A Twilight fanfiction novel - SheeWolf85

she saw his bare feet that she’d just checked out another man. Not only that, but her boyfriend’s
friend. Shame made her cheeks turn red, and she cleared her throat. “It is really pretty.” She
gestured to the sunset. “I’ve never seen the sun go down over water like this before.” A cool breeze
made her shiver. “I just wish Jake hadn’t left. I’m cold.”
Embry sat up and scooted closer. “I’m hot, too. Come here.”
She glanced at him suspiciously. “I don’t know . . .”
He put his arm around her. “I’m not trying to come on to you, Ness. Jake’s like a brother to me; I
wouldn’t do that to him. Not to mention I know what he’d do to me if I did.”
She tried to relax. “Thank you.”
He rubbed her shoulder. “No problem. So what do you think of all this so far?”
She shrugged and shifted a little closer into his warmth. “It’s nice.”
He laughed. “You don’t sound very convinced.”
Renesmee sighed and looked at him. “I’m confused, I guess. I mean, Jacob has explained all this to
me, like how you’re all friends and the theories of why you’re all so warm, but I don’t get it. Why are
you so hot?”
Embry smirked. “I have good genes.”
She rolled her eyes. “You know that’s not what I meant.”
“Yeah, I know. It’s, uh . . . it’s complicated, y’know?” He didn’t like having to step carefully around
his words. “And it is actually in the genes. We’re all direct descendents of the ancient council.”
“Yeah, Jacob said they thought that had something to do with it.” She sighed again. “I love him
regardless; I just wish I knew for sure. My dad said the only time he’d ever seen anything like a
person running high constantly without a fever is someone doing drugs, but then he said that if it
were drugs, Jacob—and you, I guess—wouldn’t look as good as I apparently told my mom he did.”
Embry laughed. “I can tell you it’s not drugs.”
She was starting to feel more at ease and leaned into Embry’s shoulder. “I believe you.”
“Has Jake told you about our legends?” He knew the answer already, but he had to pretend he
didn’t. It was annoying.
She pulled back and nodded. “Yeah, kind of. That’s why he invited me, I think. He thinks hearing
them a different way won’t scare me. I’m already nervous. I don’t like things like werewolves and he
knows that. I’m trying really hard to be supportive, though. I don’t want something silly like that get
between us.”
He nodded. If only she knew how important this was to Jacob. He could honestly say he felt bad for
his alpha.
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