Chapter 11

"You did WHAT?"

Sam couldn't look his fiancée in the eye even if his life depended on it, wincing at the rise in her voice. "Emily, you have to understand…"

"Understand? Understand what, Samuel?" She rarely used to his name, only when deeply angry with him, and this was definitely one of those moments. "Understand the fact that you basically banned Jake away from his family? Understand the fact that you can't see true love even if it bit you in the ass? Understand that fact that I don't even know the man standing in front of me because of how cruel and manipulative you're being? No, you're right I don't understand and I never will."

"Emily…" Sam couldn't believe how she was reacting, hating that she was angry at him. He could feel every ounce of pain and anger seeping from her pores. "Please…"

"No, don't you dare do that! Do you DARE even THINK about begging my forgiveness, Samuel Uley! How dare you treat Jacob like a common piece of trash when HE'S supposed to be the true alpha of the pack! Is that what you can't stand? The fact that his ancestry puts him above you?" Emily could feel the tears sting her eyes, her heart breaking into pieces for Jacob. "Is that why you're treating him this way, is it really about him imprinting on Isabella Swan's half sister? Or are you just jealous and bitter that you'll never be the TRUE alpha?"

"That's really low, Emily…" Sam growled, not believing the words that were coming out of her mouth, eyes narrowing. "You know I don't mind it a damn bit that Jake is supposed to be the true alpha."

Emily snorted, folding her arms in front of her chest. "You can bullshit a lot of people in this world, Samuel, but I'm your imprint and I know everything you're thinking and feeling. You are jealous of Jacob Black and you always have been because of who his grandfather is." She knew she was right, especially when Sam lowered his gaze from hers, which was the first sign that she was on the right track. "

"What makes you think you know anything, Emily?" Sam snarled, feeling the fire shooting down his spine, trying to fight it off the best he could.

He remembered the last time he'd lost his temper around Emily, which is why she was permanently scarred. Three huge claw marks marred the right side of her beautiful face and it was all because of Sam losing his temper. She'd stuck by his side, assuring him she still loved and wanted him, that she knew he would never hurt her intentionally. Sam was the luckiest man alive and hated fighting with his imprint and future wife, but right now, all he wanted to do was rip her apart for the things she said.

"I don't know everything, but I do know you, Samuel. I know everything about you. I know when you're upset because I can feel it. I know when you're happy, when you're upset, when you're about to phase. I know what you're feeling every second of the day because I feel it too!" Emily wiped her tears away, wrapping her arms around herself. "And I can feel the hatred you feel towards me right now. That's okay because I hate you too for what you did to Jake."

Sam gritted his teeth, fire flashing through his dark eyes. "Since you're so damn worried about Jacob, why don't you go fuck him instead of me?" He suggested coldly, causing Emily's eyes to nearly shoot out of their sockets, a hand flying to cover her mouth.

"What?" Emily was having trouble breathing, her voice a mere whisper as she practically gasped that one word out, feeling her heart shattering in her chest. "You think I…How could you even think…" She could not form the words because the shock was too much, the shards of her heart floating to the pit of her stomach.

"Good, maybe you'll stop running that mouth of yours and start using it for more pleasurable things." Sam licked his lips lewdly at her, Emily instantly feeling the chunks rising in her throat.

"That's what you think of me? You think I'd do something like that after the horrible things you just said?" Emily didn't know who this man was standing in front of her, but it definitely wasn't the Sam she fell in love with. "I think of Jacob Black as a son along with the others…we're a family and you completely destroyed it because of your jealousy." She wasn't yelling any longer, not having the strength for it, and backed up when Sam came toward her.

"Family?" Sam echoed, snorting from low in his throat. "You think this is about family? Have you completely lost your mind? Jacob put us all through HELL over Bella Swan and now you want us to be HAPPY for him for imprinting on her half sister? She's going to break his heart just like she did and cause him even MORE pain, Emily! I'm trying to protect him from that!"

"By banning his imprint from La Push? You know damn well how much it hurts and kills one of you when you can't be near your imprint!" Emily shouted, refusing to back down from him, squaring her shoulders as more tears fell. "What if it was us, Samuel? What if Jacob was alpha and he banned me from La Push? What if it was US? Because you know as well as I do that he'll never come to La Push if he can't be with her. He'll choose her over the pack and everything else!"

Sam shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, acting as if he didn't care. "Then that's the way it's supposed to be. I don't care if she's his imprint or not…"

Emily's eyebrows furrowed together, wondering what he meant by that. "Wait a minute, what do you mean if she's his imprint or not?" Now she was more confused than ever, leaning against the counter, her hands pressed against it. "You think Jake is lying to you?"

"Why else would I ban her from the rez, Emily?" His voice had grown softer, arms folded in front of his chest, still very angry by their explosion. "I think he's just using her to get over her sister. I don't think he imprinted and neither do the others."

"What makes you think you get to decide that, Samuel?" Emily's voice had grown cold again, pushing away from the counter, needing something to drink. "I love you, but you really need to get your head out of your ass. You're wrong on this. Jake did imprint, he wouldn't lie about something like that."

"How the hell do you know that?" Sam growled, not believing she was defending Jacob this much, his muscles tensed.

"Because of the look in his eyes when he told me a few weeks ago." Emily said softly, soft brown eyes locked with his. "He had the same look in his eyes as you did when you first told me about imprinting on me. Selene Swan is his soul mate, Sam, and what you did is cold, cruel and unforgiving."

Sam grunted with a roll of his eyes at her dramatics, trying not to let the pain in her voice bother him. "So protecting my pack and the tribe is cold, cruel and unforgiving?" He shrugged, tossing his hands up in the air, completely giving up. "If that's what it takes to protect the people I love…"

"So Jake means absolutely nothing to you?"

"Jake made his own bed and now he's going to lie in it. I didn't ban him from the rez, Emily! I didn't ban him from his home because I don't have that right! But I DO have a right to ban any paleface that poses a threat to us! I'm not changing my mind about this!" Sam shouted, his stubbornness shining through fully, not caring if she was upset with him or not. She'd get over it in a week or two and everything would go back to the way it was.

"Then until you do, I never want to see you again." Emily watched him freeze in his tracks as he stalked toward the door, her arms folded in front of her chest.

"What?" Sam felt like the wind was knocked from him when she said that, blinking, seeing the pure seriousness in her eyes. "Emily…"

"If you're going to treat one of us like this, then I don't want to be with you. I refuse to marry a cold-hearted monster." Emily slipped her engagement ring off of her finger, which was a single diamond ring set on a silver band, tossing it on the floor at his feet. "Until you come to your senses, the engagement and what we have is over."

Sam could not believe what he was hearing, feeling his own heart shatter in his chest, swallowing past the lump in his throat. He didn't even know what to say or think right now, slowly bending down almost in a zombie state to pick up the ring, staring at it completely heartbroken. He loved Emily with everything inside of him and knew they did belong together.

She was tossing away everything they worked so hard for because he was trying to protect the reservation and Jacob. Didn't she realize he was doing the right thing, that this Selene Swan was simply being used? It wasn't fair to Selene; hadn't she been used enough? Sam knew all about what happened to her at the Forks High School homecoming, having seen the visions in Jacob's mind when they were both phased.

He just didn't want anyone to get hurt and ended up hurting himself.

"Emily, I love you…" Sam's voice sounded completely broken, tears actually stinging his eyes, all of the anger flooding from his body.

"I love you too and I wish you were my old Sam again." Emily blinked as huge tears flowed down her face, her voice cracking under pressure, chest constricting tightly. This was her house, not theirs; Sam hadn't moved in yet because they were waiting until after the wedding…after they were officially one.

It would never happen now.

The last image Emily saw was Sam running out of the house as fast as his legs could carry him, leaping into the air and phased into a pure black wolf. Emily's legs crumbled beneath her as she collapsed by the door, her hand pressing against the broken screen door, tears streaming down her face like two rapid non-stopping rivers. Her heart was dying because she had called things off with Sam, hoping to make him see the error of his ways.

"No…" She whispered painfully, lowering her head, angry at herself for thinking a happily ever after would commence between them. "Sam…"

Sam raced as fast as he could through the woods, knocking down trees left and right because of how angry he was. Emily had called things off because he was trying to protect everyone on the reservation, especially Jacob. How the hell was he supposed to tell the others that his imprint wanted nothing to do with him? That he'd lost the best thing that ever happened to him because of Jacob Black?

What's going on, Sam? Paul demanded, running up alongside the alpha, his silverish gray fur dancing in the moonlight. Sam…

I don't want to talk about it, Paul. Sam growled, the pain radiating from every part of his body, trying not to think about it, but all that raced through his mind was Emily's words.

Paul was silent as he listened to every one of Sam's thoughts, replaying the fight in his head, and closed his eyes momentarily. Emily had called off the engagement because of what Sam did to Jacob. Didn't she realize that Jacob couldn't handle being hurt again by another Swan? Sam was just trying to help him and ended up paying for it by losing the love of his life.

I'm sorry, Sam… Paul honestly didn't know what to say, what to think, wishing there was some way to convince Emily that Sam was doing the right thing.

I'll get over it. He replied gruffly, knowing he was lying through his muzzle, but right now all Sam wanted to do was run and hunt down bloodsuckers. Paul, if you're going to patrol with me then keep your thoughts to yourself about her.

Nodding silently, Paul kept following Sam, not thinking anything as they proceeded to patrol. He already knew Jacob was in La Push, he hadn't come back to the reservation in a week, the second longest time Jacob had been away from them. He was choosing a paleface over his family, what a joke. Paul snorted as he began running, ending up tackling a deer, ripping its throat out as blood sprayed everywhere.

He just needed a distraction and raw meat did that, made him cold and numb, devoid of any emotion. Sam watched as Paul demolished the animal and joined in, suddenly thirsting for the animal's blood, knowing they were no better than the Cullen's. They drank animal blood to survive, yet the wolves were doing it simply to let out anger and aggression. They tore the animal limb by limb, tossing bones against the trees, leaving indents in them.

When they were finished, Sam and Paul continued patrolling, ending up at the south end of Forks. Through the trees, Paul could see different people walking and talking, some kissing their loved ones, others crying over broken hearts. He stopped in his tracks, his paws feeling as though they were cemented to the forest ground. His eyes pierced through the thick trees, having excellent vision, and watched, feeling every part of his body come nearly undone.

She sat on a nearby bench with a book in her hand, reading the words through her black rimmed glasses, her black hair pulled back in two chopsticks. Even from this distance away, Paul could clearly see the color of her midnight blue eyes, which sparkled when she read something she apparently liked in the book. All thoughts of Sam and Emily vanished into thin air as Paul slowly started moving himself closer to the tree line, knowing there was no way he could show himself.

He had to get closer to her though, feeling his world spinning off its axel, his entire universe disappearing from view except her. Paul felt his mouth suddenly go dry, the fire within his body igniting with different emotions. She was his entire world; nothing else mattered to Paul and knew he was in deep trouble.

Sam had disappeared and Paul knew he had to get back, slowly backing away from the tree line, thoughts of Rachel entering his mind. He'd been having somewhat of a fling with her, but knew deep down Rachel didn't feel anything for him. Paul didn't either, especially now that he'd just…he couldn't even think about what just happened and raced off, already feeling the pull toward the girl on the bench.

A paleface.