Author's Notes: Thank you to the three people who reviewed the last chapter and the person who decided to follow this story, I hope I don't disappoint you guys. For this chapter I decided to do something a little different and write it in Jacob's perspective. Also I may publish another Twilight story that I have in the works because I've published more than I anticipated for this story in the past 6 days. It would take place during the events of Twilight and possibly be a Jasper x OC story.
I hope everybody enjoys this chapter and if anybody pays attention to the quotes used in each chapter, I use them in order to show the readers the mindset of the person whose perspective the chapter s written in.
Chapter 3
La Push Washington, 20th March 2006
Jacob's POV
"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."
-Mark Twain
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Be-
I slammed my hand down on my alarm's snooze button. I groaned, rolling around and winced at the shooting pain in my chest. There was no way I could make it to school today. I barely got any sleep last night and to top it off, I was pretty certain that I broke a rib. Although it had long since healed, I still felt incredibly sore. Last night, some unknown bloodsucker passed through the woods and Sam was certain that it wasn't any of the Cullen's because of the scent. While all bloodsuckers do smell repulsive, if you focus hard enough then it's possible to differentiate them. That is if you can stand that god awful stench.
The Pack has been on high alert ever since that red haired bitch Victoria kept circling back in the woods and invaded our territory to reach Bella. At first we thought it was the same person because of the red hair and that she had managed to change her scent, but when we saw her we could tell it was a completely different bloodsucker. This one was taller, leaner and her movements were erratic in comparison. We chased her through the entire woods until we lost her in the street. Paul wanted to keep going but Sam forced us all to pull back. It's our job to keep the regular humans ignorant of what's real and what's not. We couldn't risk exposing ourselves over one vampire.
My phone vibrated right as I was about to fall back asleep. 'You have one new message', it alerted me. I yawned, glancing over the message from Seth before groaning.
'Sam wants 2 c everybody 9am.'
I checked the time, it was only 8:30am. At least that gave me time for a quick shower. I swallowed hard once I saw the photograph on my bedside cabinet and slammed it onto its face. The glass shattered instantly but I ignored it.
Mornings were the hardest part of my day because for the first few seconds after I wake up, I manage to forget about everything. I can pretend that everything is still okay and that she's coming round to my garage, watching me tinker with the motorcycles. Until reality kicks in and I remember that she made her decision because I wasn't enough for her.
Even after four days when she chose him over me, it still hurt. Whoever said time healed all wounds didn't know what they were talking about. I loved her, I was there for her when he wasn't. Despite all of that, it wasn't enough for her. Me and her could have been so happy together.
)O(
Paul, Jared, Embry, Quil, Leah and Seth were already at Sam's by the time I got there. I always seem to be last to everything these days.
Judging from the yellowing bruise that decorated Leah's throat, she was easily the most pissed out of all of us. Last night, the rogue bloodsucker had crushed her trachea. Thankfully due to how abnormally fast we heal, Leah had emerged from the fight with only a bruise to show for it. Paul was the antsiest out of us, he was pacing around and cracking his knuckles. If there was one thing Paul hated, it was when situations were out of his control. He was annoyed that he hadn't been able to land any blows on the vampire.
"We should be hunting that leech down!" Paul insisted, tightening his fist. "For all we know, she could the one killing all those people or in league with that other red head."
Sam held his hand up to silence Paul. "But we don't want to be creating unnecessary panic either. Nevertheless I can see your point. Leaving her unmonitored would be a liability and we can't risk the deaths of anymore innocent people."
"You got that right." Leah growled, I could hear her grinding her teeth from almost six feet away. I could tell that she was also itching to hunt the leech down.
"Hold on." Seth piped up. "Are you forgetting about that dead Elk we found?"
Last night while we were hunting her down, we stumbled across an Elk that had been drained of all its blood along its throat ripped out. Judging by its body warmth, it had been recently killed.
"Probably one of the Cullen's meals. The Treaty prevents them from hunting humans, so they have no choice but to hunt the wildlife." Jared grumbled, scratching the back of his neck.
"But there were no other scents in the woods," Seth reminded us. "If it was the Cullen's and they had recently killed that Elk, their scent would have been all over that body. What if the girl lives the same lifestyle as them and we'd be wasting our time hunting her down when we should be hunting the other vampire."
I rolled my eyes, that kid was far too naive. I doubt that bloodsucker is one of the Cullen's, otherwise I would have seen her hanging around...Bella. I felt the lump in my throat rising, I swallowed it down and listened in on the pack's discussion. I preferred not to get involved in these talks, too much responsibility and I rather do my own thing. If I wanted to get involved in supernatural politics, I would have taken my 'rightful' place as Alpha of the pack. The first time I phased, Sam offered me his position of Alpha because it was my birth right as a descendant of Ephraim Black.
"Shut it Seth, you don't know what you're talking about." Leah snapped, folding her arms. "Every leech is the same."
However Sam looked like he was taking Seth's point into consideration. "We need to settle this once and for all. Jacob?"
I snapped my head up in surprise, I didn't think that I would have to get involved. "Hmm?"
"The Swan girl is close to the Cullen's, correct." It didn't sound like it was phrased as a question. More like he was waiting for a confirmation that she chose them over me.
"Yeah, what of it?" Talking about her made my chest ache, knowing that I could never have her in the way I wanted.
"Ask her about the unknown vampire. If she is one of the Cullen's, we need to make sure that they haven't broken the Treaty by turning a human and starting a war." Sam ordered.
I clenched my own fists. Sam knew that I couldn't disobey his orders and he also knew that I would never willingly talk to Bella. The downside to being a werewolf. If an Alpha ordered his pack to follow his orders, we had no choice but to oblige. Plus he was aware of my current situation with Bella because of the telepathic link the pack had with each other.
"And if she isn't?" Embry asked what we all wanted to know.
"Then we have no choice, we can't risk endangering any lives. If the girl isn't with the Cullen's, we have to assume she's allied with the red haired vampire who has a vendetta against the Swam family. The next time we see her, we execute her."
)O(
Forks Washington, 20th March 2006
Evie's POV
Grrrrr. Bella Swan is the single most annoying individual I've ever had the misfortune of meeting. Granted Papa warned me that she was immune to his and Jane's ability, meaning that there was a good chance my ability wouldn't work on her. Sadly, he was correct in his assumption. Although I have managed to successfully integrate myself into the Cullen family and Forks High School, Bella is the only one to see through my ruse. Every moment somebody acts like they know me, she is quick to question them.
Thankfully my illusion is so strong that the person simply believes that Bella is joking and they play along with it for a short while. But the moment that I gained the most satisfaction from was the look on Bella's face when she found out I was in all of her classes and from her teachers and classmates that I've been in Forks High since before she joined. I left the school around lunch though, I hadn't yet made contact with Papa and updated him on my progress. I also had to phone Mama because I knew she would be missing me the most. For the duration of my existence, I rarely left her side.
Once I put enough distance between myself and the school, I ran into the woods and pulled out my cellphone. However before I could dial, a familiar burning odor overrode my sense of smell. I turned around and was faced with a tall fellow. His skin was tan, eyes a deep shade of brown and bulging muscle stretched his green vest top. This must be one of the Children of the Moon who followed me yesterday! My body instinctively curled into a defensive stance, I bared my teeth and hissed.
"Were you the one trailing me yesterday?" I demanded.
"And what if I was?" His own body tensed up in response.
"You caused a great inconvenience to me." I backed up slightly, planning both a fight plan and escape route if needed.
He scoffed, "You have no idea what problems you caused for my pack. Are you working for that red haired leech?"
My ears perked up, red haired leech? Is there another coven or a nomad in Forks?
"You would have to specify, there's more than just one 'red haired leech' in the world." I mocked him, feeling great disdain for the person in front of me.
"Oh please, you know exactly which leech I'm talking about. And I'm telling you that whatever she's planning to do to Bella, it's not going to work. She's heavily protected so tell your master that she's wasting her time." He sneered, I straightened my back. This fool was a threat but nothing I couldn't handle.
"I can assure you that I don't know what you're talking about but I already know that Bella Swan is protected by the Olympic Coven." I replied, "Or the Cullen's as you know them as."
He relaxed slightly, even though his shoulders were still squared. "So are you a member of the Cullen family?"
I curled my lips around my teeth, "You could say that."
He frowned, "Then I'll just confirm it with Bella. I have this policy against trusting leeches."
I instantly blocked his path, pushing him backwards and almost winced. My palm felt like I had dipped my hand into an open fire. I looked him straight into his eyes and narrowed my own, "You're not going to do that. In fact, you're going to forget this whole encounter even happened."
The anger in the boy's eyes started to diminish and it was replaced with confusion instead. He was going to be in a daze for a few seconds, so I used that as an opportunity to get as far away from the woods as possible. Papa was going to be very interested in not just Bella's transformation date, but the other secrets the Cullen's had been hiding. I was hoping that my plans to gather more evidence would be enough to persuade him to let me stay in Forks for a while longer.
Author's Notes: How did I do writing Jacob's perspective? I tried to portray how he is still freshly hurt over Bella and is choosing to immerse himself in pack duties to distract himself. I also gave you guys a slight preview of what Evie's ability is, I'll expand on it in later chapters. Please leave a review if you enjoyed this ^^