I woke up the next morning without the warm arms that had held me through the night. I didn't remember anything after telling Jared to take me home, I must have passed out...

"Get up, Swan, I'm not sitting here all damn day."
'ugh. Leah is babysitting today...' I sighed softly before rolling over and sitting up.
"Well good morning to you too, Leah. You can leave, I'll be fine now."
"Too bad, Sam stuck me here. Now get your ass moving." It was too early for her to start this shit.
"Fuck you, Leah. I understand you don't want to be babysitting the home wrecking leech lover, but I assure you I am just as unhappy with the situation."
"Yeah, because your precious imprint isn't here." She bit back. It was true, the hollow pain in my chest was back in full force.
"You know I left to avoid leaving Kim in the same situation Sam left you in. I didn't want this. I know how much imprinting can ruin your life. I thought we had became friends after J... he imprinted, but I guess I was wrong."
"She still left him because of you. At least I can know Sam is happy. Kim knows Jared is miserable. And now he'll leave with you, and we'll be left with one less pack member."
She was right. I had ruined their marriage. Jared was happy before he imprinted on me.
"You're right." That made her do a double take.
"What?"
"I said you're right. And as soon as I find out what happened with jasper, I'm leaving. I'm going home, and then I'm moving. I won't let you all suffer because of me. I'll formally renounce the imprint and it'll be like it never happened. Then I can talk Kim into coming back. She won't be second best." Leah looked shocked into silence, before every part of her was twisted and shaking in anger.
"You can renounce the imprint?"
"Yes. That's the first thing billy told me when he found out. He also told me that if I just ignored it it would go away, so rather than humiliate Jared I left. This time I'll do it right. I am so sorry for not doing it before."
She didn't say anything, just stood there staring at me. The spasms running through her muscle just getting worse and worse.
"Sam could have.."
"Only the imprint can deny it. Even if Sam begged, Emily would have had final say." I told her, hoping to direct the anger away from me, just realizing that she never had to go through the pain she did.
"EMILY HAD THE CHOICE?! After I told that bitch how much I loved him?!"
"Leah, outside, now!" I yelled at her before she leaped out the window and phased on the spot, releasing an anguished wail. I immediately ran outside curling my arms around her furry neck. "Phase back and talk to me. You need to calm down before we go talk to Emily." I quietly murmured, rubbing her neck.
Twenty minutes later she had phased back, dressed, and hopped into my truck on the way to Emily's.

I quietly walked up and knocked on the door, Leah waiting near the car. Emily answered cautiously, proving she was the only one home.
"Bella?" She looked curiously at me, flipping her attention between my small form and Leah's menacing one.
"We have a couple questions for you." She nodded before stepping out the door and closing it behind her.
"Why didn't you deny it, Emily? You knew how happy I was, how in love. Why?" Leah spat out before Em had a chance to speak.
"I knew the spirits were right. You weren't right for him. I was. He begged for the first few weeks for me to denounce the imprint and allow him to have you again, but I refused. Now we're happy together. It was the right decision."
"Does he still feel that way?"
"No. I asked him, every year on the day he imprinted, if he still wanted me to denounce it. He's said no every time." I could see decision forming behind Leah's eyes.
"Fine. Keep him then," her voice then subtly changed, more authority lacing her tone, "I hereby renounce my ties to this pack. In blood and spirit I am no longer a member of the Quileute wolf pack. I also renounce my ties to this land." She seemed to shimmer and grow slightly, before I walked back to the truck.
"Do you want to go now?" I asked her.
"Yes."

I made her tell me everything that happened the day before. Sam and the others had caught jasper returning to the shack, and had ambushed him, tearing off his head before he could react. I said my own little prayers for him, he wasn't always this demented. Sam called a pack meeting that night to deal with Leah's defecting and how to make her stay.
"Leah, I don't know why you felt you had the right to leave the pack, but as alpha I order you to come back to us."
"You stopped saying yes, Sam. I talked to Emily. On that day, every year, you stopped saying yes. I can't be here knowing she gave you the choice."
"What's she talking about, Sam?" Jared asked, his eyes wide with curiosity. I decided I had to answer before Sam, to do what I needed to do.
"She means that Emily had the choice, and still does, to reject the imprint. Sam begged her to at first, but then stopped." I paused, giving Jared a small sad smile before continuing, "I'm sorry, Jared. I should have known there was no ignoring the pull. I called Kim, she and the kids are on their way back now. She won't be second best anymore." His look went from confusion to horror as he heard my next words, "I hereby renounce and deny the imprint binding myself, Isabella Marie Swan to one Jared Nathaniel Cameron." Just like that, the pull was gone. The need to be near one another, to touch, to claim. There was only emptiness where it had been.
"Bella..." Was all I allowed Jared to get out before I held up my hand.
"I ruined your marriage, your family. You were prepared to give up the pack, your family, for me. Willing to leave your home for me. Now you can have your life back. I only apologize for not doing this sooner. Leah and I are leaving tomorrow morning. While not happy, Charlie knows and supports us. Goodbye, Jared." I finish strong, not allowing the sadness in his eyes to deter me as I turned, with Leah right beside me, and left the Rez for the last time.

-Sorry it took me so long to write. I had no idea what to do with this story, and now it's coming back together. Thank you to all who've stuck by me, and happy reading!