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A/N: Okay, so, I want to thank all my reviewers for all their help in giving me ideas and telling me what they think of it. THANK YOU!!
Fire.
Burning.
Want.
Need.
Those four words repeated themselves over and over again as I kissed Jacob. He didn't respond at first and then he did. And when he did…
Fire.
Burning.
Want.
Need.
"JACOB!" I heard a male's voice shout and then Jacob was ripped away from me and I groaned in frustration. I crossed my arms and glared at Sam.
"What do you want, Sam?" Jacob snapped, keeping his eyes on me. I chewed my lower lip, looking down at the ground. My face burned red.
"What are you thinking?!" he shouted and I rolled my eyes, throwing my arms up in the air.
"I kissed him, Sam!" I exclaimed, my hands tightening into fists and my body began to shake. I felt a warm hand on my arm but couldn't take my eyes off of Jacob and Sam.
"Bella, Bella, Bella, come on, now. It's okay. You're fine," Seth coached, whispering into my ear. I shivered and finally let my eyes trail over to Seth's face, taking a deep breath.
"What's the problem, Sam?" Jacob questioned, eyeing Seth.
"I told her she could. I told her to," Seth piped up and Sam shook his head.
"Did you ever think about what the power of the imprint will do?" Sam asked and we all exchanged glances, confused. The whole pack had shushed and was now listening to what had just happened.
"What are you talking about?" I asked and Sam sighed. Bliss came over and wrapped her arms around my waist and then exchanged a silent conversation with Seth but I didn't know what they were saying. She turned to look at Sam, standing next to me. Luna came and stood next to her, Embry next to her, Quil next to her, and it went on until it became a circle of the pack.
"Nature has decided Bella and Seth to be together. To love, to breed, to die together. Nature. And nature always wins. You can't just hop off and be with someone else, Bella. Even if you give permission, Seth. You two are meant to be together," Sam told us.
"How would you know that? It's not in any of the stories," Jacob pointed out. I heard a grunt from beside Seth and I turned to see Leah.
"Would you like to tell it, Leah?" Sam questioned and Leah rolled her eyes, crossing her arms and making a gagging noise.
"Get real," she snarled and Sam sighed. I held Bliss' hand and I noticed she held Luna's and Luna held Embry's. That was where the handholding stopped.
"Well, Pack, when I first imprinted on Emily, I didn't want to believe it. I wanted to run from it. Leah and I… we were so in love. We matched so perfectly and everything fit together… Until I saw Emily," he started.
"Don't get me wrong, I love Emily. But… I didn't want to at first. At first, I just wanted Leah but I couldn't get away from the pain Emily caused me due to the imprint. I tried to love Leah. I tried as hard as I could but it ripped me up inside. I couldn't be with Leah without Emily appearing in all my thoughts.
"One day, I decided to try to ignore Emily all together while I was with Leah. For a few moments, it was simple. So easy. But then… the burning started. I didn't think the burning was all that bad, maybe just a lot of passion. And then the headache hit me. Like a hammer smashing into my head. I tried to ignore it still and it made me tense up. My hands tightened around Leah and I nearly killed her because I, myself, was being torn apart on the inside.
"Leah was in the hospital four a week, as you all know, and we told you that she was attacked by an animal. That was definitely a lie but I couldn't tell you the truth. Not even Emily knows this whole story due to me being selfish…
"Leah? Please… please forgive me for that. I wish I could've controlled it back then, before all this happened," Sam finished up and I heard a sniffle and then looked over to see big, tough Leah crying. "Bella, Jacob… I'm sorry. But it will kill both of you in the end and that will end up killing Seth."
We all stayed pretty quiet and slowly left the circle. Sam and Leah went off on a walk down the beach. My heart hurt so badly and I could tell Jacob felt the same way. I slowly wandered up to him, leaving Seth and Bliss and Luna and Embry. I wrapped my arms around him. He grunted and I dropped my arms, staring up at his pained expression.
"You knew, didn't you? You just wanted to cause me more pain… why?" he asked as he began to shake and I growled.
"You think I'd actually do that?!" I screamed but I barely had the sentence out before my clothing blew out on every side of me and I let out an ear-piercing howl. There was a snarl in front of me and I opened my eyes to see my favorite russet red wolf. I snarled and he took a snap at my leg, making me jump back.
"Bella!" Seth yelled.
"Seth! Leave them be! Don't!" Bliss begged and just as I turned to look she gripped his arm, pulling him to her. I turned my giant head to look back at Jacob and he took another snap at me.
Bella: So, now you want to fight?