Chapter 9 – The Ex & The Wolf

Her blue eyes looked out to the ocean. It was so beautiful and peaceful at the same time. She set her sketch pad on her lap. It had been a couple of days since Alyssa had been basically thrown from her sister's house. The colored pencil in her hand moved freely across the bright white drawing paper. She put the sea blue colored pencil down and picked up the navy blue as a darker accent for the ocean on the paper.

"You always did draw so beautifully." A familiar voice said.

Alyssa tried to wipe the grimace of her face before her eyes turned to none other than Jacob Black. "Thanks; what are you doing here?"

Jake made a face as he sat a couple a feet from Alyssa. "Look I know we've got a rocky past and I completely take the blame for it, but could you stop projecting your negative bullshit towards my fiancé."

Alyssa shrugged. "It's not my fault I'm worried about my sister. I won't allow you to hurt her the way you hurt me."

"Alyssa, I would never hurt Jules. I know I hurt you and you have to believe me that I did not plan for that to happen. I know when you caught me and Bella making out it hurt you badly. I learned from my mistakes though. Bella and I are just friends; that's all we can be. She got married and I'm engaged to your sister." Jake stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Alyssa rolled her eyes. "Really Jake; you know it hurt me badly when I caught you guys sucking face? But you really didn't think of that beforehand right? Tell me what were you thinking of before you stuffed your tongue in her mouth? Because it sure as hell wasn't me. You didn't hurt me Jake, you broke my heart and I have to tell you I could give a shit less right now about my heart or you or fuckin' Bella Swan and her marriage; if you ever hurt my sister the way you hurt me you won't have to worry about hurting anyone else, because I will hurt you. I will hurt you so bad you will wish you never heard the name Bella Swan."

Alyssa put her drawing pencils away as she stood from the sand. "By the way I wasn't negatively projecting asshole. I saw you and Bella talking in the woods like you were both on some secret mission. Jules said you were at work." She rolled her eyes as she scoffed. "Yea you looked like you was hard at work; same old story of Jacob and Bella."

Jake growled audible as he watched Alyssa turned to leave. He grabbed her upper arm and jerked her back around to face him. "It's not like that Alyssa! I'm telling you I will never hurt Jules the way I hurt you. I couldn't; I'd rather kill myself than EVER hurt her like that."

Alyssa winced when Jake jerked her back to him her upper arm felt like it was in a vice grip and she was trying to wrench her arm out of his claw like hand. "Jacob let go of me. You're hurting me."

"Jules and I have something; something that you and I never had. I love her and we are going to be together for the rest of our lives." Jake snarled through clenched teeth.

"Wow that sounds oddly familiar. Memories of the night you took my virginity flood my mind suddenly. Though I'm sure you were saying to say thing to Jules when she gave you her virginity as well. Why stop with one Bridger sister when you could have them both." Alyssa spit out angrily.

Jake began shaking as his grip on her arm tightened. "It's not my fault it was easy for me to get in your pants. You were just itching to wrap your whore legs around me."

"GO TO HELL!" Alyssa yelled while trying to push Jake away from her, but he still wouldn't let go of her arm and she could feel her fingers starting to numb; he was literally cutting off the circulation.

Onyx eyes cut through the trees with ease. He could hear a couple of people squabbling. He never imagined when he got to the tree line at the beach that it was Alyssa and Jake. He sent everyone on patrol with him the image he saw in front of him. He was trying to keep his temper in check as he watched Jake manhandle his imprint. He couldn't run out and attack him not with Alyssa being so close. She could get hurt and he'd never forgive himself for that.

"JACOB!"

Both furious blue and enraged brown eyes snapped to the side and saw Sam, Paul and Jared standing there.

"Jacob, let go of her." Sam's voice was stern with a hint of authority. "Now Jacob."

Paul and Jared walked over as it took both of them to pry Jake's hand from around Alyssa's arm. "Jake come on, you're hurting her." Jared tried to reason with him.

"I don't know why she came back. She's going to fuck everything up. You should just go back to your real home. Nobody wants you here; Not me, not your sister and not even your own father. When he finally wakes up he's going to be so disgusted with you you're going to wish you were dead. Just like I wish you were dead then I wouldn't be having these problems." Jake snapped out hatefully as he turned to walk into the tree line.

A vicious growl erupted from Paul's chest as he began to shake violently. "WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT TO HER? YOU KNOW WHAT SHE IS TO ME; WHAT SHE MEANS TO ME!" Paul practically yelled at the top of his lungs. His body started shaking excessively.

Alyssa's eyes grew wide as she watched as Paul's body suddenly ripped apart and a HUGE almost six foot silvery-grey wolf stood where her best friend had once stood. In three seconds Jared grabbed Alyssa around the waste and pulled her behind him as they both watched Paul charge at Jake who had also suddenly exploded into a reddish-brown colored equally as large wolf. Alyssa was shaking from head to toe and couldn't believe what she'd just seen. She watched as the two large wolves attacked each other brutally; they both rolled into the trees.

Sam shook his head. "When those two grow up I will be God damn shocked." Sam sighed heavily as he ran a hand through his hair. He looked back at Jared and Alyssa. "Jared, take her to my house and stay with her. I'm not sure but she looks like she's going to have a panic or anxiety attack. Her breathing and shaking is erratic. Keep an eye on her."

Jared nodded as he looked down at Alyssa. No one had looked more fragile in his entire life as she did right then. It had to of been a terrible shock to her system watching not only Paul but Jake as well as they both blew up into their wolf forms in front of her. Jared wrapped his arm around Alyssa's waist. "Just lean against me sweetie. I won't let you fall I promise." Jared watched in horror as Alyssa went limp in his arms. Jared calmed himself as he carefully lifted her all the way and carried her to Sam and Emily's.

Emily cringed as she was standing on the porch and watched as Jared emerged from the trees and was carrying someone. She looked closer and her eyes grew wide. "Oh my God, Jared you better start talking right now."

Jared cleared his throat. "She's okay Em; she just had a bit of shock. Apparently she and Jake got into an argument on the beach and well Jake said a few things having to do with her being dead and Paul sort of lost it…big time. He wolfed out and then Jake wolfed out and then they collided and Sam went after them and told me to bring Aly here."

Emily glared at Jared. "That's very vague Jared Cameron! Christ will Paul and Jake ever grow up."

Jared chuckled then stifled it when Emily threw another glare at him. "Sorry Em, Sam practically said the same thing." Jared followed Emily through the house and upstairs and into the guest room and carefully laid her on the bed as Emily shooed him out of the room afterwards. Jared turned to leave when he heard Emily gasp audibly.

"JARED CAMERON! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO HER ARM?" Emily screamed.

Jared winced. Emily never cussed; at least not the big f-bomb. She said all the small once when she was cooking and dealing with the pups in the pack, but the f-word had just never been in her vocabulary. Well apparently today it was. He turned back to face Emily she looked – appalled – horrified – revolted. Nope she looked pissed and there was no getting around that look when it crossed her face. "So – I mean – I guess…See what had happened was…" Jared stuttered around as he rubbed the back of his neck and looked extremely out of place. "Um I should go; I think I hear Sam howling for me."

Emily stood with her hands on her hips. "Jared, if you take another step out of this room without telling me what happened; so help me God you're gonna wish you was facing me in wolf form right now."

Jared frowned as he looked over and saw Alyssa's right upper arm. He knew she was going to have a bruise but what he saw even made him sick to his stomach. Around Alyssa's whole upper arm were finger size bruises and they weren't just purple they were BLOOD red purple; it looked as if Jake had seared his hand to her arm and when they pried it off it took the flesh with it.

Jared swallowed hard. "Well…"

How exactly was he going to explain that?