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CHAPTER 4

Sam Uley preferred to be in control. He liked control. He needed control. Indeed, on the rare occasion that he felt out of control, or overpowered in any way, he was known to lash out with devastating consequences. However, it only took one look into Bella Swan eyes to let all of his control shift away.

Everything about her captivated him, from her chocolate, doe eyes to her scent. Lilacs, soft rain and something sweet, uniquely Bella.

He had never smelled something so fresh and lovely and completely intoxicating. And Sam Uley disliked the sensation of intoxication. It stole control from him, and that was simply unacceptable for an alpha. He couldn't afford to have his mind focused on something that was not his pack. Yet since the imprinting every time he tried to think of something else beside the girl, she found a way to appear and plague his mind with her scent, her body, her smile.

The wolf inside of him urged to make her his.

Sam had never been happier to be with so many people around because he didn't know what he would have done to that girl. He wanted to claim her in every possible way, but that would have scared her and made her hate him, both of which were unacceptable.

One look into her eyes and he knew that he wouldn't let anyone hurt her in any way, including himself.

He was still transfixed by her sole presence when he heard Jacob shout from behind him.

"What?"

Jacob shout caught everyone's attention. Everyones, except Pauls. He had yet to remove his eyes from the goddess sat a few chairs away from him.

Even while he ate, he still couldn't look away from her. How could one look into her eyes change someones life completely? Before that day, he had cursed the imprinting, hoping to never experience it. Now, he couldn't think of a bigger honour. Fate had given him the most beautiful, perfect girl as his mate and he would spend the rest of his life apologising for the way he had treated her.

In the few minutes after the imprinting, every single mean word that he had ever said to her, flashed through his mind, making him feel a pain in his chest, right were his heart was. The same heart that now belonged to the girl he had hurt.

Staring at her, everything that he had thought was ugly now looked perfect. Her skin, that he used to think as too pale, was actually ivory and his mouth watered at the thought of touching it, seeing it flush under his touch, his tongue and his teeth.

Her eyes were the most beautiful pools of chocolate that he had ever seen and he got hard at the memory of seeing them darken in anger while yelling at him. His mate was the most precious little thing when she was angry.

The wind moved her hair and he imagined his fingers running through her silky, short locks every morning while he waited for her to wake up or while he grabbed it when he pounded into her from behind.

Luckily, Sam's shout to Jacob stopped his mind from going there.

When he heard his name coming out Jared's mouth from where he stood with the boys, Paul sighed and got up, knowing that it was only a matter of time before they started making fun of him.

Jared had probably informed the other of the recent development in his life, so now Sam was going to give him the same speech he had given to Jared. 'Congratulations, but don't forget that you could still hurt her.' As if Paul wanted to hurt her more than he had already done.

However, when he looked at Sam, he almost shivered in fear. His alpha was glaring down at him with his most murderous expression.

"Paul." He growled, and Paul heard Jacob doing the same.

"Tell me that Jared is wrong and you have not just imprinted on Bella Swan."

Paul was confused, why did he care that he had imprinted on Bella?

"Yes, I have."

"That's not possible." Sam simply stated, still looking like he wanted to rip him apart.

Before he could let his anger take over and he defied his alpha, Jacob said something that caught his full attention.

"Neither of you are worthy to be with her."

What the fuck did he mean by that.

"Why did you say neither of you?" Paul asked, slowly, yet menacingly. The wolf didn't like any kind of threat towards his mate and their future together.

He looked at his alpha who was shaking so much that Paul was sure he would phase in the next few minutes.

"Paul." Jared took a careful step towards him, almost as if he was scared of his reaction for what he was about to say.

"Sam has imprinted on Bella too."

Pauls world fell apart at those words. Sam had imprinted on Bella. His Bella. His soulmate. Paul growled, ready to fight his alpha if he posed a threat to his future with Bella.

"Jared. Go call Billy and Quil Sr. Tell them to meet us in the woods." Jared quickly left, happy to leave the scene. "Paul and Jacob, follow."

He didn't even have to use his alpha voice. Paul followed him towards the deep of the woods. The only thing that kept him from phasing, were the thoughts of Bella. Even when he couldn't see her, she still managed to calm him down.

When Billy and Quill Sr. reached them, the situation was tense. Paul and Sam were glaring at each other and Jacob was glaring at the both of them.

"What is going on here?" Billy demanded.

"It seems that both Paul and I have imprinted on the same girl." Sam explained, facing the two elders.

"Now?" Billy asked and they nodded.

"But the only girl here beside Leah is… Bella." Billy's eyes widened at the realisation.

"How is that possible? I thought they already knew the girl." Quil Sr. pointed out another important detail, one that Jacob was more than happy to explain.

"Paul has ignored Bella from the moment he met her, when he was not verbally abusing her." Jake snarled and Paul looked down, full of embarrassment and pain. Jacob continued. "While Sam here, never give a crap about her." Now it was Sam's turn to lower his head.

Jacob was right, he had never given much thought to her. If he had, he might have found out sooner how important the girl was to him.

"What are you doing here, son? Have you imprinted on Bella too?" Billy asked hopefully. Everyone knew about his love for the girl.

"No." Jacob admitted.

"Then your presence here is not required I'm afraid." Quil Sr. stated, dismissing the boy.

"I'm the one who was supposed to imprint on her. They are not worthy of her!" Jacob yelled causing both Sam and Paul growl threateningly.

"She's mine!" Sam growled at the same time Paul said "Stay away from her!"

"It looks like they truly have imprinted on her." Billy exclaimed, surprised by the possessive tone to their voices.

"How is the fact that both Sam and I have imprinted on the same person not bothering you?" Paul asked.

"It's not uncommon for wolves to share their female." Billy explained.

"We're not wolves, we only turn into them!" Paul pointed out.

"I don't share!"

The older men sighed.

"Tell me honestly, how are your wolves reacting to this?" Quil Sr. asked.

"My wolf it's actually calm, it almost seems happy." Sam admitted after a couple of seconds.

"Mine too." Paul confessed. "It's actually happy that there will always be someone to protect her when I can't."

"See?" Billy exclaimed. "The wolves are okay with that! You only need the human part of yourselves to accept it too."

"What?" Jacob yelled indignantly.

"Son, the link between an imprint and his mate, or in this case, mates, is sacred. No one can intrude."

Jacob punched a tree and left in the opposite direction to the party, needing time to cool off before he could do something that he might regret later.

Paul and Sam were looking at each other with a mixture of anger, fear and sadness in their eyes. Neither of them knew what to do.

"Boys." The two shape shifters moved their attention to the elders.

"Wherever you decide to do, if it is to share her or for one of you to step down and only be her friend, you need to remember that you both need her in your lives as much as she needs you. But no matter what you decide, keep in mind that she's still suffering from your behavior. Do not get her involved unless you know what to do. The last thing she needs is having two wolves fighting each other because of her."

Sam and Paul looked at the disappearing form of Billy, thinking carefully about his words.

He was right, they couldn't put Bella in that position. She had already being through a lot, she didn't need that shit too. Not yet, at least.

When Quil Sr. left too, following Billy's path, Paul and Sam remained.

"What are we going to do now?" Sam asked, trying to be civil even if the only thing he wanted to do was kill Paul and destroy any competition.

"I don't share."

Sam almost laughed at his betas attempt to be threatening. He was still the alpha and he could order him to back off, even if that would have hurt him. However, in that moment he didn't care. His thoughts were on Bella and being with her.

Almost as if he could read his mind, Paul smirked.

"We saw it with Quil, Sammy." Paul mocked him. "The imprint comes before the pack, so any order that involves her won't work on me."

Paul took few steps to him. They both were the same high so they could look perfectly into each other eyes.

"When it comes of Bella, we're equals."

Sam growled at the defiant tone, not liking at all hearing one of his betas being insolent at him. However, he knew Paul was right. He couldn't order him to do anything when it came to Bella

"So what now?" he asked again, hoping for a more useful reply.

Paul didn't have an answer. He had no idea how handle the situation. None of them had ever imagined that kind of scenario. Imprinting was supposed to be rare yet the two most stubborn and possessive shape shifters had imprinted on the same girl.

"I don't know, she still hates us and wants to have nothing to do with either of us." Paul sighed.

"Then how about you and I work together on this one?" Sam proposed. Paul raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to explain.

"We both convince her that she is wanted here. Make her forgive us. Once we are friends, we'll decide what to do with the whole sharing our mate thing."

"So, you want us to work together to convince her to give the pack another chance and then let the best man win?" Paul repeated and Sam nodded.

"Alright." Paul agreed to his plan and the two smirked at each other.

"Let's go now. I feel like I'm going to go crazy if I don't see her now." Sam admitted and Paul nodded.

"I know the feeling, Boss. I feel like I need her more than I need food."

They both laughed at the truth behind those words and started walking to the birthday party where their Bella was.

As soon as Big Quil and Billy followed the boys into the woods, Bella had been introduced to Kim, a seventeen years old native, who she discovered was Jared girlfriend.

She was still talking to Kim, when someone pulled the hem of her dress. Looking down, she saw a little girl with two big brown eyes looking up at her with the most adorable smile she had ever seen.

"Who' yow?" she asked and Bella melted at her cute voice.

"I'm Bella. And who are you?" she asked sweetly.

"I' Claiw." She said happily. "Yow weally pwetty."

Bella bent down so that she was eye level with her and smiled softly.

"Thank you, Claire, but you're much prettier."

Claire giggled and blushed a little, before taking Bella's hand in her tiny one.

"Do yow wan play with me?" She asked with those two big, doe eyes and Bella wondered if it was possible for anyone to say no to her. When she nodded, Claire smiled brightly and quickly led her to the house, where she kept all of her dolls.

"Can I come play too?" Quil asked when they walked past him and the others.

"No." Claire said firm and Quil pouted. "I wan play wit pwetty gil."

The boys laughed at Quil's rejection. Making fun of him for having been turned down by a little girl. Even Bella cracked a smile at his miserable expression, silently wandering why a boy like him wanted to play dolls with a little kid.

Bella and Claire played with the dolls for a while before two huge boys literally slammed into the room.

When Sam and Paul reached the others, they quickly tried to spot Bella, worrying when they didn't see her.

"She's inside." Jared explained, finally giving Kim the opportunity to breath after a long make out session. The boy knew about their need to see their imprint with their own eyes. After he had imprinted on Kim, he wanted to see her all the time, afraid that he could lose her if he looked away even for a second.

"What is she doing inside?" Sam asked with his usual stoic voice, but Jared and Quil could read passed it since they had already experienced what he was being through.

"She's playing with Claire." Quil explained, letting out a sigh.

"Why are you not with them?"

Everyone, except Quil, laughed aloud at Paul's question.

"She said she wanted to play only with the pretty girl." Seth explained, earning a glare from Quil.

Paul laughed at that, and even Sam cracked a smile. They didn't ask anything more, before lashing towards the inside of the house.

The boys, plus Kim, watched them with an amused expression. Noticing Kim confusion, Jared explained to his girl that both of them had imprinted on Bella. Saying that Kim was surprised was an understatement. She had heard about Bella, Jared had told her everything about the girl after she had asked one night why Jacob looked so depressed.

After hearing what they had done to her, she had reprimanded him for his behavior. Kim already liked Bella, she could see that she was a strong girl and she knew that she wouldn't have let Sam or Paul to walk all over her.

Bella was playing with Claire on the floor when Sam and Paul showed up. She felt their eyes on her. Seeing her playing with the kid seemed to make them smile. A genuine smile that creeped her out.

They stood there by the door, watching her play with Claire who was too focused on her dolls to notice the two muscular men in the room. Bella tried to ignore them, but they seemed to dominate the entire space. She could feel their eyes on her and the only time she dared to look up at them, they were watching her almost lovingly.

"Uncle Sam! Uncle Pauly!" Claire yelled happily, when she finally spotted them. She quickly stood up, dolls forgotten, and ran towards the older man who scooped her up in his arm with a smile on his face.

Apparently, Claire had everyone around her tiny fingers, even the big, bad alpha.

Bella was sure that she had never seen Sam smile, well, she had never seen any emotion on his face besides anger when he reproached one of the boys for pushing too far. She had to admit that he was beautiful when he smiled.

When she turned to look at Paul, he was staring at her the same way he had earlier, when he had tried to talk to her.

She shivered, feeling nervous under his gaze and Paul, noticing that he was making her feel uncomfortable, felt the urge to make her feel better.

"Billy is about to open his presents." He exclaimed and almost purred when her chocolate eyes met his. He swore that he could see his future in them. A future were he would come home from work and find her playing with their own kids.

He was pulled out from his fantasy when Bella turned around to take something from her bag on the couch. When she bent a little, he noticed with happiness that her dress had railed up and was showing him more of her thighs. Thighs that he wanted wrapped around him as soon as possible. Damn he was getting hard. he had to look away before his wolf did something stupid.

Paul quickly turned his head to the side and blushed when he saw little Claire glaring at him. How could a 3 year old know what he had been thinking? And why was she only glaring at him when Sam was almost drooling while looking at Bella's perfect ass?

As soon Bella was facing them again, Claire climbed off Sam and reached the girl, offering her tiny hand that Bella quickly took with a beautiful smile.

"Let's go sweetie." Bella passed the two giants at the door and joined the other guests in the back yard where everyone was waiting for them. She was surprised to see that Jacob was nowhere in sight.

Billy was opening his gifts with the same excitement of a five year old kid. When it was Bella's turn, she handed him the envelope with her present inside with a nervous smile. She really hoped he would like it.

"Bella." Billy froze when he saw the tickets for the basketball finale that would be held in Seattle in three weeks. "Are those what I think they are?"

"Phil knows the coach of one of the teams so it was easy for him to procure them for me. I think they are for the front seats." Bella explained quickly.

With a surprising speed for a man in his condition, Billy reached Bella and pulled her down for a bow-crushing hug.

"Thank you!" he practically yelled. "This is the best gift ever."

Bella laughed at his excitement, while the others muttered their disappointment at his statement. However, Bella knew that they were just joking. Bella watched her dad carefully, hoping that he wasn't offended that she had asked Phil's help. She noticed with delight that he was giving her a small smile and she smiled back, secretly hoping that Billy would have given one of the tickets to Charlie.

"That was really nice of you."

Someone whispered in her ear from behind and she almost jumped in surprise. She turned her head and saw Sam staring down at her with amusement.

She glared at him and Sam compared her to an angry kitten. An angry, sexy kitten.

"I'm sure he'll take Charlie with him." Sam added.

"I hope so. They both need some time off." Sam nodded in agreement still staring directly into her eyes and Bella thought that he could see right through them.

"Bella" he said her name and Bella shivered at the sensual way he had said it. Bella had never reacted that way around him, but since she had apologized, every time she saw him, she felt something in her stomach move.

"I want you to know that we are all sorry for the way we treated you. We want you to know that you are always welcome here."

Bella heard what he had said, but she was too lost in his black eyes to understand fully his words. For that reason she nodded, not realizing the message she was giving him.

In fact he smiled "Does this mean that you'll give us another chance?" he asked hopefully.

Sam was not someone who begged, but for her, he would have lowered himself on his knees every day if it was necessary.

Bella blinked her eyes, the neurons in her head finally working again and shocked her head.

"No." she answered. "I've given a lot of second chances and each time I end up suffering. I won't do it again."

She held her ground and before he could say something else, she walked away from him and the rest of the pack, ignoring the sad glances sent in her way.

Bella fumed with anger. How dared they act all sad as if she was the bad guy of the situation? They treat her like dirt and then ask her to forgive and forget? Well, sorry, but no. She was done with them.

She kissed Billy goodbye and picked Claire up in her arms to give her a hug. Charlie didn't try to stop her, but lent her the car keys, giving her a sad smile.

Saying goodbye one last time, she left, promising herself to never come back again.

"Are we just going to let her walk away?" Paul asked, rushing towards his alpha.

Sam sighed. "What do you want me to do, Paul? Put her over my shoulder and lock her away where she can't leave us?"

"Yes." Paul's wolf surfaced along with his possessiveness over his mate.

Sam rolled his eyes and finally shifted his eyes to his beta, when Bella's car was no longer in sight.

"We can't do that. Her dad is here and we might heal fast, but that doesn't mean bullets won't hurt."

"Wait." Embry intromitted in the conversation. "You were seriously considering the idea of kidnapping her?" he asked, hoping that he had misunderstood the alpha's words.

"Of course the idea of kidnapping her crossed my mind." Sam stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

It took every ounce of strength he had to stop his wolf from chasing his mate and dragging her to his house where she would spend the rest of her life with him.

"But that's the wolf thinking, not the man." Sam explained, especially to Paul who didn't look convinced.

"Maybe we should listen to the wolf." Paul muttered.

"Don't tempt me." Sam replied, closing his eyes trying to suppress the pain caused by seeing their mate walking away from them.

"Seriously, boss. What's the plan?" Paul questioned him. The boy looked in as much pain as he was.

"First of all, don't call me boss." Sam ordered and Paul simply smirked. "And second, she said she didn't want to come here. That doesn't mean we can't go to her."

"I don't think she'll be happy to see you." Embry pointed out and raised his hands in a surrendering manner when Sam and Paul glared at him. "Just saying."

"The idiot's right." Paul admitted, but still glared down at Embry who ran away from the two crazy men.

"We won't give her a choice. Wherever she wants to be our friends or mates is up to her. But we need her in our lives as much as she needs us. We just have to make her realized that."

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