Chapter 10 – Then Again
"Jr, stop it!" Sandra cried out.
She watched the dark silver and sand colored wolves fighting, Seth having phased instantly. She backed up when they came a little too close and rolled out of the way before any real harm could come to her, her lips burning from Seth's kiss. Looking down at the diamond ring on her finger, Sandra could already feel the tears pouring down her face and closed her eyes tightly shut, shaking her head. How could Seth Clearwater have imprinted on her? Jr was supposed to be the one she thought, but that wasn't the case and it broke her heart.
"SETH, STOP IT!"
Jr waited for a fraction of a second, seeing Seth had temporarily looked over at Sandra, and that's all it took. He tackled Seth to the ground and began tearing at his throat, snapping his teeth, though Seth was stronger than Jr gave him credit for. Jr's teeth barely sank into Seth's flesh, but it was deep enough to draw the slightest bit of blood. Seth kicked him off and Jr landed on his paws, both wolves circling each other, ready to pounce again.
The loudest roar echoed throughout the woods as a russet colored wolf leapt out of the trees and stood between the two wolves.
'ENOUGH!' Jacob used his alpha voice as both wolves instantly calmed down against their will, Jacob glaring at the dark silver colored wolf that was Jr. 'I don't know what the hell is going on lately, but enough is ENOUGH! Do you two realize what could've happened to Sandra? Fuck the imprinting shit for a second; she could've been maimed like Sam did with Emily all those years ago! I don't want to have to be the one to tell Kim and Jared their daughter was shredded by two wolves from their own pack! As it is I have to patrol tonight with Jared and I won't be able to keep this from my thoughts. Both of you need to leave NOW!'
'In case you didn't hear your dad, Jake, I'm outta the pack and I'm not leaving my fiancée alone just so this jerkoff can try moving in on MY imprint.'
'SHE'S NOT YOURS!'
'Keep telling yourself that, dude. She needs a real man in her life, not some pathetic mutt looking for a love that's not his!' Jr ignored Jacob's warning growl and phased right in front of them, pulling his shorts on, immediately going to Sandra's side. "Sandra…"
Not sure what to think or believe anymore, Sandra broke away from Jr and ran inside the house, slamming the door shut.
Lacey frowned she could see he was limping slightly. She got closer to him as he collapsed on the ground; she knelt down next to him. "I don't know what you were thinking Seth Clearwater. I know you love Sandra. But getting yourself torn to bits by Jr is not going to help anything." Her small hands explored his fur covered body until she found the problem, his shoulder had been dislocated. "This is going to hurt." She stood on her knees as she placed her hands on the shoulder in question as she pushed down carefully and heard a loud pop. She watched as he jumped up and took off into the trees hearing his howl moments later.
Lacey stood as she looked at Jr, suddenly becoming very pissed off. "You told Seth, Sandra needs a real man. Well it's definitely not you. You're a lot of things Jr Redson, But you're definitely no man! Seth is more of a man then you'll ever be, because at least he's not lying through his ass." She walked over and shoved him as hard as she could, "If you hate me so much just kill me. I refuse to let you hurt my aunt or Seth anymore. I'll see myself hanged before I let you hurt me anymore. Do us both a favor and kill me and be done with it. Otherwise, .!"
"DON'T EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN, BLOODSUCKER!" Jr roared right in her face, watching what was left of the color drain from it as he stalked toward her. He wasn't too keen on being touched by a bloodsucking monster, man or woman and could feel the fire shoot down his spine. "THAT PUP SHOULD'VE NEVER CAME HERE AND TOUCHED MY FIANCEE! I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU OR ANYONE ELSE THINKS! I'M GONNA WALK DOWN THE AISLE AND MARRY SOMEONE OF MY OWN FUCKING KIND! WHY DON'T YOU GET LOST AND LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE, BLOODSUCKER?"
The fury in his eyes was enough to make anyone terrified, but Jr didn't care, suddenly grabbing her forcefully by her upper arms. "You want me to kill you, Lacey? Is that what it's gonna take to break this ridiculous assumption I imprinted on you?" He shoved her away and watched as she landed on her ass in the ground, towering over her. "Even if I wanted to kill you, which let me just say for the record I do, I won't because you are Jake's daughter and Luca's sister. Just stay away from me. STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" He then tore through the woods and phased, clothes shredding everywhere, wanting to get as far away from her as possible.
Jake scowled down at his daughter and then his scowl turned to Jr's retreating form. "Lacey you should not have confronted him like that he could've seriously hurt you." Jake grabbed Lacey's hand and pulled her up to her feet.
Lacey scoffed as she rolled her eyes and turned towards their home. "He doesn't scare me dad. He's nothing but a big old bully. And he could've seriously hurt Seth. Not that he didn't already. All this bullshit about imprinting is just complete nonsense anymore. I don't understand how any of you made the imprint work if all the imprints get out of the deal is a foul, moody, temperamental wolf. Maybe I'm not supposed to get it. I know the way the imprint works from being around you and mom. You feel everything she feels. It kills you just being away from her for an hour. So how does it not bother Jr being away from me?"
"Lacey, Jr is so different than the other guys in the pack, but he's exactly like his father. They both have always had their anger issues; even when they were just 16 and started phasing. Little things would piss them off and they'd phase because of his anger. It looks like Paul got himself under control but not so much with Jr." Jake gruffed out as he clenched his hands into two balls of fists.
Jake was still trying to get his anger under control from when Jr and Seth were fighting too close to Sandra. Jake's scowl returned to his handsome features as he looked back at Lacey. "You need to promise me you won't confront him anymore; especially if you guys are alone. He CAN and he WILL hurt you Lacey. He was trained to destroy vampires, just like I was and just like Luca is being trained; just like all the guys in the pack. You and your mother are my family, everyone in the pack use restraint; everyone but Jr. He's never going to change. He's still the same volatile wolf he's always been and always will be."
Lacey turned to head home, when she got there, she saw Seth sitting on the front porch with his head in his hands. Lacey jogged up as she gripped his shoulder his head snapped up. "Seth, are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Seth shook his head negatively. "No I'm okay. Are you alright Lace? You shouldn't have messed with Jr; especially not after we just got into a fight. He could've phased and hurt you badly. Or he could've phased and killed you. Then Jake, Luca and I would have to kill him. Please Lacey you have to promise me you won't go by him anymore. You have to trust that the imprint will work its magic and he'll come to his senses."
"I slept with Jr." Lacey couldn't help blurting it out.
"No big deal, you just have to promise me…I'm sorry what the hell did you just say?"
"I - slept - with - Jr." She forced it out the second time.
"What do you mean you slept with Jr? As in you took a nap with him or you guys saw each other naked on an intimate level and not just because he phased back from wolf to human in front of you."
"I had sex with him. It was the most intense multiple rounds of sex I've ever had in my entire life." Lacey got the sniffles as she tried to control her emotions, but it wasn't happening. "And the next morning, we got into a fight and left things terrible. A few weeks later at the bonfire Jr walks up with Sandra and they announce their engagement."
"I can't believe you had sex with him Lacey…What the hell were you thinking?"
Lacey blinked as more tears slid down her cheeks as she stood up and watched as Seth stood up and looked at her. He'd finally noticed she'd been crying. He took a step towards her and reached out to touch her hand when she stepped away from Seth.
"You can sit here and say he'll come to his senses eventually, but that's not going to happen. And I was thinking it was nice to have someone who knows I'm a hybrid vampire kiss and touch me and not be completely repulsed by what I am. But then again I guess I was wrong because he would rather marry your imprint then be with his own."
Lacey walked into her house and effectively slammed the front door, locking it behind her.