Chapter Three: Pack History

Edward and I ran to my house. "Dad!" I called out. "You might want to see this."

Our parents and my brother ran into the living room. "What is it, Pup?"

I threw the red duffel bag at him. He raised an eyebrow as he looked inside. "Impossible. Sam Uley died when the pack split."

"Alpha Charlie, do you care to explain?" Alpha Carlisle asked.

"Let's go into the office." We all followed my Dad to his office. "Where do I start?" He asked himself. "Alpha Carlisle, have you heard the full story about the LaPush pack?"

Alpha Carlisle paused for a moment before he answered. "I heard that they moved to the reservation about 10 years ago." He shrugged. "There isn't really much information on them in the archives which I find odd."

My dad sighed. "The LaPush pack was created 10 years ago. Alpha William Black used to be my Beta Billy Black. The LaPush wolves were apart of the Forks pack. There was a situation that went on that caused some of my pack to leave to become LaPush." My dad grabbed a beer out of the fridge he had in here. "A long time ago, I noticed that there has been something going on with the high school students at the time. Samuel Uley was almost 18. Very troubled kid. Had a bunch stuff going on at home that I don't want to go into. He decided to use wolfsbane as a recreational drug. He was selling it to the students to help them get through school." I felt the tears well up in my eyes because I know how this story ends. "Well, he got someone close to us addicted. I'm talking she needed it every day." Dad sighed. "On his 18th birthday, he found his mate on one of his deals. He looked all around for her, and he found her. But, when he found her, he was too late." Dad started to get choked up. "His mate, Emily Young, was found dead at our old house. She overdosed while babysitting my daughter. Bella woke up an hour later to find her on the living room floor pale with her veins visible and black. Sam came in, saw Bella crying, and his mate dead. The mate he never got to meet."

I felt Edward put a soothing hand on my back. "What happened to Sam, Alpha Charlie?"

"He was so overcome with guilt and pain that he couldn't take it. He killed himself by overdosing on it like his mate. He wrote a note saying that he buried the rest of his stash somewhere outside of the territory on neutral land. Then, he went on to reveal that his dad, Josiah, was the ring leader of the whole thing."

"What caused some of your pack to leave?" Alpha Carlisle asked.

"Billy was aware of the whole thing. He turned a blind eye. I had just became Alpha at this point. I was 6 months in to being Alpha." Dad let out a pity chuckle. "I exiled all of them involved. In reality, my pack ended up being stronger."

"Can a wolf handle wolfsbane? The thing created to kill us," Edward asked.

My dad nodded. "If it is a small dose, it gives off the same high feeling any other drug would."

"Hunters use it to either weaken us or kill us in one hit. The high is how we are weakened. Our senses are lessened or too heightened that everything is overwhelming. Generally, when hunters use it, they rather overdose us on it," Alpha Carlisle said. "This is something that I was going to warn you about at a later time," he told his son. He turned his attention back to my dad. "I knew that this pack had an issue with it, but my father said that was handled with accordingly."

My dad went stoic. "I did what I had to do for my family and my pack."

I sighed. "Do you want to look around on neutral territory for any disturbed ground?"

Dad shook his head. "I will handle this with Beta Mark. I don't want you out of pack lines." He looked at mom and Benji. "Same goes for the both of you." I nodded. I didn't want to argue with my dad because I know how hurt the whole thing made him. "Beta Mark and I will handle this thing from here on out."

"Who all knew about the bag?" Mom asked.

"Not in front of our pups, Renee," dad said. Benji raised his hand. "What Benji?"

"Can the Bella and I be excused?" Dad nodded, and Benji left. We know not to argue with Dad with a situation like this.

I looked at Edward who nodded. The two of walked out of the office. "I'm sorry that you have to hang with a 17-year-old." I paused. "Or you can hang out in the room that you are staying in. Or I can see what Benji is doing," I spewed out like vomit.

Edward chuckled. "Bella, it's fine. What do you do for fun?"

I shrugged. "Well a bunch of people go to the pack house to hang out or shopping." I shrugged. "It's a very small town." Edward shook his head. "What?"

"I asked what do you like to do? Not what the pack likes to do," he said as he moved some hair out of my face.

I perched my lips. "Well, there are a few things that I like to do. I love to read classics, like Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights. I do also like to walk around the woods."

He chuckled. "Let's go for a walk then."

EPOV:

When I first saw Bella's wolf this morning, my jaw almost dropped. Her fur was a beautiful reddish brown. Once the sun hit it, the red was more visible. Her human form was just as gorgeous.

As soon as I saw her that first time, I knew that she was my mate. It wasn't strong which I immediately knew that she wasn't 18 yet.

During the story about the Fork's pack history, I wanted to find where that Sam guy is buried and dig the body back up. My beauty should not have went through something like that.

I was pulled from my thoughts to Bella nudging my side with her nose. The two of us ran through the woods until she stopped in a meadow. I walked over to her and ran my head from her side to under her neck. I was scenting her to let other men know that she is my mate. In return, she put her head on my neck and rubbed it.

Suddenly, Bella laid on her back and stared up at the sky. I laid on my back next to her, and the two of us just looked at the clouds.

BPOV

I opened my eyes to see that I was still in a meadow.

When did I fall asleep?

"About two hours ago," Edward replied.

Edward, in his wolf form, was sitting with his back to me. "Everything okay?" I asked.

"Look down, Bella," he said.

I looked down to see that I was in my human form. I squealed and phased back into my wolf form. "How long was I naked?" I walked over to him and sat down.

"About an hour," he replied nonchalantly.

My eyes widened. "Why didn't you wake me up?" I paused. "You didn't watch me did you?"

He shook his head like he was offended. "No. As soon as I saw you in your human form, I turned around to give your privacy. I just watched out to make sure that you were not going to be disturbed."

I could feel the blush hit my cheeks. I'm glad that he can't see it trough my fur. "Thank you."

He nudged his nose on my cheek. "You're welcome. Let's head back. They are probably wondering where we are." I nodded my head in agreement. "Let's go."

The two of us slowly walked back to my house. The back door was opened, so I walked upstairs to my room. I nudged the door closed with my nose, and I phased back into my human body. "Time to shower," I told myself. I walked into my connected bathroom to get cleaned up.

"Hey, Bella," I heard someone say. I screeched and used my hands to cover my private areas. "Sorry, Bella."

I quickly grabbed my blanket and wrapped it around my body. "Jesus, Mary Alice Brandon. You scared the shit out of me."

She gave me a look of pity. "I'm sorry. Mom and I came over, and your mom told me to just head on in here."

There was a knock on my door. "Bella, I heard you scream. Are you okay?" Edward asked.

Alice raised her eyebrow confused, and I just shook my head at her. "Yes. I'm fine, Edward. My best friend scared me."

He chuckled. "Okay."

I heard him walk away. I pointed to my head, so we could talk through mind link. "Can we go do something? I do have to talk to you and Angela. Urgently."

Her eyes widened. "Holy shit. Yes." She paused. "Is everything okay? Are you in trouble?" I shook my head no. She looked at the door to secretly asked if it was about Edward. I nodded my head. "Yes. Yes. Yes." She paused. "What did you wear when you first met him?"

I grabbed my yoga capris and white t-shirt. Her mouth dropped. "Alice, we were tracking down the where the wolfsbane came from. Plus, I was a wolf."

"I don't care if you were in wolf form. Why the hell would you allow him to see you like that? Bella, I thought Angela and I taught you better about fashion." I just stared at her. "Fine, you start drying your hair. I will go downstairs to ask our moms if we can go out for lunch."

Alice walked downstairs, and I got ready for lunch. I threw my hair up in a high pony, and I went to my closet. "Coming in, Bella," Alice called out.

"Okay," I replied. She walked back in. "I am keeping the high pony."

She sighed. "I guess. Put on your bra and underwear. I will pick out clothes." I threw on a nicer set of undergarments. "Cropped skinny jeans, black shirt, and black booties." She threw all the clothes at me.

"You do know that I own a nice pair of flats?" I asked as I started to get dressed.

"Don't care." I quickly got dressed. "Angela is meeting us at Pa's Dinner."

I nodded. "I'm ready."

She shook her head again. "Mascara and lipstick." I sighed and quickly put them on. "Now, you are ready." The two of us walked out of my bedroom just as Edward walked out of the guest room. "You must be Edward. I'm Alice. I am Beta Mark's daughter."

He smiled. "Hello, Alice." He turned his head to me. "Hello, Bella. You look nice."

I blushed. "Thank you." I saw Alice's coy smile out of the corner of my eye. "What do you have planned for the rest of the day?"

"Benjamin and I are going to meet up with his friend," he said.

"If his name is Connor, good luck," Alice said. "He's my idiot older brother."

Edward chuckled. "Should I be worried that the both of you told me good luck about your brothers?"

"We are the younger siblings. We kind of have too. Don't you do that to your brothers?" I asked him.

"I am the older brother." He paused. "By three and six minutes."

"Identical?" Alice asked.

Edward shook his head. "Fraternal. Emmett is three minutes younger than me. Jasper is three minutes younger than him."

"Are the three of you mated?" Alice asked. I could see the wheels turning in her head.

"I'm not. Jasper isn't. Emmett and his mate have been together for a year now," Edward said.

"Okay. Bye, Edward," Alice said. She grabbed my arm and pulled me away. "Angela is waiting for us."

I turned to Edward. "I will see you later!" I called out. When we got to the car, Alice started at me. "What?"

"We need girl talk, ASAP!"