AN: The vamps and wolves you recognize from The Twilight Series belong to S. Meyer.

The rest of the wolf pack, imprints, wolf kids, and pretty much every other character in this story belong to the talented yay4shanghai! You can find her on my page if you want to check out the rest of her captivating stories :) and check out the amazing spinoffs by AsagariMelody, dll10, liljenrocks, Guzhong, twihardcaligurl, and intiMACYx33.

New story news!

I know a lot of you were hoping for a Brady/Annie story and I am glad to announce that yay4shanghai as posted the first chapter of The Wonderful World of Cupcake and her Wolf, its a collaboration between the yay4shanghai, dll10 and myself. So go ahead and check that out, its on my page under Favorites :)

Thanks to fabulous beta yay4shanghai for not only letting me borrow her characters but also for coming up with the title for this story – because I suck at that, lol.

Prologue: Out with the old, In with the New

"There done – Do you like it?"

My son nodded his head while drinking his juice from his sippy cup. I had just finished decorating his room, his new room in our new house. It had taken a lot of hard work but I was slowly moving on from the life I had left behind to the one where the possibilities were endless. I bent down and picked up Solace and then sat down on the white rocking chair in his room. His head fell against my chest and I sighed nuzzling my face in his dark, sleek hair. I rocked back and forth and thought about how much my life had changed in the past three years.

I had come to Italy scared out of my mind. I was twenty five, pregnant and alone. The father of my child didn't know I was pregnant. The only ones who knew back home were my sister Annabelle and Aunt Leah. I came searching for a new beginning and with help from my brother Ethan and his wife Elena, I had slowly but surely got back on my feet.

I spent six months with Solace watching over him and making sure that every minute of the day he was tended for, when he started crawling around I realized that I had to do something for myself and for him. I refused to depend on Ethan and the Cullen's for the rest of my life. Solace was my responsibility and as his mother I had to find a way to be able to maintain him. Ethan would always tell me to not worry, that I would always be looked out for, but I was too proud to accept charity from anyone.

With that said, I took advantage of everything I had learned about design. Ethan and Alice Cullen were my investors and with their help I started, Bella Vita Designs. It was my company, something I started and slowly built on my own. I ran it all on my own and with help from my two young interior designers my business grew every day. After I landed my biggest project, a sixteen room villa owned by a wealthy English family, and I was able to take the money from the commission to start building my own home on the land behind Ethan and Elena's home.

It took a year to build and on the eve of Solace Kai's third birthday it was finally complete. I felt a surge of pride run through my veins as I looked at my baby's room. It was sky blue with little planes and helicopters painted on the walls. My boy loved planes, the idea of flying in the sky always fascinated him. When I first showed him his room he ran around, his arms opened to his sides and a gleeful laugh coming from his throat. Seeing him so happy always brought tears to my eyes because it made me think of his father and everything he was missing.

I didn't blame him for not being part of his son's life because when I thought about it, I knew that I was the one holding him back. I was the one who didn't tell him I was expecting his child in fear that I would once again fuck up his opportunity to have the life he had been waiting nearly fifty years for. Solace never asked about his father, he had plenty of men who had helped filled that role but I knew that one day he would ask and I had yet to find a good answer as to why his father wasn't with us– at least not one suitable for a three year old.

My son was my life, everything I could have ever hoped for. I always wanted to be a mother and ever since I lost my first child because of a miscarriage, I had been yearning for it. Solace Kai came into my life like a shining light, bringing a purpose into the dark and dull existence I had been living. There wasn't a day that I didn't wake up thankful for the gift I had been blessed with. There was not one person I loved more than my son. I thought falling in love was the single most amazing thing in the world, but it paled in comparison to the love of a mother for her son.

I couldn't imagine a day without my son in my life, whenever I wasn't with him I worried about him. He was in my thoughts all day and at night when I went to sleep, I dreamt of all the possibilities this world could offer him. I wanted the best for him and even though he was three, I knew that he was special. My son was going to be great– just like his father.

I felt Solace's fingers playing with a strand of my hair and I smiled, placing a kiss on his forehead. "I love you, baby," I whispered into his ear.

Solace put down his sippy cup, and looked up at me with a grin that resembled his father's so much it hurt. Every time he smiled at me, I thought about his father and the way that same smile had always made me weak at the knees. He cupped my face in between his little hands and placed a kiss on the tip of my nose.

"I wuv you too mommy!" He exclaimed before breaking out into a fit of giggles. I laughed wrapping my arms around him and pulling him into a hug. He curled up against my body and with a couple of more rocking motions, he was asleep. I placed him down on his mahogany bed and pulled the covers over his body. I softly kissed the tip of his nose before walking out and leaving him to enjoy his peaceful slumber.

My small but beautiful, three bedroom home was everything I had ever wanted. From the tiled floor that resembled wood, to the brown and copper accents that gleamed around the house and the various pictures of my growing family in every corner. I felt at home, something I hadn't felt in a very long time.

I laid down on one of plush couches on my living room, letting the Italian sun streak across my face through my arched windows. I closed my eyes and smiled in the distance I could hear the faint excited screams from Ethan's two year old son Emmett and Elena's giggles warning Ethan to be careful. I thought about my family and how much I missed them. I hadn't seen my parents since Solace's first birthday. After I told them, they were angry, they thought it was wrong of me to deny Solace his father, but after much begging and pleading they agreed to support me.

My entire family knew about my son including Melody and Brady, they always called and he loved all of them without really knowing them. His Auntie Annabelle who was also his godmother showered him with gifts and occasionally would web cam with us so she could see how much he was growing. It was a Wahalla secret, like Ethan and I called it. My family was loyal and I knew that I could trust them to keep Kai's existence to themselves.

It was hard being away from them, knowing that my Solace wouldn't grow up around his amazing uncles and aunts broke my heart. It hurt my parents to not be present as their first grandson grew into a little man, but they knew it needed to be done not only for him but for his father as well. Ethan had filled up the father role in Solace's life ever since the day he was born. He was the one that taught him how to potty train, the one that told him it was always polite to let girls walk and sit first. Solace loved Ethan and the rest of the Cullen's who showered him with so much love that there wasn't a day he didn't see them.

I could feel my eyes drooping close, but a knock on my front door opened them right back up. I sighed tiredly as I walked up to the door and opened it.

"Hello, William," I greeted, Elena's younger brother and my friend.

He blushed, his eyes roaming my body. "Oh!" I gasped out. I was wearing one of my signature lace teddies and it was obvious William was enjoying the sight. I grabbed the nearest coat from the rack by the door and covered myself. William looked down at the floor, his cheeks tainted with red as he walked inside. He had a small box in his hands.

"Uh, I brought you this. Well really it's for Kai," he said awkwardly, Kai was the name everyone in the family except Alice called my son.

"Well, he's sleeping right now. You could wait for him if you want," I offered walking into the kitchen and pouring myself some juice.

William shook his head. "No thank you. I kind of wanted to say goodbye," he said fidgeting with his hands. William resembled a thirteen year old though he was far younger, but because of his vamp genes he aged faster than normal. He was a nice kid, whom I loved like a little brother and confidant. Ever since I moved here, he was the one person I could really talk too. Despite his youthful appearance I never felt like I was talking to a kid.

"Oh yeah, you're going to Spain, right?"

He nodded, he didn't look too thrilled, "I am leaving tonight."

I smiled and leaned against my marble kitchen counter, "you're going to love it- Spain is beautiful."

He looked up surprised, "you've been there?"

I nodded, biting down on my bottom lip, remembering my honeymoon stop in Spain. "Yeah, almost five years ago, it was amazing. Make sure to go to a soccer game, someone once told me that you can't go to Spain and not go to a soccer game– oh and eat churros, they're delicious," I moaned softly just thinking about my favorite pasty.

William chuckled at my antics. "I should get going, mom and dad are waiting to take me to the airport." I nodded, walking over to him and wrapping him in a friendly hug.

"Have fun, William," I told him, bending down and placing a kiss on his cheek. William squeezed my waist tighter before letting go. I walked him to the door; he turned to look at me.

"Are you going to miss me?" he asked abruptly.

I laughed, "Of course I will William. But you're going to have so much fun, the last thing you'll be thinking about is me," I assured him.

He shook his head. "I could never forget you," he mumbled.

I ruffled his black hair and kissed his cheek, "Bye, William."

He walked down my porch steps, then turned around to face me, "will you tell Kai that I am going to miss him too?"

I giggled shaking my head, "Of course I will."

"Thanks, Bye Amber!" he shouted waving and running to Ethan and Elena's house.

"Mommy, I am hungwy," a small voice said behind me. I smiled turning around to see my disheveled son who was holding onto his airplane blanket that William had given him for Christmas. I walked over to him and picked him up, he placed his head on my shoulder and sighed.

"What do you want eat, baby?" I asked him.

He pretended to think about it before screaming out, "Macawoni and Cheeze!" I laughed. Now that was something I was good at.

I watched my little man eat away and I couldn't stop thinking about how much he was growing up, he was going to be three in two days and all I wanted was to stop time and keep him with me forever. My son was all I had left. He was the reason I would wake up every morning, without him I would have nothing more to live for. Falling in love was something that I never wanted to go through again, all my energy and time was meant for my baby, for him and only him.

I will most likely update this story, once a week, probably Tuesdays because it's my slow day at school – but then again reviews are a great incentive, so you know – review ;) lol