; crimson red. This startled him as he looked at me in shock. "It's better if we talk," I growled out.

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