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    "I'm sorry mother."
    She realised too late when the knife was stabbed onto her back, piercing through to her stomach. She saw Finn, standing above her with a new cold look that was not there before his death.
    "I have to do this. Just so you won't ruin anymore of our lives. My life especially." He bit his wrist open and forced her to drink his blood. His mother was human, if she doesn't have strength, she wouldn't be able to do anything. He took advantage of that and turn her into a vampire.
    His life as Odysseus taught him that he need to make sacrifices for his loved ones. And while his siblings were like that, they were normal enough to still fight and go back to cover their back when any of them were in trouble. And right now? He was doing everyone, not only his siblings, a favor. No one really like Esther, anyway. Maybe, except her own sister, who was mad at her.
    Once that was done, he snapped her neck and pull out the knife.
    Finn cleaned up the knife before sheathing it in a leather that he made when he was resurrected the second time. This will be the last before he really meet and live his life with her without anyone ruining it. They will know not to mess with a man like himself, he will make them know.
    He sighed, now waiting for his mother to wake up. Well, he could make a quick trip getting some human blood. Yeah.
    With that in mind, Finn ran with his vampire speed and get a human not far, take some blood, put it in a glass, and compel the human to think that he fell and accidentally make a pretty deep cut that it bleed. Good thing was that he used his knife, so it would be half-believable.
    After that, he went back, and as expected, she was still sleeping.
    It was another hour later that Esther gasped for breath and grabbed her neck, then stomach. She looked surprised when they were fine, but seemed to realised why they were fine and looked up at him when he hummed a familiar song from Ancient Greece that he often heard Penelope sung.
    "Finn- why? Why did you do it?" She looked hurt, like she was the victim in all of this. She is, but she deserves it.
    "I know that this may be hard, mother. But it is a necessary sacrifice." He walked to her, her eyes quickly goes to the mug in his hand, looking at it hungrily, but then realised what was happening and her eyes widened. "You make our lives hard to live in. You sold Freya to your own sister. You manipulated me into committing suicide. I'm not letting you get what you want, you have to die, knowing you have lost what you cherished the most; your magic."
    "N-no— nonononono! Fi- hmph!" Finn grabbed her face and forced her mouth open. Then he poured down the blood in the mug into her mouth, instantly dealing her fate.
    When he let go, she coughed and tried to get the blood out, an attempt to be human again. It was a futile effort on her part and Finn snorted. "Esther, how does it feel now? Having your own son turning you into what you hate. If you kill me now, you will die. Die a vampire and unable to do magic. There are no Other Side anymore, I don't think you can live a life like that, huh?"
    Her sobs echoed in the almost empty warehouse. Then her eyes meet his and she glared at him, "You- you have become a monster... What happened to my son?"
    "Your son is dead. Finn Mikaelson is now reborn a new, and I finally let go of my magic, because I have something far more important than that. My soulmate."
    "S-soulmate? Who... Who is it?!" Who is it that make her son abandon her and torture her like this! She had to pay. Whoever that is had to-
    "You killed her a thousand years ago. I blamed Kol for it for so long, but I realize now that it was useless. You made him kill her. You baited her in so that Kol can kill her and staged a stage. Kol was never to be blame, he was not aware of what he has done, and I knew that now. You. You could've stopped it. But you didn't. You know how much she meant to me, but you didn't stop it. And I hate you for that."
    She realised who it was then, "Roslinn..? But- she's dead!"
    "She is not. As a champion of Hecate, she cannot die peacefully and keep on reincarnate as another. And I, as Athena's warrior, am the same."

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Previously:
I'm falling to my death. That's for sure. All because I was intimidated by a man with a pretty face! Damn it! I'm still young- why am I falling to my death?!
I'm sorry father, mother, for not telling you of my plan. And for you to be send my body. But I'm not sorry because I got to see the wall for it!
Goodbye!

"Careful!" A gruff voice with a gruff accent shouted as a hand grabbed my own. I opened my eyes and was surprised at seeing the same man trying to save my life at that very moment.

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"Hold on, my lady!" He said as he struggled to lift me up. I knocked myself out of my dumbfounded state and gripped the man's hand tighter, then grabbing my own knife from my waist and stabbed it to the cliff with all my might.
It hold. And I pulled myself up, grateful for my training all these times and got myself up on the cliff.
It took me a minute, but once I did it, I rolled us away from the edge and lay down on my back, staring at the cloudy sky, breathing heavily.
Then I look at the man who I thought was going to kill me and laughed at the way he was breathing. It was wrong, only wasting time. And he turned his head to me with a scowl.

"Grea- *in* -t *out*, I saved *in* you *out* and you *in* you laughed*out*."

"Bree-breath through your nose and then exhaled it from your mouth. It should be better." I snickered, heart still racing from adrenaline, but my body was already aching from it all.

He did as i said and immediately his shoulders seemed less tense.
I chuckled, then said, "thanks... For the save."

He closed his eyes, "it's what should be done, my lady."

"Something few would be able to accomplish and some half would have." I said and he didn't reply to that.

But after another few seconds, he asked, "what is a lady like you doing so far North? Your attire does not fit with the wildlings. So you must be from South."

I giggled, "I am from South. But South is as boring as watching a group of sheep all day, and there are wars far South to which I do not want to engage in. Besides, I've been in the North for a year now." I sighed as the aches finally settled, "What is your name, ser?"

The man shake his head, "Am no ser, my lady. But my name is Jon Snow. May I ask for your name?"

I was surprised to meet Jon Snow now. Didn't expect this at all. But she moved on fast and answered his question, "Astrid Ryniah. A small house from Dorne."

"Dorne?!" Now Jon Snow sat up right in the blink of an eye, "Why would you sacrifice a life so far South for the cold North, my lady? This place is hardly for ladies nor men."

"There are wildlings," she pointed it out, "And I can go to wherever I want, Jon Snow. Besides, North is much more chill than South."

"Many would say that the North is freezing, my Lady." He replied dryly. She did not blame him, it was ridiculous to call a place like the North as 'chill'.

"Whatever." She brushed it off and got up off the ground. "Let's get you back to your Wall, Snow. Or are you here to spy on the Wildlings? Don't think they'd be pleased to know that."

He scowled again, "I'm here with the wildlings. I meant to watch them and then go back to the Wall to report."

"Reporting about the Dead rising?" He looked at her surprised. "I know my own survival, there was a reason why I'm here after all. I'm going with you, but I'll need to fetch my ride."

"Ride?" He muttered but followed her footsteps, going in deeper into the forest.
They go in deeper, and deeper, and deeper. And Jon Snow were starting to doubt the girl, when they stand at a clearing in the middle of the Haunted Forest.
Astrid stand in the middle of the clearing, warning Jon with her eyes to stand where he is, thankful he listened.
She put her middle and point finger in both side of her lips then she blew it.
Loud whistle sound echoed through the forest, spooking birds and animals alike, especially Jon Snow. Jon watches as she look up to the sky and waited.
Waited for a few minutes, before he decided to go to her, but stopped his movement when he heard a screech so loud as if it was thunder itself.
And he can't help but stare as a creature of Myth appeared in his vision.

"Iris!" Astrid waved her arm to give the dragon as sign of where she was.
The dragon was magestic. It's scale did not stay with one colors, rather, it carried seven colors. Varying colors of the rainbow and it glides through the sky down towards Astrid with all the grace that no one would think a dragon could possess. It was getting closer and Jon could now count how long the dragon was- 70ft, give or take.
It landed right in front of Astrid, its head went to the young woman he just saved, and the young woman grabbed its maw with both her hands, seemingly content from the smile she wear and how she put her forehead in between its nose.
Then Astrid let go and turned towards him.

"Jon! Come here!" She shouted, motioning for him to get closer.

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Ned I

Ned stared at the woman who he had married the year before, carrying his son in her arms as she gazed up at him and at the babe in his own. 

"Lord Husband." Ned held back a flinch at how formal his wife were addressing him. 

"My Lady." He greeted back. 

He was surprised at the awkward smile that drawn across her beautiful face the next second, "I hope your journey North was uneventful." 

"It was pleasant, my lady." He answered. 

"Catelyn." She said suddenly, her cheeks tinted pink, "Please call me Catelyn." She added. 

He nodded, "I shall do that, then, mi- Catelyn."

She smiled softly now, the awkwardness fading a little, "this is your son, m'lord." She showed him his child, an Auburn haired babe. "I hope you can love him as much as I do. But may I ask whose child is that?" Ned can hear the reluctance when she asked him that. And he readied himself for a fight, because he knows that the Seven his wife followed does not look well upon Bastards. And that was the lie he was going with for Lyanna's child, to keep her safe from Robert. 

"This... She is my ..daughter, Lady wife."

"Oh." He watched as she took it in. He was sure she had guessed it from the way she landed her eyes on Alyssa when he dismounted his stallion. But she didn't say anything. 

"I hope you can care for her like how you care for our.. Son, my lady." He knew he was asking too much from the woman. From his wife. He had 'shamed' her, yet he was asking her to be a mother to the child.

"... What.. What happened to her mother, if I may ask." There was no anger in the way she speak. And Ned became hopeful. 

"Childbed fever, my lady." He answered her. This conversation had become much easier as he watched his lady wife approach him with their son in arms. 

Wordlessly, they struggled but managed to switch babes. He looked down at his son. His son. He had his mother's hair. But he could spot the Stark's feature even though he's a babe. His son have his nose, ears, and chin. That's for sure. He couldn't contain his smile and did not even realize the tears.

He only did when he feel dainty cold fingers on his cheek, wiping them away. Ned looked up to his wife, and he sees her fond eyes, and the way she held his niece. 

"Welcome home, husband." She took his breath away, the words she spoke, the way she held his gaze with fondness that he would never think could be coming from her, she who was Southerner and Andal, who he half-expect to be a little to no happy when she sees him back from war with a babe in his arms. 

Yet.. 

Yet she just stand there, wiping his tears as his niece were in her arms, his niece who he claimed as his own bastard. This was not what Ned anticipated. But... 

Ned grabbed Cat's hands softly and tried to smile, though small, and he said, "I'm home, wife."

Ned realized there and then, as his wife smiled genuinely at him, that she looked beautiful and even more than Ashara, she was the mother of his son, his heir, and he fall in love with this woman, though not the one who he married. He realized, that he was in love with Catelyn Tull- no. He was in love with Catelyn Stark. 

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Archer thought that things wouldn't get any worse after he signed up to be Alaya hunting dog, but really, right now where is he?

He remembered vanishing into particles in front of Tohsaka, but then again, things start to go wrong after he left that dimension.

Archer found himself in a void of darkness. There were clearly nothing other than darkness in there, no light but he can see clearly for some reason. He can see his own body clearly with it's color, so it's obviously the place hold no commonsense.

The next minute being there, he felt himself being sucked somewhere. He tried to project a sword to stop it, but it was useless and he ended up being sucked.

But then when he woke up, he found himself in a bright room. His eyes reaction to adjust to the brightness take quite awhile, or that's what he felt like. After awhile, he finally can see clearly. He was in a hospital room, an infusion attached into his hand to keep nutrients.

He frowned and take it off, he don't need something like that.

Archer were about to look around the room but then his gaze focused on his arms. There, he noticed something was wrong. His arms were not tan anymore and it was then he decided to check his hair and what he found was not pleasant at all. His hair, it's color was not white anymore, it's auburn.

Now things get confusing from here.

If he were to assume fast, he would think that he got back to the past after the Fuyuki fire incident, but his body were bigger than that of a kid.

Still in a trance, Archer failed to notice someone approaching the room and only noticed after he heard a click.

He quickly turn his head towards the sound and found a girl wearing a jilbab and a mask, she wear a yellow-black long sleeves T-Shirt that is oversized for her, covered by a white jacket, she also wear a long grey skirt that reach her ankle and a sock. She closed the door but not make it make a click sound.

Her face show a surprised look when she look at him. She blinks 3 times and then avoid make an eye contact with him, her lip make a tin line. It's clear that she didn't expected this.

After a few more seconds of her giving him glances and him staring at her, she finally open her lips and break the silent between the two of them. "Uhm... i.. I'm going to get the doctor."

She said before opening the door again and literally sprint away from there.

EMIYA don't know how to react to that, if he were being honest. Everything seems to be working faster, first he woke up and then he saw a girl walk in, like she hasn't stepped into the wrong room, like she has been repeatedly coming here.

losing himself in thoughts again, he didn't realized it already passes 5 minutes since he saw that girl, because the next thing he knew, he heard some footsteps coming his way.

It were proven that they were coming to his room when he see a man with dark green hair that if EMIYA don't have an enhanced sight, he would thought it were black. (A/N: And since this is an Anime you guys can see it too, I mean read). The man has a white coat a stethoscope were around his neck. It was clear that he's a doctor.

Followed the Doctor were a Nurse with a white jilbab and a long-sleeved nurse uniform, she also wear a long white pants. In the nurse's hand were a board, maybe to take notes on the patients condition. Or his condition.

Behind the two of them were the same girl from before.

The Doctor walked towards him, seemingly in a daze. Then snapped back and introduce himself. "Hello, Sir. My name is Espandi Ahmad, I'm the Doctor who is in charge of your chase.

" I see that you are confused, to tell you the story, Miss Nabila over there can explain it to you after I'm done testing your current health. As you were in a comatose state not too long ago." EMIYA nodded.

The doctor then proceeded to asks him questions and check his body. Unsurprisingly, for him, his body were fine and there were no other problem other than sore muscles because he has not move it for a month.

The doctor told him that he will need to follow some regiments to gain the ability to walk normally like old times, Doctor Espandi was trying to make him feel a bit reassured, the guy is a good doctor.

After the nurse and doctor walked out, the girl from before walk towards him nervously. If he remember it right, Doctor Espandi called her Nabila.

"Your name is Nabila right?" He asked which the girl replies with a nod.

"Yeah, and from your interactions with Doctor Espandi, your name is Shirou." She declare, or is she asking? Shirou just nodded at her. "To be honest, you don't look white like how your name implied at all." Shirou sighed.

"Yeah, yeah, can you explain to me how did I got here already?" The muslim girl snorted, a smirk growing on her face.

Nabila sit down at the chair Doctor Espandi sit at before moving closer to the hospital bed he's in now.

"Alright, so... about this... Well, if I tell you I found you falling from the sky and fall right into a puddle of mud at a rice field, would you believe me?" Shirou show her his 'What the heck are you saying' face. She sighed at this and waved her hand in an excuse you way, "Believe it or not, I did found you like that.

" I still remember that day, it was, fortunately, Thursday and I decided to walk home. I need to pass by the rice fields and it was exhausting. I think I regretted it at that time. But then I saw a red blur before hearing a 'Splash' from the rice field. I checked it and found you, unconscious on the mud with face first. Honestly, it was funny. Hahaha." he send her a stare to the soul, but she just ignore it and continues, "I can just walk away that time, but there was no one around and if I left you like that you would likely ran out of breath and most likely die. So I saved you and take you home. I asked my neighbor to clean you and change your clothes. After that I waited till you woke up but you just didn't, so we brought you to a hospital and then a month pass by, and here we are right now."

With all honesty, he don't like the sounds of himself almost drowning in mud and die because of that. He, someone who fought people stronger than him and win some of the fight and a freaking servant, almost died because of drowing in mud. False or not, it still sound embarrassing.

Though he can't trust the girl's words, he also sense no lies in everything she said. So he just cringed and nodded at her, "Thank you for saving my life."

"No problem. Though I did ended up paying for your bills. And mind you, it's pretty expensive. Luckily, my parents are pretty able in money, you should pay them back after you recover."

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She remember their screams for her. But then everything went dark. And all she feel was numbness.

But sooner rather than later; the numbness was replaced by coldness. She couldn't help but think it was similar to how it would feel if she was at Festering Fang in Genshin Impact and at the critical cold. She was ready to die again.

However, it seems like that wasn't the plan they had for her- "Bella-" she heard a voice, a gruff and husky, a man's voice. But she can't answer- can't afford to open her eyes. Everything was too cold. "Bella, I'm Sam Uley-"

She feels recognition when she heard the name. The man keep talking, but she can't reach out to him even if she wanted to. Everything was cold. So... Cold. Until she felt fire around her when something- someone picked her up. She tensed, remembering that a man was about to harm her children.

"I got you." The man whispered, and she relaxed. This man meant her no harm, she can feel it. And she feels safe in his burning embrace. "What did they do to you?" He muttered so low, but she heard him; always since the start. Her anchor.

"... Sam..." She could feel his body jerked when she called him. But she didn't respond more when he called her, trying to get information out of her. She refused to talk. Besides, she didn't understand what he wanted. She didn't know who these 'Cullens' he talked about. She recognized the name, but she couldn't get it out of her what it was. It feels like she know. But her state was not supporting her to think of complicated things.

He sighed, adjusting the girl in his arms again, feeling her burying her face in his chest didn't help his predicament. Or the fact that she smelled so damn good.

When he found her, he couldn't help but feel angry. Angry at those leeches for hurting a girl and left her half-dead in a forest. She was supposed to be their responsibility while she hung around them, but look at what happened! They left, and the girl was lost- cold- half-dead on a forest floor, looking like she gave up on trying to find a way out. She was so silent, unmoving, that if he didn't hear her heart beats; he would've thought her dead already.

When he picked her up, she was so cold. Colder than ice. And smelled like the air of a morning day after a storm with a coffee. He was glad that the leech's smell were washed away by the rain, but not so much by the fact that his girl-

He stopped. His girl? Now, what the fuck was that. He only got a whiff of her smell, trying to talk to her, and heard her call his name, and suddenly she was his?

He set the thought aside, he need to get her to her father.

He walked for miles, trying to get her to respond to him, but she seemed to be comfortable in his arms. At one point he stopped when he realized that she was asleep.

And after awhile, he finally see the roof of the Swan's house and broke into a small jog. He saw the lights, and when he finally broke through the tree lines, he shouted; "I got her!"

It didn't take long for him to hand her over to her father. And for some reason, his wolf didn't like that at all. And Sam finally realized something else; his wolf hadn't been growling in his head while he was near the Swan girl.

That was weird. Because whenever he was near single women, his wolf would always show hostility, and even to Leah, who he dated when he first phased. But why was his wolf so calm when he was near the Swan girl? He didn't know.

He still didn't know when he phased in and told Jared and Paul to go home, he was going to patrol, see if the leeches are really gone. But when he was alone, instead of doing his patrol, he stayed by the window where the Swan girl were asleep, his wolf didn't want to be away from her. He was confused, but he stayed, only after he convinced his wolf to do a round of checking the perimeter and one run towards the leeches house before going back to the Swan girl.

He only got back when the sun showed itself and got Jared to take over.

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When she woke up, it was almost mid-day. She still feel a bone-chilling cold, but it was manageable than what she felt the last time she was awake.

She sat up in the bed they put her in, put the blanket around her, and she was glad that someone changed her into dry clothes. The air is still cold, though.

She sighed. What happened? She thought. Then her mind drifted to the cold night before. She remember the man that found her; Sam Uley. That name sounded sooo familiar. She wondered why....

" ...... "

She feels like she was wearing a dumbfounded face, but that was fine. Far from fine was her predicament.

She quickly discarded the blanket and ran with her life on the line towards the bathroom, where she was sure it was a bathroom, and stare at her own reflection.

"No way.. " she breathed in disbelief. Her eyes widened, her mind was full of memories. Memories of her reading, crying, happy, excited, angry, and many things she felt when she read fictions and the novel Twilight. The face of an actress was hers now. And it was unsettling. She was feeling like throwing up.

She did. She throw up on the toilet, and she could feel her tears brimming in her eyes, her chest aches from loss of a life that she left behind and what happened to her right now. She cried for the girl who was not here anymore.

It took her a few minutes to get her things back together, she needed to be strong for the people around her and for her own survival. If that meant being Bella Swan, it should be fine. It need to be fine. She was going to be. After all- she used to be a widowed woman who raised three kids all by herself. This was nothing. It should be nothing.

After flushing her throw ups, she washed her mouth of the waste and brushed her teeth. And she take a quick hot shower, thinking that she needed it anyway after what happened last night.

Once all was done, she went down stairs, freshened and warm enough to start the day. She noticed Charlie Swan was waiting for her, he looked relieved when he saw her. And she need to push away the guilt that she wasn't even his real daughter, but she will make sure that he got what he deserved from a daughter. Though she knew very much that he was a grown man, and she was also not a girl- she is a woman, was a mother.

"Ch- Dad." He nodded, and she made her way towards the kitchen, getting a mug and filled it with coffee and milk. She love her coffee light.

"I'm so glad you're fine, Bells." She tensed when he speak, but relaxed, telling herself that he was Bella's dad, there was nothing to worry about. "Why did you go for a walk in the forest if you got lost in the end?" Most would probably think like that, too.

But she knew that it wasn't Bella that left that note, nor was it her that wanted to go for a walk in the woods of all places. She couldn't help but sigh, "I'm sorry, Dad. I didn't actually go for a walk, no wait- I did. But it was Edward that asked for it." She didn't need to look to know he was frowning.

"That Edwin boy?" She turned around with the coffee milk in her hands, warming her up. And she started to explain what happened- or make up a story of what happened.

"He broke up with me while we were on that walk. I guess I didn't realized we were walking deeper, but when he was done saying his piece, he ran and I tried to follow him, you know that I don't really know the woods, so I was half-scared, half-angry. I lost him, and I ended up lost. I tried to trace my way back, but I got more lost. I didn't remember much after that, but it was raining and everything was dark. I was cold before- uhh..."

"Before Sam Uley found you." You could see that he was livid, and looked ready to kill Edward Cullen. And she was up to couraging him if Edward was human, thing is; he's not, so it was a no-no.

"Yeah, Sam. I remember hearing him saying that." She hummed, drinking her coffee and drained it until it was empty. She rinsed it and put it in the sink to wash later. She opened the refrigerator, seeing that there were eggs there, she take them out, "calm down, Dad. The guy's not here, you can kill him when you see him, but I think you'd need to get in line. Do you want eggs?"

He scoffed but put down the gun that she didn't see he was taking out, "and bacon."

"Bacon. Got it." She didn't like bacon, but that was for Charlie. So she take it out, too.

While she was cooking breakfast, Charlie asked again, "are you going to go to school tomorrow?" Since she didn't go today. Right. School.

She held back a groan, instead she said; "I think I'll go to school on Monday, dad. I'll just ask Angela or Jess for the extra homework."

He hummed, "okay." Discussion dropped. Good.

It didn't take long for the eggs and bacon to be ready, she set them in a plates, she gave the egg and bacon plate to Charlie and have a scrambled egg plate for herself. They ate in silence, and once they were done, Charlie told her to call the station if there were anything wrong.

Isabella decided to make her special butter cake as a thank you for Sam Uley. So, she go to the grocery store, seeing as the ingredients were not enough to feed a whole army. She ignored the stares and whispers, just getting what she needed. Once everything was there, she goes back to the Swan's residence and prepared her batches.

It took her four hours to make everything. And once she was done cutting everything into big pieces and put them in a large tupperware, she goes towards Bella's truck, setting them in the passenger seat, she drove down to La Push.

She asked around for Sam Uley's residence. It took her forever to finally find Sam's house.

It was a small cabin at the corner of the forest, perfect for the pack HQ. There was no femininity, though. It was more... Manly. Something was missing.

Isabella jumped out of her truck, getting the butter cake, and went up the front porch. Her arms were full, so she shouted instead, "Hellooo?? Anyone home?"

She heard some shuffling from behind the door, steps, and then the door knob were turned and the door was opened. "Hi! I'm here for-" She stopped when her eyes meet with a pair of dark brown eyes. "Sam Uley." She finished.

She could feel herself blushing, and cursed this new body for being so easy to go into 'blushing mode'.

The guy is hot, alright. Manly, too. He smelled like a man, pine trees and dry dirt meeting rain for the first time. Gorgeous dark eyes with messy-tidy hair that was cut short to behind his ear.

Okay, Isa. He's taken! Back away, back away.

She waited for him to say something, but he just stand there, staring at her like she was an angel sent for him. It unnerved her. Shouldn't he- like- have Emily? Why was he staring at her like that?

She decided to break whatever he was thinking about her, "Are you Sam?"

It worked when he looked embarrassed, "yeah," she feel her heart raced when she heard his familiar voice, the voice she heard last night. "You can come in." He made a space for her, and she quickly got in, and set down the tupperwears on a dinning table.

He watched as the girl he found last night- his imprint, set two tupperwears on the dinning table of his house. She turned around towards him, smiling awkwardly.

"I want to thank you for finding me last night, Sam. I made butter cakes for you as a thank you." She said, looking so nervous that he just wanted to hug and kiss her lips- okay, hold yourself back. He reminded his wolf and himself.

He realized that he had been staring when he heard a small thud, and see her moving a chair to sit on. She saw that he was watching her, "sorry, it's fine for me to sit, right?"

He had to gold back a grin, happy that his imprint was comfortable around him,  "it's fine, Bella. You can sit wherever you want." He told her and moved to sit in front of her.

"Thanks!" She rewarded him with a blinding smile, "If it wasn't for you I would've died, really. I mean- i was going in blind, being so stupid, following a vamp in a forest." That one taken him by surprise. And she gave him an apologetic smile, "yeah, I know what you are. Not everyone in the rez run as high as you guys, and last I remember, you didn't wear any shirt when you picked me up. Only supernaturals aren't effected by the cold, you know? And I remember reading about Quileutes legends, I connected the dots."

He could feel himself swell with pride, his imprint figured out on her own without anyone telling her. But he won't put it past her, she did figured out the vamp, they could've told her, but she could also be the one who figured it out. His imprint is so quick on putting puzzles, huh.

He decided to look at what she made for him. And ain't that making his wolf roll around in delight? Did she said she made a butter cake? He opened the Tupperware, and it smelled so delicious.

He looked up at his imprint, she looked excited that he was going to try her cake. And he picked one, all of them were already cut evenly, seems like she was used to baking. Sam feels like he just won a lottery at imprinting.

"I didn't really know how to use an oven, so some are overcooked, but I think it will be fine. How is it??" She looked a bit nervous but didn't hide her wide smile.

He shoved the entire piece of cake in his mouth after getting a small taste. "Amazing." He said after gulping it all down. He reached out for more and saw her smile as she watched him eat, before taking one for herself.

It was his turn watching her taste her own baking, and she got a frown, "I think I should add some flavour the next time. Chocolate would be good. But chocolate cheese sound like a blast." She smiled satisfied with herself and put all of the cake in her mouth. He didn't hold back his laugh, she looked like a chipmunk.

He only laughed harder when he saw her half-hearted glare. She looked too adorable.

Once he calmed down, he realized that the cakes are out. Sam looked at Isabella and noticed her fond smile. But there was something else there- longing, he realized.

"Bella? Are you okay?" He feel an ache, he didn't know where he got it, but he realized next that it was hers.

She looked at him, her eyes looking right into his eyes. "Everything is... Fine. I don't know. I... I don't want to talk abou-"

"Hey Sam-" they both turned towards Paul, who's eyes were set on Bella. "What the fuck is she doing here-" he snarled-

Sam growled at his hostility, "watch your mouth, Paul." He calmed down when he feel her hand on top of his.

"Calm down, it's fine, Sam. And I'm here to talk with Sam, nothing to do with you, Paul." Isabella gave Paul one of her cold look, the guy looked surprised she knew him, "anyways, since Paul made it clear that I'm not welcome here, I'm going to go home. Sam, you can come visit any time, my door is open to you. You too, Jared." And she left, with the empty tupperware, leaving three wolves staring after her as she closed the front door of Sam's cabin.

They all heard her truck roaring to life before it faded away after a few more distance. And that was when Sam glowered towards Paul, who knew he fucked up about something on his first impression to the leech lover.