I AM SORRY FOR THE REALLY LATE POST. I HAVE BEEN HAVING DIFFICULT MONTHS. IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL TAKES A TOLL ON YOU, BUT HERE IS THE CHAPTER. I WILL BE POSTING HERE AND THERE, BUT I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU LOT.

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Paul stormed into the house followed by Sam and Jared. "She is mine!"

Sam sighed. "Paul let it go, she has been claimed."

Paul growled. "They haven't mated, which gives me a chance to fight for her. Sam, she is my mate I imprinted on her."

"You did, but she didn't." Sam took a deep breath. "She has already imprinted on the Cullen."

"I don't care! I will claim her and she will be my mate. We were meant to be with each other and I am not about to let so blood sucker take her away!" Paul growled taking off into the woods. The pack let him go, right now he needed to calm down and think things thru.

Sam ran a hand thru his hair. "Jared I want you to come with me. I have to talk with Carlisle and his family. Paul is not going to let this go so easily."

Jared frowned. "Sam, vampires are ten times worse than us when their mates are threatened. Paul would never stand a chance with him."

"I know Jared that Is why I want to talk with him, before Paul does something that will kill him." Jogging out he shifted into his midnight wolf, followed by Jared changing into his mixed color. Sam was a little worried, not only was he about to face a powerful vampire that just found his mate, but also his family and a pack of wolves. He was seriously outnumbered here. As they arrived just on the edge of the woods in front of the house, Jacob walked out followed by his pack and Edward.

"Sam?" Jacob growled, they still haven't patched things up. It's not easy to forgive someone for trying to kill your mate.

Sam walked put changed and shifted. "Jacob, I didn't come here to fight I came here to talk with Carlisle."

Edward stepped forward. "What for?"

"About Paul and his mate." Jared growled, stiffing at the growl that was heard behind them. Turning they slowly came face to face with the oldest of the clan. "Carlisle."

"Sam, what can I do for you?" Carlisle asked, his voice low and harmless as always.

"We need to talk." Sam spoke, his eyes catching movement behind the vampire.

Sam jogged out of the woods, straight into Carlisle. "Hide me!"

Taking his eyes off the wolves, he picked the girl up tossing her over to Jacob. Laughing they took her inside, one as part of the game and two so she was nowhere near the new comers. Alex walked out searching for her daughter.

"Where is she?" she asked her mate.

Carlisle nodded towards the house. "Jacob took her inside. We have company."

Looking at Sam and the beta, Alex stiffed moving in closer to her mate. "Hello."

Sam bowed his head a bit. "Hi. Can we talk somewhere private?"

Alex chuckled. "You are in a house filled with vampires and a pack of wolves. I don't know how much privacy you can get."

Sam cracked a smile with a nod. "True."

"Let's go into my study." Carlisle said. "Edward keep an eye on Sam please." Taking Alex's hand, he guided them into his home and into the office.

Once inside they all took a seat. Carlisle took seat behind his desk, while Alex stood behind him. "So what can I do for you?"

Sam cleared his throat. "As you know Paul has imprinted on her and is hell bent to claim her as his own." The vampire growled. "Look we are not on the best terms at the moment and I really don't want to add more to our problems."

"Forgive me Sam, but the problems you have with Jacob and his pack have nothing to do with me or my mate. As for Paul, I will not allow him to come close to her. I know we have a treaty between our kind, but I will not tolerate the threat he has become." Alex placed a hand on his shoulder, keeping him under control.

Sam ran a hand thru his hair. "I understand that, but I cannot allow you to harm him. He is my brother and I will defend him from anyone that tries and harms him."

Alex growled, causing the wolves to look up at her. "Then you should find a way to keep him away."

"I'm trying, but he will not submit so easily. When we imprint we do the impossible to get our mate and once we have them we hold on for dear life. That is when we get them. Losing or being rejected can drive one mad." Sam explained.

Alex sighed. "I know what an imprint means to a wolf, I am a wolf. The problem is I have a mate, I imprinted on him and I am mark already. Paul should know what the bite means."

Jared shook his head. "It will have no effect with Paul, you have to reject him personally. He needs to hear the words and understand you have your mate."

Carlisle hissed. "They are not going anywhere near each other. Sam I am warning you now, Paul is not to put a foot on out turf or he will be harmed."

With a growl Sam stood up. "I am not looking for another war Carlisle. We have had too many as it is, but I will not allow that."

Stepping in front of Carlisle, Alex snarled. "Then keep you pup away. You want him to be safe? Then be the alpha you say you are and put down you paw. He might be driven, by the desire to mate, but as his alpha he will stop."

"It's your job to protect them." Carlisle added.

"Besides it will do Paul no use it trying to win me over." Alex hummed. "If by any chance he was to kill Carlisle-which is a fat Chance-I will feel nothing, but rage and disgust for him. No matter what he does I will never mate with him."

Sam and Jared nodded, it was true you can not force a wolf to mate with anyone. "I apologize for any problems this has caused and will probably cause." Sam grunted.

Carlisle stood. "It should cause no problems. Paul is a smart boy, I don't think he is ignorant enough to come to my home and fight."

Sam growled. "I hope not. We must get going, Paul is on the loose."

Carlisle nodded, wrapping his arm around Alex's waist. "I will call of I see him near by, but that will be his only warning."

"Very well Carlisle. Ma'am." Sam walked out leaving Jared behind for a moment.

"If it comes to a fight, please know I mean no disrespect." Bowing his head Jared ran out.

"What was that?" Alex mumbled.

Carlisle chuckled, pulling her into his lap as he took a seat once more. "Contrarily what everyone thinks and says, wolves are not much stronger than us. Its true they have taken down entire clans of us, but that is because of their numbers. A wolf alone does not stand much of a chance against one of us. Especially not a newborn. Paul may come, but alone he will not stand a one on one. Lets hope it does not come to that."

Alex sighed, snuggling closer to him. "Yeah lets."

In knowing to them Paul was not planning on taking them on alone. He wasn't stupid. Slowly stepping over the invisible line he froze. He waited for a few seconds after nothing happened, he realeased a deep breath. To soon. A dark shadow slammed onto his side. Followed by a lighter one slamming onto his other side. The third blow came from above, struggling to look up he whimpered. A black phased face stared down at him, teeth bared and eyes red. Seeing the teeth aimed at his neck, Paul passed out.

Waking up with a groan, his head hurt. 'Where am I? What happened?'

'You trespassed wolf.' A deep voice growled.

Paul glanced up at the alpha. With a growl he ran towards the man, only to be pulled back. Falling on his side, he glanced back to see a chain. That chain was tied and it lead to his neck. On his neck he saw a collar. 'You tied me up?! I am not a dog!'

The Alpha laughed. 'You act like one. Coming in here, with you macho attitude as if you owned the place. Correct me if I am wrong, but don't you belong to the northen pack?' Paul whimpered. 'Then what are you doing here pup?'

Paul stopped strugguling. 'My mate has been taken and comppeled by the eldest vampire in the Cullen clan. I need your help to get her and her daughter back. My pack won't do anything, simply to prevent another war. I just want her back.'

The alpha cirled him. 'Who is this mate of yours?'

'Her name is Alex and she has a daughter called Sam.' Paul didn't know what else to tell him, he didn't really know the woman. 'I imprinted on her, but that blood sucker came in and swoop her away!'

The man stopped, he knew an Alex and said Alex was pregnant with his child. Could this be his run away bitch? 'Tell me more about this mate of yours?' Paul told him everything, from when he saw her to her love for the vampire. He had to love her, he always knew she was different, but this was just nonsense. 'I will help get your mate back, but on one condition.'

Paul frowned. 'What?'

'I get the pup.'

'Fine, she's not mind.' Paul scoffed. He was not about to raise a pup that was not his. 'Mind letting me go?'

The alpha gestured to his pack to release him. 'Go back to your pack. Gather those that will follow and meet back here.'

Paul growled. 'But I want her now! I need her now!'

'Don't be a fool! A vampire is not to be taken lightly. The older they are the stronger. Especially when one's mate is threaten.' The alpha growled. 'I am not going to throw my pack in blind. Now go as I said and come back, not later than two days.'

Paul wanted to attack now, but agreed. Taking off he ran back home, he knew it was going to be difficult to convince some, but he was going to do it. It was the only he was going to get what by nature was his.

Alex walked out from Carlisle's office, he needed to work and being honest she was distracting him. As she walked into the living room, she leaned on the wall and watched her new family. Funny how just two days ago, she wanted them far away. Now she couldn't imagine hers and Sam's life without them. Glancing back at them, she smiled. Emmet and Alice were competing on some race car games with animation character's. Bella, Rose and the girls were cheering Alice on, trash talking Emmet. Jasper and Edward, were trying to keep Emmet focus on the game. Try being the key word. Spotting the time, she knew Sam would be hungry soon and her family has yet to go hunting as well. So leaving them to play she decided to go out hunting for them.

"I'll be back in a few." She called out to the others. only one to respond was Jasper. "Okay then." Jogging into the woods, she quickly shifted and began following a herd of deers. Finding them in the meadow, she locked her sight on the oldest of them. A buck way past his prime, but big enough to feed the cullens. Rabbits would be enough for her and Sam.

Laying back she waited for the deer to separate from the herd. Once he was close enough she pounced, landing a few feet away from him. The chase was on, one that lasted a good three minutes. In the end, she held him by the throat. Dragging him into the trees, she went in look for rabbits. It took her a few tries to catch them. trotting back to the deer, Alex froze. A tall and muscular wolf stood over her deer, ripping into pieces and eating it. Dropping the rabbits, she announced her prenses with a pissed off growl. The wolf tensed, slowly turning around.