Swett, south Dakota

Peter Whitlock ducked as a tree was swung his way.

"Stupid! Stupid! Why are you just now tellin me!" Jasper roared at him.

Peter ducked again as the major went on a rampage.

"you know how my gift works major. I can't control just speaks to me!" peter said as he exposed his neck in submission. Now he wasn't a wimp, but he also wasn't stupid. Peter knew not to buck up when the major emerged.

It had to be about three hours before the major finally ended his rampage. With a sigh his sire ran his fingers through his hair and stood up relaxing his shoulders.

"If we are going to protect Bella then we are going to need more help. You, charlotte and I can't do it by ourselves."

"what about the mutts?" peter asked.

Jasper let out a growl.

"Ran me off last time I went. Destroyed Edward too not that he didn't deserve it. Who I need to talk to is that strange wolf connected to Bella. The guy has no scent, no heartbeat, nuthin. It was almost like he didn't exist."

"How are you going to get to him?" Peter asked.

Jasper licked his lip and skipped a rock across the lake as he thought.

"Were gonna need Garrett maybe even Alistair."

"Garrett I can see ...but Alistair? You really want a nomad like that on your side? Do we even know where to find him?"

"doesn't matter, we need to find him before Bella gets into the wrong hands. Now let's go."

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Paul's eyes as they scented the air. The spirits within him restless from being away from there mate.

Nervousness, fear, anxiety, anger…

None of it was the normal peace and power that clung to Their den.

Right now, the only thing they wanted to do was scoop up their mate and bury the in her scent. they also wanted to comfort her. While they didn't care for the obsessive vampire after her, They did care for those who brought her any shred of peace. But right now, that peace was destroyed. Destroyed by devastation.

By grief.

He knew grief. He knew Grief very well.

The grief of losing those close to you. It was heart shattering and if you let it, it would consume you.

And unfortunately, Paul had let it consume him.

we never did have proper closure. Fox admitted.

The memories of his grandparents bodies lying face down flashed before him.

Paul closed his eyes as he allowed Leah into the house before him.

It was a day; he the man did not like to remember. He buried it deep inside of him.

The scent of his mate lingered, and he could hear heartbeat.

Not bothering to greet the others in their den, they climbed the stairs to th bedroom and opened it to see their mate curled up on the bed.

A rumble escaped their lips as they scented the room.

Our mate is upset. We must comfort. We must claim. We must make her ours. his spirit animals chanted.

Paul, however, shook his head.

Their mate wasn't ready. Not quite yet.

With slow and predatory steps, he approached his mate.

"Isabella…"

Their mate rolled over and looked at them with puffy red eyes that seemed to have cried the most of their tears.

"Hey… I missed you guys..." she greeted as she rubbed her eyes.

"Did you eat? You need to eat?" they asked.

A small chuckle that sounded like music to their ears was released from there mate.

"you know im going to get fat if you all keep trying to feed me."

"That is because our mate requires sustenance. How are you? We smell despair and some form of…acceptance?"

Their mate sighed as she leaned her head unto there chest. A sound of pleasure releasing from both of their lips.

The skin-on-skin contact causing a spike of electricity to burst between them.

"…Even though... Edward hurt me, I did love him at some point. He had been my first love... and knowing that he's dead. It hurts. Especially since we never got to say goodbye. The closure…"

"We understand.."

"we went to the spirit world today..."

"we knew it would be a matter of time..."

"you knew?!" There mate asked sitting up.

"We knew it could have been a possibility. It is rare but the spirits have been known to call the mates of our clan. What did you see?"

Their mate hesitated but then relaxed as they let a rumble of comfort wash over her.

"...we met…your grandparents…"

Silence.

Dead silence.

"They appeared to you..." They asked in shock. The man and spirit. Not knowing what to say. They had ventured into the spirit almost every day of their lives and not once had they seen the spirits of there grandparents.

"yes. They revealed a lot of things. Apparently, your grandmother was married to my grandfather before they divorced, and my grandfather found my grandmother. Our grandmothers were best friends, but they clashed when my grandfather came into the picture…"

"...We never knew that…but that explains why your house had the faintest scent of our grandmother. We thought we were going crazy..."

"Paul… They love you so much. And apparently you and I were destined to be together... if you can believe that?"

Feeling their mates emotions shift, they rolled her over to where they were hovering over her. A knee between her thighs. Her brown eyes wide.

"why do you doubt us? Must we continue to prove our love to you? Day in and day out?"

A blush crept upon their mates face as an array of emotions played upon her face.

".. I don't doubt your love...I don't doubt that you care... but need to know why? With Edward…I was just an interest to him. Yes, there may have been some warped form of love, but it was an obsessive love. But you…why do you love me Paul? I mean…If we didn't have the supernatural in our lives would we have ever crossed paths?"

A low growl vibrated from there chest as they looked at their mate.

So vulnerable.

Her every fear and insecurity on display.

It wasn't that she was doubting or seconding guessing their love...by their mate needed reassurances and deep down, so did the man.

The man needed the reassurance that his mate loved him despite his own flaws.

Claim her. wolf chanted.

Become one. Fox urged.

Make her ours forever.

"let us show you. Let us erase the doubt. Let us reassure you..."

And with that said Paul leaned down and captured their mates lips.

Right now, he was going tp put away everything he had to do.

He wouldn't think of the elders or seeing Sam off

Or even the business meeting he had.

Right now he just wanted to comfort and be comforted by his mate.

Quill stretched and shook off the snow as he approached his home.

Tonight, he would sleep at Paul's, but he couldn't do that until he got a change of clothes and his toothbrush.

For once, his happy go lucky attitude couldn't break him out of the funk he was in.

So many things were running through his mind.

Leah, Bella, Sam, the pack…Paul…

Who would of though the pack psycho murderer was a good guy. He still gives me the creeps. I mean all that power radiates off him. I have never felt anything like it. Jacob and Sam put together couldn't rival the power that Paul emits. Where does he get it from? Quil thought.

And then there's Bella. I don't know if she'll survive this….

Quill hung his head as he gripped his dresser.

The pain that radiated off her face when she found out about the leeches. How much more can she take? How much more will she take? And as much as I'm glad that she's in a healthy relationship, but the devastation that she has faced. It just seems like its one thing after the other. doesn't she catch a break? And-

"Q? you okay honey?" His mother asked.

Quill straightened as his mother entered the room. Being sure to wipe the stray tears from his eyes.

"yeah... its just a lot going on. Hey mom.…. why haven't you talked to Bella yet?" he asked as he got his duffle bag ready.

His mother sighed as she played with a few strands of hair.

"well, I honestly don't know…I figured I would give her space and let her come to me."

Quill shook his head in frustration as he put on a fresh pair of shoes.

"Mom…right now, Bella's going to need all the support she can get. Right now…she needs her family. She needs us and she needs you… can you call her tomorrow. No, even better ill send her over. She's going to need you help. "

With that said, Quill kissed his mother on the cheek and jogged out into the snow.

Two women on his mind.

The two who needed him most.

A/N: sorry, this is update is so late guys! I caught a bad cold and was down for a while. You guys are awesome and thank you for your patience.

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