  &quot;What the hell was that.&quot; The vampire growls, hauling my brother to his feet, seemingly irritated and almost violently dusts him down. No one seems to know how to react and Leyanne, well she chuckles and doesn't seem shocked at all. No hint of surprise, just an 'oh well' attitude and a pretty smug expression.
  &quot;It's called falling in love.... the wolf version anyway. Jasper just found his forever mate, and frankly, I do like a good bit of drama in the family. Well, isn't this another layer to add to a seriously strange story.&quot; Leyanne is cheery with the turn of events and Jasper is white and panic stricken and looks like he's about to throw up. Meanwhile Carmen is on her ass, outright staring his way with a devastated air of freak out all over her and doesn't seem to be able to respond in any kind of way at all.
  &quot;They imprinted?&quot; Meadow is almost as spe

  I missed the journey home, thankfully. Not by intention, but because my body passed out on me without my having a say on the matter. I intended to lay on the bed near Carmen for a while in case she needed to talk to someone to give her some support for something I ve experienced too. Somehow sleep took over and the last memory I had was gazing at her lonely figure across from me. Last night s tension, the camping out in the open air, and no real shut eye. All the emotional heaviness of the past few days just kicked my ass, and my maybe the growing lives inside of me too.  The next thing I know I m waking to subtle thuds on the truck walls and jump awake, startled by the rattle as though something is caving in through the roof over my head.
  Carmen is sat up on the other bed, her knees pulled into her chest, looking like she too slept the whole time and didn t switch places with Meadow

  I don't know how to react, what to think or feel. I stare at him, gawping. Somehow rooted to my spot, anger consuming me, mixed emotions swirling around me like a dense fog. Pain, then relief, some inkling of joy and hope, but it all swirls back around to agonizing shards of biting fear as I try and absorb that this is real.
  I open my mouth to speak again, but only noise comes out. A whimper of desperate sobbing that breaks me down and in a second, I'm crushed against a strong warm chest, surrounded by arms that used to be as familiar as my own skin. I'm hugged tightly by the one person who used to make my day brighter, before Colton did. Before our world fell apart. I can only slump into him, so caught in memories and how this feels so familiar, so necessary and yet I cannot stop crying against his soft clothes like a wounded child.
  &quot;If I had known.... I would have found a wa

&quot;What the hell was that.&quot; The vampire growls, hauling my brother to his feet, seemingly irritated and almost violently dusts him down. No one seems to know how to react and Leyanne, well she chuckles and doesn't seem shocked at all. No hint of surprise, just an 'oh well' attitude and a pretty smug expression.
  &quot;It's called falling in love.... the wolf version anyway. Jasper just found his forever mate, and frankly, I do like a good bit of drama in the family. Well, isn't this another layer to add to a seriously strange story.&quot; Leyanne is cheery with the turn of events and Jasper is white and panic stricken and looks like he's about to throw up. Meanwhile Carmen is on her ass, outright staring his way with a devastated air of freak out all over her and doesn't seem to be able to respond in any kind of way at all.
  &quot;They imprinted?&quot; Meadow is almost as speechless as me and quickly speeds over to help Carmen back to her feet. Deja Vue of a similar chaotic

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