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Loads of language!

Disclaimed...sad but true.

Chapter 13…

Shit. I never thought I would be happy to see vampires but today I was so grateful. There was so much that was running through my mind. I was so scared for my mom. I didn't want her to be turned into one and thankfully she wasn't. The doctor made his appearance just in the nick of time. My poor mother had to suffer so much pain. Broken bones and the trauma of almost being a vampire meal than almost being a vampire! Charlie didn't know that part and we were not going to give him any information about it. He would see the scar on my mother's neck and he look at it with curiosity but he kept to his stance…need to know. We were all glad that he didn't ask too many questions about what had really happened. Of course, he was in no condition right now to question what really happened. I'm not sure how Paul managed to set up the scene but I was sure glad he did. It will take him a while to heal from his broken bones but we all knew he would be fine. I was so thankful for his help. I was so thankful for all my pack brothers help. They really didn't have to do this. I am hoping they this for Leah because I really didn't deserve their help. It was my fault that our alpha was broken.

Standing here looking at my mother being worked on and seeing Charlie being dragged away from her just brings back all those fucking memories! I still remember pulling Jake away and feeling the pain of his broken heart. I still cringe from that memory. We should have been able to persuade her from leaving. I was in no condition to talk that day she came to us asking for a favor. I was on the floor dealing with my own pain. FUCK! Why was I so stupid to tell her about the 'loophole' as she called it? Me and my big mouth! The rest of the pack weren't too happy either when I told them. I could have kept my mouth shut but I knew I had to say something. They would eventually found out about it.

We were sitting in Jake's garage, worried because our alpha and his imprint had been fighting the past week. Jake and Billy were in Seattle that day. Jake was getting parts for his rabbit and his dad went along for the ride. We were trying to figure out a way to help Jake. That's when I knew I had to say something. I knew I had to confess right then and there otherwise I would never get another chance like this. I knew the consequences of my actions as well. I had it coming and I would take whatever was given to me. So I grew a pair and told them.

"Listen guys, I have something to say.." I gulped, trying to steady my voice. All eyes were on me.

"Well? What is it Seth?" Sam urged me on. I was scared. He was towering over me. He may not have meant to look menacing but I couldn't help seeing him that way. I must of look like a deer caught in headlights.

"Spill it kid!" The sound of Paul's voice made me jump in my skin. If I were a cat, I'd be stuck to the ceiling above with fright.

I swallowed before I continued, "I fucked up."

"What the fuck you do?" Paul was starting to tremble and I knew I just needed to get this out before he phased and kill me.

"Paul! Back off! Let him say what he has to say!" Sam commanded.

"He just said he fucked up Sam! What are we supposed to think?! What the fuck is it Seth? SPEAK!" He yelled at me. I flinched before I hung my head and began to explain.

"I-I-I was t-t-talking with Ness the other day about i-i-imprinting and the information I-I-I f-f-found while I was doing some research. I didn't…I wasn't…" I was scared but I had to get it out, "I-I-I didn't mean t-t-to but I-I-I sort of t-t-told Ness that the bon…i-i-imprint w-w-wasn't c-c-complete until the-the-the im-im-imprinter m-m-marked their im-im-imprintee and sh-sh-she took it as-as-as a l-l-loop-p-phole. As a way o-o-out." I finally spilled my guts. It was hard. I was shaky. I couldn't face my brothers. I was so petrified I swear I could have peed my pants. I was so sweaty and I was frozen. All I could hear were my brothers breathing hard and low growls starting to form deep within their chest. Oh my god! What are they planning on doing?

"YOU FUCKING DID WHAT?!" Jared and Paul bellowed at the same time. I jumped in my seat. They had never yelled at me like this before.

"WAIT!" Sam interfered. "Seth are you telling us, you not only broke our sacred tribe secrets by sharing the information with our enemy, you also broke PACK LAW BY GIVING HER A WAY OUT OF THE IMPRINTING! ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU JUST DID? DO YOU WANT JACOB TO DIE?!" You could of cut the tension in the room with a knife. I had never heard Sam use profanity and I wished I never did. His words stung. It was worse than a slap to the face.

"WELL?! FUCKING ANSWER ME!" Sam growled at me. I felt like a child being yelled at by their parent. I was in deep shit.

"no…" I said meekly. I knew what he meant. If an imprint is rejected than the imprinter will die a slow painful death. Sam was right. I had sentenced my alpha to a death by sharing this information with Ness.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?!" Paul growled in my face, his spit falling on my cheeks. My tears were starting to stream down my face. I was terrified. I should not have said anything to Ness but she was so easy to talk too that I sometimes would forget who I was talking to. She was one of the few people I could be so open and honest with. I trusted her and didn't think she would see the information I shared with her as a way out of the imprint situation. I knew she and Jake were fighting about it. She saw it as an arrangement and not as what it really was meant to be. Imprinting is meant to bring two souls together in a bond so tight and so sacred that no other could ever come between the two souls. Without the imprint, the two soul would find each other eventually but imprinting help them realize their feeling for each other faster than normal. One would still have to court the other. It was not an easy fix or a guarantee that they would end up with each other. There was still a chance that either this ended up as a friendship or either one of them could reject the imprint. Either case was not good for the imprinter. It meant a slow and painful death. First, the imprinter would lose all meaning in life. Than, they would settle into a deep depression, not wanting to live, not wanting to move, crying at the drop of a hat, sleeping way too much or not at all. After that, they would lose their appetite and refuse to eat, essentially starving to death. By the end, they would begin to spit up blood and vomit the nothingness they had inside before finally collapsing and dying of a broken heart. I knew all this and I still shared the information with Ness. I fucked up.

"He has to pay." This was all Sam needed to say before they all pounced on me. Every single brother in that garage that day handed me my ass over and over again. At first, the instinct to protect myself kicked in but that was put to a stop when Paul and Jared broke my arms and legs. My wolf would not let me phase to protect myself either. Even my wolf knew I screwed up and deserved everything my brothers were dishing out. Quil and Embry even had a turn kicking my ass. The hits and punches were enough to kill a normal human being but being wolf only meant I could live through it. My jaw was shattered with a swift kick to my face. My ribs were broken when one of my pack brothers slammed their fist into my side. I got kicked from behind. I was picked up and slammed into the ground. Blood poured out of my wounds. I could feel the swelling of my skin. I was spitting out blood as I coughed and cried through the punches and kicks. As my arms and legs healed over, my pack brothers broke them again to ensure I would not fight back. I didn't think it would end but it finally did. I was left crumbled and broken on the ground of the garage covered in dirt and blood. I was unable to curl into a ball because of all the broken bones and injuries I had sustained. I couldn't move. I couldn't think. I deserve this. It was pack law. I had screwed up and I needed to learn my lesson.

Ness had come to ask a favor of my brothers. They all tried to plead with her not to leave Jacob. Sam explained the death that would claim Jake if she did this. She was not hearing it. She would not accept it. She stood her ground saying Jacob would survive because he has not marked her yet. At that point, someone kicked me again. Ness yelled for them to stop. Paul told her it was pack law. She told them she would disappear without a trace if they did not help her. We all knew Jacob at least deserved a good-bye and a chance to talk her out of it so they agreed to be there to pull Jacob away. We all knew it wasn't going to be pretty.

A loud painful howl shook me from my thoughts. Fuck! What was going on? The medical team were already loading my mom onto the gurney. I looked towards the forest and caught a glimpse of Jacob as he darted into the forest. Shit! He was going after her. I knew this couldn't be good. I raced up to Sam.

"Sam! Sam! He's going after her!"

"So?" He looked at me angry. From the time in the garage, I had not been in anyone's good graces. I had become the pack's punching bag. Leah didn't even stop it. She knew I deserved it. She even took a couple of swings herself. But today I needed for them to listen. I knew this was not the right way to get her back to him. So I pleaded my case.

"Look Sam, I know I fucked up. I have been reminded of that ever since she left. But I'm telling you, I know Ness and if Jake just shows up unannounced, she is not going to listen. She will not even give him the time of day! He's gonna fuck this up more if he just charges in there. We need to stop him and then we can formulate a plan to get them back together. I need to redeem myself. We all need to help him and if he go over there right now, I telling you this will definitely be the death of Jacob. Please Sam!" I pleaded with my stand-in alpha. He nodded and turn to race to the forest. I knew he was going to phase. I hadn't realized not all the pack what here. Paul left to heal but where is Jared and Quil?

Fuck this was not good. I felt powerless. There was nothing I could do at this very moment. I just stood there like a fucking idiot. Fuck! I hate this feeling! I decided to do the only thing I could do. I went and held onto my sister. She was scared and crying. She couldn't even stand. Mom is our rock. She always has been there for us. Even when dad died, she never failed to be there for us. I knew she cried for dad but never in front of us. I had heard her crying in the privacy of her room. I couldn't go in there as much as I wanted too. Nothing ever seem to knock down my mother. I loved her dearly. I can't believe we couldn't prevent her from being hurt. Of all the people on the reservation, she had to be the one the fucking leeches found. What was she doing here anyways? Why didn't the council call her and warn her to stay away from here?

So many questions were going through my mind but first I needed to make sure my mom was going to be okay. I know Dr. Vamp said she would be okay but I still needed to make sure he wasn't wrong. I couldn't just go to the hospital. I was ordered to stay on the reservation at all times. It was part of my punishment. The council had been informed of my wrong doing and they handed down punishment as well. I was glad they didn't kick my ass like my brothers did but I'm sure they wanted too. The look on Billy's face that day could have killed me where I stood.

I stood in front of council in the town hall. I was sweaty and shaking. My pack brothers sat behind me but only as witnesses to the proceedings not as supporter for me. They were still angry as well as the council. I felt so small and so out of my element. I had been the good kid. Never causing any trouble. The look of disappointment on the council's faces, on my brother's faces, it just tore me to pieces. But the one look that I have burned in my memory, the one look of disappointment that shattered my heart, was the one that my mother wore on her face. Never had I seen that look on her and never did I want to see that look again. Tears streamed down my face as the council read me their punishment.

I was not allowed to leave the reservation under no circumstances unless approved by my alpha. I couldn't even leave on an emergency. And if I was allowed to step off the reservation, I was to be escorted to and from my destination. I was to have no contact with the Cullen's. All communication with them was cut off from this day forward. I was no longer allowed access to the library on our tribe's history. Any information I had, I had to surrender to the council. I was no longer allowed to phased without the express command of my alpha. I was to patrol only with my alpha until further notice. I was to be at school or home at all times until further notice. If I was needed at the Black residence, I would be allowed onto the property otherwise I would have to stay away. I think Billy took pity on me on this part because he always seem to find an excuse to let me be near Jake. It seem to lessen his pain when I was around but he wouldn't do it too often and after a while I just couldn't bear to be near Jacob. The pain was too much. And finally, if Jacob were to pass away from a rejected imprint, I would be banned from ever phasing again and I would be asked to leave the reservation. This last requirement did it. My knees buckled and I fell to the floor. Sam only stood me up because he said I had no right to succumb to the pain. I had brought this onto myself and I needed to stand there like a man and take what was given. This punishment would stay in effect until Jacob was either reunited with his imprint or he passed away. That was the punishment handed down from the council.

I was being isolated. I had over stepped my boundaries and I knew it. I had disappointed everyone. I had disappointed myself. I had disappointed my mother. She didn't leave me alone though. She agreed with the punishment but told me I could live with her and Charlie if I was ever asked to leave the reservation. She would come by and check on me. The first few months were the worst. No one but my mother would visit. Leah only saw me because we lived together and even then she avoided me at all cost. When I patrolled, it was only with Sam. No one else wanted to patrol with me. It was only in the last year that someone other than Sam would patrol with me. I wanted to know how Jacob was doing but no one would keep me in the loop and I didn't dare ask. I still went to bonfires but I was shunned from the circle. I sat out to the side eating whatever was handed to me. I wasn't allowed to serve myself and I was always last to be served. I was lucky I got any food at all. Most nights would end with me being handed my ass again by one of my brothers.

Now my mother was being whisked away to the hospital. Leah was the only one allowed to go with her. I was informed I would go later when Sam could take me. I was sure he would make me wait. Leah took pity on me and told me she would call with any info that she could. I begged Sam to let me go but he refused. We needed to get Jacob back before he reached Ness and no one was willing to go with me to the hospital other than Leah. Sam said Leah was not in the right state of mind to keep an eye on me. Charlie was too distraught to even argue for me. I don't think he realized what was going on around him. He was just too worried about my mother. I don't blame him.

"Serve you right." Jared sneered at me.

I was going out of mind with worry. I was order to head home until Sam or one of the other pack members could come and take me to the hospital. Whether that be today or tomorrow, I wasn't really sure. All I could do was sit at home and worry, waiting for Leah to call me.

I jumped when my cell phone rang an hour later. I had been waiting for Leah to call and I was just about to break the rules by racing over to the hospital. I had to know what was going on with my mother. I prayed she was okay. I was sure the doctors would have given Leah and Charlie an update on what was happening to my mother by now. I quickly took it out of my pocket only to be shocked by who was calling. I answered the phone knowing I shouldn't.

"Nessie?"

"Seth…"

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