Born within blocks of each other. Raised together in the salt and pine of La Push.
They were louder than the waves, tighter than blood, certain they'd be together forever.
Then came the shift.
Paul phased first. A temper he couldn't control, a new world he couldn't outrun. When the imprint hit, it should've been Rachel. Everyone knew he loved her.
But fate picked Lydia-his best friend, his shadow, the girl he'd never even kissed.
The wrong girl.
And Embry Call?
He phased next. And when he looked at Rachel, the world fell still.
The imprint chose her.
But his heart?
It had always, only, belonged to Lydia.
Now the North End Four is shattering.
Paul is tethered to someone he can't love.
Embry is pretending to love someone he never wanted.
Rachel is caught in the crossfire.
And Lydia is watching the boys she grew up with become strangers. Wolves. Liars.
Fatebound and breaking under the weight of what should have been love.
Maybe the imprint doesn't always know best.
Maybe the North End Four were never meant to survive the summer.