Here is Twelve, all mistakes are my own, hope you all enjoy reading this one.
Chapter twelve Council
"What the hell" Bella demanded as she glared at Jared
The smug bastard in question glanced at her for a second before stating "you need to stop being childish, Paul is dying because of you"
"Yeah well I'm all clawed up on the inside because of him" Bella snapped
Jared gripped her steering wheel tight as he pushed his foot to the floor; her car slid slightly in the wet "you don't get it, do you?"
Feeling it was a rhetorical question Bella sat back in her chair, reaching for the seatbelt and putting it on
"Because you threatened divorce, we all need to go up in front of the council, its not only Sam and Emily that could get kicked out now, Billy is calling an unfair justice meeting"
She didn't know what it meant, and she wasn't about to bother asking Jared instead she turned to look out the window
"Paul has stayed a wolf, since you spoke to him last week, he wont eat and every time we phase it's a Bella marathon in his head, not to mention the fact that your son hasn't ran a patrol yet, and he will need to be punished for disobeying his Alpha, do you know what that means Bella?"
Of course she knew what it meant, she just thought that her son was exempt from it, due to him phasing so young. Placing her hand on her stomach, she wondered if this one would be made to run patrols to.
Her son phased into a wolf, he phased nearly every day, but he did it at night so his brothers didn't see and normally when she sat out on the back porch with a cup of tea.
He had even returned to school this week, at his mother's request, but he was attending school, which is a huge thing in its own right.
Jason hated school.
"So not only is your selfishness killing your imprint, your son has to get punished, and you'll get us all kicked off the Reservation, our family names banned for centauries"
"And how is it my fault?" Bella asked
"Because you couldn't just shut up and spread your legs, your fighting the imprint instead of doing what Paul asked" Jared snarled "you don't see any other imprint deny there wolf"
"maybe because there wolf hasn't been an arse for thirteen years, I stuck by him but now you can all grew the fuck up, because I wont get back with Paul, until he has changed, he sure as hell isn't the man I married, so why the hell should I be in an abusive neglectful relationship, if it gets me no where." Breathing heavy she felt her stomach pinch, gripping fistfuls of her shirt, she breathed in "you can all go to hell, why should I help you when you weren't there to help me over the years" finishing her tirade Bella turned to look out the window, watching the trees go past she tried to imagine what would happen once they reached the community centre.
As soon as the old wooden building come into view, Bella wandered if she could make a run for it, shaking her head at her stupidity, she was a thirty year old woman, she wasn't about to run away like a teenager.
Waiting until Jared had exited the car, Bella felt like sitting there til he dragged her out.
Folding her arms over her chest, she smirked at him as he waited in front of the car for her.
Narrowing his eyes, Jared reached around and grabbed her, throwing open her car door, he gripped her arm tightly as he hauled her into the building, only pausing to shut her door, and open the glass doors in the meeting hall.
Dragging her down the corridor and into the big circular meeting room, she was thrown into a chair.
Glaring up at the pack that stood off to the side, she noticed the only ones not there were Paul Leah an Embry.
Looking across she glared at Jared. She wouldn't forget the way they got her here.
She thought as adults they would know more manners, but she supposed they were all wolves.
Even in human form, it took one wrong grab and they could leave bruises for weeks, even break bones or scar faces.
Looking to the front of the hall, she could see Billy Black, Harry White, Quil Senior, and Domanic Uley.
She knew none of them liked her, she was the paleface to them, that breed half breeds.
She was sure that, if it wasn't for Charlie Billy most likely wouldn't even speak to her, let alone let her live on his Reservation
She had only seen him in passing, when he was out visiting her father, but other then that they tended to stick to there own sides of the reservation.
She wondered if he believed that her children were Jacobs, or did he believe that they were Paul's all along, and didn't say anything, thinking that the Pack would be able to determine whether or not they were actually Paul's.
She still remembered the argument with Jacob in her front yard when he had stated that Bella wasn't to go to Billy's for lessons in tribal law anymore, he stated that he didn't want to have a disgraceful whore in his home.
Shaking her head she zoned back into the council room, looking at the Elders she tried not to scowl at them.
As the door banged open, Bella turned to see a dishevelled, dirt covered and thin Paul walk into the room, she felt pity and concern for her husband, she knew that if she didn't turn around she would usher him back to the house, bath, feed and water him.
Probably disgracing herself in the process, she always had a soft spot for mistreated animals.
Paul was no excuse in that area.
Looking out of the corner of her eye, she saw Paul sniff at the air and turn to step closer to her, it took a newly arrived Embry, Quil, and Jared to pull him down into the allocated chairs for him to sit in.
"Isabella Lahote, Imprint to Paul Lahote you are brought forth in front of the tribal council, on the discussion of you rejecting your imprint, how do you plea"
Bella looked up at the council "I don't plea to anything"
Old Quil sucked in his breath before stating "you have forced your mate out of your home, claiming the child you carry isn't his, your other 5 children with your mate do not see him, as he has not gone near them in three weeks, your oldest has phased but yet you refuse to allow him to continue to phase, to help protect the tribe"
"If its wrong for a mother to put her children first, then I guess its Guilty then" Bella stated, brushing lint from her sleeve.
"You speak of divorce Imprint paleface" Harry White stated.
Bella nodded, she knew that the council just wanted to know what was going on but she also knew that they didn't need to ask her stupid questions, and that they shouldn't pry into her personal life when it didn't concern them.
"You are aware that once mated, leaving your wolf would kill you both" Old Quil stated
"I'm not marked" Bella snapped "or did you forget that, that you wouldn't let Paul bite me, because even though I'm an imprint, I'm still a paleface" looking across at Paul she continued "and maybe its about time that Paul felt the pain, I've been feeling every time his gone for to long, or did you Elder forget that the pain is worse in the imprintee rather then the wolf, did you forget that he had disappeared for months on end over the years, and I have had to deal with the pain, as well as raise children"
Paul whimpered slightly, Bella heard a struggle, looking over she saw Jared and Sam holding Paul back his body quivering in the need to phase.
The council sat in silence for a minute before Billy spoke "Divorce means you will have to leave the Reservation, even though your children are half blooded, you are not"
Bella felt a slap to the face, she knew that they would play that card, they would dangle her children in front of her like a present for staying with Paul.
It was like they were saying here have your children for staying in an abusive relationship, that the love you felt for someone wasn't returned, and you were only ever touched to satisfy a mating urge that was installed years ago.
Rising from her seat Bella stated "then I better start looking for a house outside of the Reservation for me and my children"
"your children will be staying with the full blooded adult" Old Quil stated "as is tribal law, as they will attend the tribal school, and fulfil there duty to the tribe"
Bella smirked as she stated "that can only work, if a full blooded parent was on the birth certificate, and seeing as how Paul never bothered to turn up I'll start looking for a house for me and my children" Bella stated as she turned around and headed towards the door.
"You will be banished, as will the Alpha pair, your children and your husband"
Whirling around Bella snapped "I couldn't give a fuck about the pack, they haven't done shit for me over the years, as for my children being banished that's brilliant then when they phase they wont have to follow your pathetic little rules" throwing open the door, Bella tried to remain calm, feeling her foetus shift she groaned of course that was going to happen.
Placing a hand on her stomach, Bella walked out of the door, slamming it behind her she walked towards her van, hoping in it she reached to start it.
Cursing when she found no keys, she wasn't about to go back in there, instead she grabbed her pills, her handbag and Adam's woggy before getting out of the car and walking towards her home.
Walking the fifteen minutes to her little house in the far side of La Push she walking up the front steps, she was glad for once that it wasn't raining.
Opening up the door with the spare key, she entered the house locking the door behind her she placed her bags on the counter, kicking off her shoes, and throwing her jumper over the chair.
Picking up her phone she rang Angela.
"Hello"
"Hey Ang, its Bella"
"Hi Bella"
"Can I ask you a favour Ang"
"Sure ask away"
"Can I get you to pick up the kids for me, my car isn't here"
There was a pause before Angela stated "sure, I can do that for you, they finish at 3:30 don't they"
Breathing a sigh of relief Bella nodded "yes, they do, thank you so much Angela, you're a life saver"
Angela laughed lightly "I'd do anything for you Bells you know that"
"Thanks again anyway" looking at the clock reading 3:15 she stated "I'll pop the kettle on"
"See you soon" Angela stated as she hung up the phone
Smiling Bella walked across and unlocked the door, so that the kids could just walk in when they finished.
Feeling rather then seeing the door open, Bella turned around just in time to be pushed into the wall.
I know another cliffy.
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lily
