Chapter 1

The television was down low almost to low to be heard. On the floor a half full basket of clothes waiting to be folded. The wooden coffee table had piles of pink clothes with the odd purple mixed in. Laying on the couch was a very tired man who couldn't remember the last time he had slept a full night. Loud snores filled the room.

Emily tip toes to the television intending to turn it off. However as usual she was foiled when Paul's wolf senses came to life even when he was sleeping.

"Go to bed Paul." she whispers not wanting to wake her husband up who had just come in from running patrol.

"Yeah in a minute." Paul said sitting up and started folding the tiny clothes.

Emily sits beside him and takes the little skirt off him and folded it before putting her hand on the shifters arm. "Paul let me do this. Don't you have patrol at dawn?"

"Em's I can't expect you to take care of me and Liv," Paul said picking up a pretty little blouse that was given to Liv from her favorite aunt and uncle.

"Paul you know I love looking after you both. You can't be expected to do this by yourself."

"She's right Paul now get yourself off to bed." Sam said leaning against the door frame his hair sticking out in every direction.

Paul was about to protest once again only to get the look from his alpha that made it clear it wasn't a request but an order. Sighing Paul got up and kissed Emily's cheek before sneaking past his alpha towards the bedroom that he shared with his two year old daughter.

Olivia the apple of Paul's eye and the result of a one night stand with a girl from the res. Paul knew straight away when the girl came to him crying saying she was pregnant. It was the first time a condom had broken and the girl was a virgin. She was a senior at La-Push high and was the tribe's brightest student and was already accepted at several colleges where she planned to become a lawyer to help her tribe get back what they had long lost.

Both agreed that they wouldn't get rid of the child. Paul would support her as much as he could. They knew that they could never be together and since the wolf hadn't imprinted it could only lead to hurt if he did. Not that she knew that. She liked Paul but she had only wanted to lose her virginity before heading to college. Who better than the hottest guy for a hundred miles.

When Olivia was 18 months old her mother went to a party with friends. She never returned home. Her body was found the following week washed up on the shores Neah Bay near the Makah Indian reservation. Her death not considered suspicious. It wasn't until the funeral that Paul actually found out his daughter was taken by social services since her grandparents didn't want her.

With the help of Billy and Sue Paul managed to get custody of his daughter. Six months later and the wolf was beginning to think that maybe he had made a mistake but, the moment he looked at his daughter he knew he would do anything to keep her with him. She was his world. Paul Lahote 19 years old and a devoted father and member of the Olympic Wolf Pack.

Not in his wildest dreams or nightmares did he believe he would ever be a father. Now he couldn't imagine his life without her. The boy became a man over night. Even after shifting Paul was a bully and a whore. Now it was like no one else existed no one except his little baby girl. Emily tried to hook him up with girls from her own reservation but the wolf ignored them when they came for a meal.

When Rachel Black returned to visit her father and brother, everyone thought there was a spark in the wolf's eye. However they were all wrong including Rachel herself. She was training to be a child psychologist and Paul was trying to pick her brains about what to expect when his daughter starts asking about her mother. When Rachel left Billy Black gave a sigh of relief as much as he loved Olivia he didn't want his daughter anywhere near Paul.

Paul slipped into his and Olivia's room. His daughter had once again kicked the blankets off just like she did every night. Even though she wasn't as hot as her father she certainly had the wolf gene. Smiling Paul picked up her plush wolf that her imprint had given her for christmas. No one had actually told Paul that young Colin had imprinted on his daughter. But the man was not blind he saw the boy looking at his daughter with so much love and devotion in his eyes just like he saw in Quil when he looked at his Claire.

Olivia was like a little churb. Her hair the beautiful ink blue black like her father's. Her skin colour lighter than Paul's. But it was her eyes that drew people to the young girl. The bright blue was a rare colour amongst the Quileute and once was considered the sign of a seer. Of course that was legends and nobody knew if it was true. Paul hoped not since the shifters were just legends to when he was growing up.

At first he was beyond pissed and was ready to murder the young cub. However after seeing his little girl gravitate to the young man he decided that Colin would protect his daughter like she was his own. No father could have asked for anything more. Colin was a good kid who did well in school and once he stopped phasing maybe have the chance to go to college and make something of his life. At the moment the kid had nothing to fear from Paul. Not yet. But when his daughter showed more than friendship with Colin the boy had better run. Because no one will touch his little girl.

Stripping down to his boxers Paul crawled into bed. The sound of his daughters steady heartbeat and her deep breathing lulled the wolf to sleep. Dawn would come all to soon for the man. He hated that he wouldn't be there for when his daughter woke up but he needed to let the others in the pack have a life and do the night shift while their loved ones slept. No one said anything to Paul but he couldn't see his brothers and sister suffer because of him. Colin would no doubt be over early to take her to the park which he often did on a Saturday.

Paul woke to the sound of giggling. He knew that laugh anywhere. He slowly opened his eyes and watched the top of his daughter's head at the side of his bed. He wondered what had woken him up. He saw his daughter's little head coming up again and quickly closed his eyes. He felt her soft breath on his cheek and then a tickle on his nose. Liv loved her daddy giving her butterfly kisses on her cheek and she would always return it with kisses on his nose.

Her little giggle gave her away again. This time Paul wasn't letting her go and put his large hands around her little waist and held her on his bed beside him.

"Morning Princes."

"Daddy!" she squeals as Paul blows raspberries on her chubby cheeks.

Paul's eyes flicked to the alarm clock and saw that it was nearly 9am meaning he missed the start of his patrol in fact there was only an hour left.

"Liv what did Aunty Emily say about leaving daddy to sleep?" Sam said coming and picking up his niece and throwing her up in the air. If it was anyone else doing that to his daughter Paul would have had a heart attack.

"I swear I set the alarm." Paul said getting up and slipping on his shorts.

"You did but Emily thought you needed more sleep so she turned it off. Colin gladly took your patrol." Sam said putting Liv down swatting her bum lightly telling her to go find her aunt.

"Really, Colin? Of all the people I have to owe." Paul sighed.

"Colin isn't going to call you on it."

"Of course not. If it was anyone else they would though." Paul said slamming open drawers trying to find a clean shirt.

"Paul…"

"Do I really look that stupid? I know the kid imprinted on Olivia."

Paul found a shirt and signed as he put it on. He had accidentally put a pair of Liv's red pants in the white washing and now all his shirts were pink. He thought about throwing them away but his little princess loved she and daddy had matching shirts. So the big scary wolf proudly wore pink not caring what anyone thought of him because his little girl was happy.

Sam went to open his mouth only for Paul to hold up his hand. "I'm fine with it. I just wish he felt he could come talk to me. Am I that bad that even my pack brother is scared of me?"

"Actually it was my idea for him not to tell you. So much was going on when you first brought Liv,home. The last thing you needed was another person telling you that the little girl who had your heart had someone else's as well."

Paul nodded he guessed Sam was right he wouldn't have taken it well. Colin hadn't met his daughter until the first night she came to stay with her father full time. The whole pack were excited to meet the newest member of the pack family. It took a lot for Paul to let anyone near her other than Emily.

"Could have done worse. It could have been Seth." Paul chuckled thinking of the happy kid who at times drove Paul insane with all his positive attitude.

Sam just chuckled. "Come on Emily is making breakfast for Colin and Brady and you know they love their full breakfast. I swear they take on dawn patrols just so they get to eat Emily's pancakes while the others aren't around.