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Our Dawn

Part V

Book 2 – Midnight Stars

Jacob Black

20. Truth Prevails

'Are you sure you don't need our help?' Lance asked while we were heading home.

'I'm sure. We wouldn't have caught her if your pack hadn't showed up but we're good now. Thanks for helping.'

'You're welcome.'

'By the way how's family?' I asked him. Lance and Jena had gotten married two years ago and last year their first baby was born: a girl named Larkin.

'They're fine.'

I felt some hesitation in his thoughts but I decided to quit the subject. He had done the same for me earlier and even though we had access to each other's minds there were some things we liked to keep private.

'Have you seen any vampires in your lands lately?' I questioned to change the subject.

'In the last year we killed five of them. But we don't see one in four months. When your seer friend called us to help you out I almost thought she was joking.'

'Well unfortunately we had a few problems with this leech.'

'Give our best to Harrison. We hope he gets well soon.'

'I will. You shouldn't have left your reservation unprotected. I mean we really appreciate your help but you need to assure your people's safety.'

'Don't worry about it…Our reservation isn't unprotected.'

Again I felt an uneasy feeling coming from Lance.

'What do you mean? You're all here.'

'No, not all of us are.'

'You have new members too?'

'Only one.'

'Why didn't you tell us?'

'Because it only happened three days ago. It's not even official.'

'Do you trust such a young member to protect the reservation?'

'This new member is not that young.'

'How old is he?'

'Twenty-one. We all know it's going to take a while for him to get used to this life but soon he'll be ready to participate in a big hunting like this.'

'If you need help explaining everything just send him over to La Push. We'll be glad to help.'

'It's fine. Cody is working on it.'

'The fact that another boy phased might be related to new vampires in your lands so be careful.'

'Don't worry about it, Black. We've got it covered.'

Lance wished us luck and his pack followed a different direction while we were going South. A few of us were concerned about the Cullens taking Lisa to Forks since she'd attacked us only a few days ago. What if she managed to escape again? After all she'd be able to use her powers again as soon as she entered the forest.

'Don't worry about it.' I tried to calm everyone down. 'The Cullens know what to do. They have a lot of experience.'

'Experience in what exactly?' Denis asked me.

'Everything…I guess. I mean Jasper was a soldier…and he's an expert in newborns. Even Emmett, who is pretty much brainless, can control Lisa with his strength.'

'How can you be so sure?' Martin insisted. 'I know they're strong but they trust people too much...'

'All the Cullens, even Bella, are older than Lisa. She's a newborn…they're good fighters and Edward can read her mind.' I pointed out. 'I'm sure they took all the necessary precautions to control Lisa.'

'How?' William asked sounding interested.

'Well there are a few ways to immobilize a vampire.' I recalled a few times when Jasper and Edward used to join me for training. Usually, when I was on the mood to listen to what they were saying, they'd teach me things about their kind.

'Such as?' He insisted.

'Vampires are practically indestructible but they have a few weaknesses. If you pull one of their legs off they won't be able to walk or run.'

Dismembering a vampire was a common tactic used in battles. Jasper had told me he'd done that many times in the past. It was a tactic used to immobilize the enemies, it wasn't used as a torture because vampires were already dead and couldn't feel any pain. Later on their members could be reattached to the body but during a battle, the vampires were usually dismembered and set on fire.

'So, do you think they dismembered her?' William asked with a sudden curiosity.

'That's what I'd do.'

'Now that Lisa was caught, what do we do?' Asked Sam. 'Do you want me to organize new patrols?'

'I think we better keep an eye on things even if she's caught. I wish we could have a break but we better take precautions.'

The rest of the pack agreed.

'I'll send Seth over to your house as soon as we get to the reservation. That injury needs to be taken care of.' I told Justin. He was limping and I could sense his pain through the mind link.

'It's just a scratch. Seth can stay with Harry.'

'Harry will be fine, Justin…But thank you for your concern.' Said Leah.

When we arrived to La Push we found Rosalie, Esme and Bella at our house. The Council had allowed them to enter the reservation even during our absence. They looked quite annoyed because we hadn't told them about Lisa's attack on Harry. Blondie looked at me with a ferocious expression which, of course, couldn't compare to the one Leah was giving me.

She had heard what Jasper had told me about Milena and she knew I was going to meet her.

As Rosalie stepped towards me, Bella and Esme surrounded her immediately. I was being blocked from entering in my house again.

"So what do you have to say in your defense, mutt?" Rosalie practically growled.

"I don't owe you any explanations Blondie." I replied. Leah passed through us and entered the house.

"Do you mind?" I asked. "I'd like to go inside and see my son."

"You have nothing to do here." Leah turned back for an instant and then disappeared into the house. She was crying.

"When were you going to tell us?" Rosalie insisted.

"Look...I don't interfere in your personal life, do I? So stay away from mine!"

"We had the right to know Harrison was hurt! Carlisle would've come immediately."

I was about to answer back when I felt Bella's cold hand pushing me back towards her car.

"What are you doing Bella?" I brushed her off.

"Keep your mouth shut Jake. Rose is too close to rip your head off and if she finds out about you cheating on Leah and having a bastard child, she will kill you." Bella muttered.

"I thought everyone knew already."

"Just me, Alice and Edward. And the only reason I'm trying to help you is because I want to hear your side of the story."

"What do you want me to tell you? That Leah wants to anul our marriage? That if I wasn't her children's father she would have killed me by now?"

"We better go. Alice is expecting us in Forks."

I got inside Bella's car because I wanted to get this over with. Alice was in Forks with Milena and the sooner I spoke to her the better. From the first floor window I saw Leah watching us leave and wondered if this was the end for us. If I was Jay's father, Leah would never take me back.

"I've heard you caught Lisa Wayfield." Bella said. She was driving too slowly for a vampire which meant she didn't want to get to Forks immediately.

"Yeah, we did."

"Where is she now?"

"Carlisle and the others brought her here. They said they were going to talk to her for a while."

"I see...In that case we'll have some information soon." She said. "Do you want her dead afterwards?"

I shrugged. I didn't know if I wanted Lisa to die or not. That wasn't something I wanted to decide on my own.

Bella sighed heavily.

"Edward told me about Milena and that party." She started. "You acted like an idiot...but I don't believe you cheated on Leah on purpose. You're not that kind of guy."

I looked at her intensively. She was probably the only friend I had that believed me.

"I don't remember anything. It's humiliating..."

"What will you do after you know what happened that night?"

"I'll do anything to protect my family."

Bella was silent until she parked in front of the small coffee-shop I'd been when I'd first met Jay a few days ago.

"For everyone's sake I hope you can fix this, Jake." She declared. "You will always be one of my best friends but if you're really that kid's father don't expect miracles."

"Thanks for the warning, Bella." I said sarcastically.

"What will you do if he's yours?"

"I have no idea."

"Will you adopt him?"

"I don't think so. At least not for now. The Social Services don't trust me and I don't know if this is the right place for him."

"Are you going to try to keep him?"

"I don't know."

"If you decide to keep him, don't worry about the Social Services. We have contacts...Carlisle knows a lot of lawyers."

"Thanks."

I took a deep breath and prepared myself to meet Milena. We didn't see each other in twelve years.

"By the way..." Bella called. "Milena Elliot doesn't exist anymore. You're about to meet a totally diferent woman. Her name is Joy Carter."

I didn't know what Bella meant. Maybe Milena was an actress and went by a new name? Or maybe she was involved in the porn industry?

"It was hard to track her down because she was put under the witness protection program. She has a new identity." Bella explained.

I opened my mouth but decided to keep quiet. Knowing Milena, the porn industry made more sense to me than the witness protection program.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Before coming to Seattle, Milena dated a gangster in New York. His group had connections to the Chinese mafia. When she broke up with him, she was already in too deep. She came to Seattle thinking she could escape them but months later they found her. I think that's why she gave the baby up to adoption and then went to the police. She was a key witness when Lao Fong was sentenced to life in prison."

"That's one hell of a story."

"She's been living in Texas ever since and works in a real estate office."

"How did you bring her here? Isn't she being protected by the US marshals?"

"We said we were federal agents. Alice even got us fake badges."

Bella seemed to like those actings more than in the past now that she was a true Cullen. As for Alice, she would always be a nut case so I wasn't all that surprised.

I left Bella in the car and walked in the coffee-shop, spoting Alice and a brunette woman immediately. When I first met her, Milena was blonde. I would've never recognised her was she not with Alice.

Milena howerver recognised me in a flash.

"Jacob Black." She stated. "My God, you look exactly the same..."

Alice took a few steps back and walked calmly to the door. I noticed she had a serious look on her face which meant she wasn't happy with me either. A few seconds later, Bella's car was gone and I was all alone, face to face with my worst nightmare.

"I had no idea you were trying to find me." Milena said while sitting down on the table she'd been sharing with Alice.

"How have you been?" I asked just by courtesy. I couldn't care less about formalities and good manners. All I wanted was an explanation but Milena was talking non-stop about her new life in Texas.

"Stop!" I ordered when she was about to tell me how she'd met her current boyfriend who was an ex-boxing fighter.

"Sorry...I got too caught up in the moment. I should've asked you how you and you family are..."

"You know why you're here, right?"

Milena raised her eyebrows.

"Actually...no...It's kind of weird now that you mentioned it."

I had to fight the urge to slap her across the face. Either she was mocking me or she was as dumb as she looked.

"So...do you care to tell me how the hell I have a son named Jay?"

"Oh...that..." She looked down to the cup of coffee on the table and seemed to be embarrassed.

"Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?"

"It wouldn't make a difference."

"You're wrong. It would."

"It happened a long time ago and I was alone. I gave him up because I couldn't take care of him on my own and I was in trouble. Jay has a good family now and..."

"They're dead." I cut her off.

"What?"

"Jay's foster parents are dead. They had a car accident and died a few months ago. Then I had a Social Services' woman searching for me..."

"Oh...sorry...I didn't know they would contact you directly."

"My name is on his birth certificate. Of course they'd contact me."

"Okay, so what the hell do you want me to do?" She asked.

"You're unbelievable. You're not even worried about him, are you?"

"The boy doesn't even know who I am." She defended herself. "We never met."

"His name is Jay and..."

"I know. I gave him that name." She retorted. "But I also made a decision when he was born. I decided to leave him so he could have a better life. I wasn't ready to be a mother and I can't go back now. I'm sorry he lost his foster parents but...there's nothing I can do."

"You've always preferred an easy way out, didn't you?" Leah's voice took me completely off guard.

"Leah? What are you doing here?" I asked her.

"I want to hear the story directly from her. Then I'll decide what to do with you." She muttered sitting down next to me. Milena seemed uncomfortable with Leah's presence and I realised she didn't have good memories about my wife. Like me, Leah was a wolf and wolves are territorial so when she found out Milena was trying to seduce me, she went to Seattle and Milena was pretty close to lose a limb or two.

"For the record, he found me and not the other way around." Milena stated when Leah glared at her.

"I know."

"But I can leave. There's nothing I can do here anymore and I don't want to cause any more trouble."

"You caused enough damages already." Leah said coldly.

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about Jay." I said.

"And I said I'm sorry."

"Is this some kind of joke to you?" Leah questioned. "We're talking about a child's life."

"I can't take him with me. If his father isn't available to take him either, I suggest you leave this up to the Social Services."

"Don't act like this is a joke! His father is right in front of you!" Leah almost yelled.

"I meant his real father!" Milena yelled back.

Leah and I looked at each other and I finally saw the light in the end of the tunnel.

"Who's his real father?" We both asked at the same time.

Miss. sangster - Hi. Thank you very much for your reviews. I'm glad you're enjoying the story. About your question, Leah found out that Jake had slept with Milena a few years after they got married. I don't focus on that episode in any of my stories because Our Dawn 3 jumps 6 years ahead of Our Dawn 2's final chapter. I mentioned Milena for the first time in chapter 1 - Pride (Our Dawn 3). The thing is no one knows for sure what happened. I explain several times that Milena was Jacob's classmate in Seattle and that she tried to seduce him. Then one day after a party Jake woke up to find Milena in his bed. He doesn't remember anything. Leah found out about this because they share minds when they're phased but she ended up trusting him because he has no memories of that night plus Edward confirmed his story. It was only when Jay arrived that Leah started to doubt Jacob. I might write a one-shot about the time Milena tried to seduce Jake and how Leah handled it. It would be fun. If you have more questions feel free to ask. Take care.

Rachel xx - Thanks for your words. I'm so glad you like my stories. Even though I love to write about Jake and Leah, I don't think my writing is good enough to publish. You can give me SM's address fan mail, if you like, I wouldn't ask her to read my stories (because she'd probably laugh at me) but I would love to tell her how she disgraced the saga by writing Breaking Dawn (there's a reason why trilogies only have 3 parts. You try to add a fourth one and that's the result!). Thank you so much. Take care.

Karisan