Leah pulled back some of her hair, she wanted to sit near him, she wanted to touch him, but she knew not to. “Well… it was shortly after you returned home. You weren’t really the same. Everyone said you were running drugs and what not, I of course did not believe them, but you had changed. Emily came in for the weekend and I wanted you to meet her, since she rarely came to La Push. You walked in and imprinted her. You weren’t even sure what you did, but went to the elders and then explained it to you.” she bit her lip.
“Imprinting occurs when a shapeshifter finds their soul mate. The moment the shapeshifter sees the one they are destined to be with, they imprint. It is described as having every connection with everything else severed and instead being only connected to this earth for the other person. After that, nobody else matters because you are only there for your other half, your soul mate.” she looked away from him not even able to see his reaction.