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Writer's Notes: Thanks everyone for being so patient! The holidays are here, and I'll be out like this on random weekends until after the holidays are over, so there will be sometimes where it'll take a few days to get to the next chapter. I do apologize for this in advance. Now, onwards! We have a few more chapters left in Blood Lines before we get to the Mazerunner x Twilight Crossover titled Mazed and Confused. We have quite a lineup for the holidays as well. Here are the next four stories that are slated to come out before the New Years. My Only Desire (Twilight x TVD one-shot), Danger or Innocence (Twilight x TVD one-shot), Walkers Unlimited (TWD x Twilight Crossover), and Valiant (Divergent x Twilight Crossover). I hope to see everyone at the new stories! Stay tuned for more! As always, I appreciate you guys! Don't forget to follow, favorite, and review!

[2 Weeks Later]

It was a whole new world for Bella. Running every week with the pack through the forest and all the trees. It was a freeing feeling, and one that she had come to enjoy. She learned more and more each day. Once upon a time, she thought she was just in this spiraling depressed feeling, but now she was out of her shell, and feeling more alive. Her brother and sister still didn't know anything about this life, and the pack rules state that humans couldn't know about the pack, and what they were. That is why memories would be erased or implanted and they would have a shot at normal adult lives far away from this society.

Emmett and Jasper came from Washington after the last summit, which is why they were new to the area, but they were not new to the pack. The old pack leader died, and Emmett was called to come take over because of his bloodline. The council consisted of 13 people. Atticus was part of that council as one of the only warlocks allowed on a council full of wolves. The council oversaw all the packs in North America. It was an interesting thought. There were hundreds of packs everywhere in the country, and Bella was oblivious to this life before she transformed.

The only way to know if you carry the wolf gene is after your eighteenth birthday, which is why Bella was able to show signs of the gene. Jake was 16 and Juliet was 12. There was still time for them to trigger.

School was still normal for Bella. She had just a month left until she graduated, and then the summit would happen and her and Emmett would be united along with Caroline and Tyler.

All was well, or at least that's how Bella felt.

Bella looked at the books in the library. It was getting late, and Emmett wasn't back from a patrol run with Enzo and Tyler. The Cullen's were these vampires that moved in. Bella didn't particularly care for them except one. A girl that reminded her of Caroline sometimes. She went by Alice, and she sat at their chemistry table when they did group work. Edward and Rosalie Cullen were not as friendly. Or at least Rosalie wasn't. She was a princess, and didn't want to be there at the school, but Carlisle Cullen, the oldest and adoptive father of the bunch, was making them go, to blend in. Edward was quiet, mysterious, and he stared at Bella often, like he was trying to figure her out.

Suddenly, the front door blew open, and Tyler and Enzo carried Emmett inside, his body bloodied, and half naked. The scent of blood filled the air, and Bella frowned, rushing out to see what was going on.

"Emmett!" She called to him and rushed to his side.

"Move." Enzo said, growling a little, and Bella shifted to the side, her hands covering her mouth as Enzo lay Emmett down in the front sitting room on the couch.

"What happened?"

"Ambush." Tyler said, his chest was bleeding, where he had been wounded as well.

Enzo grabbed Bella's arm, and pulled her towards him. "Look at me." He said sternly.

Bella's eyes were filling with tears, but she obeyed.

"You need to be strong. He's out cold. I must return, the others are in trouble. Stay here. Clean him up. Damon is on his way over to stand guard, as is your mother. Do not leave this house. Is that clear?"

Bella nodded, tears falling. "Go." She said, her voice wavering, and he didn't hesitate. Him and Tyler doubled back to attend to the others that were fighting. She sniffed, and looked at Emmett, her heart constricting in her chest at the sight of him hurt. She went and got rags, and soapy water, and started tending to his wounds. He was still breathing, but his wounds were deep. "Please be okay." She murmured as she bandaged his sides after cleaning him up.

Fifteen minutes later Damon and Renee walked into the room, three others with them. "Renee, get to the basement, find the trunk with weapons we can use against these things. Stefan, call Atticus, get him here now." Damon started giving orders. He walked over to Bella and Emmett. He looked down at his fallen alpha, and then he looked to Bella. Her eyes were red with tears still. She had cleaned him up, and bandaged him, and now she was just sitting with him, her hand clasped in his. He swallowed. He never wanted his job. The council were idiots for putting him in this position, and so was Emmett. He wanted to be left alone, not have the responsibility of taking care of an entire pack in a crisis. "I've called in the Mikaelson's to aid." He said to Bella. "Jasper is still fighting hard."

"What happened?" Bella croaked.

"We were attacked. A group of vampires moved in. They have a thing against wolves." Damon explained.

"The Cullen's?"

"No. Carlisle is lending a hand in helping take down the vampires. There are more than we can bargain for. Vampires are faster and stronger than us. Their one can take on three or four of us." Damon explained.

Bella swallowed, her dark eyes focused on Damon's. It was the first time since she imprinted on him, that she saw him again. Right now, she didn't feel that pull. No one understood what any of this meant with her being imprinted on two wolves, but she chose Emmett, and so had the council. She was falling in love with Emmett, even in just this short time. But looking at Damon, and seeing the fear in his eyes, made her worry about him. "Are you okay?"

"No. I'm not. I need my alpha to wake up, so I don't have to be alpha."

"You're alpha right now?"

Damon looked away. "Not my idea. It's because of my bloodline, and I'm the oldest or I'd pass this off to Stefan. Don't worry. I'm not going to be alpha long. He's already healing." He said with a nod.

Bella looked back at Emmett's sleeping face. He didn't seem like he was in pain, but he was out cold. She just squeezed his hand, hopeful that he was healing, and it wouldn't take long.

Damon left Bella to herself, leaving to go get reports from the others, and to see what the damage was.

[12 Hours later]

Bella was still sitting by the couch Emmett lay on. Her head was laying on his chest, and she was sleeping, having fell asleep listening to his heartbeat. Her hand still clasped in his. She felt movement, and her eyes fluttered open, and she leaned up, and looked down at Emmett. His blue eyes looking up at her. "You're okay." She said, tears springing her eyes immediately.

"I'm okay." He murmured and she leaned down and kissed him, her tears falling and wetting his face. He reached a hand up and combed it through her hair. "Don't cry." He said against her lips.

"I was worried." She said, and leaned back to look at him more.

Damon walked in, hearing Emmett's voice in his head, signaling he was awake. "Good, you're awake and not dead. We managed to hold. The vampires aren't going to be a problem anymore."

"Good. Any casualties?"

"Yes, one of the Mikaelson's. I think Rebekah was her name. And…" He cleared his throat. "Charles Swan."

Bella shot to her feet. "What!"

Emmett was sitting up, wincing a little as he did, but he got to his feet, his hands going to Bella's arms, and he pulled her to him. "Okay. Clean up?"

"Already done. Atticus couldn't bring back Charles or Rebekah. The way they died…wouldn't allow it."

"I see." Emmett said and sighed. "Okay. Thank you, Damon, you can go back to your cave now."

"Thank god." Damon blew out a breath. "Don't do that again. I'm not prepared to take over if you die." He said and then he was gone.

Bella was sobbing now, and Emmett held her to him, kissing the top of her head.

"Listen, Bella…I'm sorry. I wish there was something I could do to- "

"Why did he have to die?" Bella looked up at Emmett.

Emmett sighed. "It's the chance we all take. Bella, this world can be dangerous. We all try our best to come back, but sometimes…"

Bella knew that. She knew that this world was dangerous. Anything supernatural was dangerous, but why did it have to happen to her family? To the people she loved. Her dad…was her idol, and now…he was gone.

Just when she thought she had a handle on this new world, she felt like the rug was ripped out from under her. Emmett continued to hold her, even though he felt the weakness of spending so long healing. From almost dying. But that was what an alpha did, and as an alpha he felt like he failed his own, and he would never forgive himself for that.