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A/N: This is a collaboration with PugLove and myself, Xo BellaItalia oX. I will be posting this story with the rest of my collaborations with my other Co Authors on my other FanFiction page under the penname Xo Bella's Collaborations oX.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to post them in the chapter's reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note. Thank you for your interest in the story and we hope you enjoy it and we would love to hear your thoughts on it. Talk to everyone soon! – Bella'Xo

Chapter 12
(Crystal's POV)

"Jacob!" I shouted from behind Quil and Embry, quickly scrambling up off of the floor. He turned his attention towards me, giving me a clear view of his face for the first time since the two boys forced their way into the house.

I felt my eyes widen and heard myself gasp as Jake startled me with the changes to his eyes as they changed to a bright, ice, blue color.

"What happened to your eyes?" I asked him, my jaw still slacked.

As he answered, his eyes slightly softened, but it was clear that he was still on guard around Quil. I doubt he saw Embry as much of a threat, regardless of the fact that he was only a human. "When we get mad, our eyes tend to change to an ice blue color," he explained to me.

"What are you talking about?" Quil asked, slurring his words and reminding us that he was still here. "And Jake, what the hell is up with your eyes?"

Jake and I exchanged an uncomfortable glance as he began rubbing the back of his neck anxiously. "Uh, well…" Jake murmured at a loss for words.

"I think you should just leave for now," I told Quil as gently as I could, but apparently it wasn't gently enough.

"You know what I think?" He asked rhetorically, turning around to face me. "I think that since you're a paleface and that you have such low standards, that I'm not inclined to listen to you." He snapped angrily before beginning to smirk as he saw the hurt expression on my face. What did I ever do to him that made him so hostel towards me?

He continued smirking in a sadistic manner as he continued his vile rant, still slurring his words due to his drunken state. "I am not surprised that you have been a slut to Sam's cult, though I think that it's only fair that since you're being their slut that you should be mine, as well."

Does he really think so low of me? My heart felt like it was just cut in half and I bit my lip as I tried to hold back my tears. But try as I might, I just couldn't control myself as the tears started to fall down my cheeks and I started crying. I know that I have been feeling really sensitive since the deaths of my family and my own near death experience, but I just couldn't help it as his words brought back memories and flashbacks from my past.

The wolves nearby that had overheard our exchange and looked on in anger as they started shaking harder and harder until their bodies became a blur.

I suddenly couldn't hold my own body up as the feelings inside of me started to increase as I felt my legs give out from under me and I fell to the ground sobbing. I curled up into a fetal position and began to rock back and forth, shaking.

Just then, the front door burst open and in came Sam. He was shaking harder than I'd ever seen any of them without phasing and growling far more than the others. He took one look at my crying, shivering form before he flew forward and attacked Quil.

He was throwing punch after punch and I knew that if I didn't intercede then the human boy could be seriously hurt and I didn't want that, regardless of the asshole he was being.

"Stop!" I yelled, tears still streaming down my face.

He immediately stopped and turned to face me, ignoring Quil's bloody face. He must have seen everything I was feeling in my expression.

He pushed Quil away from him and almost flew to my side, pulling me in to his lap and cuddled me to his chest as I cried. I felt him rising to his feet before he began to walk and before I realized it, we were in our room and on our bed.

"I heard everything," he murmured to me once I had stopped crying. "You're not a slut! You're a beautiful, caring and loving young woman! Quil doesn't know what the hell he's talking about."

"Really?" I sniffled as I wiped the moisture away from under my eyes.

"Really," he said strongly, giving me a soft smile. "Sleep," he told me, kissing my temple as he rubbed soothing circles lightly on my back.

"But I'm not tired," I objected as I pulled back slightly to look up at him.

"Please," his eyes pleaded with mine. I knew that once I fell asleep he was gonna have a "talk" with Quil and didn't want me to see or hear what he was going to say.

"Don't hurt Quil too badly, okay?" I whispered and laid my head back down underneath his chin.

"No promises," He mumbled angrily as he pressed another kiss against my forehead.

(Sam's POV)

I was livid! How dare Quil hurt my mate the way he did! He will pay for what he said to her, making her feel so worthless and ugly. She is anything but that and it kills me that he made her believe so.

But what I don't understand is why Crystal was being so lenient regarding him. He was an ass to her!

I shook the thoughts from my head for the time being as I carefully slipped my arms from around Crystal's sleeping form. It was time to beat Quil Ateara's ass.

I silently slipped out of the bed and marched out of our room clenching my fists tightly at my sides. I traveled quickly and quietly down the hall and steps to the front door, making sure not to slam it in my rage in fear of waking Crystal. I made my way to the forest outside my home where Jake and Paul were currently holding Quil down and Seth and Leah were beating the living shit out of him; too bad for him that he deserved it.

Embry stood to the side watching and I knew he wouldn't interfere, because he knew that what Quil said to Crystal was wrong and hurtful.

"Enough," I ordered in my alpha tone causing Leah and Seth to immediately back down and move away from the asshole. The other two were still holding on to him, but loosened their grip slightly. "Why were you harassing my mate?" I asked Quil who was shaking on the ground. "What the hell did she ever do to you that you had to verbally abuse her in such a way?

He whimpered. Tough luck; He should have thought about this before he reduced my mate to tears. He knew that I would retaliate for every tear that she shed that was caused by him.

"I'm sorry, I was drunk," he whimpered pathetically, almost rushing out his explanation.

"And you're not now?" I raised my eyebrows skeptically. I mean, really? It's only been like what? Twenty minutes and he's miraculously sober, realizing the error of his ways? Yeah, right.

"Leah, Seth, Paul, and Jake gave me a wake-up call," he told me trying to make himself disappear as if he wished that the ground would just swallow him whole.

"Well, get ready for another one," I told him raising my fist and getting ready to throw another punch at his face.

"No, don't!" my mate screamed running in front of Quil, acting as a shield.

I tried to stop my fist, but it was too late. I was already in motion when she jumped in front of him and it was impossible to stop my arm from moving with the momentum that I had behind it.

Crystal began to fall as she fainted from the collision. I managed to catch her before she hit the ground, pulling into my arms before I ran with her towards the house.

The front door was still wide open from when she ran out and I quickly kicked it shut with my foot, not making sure it latched in my panic. I ran up the stairs and down the hall before I finally made it inside of our room.

"Crystal, I am so sorry," I whispered, tears running down my face and stinging my eyes.

I placed her gently on the bed before running over to the connected bathroom and filling the huge tub with warm water.

Once everything was laid out for us and the water was filled up all of the way, I quickly made my way back to Crystal and started to remove her clothes as well as my own. I couldn't help the sobs the were escaping my lips at the sight of my unconscious mate.

I carried her naked form into the bathroom towards the tub and gently I lowered her into the warm water, immediately following after her, laying her in between my legs. I picked up a loofa and tenderly ran it over her beautiful body as I washed every inch of her, paying special attention to the place I - I couldn't even think about it, let alone say it. I could already see the bruise rising underneath her soft, beautiful skin.

I finished quickly and carefully lifted her in to my arms before getting out of the tub. I grabbed one of the towels that I had sitting on the toilet beside the tub unwrapped it. Starting with her legs, I ran the towel over her skin as I dried her body.

I then grabbed the comfortable clothing that I picked out for her to wear and slowly and carefully began to dress her, making sure that I didn't touch the place where she was beginning to bruise.

After putting a pair of my own boxer shorts and a wife beater on her, I laid down her down on our bed and threw on a pair of boxers and sweats before I quickly climbed in after her. It didn't take long for me to get drowsy as I fell asleep to the steady beat of her heart.

A/N: Poor Crystal, poor Sam. What do you think will happen when she wakes? Read and Review!

This chapter was written by PugLove, but I did the revision on it.

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What Jasper Whitlock remembers from his time in the Southern Wars isn't what happened at all. After unknowingly leaving his mate, Marie, to the hands of her power hungry sisters, he continues on with his immortal life. After 90 yrs with no word about what happened to her Major, Marie is rescued & reunited with him only to find that what he remembers of her is nothing but brutality.

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'Far Fetched Realities'
'Mirror Image'
'Other Worldly Beauty'
'Dhampir: Broken Moonlight'
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'Perplexing Revelations'
'Unimaginable Outcomes'
'Pretexting'
'You Promised Me Forever'
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'Intricate Beauty'
'Never What It Seems' NEW!
'The Major'
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'Flashbacks'
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