The One

Chapter Sixteen: Miley

WARNING: MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH

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I sat on the floor in the hallway outside Sam and Emily's room. They'd gone in there two hours ago, both not making a sound. I'd gotten sick of the boys and the smell of JJ's scent of a leech mixed with a wet dog smell was too overpowering so I'd come up here.

I heard snuffles coming from inside Sam's room. "I'm failing her, Em. I can't do this anymore." Sam, our mighty alpha, was sobbing. "I can't...I just can't..."

"You're not failing anyone, Samuel. You're making us all proud, actually." Emily tried to comfort him.

"I promised her I'd keep the boys and JJ safe. I told her I'd make her proud. I handed JJ over to that goddamn leech and now he's putting lies into her head!" Sam sobbed. My heart broke. He thought he was failing me. My daughter's absence was destroying him, just like it was me.

"You have forever to make her proud, Sam. JJ going to Voltura was the only way to keep her and the people of La Push safe." Emily replied.

Sam continued sobbing. "You didn't read the note. It's all in the note."

"'Dear Uncle Sammy, I'm sorry I've destroyed the family. I'll only be making matters worse in giving you this letter. Before you continue reading, I just want to say I'm sorry. I'm only endangering you, Mom, Paul and Uncle Jarry if I ever see you guys again after this delivery.
"'But I didn't choose this life. It was given to me, by my mother's own stupid mistakes. I don't want the gene. I don't want anything to do with La Push or the tribe. After today. I will be fully turned. My powers are fully developed, all I need is the venom of a talented vampire. I'm getting that from Alec.
"'If it means anything, I've found my mate. I've accepted that I'll be a killing machine after this. I just want to stop phasing when I'm angry, I just want Jane to stop saying how much her brother's mate smells like a wet dog.
"'I hate my grandparents for producing a child that has the gene, and my mother for handing it to me. I realize it's not their fault, of course. I just hate them. I'm sorry to be the one making you cry, Uncle Sammy. I hope you havr a great life. You'll all heal better without me. Goodye.'" Emily read JJ's not out loud.

Sam sobbed some more, and this time our sobs were in synch. Jare's letter didn't break me. It shattered me.

She hated me. She didn't want us to visit her. She was abandoning us and the tribe, she was going to lose the gene and become a leech fully.

"How much of that did you hear?" Sam asked me as he stood in front of me.

"All of it," I licked my lips.

Sam pulled me to my feet and we sobbed into each other's shoulders.

"What's wrong?" Colin asked me.

I let go of Sam and pulled Colin into a hug. "JJ isn't coming back, Col. They're changing her tomorrow. She said...she hates us."

Brady had tears streaming down his face. "That...she can't! What about Embry? What about...what about the gene!?"

Emrby screamed out.

I ran down the stairs and bumped into Jared. I pushed him out of the way. I knelt down beside Embry, who was writhing in pain. "Emb, what is it? Emb, talk to me!"

"Jare...the venom's spreading through her body. The bond is making me feel the pain too." He screamed again. "It...feels like...it's in my veins!"

"Embry, stay with me!" I yelled as his eyes seemed to slowly close. "Don't die on me, Embry! I need you. Please don't go!"

"The venom is poisonous to werewolves, Miley. We can't save him," Edward Cullen was standing across from me. "I heard your mind screaming my name. You want me to suck the venom out. I can't, it's not him being bit."

"EMBRY CALL, STAY WITH ME!" I yelled through the tears.

His chest fell and his eyes closed. I sobbed and held his body in my arms.

Embry Call was dead.