Sam was beginning to feel uneasy, and so I took Dougie's hand and moved him over to Sam. They both eyed each other until Dougie handed Sam my hand, which he took back without hesitation. With the feeling of acceptance, and clarity we all sat back down around the round table after I made fresh cups of coffee for everyone. I had almost forgotten Uncle Billy was here and was watching the whole thing. He'd been very quiet since Dougie told his story.
"Now that everything's out in the open, do you still want to go ahead?" Uncle Billy asked handing Sam the papers. Sam looked to me, waiting for an answer.
"Yes, I don't want a big or middle-ground, between big or small wedding. This is just fine! Plus like I told Sam, I don't like dresses and the last dress I was forced to wear, didn't make it through, to the end of the day."
"Wedding?" Dougie said shocked.
"Bella is pregnant with my pup, no child of mine will be born out of wedlock, that's at least one thing my human side got right, at least," Sam explains.
"Might be!" I pointed out. "Might be pregnant." I pointed out, slightly annoyed, he blurted that one out. We had not even discussed when we'd tell people if I was even pregnant in the first place.
"Pregnant?" Dougie said, stunned, and fainted.
"I think you've just done the unthinkable, and shocked an Alpha male, to the point of fainting." Uncle Billy chuckled.
"You're not out of trouble yet either, Uncle Billy! I can understand to an extent why you didn't tell me, but you also know how shit of a life I had before Sam. Charlie showed his true colours today when he cornered us in Fork's high parking lot, and I cuffed him, with his own cuffs to Sam's car, in front of most of the school I'm guessing. I don't think this version of Sam is going to let me go back to Fork's." I say, not at all bothered by it.
"To the bloody right, I'm not, now you know about Vampires, which I was going to tell you about once you are married to me, then the Cullen family are Vampires which is why we don't, particularly like Fork's, Washington. They are the reason those of us who have the gene, get turned into wolves, and the same for the Makah tribe I am assuming, but we won't know for sure until that weak asshole wakes up." As if he heard, Dougie groaned.
"Grandfather? When I've only just got my daughter back? Marriage? Fuck! Does your bitch of a mother know? She's not going to pop up is she?"
"She's not getting anywhere near my mate, about to be wife! With her association of those leeches. Family or not, if she is his mate, that's her choice."
"How much did you see or hear?" I asked Dougie, genuinely curious for his answer.
"Enough to know, it pained me when I had to leave for pack business, after that almost incident with one of them. Unfortunately, the situation back home couldn't be resolved by my beta. I don't know how much you want them to know? I was so close to bringing you back home when they showed up on the scene," his look turned dark. "I wish I had just gone in and got you."
"It's unfortunate that the woodland and river around your mothers' previous house was well protected and private, had I been able to get through, I would have taken you myself, and brought you back to Makah when your mother went out drinking."
"Why didn't you?" I ask him.
"Gated community comes with foot patrol security, unfortunately, as well as at the gates."
"School would have been a perfect opportunity?"
"You had security guards and school buses with teachers on them. I don't fancy my ass rotting in jail. At least in my wolf form, I could hear you still alive from a distance, even if I couldn't get close. It pained me when I went back and found you'd gone, and a new family lived there. Then when I did find you, flats were available a few blocks away, so I got one of those to rent for the short term, and kept a close eye on those creepy fuckers. She really outdid herself this time. They cornered me one evening when I deliberately stood against the park railings near your house, with two of my men. Renee knew I was watching and wanted me to go away. I told them not when my blood is unaware of what her mothers fuck buddies are and if they attempt to hurt you physically, I will step in. Renee doesn't always get what Renee wants. Laurent didn't like that, and neither did James. They seem to be in a four-way fucked up relationship of sorts, sharing each other's mates, even the males. We've heard and seen it all now! I had to come back after an elder passed away, and that's when I noticed your presence close by. I didn't want to just charge in but waited for a call from Billy instead, but I never got one. So I decided I'd had enough of being pushed out of your life, there was no Vampires, or bitch of an ex if you can call it that. The pig doesn't scare me, and neither does Billy or you." He nodded at Sam.
"You hurt her, and I'll rip your balls off and feed them to real wolves." He said, and you could tell with the tone change that he meant every word.
"You know I'll never hurt Bella, Dougie. She is an Alpha female in her own birthright. Which brings me to my next question, how deep is your bloodline in our kind's ancestors?" Sam asked him, and I felt confused by this.
"Deep, way, way back to when Vampires first came over here from Europe. As Billy knows, we were the first pack on American soil of shapeshifters. Then Billy's pack, and then the Alaskans, the southern boys and the New York wolves. I haven't heard of any others, phasing since the NYC boys, being the newest."
"My family is five generations of wolves."
"Mine is three, and because of my ancestor's history of leading this tribe, my bloodline automatically fell to Alpha, even if they weren't the true Alpha and first to phase. If my son Jacob phases, I want this pack to be different. You are the true Alpha, Sam with your wolf now a part of you one hundred per cent."
"Good, because I won't be challenged for my position. Sam no longer exists Black, I have fully taken over my human body. Your infuriating intrusion of knocking helped snap some of the last strands, combining myself and human Sam's minds. As I said, we've been warring since before even Bella. Something you said earlier, is bugging me though. How could everyone feel the change, if it had only just happened? And you were already knocking on my door? Even though you could hear me mating with my woman, and human Sam told everyone to piss off basically, until he felt comfortable having people around again, I believe."
"Principal Dean might have phoned me… told me you were at Forks high, and that there had been a confrontation with Charlie. He was just letting me know Bella was coming back with you. I brought the paperwork, as a guess."
"Why do I smell bullshit, Chief Black?"
"I was thinking the same thing!" Dougie said.
"Am I going to turn into a wolf?" I ask them all, trying to break up the tension forming around me.
"Depends how exposed you get, or have been! Thinking about it, I am surprised you haven't?" Dougie said.
"Maybe because of Renee I am more human?" Dougie shook his head and then replied.
"You definitely got more of my genes. I can smell more me in you, than your incubator. Our family's bloodline is strong, you must have a better hold on your emotions than the best of us."
"I did think I might have had to rush you out of the parking lot at one point with the confrontation with Charlie, you did start to shake a little bit."
"Did I? I was so focused on Charlie I didn't really see or think about anything else."
"What did the pig do?" Dougie asked.
"Said a few hurtful things, so I got out and I cuffed him, with his own cuffs, to Sam's car. In front of people, not sure how many but I could tell he was getting embarrassed, so it was worth it." Then I remembered, not sure if I'd already said it or not."
"Oh and Uncle Billy? He said he doesn't want anything to do with you or anyone! Apparently, he's had enough."
"Son of a…" Uncle Billy growled.
"Anyway, I'm done with the small talk! It would be nice if I marry my woman before the end of the night." My sexy Alpha said in a mix of annoyed and determined tone, and that got the ball rolling
