Chapter Four
Close Call

Jacob POV

It's been 7 hours that Sarah had been in surgery, and we all were biting our nails. Nessie sat beside me and stared at the clock on the wall. I called everyone in the pack to let them know that Sarah was in the hospital, so the waiting room was full of vampires and were wolfs. Edward on the other hand couldn't sit still, pacing back and forth he was driving me crazy!

"Well sorry, I just can't sit around and wait." He snarled at me. I growled standing up.

"What in the fuck does that mean?!" I demanded, I didn't realize that I was shaking until Ness grabbed my arm. Edward glared at me, while Bella grabbed his arm guiding him towards a chair. The doors opened and we all looked at the person walking out, it was just a patient, who looked at us with an apologetic look and walked out the doors. I found my hand running itself through my hair. I couldn't help but feel frustrated, something happened to her and I wanted to know what.

"Their coming." Edward whispered just loud enough for us to hear. I jerked my head up and saw the doctor come out. He was holding a clip board.

"Sarah Black's parents?" I stud up and grabbed Ness's hand and walked over to him.

"Yes." Ness whispered, urgency was in her eyes.

"Your daurghter is ok, but the internal bleeding was pretty bad." I stopped breathing.

"What caused this."

"Well, from the force of the object to her abdomen and the bruises on her right side of her face."

"WHAT?!" Renesmee and I yelled.

"Your daurghter must have been in a fight, there was no other way to explain it. Who ever hit this poor girl, their intention wasn't just to hurt her." Someone. Hit. Sarah. I couldn't fathom who would-. I heard a growl from behind me and I saw Edward. "You can see her now if you want. She's been asking for you." The doctor said bringing me back to the situation on hand. I nodded squeezing Ness' hand and going back to the room. When we finally reached there I saw her body limp on the bed with IV's coming out of her arms and a huge fist like bruise on her right cheek.

"Someone fought her, do you think?" Ness asked when the doctor left us alone. I felt my body shaking, my daurghter and wife were in danger because of some fucking leeches. Now, my daurghter is in the hospital because of them.

"Mommy." I heard a little voice say, bringing me back. Ness ran over to her, sweeping her hair out of her face. "They told me to tell you, they did it." She said tears coming up to her hazel eyes. My heart was breaking, while my anger wasn't calming. "I-I just wanted some time to myself, because you've all been so smothering. I-I-I'm sorry." She sobbed. I walked over to her and touched her face.

"Don't apologize, sweetie. We are just happy you're safe." I whispered kissing her forehead. Ness was frozen, it seemed. The bloodsuckers got through our lines again! I couldn't take much more of this! Nessie kissed Sarah's head and got up. Sarah and I looked at her eyes full of questions.

"I'll be right back baby. No worries, I love you. Rest, your father will be right here." She said kissing her face. She got up and walked up to me hugging me, bringing her mouth close to my ear. "I can't do this anymore, Jacob. I just can't." Her voice broke and I wrapped my arms around her. This was taking a tole on my family, and the worst part is, I couldn't stop it.

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Renesmee POV

Jacob and I held each other for a moment, until I pushed myself back. Someone was hurting my family and the only thing I could think of was to kill them for what they did to my daughter. I wasn't thinking rational, I know. I just couldn't sit by while my daurghter was being beaten, my sons and my husband was running ragged. I just couldn't. I opened the door and shut it, to find my father looking at me with anger in his golden eyes.

"No."

"Dad-"

"Don't make me tell Jake, because I will. Don't do this to your family Renesmee." He demanded, anger rose in his voice. There was a handful of times where I was truly scared of my father, this was going to be one of them.

"Dad, my boys, my husband and now my daurghter are being punished for what I am. I can't sit around here anymore and let them suffer when I can put a stop to this now." I tried to walk past him, but he grabbed my arm.

"I won't let you go." He glared at me. I tried to yank my arm away, but he wouldn't let me go. "What happens when they kill you Ness? Then what? They are still going to come after Sarah and Gabe. It's not only you that they want. Think about your children! Do you think they want to grow up without their mother?!" He hissed at me. He was right, I was being selfish. I couldn't admit to that right now. I fell to the ground, him still holding my arm. He gently hugged me on the floor. "Shh." He tried to sooth me, but my hysterics were not calming down. I couldn't stop. My life was becoming a nightmare, one I couldn't escape. Thinking of my daurghter connected, with bruises and cuts on her fragile body. She was only 1/3rd vampire. She was more human than any of us, and she was being beaten. My father started to hum my lullaby and I was trying to calm down. Seconds later he stood up and helped me up. I couldn't help that I was broken, because right now I felt like a utter failure. He kissed my face and motioned towards the door, I was thankful there wasn't anyone around to see our moment. I wiped my eyes and opened the door. Sarah was asleep again, her face scrunched up as if she was having a nightmare. I looked up at Jacob, hurt and anger was in those brown eyes, and I knew he heard. I didn't say anything at first, he kissed Sarah's head and went towards me. His arms grabbing me in such a way, making me scared.

"Jacob?" I questioned, I couldn't look at the disappointment in his eyes. His lips crashed onto mine. I kissed him with as much emotion as I could, telling him how scared I was with our kiss. He slammed me up against the wall, holding my hair back to expose my neck. I've never seen this side of him before, my eyes went towards Sarah for a moment, making sure she was still asleep. Jake was kissing my neck, nibbling at my collar bone.

"Don't you dare say that again." He mumbled into my neck, he stopped kissing me, stopped touching me. He began to hug me. "Don't feel like I won't protect our family Ness. I will, I will try harder." He pleaded with me. I was stunned. I kissed his hair hugging him back for a moment. I pushed him back, looking into his eyes and I saw it. The failure. I smacked him across the face. No.

Jacob POV

*SMACK*

She hit me! I was stunned. I turned towards her, my body was shaking. She had tears in her eyes, and she was shaking as well.

"How could you." She hissed at me. I was taken back.

"How could I?! I could you?! What in the hell did you hit me for?!" I hissed at her, trying to control my shaking.

"You think this is your fault?! Our family would be just fine if it wasn't for me! I am the root of the problem, and you are sorry?!" She screamed at me. I looked at her with wide eyes. She couldn't be serious. "I am the failure Jacob, not you. I gave birth to three beautiful babies, and they are suffering because of what I am." She fell to the floor, but my brain wasn't working, everything seemed to blur. "Your suffering from what I am. You take our sons out and you all hunt for the bastards that threaten our family. They are tired, and Sarah! She was beaten Jacob, punched, bruised and thrown around like nothing because of what her mother is. I don't want to hear about you being a failure because, I am the one that is the failure. My family is suffering for what I am. This isn't the first time either and you know that. The Volturi will fight and fight til I am de-."

"Shut up Renesmee." I whispered. I couldn't find my voice. She was blaming herself. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "It's not your fault, it's no one's fault. Don't you ever say that again." I whispered, wrapping my arms around her body. She cried and cried, until she started to settle down. I picked her up, kissing her lightly and turned around to see two hazel eyes, starring at us. Renesmee noticed my attention was somewhere else and looked at our daurghter and got out of my arms. She went over to Sarah and touched her face.

"How much did you hear?" Ness asked, kissing her face. Sarah, looked down not meeting anyone's eyes.

"Can I go home? I feel a lot better." She mumbled, tears were falling from her eyes. I went to go reach for her but she backed away. "Please." She pleaded. Ness looked at me with hurt in her eyes, we had forgotten about Sarah being asleep. We were so caught up in our own battle. I nodded and headed towards the door looking back at my daurghter, I could feel something weighing on my heart as Ness reached for her and she flinched away.

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Quil POV

Claire and I was sitting in our living room while Maya was up in her room, feeling ill. After the Cullen's and their friends came back, there were becoming more "illness" around the reservation. Claire had started to cry, before I could grab her she ran out of the living room. She knew what this meant, and I couldn't stop it. I sighed and decided to walk up to Maya's room. When I opened the door she was asleep, sweating and was groaning. I went over to her and kissed her head. I went to leave, looking at my youngest child, feeling tears coming to my eyes. I turned and walked out to find my wife. She was sitting there with her head down and her body shaking.

"Damn. My daurghter. My little girl Quil." She sobbed, running towards me and crying into my shirt. I was battling my tears, she would be scared and now having to fight these leeches, she was becoming a were wolf right in the middle of a fight.

"I know Claire-Bear." I said kissing her head holding her tighter. "I know."

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Jared POV

"Jared!" Kim screamed, I ran outside to see my daurghter shaking violently. She had the fever for a while now. She was about to phase. I walked towards her slowly.

"Ryder baby you need to let go, stop fighting it."

"NO!" She screamed, another wave of pain washed over her face. "I don't want it!" I heard Kim run into the house crying. I sighed.

"I know baby. It's apart of you. Let go I will phase with you." Ryder looked at me with fear. She screamed and became her wolf. She looked around and then at me backing up. I phased right then, to show her that it was ok.

'Daddy.' She thought running towards the woods. I followed her

'I know baby.' I ran besides her nudging her with my head.

'NO!' I heard a voice come into our thoughts.

'Hello?' I questioned. It was silent for a while.

'Uncle Jared?'

'Maya?!' I yelled. I felt Quil come into our conversation.

'You too.' He howled.

'Unfortunately.' I howled as well.

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Sarah POV

I was discharged a couple of days after I was there. Thank goodness for fast healing. There was howls in the air, I froze, my brothers and my father phased staying close to the house. I tried not showing my fear. That was the last time I let them get the best of me. I sat in my room, refusing to stay at my grandparents house in Forks. I wasn't running anymore and no one forced me. Dad said there was going to be some Quiltine visitors. Another tribe from the North was coming to talk to my dad. They were coming in sometime tomorrow. My mother was in the kitchen making dinner.
After four hours later my dad came back into the house shaking his head.

"What happened?" My mother questioned him. He looked sad almost.

"Ryder and Maya, they phased." I looked at him in fury. This was becoming too much. They started to talk about it, every now and then looking towards me. I went back upstairs to my room, I was leaving. They wanted me, to many vampires around here is going to make everyone phase.

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It was 3 in the morning and everyone was fast asleep. I quickly opened my door and ran outside. I looked and smelled, but I didn't find anything. I started to run in the woods, as fast as I could. About 30 minutes later a angry howl broke through the night, shit. I pumped my feet faster, I could smell them following me. I climbed a tree and started to jump, the good thing about wolfs they couldn't jump as high as vampires. I quickly as I could jump from tree to tree. I was not going to stop and get yelled at. I was in too deep to turn back. I didn't want to get to close to the treaty line because I knew that my vampire family would be waiting for me. I ran until I saw a clearing, damn it! I looked frantic, were are they?! I smelled something I never smelled before, so different. I turned around and went fast as I could toward the new smell. He was walking with two others and he was laughing until he stopped. I smelled again and I was confused he smelled so different and he was tan but lighter than the tan I knew, he wasn't all human, from what it smelled like. Everything was quiet, He shifted a little and I jumped down, just in time for a white wolf to explode in the clearing, and it was fast. Two other wolfs were there and I was pinned down to the ground, with a growling wolf inches from my face. I looked at his eyes and froze, they were pulling me towards them. He had stopped growling starring at me. He had hazel eyes, beautiful hazel eyes. A rustic wolf came into the clearing running and started to fight with the wolfs. I ran over to them, trying to break them up.

"Dad quit!" I screamed pulling on his hair. The white wolf looked at me then at the wolf and backed away. Dad was still glaring at him, but hit me in the arm with his head. The other wolfs ran towards the tree line and came back with shorts on. I looked at the man that was the white wolf. He made eye contact with me as well. Dad nudged me towards the forest line and I started to head that way until I head his voice.

"Where is she going." He demanded. His voice was so soothing to me. I turned around. My dad ran past me and came back with shorts on and a pissed expression on his face.

"Home." He grabbed my arm and started to drag me towards the woods, until he was standing in our way. "Move." Dad growled. I looked back at the man and he was shaking.

"Get your hands off her." He demanded, his frame shaking. I looked at my dad.

"Excuse me?! This is my daughter! She's going home." He said, four others came out of the woods. Uncle Quil, Uncle Embry, JJ and Samuel Dad jerked my arm towards them, I whimpered, not that it hurt but I lost my footing. The man was so fast he twisted my dad's wrist and grabbed me. I was staring at him, in shock. Dad phased and so did Uncle Quil and JJ, they were growling at him. His friends stud in front of us in their wolf. They were growling.

"Are you hurt?" He asked me. My face was towards my family and put a finger under my chin making me look at him. Those eyes. I shook my head, unable to speak. "Good." He whispered, leaning down to capture my lips. I didn't even realized that I was kissing him back until he was ripped away from me and I was in a daze. He was in mid air and phased, attacking my dad. I felt two warm hands grab my shoulders dragging me towards the woods. I caught his eye and he started to run towards us growling. Uncle Embry turned around and yelled.

"ENOUGH!" He screamed. I looked at him and the wolf that stopped. Everyone looked at him. "You must be from the tribe up North correct?" He asked the wolf. He nodded slowly looking at him with those hazel eyes. My dad looked at him then back at me growling. JJ nodded towards my dad, they were having their own conversation. "You must be chief Caleb Manuke and that rustic wolf you've been fighting is our chief Jacob Black, please lets get some clothes and discuss what had just happened." The white wolf looked at my dad and nodded motioning for his friends to come over and follow us. "Sarah, go to your father he is going to take you home." He said, as soon as he said my name Caleb snapped his head to me. I nodded and hurried towards my father who was crouched down waiting for me to get on. I got on and sighed. My dad was growling the whole time, we were running.

"So," I began. "if I explained my reasoning for going out, would you go easy on me?" I asked hopefully. He growled even more running faster. I sighed. No luck. When we busted through the woods at the house my mom and William was sitting on the porch. When they saw me, my mom sighed and relaxed while William was glaring at me. I rolled my eyes, my mom had a pair of shorts for the guys and the guests. They went to the woods and the first one to run out was my father. He was shaking, he walked past me and ignored me. I felt hurt, hopefully he will forgive me for this. Everyone followed suit the last one to get in the house was Caleb. He was looking at me with those eyes. I was in a daze until my mom was pushing us in. Dad was shaking at the table, still furious.

"Jacob, calm down." My mother tried. He ignored her and glared at Caleb, who was looking at me.

"Damn it!" Dad said slamming his hands on the table. I jumped looking at him.

"Calm down Jacob Black, this isn't going to be a safe place for her if you can't calm down." Caleb said with such authority. Dad started to growl, my brother's put their hands on dad's shoulders.

"You don't want to do this in your house man." Uncle Quil said, trying to calm him down.

"I will take her out of here until you calm down." Caleb said glaring at my dad. I was confused take who?

"She is safe here. She is MY daurghter!" My father said through clinched teeth.

"She might be YOUR daurghter but she's my imprint." Caleb said. I looked at my dad with wide eyes.

"She's not yours!" Dad hissed.

"Excuse me!" I found my voice. Everyone turned their heads to me. "Do I get to know what is going on?!" I said hysterically. My mom put her hand on my shoulder. I looked at Caleb, I hadn't noticed his light tanned skin and his muscles, he was bigger than the others now that made sense for him to be the Alpha.

"He imprinted on you in the clearing." JJ said through clinched teeth. I felt a blush creep on my face the longer he looked at me. I went to run towards the door and my father and Caleb stud up. Mom waved them off and put her hand on my shoulders. I looked up at her pleading with her to let me go.

"We're going to take a walk." My mother said looking at me.

"The hell you are." My dad said through his teeth.

"Jacob-"

"I'll go with them." Uncle Quil said getting up. "I will signal you if anything happens." My dad didn't say anything more on the subject. I opened the door and ran towards the beach. I could hear uncle Quil and my mom running behind me. I lost my footing and fell into the sand, sobbing. It made complete sense. The way we stared at each other, the kiss, the way he was protective of me all of a sudden. I felt two arms snake themselves around me pulling me up off the ground.

"Shh." My mom whispered. "Everything is going to be fine." She said brushing my hair. I didn't look up at her, I just hugged her with all my strength. "Sarah, you have to understand this is life. You have an imprint you will be alright."

"That is not why I'm sad." I whispered. I looked up at my uncle who was trying to ignore our conversation.

"Then what is it sweet heart?"

"What about Gabe? I really like him." I whispered. I was crushing on him and now that I have Caleb it was hard to even think of anyone else.

"He will understand honey." She said wiping my tears. I hated that my feelings were moving to just a man I had no idea who he was.

"It's not fair." I mumbled.