Chapter 14 - Fixing Paul

Nyla frowned as she looked back at Paul who wasn't moving and then her eyes locked with Jared's again as she reached down and unzipped the sweatshirt and freed herself from it, leaving it hanging from Jared's mouth. "I'm sorry Jared...I can't just let him lay there. And you know Kim wouldn't just let you lay there."

Nyla jogged over and somehow made it past Sam as she slid to a halt and hit her knees next to Paul's body. Her hands were shaky as she reached out to touch the side of his fur covered face. Tears were already sliding down her cheeks silently, Paul leaned into her softest of touches and his tongue came out and softly licked at her hand. Blood was matting his fur in several places around his neck area.

A few minutes later and everyone had phased back with the exception of Paul. Jared walked over and handed her sweatshirt back to her. "I know You wouldn't leave him and I know Kim wouldn't either. But I have to protect you from them first. Had they started to roll in any direction they could've crushed you or even hurt you seriously. Than Paul would've killed me for letting you get hurt."

Nyla took the sweat shirt as she ripped into a few large pieces as she pressed them to some of the open wounds on Paul's neck, she heard him whimper and let out a soft whine.

Sam walked over and squatted down and looked at the wounds. They weren't healing, they must've been deeper than normal. He looked up at Jake. "Call Dr. Cullen, those wounds aren't healing fast enough and he's losing a lot of blood." Jake nodded as pulled his cell phone out and walked away to make the call.

Nyla looked up at Calvin, Collin and Brady they all had guilty looks on their faces. "Get out of my sight all three of you."

Calvin scowled. "What did you expect to happen Nyla? He broke your heart almost four years ago and now you come walking in here and tell us you got married a week ago at that...did you think we were really going to be okay with that?"

Nyla stood up her hands were clenched into tiny fists by her side. "I expected my family would be HAPPY for me. I expected my brothers to embrace the fact that I was able to work things out with the man who imprinted on me and I wouldn't be so fuckin miserable anymore. But you just couldn't do it could you? You had to show that once you united you three could take Paul down. Well I guess it's really fuckin easy to take down a wolf the size of a horse when there's three other wolves just as big attacking you for no fuckin reason."

Nyla shook her head as more tears slide down her cheeks. "I can't believe you guys. HE IS MY HUSBAND! The father of my future children. The first time I've been truly happy in four years and you three had to go and ruin it, in fifteen minutes. Just go get your imprints and leave. I really don't want to see any of you for a while. And I damn sure don't want you around me if you can't except him as my husband."

Nyla knelt back down by Paul as more tears cascaded down her cheeks. Her hands gently stroked down Paul's fur covered side as she continued to hold the pieces of ripped sweatshirt tightly against the wounds hoping to slow the bleeding. "It's okay...You're going to be okay. I promise. Dr. Cullen is on his way."

Every time she would put a little pressure on the wounds Paul would yelp or whimper. Honestly he was trying to keep his audible whimpers, whines and yelps to a minimum he didn't want Nyla worrying about him anymore than she already was. The pain was truly unbearable and he hadn't felt pain like this since Nyla had left. Her soft murmuring and stroking his fur had brought a nice calming feeling across him, it didn't dull the pain any, but it did calm him.

Dr. Cullen arrive within twenty minutes as he knelt down in front of Paul and noticed Nyla was doing her best not to completely lose it. The rest of the pack with their imprints were standing by trying to offer as much help as possible. Dr. Cullen pulled the first ripped material up and noticed the wounds were not huge but they were extremely deep. He was able to stitch them up while Paul was still in wolf form. It took a good hour to stitch them all up.

Dr. Cullen got to Paul's mouth and was suddenly aware that Paul's jaw had been not only dislocated on the left right but broken on the right as well. "I'm going to have to reset his left side and then have Paul phase back into his human form and then wire his jaw shut to heal it faster. Normally a broken Jaw takes five to ten weeks to heal, but with their advance healing it shouldn't take no more than two or three weeks. So clearly he won't be eat solid foods. If he can stand the taste you can always blend it and he can drink it with a straw." Dr. Cullen explained thoroughly.

Jared guided Nyla away from Paul's prone body and had her stand with Kim, everyone was being careful because when Dr. Cullen reset the left side Paul might snap out as a reflex and no one wanted Nyla to get hurt. Especially Paul.

Nyla cringed as she watched Dr. Cullen snap the left side of his jaw back in place, his back legs kicked out and he dug his front claws into the earth below him, trying not to lash out at Dr. Cullen.

Dr. Cullen steadied Paul on the ground. "Listen Paul I made the stitches small, and your left said jaw is back in place, but I need you to phase back and I have to wire your top and bottom jaws together so the fracture will heal properly." Paul's huge wolf head nodded in full understanding.

Emily had grabbed a pair of shorts for Paul and laid them by him. The imprints all turned around to give Paul his privacy. As soon as Paul had re-phased and pulled his shorts on the first person he was met with was Nyla. Paul immediately pulled her into his arms as he kissed the top of her head softly. "I'm okay Nyla. I promise." He mumbled through clenched teeth. His jaw felt like it was on fire and he tried to not move it too much.

Paul pulled back as he cupped her face and ran his thumbs under her eyes to stop her tears. He leaned down and kissed her lips softly. She buried her face in his neck and he could feel her body shaking against his, which gave him an understanding on how scared she was for him when her brothers attacked him. Paul ran his hands up and down her back slowly trying to get her to calm down.

When Paul got her calmed, everyone went back inside the house as Paul sat down at the kitchen table and stayed patient and calm as Dr. Cullen wired his jaw shut. The wounds around the stitches were finally starting to heal a little and Nyla sat watching with an almost permanent frown on her face.

Once Dr. Cullen had finished getting his whole jaw wired he double checked the stitches and nodded. "Okay I'll be back in a couple of days to remove the stitches and I'll check on the healing off your jaw. It may actually heal faster than I anticipated; but well have to just wait and see. You won't be able to phase with your mouth wired. The wires would prevent your jaws from expanding into your wolf jaws."

Nyla and Paul both thanked Dr. Cullen before he left as Paul pulled Nyla to sit in his lap. Sam cleared his throat and brought the attention of the entire pack back to him. "Paul since you won't be much help to us on patrol I'm extending your leave until Dr. Cullen releases you. Which means we're all going to have to cover his shifts."

Everyone nodded in understanding. La Push still had to be protected. There was still three bat-shit crazy vampires on the loose and they needed to be stopped at all cost.

Paul looked at his pack brothers. "Anyone who covers my shift once I'm medically cleared I will re-pay for their lost time." The guys in the pack all nodded.

Paul and Nyla finally headed home once they said their good-byes to everyone.

Nyla crushed a pain pill for Paul and mixed it some orange juice and walked into the bedroom where Paul was laying across the bed making a face. "I'm so sorry about everything. I can't believe they did this to you."

Paul took the glass from her hand and set it on the nightstand as he sat up and pulled her between his legs onto the bed. "Listen there is nothing that they did to me that won't heal given a little time. None of this was your fault. I should've known your brothers were not going to be pleased about us springing this on them. Especially not after the way I left things when you first leaf La Push. This was my punishment and I had to take it like a man. It was my own stupid fault for not coming clean in the first place four years ago."

"Your injuries could've been worse Paul. They are my brothers, they know how miserable I've been. All I wanted was for them to just be happy. And they couldn't even do that."

Paul cupped her cheek. "Well don't be too mad at them or try to hold a grudge too long. They are the only other family you've got left. Well besides me. And you already know I'm not going anywhere. I love you and I married you because I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I don't give a damn what anyone else says or thinks. This is our marriage not theirs."

Nyla nodded. Paul was right. This was their marriage not anyone else's. Paul had more than made up for the past mistakes. Now it was time for them to start their future together.