.::The only exception::.

Leah x Alice

Resubmitting an edited version of this story, this was submitted before so don't feel like you're going crazy if you think you've read it. You probably have.

.: Prologue :.

It was stunning, the way she moved... Her graceful, pearly white limbs almost glowing in the light cascading from the moon. Her muscles twisting and stretching elegantly as she evaded every attempt the other vampire made to even graze her petite form. I couldn't tear my eyes away from her, and lifting my head I inhaled deeply catching a wift of her scent. It was sweet but it also had a slight musk to it, I'd never smelled anything more delicious in my entire life.

I was suddenly snapped out of my thoughts as a low warning growl ebbed up within Jake's throat, his eyes were boring holes into me and he mentally let me know that we were going to be having a long talk once the training session with the Cullen's was over. I growled back, bearing my teeth. 'Back off, it's nothing Jake.' I barked over the mental link, my pack beta's eyes narrowed.

'It doesn't seem like nothing Leah,' Jake muttered, Sam glared over at the two of us his own voice echoing over the mental link.

'Jake is right Leah but this is not the time or place for this conversation.' He growled out as the rest of the pack began to whine at the mood that had fallen over their leader.

The head of the Cullen family, Carlisle raised his hand and called for the two combatants to stop. The man and woman bowed their heads respectively to one another before returning to the group, Carlisle smiled proudly at the wolf pack before him.

"I'm sure as you know, not all vampire's are created equal. I hope that our little demonstrations has given you a taste of how you cannot judge a vampire merely off of appearance... Just as we should not underestimate you and your pack."

Sam stood, nodding his great head and moving forward, the other wolves were slowly making their way across the clearing towards the vampires and I could not help but follow my eyes drifting over to the little pixie. She was currently conversing with the redish haired vampire and the breath taking blonde as the others met with my pack. I longed to go see her but Seth's whine alerted me that I was wanted elsewhere.

Carlisle was looking over each of us, he seemed to be nice but I was still put off by what he was I couldn't help but raise the hackles along my back as he placed a gentle hand on my head.

"I'm guessing this is Leah," he said with a smile, his honey colored eyes sparkling in the moonlight as he patted me gently. I nodded before moving on to the rest of the family, eagerly awaiting the moment in which I met her.

But before I could move that far down the line Jake's overpowering howl echoed through the clearing, it was time to head home to La Push. I glanced over my shoulder before disappearing into the darkness of the forest, she was watching us as we melted into the shadows. But when her eyes met mine they remained fixed, it was almost as if she could feel what I was feeling... I yelped slightly as Jake clacked his jaws by my head, his eyes glowering at me through the dim light filtering through the leaves above.

'Move, now.' He said in a very unamused tone, I snorted softly but obliged to my superior.

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I sat on the beach, my short black hair shifting around my face as the wind blew it gently. The waves lapping at my toes was soothing, I could feel my mind drifting back to the other night and I couldn't help but feel helpless. Jake had warned me once we left that I couldn't keep entertaining the thoughts that had been slipping through my consciousness.

As much as I hated to admit it, he was right. Those thoughts fought against the very core of who I was. Who we are. It left a bitter after taste in my mouth to say what I was, I still couldn't believe it.

I was a wolf, a shape-shifter like the ones that filled our legends. And I was the most amazing of the clan, the only female in Quileute history, the shock had been too much for my father...

And now I felt alienated, my mother didn't outright blame me but she didn't have to. I could see in her eyes she resented what I had become, it wasn't a gift and now I was expected to protect someone I didn't even know.

'Isabella Swan...' I thought darkly, she was so selfish, this woman was using Jake to save her own skin and not risk her little vampire mate as much as possible.

And Jake was wrapped around her little finger and she wasn't even his life mate, he might be the strongest of us but he was certainly not the smartest. I growled under my breath as I heard the tell tale sign of my pack beta running towards me, I sighed knowing why he was here.

"Leah, we're heading out on patrol, are you coming, or not?" He grunted, I blinked up at him in surprise. I could see he was taking a lot of control to not freak out about my continued thoughts about the vampiress from the other night.

"Sure." I said softly, raising myself up from the ground, removing my black beater and tattered jeans before stashing them in a cooler. Jake barked from the treeline and I lept forward, my jaw elongating and my teeth sharpening. My vision became much more clear as I transformed, my dense fur spread across my nude form. Covering it quickly as I followed Jake's silhouette through the forest.

I relaxed as I ran, the calming sounds of the forest easing my mind a bit as I searched for any scent of the vampire Victoria or her growing army. I wasn't quite sure where this would take me or my pack but teaming up with vampires to fight vampires was certainly a ground breaking development. There was a change in the wind, and no one was certain as to whether or not it was good, or bad...