Title:My safe haven
Category: Romance/Family-hint of drama
Characters:Sam/McKayla, Sam/Razea, The Pack, Alexandria 'Lexi'. Rated M. THIS IS AN EDITED RE-POST OF THE STORY.
Summary:Sam U. and his girlfriend McKayla have been together on and off for a few months. She puts a wedge between Sam, his family,and his job, and his best friend Paul and the rest of his pack are tired ofseeing their alpha miserable. When Paul's sister Razea returns to La Push, old feelings surface. Will she turn to her brother or to Sam when she needs a shoulder to cry on?.
Prologue: A Torn-Up History
Sam Uley's POV
I remember the day I met Razea, my best friend Paul Lahote's little sister. She started following me around the reservation and just never stopped.
Of course Paul thought nothing of it; he just passed it off as harmless flirting. Being her older brother, he made a promise to her that he would always be there and protect her from any guys. He used to tease her by pointing to me and saying, "Especially this one." Razea ignored him, never caring one bit for his overprotective big brother act. She still followed me everywhere, to the point that it would slightly annoy me.
The elders started to notice how we interacted with each other too: I think they knew something that we didn't. They called me and Razea two peas in a pod, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend McKayla who really hated it when Razea hung around me.
All I wanted to do as a teenager was spend time with McKayla, even though she was temperamental and I didn't know what I'd get from her from day to day. Razea, on the other hand, was carefree. I could tell her anything that troubled my mind. With her, it was like I could be normal for once in my life and chill with my family and the pack on the reservation.
As the years passed and Razea left, I got sucked into the whirlwind that is McKayla. I wonder if my pack misses me at all. I'm supposed to be alpha and I haven't been doing that lately because of her. Between school and my girlfriend, I've been slacking on my responsibilities to my family and to the tribe.
I hope McKayla doesn't mind if I do my job before the elders get even more mad at me. I just hope I can get away from her for a while because I can feel my wolf getting very agitated: he's longing for some company with my best friend and I don't blame him one bit. I really need to talk with the elders before I become even more confused.
The phone rang, interrupting my thoughts. The caller ID read 'Paul Lahote'. I got worried right away: my beta never calls me unless it's serious.
"This better be important," I said, holding the phone between my cheek and my shoulder.
"Please tell me you're not with McKayla right now," Paul said.
"Yeah, why?" I sat up in bed and McKayla moved up next to me.
"Do you need something?" I asked worriedly. Paul never called so I had to assume that something was wrong.
"Yeah, but you're busy with your girlfriend, so sorry for asking you a favor," Paul spat.
I moved away from McKayla and got dressed for whatever Paul needed.
"Seriously, what do you need me for because I'm already ready to go," I said.
"Well, since you got me stuck at work so you can be with your girlfriend, I need you to go to the airport to pick up Razea," he says. "Can you please go pick her up?"
"Okay, I will," I said. "I'm sorry for making you stuck at work. I'll try to be a better boss. When does she get here?"
"Her plane from Los Angeles left at 7 this morning," he said. "She's due in at 11:05. Thanks again, Sam. I'm sorry I ruined your precious time with your girlfriend."
"That's okay," I said. "I need to go if I'm going to pick her up in time."
"Thanks," he said.
"Oh. Paul," I said before he hung up. "Emily's been calling for you constantly so please call her. Bye."
"Thanks again, Sam," he said as we ended the call.
Paul Lahote's POV
My baby sister Razea is finally coming home from Los Angeles, California with my niece Alexandria. I miss them so much that it almost kills me and my wolf. It's been a while, and I really can't wait to see them. Especially since my niece looks just like her father... who just happens to be my alpha, Sam. Everyone on the reservation can tell that Alexandria, or Lexi as we call her, is Sam and Razea's daughter just by her facial features.
My baby sister would kill me if I told you the story of how my niece came to be, but what she doesn't know won't hurt her, right?
I believe it all started in middle school. Sam and Razea gravitated toward each other. It was just harmless flirting, or so I thought, but the elders and everybody on the reservation thought differently. They thought my sister and Sam were a "thing" because of how they interacted with each other. It didn't hurt that the rest of the pack just gravitated towards them. What got me was the way my pack brothers started calling my baby sister "mom": that was very weird to me.
The relationship between my sister and my alpha didn't progress until high school; that's when everybody on the reservation called them "the perfect couple". I still didn't get it until Sam asked me if he could date my baby sister. That's when I found out that my alpha really liked my sister for who she is.
I gave my blessing for them to go out because I knew that Sam would treat her like a queen: the way she deserves to be treated. Razea is more a mom to me than a baby sister, but I just want my baby sister back.
The night of Razea and Sam's first date, I told him to have her back before our father got home. If my father got back and found out that his only daughter wasn't home I'd get beat up for it. Before they left, I told them I wanted to take a picture for our personal memory book, the one our father didn't know about.
They happily posed for the picture and left for the date. I didn't know until I closed the door after them that our father was behind me looking drunk out of his mind. He was ready to punch someone, and that someone happened to be me. Right then, I didn't care about the fear: it was worth seeing my sister happy for once in her life and not miserable and unhappy at home. If being with Sam was her safe haven, then so be it. Maybe I'll find my safe haven one day away from this house for good. A place where our father can't beat me up no more or look at my baby sister weird again.
I knew I'd need a plan to escape so that Razea would know where I was after she came back home from her date with Sam. I just hoped that the counsel would hear our pleas, and that Uncle Harry and Aunt Sue could adopt us into their family.
"Paul, where is she going with that boy?" asked my drunk father.
"Nowhere, Pops," I said. "They're just going to his house to do a school project and then she'll be right back."
"You lie, boy," he said. "You're just like your flighty mother. I knew I should've left you in Tacoma with her to raise you."
"I didn't lie to you," I said. "She has a project that's due tomorrow. They went to his house to finish the project."
Before I knew it, my father had slapped me then beat me until I was a bloody pulp. He acted like he didn't care about what he was doing to me at all.
"I bet you didn't see that coming, did ya, boy," he yelled. "Now get up and tell me what your sister is really doing with that boy."
"No," I screamed when I finally got away from him and hid. "Screw yourself, old man. I'm not telling you what she's doing with 'that boy' and his name is Sam so get that straight."
"Shut up, boy," he yelled. "Now let me tell you a little story about your baby sister. I'm not her biological father. Someone else is. And you know what? You can't protect her from me for long."
Sam Uley's POV
I will never forget the night Razea and I had our first date.
She seemed distracted at first, but she soon loosened up and seemed to be having a great time with me. While I cleaned up the kitchen after dinner, she waited in the living room. My father soon entered the room with a confused look on his face. Razea smiled nervously at him, but I ran out and pulled him away.
"That's my girlfriend," I said. "She's over for a date,"
"Okay, but I want to talk to you when the date is over," my father said when he left the room.
"Sorry about him," I said to Razea. "He's just doing his job and being a dad."
"That's okay," she said. "I'd love to meet your dad. It would be nice, but right now I'd love to watch a movie with you."
"I would love for you to meet my father," I said. "But not right now. We'll just watch the movie, then I can get you home."
"What do you want to watch?" she asked.
"How about we watch Taken 2?" I replied. "Then I'll take you home. How does that sound?"
We watched the movie, then afterwards, we went up to my bedroom so we could talk. On the way, I saw my father look up the stairs and say "Go get her, tiger."
Me and Razea started talking and then the next thing we knew, we were having sex.
I imprinted on her, and also impregnated her. Maybe I should have been worried, but I didn't care. I was alpha, my father was on the council, and he was here in the house when it happened. He would tell the other council members about what happened. I wouldn't get in trouble with the council, and they would know the moment my wolf awoke. Once that happened, everyone would know that I'd found my soul mate and that she got pregnant with my daughter.
My wolf did awaken, and accepted Razea as my girlfriend and soul mate; he also accepted my daughter that we would have, with or without the council's blessing. Me, and my wolf, were alpha of this pack and the council would have to oblige what we say or nothing would ever get done.
Me and Razea fell asleep, but the wolf inside of me stayed up. It was a strange feeling, but I could tell. It was my wolf who caused me to wake up when Razea stirred in her sleep. She woke up and told me about the horrible dream she was having.
"I saw my father beating up my brother," she cried. "He's getting beaten up because he wants me to have a life."
"Shh, it's okay," I said.
"No," she said. "I have to go home to check it out."
Me, and my wolf, recognized this and were concerned for the well-being of the family member. We were willing to do everything in our power to protect the family.
So now, after that night long ago, I'm on my way to pick up Razea and our daughter when we haven't seen each other in a very very long time.
I wonder what will happen?
~MSH~
Author's note:
So that's the prologue to my new story. Hope you guys like it. Read and review please and thank you from rubydragonjewel and also thank you to gjficfan for help and changes for this story.