Temper, Temper – Chapter Thirty Four: Monstosity

It had been roughly a week since the wedding, and everyone in the pack seemed to spend that week waiting with bated breath for the return of the abnormal couple. Jacob was obviously the first to race over to the Cullen's place and see what was going on, but none of the others knew that.

Alex was laying on the furthest grassy cliff edge of the Quileute territory when she heard the howl, it resonated throughout the trees and grass before Jacob mentally entered her head with his confused thoughts. Images of Bella, the human Bella, flickered in his mind for Alex to spectate to; she was on a sofa when the blanket covering her fell to the floor, and Bella's swollen stomach was revealed. Where whatever species a human and vampire produced together was growing inside her.

It was confusing enough if Alex were to be just seeing it on her own, but with Jake's and the rest of the pack's emotions now filtering through her, Alex found it near impossible to get her own thoughts clear.

Everyone was chasing Jacob now, trying to get him to stop so they could talk in pack formation. Alex curled her legs underneath her and sprang forward till she was a blur on the La Push scenery, everyone met on the end of the beach at near the exact same time. While everyone shouted their opinions, Alex remained silent.

'It's unnatural' Leah shouted

'Dangerous' Jared added

'Monstrosity' Alex was surprised to hear the normally placid Quil spitting out with scorn.

'An abomination' Paul added with a snarl

'On our land' Quil continued.

Everyone was getting angry now, shouting 'We can't allow it' as they circled Jake, trying to get more answers from him. Sam caught everyone's attention then,

'We have to protect the tribe, what they've bred won't be able to control it's thirst, every human will be in danger.'

Leah with her usual attitude jumped in, at the same time so did Jared,

'We're ready'

'No time to waste'

'We must destroy it before it's born' Sam said with a definite tone, Seth's shock was resonated in Alex's thoughts, and mirrored her own.

'Kill Bella?' He asked, stepping forward at Jacob's side.

Alex didn't like where this was going, and she was proven right as soon as Jacob began to question Sam, the alpha's tone took on the double tone, planning out the plan of attack tonight while countering Jake's argument.

The power of Sam's true alpha tone was felt in all the wolves, but it was strange, and Alex watched on with captivity as Jacob made his decision and fought the bonds, proclaiming his heritage and finally breaking away from the Quileute pack. As he made his choice, Alex felt his thoughts disappear and as it did, her heart plucked in an odd way. Jacob, the friendly, polite, goofball Alex had come to call brother, had left the pack. Left his family.

Seth watched as the lone wolf disappeared, Alex did as well.

'We can't kill Bella' Seth said softly,

'She's carrying vampire spawn!' Embry yelled loudly, bridling his shoulders and breathing deeply as he got more and more worked up. Seth began to pace a little, before he said firmly,

'I'm not going to kill a human'

As soon as he spoke the words, Alex felt the same pluck at her heart again and, just like Jake's, Seth's voice was lost as he mirrored steps the wolf before him took. Up the grassy, rock covered mountain and over the hill, out of La Push.

Alex trotted forward after him but stopped as she got to the bottom of the hill, craning her neck up she tried to catch a glimpse of the closest friend she'd made in the pack. Chaos was now growing, worming its way into the pack as the remaining wolves began to shout and yell out their points of view.

'We've lost the element of surprise, we can't attack tonight' Sam said with force as he bared his teeth and jumped off the pile of farmed logs and into the group. Paul and Jared began to strategize until Quil spoke up a question loudly,

'Where's Leah?' He asked

Alex searched the werewolf bonds for her temperamental enemy, but she wasn't there. Now Leah had left the pack, that was three of the pack members gone, mutinied against their own Captain. As Sam realised this he howled, loudly, the sound swarmed through the trees and rustled the ferns before it died down and Sam began to think up a whirlwind.

A whirlwind was best for describing Alex's thoughts as well as she tried to piece together what was happening. So far the pack was split, there was no way Sam could even consider attacking the Cullen home tonight, they'd be outnumbered. Could the wolves she had only just known really go through with that though? Kill a human because of the fact her child was an uncertain threat to the community.

Suddenly Paul's body lashed around as he caught on to Alex's thoughts, his jaw was right against Alex's face, growling and baring his teeth at her menacingly. Alex lowered herself to the floor with her own teeth bared, listening to Paul as he began the tirade.

'You agree with them? You want to wait until that thing has killed Bella itself and starts sucking everyone in town dry so you can feel better?' He asked, his temper getting the best of him. Alex remained quiet, but started to back up as the other wolves turned around and were facing her.

'It's our job to protect the people' Quil said, getting on his moral high ground for the second time during the meeting. Alex jumped forward and snapped at him,

'Bella is a person!'

Paul countered her again, snapping his own jaws together, 'But the thing inside of her is n-'

'It's a baby Paul! A baby, and you don't have the right to decide that it's a danger before you even know what it is' Alex was getting angry herself now, knowing that her opinion was the most rational, she wasn't going to be beat down. Until Sam interrupted,

'But I do' The baritone was back in his voice and Alex felt her legs began to inch closer to the floor as Sam neared her. Paul barred his way though, not allowing Sam to get near her, not when his canines were bared like that.

'You're my imprint, you can't turn your back on this for the sake of a human with a death wish and the leech spawn' Paul remained firm on his argument.

'You can't expect me to fight for something I don't believe in Paul'

'I don't expect you to turn your back on your family, and on me' He quickly spat out, Alex took another step backwards until she felt the hard wood of the stack of logs barring her way hit the backs of her legs.

'I don't want to but you're giving me no choice' Alex said desperately, her voice straining as the tension was reaching the boiling point. Paul lashed forward and grabbed her neck firmly, making Alex wrench away from him and launch up the mountain herself.

'Remember who the enemy is' Alex's voice choked as she uttered the parting words, turning herself away from the silver wolf who began to make his way up the hill after her and making herself the fourth wolf to turn away from the Quileute tribe.

As she pelted for the Cullen home, the familiar pang in her heart happened, but this time it was as though an unseen hand was holding the muscle in a vice grip, squeezing and twisting it painfully. The sound of her departure was haunted by another wolf's howl, only this one made Alex's eyes water as she tripped over herself on the path, repeating over and over again,

'I've done the right thing'