Chapter 26: Chapter 26

Chapter 26

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Lisa's POV

I woke up with a start, I could hear Jake talking and another voice I couldn't recognize. The first day of my period was done and I couldn't be happier, I moved a bit and immediately felt his hands close around me. I loved waking up to this man. He was so attentive, the smallest movement was all he needed to make sure I was warm and comfortable.

I sat up straighter when I realized it was Bella in our bedroom while we were both not dressed for company, I duly noted Jake still being overprotective as he pulled the sheets around me covering the curve of my breasts that might have been visible, it made me want to laugh. I saw that the girl had some weird annoyed look on her face. I didn't even know that she was coming, I wish Jake warned me that she would be bouncing around the bed at least I would be in more clothing than a pair of pajama shorts. I registered that they were talking and couldn't bring myself to care; Jake's hands were already tracing my spine giving me goosebumps.

She stalked out of the room just as my beautiful wolf picked me up like I weighed nothing and carried me to the bathroom and set me down in the shower and backed out gracefully when I gave him a look that said I needed to shower alone.

He was waiting for me outside to dump me in the bed as he towel dried my hair; his romantic gestures warmed my heart. He wasn't good with grand and cheesy words but his actions made up for it perfectly.

"Lisa, Bella is here to hang out"

"Okay, do something fun with her?"

I could see that Jake thought Bella was his friend and he wanted to keep things that way and I wasn't going to be the one to stop him. I didn't know that girl and didn't really care about changing that. I had promised the guys that if they had a day off from school this week I would hang out with them and I fully intended on doing that.

I watched them leave and finished my bowl of cereal. I felt a little odd that my wolf was out with some girl I didn't know, some girl who he wasn't proud of, I could see that in his eyes but I told myself that Jake was a big boy and I wouldn't overanalyze this.

The walk to Andy's was pleasant and warm, it was a nice warm day in La Push, definitely unique and it put me in a good mood.

I loved hanging out with the Pack; most of them were fun and easy going. I loved Paul the most, he seemed brash and abrasive but always had the best jokes and something told me that he was the one you could always count on.

We started a game of charades and hung around in the backyard, most of us sitting on the picnic blankets munching on the sandwiches Kim had whopped up, we sat around laughing and enjoying the sunshine! I liked Kim, she was a little quieter than Emily and Leah and fit beautifully into the pack. I could see why Jared was smitten by her, she was the kinda girl everyone wanted to be best friends with. I let Claire "braid" my hair which just meant that she made a mess out of it but I didn't care. I caught my brother looking at me once in a while and smiled back at him. I appreciated that he wanted me to be a part of his new life here. I enjoyed the imprints, they were so wlecoming, always telling me stories, inviting me to do things with them, they made is easy to forget that they all grew up here together and I was the outsider.

A strange ache started in my stomach making me want to lay down, I wondered if it was my period but I knew that it was something else. I realized then that the ache was not in my stomach but in my chest. It felt like someone was squeezing my heart and it was blinding, I couldn't stop the tears that flowed down my face as the pain thickened the ache in my chest making me keel over as I kept my arms tight around my chest hoping to find some relief. I tried to breathe but that hurt even more. I couldn't do anything to shake off this pain. I gasped loudly as I felt faint from not being able to breathe.

I could vaguely hear shouts but my teary eyes made it impossible to see or understand what was happening. Strong warm arms picked me up, I knew it was a wolf from the heat but I couldn't tell who it was and felt them try to thump my back, and they thought I was choking. I shook my head unable to say the words that were building in my head. At some point, they understood that I wasn't choking. I felt the arms move around me and pick me up in a different way. I focused on the heat and used it to distract myself from the pain and slumped into the warm body as whoever it was hugged me, rocking me back and forth as the pain intensified, I could tell that I was gasping for air but it felt like I was being strangled, I tried to wheeze hoping that whatever felt like it was blocking my windpipe would clear but before I could do anything more to help myself I lost my world to darkness.

Paul's POV

The grass under me was soft and comfortable as I watched Lisa giggle at some lame joke Quil cracked. She was a nice girl, I loved the fact that she wasn't fighting the imprint and she was making Jake happy. I knew that she came from big money and made sacrifices to live here with us but I also knew that Jake would protect her with his life and love and cherish her every single day. The pack needed someone like this, smart and experienced with the world. We wouldn't remain kids forever one day all of us would need steady income and move forward and she would be an asset with her knowledge of running businesses and her happy and strong personality. She would be the true Alpha's mate. She already took care of the pack, by cooking, tutoring and helping however she could with the extra time on her hands. I watched her as she smiled at her brother. It was interesting to see how Andy acted around her. When he imprinted on Leah, he had changed a lot. He was a hot head and flew off the handle just like my brother's told me I did. I could see that we had a lot in common. Sometimes, Andy and I wrestled or fought just to burn off our frustrations. Both of us loved being a wolf. Leah had changed him, the imprint made him lose the anger, they both eased up and got more and calmer over time. If you met them now you would never know the anger that brought them together. You could only see a calm and happy couple. It was good for the pack because Leah finally got over Sam and Emily and Andy stopped picking fights and losing control. It was another story of how the imprint brought happiness. Sometimes I wondered if I should imprint.

A sudden gasp made me turn towards the pack when I noticed that Lisa's eyes were tearing up and she had her arms wound around her tight trying to squeeze herself, by the time I got up and ran towards her she was trying to draw deep breaths that didn't seem to work for her and had tear tracks running down her face. Waves of pain rolled off her as the pack noticed and ran to her, we were all freaking out, she was our brother's imprint and she looked like she was dying from a sudden bout of pain. I wrapped my arms around her feeling her soft body spasm and try to remember my first aid training from school as I tried to see what was choking her and when that didn't work I picked her up and started rocking her hoping that I could at least comfort her as I rocked her trying to comfort her in any way I could, silently praying to god to ease her pain. She was too young and too sweet to die this way. I realized that she needed air so I tried to lay her down so that I could perform CPR on her but that's when I tuned into Leah's screams.

"Jake is doing something, breaking the imprint bond causes physical pain to the imprint. What the fuck is he doing?"

Jesus Christ. That's when I realized, Jake was out with that leach lover and this sweet innocent girl was paying for it.

Before I could do anything she went limp in my hands.

Fuck. No. No. No.
She was too young to die like this.

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