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LEAH'S POV
My paws fell heavily on the path we had beaten around the vampires' house. I had been running all day, and I didn't really mind. I didn't like the vampires, and I wouldn't be here at all if it wasn't for Sam. It had been a while since Jacob had made the decision to leave the pack. I snorted at the memories, and at his concern for me and Seth. He said he wasn't our alpha, that this wasn't a pack, yet he treated us like his pack.
Seth was sleeping now, so I was free to think without being heard. Unless Jake phased again, but he didn't do that very often anymore. He spent most of his time with the half-breed child, Nessie. I wasn't sure why, but when I thought about the child a surge of feeling rushed through me. It felt like jealousy, but why would I be jealous of the child? I continued on, coming closer to the place where he had fought with one of the male vampires. Edward, he was called.
I felt a soft growl bubble up as I passed the place. Jacob's scent hit me as I did so, and I skid to a stop. It was too strong for him not to be there right now. I charged off into the woods and soon found him. I froze and my jaw fell open. I had never seen him so…vulnerable. I didn't know what to do. He was lying in a crumpled heap on the forest floor. He didn't even show a sign that he knew I was there. I had to phase to talk to him, and so I did. I slipped on the clothes that I kept tied to my leg. Jacob had showed me that trick, and it had come in handy.
I walked cautiously towards him. "Jake?" I whispered, reaching out my hand. The only movement was his shoulders as he sobbed. I crouched down beside him and rested my hand on his shoulder. "Jacob?" I repeated, "What happened?" I heard him take a deep, ragged breath and he looked up at me slowly. "Oh," was all I could say as I saw his face.
His eyes were puffy and red and his entire face was soaked with tears. His eyes had a crazed look to them, one I had never seen before. "Gone," he whispered in a hoarse voice. I had to strain my ears to hear him. "Gone?" I repeated. He nodded, his eyes clouding over. He gasped and bowed his head as if he was going to collapse again. I grabbed his shoulder and held him up. "Tell me what happened," I said, putting my face in his. With his eyes closed he took another ragged breath. "She doesn't want me," he said, "She doesn't want me!" He repeated it in a scream and his head dropped. I placed both hands on him and pushed him up to face me. "Who, Jake?" I asked him, my voice rising slightly. I had a feeling I knew who, and I didn't know what consequences that would have. "Nessie!" he wailed, falling forward onto me. I fell backwards so that I was sitting on the ground. I cradled his head in my lap, stroking his head.
Pure hatred and anger washed through me. Why was I feeling this way? I didn't care about Jacob, or I didn't think I did. I don't know how long we sat there before I heard Seth crashing through the bushes. He was in human form, probably worried because he could hear neither me nor Jake. He skidded to a stop when he saw Jacob too. His mouth fell open and his eyes widened. "What happened?" he whispered, falling to his knees. He had never seen him like this before either. "The half-breed rejected him," I spit between my teeth, my blood boiling at the thought of it.
"Oh," was all he could say. We both looked down at the ragged heap lying in my lap. Neither one of us knew what would happen to him now. Had a wolf ever been rejected by their imprint? I could only imagine the disastrous consequences that would come.