Chapter 13 - The Fight

Indigo eyes looked at the three stone diamond ring on her left ring finger. The sparkle that was there before still remained and continued to sparkle and shine even in the candlelight that bounced off the bedroom walls.

Soft lips made their way around her bare shoulders as warm hands slid around her body pulling her back against his chest. "You know every time I look at you and we aren't busy doing something, I catch you staring at that ring. What gives?"

Nyla smirked as she craned her neck around to look at Paul. "Maybe I'm just fascinated with how fast it made a re-appearance in my life after being gone for so long. I like that it still has the same feeling, like it was always supposed to be there."

Paul's warm lips kissed along the bare skin of the side of her neck. "So, Mrs. Redson, when do you think we should tell the others we got married a week ago?"

Nyla laughed as she snuggled deeper into his arms as he continued his assault on her sensitive neck. "I can't believe we've managed to hide from the whole damn pack, including imprints and my brothers for a whole damn week. How the hell is that possible?"

Paul chuckled against her skin. "I told Sam I needed some time off from patrol and work so I could help you. He knows it was basically a mutual thing. We needed to help each other heal, whether it be physically, mentally or emotionally. I think we've done a pretty good job and now we deserve a nap."

Nyla laughed harder. "Mr. Redson we've been napping for the last seven days. Not to mention other things." Nyla gave her naked rear-end a wiggle which was firmly against Paul's naked pelvis; as his arms tightened around her even more.

Paul growled against her neck. "Oh believe me I don't need a re-cap of what we've been doing. I have an excellent memory, Mrs. Redson. Not to mention if we're trying to put a bun in the oven we have to practice our baking first."

Nyla couldn't stop the giggles as she smacked one of Paul's hands. "Wow you have really great pillow talk baby. That was so not romantic on so many levels."

Paul's laugh filled the bedroom and bounced off the walls as he watched his wife leave the bed, but not before swinging her pillow at him and smacking him in the face with it. Paul fell back against the mattress dramatically. "You've wounded my pride." Came his muffled voice from under the pillow.

"That's not all I'm going to wound if you don't get that cute little tanned ass of yours out of bed and come shower with me so we can meet everyone at Sam and Emily's." Nyla snapped as she walked by Paul's side of the bed and tweaked his nipple.

Paul growled audibly as he jumped up, wrapping his arms around Nyla and falling back into bed. Nyla let out a squeak because clearly she wasn't expecting it; and then also let out a 'oomph' as she landed on his chest.

"Oh My God! Paul Redson! Don't you ever do that again! You scared me half to death." Nyla couldn't help but emphasize every word with a smack to his chest or arm.

Paul chuckled deeply. He knew she knew those smacks weren't bothering him a bit. Her hand was going to be red and sore, but to him it felt like a mosquito. Paul caught her hand on the last swung she took at him and gently rubbed his thumbs in little circles around her palm. He brought her hand to his lips as he placed kisses all over it. "No more hitting. You're only hurting yourself."

"Okay fine...no more hitting." Nyla smiled slyly as her free hand slid down and she pinched the bare skin of Paul's love handle and couldn't help laughing as he yelped out. Nyla suddenly found herself laying on the bed instead of on Paul and he was hovering over her.

Paul leaned over and kissed her soundly on the lips, gently growling against them. "You do NOT play fair!"

"Never said I did." Nyla quipped.

Paul smirked as he stood and grabbed her hands pulling her from the bed and sweeping her off her feet to go shower.

An hour later, Paul and Nyla walked into Sam and Emily's. Nyla laughed as Milo ran over and launched himself into Paul's arms. Paul chuckled as he squatted down and caught the toddler. Paul stood up as he tickled Milo's tummy with his finger tips. "Hey buddy!"

Emily walked around the hallway corner into the kitchen and stopped in her tracks as she giggled. "There he is. Sam was trying to give him his bath so we could put him down for the night and he took off when Sam turned the water on."

The next person to round the corner was Sam. He couldn't help but let out a few chuckles as he saw Milo clutching onto Paul. Sam walked over as Paul held out the squirming toddler and Sam took him from his pack brother. Paul and Nyla laughed as Milo squealed out while reached out for Paul again.

Emily shook her head. "He really hates to be clean. I don't understand it. It must be a boy thing."

Paul chuckled. "I don't remember having that issue when I was a boy but you'd have to ask my mother. She would be the only one to know."

About thirty minutes after Nyla and Paul arrived at Sam and Emily's the rest of the pack filed into the house with their imprints. Those who'd had kids left them with their grandparents or sitters. Calvin, Collin and Brady were the first three to grab Nyla into bear hugs. The second two were Leah and Seth both also exchanging hugs with Nyla.

Calvin scoffed. "So where the fuck have you two been exactly? Ya'll have been M.I.A. for a week now, which isn't like either of you. What suddenly you're both too good for the pack now?"

Nyla rolled her eyes. "Sure Calvin. That must be it right?"

Kim was wrapped in Jared's arms with her protruding football sized belly as she saw something sparkle in the kitchen light and she let out a loud gasp. "Nyla you want to explain to me what that is on you're very important ring finger?"

Nyla giggled as she held up her left hand, now that Kim had gotten everyone's attention by blurting out that question in front of the whole pack. "Oh you mean this? It has a quite good explanation."

Kim huffed as she planted her hands on her hips and squinted her eyes at Nyla and Paul both. "Well get to explaining woman! I think everyone here is curious to know the story."

A round of 'Yea's' echoed through the house as they all confirmed they too wanted to know, not just Kim.

"Well you see...A week ago, Paul took me on an adventure. He blindfolded me and put me in his truck and decided we needed to go on a drive. I wasn't allowed to see where to, but I had faith in him. I trusted him just like I always have. He took care of me while I was hurting and all through the whole ordeal with mom. And though we had our ups and downs, we are finally exactly where we both want to be right now." Nyla explained as all eyes were on the both of them.

Kim pointed her finger at them. "That didn't explain a damn thing woman! What the hell is going on with you two?"

"Paul took me to Port Angeles and we...Well..We got married. Sub sequentially we haven't left the house or the bed in seven days I thought it was time to put our extra circular activities on hold and let the rest of our friends and family know." Nyla finished with a smile.

"YOU WHAT?" Calvin's voice boomed through the small house.

"Uh oh I was afraid this was going to happen." Paul slightly whispered in Nyla's ear as his arm tighten around her waist. "I'm going to step outside with your brothers and have a word with them. You stay here and don't even think about coming out there." He placed a soft kiss on her temple as he released his grip on her and walked out the door as Nyla's three brothers and the rest of the pack members -with the exception of Leah- followed outside to the back yard.

Nyla looked at Leah as she placed her hands on her hips. "And why aren't you going? You've been in the pack as long as the rest of them."

Leah giggled. She actually downright giggled; as her face flushed a nice crimson color under her naturally tan skin. "Well I'm actually more part of the girl pack now." She could see the questioning looks being thrown her way by all the women in the room. "I'm pregnant finally."

Leah had stopped phasing after her and Embry were married, but she had been having a hard time getting pregnant because when she first started phasing all those years ago, her periods stopped. No one knew why, it just did. Leah was suddenly surrounded by more estrogen filled tears and hugs along with Nyla who was standing next to her. All the girls were wishing the cousins well on the marriage and the pregnancy.

Nyla's head snapped to the side when she suddenly heard growled and snapping. "Oh God..." She turned and jogged outside as she stood on the porch and was nearly forced into a state of shock as she watched Calvin, Collin and Brady as they attacked Paul while they were all in wolf form. She knew they wouldn't kill him, but they were out to hurt him and that she could not have.

"STOP IT! STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" Nyla yelled out, but her cries fell on deaf ears.

Paul who was laying on the ground with Calvin on top of him as they snapped and nipped at each other violently. Before Paul had even a second to recover Collin was the next to jump on him, and before long Brady was next. Paul was putting up a hell of a fight, but once he fell on the ground and had stopped fighting back, whether it be because he had no more fight in him or was too hurt to fight back, Nyla didn't care she had to help him.

Nyla jogged off the porch and went to walk towards the four wolves when someone grabbed the hood of her sweatshirt and when she looked back, Jared's muzzle had a hold of her hood, preventing her from getting any closer.

The look in his eyes begged her not to get any closer.