.::The only exception::.
Leah x Alice
Thanks for the reviews and other support guys! I'm glad this story is getting this much feedback given it's a resubmission. For those of you who read it when it was posted on here before, the next chapter will be changed a lot compared to the original. I feel like I had the relationship grow too quickly before the girls before... But I have an idea of how I will change it this time around. Thank you again and I hope you enjoy this chapter. Sorry if there are mistakes on storyline/characters. I didn't read the last book and I haven't really been into these characters for a while, gotta get back into the feel of things for them.
Alice and Rosalie sat in the meadow, conversing casually in the fading light of the twilight that surrounded them. "It royally ticks me off that Edward had us come sit out here, he and Jasper keep trying to shield me or something. I can take care of myself..." She grumbled, her mouth drawn into a cute pout, Rosalie shook her head.
"I know what you mean, Emmett is being the same way. Though he also said he pities any newborn who fucks with me." She added, a dreamy tone coming into her voice as she thought of her lover. Alice scoffed, her amber eyes focused on the shifting clouds above them.
"Hey Rose, what's it like... Having someone like Emmett?" She asked softly, Rose raised her head off of her arms slightly to glance at the pixie's face.
"What? Where did that come from Al...?" She asked in a soft, worried voice. Alice just shook her head, her eyes closing as she sat up.
"It's just that... I don't know... I get kind of lonely, I mean, I know Jasper cares for me but for the short time he and I were together it didn't feel right." She said, her expression wistful. "I guess I just envy you guys, what you have. You and Emmett are so happy, and so are Bella and Edward... And we all know how happy Esme and Carlisle are. I feel bad for Jazz but I can't..."
Rosalie shook her head, "Shhh, Al, it's okay. You'll find someone someday, and so will Jasper. You guys are great, just... Not so great for each other." She said with a smile, Alice was about to say something when the two of them jumped. A loud panicked howl erupted from the woods nearby, followed by a sharp yelp. The two vampires jumped to their feet, their eyes turning black as they sniffed the air for any sign of who was about to appear in the clearing.
"Do you smell that?" Rosalie hissed, her brow furrowed. Alice nodded as she licked her lips in excitement, with no Jasper or Edward here she was finally guaranteed a little of the action.
"Wolf blood, it smells... Different though." She said thoughtfully as she took a stance, just then there was a loud crash and yelp as a fairly large grey wolf was sent flying into the clearing. It landed with a loud, sickening thud.
Emerging from the destroyed foliage was the man that Alice had sketched not long before, her jaw set tight as the two of them locked eyes.
"Riley..." She muttered, Rosalie glanced at her in surprise but before the blonde could do anything else the pixie was off, her figure a mere blur against the scenery.
"Alice wait up!" Rosalie cried, chasing after her sister.
Riley snarled as Alice approached and tried to land a back hand strike on the smaller vampire. But she was too fast for him, screaming in rage the newborn glared at her as she landed a few feet away. Using her forefinger to give him the 'come-hither' motion, hissing he charged her only to be kicked to the gut by Rosalie who then elbowed him in the back of the head dropping him to the ground in a heap.
Alice winked at Rosalie but scoffed at the same time, "I lined that one right up for you," she said with a smirk. Rose shrugged her shoulders as Riley struggled to his feet, he chuckled deeply as the crack along the right side of his face began to fuse back together.
"You may have stopped me for today... But we'll tear you apart." He growled out before fleeing back into the woods, Alice moved as if to follow him but Rosalie caught her arm.
"Wait, we shouldn't follow until the others arrive... We don't know how many there are yet. Especially since you're visions have been acting up, not to mention..." She dropped off glancing back towards where the wolf had landed. Alice huffed but nodded, knowing that Rosalie was right. Had the others just come along they would have been able to snip the bud before it blossomed into a full blown army.
The two vampires made their way back over to the injured wolf but to their surprise she'd reverted back to her human form, taking off her small outer vest Alice motioned for Rosalie to do the same with her button up sweater. The blonde grumbled but slowly took it off, glaring at the naked wolf at their feet.
"That's classy, run around with all your hairy junk hanging out just to change back completely nude. What animals..." She muttered as she helped Alice get the make shift outfit onto the injured girl, they gently placed the vest on her upper body and did what they could to tie the sweater around her hips to conceal her lower body.
Alice felt odd as she dressed the wolf, the woman had beautiful soft copper skin that looked absolutely gorgeous against the white sweater from Rosalie. She followed the soft curve of the girl's legs up to the apex of her thighs and gulped, her skin looked so soft, so warm, so... Kissable. The other thing that she was noticing was that the wolf's scent didn't burn her nose like the males did. Her scent was softer, sweeter and was actually inducing a pretty shocking result.
Rosalie glanced over at her, a perfectly sculpted blonde brow arching. "Alice... Are you...?"
"Alice, Rosalie, what happened here?" Carlisle cried from the opposite end of the clearing, Alice jumped up quickly leaving a dumbfounded Rosalie with the unconscious wolf.
"We found this wolf being chased by one of Victoria's vampires, his name is Riley. He's one of the ones I've seen her training in my visions... He's not bad for a newborn." She said in a semi worried tone, Carlisle glanced over towards Rosalie.
"Which wolf was it?" He asked calmly, Alice shook her head.
"Uh... I don't know her name, fido?" The blonde growled in an unamused tone, Carlisle shook his head at her reaction.
"It must be Leah, she's the only female of the clan," He said as he made his way over to the fallen wolf, Alice in tow. "How is she?" He asked Rosalie who was still giving Alice an odd look.
"She's alright, healing already... Most of the blood is from when she was first injured..."
Carlisle crouched down and began to inspect the injuries, he grinned slightly. "How fascinating to watch the skin mend like this..."
Rosalie stood up, completely uninterested in what her father was saying. She instead was searching Alice's eyes but the pixie wasn't biting, she was too fixed on Carlise and Leah.
Rosalie shook her head and headed over to the others, specifically Emmett who took her up in a huge hug. He showered her with kisses as he questioned her about what had happened. As she retold the events to Emmett and Esme, Bella and Edward headed over to see Alice and Carlisle. Bella gasped as she saw what state Leah was in, Edward just watched apathetically as his father cleaned the blood from the young woman's face.
"Leah!" Seth cried as he ran out into the clearing followed by Jake and Sam, the men were sweating and panting.
"What happened to her?" Sam growled, Alice stepped forward much to Jake and Sam's displeasure.
"She was chased here by Riley, one of Victoria's vampires. He'd already beaten her up pretty badly by the time they got here... We stepped in and chased him off." She said, her hands on her hips. Jake's lip twitched as he fought back the urge to snarl at the little pixie, Sam glared at him.
"Calm yourself and gather the others over there, I must talk with Carlisle for a bit." He said firmly, Jake scowled at him momentarily before shooting a rather disgusted glare at Alice as he turned on his heel.
"C'mon Seth, you can see her later."
The younger boy glanced at his sister worriedly before following Jacob to join the rest of the pack. Alice watched as Carlisle and Sam walked a distance away, the two were talking even too quietly for her to over hear.
She glanced down as Leah stirred, her eyes fluttering open and her face tightening into a grimace. "Ow... Where am I?" She mumbled, Bella knelt down next to her smiling softly.
"You're in the meadow where we hold our training sessions... Don't move around too much, okay? My friend's didn't really have the proper clothing for you..." She said trying to carefully help Leah sit up, the wolf glanced at her new attire.
"Yeah, well, that's obvious..." She muttered as she tried to keep the sweater from exposing too much of her crotch, Alice couldn't help but follow the movement of her hands as she did so. Biting her lower lip the vampire forced her eyes away, turning her attention to the now inky black sky.
'It's going to be a long, long night...' She thought as she gazed at the stars twinkling above her.
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Leah sat watching her pack from the soft grass, at that moment all she wanted was to hold Seth close but it was obvious that she wasn't wanted over with them at the moment. Jacob had been glaring at her since she'd woken up, his entire body stiff and serious.
Heaving a sigh she glanced over towards Alice, her heart sinking in her chest. The pixie was having what appeared to be an extremely pleasant chat with the blonde vampire she'd been sparring with the other night.
They seemed to be old lovers the way they talked and looked at one another, her heart sunk even further and she swallowed hard as she began to literally feel ill. Trying to distract herself, the wolf looked to the only person she felt even the slightest bit comfort with at the moment, Bella.
"What are those two talking about?" Leah asked, nodding her head towards Carlisle and Sam, the brunette shook her head with a small frown.
"I honestly have no idea, maybe Edward does... Babe, what're they saying?" She asked but Edward merely shook his head.
"Carlisle didn't want me to listen in and if you can't hear Sam then I'm guessing we're all out of the loop." He answered, sending a frown of his own Leah's way. The wolf bit her lip and got up with barely any difficulty, the Cullens watched curiously as she limped her way forward towards her pack.
Jacob let out a low warning growl as she approached but the young woman ignored him, "Seth? Can you come here?" She yelled over the chatter, a dark head popped up amongst the pack and the boy quickly ran over and into her arms.
"Leah! I heard what happened, are you alright?" He asked his eyes scanning what he could see of his sister in the dark, she nodded. Making sure that the sweater was adjusted to cover as it was intended to.
"Don't worry, the pale faces had me resting over there." Leah said ruffling his hair with a smile, "I missed you kid, I'm glad you're okay too." She said with a smile, he grinned back up at her, his teeth a glow with the light from the moon.
"Alright Seth, that's enough. Get back to the pack." Jake bit out between clenched teeth, Leah turned on her eyes narrowed.
"What the hell is your problem, Jacob?"
"You're my problem, you and that filthy vampire bitch that you've been daydreaming about." He spat out, Seth cringed and backed away but Leah remained firmly planted to the ground. Even when Jake moved closer, his breath filling her senses as the two glared at each other, nose to nose.
"I can't help that... And you know it." The young woman growled, she could feel the hairs rising on the back of her neck. The Cullens were still watching curiously and bringing even more heat to Leah's cheeks.
"Leave it to the woman to imprint on the enemy." He sneered, Leah let out a loud roar. Her claws forming quickly before she slapped him hard across the face, sending him reeling.
He remained bent over for a second, his hand raising up to his cheek before he looked up, his eyes dark and feral. Leah took a step backwards, her natural submission to her superior kicking in. Before the woman could even blink Jake was on top of her, pummeling her relentlessly with his huge fists.
Everything happened so fast, even with her heightened senses Leah still could not follow the quick assault from her enraged leader. She could barely make out the commotion erupting all around them as both the pack and the Cullens jumped to their feet.
She could feel Jake's fists stop their assault as he was hauled off of of her and then all she heard was her breathing and heart... The pounding and panting as she stared up into the night sky, suddenly Bella was there helping the other woman to her feet. And the red headed woman approached with some kind of cloth, she began to gently wipe the wolf's face clean.
Sam and Carlisle returned, their faces grim. Sam was glaring daggers at Jacob but he kept his cool.
Carlisle cleared his throat addressing both groups, "Sam and I have decided that we're going to train our groups separately for a little longer before we try this again. We will however be keeping in contact with each other everyday in the event that anything changes with Victoria and her army... And we'll also be taking Leah with us." He finished, Leah gaped at him. Was he insane?
A wolf living amongst a clan of vampires? Vegetarian or not, she was a predator made to hunt them. Every fiber of her being said that a vampire was the enemy and on instinct alone she would want to eradicate every last one of them.
Jacob laughed scornfully at the shocked look on the woman's face, "Hah, at least now the whore can get what she wants."
"Jacob, shut the fuck up." Sam spat out, his temper on the verge of it's breaking point. Jake glared at him and clamped his mouth shut, Leah glanced towards Seth who seemed to be on the verge of tears.
"Seth... I'll come see you, I promise..." She whispered, knowing that he could hear her even with the distance that separated them.
Leah glanced towards the Cullens, Edward, Esme, Carlisle and Bella seemed okay with the arrangements but the others looked wary... Alice looked wary. The wolf hung her head feeling defeated, she knew why Sam was doing this and why Carlisle had agreed.
Gulping down the butterflies that had settled in her stomach, the young woman looked up at Sam and he nodded, understanding that I was thanking him for this opportunity. With that her alpha turned and faced the pack.
"Let's go." He growled, they nodded and disappeared into the shadows of the forest.
Part of her longed to go with them and another part, was excited... To be going home with the Cullens, to be going home with her.