TWENTY YEARS LATER
"Hey miss alpha princess, how's my little wolf doing?" Paul asked as our daughter walked up to us holding our first grandson, Sam Jr (or just Junior as we called him).
"Daddy, I'm the alpha of a wolf pack, I'm not little anymore!" Tala told him as she punched him in the arm. She was beautiful, tall and lean with tanned skin like her father and shoulder length black hair. She was also a sleek black and white wolf.
"You'll always be my first little wolf." He replied as he pulled her in for a side hug and kissed her head.
The boys stopped phasing a couple years after our last encounter with the Cullens so that they could age properly with me and our children. Tala ended up phasing when she was 18 though after a nomad came through our territory. She was officially the alpha of the new pack with her twin brother following her shortly after, becoming beta.
"I thought I was your little girl, daddy?" Our second daughter came up pouting. Kiari was 16 years old and she was definitely Paul's daughter, through and through.
"Tala's my little wolf, you're my little girl, there's a difference." He told her with a smirk.
"Hey, have you guys seen Dad?" Levi asked, coming up to us as we all stood around the bonfire.
He was every bit of Sam, even though he was the beta of the pack instead of alpha. Him and Sam looked nearly identical. He was even a fully black wolf, just like Sam.
"Dad's over with Molly and Papa." Kiowa said to his older brother as he approached us. "Hey mama." He hugged me, pressing a kiss to my cheek.
Kiowa was mine and Jared's son. He was 18 years old and definitely our sweetest child, which he most certainly inherited from his father. He was my little mama's boy.
"Jare wants us over there, princess." Paul told me.
Luckily none of them had lost any of their supernatural senses when they'd stopped phasing. In fact, Sam had actually phased again for the first time in over 15 years to help Tala when she'd first phased.
All of us walked over to where Sam and Jared were standing on the other side of the fire with our youngest daughter, Molly.
We all joked that Molly was our wildcard. She was only 6 years old and definitely not planned, though we were all super happy when we found out I had been pregnant again.
We didn't know who her biological father actually was and none of us cared to find out, even though I secretly thought she was Jared's. She had so many of his characteristics and even his features as well, but I never shared my suspicions with any of them.
With Kiowa and Kiari, we'd known exactly whose 'biological' children they were because the boys came up with an 'ingenious' plan (their words, not mine) where two of them would use condoms until I was pregnant with the other one's child. It was the weirdest thing ever, but I agreed to it as long as it made them happy. I got pregnant on the first try with both of them, so their plan didn't ever have to last long. I still rolled my eyes at even the thought of it.
I'd been on birth control after Kiari until we'd all gone on a family vacation down to see my mom (who we eventually explained our strange relationship to) and we'd forgotten the birth control pills at home, thus how Molly was conceived. My mom had been a bit hesitant at first, but her worries were completely quelled when she saw me with all three of my wolves (even though she still didn't actually know they were wolves). She'd always been a free spirit anyways, so she'd said the more love, the better.
We'd named Molly after my great aunt and Old Quil's wife after he had passed away at the age of 101.
"Now there's my baby wolf." Paul said as Molly came running up to him. He picked her up and swung her around in his arms as she laughed.
"Are Charlie and Sue coming, honey?" Sam asked me as he pulled me in for a kiss. Kissing him still felt like the first time, even all these years later. His scars were part of the face I loved so much and I thought he looked all the more handsome for it.
Charlie had married Sue two years after we had the twins, the day before Kiowa was born.
"Yeah, they're on their way." I replied to him as Jared pulled me over to him and kissed me as well. I still had fireworks every time I kissed Jared and Paul too. It would never get old.
Jared kissed the scars on my arm every day like clockwork and never forgot. We'd long since gotten past his guilt over it, but he always insisted on apologizing in that way.
I'd done as I told him and when the kids had eventually asked about the scars, I told them that their papa had saved my life and that was that.
We hadn't actually ever announced anything to the tribe about our strange relationship, but they'd figured it out after a while. Most of them didn't care, but there were always some who spoke ill of us, calling us 'unholy' and 'gross'. We just didn't care. None of us paid any attention to them. We were happy.
"Papa, have you seen Jeremiah?" Tala asked Jared.
"He's over there with Uncle Jake," Jared replied.
"Ugh, he's not Uncle Jake anymore, Papa, he's my father-in-law." Tala told him as she and Junior walked over to her husband and imprint.
"How's my wife feeling?" Sam asked me as he pulled me back from Jared's arms and swayed me back and forth.
We'd gotten legally married when the twins were 6 months old but I'd also had small tribal ceremonies with both Jared and Paul, officiated by Old Quil on the same day.
"Too old to be pregnant again…" I muttered, looking down at my swollen feet. "You realize Tala's baby sister is going to be a year younger than her own son, right?"
I was 8 and a half months pregnant with our last child, who I was absolutely certain was Paul's, considering Sam and Jared had been in Seattle when I would've conceived her and Paul had definitely taken advantage of his alone time with me, frequently visiting the forest and definitely the cliffside.
Our bond no longer had a severe proximity issue as we'd gotten older, which allowed Sam's business to grow and expand. We still felt the pull but none of the pain anymore.
My being pregnant again also meant that all of my wolves would have two of their own children (if my suspicions about Molly and the baby were actually correct). Sam had Tala and Levi, Jared had Kiowa and Molly, and Paul would have Kiari and this new little one.
"You know it never gets old, babe." Jared told me with a wink. "We still love it when you're pregnant."
They made it a point to let me know that every time it had happened thus far.
"It's the last time, boys. I'm 38, we already have one grandson, and probably more of them coming soon." I muttered.
"You said that the last time, babe." Jared whispered in my ear as he stole me back from Sam, placing his hand on my belly.
"And with Kiari before that..." Sam said as well.
"I mean it this time." I tried to keep a straight face, but the looks they were giving me made it impossible.
"Whatever you say, princess." Paul winked. "So, are we going to get this show on the road or what?" he asked, looking around at everyone around the bonfire.
We were all at the bonfire (in our own back yard) because Tala was giving Kiowa his official 'induction' into the pack. He'd only just phased for the first time the week before.
I hadn't been happy when there was another vampire close enough to cause my baby boy to phase, but he seemed extremely happy to finally be included with his older siblings. Jared was also super excited that his son was a dark brown wolf, just as he'd been.
"Fuck." I heard Jared say as he looked over to where Kiowa was now standing, completely entranced as he looked at a girl across the fire. I knew exactly what that look was.
My baby boy had just imprinted… on Seth's 17-year-old daughter, Mia.
"Another one bites the dust." Paul laughed, shaking his head. "Please don't let my Kiari be next."
So far, we were three for three. Tala had imprinted on Jacob and Angela's son, Jeremiah. Levi had imprinted on Quil's daughter, Amelia. And now Kiowa had imprinted on Seth's daughter Mia.
We were so relieved when Tala hadn't imprinted on Embry and Leah's son Harry because of the possibility of Embry being Sam's half-brother.
Harry had been born a year after the twins because Leah had chosen not to phase again after Edward's death.
Quil hadn't imprinted, but he ended up marrying Kim. The same Kim that had been Jared's imprint in the other timeline.
Seth, however, had imprinted, which he was super excited about. It had been a girl named Sarah and she was just as innocent and happy-go-lucky as Seth. I was so happy for him.
Sam had ordered both Collin and Brady to stop phasing only months after the Edward incident so that they would age properly and neither of them had ever imprinted.
"I wouldn't bet on it, Paul. I give it a year, tops." Sam told him, clapping him on the back, responding about Kiari.
"Don't even joke about that, man, she's your daughter too." Paul grumbled.
I suddenly felt something I was very familiar with by now and my eyes widened.
"Uh, mom, are you okay?" Levi asked me as I stood in shock of what had just occurred.
"Mama?" Kiari asked as she walked up to me, looking concerned.
"Oh shit." Paul said as he looked at me, then down to my feet where there was now a puddle of water. "Bella?"
"Tell Tala and Kiowa we're sorry, but I don't think this one is going to wait." Sam told Levi, who nodded.
"Kiari, you take Molly and keep an eye on her. Ask Tala to keep her for the night." Jared told her.
Charlie and Sue had just arrived as the boys helped me make our way back inside the house.
"Sue, glad you're here. It's time." Sam told her. Sue's eyes widened as she saw me, now very clearly in pain, and she nodded, following us inside.
"I guess I'll just… stay out here with the grandkids…" Charlie muttered.
Our baby girl, Luna, was born 45 minutes later.
I was so incredibly thankful that the spirits had given me the second chance to go on this journey down the right path.
Fin
A/N- It's over :( :( :(
This story has been the light of my life these past few months and all of the reviews and support I've received over it have truly made me such a happy writer.
Thank you to all of those who have stuck by me through this journey and will hopefully stick by me through more journeys to come.
I hope you check out my Bella/Seth story Dive Deep if you haven't already.
I've also posted a new Bella/Paul story (a precursor to my story Twenty Years Later) called Into The Abyss (which is written in Paul's POV).
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Thank you again,
Bex
