Chapter 4 – Hurt Not Dead

Saying 'Hi' was the easiest way to start their conversation. They knew they needed to talk about what happened and this was the beginning of it. Paul stood staring in Nyla's indigo eyes; as she nodded at him; he quirked his head to the right. She stood and walked down the hallway. A hand came out and grabbed her by the upper arm gently and pulled her into a room, the door closing and locking behind her as she was pulled against a warm body and enveloped into even warmer arms.

Nyla couldn't help letting out a shaky breath as she wrapped her arms around the warm torso that was against her own. She rested her forehead against the bare chest that was eye level with her. She could feel his warm lips as they pressed into the top of her head.

"I know you lied to me three years ago. I know the words you said were hateful because you needed me to believe them. But what I really need to know is why you lied to me. we've known each other so long and you've never lied to me. I knew when you looked in my eyes and said I wasn't worth it I knew you had your reasons and if I really wasn't worth it you wouldn't have lied to...I don't know protect me or for whatever your reasons were. But I really need to know." Nyla's voice was softly begging Paul for the truth.

Paul frowned as he softly kissed the top of her head. "I know I lied." He swallowed hard. "Every word that came out of my mouth was a lie and you're right, I had to lie in such away you would believe it. Even though I know you didn't believe it, you just pretended to make me think you really believed the words. And I know as hard as it was for you to walk away that, that was what I wanted you to do and you complied. Granted I wish you hadn't left La Push, but I think it was what was best for you at the time."

Paul watched as Nyla lifted her head and looked up locking eyes with him. Paul cupped her cheeks as his thumbs gently swept under her eyes and then one thumb went down and softly brushed across her bottom lip. "Still so beautiful." Paul lips murmured softly.

Paul watched as tears slowly leaked out of Nyla's beautiful blue eyes. The same eyes he was so addicted to when they were just first dating all those years prior to this moment. His thumbs brushed away her tears or tried to but more just appeared. Paul pressed his lips to Nyla's forehead, then pecked the tip of her nose, brushed his lips to both of her cheeks, and even her chin. His lips finally captured her lips.

The tongue's dueled together as their hands grasped every possible place they could to relieve the ache they each felt. the ache was lessening with their lips attached to each others. Paul's hands slid down Nyla's curvy body as he gripped the back of her thighs and lifted her, he couldn't help chuckling when she squeaked against his lips out of surprise.

Nyla's back was pushed against the door as her long legs wrapped around his waist. Nyla felt Paul's lips leave her as they traveled down her neck and throat. "God this is so-so wrong." Nyla moaned. "But it feels so right."

"Yes...Yes it does." Paul mumbled against the bare skin of her neck. Paul kissed back up as he captured her lips again.

Paul pulled away from her lips as they were both panting trying to catch their breath. Paul lowered his head. "Shit." He couldn't help cussing. A few more cuss words came from his mouth as he buried his face in her neck, his arms tightening around her.

Nyla finally heard the wolf that was howling outside. Her arms wrapped around him as her fingers went through his hair.

"I have to go." His voice was strained as he carefully set her on her feet in front of him.

"I know. You're pack brothers need you." She state softly after hearing the wolf howl again.

"PAUL C'MON!" Jared's muffled shout came from the kitchen.

"Yea! I'll be right there!" Paul called after Jared.

Nyla pushed him towards the door, but Paul had a hold of her hand. "You need to go Paul. You can't leave them to fight without you."

"You'll still be here when I get back right? Promise me." Paul couldn't break the eye lock he had with Nyla as he watched her nod.

"I promise. My brothers would kill me if I went anywhere unprotected." Nyla watched as Paul leaned over and kissed her forehead softly, before he opened the door and took off with the rest of his brothers.

Nyla looked around and was suddenly aware they'd been in the bathroom the whole time. Damn it bathrooms always had great acoustics everyone could probably hear them making out. Nyla felt her face flame red with embarrassment. She splashed a little cold water on her face to get her blush to ease up a little as she patted it dry. Her lips were nicely swollen from Paul's intense kisses. Not that she was complaining at all. What was there to complain about? The man who was missing in her life had returned. Well technically she'd returned but who was keeping track.

Nyla walked out of the bathroom and into the kitchen as Kim laughed. "Well you two disappeared fast. Get any actually talking done?"

Nyla couldn't stop the blush that overtook her cheeks. "I'm not sure talking was what we really did. I mean there was a little conversation included in what we were doing. But I'm sure the major convo will be held when the guys aren't all going vampire hunting crazy."

The girls all nodded in agreement.

Naturally as always Brady and Seth were left behind to guard the imprints; being as they were still the youngest.

Most of the imprints were sporadically throughout the house. Kim and Nyla were in the kitchen, Alexia and Emily had gone to bed early, because the babies were super active without Sam and Jake around. Claire was Quil's imprint and she was also sleeping. She was in her senior year of high school. Quil was excited for her to be finished already. Calvin, Collin and Brady's imprints, Shannon, Christina, and LeAnn were all at work, but due to show up at any time. Brady would leave Seth for 20 minutes it took him 10 to get to the diner they worked at and then would run along watching them for the 10 minute drive either home or to Sam and Emily's.

Nyla knew Brady had just left not more than five minutes ago as she and Kim giggled in the kitchen. Kim's parents had Marie for the next two weeks when they went to see her grandparents in Utah. A complete quiet came over the entire house. IT was almost like the calm before the storm.

"Did you lure those stupid mutts the wrong way?" The blood red eyes looked around shifty making sure the cost was completely clear.

"Of course; it was easy, they just followed my scent. So what's the plan?"

"Were going to go in and send a message to those filthy beasts. That if we can get to their mates now; that we can get to them any damn time we want too."

"Any stipulations?"

"Don't kill any of them…Only hurt; and don't touch any of the ones that are pregnant. Wait what did you do with the sandy colored one?"

"No worries he's going to be out for a while." They cackled as they descended upon the quiet house in La Push.

"You two don't fuck this up. Remember I want them hurt not dead."

Before Nyla and Kim could even make a move to run, they were both grabbed by two guys who were clearly vampires. They both tried to struggle against the two intruders in the house. Silent tears leaked out of Kim's eyes when she felt her attacker grab her hand and twist her left arm around and behind her back as his big hand was wrapped around her neck holding her still, he pushed the front of her body into a wall as he liked her ear and talked shit about the wolves in her ear.

The attacker who had Nyla gripped her throat so she couldn't scream or barely breathe. His other arm was wrapped around her ribcage.

"I can hear those filthy mutts starting to howl closer to this shack. We need to hurry up and do what we came to do and get the hell out of here. I sure as hell don't feel like being ripped apart tonight."

"I fully agree."

Kim cried out when the vampire shoved her left arm higher up her back, forcing her shoulder to dislocate, along with her elbow and broke her wrist. After which he squeezed her throat until she passed out an dropped her lifeless body on the floor.

Nyla squirmed to try and get herself free from the vampire who had her, but it was no use, he started squeezing her until she felt at least a couple of her ribs crack and a couple of them actually broke. Tears began to slide down her cheeks. As the vampire choked her out as well, leaving her on the floor next to Kim.

The two vampires took off like thieves in the night and the idiotic wolves would never be the wiser as to who they were or who sent them.