PREVIOUSLY-

Jared's eyes focused on mine for a split second before I felt something change, almost like it clicked into place. I didn't allow myself to give it any thought though because I was so angry. He glanced over to Sam whose eyes widened then they both looked back at me.

"Bella—" Jared spoke, but I cut him off.

"Let me calm down first before you both yell at me for being reckless." I told them, putting my hand up to silence them before they even had a chance to speak. I began walking to my truck and they both slipped their shorts on, following me.


Sam grabbed my keys and Jared opened the passenger door to let me climb in before climbing in next to me. Sam drove us home and I immediately walked inside to our bedroom and closed the door without a word.

I was so angry that I wanted to cry, but more than anything I just wanted to be left alone. I couldn't even remember the last time I'd wanted to be left alone. I still couldn't believe that Sam had actually growled at me! His wolf had never done anything like that before.

I could feel just how angry both of them were, but also how unsettled they were at why I was shutting them out. They left me to my own devices, though, just as I'd asked.

I stayed in my bedroom for over an hour as I laid in our bed, cradling my belly, before hearing a knock at the door. I knew it wasn't either of my two mates. I unlocked the door and opened it just wide enough to see Paul on the other side. I let him inside and shut the door again.

"How long are you going to give them the silent treatment, B?" He asked as I sat back on the bed.

"I haven't decided yet." I told him, crossing my arms across my chest.

"Come on, B. You knew they'd be mad when you showed up. Hell, I was pissed as fuck too." Paul told me honestly.

"Sam growled at me, Paul. He actually growled. His wolf has never responded to me like that. How am I supposed to feel after that?!" I asked him with anger.

"You think he doesn't feel completely fucking gutted about that? He's tearing himself up about it. Damn, B, even Jared got pissed at him for it." He said. I knew I couldn't hold a grudge against my fiancé, but I was so upset over it.

"I get that they were mad, that you all were mad, but I think I needed that, Paul. I needed the closure. I needed to get it all off my chest, and I felt such a relief that I did." I whispered to him in confidence.

"That's probably why it finally happened…" He muttered under his breath, making me look up at him with narrowed eyes.

"What finally happened?" I demanded to know. Paul looked at me like he'd been caught.

"I probably shouldn't be the one to tell you, B." Paul said, scratching his head as if he'd said too much already.

"Which one of them should?" I responded, knowing it was either Sam or Jared.

"Jared. Do you want more alone time, or should I send him in here?" Paul asked and I debated it for a second before realizing that I wanted to know sooner than later what exactly had happened.

"Send him in. I'll speak with Sam in a little bit." I told him, still angry.

Paul left and a minute later, Jared came in.

"You shouldn't have gone, Bella." I opened my mouth to retort but he held up his hand. "It was dangerous, not just for you, but for the babies as well. You shouldn't have gone, but I know you needed to, and I completely understand that now."

"Paul told me something happened. What was it?" I asked, being short with him.

"The reason I know you needed it. You needed the closure. I know that because once you got it, I, uh, I finally fully imprinted on you." He whispered to me as I sat there, completely shocked.

So that was what I'd felt, the change, the thing that finally clicked into place. He'd officially imprinted on me. It hadn't fully happened until now because I'd needed the closure from my previous timeline, and I finally got it.

"You… imprinted?" I asked, looking up at him.

"Yeah, babe. Full imprint, just like Sam. The whole million steel cables, center of the universe, gravity holding me to earth and everything." He told me proudly. "I knew there was more. I couldn't fully imprint on you until you freed yourself from that part of your past, Bella."

My mind was reeling. I had two full imprints?

"Then what was the bond we had before?" I questioned.

"My wolf has been trying to imprint on you the whole time, so it attached itself to you in any way it could until now. But you realize what this all means?" He asked and I shook my head, confused. "Imprinting doesn't cause you to fall in love, it just speeds things up. I fell in love with you before the imprint. I went through all the stages. Pack member, friend, best friend, boyfriend, and now imprint."

I took a moment to think about it. All of it made sense, as much as I wanted to deny the fact that I hadn't freed myself from my past before now, it was true. I felt the imprint, the exact same as I felt Sam's. There was no difference in the two.

I wondered what Sam had thought about it? Surely Jared told him by now. Jared's imprint meant that they would be complete equals in our relationships now, although they very nearly were to begin with. Even though Sam and I were the alpha pair, Jared was our beta.

I looked up at Jared and I knew that he wanted to come to me, to hold me and kiss me, but he was cautious, still giving me space.

"Come here." I told him, motioning for him to give me a hug.

"Thank the spirits, Bella." He breathed as he gathered me into his arms and hugged me tight, pressing kisses all over my face. I could feel the residual tingling from his touch, just like I always did with Sam. I leaned in and kissed him on the lips, making fireworks explode in my body.

"Aren't you glad I went now? If I hadn't, then you wouldn't have imprinted." I told him as I pulled away.

"Yes and no, for obvious reasons. I'm fucking thrilled that I finally imprinted on you, but I'm still mad that you put yourself and our son and daughter in danger, Bella." Jared said to me. I looked down, knowing he was right.

"I trusted in you and Sam, in the whole pack to keep us safe." I whispered.

"And I'm so glad that you do trust us so much, babe. You have to understand though that we are still six horse-sized wolves. If a vampire attacked in that close of range, with all of us packed together, one of us could have easily knocked you over or hurt you in some way, no matter how much we try not to. Things happen too fast for a human to get out of the way quick enough. That's why Sam and I were so mad." Jared explained.

I hadn't realized that, not at all. It never occurred to me just how quickly it would have happened if he'd attacked them. Jared was right, I wouldn't have been able to get out of the way quick enough, and it's not like a wolf could've moved me without using their teeth and hurting me in the process.

"I didn't realize…" I muttered, ashamed of myself.

"We know, babe. That's why I told you." He said as I sat back on the bed.

"Why did Sam growl at me?" I asked him nearly silently.

Jared kneeled down on the floor in front of me, grabbing my hands as he looked up at me.

"He didn't mean to, Bella. His wolf felt threatened in multiple ways. I know because I was in his head the whole time. He was angry and worried for you and the babies. He was threatened by sparkle boy, even before you got there. Like sparkle boy threated to rip us apart if we didn't 'give you back' to your 'true mate'. Then what I just told you. The growl wasn't directed at you. It was at the whole situation." He explained with a sad expression. "He's really mad at himself for it, and he's out there running his ass off because of it."

"I've already forgiven him for it, but that doesn't mean I'm not still mad. We're supposed to be a united front, especially in front of the enemy, and having one of our own -let alone my fiancé and our alpha—display any type of displeasure towards anyone in the pack makes us look weak and divided. Even if it wasn't meant for me, it appeared that way to the people who weren't part of the pack mind. He was looking right at me, Jared. That's a great way to convince them that everything is happy here." I told him everything that had been on my mind since it had happened.

I knew I was being a little bit over-the-top with it, but I was the alpha-female. I worried about our pack and showing any type of weakness was part of that. I worried that the small action would plant a seed of doubt in Edwards crazed mind that things weren't all as perfect as I'd said they were, and that he'd come back for me.

"I love you and Sam more than anything in the world and I won't hold this against him, just like I didn't hold your little trip to Canada against you. We all make mistakes. I know I'm taking it too far and I partially blame my hormones, but I'm terrified that Edward is going to eventually come back for me like he said he would." I muttered to him quietly. I knew they could now both feel my fear. I worried more for our children than for myself.

"If he comes back for you, he's going to be ash, Bella. I understand where you're coming from, but there's nothing we can do to change it now, just like we can't change the fact that you put yourself and the babies in danger by going." Jared told me honestly. I felt tears gather in my eyes.

"Do you think he'll forgive me?" I whispered to him with pain in my voice.

"He already has, Bella, just like you. I think you both need to talk things out. He's your -other- imprint and I know it hurts you both to be angry with each other." Jared sounded proud when he'd said 'other imprint', but he was right. I needed to talk to Sam. "I'll go get him. I'll show him our conversation and he can go from there. I love you."

"I love you too, Jare." I told him. He kissed me and walked back out the door, presumably on his way to get Sam.


A/N- I've been waiting for this chapter for soooo long, y'all. It finally happened! Were you expecting it? Were you surprised? Did you like my reason behind why it only just happened now? What do you expect to happen next?