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It didn't take me long to find dinner for Bella. If I was being truthful with myself I grabbed the first thing I could catch which happened to be a couple of raccoons. I did not have the time today to go looking for bigger game and I wanted to get back to Leah as soon as I possibly could. She hadn't fought me when she woke up, but that did not mean she wouldn't try to escape. The leeches could have put some kind of trigger in her that would activate when they wanted it to. She could be their puppet and I wanted to be there for her when she snapped because I would never let her hurt anyone nor would I let anyone hurt her again. I owed it to Leah to help her out through this rough time.

I would never be able to live with myself for allowing Sam to hurt her when I could've stopped it. I guess that I was just scared of what would happen. I could barely take care of myself let alone another person. I had not wanted anymore responsibility than what I already had on my plate. It was when my inner animal started growing stronger that I realized I was the rightful alpha and because of that Leah was my mate since she was the only female shifter known to have ever existed. We would rule the pack together and she would teach the younger ones the ways of the pack when they phased. It is what she had been made to do. We would make our pack strong as long as we were together. I just wish I had known this month ago instead of finding out the truth after she had been taken by a blood sucker.

With a sigh I headed up the stairs upon entering my house. Dad was out fishing with Charlie Swan which he had been doing a lot lately since Bella had gone 'missing' in order to keep Charlie distracted until we came up with a solution to her little problem. I set the dead raccoons down on the dining room table and headed up the stairs. I wanted to make sure that Leah was alright and didn't need anything. As of this moment she was my top priority and Bella would just have to wait. The she-wolf in my bedroom was more important. It was funny that I had always dreamed of Leah being in my bedroom, but not for these reasons. The reasons I wanted her in my room where based on teenaged boy fantasies.

"Hey Lee I am back!" I called pushing open my bedroom door. The blanket was pulled up over what I assumed to be her sleeping form. She must have been exhausted. "Wake up sleeping beauty you really should eat something."

As I neared the bed I felt as if something was off. Pulling the covers back I was angered when I found only pillows. She had tricked me! With a growl I spun around with the intent of seeking her out, but she got me first with a blow to the face from the lamp on my bedside table. I felt myself stagger backwards from the blow. That had hurt a lot more than I expected. Still I would not let it stop me and so I shook it off only to get another blow to face one that was much harder this time.

"I'm sorry Jake I really am, but I am doing this to protect everyone I care about." She said dropping the lamp and making a beeline for the door. "Plus I saw that creepy as fuck journal you keep about all those dreams you are having about me and well let's just say I would rather take vampire crazy over that shit."

Lunging from the bed I made a grab for her and managed to catch her around the waist causing us to both tumble to floor as she smacked her head against my dresser on the way down. I could smell the blood seeping from a cut on her head. "Leah you have the wrong idea. I would never hurt you. Those are just some fucked up dreams. I once dreamed I could fly and that didn't happen. All I want to do is help you if only you would let me."

She struggled against me as I pinned her to the floor. "I do not want nor do I need your fucking help! When I needed help from somebody, from anybody, you didn't step up then. The one person who helped me was a fucking leech Jake. A leech cared more about me than you did! Get the fuck off of me so I can go home!"

"You are home." I insisted angling my body so my own weight would keep her pinned to the floor. "This is your home Lee and it always will be. I know you must hate me for letting Sam hurt you, but I am trying to help you now. Please just let me help you."

"Like I said I do not need nor do I want your fucking help!" She hissed sinking her teeth in to my arm drawing blood.

"Ah!" I cried out yanking my arm back and on instinct without really thinking about it I slapped her across the face. I didn't mean to do it really it just kind of happened and immediately afterwards I felt horrible. "Leah I am so sorry! I didn't mean it I swear. I am so sorry!"

Before she could open her mouth my body felt as if it had collided with a brick wall as I was thrown back and across the room. I never even had a chance to get to my feet before pale cold fingers of death wrapped around my throat. A voice of death himself whispered in my air as the vampire continued to choke the life out of me. "You are not sorry yet, but you will be I can promise you that. You are never going to touch her against her will again."

TBC…

AN: So I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter! There are like two chapters left and I have to admit I am glad with how this story as turned out so far. I will tell you that Bella is in the sequel so you won't see her demise in this story sadly, but she will die trust me.

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