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Seth: This chapter better end good
Me: oh Seth don't get you tail in a knot
Seth: *growls*
Me: calm down Seth, I can't tell you that now but I can tell you that..
Edward: you don't own twilight?
Me: *glares at Edward* yes, that.
Previously on WTT:
Carlisle, Esme, you guys are the best parents I could ask for, thank you. Rose, Ali, Bells Thank you for being the best sisters in the universe. Em, Jazz, You guys are the most amazing brothers a girl could ask for. Edward, your an amazing guy friend/brother and I still dislike your mind reading ability. Nessie, Your my best friend and I love you. Blake, I forgive you for everything and yes, I accept you as my brother. And.., "Seth. Seth, I'm so sorry." I winced at how weak my voice sounded, "Seth, I love you. I'm sorry." The last thing I heard was loud, tortured howl before I plunged into the darkness.
Chapter 15
SPOV
Once I knew were Lily was being held at, nothing was stopping me from go to go get her. I ran faster than I've ever ran before in my life as a wolf. I had caught up to Edward and the rest of the Cullens along with the others just before leaving the Washington border.
We were just outside of Portland when suddenly I was flying towards a tree. I landed on my paws and growled at the vampire crouched in front of me. I growled before I jumped up only to land on a clear ground. I looked over to see Edward fighting with the vampire that had tried to injure me. The sound of metallic screeching as the vampire was being disassembled came from behind me and in front of me. I spun around to see Embry, Emmett, Jasper, Sam, and Paul fighting other vampires that came out of no where. Soon, all that was left was one huge pile of limbs with high flames turning them into ash.
"Sorry for taking your fight, but his thoughts were far from pleasant." Edward said as we continued our run to Lily.
What do you mean? I asked
"His name is Marcos if that explains anything." I growled as I remembered Lily mentioning a Marcos hurting her in a way Ross hadn't. "Exactly"
With that, we continued running towards Portland when the scent hit me like a ton of bricks. It was Lily's!
Guys, I found her scent! I shouted to the others as I ran towards the source of the scent.
We ran in the forest at the edge of the forest so we don't cause a disturbance when I heard something I never want to hear for the rest of my life, Lily's scream of pain. I ran to the house that the scream came from and barged in.
I saw who I believe was Ross holding a barely conscious Lily in his grip. Not thinking and only seeing red, I charged and shoved Ross away from Lily, who just fell to the ground.
Ross lifted his legs and kicked me off of him. I landed on my paws and crouched down. He leaped up and smirked before leaping on top of me. I flipped him over and pinned him down before grabbing his head in my mouth and pulled.
"Seth" Lily? "Seth, I'm so sorry. Seth, I love you. I'm sorry"
3rd Person POV
"Seth" Lily? "Seth, I'm so sorry. Seth, I love you. I'm sorry"
Seth let out a loud tortured howl before taking his anger and rage out on the body of the 'man' who caused so much pain to him and his imprint. He started with the arms, pulling them off one by one making sure they were as mangled as could be before moving to the legs. He was just about to tear into his torso when he was being pulled back by his friends.
"Seth, get a hold of yourself" Edward said as he tried to hold of the enraged wolf from doing anything he would regret later "Come on. Lily wouldn't want to see you like this, would she?"
Lily? The name struck something in Seth and he started to struggle less.
"Yes, calm down Seth. You need to be there for Lily. She's hurt and needs you right now. You might think differently, but trust me. Please, do this for Lily." Edward's words rang through Seth's head and he completely stopped before breaking through their grasps and running outside.
Emmett and Jasper gathered what was left of Ross' body and threw them in the pile of limbs of Ross' other 'helpers' while Seth ran back in, in his human form towards where Carlisle, Esme, and Edward were trying to slow the bleeding.
Seth, despite the complaints of the others, picked her up and held her in his lap as Carlisle wrapped her legs and arms with bandages. He stroked his imprints hair as he whispered his pleas for her to be alright and how sorry he was for being late. Carlisle finished up the bandaging as well as he could before he told Seth to carry her to the nearest hospital-only because they all knew he wasn't going to give her up to anybody at the moment.
He just nodded numbly before standing up with Lily in his arms and ran outside towards the smell of the nearest hospital with Carlisle and Esme hot on his heels. Once there, Carlisle gently took Lily from Seth-who handed her unwillingly-and headed for the entrance. The wolf walked behind them all the way up to the waiting room before being told to wait there for the others who were 'on their way' when really they were cleaning everything up.
Numbly, he sat in one of the chairs and buried his face in his hands before letting his tears take over. He never felt like such a failure in his life other than when he heard of his father's death so many years ago. If only he arrived a few minutes earlier, she would still be okay. If only he hadn't gotten so mad over one little mistake, she wouldn't be in this situation in the first place. But he did and he had to live with that. Live with the guilt that he almost got the love of his life killed, live with the guilt that he let the reason for his living has been hurt in more ways than one. How could he let the one thing that's gone right in the longest time slip through his fingers?
As he sat there in tears, he felt a cold hand rest on his shoulder in a way of comfort.
EPOV
As he sat there in tears, he felt a cold hand rest on his shoulder in a way of comfort.
We were cleaning around so it didn't look suspicious when we left, while Carlisle, Esme and Seth took Lily to the hospital with the story of a car accident. How we are going to pull that off with her age, I don't know but I'm sure it will work.
We finally got Lily back and to us, really, that's all that matters. Sure I wouldn't have minded taking care of Ross my self but I was glad Seth had a way to take out his anger without completely losing it. Thankfully, he made it seem extremely painful and really bad to watch but oh well.
Just as Emmett, Jasper, me, and some of the wolves, were finishing up in the living room, Alice came running downstairs with the others close at her heels. I noticed Alice held a small box and she was blocking her thoughts...again.
"What is it Alice?" I asked, slightly agitated.
She lifted the box towards me, "This filled with some of the stuff he got her. We can't just toss it out. The stuff that's in there means a lot to her. That and the bracelet she has on. Plus, in here is a letter that she found from her old friend that I know for a fact she will miss if it were to go missing."
I took the box from her and looked inside. There were several sketchbooks, one photo album and one envelope. With a quick peek, I closed the lid and held on to it as I inspected the downstairs area.
"We'll take this with us so she has something of her past, how does the upstairs look?" I asked my sister.
"Looks as if there was never anyone in there since Lily ran off the first time." Rose informed me and I nodded before sniffing the air for any traces of Lily's blood that was left over.
"Alice? Alice, what are you seeing?" I heard Jasper ask as both me and Alice were watching the vision take place.
Seth was sitting on the hard blue chair, his head in his hands as he cried endlessly.
"God, I'm such an idiot. How could I do this? If only..." he whispered before another round of sobs took over his already shaking form.
"He's been beating himself up about this way before we found her and all you have done is made it worse." I heard Alice tell me as we pulled out of the vision. "You need to go talk to him, he's already started to fall apart and only you know what's going on in his head, physically and emotionally. You know what he's feeling."
I look down at my feet knowing she's right. He's been beating himself up since the fight and hasn't stopped since. All me and the rest of us-sans Alice, Carlisle, and Esme-made it that much worse on him. But at the moment, we had a very good reason to be mad at him. Sure he didn't mean for our sister to get lost and captured by the devil but what he said was out of line. Still, I guess we have been a wee bit to hard on him.
"Alright, if we're done here," they all nodded, "then let's get going. We have a family member to see." With that, everyone took off towards the hospital.
Once we made it I could hear Seth's self-loathing thoughts as he sat in the waiting room. I gave a quick kiss to Bella before walking over to the crying wolf.
I placed a hand on his shaking shoulder before sitting down next to him. He lifted his head out of his hands and looked over at me.
"What? You going to yell at me? Tell me that I should leave? Tell me that this is all my fault? Cause honestly, I think I would deserve it all." he said, his voice dead of any emotion.
I sighed and pulled my hand back and clasping my hands together, "No, I'm not going to yell at you, or tell you, you should leave, or say that this is your fault. Cause, to be honest, your punishing yourself by putting all this on your shoulders." I looked down at my hands, "I know what your feeling, not just because I can read your mind but because, I've been in your position before. Always thinking that if Bella got more than a scratch on the knee and it was all of sudden my fault she got hurt. Of when she got hurt in phoenix, I honestly thought it was my fault she was put in any danger to begin with. Still do." Bella hissed playfully. "But, like me, you have to learn how to not blame yourself for everything."
"But you've never said what I said to Lily, to Bella. The worst you've done is leave her. I not only, insulted her and Esme, I got her captured by a monster that tortured her on levels I never want her near again." He said.
"True, the worse thing I did to Bella was leave her-more like practically destroy her-but I can't say anything or I'll get a boulder thrown at my head. But she still forgave me. And I have no don't in my mind that Lily will forgive you. Her heart is big and a huge chunk of it is for you. I know because when you read her mind, her thoughts are either about you, or the family, but mainly you." I told him.
He looked down at his now clasped hands, "All that doesn't mean, she will forgive me. Sure in the dream she said it wasn't my fault, but I can't feel like it was my fault."
Oh, I get it now. I took a deep breath while sitting up straight in the hard chair, "Alright Seth, let's get one thing straight. Lily will forgive you. Know how I know? Remember back at the house, when she said she loved you? Remember that? She loves you, meaning, she will forgive you! If there is one thing you shouldn't doubt about Lily, is her love. She doesn't give her love out to anybody. You remember when she first came here? How she didn't trust really anyone? Now she's made not only our family stronger, but I haven't you smile as wide as you did when you picked her up for the bonfire. I believe the only time you smiled that wide was when you took out Riley during the newborn war years ago. She's loved you since her first ride with you in wolf form, maybe even when y'all first met. But the point of this is, is she will forgive you."
Leah, being the sister she is to Seth, chose that time to walk over to us, "Yeah, and if it helps any. I found this when I came home that night of the fight." She handed him a folded up piece of paper I recognized as the sketch Lily was working on when we talked.
Seth opened the sketch and stared at it for a minute before turning it around and reading the words I didn't even know were there.
SPOV
Seth opened the sketch and stared at it for a minute before turning it around and reading the words I didn't even know were there.
I looked at the sketch Leah handed to me and was stunned. The sketch was of me and Lily together at the clearing. I was in wolf form lying on the ground like I would when I would go there with Lily and she was lying next to me, leaning on my stomach with my tail wrapped protectively around her. I noticed I was looking at her while she was looking at the stars. This sketch seemed to capture the whole complex relationship we had along with the intensity. The deep burning protectiveness that was clear in my eyes while hers were filled with wonder. In this sketch, it seemed to also capture my roll as not only her lover but her protector while capturing her childlike wonder as she gazed up at the stars and moon.
Overall, it was beautiful.
"Thank you Leah, for finding it and giving it to me." I thanked her. There were times when she would stop being the rude, cold hearted one and be the loving older sister I needed and this was one of those times.
She sat down on the left side of me-Edward was on the right-and patted my back, "No problem bro. I know that you would have done the same thing for me, if I was in your position."
I looked up at my sister and smile the first real genuine smile in four days, "Yeah well, you know the second you imprint I'll have to beat up the guy first." We both laughed as she playfully smacked my arm, "But, seriously, yes, I would do the same if you were in my position."
I hugged my sister just as Carlisle came out. I shot out of the chair and ran over.
"Any news on her, Carlisle?" I asked, anxiously.
He nodded, "Yes, they just finished up on her and she's fine. Just one broken rib, one fractured arm, her left leg is broken and her right ankle is sprained severally. She's resting at the moment and should be awake in the morning due to all the medication they have her on. But you can go see her now. Esme's with her now. Third level, room 315."
I thanked him and ran in the room so not prepared for what I saw. My Lily had her right arm covered in plaster along with her left leg. She had several scratches on her face and arms but I knew they would heal. She looked so broken, it scared me. They gave her an oxygen nose tube, an IV, and had her on a heart monitor. I saw Esme sitting next to her with her hand holding Lily's.
Quietly, I walked over and sat at the chair on the other side of Lily. I took her hand in mine and rested my head against the pillows as silent tears ran down my face.
"I love you too, Lily. I'm sorry."
*Throws the chapter at y'all and hides under a blanket*
There! Chapter 15!
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