Alrightys peoples - I did not proof read this before I posted so if there are any mistakes and knowing me, there will be, please forgive me! I'm also sorry that I didn't post it on the 7th like I said in my review replies but I worked my butt off when the reviews went over 80. You guys keep surprising me! I'm really sorry to those reviews I haven't replied too yet. I'm trying.
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I really hope you like this chapter. It went in its own lil way and I kind of jumped a few chapters or mixed like 3 in 1 or something. Anywho! Hope ya like it - next one should be in all Bella POV.
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[Sam POV]
Three days… three long days she didn't move or even flinch. I was constantly by her side holding her hand or playing with her hair, telling her about anything and everything that was happening in Forks and La Push. I didn't know if she could hear me or even understand me but everyone always says that it helps to talk to people who are comatose like she is. I really would like to believe she could hear me and possibly recognize my voice.
When I wasn't by her side, I was doing patrols. Most the pack took over my shifts so I could stay with my Bella but, most of them still had school to attend which left me alone with my thought for hours. I always made sure to run by her house every hour or so just to listen to her slow steady heartbeat. Sometimes when I would go close to the house, her heartbeat would pick up a little before slowing down again. Maybe her body knew it was me even though she still lay sleeping. I couldn't wait to see those eyelids flutter and look into her deep brown eyes. I would do anything to see them again.
On the seventh day, Charlie sent me out wanting to spend time wanting to spend time with her. I had a feeling that if she didn't wake up soon, he would admit her in the hospital. Before he actually kicked me out, I bent down next to her ear begging her to wake up. I could have sworn I saw her hand and fingers move. I shook my hand and gave a gentle kiss on her forehead. As soon as I was outside, I went to the edge of the woods to take off all my clothes. Paul and Quil were currently on patrol and I could hear that they were yet again arguing. This time it was about what movie should be 'Best of the Yeah.'
'Dude! That punching one should totally take the award' – Paul
'Nope – it's all about the zombies' – Quil
This went of for a couple more minutes. I followed the sounds of their growling and their paw steps. When they saw me standing next to a huge pine, they bowed down showing me the sides of the necks. A sign of respect they liked showing me and to tell you the truth, I liked seeing them do it. They didn't look up until I was standing in font of them.
'Good morning boys…'
'Morning Sam' – Quil
'Mornin' Boss!' – Paul
I growled in his direction as soon as he called me that. 'Anything new that I should know about?'
'The Cullen smell is vanishing nicely, Sir. There hasn't been any other vampire activity lately.' – Quil
'I think Jacob might be phasing soon. He's been feeling sick and Billy says that he has the fever. I've told him to contact you when he's close to the final stage.' – Paul
'Very nice – I just want to thank you guys again for taking my shifts. Nothing has really happened and I'm pretty sure Charlie wants to send her off to Seattle for more treatment.' I could see the two wolves in front of me nod their huge heads with sad eyes. Quil saw Bella has a sister, just like Paul had. 'I need you Quil, to go hang out at Bella's while Paul, you head west. I'll run up north and then we'll meet up with Quil. Understand?'
The guys nodded once more before heading off in the instructed direction. I started heading north and decided to loop around once I got to the Canadian boarder. If I didn't smell anything in our state, I sure wasn't going to go into a different country. In my loop, I turned east and headed into Montana. At least if someone saw me, they would just assume I was an overgrown wolf. I soon found myself standing on a mountain top looking down into a beautiful iced over lake. Why it was iced over, I had no idea.
Before I could get any deeper in thought, Quil started yelling at me to get over to the Swans'. From what I could see in his mind, the doctor along with some other man and woman stopped by the house which started a screaming fight. The woman looked oddly familiar.
I could hear Paul trying to calm Quil down and not go in there himself. I took off at a dead run pushing myself harder than I had before. The trees blurred all around me while the ground shook under my paws. About ten minutes later, I had crossed the entire state of Washington and slid to a stop along the edge of the forest. I could hear the woman screaming and Charlie talking normally in response. Finally, the man that was with the screaming woman pulled her out of the house. It was then that I could take my first real look at her. It was none other than Renee. No wonder she looked so familiar.
'I'm gong to head in and see what's going on. Keep a watch on those two please.'
Quil didn't acknowledge my request but I knew he was on top of it like usual. I phased back and pull on my shorts and shirt. I had started keeping a shirt with me since Charlie saw me with Bella half naked. I gave my boys one last look back and headed towards the house. Charlie seemed to always leave the back door open for me even though he gave me key.
Slowly, I opened the door to find him sitting in his old ugly chair. He truly looked broken sitting with his hands holding his head. He didn't even seem to notice me come in and sit down next to him. He jumped as soon as my voice broke the silence.
"What's going on Charlie?"
"Dear God Sam! How long have you been there?" He had a wild look to his eyes but you could see he sadness he was trying to hide.
"Not long – just came over and saw the people out front and decided it was probably safer to go through the back way." Charlie thought this over and soon nodded in agreement.
"Renee thought that it was finally time to be a mother and come up to tell me what I'm doing wrong, like usual." We sat next to each other lost in out own thoughts. That's what I liked the most about him; no words were needed to be comfortable around each other. The house was dead quiet with the exception of our breathing and a couple sighs coming from Charlie.
A couple hours into our silent bonding time, Renee and the man I could only assume was her husband thanks to the rings on both their hands, came walking thorough the front door. I honestly didn't even remember the doctor even leaving but we were the only ones in the house. Renee was quite beautiful in her own ways. I could see some of Bella's beauty in her. She had a lighter brown color for her hair and soft blue eyes instead of Bella's chocolate brown. She had a somewhat dark tan which almost looked like she came straight off the reservation. Renee had a certain air around her. It was almost as if she was too good for this house let alone this town. Maybe that was why she left Charlie. All the sudden she turned her soft blue eyes into a very cold death glare aimed towards me.
"Who the fuck are you!?" She practically yelled at Charlie and me. The man took her arm and whispered Bella's name in ear. Renee's tense body calmed down while her death glare was still burning holes on my face.
Charlie was the first to break the tension filled silence. He cleared his throat before speaking, "This here," he motioned my way, "is Sam Uley. He is the man responsible for finding our daughter and bringing her home. As long as Bella says its okay, he is staying around, learn to deal with it woman." His eyes as hard as steel while flexing his hand into fists.
Renee huffed around for a couple minutes before actually sighing and sitting down. I couldn't take it anymore and found my hand stretching out in front of me.
"My name is Samuel – and you are…?" The man looked at my hand a couple seconds before shrugging his shoulders and placing his smaller hand in mine giving it a good firm shake.
"I'm Phil – I'm Renee's husband." He looked over at her showing nothing but love.
"Well, it was nice meeting you Phil but, if you don't mind, there's a beautiful young lady upstairs that I want to see." Phil smiled up at me while Renee started huffing again at his side.
I could hear Renee starting to argue with Charlie yet again. Only this time, it was about me. I blocked their conversation knowing Charlie would stand up for me if needed. After I put my foot on the first stair, something was different. The further I climbed the stronger the difference came. I could still smell the scent of sun ripened strawberries tagged along with lavender. It was so mouth watering.
When I walked into the room the glow that surrounded her almost double in size. Everything about her seemed different. Her hair was longer and had more shine which brought out all the highlights. Even her body seemed more tones as if she had been working out lately. This was just too much- too weird. I had to leave and find the answers. I ran down the stairs and immediately turned towards Renee and Charlie.
"Does Isabella have any Quileute blood in her?" I asked a very serious tone almost matching my Alpha voice. Charlie looked at me like I had a new head growing while Renee's face went white and she turned her head.
"What are you talking about Sam? You know that we don't have your blood running in our veins. What's this about?" Charlie never took his eyes off me until Renee cleared her throat.
"How would you know?" She kept her eyes forward and away from Charlie who was currently looking shocked beyond belief.
"You see, when we hit a certain age, our body's change. We become 'one with the tribe' I guess you can say. Right now, if you went to her, she'll be different than earlier. Now tell me whose blood is running thought her." Everything stopped. Nobody said a work until Renee mumbled something that sounded like "Billy Black." I wasn't the only one that heard her and Charlie shot up out of his chair taking the stairs two at a time. I could hear his gasp before he slowly came back down the stairs with a new anger blazing deep in his eyes.
"You bitch! When did you do it?!" Phil stood ready to defend if need be but Charlie soon turned to him. "Did you know you're sleeping with a slut? Turn your back once and she'll sleep with your best friend." He turned back to his ex-wife. "Does he even know that he has a daughter?" His anger soon turned to sadness when he realized what he just said.
"I'm going to be sending one of my …friends in to help. He's going to be staying in her room for now so it would probably be best if you just forgot he was even there." Renee and Charlie were about ot protest when I cut them off, "This is a rez situation now and it needs to be handled by us." I turned and walked out of the house before they had a chance to say anything more.
Quil was already waiting for me, standing beside a tree in his board shorts. "Contact me if anything happens right away please," he must have saw my worried look and grabbed me a half hug.
"Everything will be fine Sam. She may not even turn, right? The legends say nothing about a wolf girl." I knew was trying to help make the blow easier to take but it didn't really work.
With one last look at the house, I started taking my clothes off to phase. I threw him my shirt with a pointed look before tying my shorts up and phasing mid-stride. I couldn't feel anyone in wolf form so I ran. I had no idea where I was going so I just ran. When I finally stopped, I had circled the state twice and was standing in front of the Clearwater's house. I could Leah was inside but that wasn't the reason I was here. Harry Clearwater was on the counsel and was once a wolf himself so maybe he would have the answers I was seeking.
After lightly knocking on the door, I heard heavy footfalls coming towards the door. Thankfully I had phased in the woods before I came up to the door. Harry opened the door and knew something was wrong. He pulled me in before I could speak. Leah was sitting on the couch playing some videogame with Seth, her brother, and had to do a double take before she realized it was me. She jumped up and ran over to me. If I wasn't watching her, I would have fallen to the ground with the force of her tackle.
Before she could do anything more, Harry grabbed my arm and pulled me towards this office. Pushing me through the opened door, he gave his daughter a meaningful glare before shutting it rather loudly. I lowered my head so it was touching my bare chest hoping it would how him the respect he deserved.
"From the look on your face when my daughter attacked you, I know you're not here to discuss her, am I correct?" I nodded in response and waited for him to continue. "So, what has brought the Alpha to my house…?" He almost asked to himself. I didn't know when or how to answer until I looked up and saw him watching me.
"Sir, as you very well know, our boys around here have been phasing because of the leeches," he nodded his head knowingly. "While I was at the Swan residence earlier, I found out something that might question all of our legends." With that being said, he looked at me questioningly before motioning me to sit in one of the wooden chairs that were placed all over the room.
He waiting until we were both seated and as comfortable as one could get before speaking. "Okay Sam – you have my full attention. What's going on?"
I told him everything I witnessed knowing that he wouldn't betray my trust. I told him about the changes my Bella's body has gone through and even told him about her unique smell being different. When he finally asked why I thought about her phasing, I had to stop and think how I was going to word this. Harry and Charlie have always been closer with each other than Billy and Charlie. I knew if it came out wrong, something very bad might happen.
"Well, I guess in a way Renee confessed something to Charlie that makes everything clearer. You see, she slept with Billy Black, Sir. Isabella Swan is not Charlie's daughter. She has the Black's blood running through her and I believe with all the events that have been happening, her body is trying to do more to protect itself."
Harry sat stone still for about ten minutes before shaking his head and chuckling softly. "Wow. Hmm, this certainly puts a twist in the legends. Do you think you can handle having a female wolf in your pack?"
"I really don't think I have a choice, Sir. Plus, I believe she in my imprint." I said the last part with my head lowered. I know he wasn't thrilled when Leah and I first got together just because of this. His head snapped up and a slight glare came over his peaceful face. Somehow he didn't say anything.
When I opened my mouth to ask him another question, the door banged open with Sue looking at us with wild eyes. "I heard howls Sam. There was a couple warning howls and one that sounded so painful. You need to get out there and see what's wrong."
I was out of the door before she finished the sentence. I didn't bother taking my clothes off before I phased just inside the forest cover. Quil and Paul were the only thoughts I could hear and they were yelling at each other.
'Hold her Paul! Grab her tail or something…' – Quil
'Dude, she acting like she can't even hear. Sam? You comin?' – Paul
'Five minutes. Give me five and I'll be right there.' The unthinkable had happened and now my imprint is a fellow wolf. I pushed myself feeling my legs starting to burn with the intensity. Trees flew by and animals stop in their tracks. Soon, I was in range to hear growls and whimpers. I didn't recognize one of the growls and knew that it was Bella.
When I finally reached the spot where they were fighting, all I saw was fur and broken bodies. Quil and Paul both in human form, pulling apart their shorts and shirts trying to make bandages to stop the bleeding. Paul was the first to speak.
"She phased Sam. I've never seen something that white before. We tried holding her back and howling to you for backup. She completely freaked out and took off running north. We couldn't even read her mind and by the way she was acing, she couldn't her us either." He finished by lowering his head and showing me his neck. All I could do was snarl and start running. I had to find her…
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