Jared:

"How long have you known?" I asked quietly, unsure of what else to say. This will kill Bella when she finds out.

"Since she was born" he replied with sadness clear in his voice "I never treated her any different, I still love her so much and she'll always be my baby girl but it's heartbreaking knowing she's not mine"

It shook me deeply to see the Chief, a man I deeply respected, to show so much emotion. I didn't know how to comfort him with something like this. I knew I'd have to tell Paul but I didn't want Bella pissed off that we knew before her.

"Do you know for sure they're her parents? Both of them?"

"Yep, when me and Renee adopted her she had a birth certificate and DNA test results in an envelope"

"Fuck! Do they know that Bella is theirs?"

He shook his head sadly "No, they think she's in Arizona because the adoption agency told them that's where they were sending her"

"Why did they give her up? I mean they already had Leah?" I questioned in a hard tone.

"I'm not sure you wanna know the answer to that Jared" he said pulling in to the station parking lot.

"Try me Chief"

"Okay but just bear in mind this was a long time ago?" he requested and I nodded for him to continue.

"Well obviously Sue and Harry had been together for a long time. They were so happy when they had Leah and desperately wanted another. They tried for three years with no success when they got checked out. The doctor mentioned that Harry had a low sperm count and that it wasn't impossible for Harry to have more children but they were extremely lucky to have one. They Sue became pregnant again and they were ecstatic, that is until Bells came along or Kiari as they were hoping to call her. To everyones shock Bells was white, the palest thing you ever saw with big brown eyes and thick brown hair. Harry accused Sue for cheating and they went on a break until they could work it out. The Elders found out about Bella being white and threatened to banish them for breeding outside the gene pool as it were. The only alternative they had was to give her up for adoption. Sue and Harry were not proud of their choice but they looked more at how Leah's life would be growing up. Then me and Renee were adopting and they called us to let us know that a couple had put up a baby for adoption in the surrounding area. Then the rest is history. I didn't want to upset Harry and Sue by telling them so they still don't know my Bells is their Kiari"

By the end of the Chiefs speech I was furious that our Tribe would do that to a child "Sorry Chief but I gotta go"

"Jared?" he called out shakily.

"Please don't tell her, it should be my place" and with that sentiment I was quickly in the forest and furry, sprinting in the direction of Sams.

Paul:

I stretched lazily in bed, reluctant to end one of the best nights sleep I'd had in ages. I immediately opened my eyes when I realized Bella wasn't in the bed. I began to feel slight anxiety that I did when she wasn't here. I got up, listening for heartbeats but there was none. The house way empty.

I wasn't surprised that Sam and Jared weren't there, they were at work. I padded through to the kitchen to find the coffee machine freshly brewed and leftover lasagna in the microwave with a note from Bella saying she didn't wanna wake me and she's gone to patrol with the guys.

I set the microwave off and poured myself a coffee with a big smile on my face. God I love that girl ! I put down my cup as the microwave beeped and not a second later I was crippled with an onslaught of emotions I couldn't even begin to decipher. The only thing I was certain of was that Bella was definitely in trouble.

I bolted from Sam's kitchen, passing Emily who was coming home from the market.

"What's the rush Paul?" she asked, eying me wearily.

"Bella!" was all I got out before I was in the forest and wolfed out.

As soon as I phased in I could hear only Jared and Bella. Jared clearly trying to calm her down about something and she was beyond hysterical.

'Breathe button, I'm so sorry! You weren't meant to find out this way' – Jared

I bolted in the direction of the pull, keeping low key in the hopes of finding out what was wrong before I got there because I was pretty sure if I saw her upset I'd be ripping someone apart.

I felt them both phase out and I pushed myself faster until I could hear Bella sobbing her heart out and Jared desperately wanting to talk to her. What the fuck is going on here?! I phased back and pulled on my shorts before emerging from the trees to find Bella huddled up with her back pressed against a boulder and Jared crouched in front of her. I got closer and Bella spotted me launching herself at me. The heart ache in the air was thick but the reasoning wasn't clear.

I pulled her tight to me "Hey hey sweetheart. What's going on?"

Jared answered before she could "Maybe you should phase and see from me so she doesn't have to go through it again"

"No! Don't leave me !" she cried out clinging to me.

"It's okay baby, we'll stay right here where we can see you" Jared replied carefully before stripping and phasing with me following not long behind.

I didn't say anything when suddenly a conversation was playing between Charlie and Jared and I did not see that coming. Charlie wasn't Bella's dad. She was a Clearwater?

Fuck!

I phased back tugging my shorts on before sitting down and pulling Bella in to my lap. I rocked her gently whilst Jared spoke to her in a quiet tone.

"Shh Bells, don't cry. Your daddy still loves you I promised. He's coming over for dinner tonight so you can ask him about it then huh?"

"I'm scared" she whimpered and I had to admit, I hated seeing her like this. Anything I could do I would.

"I know Princess but you have us and we'll be right here helping you along. Plus you're gonna have a brother and a sister" I tried to placate her.

We suddenly hear a loud howl and a rustling of the bushes to find Sam in front of us.

"We gotta go guys, the Clearwaters have phased…BOTH of them" he stressed before taking off.

Oh Fuck !