Just a quickie, next chapter up soon!

The run back was swift and quiet, Swarhi cradled in Jonty's arms as he ran as a human, feet barely touching the forest floor. The pack ran with him, some whining when Swarhi's pain shot through them at odd intervals. Leah scouted ahead and led them to the reservation without being seen, Sam remarkably stayed quiet as she took over his leadership and was waiting for them at the back of Emily's house, door already pushed open and a frantic Emily waiting.

"Do you need a doctor?" she asked as Jonty went past her heading to the bedroom, Leah on his heels

"Not a human one" Jonty replied laying Swarhi out on the bed. Leah lifted the bag with her teeth and gave it to him then stepped back as he began to go through it with a practiced speed.

"What about Dr Cullen? Couldn't he help?" Emily continued, jumping at Leah's suddenly growl.

"It was a Cullen that did this" Sam said, walking into the room in his human form. Emily's eyes widened

"What...how?"

"Edward. Seems they don't take kindly to our new guests." Jacob said as Jonty pulled a small clear medicine bottle from the bag along with a stethoscope and put it to in his ears, listening first to Swarhi's heart, then to her bump. Swarhi's eyes remained clenched shut, teeth biting her bottom lip to stop her crying out. Suddenly her hand grabbed Jonty's wrist and he froze as he listened, she guiding his hand to the dark skirt of her dress and pressed it against the fabric. It came away lightly covered in blood, and Emily gasped.

"What do we do?" Sam asked

"You need a doctor!" Jacob cried

"I need you to get help." Jonty said calmly, wiping his hand and pulling a syringe from the bag. He was solely concentrated on his work and appeared to be talking to them as an afterthought "I need you to run true north and find Mari's pack. Tell them what happened and make sure they send someone. Quickly."

"But-" Sam started

"But nothing." Jonty continued in the same tone that didn't convey the tension in the room. The syringe was now filled with liquid and he injected it into Swarhi's arm. "I need you to go now. I am trying my best but need a medic"

"Then how can you-"

"I'm trained as a paramedic. Now."

Sam turned to Jacob and Leah.

"You two, go." It stung with an Alpha command and Leah ran out with Jacob shortly behind, phasing as he ran out the door after her. The rest of the pack watched them go in confusion, until their dark shapes vanished amongst the trees.

"They're going to get reinforcements"

"What?"

"Reinforcements. They're heading directly towards the northern pack." Edward reiterated as he was sat on the sofa, Bella on his right watching him through wide eyes. He had returned bruised and battered, bronze hair in disarray and a wild scared look in his eyes. It had taken Carlisle and Bella time to calm him down enough to understand what had happened, and he could hear them mulling it over in their heads as they hung around the living room. He had kept tabs on the wolf pack once he'd regained his senses, and felt them return to the reservation then Leah and Jacob leave. It was only when they skirted the edge of the territory that he picked up on Jacob's thoughts and discovered they were heading north to get to the other pack.

"He's excited" Jasper drawled quietly

"He's never met other werewolves before, what do you expect?" Rosalie hissed as she passed, she had been stalking round the room ever since Edward had returned, something had rubbed her the wrong way; Edward could hear her thoughts churning with mixed emotions, she alone seemed to be confused by the situation. Why couldn't she grasp that the wolves were planning an attack against them? He asked this out loud.

"Because a lot of this wouldn't make sense!" Rosalie retorted "Why would they bring down only two werewolves and one being pregnant to start a war?"

"Maybe they're scouts?" Bella put forward

"But why use someone of diminished speed and endurance?" Rosalie continued

"If you're upset because she's pregnant-"

"It's not about the fact that she's pregnant!" She shot "believe it or not I can distance myself from the fact I can't have children! I'd had just a few years to deal with it. What I'm saying is you're too clouded by your paranoia to see that things don't add up!"

"Theres more to it than that..." Edward said quietly

"Then please enlighten us!" Rosalie said dramatically, sitting down hard on the sofa. Emmet silently slid over to his wife and put an arm round her shoulders, whether to comfort or restrain her he was unsure.

"When she...fell, I could see into her mind."

"You couldn't before?" Jasper asked, Edward shook his head

"They these incredibly have strong barriers, and they're teaching them to the pack. What I saw was that she was some sort of connection-"

"A what?" Edward shot an irritated look to his blond sister and continued

"-between werewolf packs. Her and her husband, this 'Jonathan Mayweather', have been to about a hundred different packs, all over the world. Each time they go they link the packs up, and, it's like..." Edward didn't have the words, and he tried to gesture with his hands "it's like she's some sort of higher-Alpha, other Alphas do what she says automatically. I can't explain it. She links them. Purposefully."

"So who is she? Why haven't we heard about her before?" Jasper asked

"They keep a low profile, Tanya mentioned them once in passing, that she'd heard about a massacre of a werewolf tribe where only a couple survived who had then gone on the run to Europe, but thats all I know. The rest is from her head."

"What a lovely way of putting it." Rosalie sneered "So what's her name?"

"Swarhi. Swarhianna Hollowfern."

"I agree with Edward." The family looked up to see Carlisle stood above them, leaning on the banister of the stairs. "I think that these two appearing now are the start of some sort of war. And I think we should start to prepare for the inevitable."

What do you think they'll be like? Leah mused as they ran, following Jacob's normal route

Mari's Pack?

Yeah

I dunno, bigger than ours probably. Led by a female too... At thisLeah went quiet for a moment. Jacob couldn't feel her thoughts, just a slight burbling, indistinguishable from the sound of passing scenery. What are you thinking?

That it would be amazing if there were other females, I mean, Swarhi could have just been a one off, but-wait. Can you smell that? Jacob nodded

I remember from Jonty's memories, thats the scent of Mari's pack. We're getting close.

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