A/N: Three chapters in a day! Sorry for the delay.

*Warning M scene!*

On with the story!

"Explain." Sam growled.

Paul flinched at the anger in his alpha's voice. "I was mad and-and hurt. I just wanted to get what was mine. I am so sorry Sam. I am sorry."

Sam growled, stalking towards the younger man. He gripped him by the shoulder and shook him. "What did you do!"

"Sam!" Alex snapped. "That is not going to help." Watching the alpha step away harshly, she turned her attention towards the wolf. "Paul?" The man looked up, but wouldn't look her in the eyes. "We need to know what is going on. It is the only way to stop them."

Paul nodded, taking in a shaky breath. "I was caught by them that day I imprinted on you." Carlisle hissed, taking a step closer towards Alex. "I was so angry, that I told the alpha everything. I told them who you were and where you were. He said he would help me get you back, but in exchange he wanted your pup."

Alex tensed, her eyes glowing a bight yellow. "My daughter?" Paul nodded. "What does he want with Sa-" Then it hit her. "This alpha, what did he look like?"

"I saw only a glimpse of his wolf. A black phase coat. He himself was tall, about 5'11. Dirty blond hair and red eyes." Paul squinted his eyes, trying to remember anything else from the man. "He had a tattoo of a wo-"

"Howling wolf on his chest." Alex whispered.

Derek caught the fear coming off her. "Alex, what is it?"

"Matthew."

That name caused all three males in the room to growl.

Carlisle pulled her into his arms, holding her tight. "I got you love."

"What else?" Rose demanded.

"He, uh, had a few of his wolves scout the town for information about all of you. He sent others after your families." Paul replied.

"He want's to eliminate our allies. Leave us without any help when he attacks." Jasper said.

Paul glanced at his alpha, shame clear as day. "He will attempt to take over both Sam and Jacob's packs. Claim this turf as his own."

Jacob growled. "The hell he is!"

"Matthew has a pack of well over 40 wolves." Alex whispered, refusing to let go of Carlisle. "All trained for combat. Where he goes, death is sure to follow."

Carlisle planted a kiss on her head, meeting Elijah's eyes from over her head. Saying the same he was thinking. The moment he came close to her the son of a bitch was dead. "He will know something is wrong, once his scouts come back empty handed."

"Then we take him head on." Emmett hissed. "In the open field we destroyed the newborns."

"No, they will easily over throw us." Sam spoke. "Wolves are at home in the woods. We need a clear opening, somewhere they can't hide."

Alex pulled back, just enough to glance at her family. "Matthew will not play by the rules. He will use every dirty trick he knows, to win this."

"Then we play dirty as well." Carlisle smirked, the little devil in him peeping out to play.

Alex noticed everyone nodding in agreement. Pushing herself away from Carlisle, she shook her head. "This fight is not any of yours. I will not ask you to fight it. Matthew wants me, not you. I will not see any of you get hurt because of me."

"The moment you accepted me as you mate, it became my fight." Carlisle stepped up to her, cupping her jaw in his hand. "I will always fight by your side. Your problems, your joy and your fights are mine as well." Leaning down, he gave her a sweet kiss. "Always Alex."

"Always." Alex whispered.

"You are family." Rose said. "And we look out for our family. Come who may come, we will stand by your side."

Sam took a step forward. "Like Jacob said, an attack on you is an attack on the pack." Jacob grinned, taking a stand beside him.

"Count us in." Benjamin stated, followed by Amun and his family.

Kate glanced at her sisters, mate and Garrett. Getting a nod from each one, she herself nodded. "No one messes with our family and gets away with it."

Elijah took a seat on the couch, legs crossed and arms stretched out. "I got nothing better to do, so killing a few mutts sounds like fun. Sister?"

"Sure why not." Giving Alex a wink, she dropped beside Elijah. "Can't have our little Alex having all the fun now, can we?"

"No we can not." Derek chuckled. "I will fight with you Alex." Allison took Derek's hand, giving them a nod. "We will fight with you."

Alex was overwhelmed. Have all this support and love, was always beyond her reach. And now she had it all in her hands. "Thank you."

That night Alex sat out in the porch with Carlisle by her side. Her head leaning on his arm. No matter how much she tried, she couldn't stop thinking of the war to come. The fear of her family dying. The fear of being left alone once more, of going back to him. Of loosing her daughter to that monster. She began to remember of the horror she passed with him. The pain and damaged he caused her. The fear he invoked in her. Closing her eyes, she tilted her back and she looked up and saw the stars. They illuminated the darkness and her fears crumbled to dust beneath her feet. The lies, the hatred and the failures, they now lingered at a distance. She was reminded that wounds would eventually heal into scars, some of the permanent, some of them not. No longer did she stand in the shadow of the past. Instead, she marched forwards in hope of reaching the stars one day. Alex glanced at Carlisle as he gazed up at the night sky. And suddenly she fell for him all over again, like a shooting star.

"What?" He asked, his golden amber eyes catching hers.

Alex was shook her head. "I love you."

"And I you." Leaning down, he captured her lips in a loving kiss. Slow and mesmerizing.

"Carlisle." She whispered, her hand on his jaw and forehead resting on his.

"Hmm?"

"I don't want to loose you."

Carlisle took in a deep breath. "You are not going to loose me Alex. I will never leave your side, I promise." Giving her a kiss, he pulled her into his lap. "Never love." Gazing back up at the sky, he just hoped he could keep his promise. Truth be told he was scared as well. Not of the wolves, fighting or dying. What he feared the most was loosing her. Should anything happen to her, he would not be able to live on. Looking down at her, he smiled softly as seeing her sleeping. Carrying her inside and up to the bedroom, he laid with her. Holding her in his arms.

Downstairs:

They all stood quiet at hearing Alex's confession. Not moments later Carlisle walked in, carrying a sleeping mate and up to his room. They waited until he was in the bed, before continuing the plan.

"Okay, so we have the place." Jasper said. "How are we going to get them there?"

"Matthew is after two things at the moment." Derek began. "This turf and Alex. He will go where ever those things are."

"And in order to take this turf, he needs to destroy both packs." Elijah added.

"And to get to Alex, he needs to eliminate those protecting her." Edward said. "Which is us."

"That is where Paul comes in." Jacob said. "He will tell Matthew we know everything."

Paul perked up at his part in the plan. "And how am I suppose to do that? I can't just show up and say 'Hey, so they know your plan and want to set up a war meeting in the meadow. I swear I didn't say anything to them'. This man is not stupid, he will see right through my lie!"

"We with that attitude, who wouldn't." Rebecca mumbled.

Emmett rolled his eyes. "He will believe you when you show up, bloody and beaten."

Paul frowned. "With what? Makeup?"

Rose chuckled. "Oh no, they will know right away it's fake. No, no, no….they need to smell the blood and the wolves scent."

Paul gaped in both horror and shock at everyone. "You are joking right?"

Jacob stood from his spot, grabbing Paul from the arm. Seth and Quinn jumped to grab ahold of him as well. "Consider this part of you punishment for nearly killing Alex." Dragging him out to the front of the house, they literally tossed him to the wolves. Both packs jumped in trying to get a piece at their pack mate. By the time they were finished, Paul laid on the floor bloodied, beaten and clothes shredded. Kneeling beside him, Jacob placed a hand on his dislocated shoulder. "You have one chance Paul. Only one, screw this up and they will not stop until you are nothing, but ground beef." Paul nodded, getting up with a pain filled groan and stumbled into the woods, a trail of blood drips following.

Garrett leaned over to his mate, whispering to her. "Who knew wolves could be such badasses." Kate chuckled, swatting him away.

Now it was just waiting and see how the alpha would react.

Paul:

Paul doubled over at the hit in the gut he received. After telling Matthew what had happened, he ordered his mates to give him another beating.

"I order you to grab intel and instead the blood sucking leeches find out my plan." Matthew said. "And you expect me to believe you didn't say anything?" He circled the already beaten wolf. He knew this mutt had to have talked. There was no other way his plan could have been discovered. "Just tel me the truth and all the pain will go away."

Paul spat the blood pooling in his mouth. "I didn't tell them anything!" He received another such to the jaw. "I swear I didn't say anything."

Matthew growled, grabbing Paul's jaw in a tight grip. His nails digging into the wolfs skin, blood soaking the already soaked dirt. "Then how?!"

"Alice!" Paul snarled. "Alice Cullen has the ability to see the future, clips of what is to come. She saw wolves hunting her family. That is how they knew."

Matthew shoved him back, pacing angrily. This was suppose to be a quick in and out attack. Destroy the allies. Destroy the wolves and then destroy them. Now they were all united. They was no other option, but war. "What do they want?"

Paul released a shaky breath. "Meet them in open meadow in three days."

A small smirk appeared on his lips. "Very well. Three days." That gave him enough time to gather some….allies.

Cullens:

"Three days." Sam sighed. Paul had just arrived with the report. "Good." As he turned back towards the house, he stopped the young wolf from following. "I strongly advise you stay outside."

"But…"

"Carlisle is far from letting you any where near Alex." Rose replied from the top of the stairs. "And frankly so are we." Letting Sam walk pass her, she tossed him one last look. "I'd stay away from them, at least until they are mated." She smirked slightly at the anger flashing in his eyes. Giving him a small wave, she walked away.

Bedroom:

Carlisle glanced down at Alex for the thousandth time. Although he held her in his arms, he needed reassurance. Having her here was always a far distant dream of his. And yet she had surpassed all expectations he thought off. She was even more beautiful, smart and loving than he ever dreamed off. Sometimes he'd believe there had been a mistake somewhere, and she was never really meant to be his. A cruel joke of life, a punishment for his past sins. But one look at her and all that flew out his mind. Even if she was never meant to be his, she was his now.

"You think too loud." Alex mumbled, snuggling deeper into his side.

"Sorry." Carlisle whispered.

"Mmm's fine." Turning on her back, she stretched with a loud groan. "How long have I've been asleep?"

Glancing at his watch, he shrugged. "Not long. Five hours or so."

"Five hours?" She chuckled. "What I miss?"

"We have a day set." He replied. "Three days from now."

Alex nodded softly, one thing on her mind. She was going to face Matthew again. Her second worst fear. Carlisle must have read her mind, cause his next words were. "You will not be facing him alone love. You will have all of us by your side."

"I know, but it's a fear I have yet to get over." Alex whispered, ashamed at feeling so weak.

"I will stand by you." Grabbing her chin, he turned her towards him. "Every step of the way." Giving her a soft kiss, he growled at the nibble she gave his lower lip. "No biting."

"Says the vampire." Alex teased.

Wrapping an arm around her waist, he moved her to straddle him. "I do prefer being the one doing the biting." A low gasp flew from his mouth, at the sudden movement Alex gave with her hips. "That was a dirty move."

Leaning down, Alex claimed his lips with hers. Moaning softly as his tongue invaded her mouth, exploring every corner. Playing with his hair, she slowly began to move her hips in a circle motion. Grinding over his already strained dick. As moan slipping from both their throats, as Alex pulled away and sat up straight. Seeing Carlisle toss his head back and feeling his fingers dig into her waist, she moved faster over him.

"Oh god." Carlisle gasped. He frowned at her abruptly stop. "Alex?" He watched her slid down half way and her hands quickly undoing his jeans and unbuttoning his pants. Stopping her in mid action, Carlisle shook his head. "No."

Alex smiled softly. "I don't want sex…well I mean I do, I really do. But I am doing something else."

"Alex, you do that and I will not be able to stop." Carlisle moaned, as her hand landed over his already hard erection.

Alex ignored him, instead turned all of her focus on the task in hand. Carlisle's hands had let her go, now they were each holding a hand full of bed sheets. Slipping her hand into jeans and push past his boxers, Carlisle groaned. He was stiff hard, hot and thick. Running her hand over the length of him, she watch him closely. His eyes were close, mouth open slightly and hair a mess. Deciding enough was enough, she pulled his out. And holy shit…that was going to tear her up. She was barely able to wrap her hand around him entirely. And still the tip was sticking out. Using her thumb she smeared the pre-cum over the tip and down his shaft. leaning forward, Alex locked eyes with Carlisle before taking just the tip into her mouth.

"Fuck!" Carlisle groaned, tossing his head back in pure bliss. "Oh god, Alex…."

Alex ran her tongue over the tip, then twirled it around, drawing a long groan out of him. Carlisle hissed the second his cock slid completely into her wet, hot mouth. In the heat of the moment, he raised his hand, grabbing her hair into a ponytail and holding it there. It took all his will power not to thrust into her mouth. The sensation of her tight lips going up and down his shaft was overwhelming. The sight of her head bobbing up and down, was enough to make him want to spill deep in her throat. Instead he focused on trying not to let just yet. Putting a little bit more of pressure on her head, Carlisle thrusted his hips just as she was coming down. Alex's deep moan vibrating over him, sent a chill down his spine. Feeling the base of his cock start to sweet up, he urged her to pull back.

Alex would feel his cock throbbing in her mouth. The simple action of Carlisle fucking her mouth, had her a wet mess. Feeling his hands on her shoulder, push her away, she pulled back to just the tip, letting go with a loud pop.

Carlisle growled. "We need to stop."

Alex frowned. "Why?" Looking down she knew just why. He was swelling up, just about ready to take a load off. With a sly smirk, she took him in her mouth once more. Carlisle moaned out loud, his hand landing onto of her head once more. As she bobbed her head up and down, she gasped. Carlisle pushed her head down, causing her to take his entire length. With a low primal growl, he spilled himself deep in her throat. Alex pulled back gasping for air, trying not spill anything. Glaring up at her mate, she slapped him across the chest playfully. "Fair warning next time please."

Carlisle winced, clearly now just realizing what he had done. "I apologize Alex, I do not know what came over me."

"I am not mad Carlisle. It just took me by surprise." Wiping her mouth clean, she leaned forward licking him clean. "I never took you as a deep throat."

"Same could be said about you." He teased.

Alex chuckled, moving to lay on his chest. "We really need to get married. I don't think I can wait much longer."

"I know that feeling." Tucking a stand of hair behind her ear, he pulled her in for a small kiss. "I love you."

"And I you."

Carlisle turned his head to the side, focusing on the rest of the house. No one was home. "I suppose they must have gone out."

"Yeah, well, I seriously doubt they would have loved to stay and hear me blow you off." Alex mumbled, earning a laugh/cough from the man.

"No I suppose not, specking of…are you hungry?"

"You cooking?" Alex asked.

Carlisle nodded. "You ask and I'll cook it."

"Perfect."

I know no mating yet, but soon.

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