The Alpha's Bride—Jacob + OC

Jacob Black was forced into a position of power when he first started phasing. Now he's been an Alpha to the La Push wolf pack for almost twelve years, and almost everyone on the reservation are hoping that he'll get married and produce an heir to the wolf pack and to the tribe.

Almost everybody on the reservation (at least those "in the know") still believe that having an imprint (or even just a wife) is essential to continuing the legacy of the Quileute heritage. Jacob, on the other hand, is still suffering from having his heart broken by a woman who left him for a vampire. On one night, Jacob and all of the guys from the pack heads to Las Vegas to celebrate a bachelor party for one of his pack brothers. What he didn't expect was that he would end up getting married to a girl that he not only just met the first night...but who is also his imprint.

Sara Carnegie comes from a well-off family from New York, but made a move to Washington to study teaching and hoping to work with children with special needs. She went through a bad break-up, and immediately put her heart and soul into her studies. Her friends, however, wanted to take her to Vegas to get her mind off of everything and to live life. What Sara never expected was to marry a complete stranger, and wake up in bed with him the next morning.

Sara wants an annulment, but Jacob wants more time with his imprint. With reluctance, Sara agrees to take her classes online and move with Jacob to La Push to at least make their marriage work for the next six months of it.

Could Sara love Jacob for who he is, or will she run the moment she discovers the truth?

A/N: To all of my readers, I have to say that I am absolutely excited about this story already, and we're already entering chapter sixteen! So far we've come, and already Jacob is in love with his soulmate. Sadly, she's oblivious to his feelings, even though it seems like she's developing some of her own. I know that we've been getting into too much romance, but there will be drama, and in this chapter, I have a feeling that some of you might not be sure of whether you want to laugh, or if you would feel sorry for them. So, without further ado, here's chapter sixteen!

Chapter 16

Sara's POV

The rest of the week has been a whirlwind for us, and a part of me was starting to have even stronger feelings for him. I felt so happy whenever I was in his presence, and when he looked at me, I could tell that it was same on his end. We went to a lot of pretty neat places in Seattle whenever I didn't have class, and there were times when we just stayed at the apartment and enjoyed the peace and quiet. It was nice having a normal relationship with someone who's so caring and affectionate, but he can also be a bit stubborn.

We were both very tired from last night, after I convinced him with pleads and promises to come meet with my best friends and their significant others. After what happened between me and Elise back the hotel, we were no longer on speaking terms. She didn't trust me in the fact that this marriage could work (even though I still have some doubts of my own), and that led us to end our friendship completely. She wasn't the only one that I was no longer friends with. Georgie also took her side, about a week later when we'd returned to Seattle. Even though I was close to Elise, Georgie knew her when they were much younger, and I didn't blame her for taking Elise's side. The only ones who believed in me (more than I do) are Whitney and Delilah, and it's probably because of how their relationships began.

With Whitney, she fell in love with her high school sweetheart David, and they were inseparable. When he decided to join the Army, Whitney was devastated, but they pulled through. Now they're happily married, and already they have a two-year-old boy named Jamie. As for Delilah, she had the most trouble with relationships, because when I met her on the first day of college, I realized that night that she was not interested in guys. At the time, she was experimenting (meaning she was with both a guy and a girl half of the time) during the first three years of college, and it wasn't until our senior year when she realized that she was interested in women. It wasn't that it was a bad thing, but her parents didn't really approve of Delilah being a lesbian. Since then, she relied on Whitney and I mostly, and now her currently live-in girlfriend, Callen.

Jacob seemed to like Whitney and Delilah, and he was very accepting of their pasts, and I felt relieved for the first time. When I was with Cole, he insisted that I dropped the friends I have now, and make new friends with the wives of his coworkers. Since he worked with my father, my parents wanted me to also socialize with people of my "status," but to be honest, I'm not them. I think people should be treated as equals, and I could care less about them, because honestly...they treated everybody like crap.

I always felt like I never fit in, and I know my parents love me. It's just hard to fit into a family where even though money is never an object, it is something to show off apparently. Whitney and Delilah knew about my family, and they didn't even like Cole. I was surprised that they liked Jacob, but I guess that it's because he's not anything like Cole.

Anyways, I was busy making breakfast, when I heard the phone ring. Picking up so Jacob couldn't wake up, I whispered, "Hello?"

"Hey sis, long time no see." I smiled, immediately recognizing Drew, my older brother's voice.

"Drew, how's Hawaii?" I asked him, finally relieved to hear his voice for the first time in over a year. He moved to Hawaii with his wife Tamryn to expand our families business.

"Lovely as always. How's Seattle for ya?"

"It's okay...but I think I'd like to move elsewhere."

"Oh really? To where?"

This was it, this would be a good moment to at least tell one of my siblings that I can trust. I was always the black sheep in the family, but Drew was always there for me when I need it. In return, I introduced him to his wife, who surprise-surprise, is Whitney's older half-sister. Now this was my chance to tell Drew the truth (or at least one person in my family, that is). "Well, it's a funny story."

"Is it funny, or is it more serious?" He laughed.

"Probably both. Uh, you remembered when I told you that I would be in Vegas for a weekend with my friends to relax after what happened?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, while I was there...I met someone."

"Really? That's great, I'm happy for you."

"Oh, I would probably wait to say that, if I were you."

"What do you mean?"

Before I could say it, I felt a pair of warm arms wrap around my waist. He pressed his mouth against my neck, while moving one hand to my arm, as if to comfort me. It was something I needed, as I moved my head around slightly, as he pressed about her soft kiss to my temple this time. Then, I turned my attention back to the phone and finally blurted it out. "I'm married,"

"Married?"

"Yep, married."

"Wow, that's, um...thats, uh, wow."

"Are you okay with this?"

"Are you happy?"

I turned to Jacob, who moved to lean against the counter. Just looking at him and thinking about the past couple of weeks with him, I realized that I am happy. It was a wonderful feeling; a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time, and I couldn't thank him enough for it. "Yes Drew, I'm happy."

"Well, that's all that matters, Sara. We both know how our parents will react, but I just want you to be happy. You're my little sister, and your happiness just like our other siblings' happiness matters to me more than anything else. Well, asides from my wife's happiness, but y'know."

I laughed, then said goodbye to him and hung up. Looking back at Jacob, he started walking toward me, wrapping his arms around me again. "You okay?"

"I think so, yeah. It's nice to know that at least one family member is happy for me."

"What about your parents?"

"Honestly, they won't be happy. Whatever I do, it's not what they want me to have. All they want is for me to be secure by marrying rich, like any parents would for their daughter."

"What do you want?"

I have been asking myself that for years, and to this day, I still don't know what I truly want. But with Jacob, I don't want to give up, no matter how scared I am about this whole situation. "I'm not sure of what I want exactly, but I do know one thing."

"What's that?"

I moved my fingers over his shirt, tracing the lines of his chest, and answered, "I don't want to give up on us, at least not yet. But, I'm still afraid of getting hurt."

He gently cupped my face in his warm hands, tracing his thumbs over my cheekbones, and replied, "I won't ever hurt you intentionally, and you're not the only one who's afraid."

Wait, he's scared, too? "Terrified."

Woah, did I say that out loud? He laughed, and gave me a soft kiss. "Well, there is one thing I do want to ask you. Do you want to stay here, or do you want to come with me to La Push?"

This might be my only chance to have a relationship work out for once. Question is, am I ready to commit, or is my fear getting to the best of me?...