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JPOV

I couldn't believe it when Embry told me that they found one of the Cullen's burning. And it wasn't even Edward. It was the little freaky female. The leaders wife, nonetheless. The leader was furious that he'd lost his wife. His adopted children were mourning the loss of their "mother".

What confused us me and the pack was the V carved into her forehead. I was confused but Embry told me the Cullen's refused to say anything about it. They closed up after he mentioned it. The wolf was not happy at all with this newest problem because it meant a vamp was close to his mate.

We didn't sleep together that night. Not because she didn't want is too but it was because I felt she would be safer inside while I guarded the house. Bella slept restlessly that night and eventually couldn't sleep at all. She kept reaching out for something in her sleep and had to keep getting up to get more and more blankets.

She wasn't warm enough without me. She needed me as I needed her but I couldn't take any chances for her being taken. It was better one restless night than dieing everyday for an eternity. It was a terrible night for all.

The next day, Bella spent the day with me, walking around the forest, picking flowers or just seeing the sights. My wolf was on edge and really wanted to be around her as long as he could. It wasn't fair to keep her confined with me all the time but I needed her with me.

That night, I had Embry take me to the Cullen Residence. Of course, when Bella heard, she insisted she come with us. Since I couldn't talk, Embry would be my translator.

My wolf recoiled at the thought of going anywhere near a leech nest, never mind taking my mate with me. But the man, me, needed answers. Bella rode wolf-back the way there and would stay by my side the entire time.

When we arrived, the clan leader was out to meet us as well as the creepy little pixie looking one with her husband. The blonde female and the curly haired male were outside as well but more to the back of the group.

"Ah welcome Jacob Black. And his Second who will be translating for us. I assume this is about my mate's annihilation?" the leader asked.

"Yeah, about that. Do you know why? I mean your kind doesn't just go around slaughtering random other vamps, do they?" Embry asked, half joking.

"No. This is not usual for most of our kind. There is only a few handfuls who would resort to this kind of death. Unless it was one of your wolves, which I'm sure it wasn't," he said.

I growled at the mention that my wolves could have done such a thing. While they would have loved to, we wouldn't have done it without reason.

The little pixie one jumped at my growl and stared at me and the 15 year old girl plastered to my side.

"Bella, isn't it? Hi! I'm Alice!" Alice chirped, sounding like a chipmunk on crack. I growled fiercely at the leech who dared address my mate in such terms, terms of trying to be friends. I would have no such thing. I would not allow it!

"Is he always like this? You could do so much better than a mutt you know. I mean look at you! With my fashion sense, you could look like a million bucks and catch all the guys!" Alice said, not knowing that it might have been her last sentence if my mate hadn't been there.

Embry immediately jumped in front of me, holding me back from jumping across the distance and tearing off the leech's head. Bella put a hand on his shoulder and looked at him. He nodded and backed away. She laid her hand in between my eyes and then wrapped her arms around my neck like she would when she was little and scared the scary man would come back for her.

How ironic was it that she was doing this in front of the "scary man"'s family. She let go and turned to the astonished family of leeches.

"While I thank you for your offer, I would appreciate you not insulting my mate in front of me. I need no one to make me any prettier or change me in any way. The only man I need is right here with me and he loves me for who I am. And that's more than enough," Bella said, stiffly toward the black haired leech.

"But please reconsider! The 'man' you love isn't even a man! He's a mutt. Look at him. Seething and growling. He tried to attack me. You call that a loving man?" Alice said.

"I asked you once. I will not ask you again. Do. Not. Insult. My. Mate," Bella seethed. The wolf purred in satisfaction that she called him her mate.

"Don't tell me you've bound yourself to this abomination? He hasn't claimed you has he?" Alice asked, a disgusted look on her pale face.

"You have the audacity to call my mate an abomination? What are you? Hmm? A freak of nature. You have no right to be alive! Do not insult my mate again!"

"I have every right. Don't act like you'd rather have this thing more than my sophisticated intelligent brother, Edward. He could give you the world. This dog would do nothing but drag you down."

That was the last straw for my Bella. She marched right over to the little bitch and slapped her across the face. While I knew her hand would really hurt, she didn't even show it.

"I told you. DO NOT INSULT MY MATE! YOUR BROTHER KILLED MY PARENTS AND KIDNAPPED ME! DO NOT TELL ME HE IS EITHER SOPHISTICATED NOR INTELLIGENT! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU STUPID BLOODSUCKERS!" Bella screamed at her.

I was so proud of her when she walked back over to me, burying her face in my chest. I rumbled in appreciation at the feel of her body and the fact she'd told of a leech.

The little pixie looked shocked and a little angry. That thing had no right to be angry, let alone alive. If Bella hadn't been there, the Cullen's would have been three short instead of two.


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