Chapter 5
Sam stepped forward to greet them.
"Carlisle." He said.
"Sam." Carlisle said.
"This is Brad, and his pack. He has followed a le-vampire here by the name of Maria. Bella has filled us in on that one's story." He pointed to Jasper. "So that saves time. She also informed us about how able she is in fighting. Since we have fought newborns together in the past, well, I'm sure we will be able to do this again." Sam said.
"There's only one thing," Jasper started. We all looked at him, "Well, Maria prides herself on finding talent. So most of her newborns will have enhanced abilities, like Edward, Alice and I. So we have to be prepared for the worst." He finished.
We then discussed strategies, and techniques and agreed to meet back here tomorrow. After the Cullens left, Brad approached us.
"Sam if you don't mind, can you tell me your last name? We have someone down in our tribe from up here, and I would like to see if is related to anyone here." Brad asked.
"Samuel Uley." Sam said.
Brad stiffened and looked at one of the other of his pack members, who took off for the woods. He then looked at me.
"May I ask your name?" He asked me.
"Isabella Swan." I told him.
"Actually, she is a Uley too. She just found out about her real heritage. She is my sister. We share a father." Sam said to Brad.
The pack member came running back to Brad and whispered something in his ear. Brad nodded and looked back at us.
"You said, Bella is Jacob's imprint?" Brad asked Sam.
"What is this about?" Jacob demanded.
Brad has a sad smile on his face as he looked at us.
"You will find out soon, but it is not my place to say. What I can say, is my second in command is coming up here and bringing someone you should meet. They will be here sometime tomorrow." Brad said.
The next morning we heard a knock on the door , just as we finished up breakfast. Sam answered it and let in Brad. He stopped in the doorway and motioned for someone behind him to enter.
Two men stepped in. One looked like our age, and the other looked like he should be in his late 40's. The minute Sam seen the second man he stiffened.
"Sam" The second man said.
"Dad." Sam said.
I gasped.
Joshua Uley looked at me.
"Bella, it's so nice to finally meet you. Your mother has sent me pictures since you were born. I'm sorry that I never met you before." He told me.
"Why are you here?" I whispered.
"Well, I think we should all sit down." He said. Sam motioned for the couches.
Emily sat next to Sam, I sat on Jacobs lap, Josh, Brad, and he first man sat on the couch.
"Well." Josh started. "After Bella was born, I left. I moved down to New Mexico where I ran into these guys, well their father's. Trent here, who is second in command, was about 4 at the time. I was good friends with his father, and when his father came to me with a proposition, I couldn't say no."
"What was the proposition?" Sam asked.
"Marriage." Josh said.
"What?" I asked. I was totally confused.
"I promised Bella to Trent, in return for a merge between our tribes." He said.
I jumped up.
"You can't do that! You have no right! I'm with Jacob, he is imprinted to me!" I yelled.
Jacob and Sam jumped up also.
"Now you look here, Bella is mine. No one is going to stop that. She was made for me, not him. There is nothing that can change that." Jacob all but growled at him.
He was shaking so bad, I thought he was going to rip the room apart.
"Jacob, calm down." Sam ordered him.
Jake calmed down a little bit.
"Now, there has to be some way to make this right." Sam addressed Trent and Brad.
"No, it was agreed upon in front of our Elder's. Since Josh is an Elder also it was binding." Brad said.
"What if I don't do it? What if I don't agree?" I asked.
They all looked at me. I looked at my father, waiting for an answer. But it was Trent that spoke.
"Then that means War, between our tribes." He said.
I nodded and looked at my feet. War. War. War. The word repeated over and over in my head. War. All the people I love could get killed. I had to think of something. There has to be a loophole.
"I need some time to think. Who knows I might not even be alive after this Maria thing." I told them.
They all cleared out, leaving Jacob, Sam, Emily and me.
"Bella, we will figure this out. I just found you, I'm not losing you now. And I don't want to have to deal with Jacob here after he loses his imprint. He was bad enough when you chose the leech, I don't want to see him after this." Sam said trying to lighten the mood.
War. War. War. I need a loop hole. There was something tugging on my mind. Something that could make this better, but I couldn't remember. Something that was said not to long ago. I just need to remember.
A/N: Sorry so short, I promise it will get better. I have lots of action planned.
