Hey all, I just wanted to say thank you for your support! I appreciate every review I get!

One of my reviewers brought to my attention that there isn't a divider indicating a change in scene. When I type the story in Word I put a divider but it's obviously not showing up on here. Grrr! Thanks for bringing it to my attention Guest . I will use another type of divider and I hope that fixes the problem.

Oh and those papers and tests that were keeping me busy have slowed down a little bit. But finals are coming up in May so things are going to get busy again until graduation. I got A's and B's on the tests and papers so that's a good thing! Enough of my babbling, here's your chapter.

I don't own Twilight or the characters! They all belong to Stephanie Meyer.

Leah's POV

"Mom we're headed out," I yelled between the crack in my mother's door. She had spent most of her morning in her room cleaning out some of my dad's old clothes and shoes. She was going to keep most of it but thought she would donate some to the local thrift store.

I could hear her rushing to the door. "Okay baby. You two be careful and text me when you get home. I have to go to the hospital to work an extra shift today; someone didn't come in this morning."

"Okay I will. You almost done cleaning in there," I asked, noticing the bags under her red eyes. She wasn't getting much rest since she started picking up extra shifts at the hospital. She worked a lot more since dad had died. I guess it kept her mind off of all of it but it kept her away from her family. I noticed a change in our relationship since everything had happened. We weren't as close as we were when I was with Sam. I used to tell her everything, but now I felt like I couldn't say anything without her crying or not even responding. Don't get me wrong, we were still close but not how we used to be. She was slowly pulling away from us and I didn't want to let that happen. It scared me because I didn't want to lose another parent.

"No I have a lot more to go. I'm about to take a break and get some rest before work," she replied. She wiped a single tear from her cheek and wrapped her arms around me. "I love you so much." She squeezed me tightly as I wrapped my arms around her. Every day she seemed to get worse instead of better. Hell, I felt like I was getting worse but I had to be strong for her and Seth. Even though Seth was always smiling, I could tell he was changing too. I had to be the rock in this house and I was going to try my hardest to stay strong for them.

"I love you too mom. I'll text you when we're home," I said, giving her one last squeeze.

"Thank you. You know I worry about you two and this wolf stuff." She chuckled.

"Yea I know. Stop worrying so much." I saw her disappear in her room and I made my way down the steps. Seth was already waiting for me at the bottom with a huge smile on his face. He was so excited that Sam was allowing him to learn how to fight vampires. He was intrigued by this wolf crap while I could care less. I just wanted to figure out a way to stop in order to live a somewhat normal life. "What's got you all giddy?" I asked as I reached the last step.

"Jacob's going to work with me on fighting. Don't you think that's so cool? He's the best fighter in the pack and he's going to teach me too. Then maybe I can be the second best fighter," Seth beamed. He was beginning to look up to Jacob a lot since our dad died. I noticed him hanging around him a lot more. Hopefully he didn't pick up on his bad habit of falling for girls like Bella Swan.

"Who said he's the best," I asked.

Seth smiled widely. "The rest of the pack did. Did you see how he destroyed Paul in that fight the other day?"

"That's because Paul's a pussy," I replied. "Let's get going kid." I ruffled Seth's hair as we headed out to our pack meeting.


"We're going in wolf form because I don't trust them in human form. We can't forget they're leeches so we have to be cautious," Sam ordered. He walked back in forth between both packs, which were separated. The pack made sure Anthony stayed far away from me and that I didn't rip his head off like I intended to. "And Anthony, don't do some crazy shit like you did yesterday. You pull something like that again and I'll have to handle you myself. You're on my land so you follow my rules. Got that?"

Anthony smirked and nodded. "I don't follow orders but I promise I won't do anything crazy…today."

"Pull a stunt like that again and I'll rip your balls off and feed them to you," I spat. "How about I break your fucking arm and see how you like that?"

"I'm assuming you haven't forgiven me yet." Anthony smiled. Okay, I'm starting to see what Jacob was talking about. This son of a bastard was as arrogant as they come. He smiled smugly at my irritation.

"Fuck you," I replied while flicking my middle finger in his direction

"Oh no Miss Clearwater, I'm sure that would piss your little boyfriend off," Anthony replied, tilting his head in Jacob's direction. Paul laughed loudly and Embry covered his smirk.

"He's not my boyfriend, but I'll gladly let him kick your ass after I'm done with you," I snapped. At this point, I was on my feet and walking towards the sly Alpha.

"Leah sit your wanna be tough ass down," Paul said grabbing my hand.

"I don't think she's a wanna be Paul. Leah's lethal when you let her loose," Jared replied.

"Sit down Leah and Anthony would you stop pushing her buttons. I'll let her loose if you keep it up," Sam added, pushing me back to my spot.

"Hey I can handle myself, right Miss Clearwater," Anthony asked. Sly son of a bitch.

After five minutes of bantering we finally finished the meeting. We were supposed to meet with the Cullens in wolf form so I stripped out of my clothes to phase. I noticed Anthony across the field getting undressed. Was he so cocky that he couldn't even go behind a bush or tree to strip like the rest of us? I quickly phased and took off running towards Anthony. As I got closer I heard Sam shouting and Jacob cheering me on. Anthony turned around and my wolf body collided with his human one. As we hit the ground, I heard a loud pop and I knew I had done some damage. Serves the bastard right.

"Fuck," Anthony yelled. He collapsed on top of his dangling arm as his pack members ran over to him.

"What's wrong with you," one yelled in my direction. I growled and prepared myself to pounce on my next victim.

"Leah," Sam commanded. Stupid Alpha command. Jacob and Embry doubled over in laughter as Anthony continued to scream at in pain. The rest of my pack phased as Anthony's pack tended to their fallen pack member.

"That was epic Leah," Embry thought.

"I bet he won't screw with you anymore," Quil added.

"You could have gotten yourself killed. Are you out of your mind, " Sam thought as he phased in.

"Oh shut up Sam. I handled myself well as you can see. You thought I was just going to let that go without getting my revenge. Serves the motherfucker right," I snapped back.

"We were there to protect her anyway. She did good," Jacob replied.

"Who's we because I would have just stood back and watched," Paul chimed in as we began walking towards our meeting spot.

"You would have helped her Paul. Any where there's a fight, you're there to join in," Jared said.

"I would have helped you sis," Seth said sweetly.

"Aww thanks, you always have my back," I replied, looking towards Sam.

The Cullens taught us everything from how to not let a vampire get their arms around you to what to do when you were in trouble. It was entertaining to see the Cullens beat up on each other; too bad we weren't the ones beating them up. Jacob spent most of his time being petted like a damn dog by Bella. It wasn't like he knew the ins and outs of fighting newborns either but of course he had to stick under his precious Bella instead of staying with the rest of us. Anthony glared at me the whole time, so Embry and Paul stood between us. I'm guessing it was for my protection but Anthony was the one that needed someone to protect him.

After two hours we were finally able to go home and prepare for this battle while Bella Swan sat on the sidelines and watched. I felt like choking that damn girl for all the problems she was causing. If she found a normal person to date we wouldn't be fighting an army of vampires or chasing after a vampire that wanted to kill her for revenge. Did she ever sit down and think about the consequences of dating a vampire? I would probably never find out what was going through her head.

I texted my mother once we got home, fixed Seth some tuna casserole and made sure he did his homework. On the way to my room, I decided to do a little snooping in my mother's room. The other day she was staring at an envelope but she never told me what was in it. She quickly tucked it away in her bedside table and it had been bugging me since. I pulled the drawer open to find the envelope still sitting on top of all her other paper work. I tore it open and a picture of a girl about the same age as me fell out. A letter was attached to the picture. I quickly read through the letter and my skin began to boil. How could she keep this secret from us? I let the letter fall to the ground beside the picture.

"Lee?" Seth stood at the door. "What's that?" He asked, eying the picture on the floor.

"Nothing. I'm going to bed," I said pushing him out of the room. I stuffed the picture away and threw it back in the drawer. I slammed the door shut and stormed off to my bedroom. What the hell else could go wrong?

Two weeks later

Alice had her vision. The army of vampires were supposedly heading our way so we were going to meet in the clearing. Jacob had to leave early in order to carry Bella up the mountain to her and Edward's camping site. He wasn't fighting in the battle, leaving all the dirty work up to us while he camped out with his leech lover.

"You guys remember everything they taught us," Sam asked as we prepared for our departure.

"Yep, I'm ready for these bitches," Paul said crushing his fist together. Emily ran out of the house and wrapped her arms around Sam's waist. I had not talked to her since I slapped her and I wasn't planning on apologizing for that anytime soon.

"You guys be careful okay," Emily said. She pecked Sam on the lips. "I love you."

"I love you too," Sam replied, hugging Emily tightly to his chest.

"We should get going so we can be there in time," Jared suggested. Emily nodded and gave Sam another kiss before going back in the house. Sam glanced at me and then back at the pack.

"Let's go," Sam commanded.


The battle began twenty minutes after we arrived. There were about a hundred or more of the red-eyed leeches. Fighting them was a lot easier since the Cullens taught us a few tricks. My feet dug into the ground as a newborn wrapped his arms around my stomach.

"Shit," I yelled as I snapped at the marble arms wrapped around me. I finally got a hold on the leech's arms and ripped them clean off.

"These things are stronger than I thought," Quil thought.

"Just don't let them get their arms around you," Sam yelled.

The battle lasted for exactly thirty minutes. All this preparation for thirty minutes? I walked toward the Cullen clan in the middle of the clearing before the strong smell of bleach filled my nostrils. Newborns had a stronger scent than the older vampires.

"Leah don't," Edward yelled as I spotted the newborn leech a few feet from me. I growled and propelled myself forward as the leech ran toward me. I snapped at his neck and he wrapped his arms around my torso. I tried the trick that was a success earlier but this one was stronger and quicker. I could fill the pressure on my ribs and I could hear the cracking of bones.

"Ahhhh," I screamed as my bones crushed.

Jacob knocked the vampire off of me as the rest of the pack came to finish the job. Without trying, I phased back into human form and that's when the real pain set in.

"Leah," Seth yelled as he ran to my side. "Oh my God are you okay?"

The pain was horrible. I couldn't even speak or barely breath without pain shooting through my body.

"I'll have to reset her bones. He literally crushed her," Carlilse said touching my side.

"Please….don't… touch it," I gasped.

"Why did you go after it like that Leah? That was stupid," Paul yelled.

"Paul," Sam warned. "You'll be okay Leah."

"Fucking leech," Jacob growled as he kneeled beside me.

"Take her back to her place. I'll be there soon. Make sure you lay her flat and don't let her move too much," Carlilse ordered.

"Ahhh," I screamed as I was picked up off the ground. I could feel a shirt cover my body as the pack carried me home. Anthony and his pack watched from the wood line.


"You did good Lee," Jacob assured me once Carlilse left. He had to reset all my bones on the right side. My screams and curse words filled the house with every break.

"That hurt like a bitch," I croaked.

"Yea I know. Maybe next time you won't be so stubborn. You could have gotten yourself killed, why'd you do that," Jacob asked, tensing his jaw.

"I almost had it," I replied.

"Hmmm," Jacob said.

"What's wrong with you," I asked, noticing Jacob's odd behavior.

He shook his head. "Nothing."

"Jake, Bella is here to see you," Billy called out.

"I'll be back." He sighed loudly before shutting the door to my room.

He never came back that night, not even after all my other visitors left. My mother came to check on my several times. I never mentioned the letter and picture to her because I was still waiting on her to tell us. The problem was that she had been hiding things from us. We had a half sister and she couldn't even tell us about her. How long she known and what the hell was up with my dad having an affair? I was too exhausted to even yell at her. She simply gave up trying to talk with me and went to bed. It wasn't that hard for me to fall asleep tonight due to the heavy meds I was on.


I could feel warm arms wrap around my body as I was lifted from my bed.

"Shhhh."

My eyes slowly opened to find a tall figure lifting me through the window. He covered my mouth with his hand and handed me off to another figure outside the window. Was I dreaming? This medication was playing mind games with me.

"We need to hurry before someone comes. Keep her quiet," a voice whispered. I tried to twist away from the mysterious man but my body still wasn't healed so I wasn't strong enough. "Be still and we won't hurt you." I wiggled free and attempted to run before I felt a sharp pain in my back and my vision began to blur as I faded away….

Woo I seriously need to go to bed now. I couldn't go to sleep until I finished typing this up for you all because I don't know when I'll have the time this weekend to post a new chapter. Thanks for your support once again and I apologize for the rushed battle scene. I suck at writing battle scenes so I avoided it in this chapter.