Chapter Eight

She was breathless, her world was spinning as she heard growls and hisses and snarls. Black dotted in her vision as the air around her rushed by. She felt sick, her stomach churning as she was moved around like a rag doll.

"Oh God, stop." It was a low whimper as she held her hand over her mouth trying to hold back the bile that wanted to spill from her chapped lips.

Too much, all at once.

Too many emotions, too much movement.

"Paul stop it!" She didn't know who was yelling or why just that she was passed off from one pair of arms into another and she was trembling.

She curled her trembling fingers over her ears, trying to block out all the noise, clenching her eyes shut as her body curled in on itself.

"Stop, stop it." Her words were whispered as she curled in on herself even more.

Too much!

Emse furrowed her eyebrows as she pulled Kagome closer to her bosom, trying to block the chaos that was unfolding around them from her. The poor thing was trembling, scared and crying.

Carlisle was snarling at the boy, Paul, and they were going at it. Snarls teeth, fangs and claws. He deserved it, attacking him not caring that Kagome was in his arms. Stupid mutt. She was pulled from her thoughts as Kagome let out another whimper.

She ran her fingers through her hair, noting she was flushed with a fever and sweating it out. "Shhh Kagome, it'll be fine. I promise." The young woman only shook her head, trying to block out the snarl of one of the wolves getting thrown away from the fray.

Edward glared at Jacob, snarling as he blocked his path. "Calm your mutt down Jake!" He tore his gaze from the boy and looked at his father, grappling with Paul as his brothers tried to hold back the rest of his pack. There was no way they were going to let their father be overwhelmed by the pack.

This had all gotten out of control far too fast. Jasper was barely holding it together all the emotions rolling around were slamming into him.

Jacob snarled at Edward, "I'm trying! Damn call off your blood sucking brethren!"

Everyone froze as Paul let out a loud whine of pain, the sound of a tree breaking echoing around them.

Kagome jerked her body on fire, too much, too much.

"Too much!" Her powers flared around her making the one holding her hiss and let her go. She didn't care. There was far too much going on.

The last thing Kagome saw was worried gold eyes, before she passed out.


"Now look what you did you mutts" Rosalie snarled, as her eyes flickered to the unconscious girl. She may not favor the girl, but she would let this girl in just for Carlisle. He had been alone so long. He deserved happiness, and these mutts were what were in the way of that happiness.

"We didn't do anything bloodsucker" Jake snarled out as his eyes shifted over to the whimpering Paul then to the rest of the packmates. Today wasn't going so well.

Paul had been on edge ever since he imprinted but now it was just weird to see him so subdued as he looked over at Kagome's limp form.

"Nothing." Edward growled, golden eyes long gone, and now pitch black, "If he hadn't come charging down here to see her nothing would have happened. He was the one to reject the imprint first...it isn't like he had a change of heart...not truly."

These words hung in the air, everyone knew the words to be true, but the pack would still defend their brother.

The other Cullen's stayed back, letting Carlisle and Edward be to the front and the rest by Esme who was holding Kagome still.

It took a few moments before someone spoke up.

Jared was the one to step forward to Paul's defence first, "He wouldn't have ran here if we hadn't heard his imprint was dieing..." Pauls growls were heard again, but Embry who was still in wolf form held him back.

Carlisle was the one to speak now, "She is dieing..." he looked at Sam who was frowning eyes narrowed at him, "...and its Pauls fault..."

This made Paul whimper, ears folded back as Sam stepped forward, "Explain..." he pause before adding, "...please..."

The wolf pack needed to understand what was going on. Sam didn't think it could be Pauls fault...sure he rejected the imprint but he just thought it happened because Kagome was an outsider...not part of their tribe...

Carlisle blew out an unnecessary breath, "Kagome came to my office for a check up..." his eyes flickered to the unconscious girls in Esme's arms, "I did some testings...she is dieing..."

Gold eyes flickered back to the Alpha of the wolf pack, "She is dieing because he...didn't except the imprint..."

There was a few seconds of silence before Carlisle continued, "...I don't know what exactly Kagome feels...but I do know when the imprint was rejected it started to slowly eat at her systems. Her body is slowly shutting down and turning against itself..."

"What does that mean exactly" Jake muttered, he was looking at Paul who was listening very carefully to what was being said.

Carlisle gave him a bitter smile, "It means...she doesn't have long to live...less than a year...more than a month...there isn't a final timeline right now...but the way how it is going.." He looked at Kagome again, "I would give her five to seven months to live..."

It was then Paul turned tail and headed back into the forest a haunting howl heard echoing through the forest for his pack members and members of the Cullen Coven to hear.


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