So this will be the last chapter uploaded today. I am working on chapter 8. I really didn't review this particle chapter because you know I have one of those things. What's its called? Oh yeah...a life! Lol! Hope you enjoy it anyways...

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Chapter 7...

A chill ran down the spine of Chief Swan this morning. He can't put his finger on it but something was just off about today. He debated calling in but in his career as Chief of Police, he has never called in and he was not about to start today. He dressed in his uniform and went down for breakfast. Even breakfast did not taste the same. Bland almost. He shrugged it off and got ready to head out the door.

There has been many times in the past that Chief Swan had had this feeling of dread however never in the past had he considered calling in. He stood at his doorway for a tiny fraction of a second before he locked the door behind him and headed out to work, trying to shake off this feeling.

At the station, everything seemed normal. Nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing out of place. No new messages. No emergency calls. Just a quiet day at the office. He grabbed a cup of coffee, his newspaper, and set off for his office to deal with the paperwork that threaten to pile up if not dealt with soon.

He still kept alert throughout the morning. Of course, being a police officer, you had to stay alert. At any moment, anything could happen. Just in a blink of an eye, the situation could turn an ordinary boring day at the office into a tragic day at the office. He had seen and experienced this one too many times in his career as an officer. There are times this heighten feeling of alertness had saved his life and the lives of his fellow officers. It comes with being a police officer. So Chief Swan stayed alert just in case.

Sue came around midday to have lunch with her husband. She and Charlie have been married for a little over two years now. She had found happiness again after the death of her husband. She was saved by this man before her. She still missed her late husband but Charlie makes the hurt dull down. It would never go away but at least the intensity would be lessened.

Sue was still bother by her dream of her late husband. He was in the spirit world trying to reach out to her. She just couldn't figure out what was the message he was trying to send. She would have to talk to the council soon so that they could help her out decipher this message. What was Harry trying to tell her or warn her about? It must be important because this dream is now becoming a regular occurrence and is beginning to haunt her daydreams as well. Chief Swan knows nothing of the supernatural and he prefers it that way. Need to know. This is his stance. He will not join the bonfires when the Quileute tribe welcomes new pack members. Need to know and he says he does not need to know whatever it is that goes on at the bonfires.

He does know Sue is part of the council to her people. He truly respects that enough to not question whenever Sue had important council meetings, even in the middle of the night. Like the night they had to strip Jacob of his alpha title and hand the pack over to Sam once again. It was a night the council would not soon forget.

Jacob became livid! He threw chairs, broke windows, and nearly leaped at the council. Sam was right to have his pack surround him as the council gave him their decision. But it had to be done. He was running the pack to the ground, trying to put together a plan to kidnap his imprint. Chief Swan would not have approved of Jacob kidnapping his granddaughter, regardless of the imprint. It took the council weeks to come into agreement to strip Jacob of his title. They knew they did not have the power nor the authority to take such actions. It was chalked up to Jacob realizing deep down that he was not fit to be alpha right now. His wolf knew the council was right and did not fight them on the matter otherwise they would not have succeeded on transferring power to Sam. Now Sam has a broken alpha on his hands and a pack that cannot seem to get along. On top of all of this, he has Leah to deal with again.

Sam was grateful when Jacob took over as rightful alpha. He just couldn't handle ordering his love around. He imprinted on Leah's cousin the night he was to propose to Leah and this has haunted him to this very day. He is dedicated to Emily. He loves her to the moon and back. He does everything to keep her safe and happy. But he still has feeling for Leah.

His Lee-Lee. His heart. A part of him still belongs to her. A piece of his heart is still empty without her. She was his world until the imprint happened. He was glad it happened before he proposed to Leah. It would have been much worse if it happened afterwards…much, much worse.

He had to fight Leah to get her to follow his orders. That meant making her submit to him. He did not want to do this. He dreaded doing this. But he knew he HAD to do this. There was no other way. Leah did not give him another choice. She would make his life a living hell just as he had done to her. And now he was doing this to her all over again.

There they stood, in their wolf forms. Face to face. Snarling. Baring teeth. Drool falling to the ground. Both with their hunches lifted in anger. Both refusing to stand down. No. This was not going to be easy. Leah would not let this be easy. If Sam wanted her to do something, then he better order it, otherwise she would not do it. She knew now Sam was not the true alpha and this is something she would not let him forget! Her pack brothers mentally scolding her to let it go.

Just let it go Leah! Do as he says!

Yeah, just quit making this harder on everyone.

FUCK OFF! HE'S NOT THE TRUE ALPHA!

Dammit Leah! Don't make me do this!

YOU DID THIS TO ME A LONG TIME AGO SAM! DEAL WITH IT!

Lee-Lee we cannot keep doing this!

Hearing her nickname being used against her, sent her into a blinding rage. She lunged at Sam with all her might, grabbing onto his neck before being yanked off and tossed to the side, nearly missing being rammed into her pack brothers. She had the taste of his blood in her mouth and she wanted more. She wanted to kill him. She wanted him to kill her. Sam jumped at her the moment she landed on her feet, knocking her off her feet again. She snapped at his snout, trying to force him off of her. They tumbled on the ground, each trying to gain the upper hand. Sam not wanting to hurt her yet he knew he had too, so he let his wolf take over. The angered alpha grabbed hold of Leah's wolf's neck and bit down, sending a shooting pain down Leah's spine. Her wolf knowing she was in the wrong. Leah refusing to give up, both wolf and woman fighting for control internally, but she knew he had her.

His wolf stood over her wolf form with her neck in his mouth. Using his alpha voice, Sam commanded, no, demanded Leah to stop fighting and to submit to his authority. Leah found herself cringing to his demand. Her wolf bowing before her alpha, again. Again in front of her pack brothers. Again humiliated at the fact that she was submitting to her ex-boyfriend. Dying inside. Cursing the fact that she had phased in the first place.

She did not want to phase. No woman had ever phased. Why her? Leah lost herself when she phased. She died the night she phased. She was no longer the carefree, headstrong woman that she use to be. Her heart no longer held love. Her eyes no longer held a light. Leah died the night she phased because she lost everything. She lost her future. She lost herself but most of all she lost her Sam. Her only reason for being.

She would not have minded phasing if she only had Sam. She could live being a wolf if only Sam was by her side. She would be a wolf forever if only the spirits and fate had not taken her reason for living away. They took away her chances of ever finding love. Of getting married. Of having children. His children. She was useless. A female wolf who could not imprint and could not bear children. She hated it. She hated this life! She hated Sam for not fighting. For not fighting for their love. She had everything until her cousin took it all away. She now hates her cousin and if it wasn't for alpha orders, she would have killed Emily the night she phased. She didn't care if this would have killed Sam. She was angry. She still is angry. Nothing in this world can appease her. Not even Sam…anymore.

So now Leah found herself running patrols. Patrols she did not want to run. Why are they doing this anyways? The Cullen's moved and the rest of the pack can take of the patrol. They didn't need her much less want her in the pack. She has tried to stop phasing but her wolf would not let her. She has searched for ways to break an imprint with no luck. She has searched for ways to stop phasing. Again with no luck. Luck was something Leah did not have on her side.

The only tiny fraction of good that came out of this whole deal was the fact that she was able to look after the little brother, Seth. She loved him too much to have something happen to him, although she would not admit this to anyone. She use to be close to Seth, before all this phasing shit. They had a great relationship. Now they can hardly be in the same room without fighting and bickering about something.

Leah was running patrols, mentally berating her pack brothers. Tonight, Embry and Quil would be at the receiving end of her mental attacks.

I can't believe you let him tell you what to do. He isn't even the TRUE alpha.

Shut up Leah!

Yeah, shut up Leah! We all know Jake is in no condition to lead us.

Yeah because of the stupid imprinting shit!

SHUT UP LEAH! They both thought in unison.

While being mentally attacked by Leah, the boys almost missed the smell. The smell of a rotting corpse mixed with the coppery smell of blood. It was strong meaning this vampire was nearby. Quil was the first to smell it. Embry next. It took Leah a second before she realized the stench was in the air.

Fuck!

Quil and Embry followed the scent while Leah howled a warning, sending the rest of the pack racing towards them. This vampire did not belong here and it has crossed into Quileute territory. Unsure of what they were up against, Quil and Embry continued to follow the scent while sending mental images of their location to the rest of the pack. They tracked the scent realizing it was leading toward the reservation itself. This was high alert. There was a vampire about to be amongst their people! Somewhere on the reservation would be a bloodsucking leech and the pack was unsure if it was just passing through or if it was looking for its next meal.

Emily!

Kim!

Claire!

Rachel!

These were pack's first thoughts. They had to get to them. They had to protect their imprints. They had been so far out in the woods that it seemed they were never going to get back onto the reservation on time. Their only chance was having Jacob phase but today was not a good day. For today was the anniversary of the day Nessie broke their alpha. Chances were against Jacob phasing today. Their only hope now is having Jacob's wolf take over and phase to protect the tribe.

Jacob was still lying in bed. He hadn't gotten up. Not even to relieve himself. He didn't feel the need. He didn't see the need. There was nothing that would move him from his spot. Nothing except a vampire roaming around outside. In an instant, the russet wolf sprung to life. Thousands of years of instinct taking over at the sign of danger. Jacob's wolf sensed danger very nearby. He couldn't understand why the pack had not taken care of this? Why had his pack forced him to react today of all days?

His wolf did not let him sit and ponder too much on this. He had to get outside. Something terrible was wrong. Billy had heard the commotion in Jacob's room. When the russet wolf came into view, Billy knew in his gut something terrible was wrong. He had to call the council and enforce curfew…NOW!

After letting the wolf out of his house, Billy began to phone the rest of the council members. They need to know something bad was happening. They needed to know this was happening right now, on the reservation, and they needed to warn their people. He knew time was of the essence. His son had phased in his room for a reason and he knew it was not a good thing. Jacob never phases inside. He has always phased outside, even if that meant running outside in the nick of time. All the boys knew the dangers of phasing inside. But somehow, something triggered Jacob's wolf to take over.

Hearing the howl of alarm, the russet wolf set out into the night with heighten senses. He could smell the distinct scent of a rotting corpse mixed with the warm coppery smell of blood assaulting his senses as he stepped into the night air. The wolf could sense his brothers racing back to the borders of the reservation, their paws propelling them forward, faster as their hearts racing with adrenaline. The urgency to reach the reservation stirred something deep within the russet wolf. The stir of adrenaline awaking the alpha within. Now was not the time to mourn the loss of his imprint. Now was not the time to wallow in sadness. No. Now was the time to take command and step up as the true alpha if he wanted his people to come out of this unscathed. The smell of the leech was strong alerting the alpha the it was close by… too close.

FASTER! WE NEED TO GET THERE BEFORE THE LEECH HAS TIME TO DO DAMAGE!

Jacob's wolf realized the link to his pack was stronger than ever before. Without wanting to, Jacob responded.

The leech is already on the rez. I can smell them. I can't see them but I can smell them. Two.

Jacob? Sam's wolf responded.

Jacob, I'm getting Seth and Brady to check on the imprints. If it's not too dangerous, I'm having them take all the imprints to Emily's.

NO! It's too late. Any roaming human will be in danger. Get here as fast as you can!

It was right then and there the pack realized Jacob was no longer in control. It was their long lost alpha that sent that command. The final push to make them run faster.