AN: The past couple of weeks have flown by! I have really enjoyed writing this three-story arc and hope you all have enjoyed reading it. I cannot believe this story marks the 21st story that I have posted for the Choice Series. I hope you enjoy!

~Emmettroselover

Chapter 1

Sam could feel the tremors quaking inside of him as he sped away from the Cullen House with Allie. He kept his eyes trained on the dirt road, but could sense his daughter glaring at him. She had not spoken a word to him since he demanded that she get into the truck, but he knew that would not last. Too much had happened that night. His secret was out, along with so many others. Allie knew the truth about the wolf pack and who her father truly was. Sam knew her silence would not last long in the truck.

"I can't believe you kept all of this from me. Who are you," she questioned incredulously. He could feel his heart thundering in his chest and gripped the steering wheel as tightly as he could without breaking it off.

"Allie, we will talk about this when we get home," he stated, but she scoffed.

"Oh now you want to talk after one of your big bad wolves almost attacked me? That's convenient."

"Drew would never attack you. He was trying to make you understand why it is dangerous to be around the Cullens."

"I can't believe this. How long have you been like this? What about Drew? I can't believe I was dating someone that has to take orders from my father. He told me about your little arrangement. Sorry, but it won't work. I am in love Zach!" She gasped as he slammed on the brakes and skidded to a halt. He turned to face her and she could see the anger emanating from his eyes. He took in a deep breath to steady himself so that he could speak as calmly as possible.

"I know you are upset, but trust me when I say that you have no clue what you are dealing with. Allison, I am your father. I love you. I never want you to be in danger, so you are going to stay away from Zach Cullen. You are going to stay away from all of them, including Josh, Jake, and Leah. Do you understand me?" She crossed her arms and ignored him by staring out the window. He was resigned to the fact that she was not going to speak with him in that moment and turned back to face the road.

The rest of the drive home was in strained silence and Allie hopped out of the car as soon as her father pulled in front of the house. She slammed the car door shut and Emily bit her lip nervously as she walked out onto the porch. She discerned by their expressions that the tension building in the house ever since Allie returned from Stanford was about to come to a boil.

"What is going on," asked Emily as Allie stormed inside.

"Where should I start, mom? Should I begin by saying that I cannot believe you both kept this from me my entire life? Or that I know about dad and Drew's creepy arrangement? Or that Drew chased me through the forest while he was naked," she shouted and Emily's eyes widened as she spun around on her heels to glare at her husband.

"You let him phase and phase back in front of her," shouted Emily and Sam put up his hands in defense as his wife shot daggers at him with her eyes.

"Okay, I will admit things got a bit out of hand, but his heart was in the right place. You know how hard it is to accept any of this unless you actually see it and he thought since she already knew about wolves from that book, she would not panic as much as she did. How did she get that book anyways," questioned Sam as he eyed his wife suspiciously.

"She deserves to know the truth and since you were not going to give it to her….."

"I can't believe you went behind my back like that! That was a decision we should have made together," argued Sam.

"Oh, like we made the decision for you to use Drew as some pawn in your game? I told you it would end badly," defended Emily and Allie stomped her foot to get her parents' attention.

"Hello, does anyone care how I feel about any of this? Mom, he freaked when he saw me with Zach!"

"I knew that would happen," muttered Emily and Sam's eyes widened.

"Wait, you knew about the two of them," accused Sam.

"I just found out and that is when I told her about the bookstore. What else was I supposed to do?" Allie whistled loudly and her parents turned to face her again.

"As much as I enjoy standing here and listening to the two of you argue over me, I think I am going to go. I am sure you have a lot to talk about, so I am just going to leave you alone," announced Allie as she headed for the front door, but Sam stepped in front of her.

"Whoa and where do you think you are going," he asked.

"I am going to see Zach."

"Like hell you are," bellowed Sam and she glared at her father.

"You're right, I am," declared Allie as the two of them stared each other down. Emily stepped in between them and slipped her hand into her daughter's.

"Allie, I know you are upset. You have every reason to be and we have a lot to explain. We all need to talk about this, but when we have had time to calm down. It is late. I am sure you are tired after the day you have had, so please, for me, go get some sleep and we will talk about this in the morning," advised Emily. Allie took in a deep breath and slowly let it out as she tried to calm her nerves. She reluctantly nodded and hugged her mother.

"Fine, we can talk in the morning, but this isn't over. You can't keep me away from him, dad. I am not a kid anymore. I am twenty years old and you have no right to try to tell me who I can and cannot be with," declared Allie. Sam smirked.

"You may be twenty, but you are my daughter and it isn't as simple as me being the evil father that doesn't want you to be happy. You are my baby girl. I held you in my arms when you were born and vowed to protect you forever. That vow is my priority, even over the vow I took to protect this land and my people. We can talk about this all we want, but you aren't going anywhere."

"You can't keep me here," she shouted.

"I have an entire pack that would beg to differ. They will patrol all night and all day. You won't even get out of the driveway without me knowing," he informed.

"He will come for me. Zach won't let you keep us apart like this," she warned and Sam crossed his arms.

"If he wants to start a war, then that is on him," he said with a shrug.

"What are you talking about," questioned Allie and Emily gasped as realization dawned on her.

"You reinstated the treaty? Sam, how could you," asked Emily.

"It had to be done. If any Cullen steps onto this land, they will be warned to leave. If they refuse, the treaty will be broken and I will have no choice but to attack."

"Dad, you can't just…."

"This is not up for discussion, Allison! You say you want to know who I am, then let me explain it to you. I am not just your father. I am the chief of our tribe. I am the protector of this land. I am the alpha, the leader of my pack, and I will decide who comes on this land and who does not. The Cullens know that too. These are my laws and if any of them try to disobey them by coming for you, I will deal with them. Now, go to your room. There is nothing left for us to say to each other tonight."

"Dad….."

"Go," shouted Sam as he began to shake and tears welled up in Allie's eyes.

"I don't even know who you are anymore," cried Allie as she ran to her room and locked the door. Sam scrubbed his face with his hands and fell back onto the couch as Emily shook her head in disbelief.

"What the hell is wrong you," whispered Emily. Sam laughed bitterly.

"What is wrong with me? I have a daughter that wants to put her life in danger for a vampire, a wife that is conspiring against me, a beta that wants to attack the Cullens because he is heartbroken, and a pack that is divided over the issue. What isn't wrong at the moment, Emily?"

"You brought all of this on yourself," she scolded.

"I never did anything to make those two decide to sneak around! How did they even meet? Zach shouldn't have been around her in the first place!"

"I will admit that was a surprise to me too, but everything else was bound to happen. Drew did not imprint on her and you knew that, but you put his heart and hers on the line when you decided to use him. As far as I go, let me make myself clear. I love you with all of my heart. We have been through hell and back together and it made us even stronger. I would do anything for you, except for one thing. Our love is strong, Sam, but my love for our daughter is stronger. You are crossing a line right now and you need time to calm down. I can sense it. You are on the verge of phasing and you have been since you came home. You need to relax. You are not thinking rationally."

"Allie is here and that is what matters. Everything else can be dealt with later," conceded Sam and Emily sighed in relief.

"Good, so come to bed," she suggested, but he shook his head.

"I need to speak with the pack. I will back later," he called as he left the house. Emily placed her face in her hands and closed her eyes. She could feel the tension bursting at the seams. She knew her daughter and husband. Neither would budge. Allie inherited Sam's stubbornness and Emily knew compromise was difficult for them when they believed they were right. She hoped the truth would bring them closer together, but once Sam's secret was out, it seemed to only make things worse.

The pack was eerily quiet as they watched Drew pace back and forth in human form. The boys were gathered in the forest on their side of the treaty line and Daniel cautiously glanced at his brother as the rest of the pack tried to comprehend what the fallout from the night meant for them and their tribe.

"Drew, you are suicidal if you really think you can take on Zach," warned Daniel and Drew huffed.

"There has to be a weakness to his power. He can't take us all," argued Drew.

"Since when," asked Owen and Tommy nodded.

"Yea, I doubt his powers are weakening as he gets older. Besides, there are too many of them here now," added Tommy.

"It doesn't matter! We have to defend Allie," shouted Drew and Braden rolled his eyes.

"From who, she seemed pretty cozy with Zach. Face it, you are upset because she chose him, not because she is in danger," argued Braden. Colton shook his head.

"It was different when they just wanted to hang out with us, but a vampire being with a human is warped," argued Colton.

"It worked for Edward and Bella," defended Evan.

"Look what she had to become to be with him," yelled Drew.

"But wasn't that her choice, she doesn't seem upset about it," said Daniel and Drew groaned.

"That is what they want you to think, that they have these perfect lives with no worries, but it isn't true. No one is that perfect or worth that sacrifice. You want Allie to have to give up her life to become like them? To drink blood? They can pretend they are better than the others, but they still have to battle that urge every day. You want Allie to have to go through that pain for days just to be like them, to give up a part of her, for him? Sam isn't going to allow that and we aren't either," declared Drew and Colton nodded in agreement, but Drew noticed how Daniel, Braden, Owen, Tommy, and Evan looked down at their feet.

"Any of you have a problem with that," challenged Drew and Braden shrugged.

"They saved my life. I can't just pretend that didn't happen. Caleb made us go after vampires when we shouldn't have and they saved me. If it weren't for Carlisle….."

"Don't praise them because of Caleb's screw up. I agree that we shouldn't have been out there in the first place, but that is on Caleb. Now look at him, about to marry one of them. It shows you how much they can warp your brain," said Drew and Tommy smirked.

"You must be talking about imprinting because that is what happened between Caleb and Sofi. That wasn't a vampire thing. It was a wolf thing," reminded Tommy.

"So what are you saying? You aren't going to stand with me and Sam if we have to fight?"

"Do we even have a choice in the matter," questioned Braden and Drew threw his hands up in exasperation.

"I can't believe you guys," exclaimed Drew. They all gulped as they heard Sam approach. The alpha phased back into human form and pulled on his shorts before joining them.

"Sounds like I am missing an interesting conversation," said Sam and Daniel sighed as Sam eyed each of them.

"Sam, you are our alpha. We agreed to follow you because we knew you would bring us peace with the Cullens. It is just hard to accept that everything has changed overnight because your daughter is now involved," explained Daniel and Sam slowly nodded.

"I know and I am aware of your concerns. I don't want it to have to come to that. I still want peace with the Cullens. I just refuse to have that at the expense of my daughter. If Zach can stay away from Allie, we will have peace. I promise," assured Sam.

"What if he can't," questioned Braden.

"Let's worry about that later. Right now we need to focus on the treaty line. We are going to run patrols day and night to make sure vampires are not on our land. Owen, Tommy, and Evan, your shift will start in the morning. I doubt they will cross during the day and risk exposure, but we need to be careful. Braden, Colton, and Daniel, you will patrol tomorrow night with me and Drew. We're going to keep the patrols on our land from now on. Jake and Leah's territory is off limits too. The moment you see a vampire on Quileute land, let me know and I will give you your orders. All of you get some rest. Drew and I will patrol alone tonight. I don't think they are bold enough to step onto our land after tonight's altercation," instructed Sam. They each nodded their understanding and Drew waited until the others were gone to speak with Sam.

"Colt is the only one who will not hesitate to go into battle, even Daniel is worried," informed Drew and Sam gave a curt nod.

"I don't blame them. I am not exactly happy about any of this and hopefully it will not come to that, but you and I know what we must do to protect Allie."

"Even if she won't protect herself," agreed Drew as they shook hands. They were determined to do whatever was necessary to keep Allie away from Zach Cullen.