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Chapter Thirty Six: Last Chance
"Come on, Bella! You can't just rely on your strength!" Fiona shouted at me as I dodged out of Holly's grasp, growling at the large black wolf that had his teeth bared at me.
While Alice was training with Jasper and the rest of her family, my grandfather thought it would be best to prepare me for my upcoming fight with Micah. We weren't sure if he was going to have newborns with him or not, but, to be safe, I was "fighting" Fiona and Holly, as well as a member from Joseph's pack, and since Joseph was from Clan O'Connor, his wolves were stronger than most.
Though since I had the alpha blood in me, this wolf and I had equal strength.
That didn't mean he was going easy on me.
He let out a growl before he charged at the same moment Fiona and Holly headed towards me, crouched down like vampires when they were on the hunt.
Gritting my teeth together, I looked for an out. I was in my wolf form so I was smaller and it would've been easier for me to dodge between people, but Fiona and Holly weren't going easy on me, either. Holly smirked at me as she tried to get her arms around me, but as she did, I ducked out of the way and bit her ankle, throwing her onto the ground before I ran away, the large black wolf following me as I ran.
"That's good!" Fiona called out. "Use your size and your speed! Bite at the ankles and work your way up!"
It felt like I was back in Arizona and Fiona and I were playing around, only this time there was a real danger. And its name was Micah.
Thinking of Micah made my vision go red and my blood boil, a harsh snarl erupting out of my throat before I turned around in a flash, sinking my teeth into the black wolf's back as hard as I could, anger coursing through my veins.
"Bella!" I heard someone call, but I could hardly hear them. I was going to kill Micah, no doubt about it.
The black wolf let out a whimper as I closed my jaw tighter, feeling the flesh and fur in my mouth, before I was thrown off of his body.
"No, Micah dies," I let out in a short growl before I charged for the black wolf once more, only to find myself in the air as a pair of arms lifted me from the ground. Thrashing from whoever's hold, I snapped my jaws at whatever possible, trying to get this thing to let go of me so I could eliminate the threat that was upon us all.
"Stop!" The voice called again, tightening the hold around my wolf body. "Bella, it's not Micah!"
Suddenly, a familiar face was in front of me, her lips pursed as she held my snout with her hand, forcing me to look at her. "Bella, you need to stop. He's not Micah. Micah isn't here, but he will be here. Save your bite for him, alright?"
My wolf simmered down as she took in these words, nodding in approval before I felt the blood in my veins cool down, my eyes no longer red. With a nod, I stopped thrashing against the arms that held me, looking deep into Holly's eyes.
"Can I let go now without you biting my arm off?" she asked, mirth swirling in her eyes. "Because that would suck, you know. Especially if we got this war in a couple of weeks."
I nodded again, and, this time, the arms released me the same moment Holly let go of my muzzle. Since I was calm enough, I closed my eyes and let my bones shift back into those of my human form, the fur slowly disappearing underneath the surface of my skin. When I was done I stood up to see Fiona holding my clothes in her hand, offering it to me.
"Thanks," I said as I took them from her, putting them on as I noticed that Holly and Fiona were looking at me with concern in their eyes. "What?" I asked once my clothes were on.
They each exchanged a look.
"Bella, we—" Fiona stopped mid-sentence and glanced at Holly, silently pleading for help.
Holly sighed. "Look, Bella, we think that maybe you shouldn't be in this fight. I mean, I know you can do it but what if you see another black wolf? You might not think it could happen again, but we had no idea that you'd try to actually harm one of us. You were only supposed to use nips, but instead, you drew blood on poor Zeke."
Running my hand through my hair, I looked around the little clearing we were at, searching for the wolf I had bitten. "Where'd he go? I want to apologize."
"He ran away," Fiona said, crossing her arms. "I don't blame him, Bella. We were only training and you go berserk on him just because he's the same color as Micah in wolf form. He's not Micah, okay?"
"That doesn't mean I can't fight Micah. I need to. He deserves to die for all the shit he's been putting me through," I half-growled, my hand hands curling into fists.
"That may very well be, Bella," Holly started, "but there are other black wolves besides Micah that will be in this fight. We don't want you to end up hurting someone on our side. Maybe you should sit out of the fight, stay with Charlie or something. We can ta—"
"No," it came out as a growl. "I will not sit back and watch while Micah puts everyone I care about in danger. I am not going to be some spineless girl who lets her friends do the fighting for her. Micah deserves to be put in his place and I'm going to do that. Whether you like it or not, I'm going to be in the fight."
Holly's jaw tightened before she let out a loud sigh. "Fine. We'll do it your way. Just…be careful and remember that not all wolves are like Micah, okay?"
She didn't give me a chance to answer as she ran out of the clearing and into the trees, disappearing from my sights.
"Well, that was a good day of training. I say we wrap it up," Fiona said, clapping her hands together.
"Yeah, I guess so," I muttered under my breath. "Though I do want to ask you a question."
"Anything."
"What's going on with you and Granddad?"
Her lips twitched. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes, you do, Fiona, don't deny it," I said, crossing my arms. "That day he said he wanted to find Renée's Mom and ask her to bear him another child, you got mad and ran off. Why?"
"Because you're the first born and you deserve to be Alpha. If you're going to live forever we don't need an heir."
"You do if the alpha gets killed in battle," I raised an eyebrow at her. "Come on, Fiona. You can tell me."
Fiona pursed her lips and looked at me, searching for something in my eyes before she sighed, running her hand through her hair. "Alright, look, it's…difficult to explain. I just…your grandfather and I have a different relationship than most members of the pack have to him. It's…um…well…he and I are kind of…like your girlfriend and you?" she said, though as the words escaped her mouth it sounded more like a question, her lips pursed as she waited for my reaction.
"Are you saying that…you and him are…together," I said almost incredulously, my eyes widening.
She nodded. "Yeah…we are…"
"You never told me. You could've said "Oh, by the way Bella, I might be your grandmother someday." You know what; I don't care just…ugh!"
With that I stormed out of there, ignoring Fiona's feint "Bella!" before I ran for my house, not surprised to see Alice sitting on my porch.
"Whoa, Bella, what's wrong?" she asked as she stood up, her eyes full of worry as I moved passed her and into my house, walking up my stairs without looking at her. Once I was in my room I sat down on my bed, my head in my hands almost instantly.
"I can't believe it!"
I could feel the bed shift as Alice sat next to me, her arm around my shoulder. "Tell me what happened, Bella. Please."
"You think you know someone, and then all of a sudden they tell you something that completely rocks you off your balance. I mean, Fiona and I are friends. She's one of the ones I actually got along with back in Phoenix and come to find out she's been lying to me all this time. I just…I just can't comprehend it."
"What's she lying about?" Alice asked. "Maybe if you told me that would help me understand the situation."
"She was lying. She told me the truth just moments ago. Apparently her and my grandfather are…together. Like how we're together."
Alice was silent before she sighed. "Bella, maybe there is a reason she didn't tell you. Maybe she didn't tell you the same reason you didn't tell her that you were gay; you're just both scared about the other's reaction that you figured it was better to step around the truth. You and I both know that sometimes…you aren't the one who chooses who you love. Maybe your grandfather and her are Anam Caras."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," I said as I let out a sigh, leaning against Alice's shoulder. "Why is it that you're always right?"
"Because I'm Alice," she said, her tone confident. "And because I'm awesome."
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, I guess that is true."
"You guess? God, here I thought that my girlfriend would know how awesome I am."
Lifting up my head, I saw her giving me a smirk and, giving her one in return, I leaned forward. "Well, I know one thing you're awesome at."
As our lips touched, her hand reached up to cup the side of my face. The kiss was tender and slow, though you could sense that at any given moment, it could heat up in a blink of an eye.
A shrill ring forced us to break apart as Alice ran down the stairs, blurring out of my sight before she returned with the phone in hand, handing it to me with a small smile.
"Answer it so we can get back to business," she said, handing the phone to me.
Once it was in my hands, Alice pressed her lips to my neck, planting soft kisses before he teeth started to nip my skin. Pressing the talk button on the phone, I put it to my ear and let out a 'hello', before a shiver went down my spine.
Damn it, Alice.
"My Bella," the voice said with a sinister chuckle, Alice pulling back as she looked at the phone in horror. "So good to hear your voice."
"It's not good to hear yours, Micah," I growled into the receiver. "What the fuck do you want? You've got five seconds before I fucking hang up on you."
"Tsk, tsk. I don't think you're in any position to bark orders at me. After all, don't you have an army to prepare for?" he chuckled. "Now, how about a proposition? This is the last chance. Why don't you be a good little girl and come to me so I can make you my bitch and so I can become Alpha. No one will get hurt and I'd have what I want."
"Oh, really?" I asked, raising an eyebrow though I knew he couldn't see it. "You can make that promise?"
He let out another, short, chuckle. "Of course; just say the word."
"Okay, I'll say the word. Actually, I'll say two. Bite. Me." With that I pressed the end button and stared at the phone in my hands that were now shaking, my blood beginning to boil.
"Well, looks like we've got our work cut out for us," Alice said after a minute of silence, her eyes on the phone.
I nodded. We sure do.
A/N: Next chapter is the battle. Are you excited? Have you figured out who is going to die? I'm not going to tell you, of course, but there are people on Bella's side that dies. Got a little teary eyed whilist killing some of them.
Until next time, my readers.