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CHAPTER THIRTY - TWO

(BPOV)

Jacobs furious roar filled the darkened forest around us as he stalked forward, his head low and his teeth barred when Tanya swooped down from a towering tree from above. Her menacing hiss and glowing red irises sending a chill down my spine now. I felt the scream rapidly building in my throat when she spoke to Jacob, her tone lethal.

"Do you really think you can destroy me alone?" She laughed in mocking fashion. "You are no match for me, pup. You'd be an absolute fool to try it."

Jacob snarled in response and Tanya's gaze rapidly shifted my way. Her look of blood lust near tangible as she licked her lips.

"It only takes one bite... just one and you will be finished mutt. I know your kind! You can't be foolish enough to challenge me for her. Edward may be gone but that doesn't change her destiny."

Jacob was seething, his teeth still barred and his thick fur standing on end.

"You wolves are not a match for our kind-"

A roar ripped through Jacob in response to her and I saw Tanya's eyes flicker to me again.

"-so be it, mutt. It's your funeral-" She hissed, dashing toward him with lightning speed.

I screamed when her granite fist connected with his muzzle, causing a yelp to escape him. Jacob was fast to recover and caught her arm in his powerful jaws, shaking his head fiercely back and forth, trying to sever it from her before she could make another move. She struck him again with her free hand, causing his hold on her to slip and giving her the advantage. Tanya came at him with undiluted fury then, striking him twice in the side and knocking him back.

"I told you-" She began, but was silenced when Jacob suddenly charged her, plowing into her granite frame with great force. They tumbled to the ground with a loud crash and I gasped in shock to hear Tanya's shriek of agony when he tore into her left arm, effectively separating it from her body and tossing it into the forest ahead.

I shook as I watched them fight on, Jacob keeping the upper hand until she landed a blow to his side that knocked the wind out of him. He struggled to get his bearings back as Tanya advanced on him. Her eyes wild with a mad fury now. She pounced on him then, using his weakened state to her advantage and trying to crush him in her mighty grasp. Jacob shook violently, snarling and roaring, while trying to rid her. My eyes stung with the tears I could not hold as I screamed out to him.

"Jacob!"

His wolf form began to sink down to the ground as a whine came from him. His legs struggling to hold his weight.

"I'm gonna strip the flesh from her bones!" she screamed, darting toward me. I moved as fast as I could, knowing it would never be fast enough and bracing myself for the impact... only the hit from her never came.

A loud roar followed by another shriek caused my head to whip up and my eyes to open. Jacob had intercepted her fast advance toward me and had her pinned beneath him. His muzzle now dripping with untamed fury as he tore into her neck without remorse.

Tanya continued to fight against him, striking Jacob hard enough to break his bones... many of them...but he didn't let go of her, he continued to tear into her stone flesh until her head began to separate from her body.

I sank down to the cold ground when I saw him snap her head back, forcefully ripping it from her limp body. My entire being trembled as he continued to rip away parts of her... piece by granite piece. He was savage in a way I had never seen him.

I was startled by a loud howl that sounded off from behind me, causing me to abruptly spin around and meet the wolf Gaze of Sam Uley. His dark and solid stature making me jump back as he approached Jacob.

Sam was quick to phase back to human form and light the contents of Tonya's remains on fire. I watched as the purple smoke billowed up into the nights sky and soon felt the soft nudge of a silver wolf come from behind me. I slowly stood on shaky legs, seeing that the rest of the pack had swiftly caught up to Sam now. They formed a circle around me, whines coming from them all as they looked toward Jacob who stood so still next to the smoking pile of ash.

I saw him take a few steps my way before stopping long enough to phase back to human form before me. I ran to him, not caring that he was naked now. He held me close to him and pressed a kiss into my hair before I felt him stagger. His grip on me releasing suddenly.

"Jake!" I gasped, trying to help steady him more. "What's wrong?"

He tried to speak but couldn't. His voice near inaudible.

"Bella..."

Sam took hold of him by the shoulders as he stumbled further, nearly falling to the ground.

"Jacob!" He yelled, trying to hold onto him.

I felt my body go numb as he fell to the forest floor in front of me then, his breathing labored when he began to cough. The sound of it wet and bringing with it a fountain of crimson red. His eyes were wide with fear when they met mine as I went down on my knees, taking his face in my hands as the blood poured steadily from his mouth.