A/N This chapter has been resubmitted March 18, 2011 with beta corrections.

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Jacob POV

Same day Renee was taken

All of La Push and Forks were in an uproar. The residents of Forks were horrified because the Chief of Police's wife was abducted in broad daylight on the way to work, and those that knew Renee in La Push were horrified because they knew the real reason for her disappearance.

My imprint was beside herself with grief, worry, and rage. The worst part was that Bella completely blamed herself for not keeping her mother protected. She knew that we depended on her to detect when the leeches were near. She'd been racking her brain for hours trying to figure out how they were able to take her mother without her sensing them sooner than she did.

Ever since the vampire attack a couple days ago, I made sure that wolves were paroling around the clock. It was difficult on everyone, but we had to make sure to keep La Push and Forks protected from any type of vampire threat.

Even though we needed all the werewolves on patrol, we decided against pulling Seth, Collin and Brady out of school. This was their last year of high school; they already had to give up so much of their lives for the sake of the tribe. The least we could do in return was let them get their diplomas. So they were only allowed to patrol Friday thru Sunday, day shifts only. This would give the rest of us a chance to catch up on our sleep-at least on the weekends.

It was a good thing that Sam, Jared and Paul had decided to hire more employees that weren't werewolves to work at the shop. It freed up some of us to do more patrol time. Today Paul and Quil were at the shop. Sam and Embry were sleeping for a couple of hours, and Jared and I were patrolling.

Even though I was against it, Bella took a leave of absence from her job. She said that working was a distraction. The vampires could come at anytime and she needed to be able to react quickly. She couldn't do that at work. There would be no way to explain her eyes turning yellow while she was in public, and I knew that she was right.

No one knew about the conversation that I had with Nata concerning Renee. I'd decided the least I could do was make sure that she was protected at all times. Then maybe we could stop whatever was going to happen to her. So there were always two wolves on patrol at night in Forks. In the morning one of the wolves followed Charlie to work while the other stayed behind until they were relieved by another wolf. The only time Renee was alone was during school hours, but as soon as the dismissal bell rang one of us was there to follow her home.

Charlie and Renee agreed that on days they didn't have work they would spend their time in La Push to give Bella more peace of mind. Unfortunately, all of our efforts proved to be in vein…

7:00 AM

I was in wolf form running through the trees of La Push looking for any signs of vampire activity. Jared was waiting for Renee to get in her car to drive to work. Fifteen minutes later, I watched as Jared ran hidden among the trees near the highway along side Renee as she drove to work.

She was singing some 80's song crap and Jared started snickering.

"What's so funny?"

"Someone needs to tell her to make sure she doesn't quit her day job. Her singing sounds worse then when Quil chased his tail and Embry bit it to make him stop running around in a circle like an idiot. We made fun of Quil for days because he screamed like a drowning cat that was being electrocuted at the same time."

"Well at least she's doing it in the privacy of her own car."

"Yeah, at least we know not to invite her to any Karaoke….Hell?"

I was suddenly flooded with terror that I knew came from Jared.

Jared was freaked out because Renee's car was gone. There was no way that she could have out drove Jared even if he was going his slowest pace. Just as quickly, I heard a howl coming from La Push. It was Embry. Bella was at his house hysterical and ranting about Embry taking her to Forks because something was wrong. He said her eyes were yellow and glowing very brightly.

"Tell me what to do, Jacob! Bella is insisting that I take her to Forks. I have a feeling that if I don't do what she says soon she's going to beat the shit out of me."

I was consumed with dread thinking about Bella's reaction when she found out her mother vanished into thin air.

"Take her to where ever she feels she needs to go. The leeches have her mother, Embry."

"Awww…F**** man! How the hell did this happen?"

"Renee was driving to work, Jared was following her then her car just disappeared. Maybe Bells will be able to find the bloodsucker and we can get her mother back before something happens to her."

I could feel the doubt that Embry felt about what I said. He lowered himself to the ground so that Bella could climb onto his back and they ran off into the forest.

The only thing they found was Renee's car abandoned in Port Angeles. One of the doors was missing, traces of her blood were on the airbag that had deployed and there was an overpowering stench of leech through out the car.

None of us understood why Bella didn't sense their presence before Renee disappeared. None of us was foolish enough to believe that they took Renee with the best of intentions.

Three Days Later

The pack was in a state of chaos. There was still no sign of Renee or any of the bloodsuckers. Bella was so consumed with rage that we couldn't get her to calm down enough for her eyes to change back to brown. She wasn't talking -except to herself- eating, or sleeping. She spent the past three days pacing back and forth mumbling to herself that it was her fault that Renee was missing. She wouldn't listen to anyone that tried to reason with her, and just about everyone except for Charlie and myself was too afraid to approach her.

She wouldn't look Charlie in the eye because she was so ashamed that she didn't do a better job of protecting her mother. I wanted to tell her so badly that there was nothing that she could have done to prevent this from happening. It was the path that Renee had to walk in order for Bella to reach her full potential. I knew that Bella was not in the right frame of mind to hear something like that.

Charlie and I were sitting on the couch watching Bella pace back and forth across the living room floor when we heard the doorbell rang. Charlie got up to answer the door. I didn't bother to look up; I already knew who it was by her scent.

Nata slowly walked into the room past Bella and stood by the couch next to me. She looked at me and said, "Has she been like this for three days?"

I slumped back into the couch and said, "Yes."

Nata sighed and flopped down on the couch next to me.

"This may do more harm than good, but I made a promise and I have to keep it."

Nata placed her hand in her jacket pocket and pulled out two white envelopes and handed them to me.

"What are these?"

"The day after Bella's last dream, Renee came to my house and gave me these. She told me if she disappeared and didn't return within three days to make sure to give you these letters to give to Bella and Charlie."

My hand began to shake as I looked at Bella's name written across the top of one of the envelopes. Without looking at Nata, I said, "What does this letter say?"

"I don't know, she didn't tell me."

"I'm not giving it to her."

"I promised Renee that I would make sure that she got the letter. Please don't make me go over your head."

My shaking increased slightly and I attempted to breathe slowly. Without looking in Nata's direction I hissed, "What are you trying to do kill my imprint? Look at her. She's in no condition to get anymore bad news. We don't know what that letter says."

My Alpha voice didn't seem to intimidate Nata at all. "Jacob, we've talked about this already. You have to allow Bella to walk into her destiny whatever that may be. There is a difference between protecting and cradling. Bella needs your strength right now and your ability to make the hard choices that she may think she is unable to make herself."

I had a feeling that there would be hell to pay if I gave Bella this letter. I could feel it in the depths of my soul. She would know that I knew this was coming. I was scared that she wouldn't be able to forgive me. I knew that Nata was right. I had no choice but to give her the letter. I thanked Nata for carrying out Renee's wishes and she got up and left.

Once Charlie had opened the door to let Nata in he had went into my old bedroom to rest. I quietly knocked on the door and waited for him to say it was okay to come in.

I opened the door and felt a lump in my throat. It was heartbreaking to see Charlie so upset and worried. He was trying his hardest to stay strong for Bella's sake, but I could see that he was a hair away from cracking himself. I didn't know what would have been better for him. To just think that she was taken by some random kidnapper or knowing the truth that by now she was nothing but a bloodless corpse tossed away somewhere.

I walked toward the bed that he was lying on and said, "Nata came by to drop this off for you. It's a letter from Renee that she wrote a couple of days after Bella's last dream."

Charlie's eyebrows came together in confusion as he slowly began to process what I had just said. He raised his hand toward me to reach for the letter. Once the letter was in his hand his bottom lip began to tremble. Whatever strength he had left crumbled and Charlie sobbed. He brokenly said, "She knew. Renee knew that this was going to happen. I should have known that something was wrong. Renee hadn't been herself for weeks, but every time I asked her what was wrong she told me it was nothing."

I didn't know what to say. I slowly began to back out of the room. Just before I closed the door I said, "Yeah, she knew this was going to happen. I hope the letter she's written to you will bring you some peace."

I walked back into the living room where Bella was still pacing back and forth. I stood in front of her and grabbed her by the shoulders. As Bella raised her head up toward my face she whispered, "Let me go, Jacob. I don't want to eat and I'm not sleeping until my mother is found."

"Nata just dropped off a letter for you that your mother wrote."

Bella stared at me with blank yellow eyes. I could tell that she didn't get what I was saying.

"Your mother went to Nata a few days after your last dream and gave her a letter that she instructed to give to you if she ever disappeared and wasn't found within three days."

Bella squirmed out of my hands and said, "Give me the letter."

I pulled it out of my back pocket and handed it to her. Bella ripped the letter open and greedily read the words that her mother wrote for her.

I stood still and waited. Bella's heart rate suddenly increased. When she looked up at me her eyes were no longer yellow but in their place staring back at me was a look of utter horror and pain.

She dropped the letter like the page burned her fingers and she slowly began to back away from me.

She whispered, "Did you know?"

I didn't want to answer that question. How could I tell Bella that I knew her mother was going to die?

"Yes. I didn't know the specifics but I knew that something was going to happen to your mother."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"It wasn't my place to tell you."

"You knew that a bunch of filthy bloodsuckers were going to come and take my mother away and you chose not to tell me because it wasn't your place? I gave you my life and with that my trust and you kept something like this away from me?"

I reached toward Bella as I said, "Bella, you have to understand…"

"No! You betrayed me. I've been tormenting myself for three days over my mother's disappearance. Blaming myself for not being experienced or alert enough when all along it was your fault, because you chose to believe that it wasn't your place to tell me."

Bella's words were cutting deeper than any knife could. There was nothing worse than an imprint saying that their trust had been betrayed. I fell to my knees in front of Bella and pleaded, "Bells, you have to believe me. If I had a choice I would have told you. You know that. I would do anything for you to keep any type of pain away from you. I love your parents like they are my own. There is nothing that any of us could have done to prevent what happened to her. It was her fate."

Bella turned away from me and stormed toward the front door. I quickly caught up to her and spun her around. "Where are you going?"

"Anywhere that you are not."

She snatched away from me and fled out the door. I didn't attempt to follow her. For several minutes my mind was numb. Bella was gone and my heart was slowly unraveling.

Twenty Minutes Later

I faintly heard someone opening the front door, so I turned my head in that direction to see if Bella had came back. Once I realized it was only Embry I allowed my eyes to glaze over once again and stare at nothing.

"Yo, man, what's up with Bella? She's at my house crying her eyes out in my living room with Angela."

"She left me, Embry."

"What do you mean she left you?"

"My imprint doesn't trust me anymore. She blames me for her mother's death."

"Nobody knows exactly what happened to Renee. How could Bella blame you for that?"

I extended my arm out toward the floor and pointed. "Read that and you will know why Bella is gone."

Embry walked toward the piece of paper that was on the floor, picked it up, and read it.

He slowly shook his head. "Shit, man, this is some messed up stuff. How did Renee know this was going to happen?"

"I don't know."

"Have you read this?"

"No."

Embry didn't say anything else. He walked me over to the couch and pushed me backward so I would fall back onto the couch and pushed the letter into my hands.

"Jacob, you seriously need to read this."

What I wanted to do was die. If I didn't have Bella then I had nothing. I knew that Embry would not let up until I read the damn letter, so I forced myself to focus enough to read the last words Renee had for her daughter.

My dearest and only daughter,

If you are reading this letter then that means that the path chosen for me has not changed. I need you to know that I love you very much and I have always been willing to do whatever it took to keep you safe. Last time it meant giving up Charlie for a while, but this time it will mean my life.

I can't go into detail as to why this has happened, but sometimes to win the war a few have to die. If you are reading this letter then that means three days have gone by. You need to know that if I resurface after you read this letter then I've become your enemy and you must do what is best for mankind and dispose of me.

Tell Jacob that I am so sorry that he had to keep this a secret from you. Let him know that I trust that he will keep you safe. I love you, Bella.

Love always,

Renee.

I felt the sudden need to throw-up. Renee was now a bloodsucker. I quickly got off the couch and raced to the bathroom. I barely made it before all of the contents of my lunch from earlier came back up and went into the toilet.

The next morning

Embry stayed with me until almost midnight. He wanted to give Angela and Nata a chance to talk to Bella and possibly give her the comfort she needed. Not soon after Bella arrived at Embry's the rest of the imprints also went over there to offer her some support.

I had just gotten off the phone with Leah. She called to let me know that Bella was on her way home. Before I could feel any type of relief, she informed me that nothing had changed. Bella was still upset with me, and the only reason why she was coming home was because she knew Billy and Charlie needed her.

I slammed the phone down on the hook so hard that the receiver cracked in half. "What the hell? Billy and Charlie are not the only ones that need her! She needs to want to come home because I need her!" Billy and Charlie were in the kitchen and they both jumped at my sudden outburst. Billy wheeled toward me and said, "Son, what's going on? Is Bella on her way home?"

"Yes, she's decided to come home but she's still mad at me."

"Jacob, she's your imprint. She won't be able to stay mad at you long. It's physically impossible."

Just then the front door opened and we all watched as Bella walked through the door. A variety of emotions coursed through my veins at one time- sadness, anger, fear, doubt, and the need to make her want and need me again.

She looked horrible. Her hair was wild and tangled; her eyes were once again yellow and heavy with dark circles underneath. Her face was swollen from so much crying, and she was twitching and shaking. I went to move forward but Charlie grabbed my arm. I almost yanked away but caught the look he gave me. He wanted a chance to try and help his daughter.

The wolf in me wanted to grab Bella and run off with her and force her to forgive me, but the human side of me knew that for now there was something much bigger going on that needed to be dealt with beside my need for Bella's love.

I quickly nodded and Charlie moved forward.

"Bella, sweetheart, what's going on? Are you sick, do you need us to take you to the hospital?"

Bella wouldn't raise her head to look Charlie in the eye when she answered. "No, I don't need to go to the hospital. I'm fine, just tired. I'm going to go to sleep now."

As Bella walked pass me she said, "Nothing has changed. I still can't stand to look at you. Stay out of my way."

I felt how Sam did when he thought Leah was going to refuse the imprint. I wanted to run to the cliffs and hurl myself off the edge onto the jagged rocks below. I had to get out of here and quick before I phased in this house and killed somebody.

"Jacob, wait!"

I turned toward my dad and roared, "What!"

"Bella doesn't mean it. Her love for you can't be reversed. The imprint won't let her. Her body is already reacting to not having contact with you. The shaking and twitching won't stop until she gives in to her need for you. Just give her some time."

I started to growl before I said, "I don't want Bella to forgive me because of the imprint. I want her to forgive me because she loves me!"

I didn't wait to hear his response before I ran out the door and into the woods where I completely let the wolf inside of me take control.

Yikes! Wolfie Jacob is not a nice Jacob. When the imprintee (Bella) doesn't have physical contact with their imprint they suffer physically by getting the shakes and ticking like a crack addict which is also accompanied by intense pain.

The wolf who imprinted will suffer serious bouts of depression and random episodes of anger. When the wolf happens to be the Alpha (Jacob) it would be in your best interest not to piss him off.

So…what do you think? Do you want to choke Bella or cut her some slack because she just found out her mother is a vampire?

The plan is to have a chapter posted every Friday until the story is done. The next chapter will be 20 plus pages. Hopefully this will be the last chapter that will have review issues. That whole situation sucks because I'm almost at the 700 mark but haven't passed it because it's rejecting people's reviews. If you try to leave a review and it rejects it please PM me. I like to know what everyone thinks!

I have a couple of stories that I would like to recommend: "My Pefect Dom" by ShavehC. If you are into a very dominant style Jacob this is the perfect story for you, also please read "Bella's Name" by Aspirations of Whimsy. I won't tell you what it's about. You will have to go there for yourself.

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Thank you DreaC for helping with this chapter. Your my homechick!