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Your heart leapt in your chest, sweaty palms accompanying the shaking of your body. Y/e/c orbs dilated in fear as you watched the inconceivable in front of you. Mind racing made it hard to even process as you gripped yourself tightly to steady.
In front of you, your savior bore its teeth upon what you could only assume was a vampire. Heavy claws slashed into the vampire that had just had your throat mere moments before. Powerful growls ripped through the air, viciously attacking your predator.
You could still feel the chilled hands that crushingly gripped your arms, as well as the lack of breath against your neck as the predator's teeth drew close to your neck. Before today, you had no belief in the supernatural world, simply believing that it all had been fantasy, but now. Firsthand you experienced the world of the supernatural, tears welling in your y/e/c orbs.
The fight had been over almost as soon as it began, the vampire decaying in front of your y/e/c gaze. Tentatively, your gaze fixated upon the beast that set its heavy paws slowly, nearing your figure. Your heart still raced in your chest, slowly calming as the wolf grew closer.
Cautiously, the wolf strode closer, attempting to keep an almost calming presence against its snout. Black fur billowed softly in the wind, which you studied with great detail in your gaze. Brownish gaze of the wolf met your own, and within that moment, you could feel something strange course through you.
The tears that previously welled in your eyes were quickly wiped away by your hand as you relaxed your body. Y/e/c orbs stared into the brown eyes as the wolf drew closer. As the pure black wolf stopped before you, you gaped in awe. Something about the beast in front of you was simply a thing of beauty, and despite your fear, you felt your lips curling upwards.
"Thank you," you murmured, your voice soft and strained as you stared at the beast. "You- you saved my life."
If the wolf could possibly smile, the black wolf smiled in your direction. Almost submissively, the clearly alpha beast shrugged its head your way, as if asking to be pet. Brown orbs stared up at you, waiting for you to move.
Each movement you took was cautious as you reached your hand out towards the wolf before you. In a small voice, you whispered, your hand hovering over the wolf, "May I?" With your hand merely inches away from the night wolf, you could practically feel the heat radiating from it.
The wolf was not one for patience, clearly, as it nuzzled the soft fur atop its head into your palm. Though this movement was quick, its brown eyes stared upon you, gauging your response. As it saw your smile stretch fondly against your lips, the wolf nuzzled more into your hand.
Your hand delicately moved over silky smooth black fur, relishing in the plush feeling. As you pet the wolf more, the large wolf took to gently curling into your hand, nearly upon your lap. The giggle that escaped your lips was nothing but sheer joy as you listened to the wolf growl in contempt.
"Your name is Y/N, is it not?" the wolf telepathically communicated with you.
You were taken aback for a moment as you paused petting the wolf to stare down upon it once more. With a shaky voice, you responded in a hushed tone. "Yes, but how are you doing that?" You asked.
"Imprinting allows a telepathic link," the wolf replied, his voice clearly masculine in your mind. "I mean you no harm. In the opposite, I wish to protect you."
Your heartbeat quickened, though you found yourself relaxing into the soft fur that you pet. Gently, you said, "May I know your name?" As you did, your eyes once again locked with the brown orbed gaze of the wolf in front of you. "This is all so new to me...I'm sorry."
The wolf chuckled softly in your mind, his voice clearly amused. "It's not often that we imprint upon a human, so you have every right to be confused," he replied, almost sweetly. "I must first ask if you are willing to keep my secret. If humans were to find out about myself and my pack, we would be in danger."
You hummed in acknowledgement, continuing to enjoy the soft plush of the black fur. "I would never tell a soul," you replied softly. "I promise you."
"Beautiful, and trustworthy," the wolf replied, almost flirtatiously in your mind. "Now I understand why I would imprint upon you. My name is Sam. Sam Uley."
You blushed at his words, a smile making it's way against your lips once more. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Sam," you mused. "Would you mind if I asked you exactly what imprinting means?"
"Would you allow me to tell you in my human form, back at the reservation?" He suggested, withdrawing his head from your hand, but instead motioning for you to climb upon his back. "I can get us there quickly, just hold onto me."
You could not help the blush that heated your face as you attempted to climb upon the soft black wolf, wrapping your arms comfortably around the neck for support. "Please let me know if I'm holding too tightly," you murmured loud enough for the wolf to hear you. Though you had never ridden a wolf, you mentally noted how comfortable you were.
Sam simply chuckled before taking off, faster than you could have ever imagined. The wolf bounded through the forest as if it had been home for years upon years, clearly amused at your occasional squeal of surprise. Once or twice, the wolf allowed his brown eyes to drift back upon you to make sure that you were still holding on securely. Within what felt like mere minutes, he successfully took you to a clearing, where a lived in building clearly sat.
Coming to a stop, the wolf lowered itself for you to dismount from him before he allowed himself to shapeshift in front of your eyes. The man before you retained the same brown eyes that were previously adorned in his wolf-like form, deep brown hair cut short upon him. He towered the slightest bit over you, as he had in his wolf form. As he turned to you, his smile tugged against his lips.
"This is who I am," he said, his voice deep and resoundingly the same as his voice in your mind. He stood before you in simply cut off pants, chest bare. Upon his right shoulder you mentally noted the tattoo of what you could only assume was his tribe.
Though you attempted to fight the blush that rose from your neck and into your cheeks, reddening and hot as you stared upon him, it rose. You, for a moment, were left in awe, staring at the most handsome male you laid your eyes upon. Left without words, you simply smiled upon him, your mouth dry of words.
A chuckle escaped his lips, as they curled up into an almost smug smile. He took a step closer to you, taking you by the waist. Brown orbs watched intently as your blush merely deepened at this action, and he finally broke the silence between the two of you. In a low voice, he said, "Imprinting is like finding your soulmate. It's not something that any wolf can control."
Your mouth went dryer with his words, though your lips inadvertently curled upwards at that. "This is all so new to me," you finally forced out, though you found yourself melting into his warm touch. "So you're telling me that I'm your soulmate, Sam?" As you spoke, your gaze did not leave his brown orbs, though you wished desperately to hide your embarrassing blush.
He simply nodded, pulling you in closer to the heat radiating from him. Strong arms held your waist, while expectant eyes studied you. Knowing that you were in fact new to the world of the supernatural, he had not expected much from this encounter, but he did not wish to lie to his imprint either.
"I hope you don't mind being patient while I get used to this," you said with a soft chuckle, though your arms wrapped around his neck comfortably. "But that's the best news I've heard in quite some time."