Sam's POV

I was in the kitchen making Bella some soup. I figured it would be the easiest thing for her system to take right now. I needed to get her to eat something. Her health was deteriorating by the hour.

I knew it probably sounded rather redundant for me to try to aid Bella in her health given how it would end. There was no way Bella would survive the birth and I was going to make sure the thing inside her didn't survive long after. But I had to do something to try to help her. I couldn't just watch her get worse without at least doing something to ease her pain. I was causing her enough pain already.

I felt bad for what I was doing to Bella. I knew she considered me a soulless monster who'd gotten her husband killed and who was trying to take her child next. I couldn't blame her for that because it was what I had done and would continue to do. But I did care about her. It actually surprised me how much. I didn't want Bella to die. That's why I couldn't let myself do it earlier. I couldn't take her life and I didn't want that thing she was carrying to do it either. There didn't seem to be much of a choice though. I couldn't see a way to save her. All I could do was try to make the remainder of her life as painless as possible.

I quickly finished up the soup and headed over to Bella. When I got there, she was asleep on the couch. I put the soup down on the table and covered her up with a blanket that was on the couch. Then I knelt down beside her. "I'm so sorry, Bella. I don't think you'll ever know how sorry I am."

Soon I heard someone approach my house. I got up and walked towards the door. I had a feeling I knew who it was and I wanted to do this outside so that I didn't wake Bella.

I walked outside and closed the door just as Jacob made it to the porch.

"What the hell did you do?!" Jake asked angrily as he advanced on me.

I immediately grabbed him by the arm roughly and hauled him away from the door. "You're going to keep your voice down!"

Jacob pulled his arm free. "Screw you! What the hell is going on?! You force me to come with you to murder the woman I love and her leeches and then you take off with her! What did you do? Did you kill her?!"

"Calm the hell down! Now!" I ordered in my alpha voice. He was screaming his lungs off and I knew he'd wake Bella soon if he didn't shut up.

Against his wishes, Jacob started to relax and he bowed his head.

"To answer your question, no, I didn't kill her. I should have, not just to get rid of that thing inside of her, but also because it would've been kinder to do it. But I couldn't do it. I couldn't be the one to end her life. You were right. Protecting humans means protecting her to, not that it'll matter in the end," I said sadly.

"So you made me betray her for nothing." Jacob's voice was still angry, but it was much more controlled and he spoke in a normal voice. "Where is she?"

"She's inside, and no, you can't see her. She's asleep," I told him.

"Why did you bring her here? What are you going to do?" Jacob asked.

"I will do what I have to. I will wait for Bella to give birth and then I will do what I must to protect our people and the people of Forks from the monster she delivers," I told him.

"She'll die!" Jacob said as his voice rose a bit again.

"There's nothing I can do about that. I would if I could. Tell me about the Cullens. How many of them are dead?" I asked. I couldn't believe I was even thinking this, but I hoped at least some of them survived so that I could tell Bella that not all of her family had been killed. It was unlikely that if many if any had survived. There were now more of us than there were of them. So needless to say, Jacob's answer surprised me.

"None of them," he said before running a hand through his hair. "When I realized you had taken Bella instead of killing her, I ordered everyone, as Beta, to stop. The reason for fighting was gone. We did a lot of damage to a couple of them though. They'll need to be put back together. It gave us a chance to get away and it'll keep them from coming here for at least a few hours."

"They better not come here," I said. While I didn't wish to kill them and cause Bella more pain, I would do what was necessary to protect myself and my people. If the Cullens stepped one foot on La Push, we would finish what we started.

"I doubt they give a damn about the treaty anymore, Sam. Not that it matters. We already broke it," Jacob said.

"You go back to the Cullen house and tell them that they will be killed if they come here," I ordered him.

Jacob nodded. "I'll tell them. I'm not sure what difference it'll make though. How's Bella? I can't imagine she's happy about this."

I snorted. That was the understatement of the century. "Oh, you can definitely say that. I don't think I've ever seen her so angry. She threatened to kill me."

Jacob's eyebrows rose in shock. "What?"

"Should she survive and find that I've killed her kid, she says she'll kill me," I said. I knew she meant it too. If she somehow survived the impossibly, she would stop at nothing until I was dead. Again, I couldn't blame her. I'd want me dead if I was her too. To her, that creature was no different than a normal baby and I was the monster trying to prey on it.

Jacob shuttered. "I don't think I've ever heard her threaten anyone."

"She loves that kid. I think she'll do anything to save it," I said.

"I know. I begged her to let Carlisle take it, but she wouldn't budge. You know, maybe now we can do that. We could get her to have an abortion. It would save her life," Jacob said with hope written all over his face.

I shook my head sadly. "I don't see how that's possible. How would we get her the abortion? Anyone who did it would know that it wasn't a normal pregnancy. Other than Cullen, there's no other doctor that can do it.

Jacob looked down for a minute dejectedly. Then hope showed up on his face once more and he looked at me with pleading eyes. "Let me talk to Carlisle. Maybe now that he knows there's no way to save the demon spawn, he'll be willing to do it. Or maybe he'll at least be willing to do like a C-section just before Bella's set to give birth."

"No," I said after a moment. I couldn't take the risk. If I allowed the Cullens onto the reservation, they would most likely try to take Bella back. I wouldn't allow that. Bella was not leaving my house until the kid was out of her.

"Sam, please, just listen for a minute. Most of the Cullens don't want that thing existing either. The only ones aside from Bella who care are Blondie and Esme. The others don't seem to be bothered about an abortion. Hell, Edward doesn't seem to want anything to do with it. I don't think it'll take much to convince them," Jacob said.

I was torn. I didn't want Bella to die and Jacob's idea seemed like it might work, but I was worried that the Cullens would double-cross us. Jake said they mostly agreed with us about the kid, but I still wasn't sure it was a risk worth taking. "Go speak with the Cullens and see what they say. I will think about it. In the meantime, they are still not to set foot on the reservation."

Jacob nodded and took off in a run.