I don't own Twilight or the characters! Stephanie Meyer owns it all! The lyrics belong to Evanescence.
Don't want your hand this time, I'll save myself.
Maybe I'll wake up for once.
Leah's POV
I woke up to the darkness staring back at me. I was on a cold, hard floor and I couldn't see a thing around me.
"You'll be able to see in a few hours," a voice spoke softly from the far corner of the room. Where the hell was I? "Landon is always misbehaving. You're in a dungeon; you'll be able to see once the sun comes up." The voice spoke again.
"Who's Landon," I croaked out. My right side was throbbing, I could barely move without sharp pains shooting through my body. I wasn't healing quickly like I was supposed to.
"I've been down here for years. This is where he keeps us, until it's our turn," the voice continued. A single sob bounced off the walls. "I'm next and if I can't do it then they'll kill me."
"What are you talking about? Who's Landon," I asked again.
The voice got closer. "He's been watching you for some time now. You're all he's ever talked about for the past week. After Anthony said he wanted to mate with you, Landon knew he had a chance. That's what happened with me but I know I won't be able to mate with him. I'm going to die, I can feel it." She sobbed loudly. "I should have listened to my friends and stayed out of that town."
"Wait, wait, wait. So let me get this straight. Landon is from Anthony's pack?"
I could hear the woman shift uncomfortably. "He used to be before he broke off on his own. Him and Anthony are brothers but they've never gotten along. Anthony's always been…better and Landon was the black sheep of the family. Landon broke off from the pack when they went to La Push."
"Aww good you ladies are bonding," a deep voice echoed through the dungeon. The room was flooded with light from the opened door. I got a good look at the woman that had been talking to me and the large man that must have been Landon. "Anthony was right, you are a beauty. Hi sweetie, I'm Landon."He held his hand out toward me.
I spit in his direction. "Fuck you!"
Landon growled and wiped the spit from his jaw. His eyes turned dark as he stalked towards me. "Looks like you'll have to learn the hard way." Landon sent a hard kick to my right side.
I cried out as the pain traveled through my body. "What the hell do you want with me?" I rolled to my other side and stood up slowly. As soon as I could stand up straight, Landon's hands were on my shoulders and my back was crashing against the wall.
"You think you're tough huh? I noticed how you acted when you were around your pack brothers. You're not so tough now without them here huh," Landon hissed, roughly shaking me. "I'm your Alpha now. You'll submit to me."
"I won't do anything you smug son of a bitch," I spat. Landon smirked and his eyes darkened even more. "Now get your grimy little hands off of me."
"Just do what he says Leah," the woman screamed from the floor of the dungeon.
"You better listen to her. She's been a good little girl since she's been here and she's still alive. If you continue to disobey me I'll have to kill you before I even have my fun. Now we don't want that to happen do we," Landon said. He moved in closer to my face. I could feel his breath trickle down my cheeks and his erection press against my thigh. "You feel that?"
" . . of .me," I said through clenched teeth. I tried to free myself from the tight hold Landon had on me but he was too strong. The only way I could fight him was in wolf form.
"Oh you won't be able to phase for some time. I injected you with some medicine that fixed you up," Landon said, nibbling on my ear.
"Get off," I screamed, kicking my feet at Landon's shins. He pushed me further into the wall.
"Don't fucking piss me off," Landon screamed. His eyes were midnight black now and his body began to tremble.
"Leah please listen to him," the woman cried out again.
"Submit to me," Landon whispered against my neck. "You don't know how much I want you Leah. I can give you what you want. You want a baby right? That's why you hide that picture under your pillow right? I can give you exactly what you want. "He left a wet trail between the valley of my breast. I continue to fight against his grip, punching his sides as he continued to kiss, lick and nip at my chest.
"Landon, we have another one to try out," a deep voice came from the door of the dungeon. "We'll leave her for last."
"Aww I was just starting to have fun," Landon whined. His rough hand began moving down my sides. "Isn't she gorgeous?"
"A real beauty, now come on before it's too late."
"I'll be back soon," Landon said, pecking my lips. I pushed against his chest but he didn't budge.
"I will kill you," I growled.
"Keep telling yourself that," Landon replied with a smug smile. "Take care of her Linda." Landon said to the women on the dungeon floor. He slammed the door shut and we were consumed by darkness again.
"You've gotta listen to him or he'll kill you," the woman said. I felt a cool hand grab my right arm. "They could've at least let you heal before bringing you here."
"Why are you down here? Who are you," I asked the small woman.
"I'm," she paused and took a deep breath. "I used to be Anthony's mate before Landon stole me away. I've been down here a few years, just waiting for him to come try me."
"You're Rose?"
"No Rose was his other mate and she died while protecting the tribe. I was his first mate before Landon stole me away. Rose was actually my best friend," the woman explained. "I'm Linda by the way."
"How the hell could he have two mates," I asked.
"It's very simple. All they have to do is change us and we become a mate. Anthony has had many mates in his life time," Linda explained.
So that's what he meant by his pack was very different from ours. They bit who they wanted to mate with so they could be a shape-shifter too.
"Anthony was so intrigued by you because you're a pure wolf. You're the real thing which means you'll create strong cubs. We can't really do that unless we get lucky. Sometimes we die trying because the wolves are much stronger than us. I still don't understand how you turned without any help; it's so…so interesting. You'll survive it because of that," Linda continued.
"The hell with them. I'll kill him before he tries anything with me," I bit.
A sliver of sunlight peeked through the tiny window above us. I finally got a good look at the woman who had been talking to me since my time here.
"You won't be able to do that Leah. You're just human right now, they've paralyzed your wolf trait," Linda explained.
"I'm assuming they did the same thing to you."
Linda shook her head. "No, I couldn't phase anymore after Landon took me. Once you're separated from the person who bit you, you can no longer phase."
"But how can Landon mate with you if he hasn't bitten you," I asked.
"I can still have children like a regular human but that doesn't mean I can breed a cub. Some of us…some of us get lucky," Linda said sadly. "I had a kid with Anthony."
"Where is he now," I asked.
"In Anthony's pack. His name is Brandon. I haven't seen him in years; they took him away from me as soon as I gave birth." Linda wiped the tears that were sliding down her face. "I moved from the Makah reservation to be with Anthony."
"Makah reservation?"
Linda nodded. I got a closer look at the woman as the dungeon got a little brighter. Jet black hair. Brown eyes. Defined jaw line. She had his smile. And that's when it finally clicked. This was the same girl in the picture.
Jacob's POV
"What do you mean she's missing," I thought as my panicking pack brother's filled my head. I ran to Canada after Bella basically told me I had been wasting my time pursing her. She told me that it was always Edward, it would always be him. What hurt the most was the fact that I put her back together; I was the one there for her when he ran off to Italy. I had wasted so much time trying to force Bella to see what I knew she didn't want to see. I should have listened to that little voice in the back of my head that kept telling me to give up. In more ways than one, Leah had told me to give up. As crazy and bitchy as she was, I should have taken her advice. Bella would always be my best friend, but I needed to get past the fact that she was in love with my natural born enemy. I would never have her in the way I yearned to have her.
"Would you stop thinking about her, Leah's gone." Embry interrupted my inner rant. "There's an unfamiliar scent around her house."
Oh no, did we not kill all the newborns in the battle?
"No Jacob, this isn't a vampire stench. I don't know what it is but it doesn't smell like a leech," Sam thought.
"We gotta relaxed. Someone should have been patrolling and this wouldn't have happened. Maybe we should have checked on her more," Sam added.
"We can't blame ourselves too much. We needed the rest, plus with the threat gone no one probably thought about another one," Paul replied.
"I should have checked on her one more time. Something told me I should have," Seth said.
"It's not your fault Seth. Did that bastard Anthony see anything since he's always got his eye on her anyway," I asked.
The packs went silent.
"You don't think…" Embry began.
"Shit," Quil thought. "I knew it was something about that guy that was off."
"See Sam, I to-"
"I don't want to hear it. We shouldn't jump to conclusions until we find out what's going on," Sam snapped.
"I think it's pretty obvious Sam, stop being so fucking gullible. I told you time and time again that he was iffy, I didn't trust him from the beginning," I growled. "I'm almost there."
"Please hurry," Seth thought. Jacob could feel the wave of guilt washing over the youngest wolf.
Leah's POV
"Why'd she write that letter then? If she knew he didn't know and that he had died, why would she write such a cruel letter," I asked. Linda had explained that my father and her mother were in a relationship before he met my mother. Her mother was pregnant when they broke up and by that time my father had moved to La Push and started a family with my mom. Linda had been raised by her mother and stepfather without knowing my dad was her real father until she was thirteen. She searched and searched for him until her mother finally told her he resided in La Push. Her mother then wrote a nasty letter to my mom saying that she had an affair with my dad, which wasn't true according to Linda.
"Because she's a bitch. She never wanted me after your dad broke it off with her. I see why he did now, she's so evil," Linda replied. "I wanted to know him but I'm too late. I'm sorry about your dad Leah and I'm sorry for what my mother did."
"It's not your fault. It's not like you knew about any of this shit either," I said.
The door to the dungeon flew open. "Awww goodie, looks like you two have bonded," Landon said. "I was thinking…I would like to try you out now." He pointed in my direction and Linda took a protective stance in front of me.
"Take me. She can't give you what you want," Linda hissed.
Landon cackled. "Ha! You're funny Linda. Move."
"No!"
I stood to my feet and moved Linda to the side. "You want me huh?"
Landon yanked my hand, lifting it to his lips and softly kissing it. "You're mine."
"I don't belong to anyone bastard. If you want me then you'll have to fight for me," I said, walking towards Landon.
"Hmmmm, I don't think you'll win that one."
I glanced back at Linda. "We'll make this a fair fi-"
Linda took off towards Landon, knocking him off his feet and onto the floor.
"You bitch," Landon yelled as he grabbed Linda by the neck.
"Leah go," Linda yelled. "Run, go!"
I reached for Landon's neck but Linda kicked me away. "Leah please go!"
I took one last glance and my legs propelled me forward and out the dungeon door. I could hear Linda's screams and the cracking of bones as I ran down the dark hall.
"Hey," I large man stepped in front of me. "Where do you think you're going?"
"I'd advise you to move out of my way," I snapped, attempting to punch him.
"Nope don't think so," a voice said behind me and then warm arms were around my waist, lifting me off the ground.
"Get your hands off of me," I screamed as I was carried off in the opposite direction. "Stop!"
"You're a stubborn one." I could feel a needle pressing through my shirt and into my back. "This should calm you down."
I could feel myself slipping away, into a dark abyss. I tried to fight it; there was no way I was going to die like this. But in the back of my mind I knew this was my end. Bye mom. Bye Seth.
Jacob's POV
"I'm going to kill that son of a bitch when I find him."
I die again.
I'm going under.
I wasn't going to write another chapter this weekend since I have a test tomorrow, but….Yea obviously I wrote a chapter anyway. Don't worry, I still have lots of time to study, I just took breaks in between and wrote a little at a time.
I know a few of you said you didn't like that Leah wasn't the only female wolf. Well what do you think now since you know that she really is and the other two were created? I had it in my mind the whole time that Leah would remain the only one. The others are just generic versions because they weren't born with the gene. The only one that sort of had the gene was Linda and her gene wasn't as prominent which is why she didn't phase until being bitten.
I always played around with the idea of Harry having another child and I ended up with the idea you saw in the chapter. I never took Harry for the cheating type so I didn't want to make him out of a bad guy. He already lied to Leah about what was going on with Sam and I figured that was enough. Linda's mom was just the ultimate bitch and wanted to piss Sue off.
Thanks for your reviews of the last chapter!
