Vampiric-Dragon-Lord – Of course, I'll keep writing. And you keep reading….. and reviewing. ^_^ Ha, I'll get to it eventually. I like your persistence on your "butt smecks."It amuses me. AND it will get a LOT more interesting. Just wait for all my twists and turns.

Jaspered01 – Yeah! Not too much of a cliffhanger! YEAH!

Navygirl14 – It's ok. Seth is adorable. Besides, he needs to get laid before I do anything dramatic to him. Jacob gets bolder. I realized he does sound a little effeminate. Yes, BELLA AND THE CULLENS ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS STORY.

Pace1818 – I decided, obviously.

Jake's PoV

I walked into a giant castle. Who knew that the Pennines Mountains could hide a 50-story, black castle? It was as black as midnight, and hand an ominous feeling around it. I shuddered. Ryan and his red eyed self just wrapped his arm around my waist a little tighter and we continued toward the castle with the Chitakido entourage. Here in good ol' England, they call them "loup-garous." I figured that Chitakido wasn't a universal word. We reached the bottom of the very, very tall cliff on which the castle resided. The first thought that popped into my mind was: "It. Is. Steep." It was nearly 90 degrees steep and one false move would send you tumbling to your death.

Ryan phased and so did the rest of the red eyed loup-garous. It was odd. Ryan never phased. He was black, but with a touch of grey to his coat. He gave me a look that said, "Hop on."

"What? No dragons to carry us up?" I sneered. Ryan let out a wolfish laugh. I rolled my eyes and got on. He leapt up the massive cliff in a good twenty leaps. I was surprised. He was strong. I sighed. We walked or rather they walked, and I was "escorted" into the castle. It was an odd feeling to be inside of the monstrous castle. The walls were white marble, contrary to the black onyx outside. On the walls glowed torches with an ominous light.

Ryan dismissed the other wolves and then he phased and pulled on a grey robe that was in a crate near the gate. He led me through the seemingly endless tunnels and hallways, giving me a tour of my new "home" or as I like to call it, hell. I decided to get away for a moment and I decided to roam the halls alone. He consented. I quickly darted away.

I walked around the corner and ran into some one. We fell down and papers scattered everywhere.

"I'm so sorry," she said hurriedly. She flinched when I didn't say anything. She looked hesitantly at me. Her mouth gaped in shock. Mine did too.

"Jake? What are you doing here? I thought you ran away a year ago? When did you come back?" she exclaimed.

I shook my head, "Bella Swan." I was amazed. Here was my crush before I imprinted on Ryan. "What on earth are you doing in a castle full of man-eating werewolves and other monsters Ryan has here?"

"Jake," she scolded. "I'm a grown up. Keep in mind that just because you're a big bad werewolf, doesn't mean that you should be here either."

I rolled my eyes at her. She was in love with a vampire. Some fool by the name of Tedward or something like that. It was a useless love triangle. I didn't think that Ryan would recruit vamps though. They smelled awful to us, and we smelled awful to them.

"So what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Oh, Ryan recruited us to come and join forces. He actually threatened to destroy us if we didn't join him," Bella said.

I nodded, "So where's Tedward?"

"Edward," Bella scolded. She hit me on the back of my head. "He's probably lurking around here somewhere," she said, and she made a vague gesture to indicate the entire castle. I rolled my eyes.

"Ah, Jake, it's nice to see you get reacquainted to Mrs. Swan, here," said Ryan. He rounded the same corner that Bella had come out of. Bella flinched and bowed to Ryan. She quickly picked up her papers, and whispered, "I'll see you around, Jake." Into my ear.

Ryan came up to me and pulled me to my feet. He wrapped his arms around me. I squirmed. Ever since Sam's comforting embrace, everybody else's hugs were awkward and hard. He took me up to the top floor. We gazed at the stars, or at least he did. I was looking down from the railing pondering my odds of survival if I jumped. Sadly the odds were very slim.

"Let me show you to your room," Ryan said, breaking the blissful silence.

"What you're not going to and I quote, 'going to introduce me to a very wonderful thing?'" I asked bitterly.

Ryan sighed. "You're still holding that against me?" he asked.

What a lame question. "Of course. When a monster takes your virginity away, it's not something people tend to forget," I said, in a fake happy voice. He sighed and guided me by the hand to my room. Or should I say house? It was large enough for the entire pack (Sam's pack) to fit in. The living area was a vibrant green. The couch was a sandy color that vaguely reminded me of Seth. There was a wooden coffee table right in front of the couch. There were also plants in vases, wooden tables, and torches scattered about the room. This room had a very Japanese feel to it.

Ryan led me to the bedroom. When I saw the bed I froze. I choked up.

"Are you ok?" Ryan asked, concerned. I nodded and held back the torrent of emotions inside me. He nodded and left to give me some privacy. Once he was out of sight, I collapsed against the wall. I let the tears flow freely. How could I not cry? The bed was the exact same shade of black as Sam's coat. A wave of homesickness washed over me. I hesitated for a second then I quickly grabbed a blanket from a nearby closet and headed over to the couch. I curled up on it and cried myself to sleep.

"You know there's a bed in that room right over there," a voice said. I jumped. Bella was sitting on the arm rest that was not occupied by my head.

"I know but it's…. too difficult to talk about," I said.

"I've got time, and Ryan sent me here to make sure you're ok," she said bluntly.

I glared at her and she just smiled and leaned against the wall and put her hands in her lap. I sighed, "Alright, but no interruptions. Got it?"

She nodded and pretended to zip her lips.

I began, "Ok so after running away from Ryan, I ran into a pack. Their leader, Sam," – she blinked in surprise –"imprinted on me. I tried to escape them, but they practically force fed me and I regained some strength. Ryan found me and he started to attack. I left Sam, who had been so nice to me, who had cared for me, behind so that Ryan wouldn't kill him. I broke his heart, Bella. That fact hurts the most. Now, everything reminds me of them. The bed is the shade of Sam's fur coat, this couch looks like Seth's coat; the table is the same color as Jared's eyes. It just goes on and on."

She touched my leg comfortingly. "You love him don't you?" she asked quietly. She already knew the answer.

"Yes, more than anything in life, but I've already imprinted," I said.

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Ok, it's not a cliffhanger. R&R.