Chapter Seven

Jake's POV

The second I saw Collin start to shake, I pulled him outside. The last thing we needed was for him to phase in front of all these people, especially since he was standing so close to Max's sister.

Seth and Embry followed behind me, flanking my sides as Collin continued to shake. We were in the woods before any of the guests would have had the chance to see us.

Collin's fur erupted from his skin and in a split second, the giant brown wolf was facing me.

"Jake, calm him down." Seth advised. "You're his Alpha so he has to listen to you." Embry nodded in agreement and I sighed

"You guys so owe me. This is my wedding day!" I complained as I started stripping. Its not like the other guys hadn't already seen everything so I didn't bother to cover myself.

As soon as my clothes were a safe distance away from me (Alice would kill me if I ruined her tux), I phased and let the werewolf genes take over. I was on four legs in no time.

Got to go help Ella. She needs me. She doesn't love him. Got to go help Ella…Collin's thoughts looped back around for a good minute before I had to put a stop to this. I had seen more images of their five minute encounter than I probably should in a lifetime.

Calm down. Ella is fine. She's with Max, Fang, and Nessie right now. I said in a stern voice, not wanting to go full Alpha if I didn't have to.

Is Ryan still with her? Collin whined in my head and I had to laugh. I'm so glad Nessie never showed any guys attention before we officially got together, I would probably kill the boys who tried.

See? Even you would have killed them! Collin argued and my mind filled with a dozen images of Ryan lying dead on the floor. He doesn't treat her right! Let me tell her. I have to tell her that she's meant for me. Please Jake?

You want to tell her about imprinting and werewolves on her first day here? I asked and he nodded despite my sarcastic logic.

I'm sorry Collin, but you are not allowed to tell her until the reception is over. I commanded and he whimpered under the authority. I will not have you ruining the weddings.

We both phased back and I was glad to see that Seth had run inside to fetch a new outfit for Collin from Alice. The psychic always knew which wolf would show up naked and had a steady amount of clothes ready for us.

I put on my tux again, leaving the bowtie undone and just loosely hanging around the collar. I didn't have time to fix it because I needed to see my Nessie.

The four of us walked into the house and went to find our imprints. Seth spotted Angel walking around with Nudge; Embry saw Leah chatting it up with Sue; and Collin and I walked back to where Max, Fang, Nessie, and Ella were.

I couldn't see that Ryan kid anywhere but what I did see made my heart soar. Nessie was looking at me with lust driven eyes and I had to nearly do a double take. This was new.

You look so hot. You know that, right? She sent to me with her power and I gulped.

Nessie wasn't the only one who was happy to see her wolf. Ella's entire face lit up in a smile when she spotted Collin. His was just as welcoming and I had to give him a glare so he would remember what I ordered him.

He stopped a foot short of Ella and she frowned. It took Collin half a second to realize what his imprint wanted and he stepped closer to her. She wrapped her tiny (compared to him) arms around his waist and he breathed in her scent. That last part was a werewolf thing.

They continued to hug, neither one of them wanting to let go, when we heard a gasp from behind us. I turned to see that Ryan kid and Dr. Martinez staring at the two with wide eyes. Well, Dr. Martinez's were wide, Ryan's were angry.

"I leave you alone for two minutes and you're all over this guy?" Ryan seethed, pointing an angry finger at Ella. "What kind of girl are you? I thought you were this sweet, innocent girl but now I can see that you're nothing more than a slu-"

Collin growled, pushing Ella behind him protectively as he advanced towards Ryan. "Don't you even finish that sentence, boy, or I'll rip you a new one! If I hear you say one bad thing about Ella, I swear I'll kill you." He threatened and Ryan gulped nervously.

"She's my girlfriend!" Ryan stated when Collin turned back around. Just like a coward to only make an advance when the enemy has his back towards you.

"Was." Ella spoke up from behind Collin's tall frame. She stuck her head around his muscled arm and frowned. "I'm sorry, Ry, but my mom was right about you. You're nothing but rude to me and I'm sorry its taken me this long to realize that."

"But…you can't break up with me!" Ryan said, reaching forward and grabbing Ella's arm possessively.

Collin didn't even hesitate, the second Ryan touched Ella, he pulled back his arm and hit Ryan square in the jaw. The entire room silenced (besides the humans who couldn't hear the crack) and all eyes were on our little group.

"Touch her again." Collin growled, his body starting to shake again. Before I could pull him out of the way, Ella reached her hands around and placed them on either side of his face.

"Shh. Calm down, it'll be okay. He won't do anything to me, I promise." Ella said soothingly. "His bark is worse than his bite." She said jokingly and the werewolves and vampires in the room had trouble hiding their laughter.

Collin stopped shaking and Dr. Martinez looked at the two of them and then Ryan laying on the floor clutching his jaw. "Can someone please explain this?" She asked, gesturing towards the three of them.

"Later, Mom." Max said, glancing at Alice for the cue. "But right now, I think its time to get this party started!"