I still do not own the characters in this story, Stephanie Meyer does. Leah will be with Sam in this story, i want her to be happy, Emily is nice, but she got to be with Sam in the books and movies. In this story she will be with someone else. As we can see things never go as planned. Thanks to everyone that has read and reviewed, and as I have said before, whether you review or not, it is still appreciated. hugzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Carpathian Wolf

Chapter Three

A Wolf Does What He Has To

I drove out to a secluded woody area. After parking, I got out and walked deep into the woods and undressed, folding my clothes neatly, I left it at the foot of a tree and let the change overtake me. After centuries of doing this, it comes easily.

Being in my wolf form, to be able to forget the stress and worries of my human half, without causing danger to others, to run, live, feed as a wolf is usually a very freeing, exhilarating feeling, but not today. Today, I am trying to get into the mind of evil, willingly opening myself to the sickness that Edward, my once comrade, had become.

I run into the deepest part of the woods here and lay down. I opened my mind and waited, I sat there for about an hour and was about to give up.

Well Jacob, I am glad to see you have come to join in my little game - Edward. Then he laughed evilly.

This is no game Edward; you have brought shame upon your house and our people. Why not give yourself up; you know eventually that we will catch you. – Jacob.

You're amusing brother. Give myself up, then what? We both know it is too late to save me, my soul is lost. You will have no choice but to end my life, until then I am having too much fun to give up now. – Edward

Fun Edward? You are hunting the very people you swore to protect and if that's not enough, you are hunting your own kind, your brothers. – Jacob

Brothers? That is rather amusing, I am sure I am not thought of in that way, not anymore, not for over a century, and as for the humans, they are weak and pitiful, they deserve to die. – Edward

You really have sunk lower than the last time I spoke to you. You're already standing at the gates of hell, you just need a little help to journey through it. – Jacob

Is that a threat? Will your hand be the one to give me that last shove?- Edward

No not a threat, it's a promise, whether by my hand or that of one of my brothers, your time of preying on the weak is at an end. – Jacob

I started thinking of Bella, without meaning to, when it hit me again that she is in danger now, especially with her being my one. I realized what I had done when I heard him chuckle.

I see you have found your one finally Jacob. I suggest you keep her close. We don't want anything to accidentally happen to her. – Edward

I could almost see him grinning.

If you dare to threaten my mate, or put a finger on her, I will make sure, when I catch you, that your death is long and very painful, lasting over one thousands years! – Jacob

I felt when his mind left mine. The sick things I saw there, the things he would like to do to my mate, set a fear in me that I hadn't felt before. I needed to hurry and get back to the office, to Bella. I hope she goes along with the plan of working from my home, because if she doesn't, I will be left with no choice but to take her there by any means necessary.

Rushing back to where I left my clothes, I quickly phased back and dressed. Running to my car and jumping in, I quickly started it and took off, praying she is still at the office, that nothing came up where she had to leave, for any reason.

I was back at the office in less than an hour, I would have been here sooner if it wasn't for the stupid traffic. Parking my SUV, not bothering to lock it or set the alarm, I definitely had no patience for the elevators, instead I took the stairs that led to my office.

As soon as my feet hit the first steps, I got a strange feeling that she wouldn't be there. With every step up those stairs, with every beat of my immortal heart, I prayed I was wrong. On reaching my office, I tried to calm down and look natural, with my heart in my throat I opened the inner door that led to where her desk should be, and was proven right.

She wasn't there!

I moved quickly to Sam's office, which is located next door to mine and stormed in.

"Where is she is? I asked him angrily

"I'm assuming you're talking about Bella."

What is wrong with him? Who else would I be talking about? Why is he so calm?

"You know I am. Now where is she?!"

Instead of answering he walked by me to check for his self and I followed behind.

"I don't understand this." He said, sounding very confused. "She was here, not more than five minutes ago, she even agreed to have lunch with us." he stopped and shook his head. "I should have suspected this."

"What do you mean by that Sam?" I asked him with a feeling of dread.

"She did seem a little shook up and skittish. I'm sorry Jacob, I should of kept a better eye on her." sounding regretful

"Don't worry about it now, we'll discuss it later. You said she was here up until five minutes ago, so she could not have gotten far," I said as I made my way out the office and down the hall to stairs that led to the employees parking. I did not have to look to know that Sam was right behind me.

We ran down the stairs , her scent hit me as soon as I opened the door to the parking garage and followed it. I saw her just as she was making her way to a white Toyota.

"Bella!" I called to her

She turned around quickly, eyes wide as if caught doing something illegal. She seemed shaky.

"Going somewhere?" I asked her while slowly walking towards her. I did not want to scare her.

"I just needed to..Check..something." she answered nervously

"Without telling anyone?"

I kept walking towards her. I would take one-step towards her, she would take two steps back, until she backed up against her car and had nowhere else to go. I stood right in front of her and she looked up at me with fear. I felt sad that she feared me, but I had to do what I had to.

I took her hands in mine and I could feel it shaking. I rubbed the pulse point of her hand with the tip of my thumb, to soothe her. Knowing Sam was standing behind me; I looked over my shoulder and asked him to excuse me for ten minutes. As soon as he left, I turned back to Bella.

I looked deep in her eyes and put my other hand around her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Bella, I wanted to take this slow, give you time to get to know me, to woo you the way you deserve, but to keep you safe, I have to do this."

I could tell the calmness I was forcing on her was working. It was evident in her voice when she asked.

"Sorry about what?"

I picked her up, and sat on the hood of the car with her on my lap facing me, never breaking eye contact with her.

"Sorry about this." I said quietly at her ear.

Leaning over I suckled the sensitive area between her neck and shoulder, until she was panting in my arms, her face resting on my chest. I gentle scraped the pulse point with my teeth to prepare it and her. One hand slid down to cup her behind, enjoying the feel of her curves; the other held her to me in a hard grip around her back. I had to concentrate not to dig my claw in and knead the lush behind that filled my hand.

I pushed between her legs with my knee, until she was practically ridding my thigh. With a growl, I bit down, drawing blood and injecting her with the enzyme that would eventually change her, marking her for eternity as mine. My chest quieted her cry, feeling her shivers I realized she was climaxing from the affects of the bite and the mingling of our essence.

I sealed the wound with the lick of my tongue. When we finally mate, and she ingest a small amount of my blood I will be able to track her anywhere, if she has an aversion to blood, I will have to put her under a trance at that point, but not during the real mating. I wanted her to be aware of everything we did.

With my mark on her, and her release, some of the stress and worry left me.

She is truly mine now!

I have put her in a deep sleep; it will last a few hours. Long enough for me to get her safely to our home, yes our home, without too much of a fuss. Though I hated that I had to claim her this way, and I know she will be angry when she finally awakes. I can deal with her angry, not her death. For if she dies, I will surely follow.

I heard the stair door open and knew it was Sam. He slowly walked over to us

"Is she okay?" He asked

"Yeah, she's just asleep. It will be easier for her this way." I replied, without taking my eyes off my Bella.

"Well," he began, I could tell he was grinning. "Things are definitely going get interesting at the house".

I looked over at him, and grinned back. "That might be an understatement." Then I sobered. "I need you to get in touch with Quill and Embry. Tell them to meet me at the house and for them to be ready to stick around for awhile."

"Will do." He replied. "I take it you were able to connect with Edward."

"Yeah, but I will discuss it when were all at the house."

I got up with Bella cradled in my arms and began moving towards the stair that will take to the area my SUV is parked, with Sam walking behind us. I know he is doing that for safety reasons. Especially now that I have made connection with Edward. If he was to show up now. Sam would need to make sure Bella is safe, while I dealt with him.

When we reached the SUV, he helped me get her in it and buckled in. I went around to the drivers' side, got in, and started the engine. After locking the door, I rolled down the window, where Sam was now standing. I reached in my pocket, pulled out my wallet and retrieved my credit card, handing it to him.

"I need you to get Leah and for you and her to pick up a few things Bella will need to make her feel more comfortable at the house. I also need for you and her to pack and be ready to stay at the house awhile, because of the situation we will have to have everyone move onto the property until this situation is settled. Leah is your one, maybe there will be some things she will be able to explain to Bella better than I can. After all she went through the same thing Bella will be going through."

"You're right about that." He replied with a twinkle in his eyes. "Though not in the same way."

I had no reply to that, because he was right.

"I'll see you both back at house." I said as I pulled out.

While driving I could not help but worry. This will definitely be an uphill battle, but then again, she might already know what is happening to us, what we mean to each other. There are some cases of when a wolf meets his one; the feeling is so strong it becomes overwhelming, and the feeling of arousal, of a strong sudden desire that the woman feels for her wolf, can be scary.

I can understand why she ran, and if things were not so dangerous at the moment, I would have allowed her to take the day to get her self together and give her time to come to terms with these feelings, to get to know me better, but time is not a luxury we can afford.

Yeah, as Sam said things will definitely become interesting, especially when she wakes up in a place foreign to her. She will probably fight, but this is a fight I have no plans on loosing. I won't rush her into anything physical, but it will happen eventually, as far as I'm concerned the sooner the better, but this will be her call. I'll give her the time she needs where that is concerned.

I am prepared to have to take many cold showers, hell; I doubt a cold shower will be enough. I'll need an ocean to quench the desire I have for her and that I doubt will work. I turned to look at her. I can deal with that, just knowing I have found her and will have her in the house with me, no matter how mad she will be when she wakes up, has already brought a peace to my soul.

Pulling up the gates, I look over to the two wolves that is guarding them and saw them grinning. I guess the news has reached them. Cheeky devils. I sure don't need their smack right now. I waved at them as I pulled through and could not help grinning back; I feel too much at peace right now to let them get to me.

Pulling up to the door, I got out and went around the passenger side, unbuckling her seat belt, I gently pulled her in my arms and started walking up the steps that lead to the front door. It opened before I reached it, Embry and Quill was standing there with shit eating grins on their faces.

"Christmas came early for you I see." Embry said, his grin becoming wider. Quill was about to say something too.

"Not now, later, I need to get her to bed and comfortable." I said as I walked by them to enter the house.

I had just reached the stairs when I heard. "What do we have there Jacob?" I turned to see who it was. When I saw the person, my teeth involuntarily ground together. What is she doing here? I turned to look at Embry and Quill. The grin fell from their faces. They know I am not pleased. I'll deal with them later.

I looked at the woman again, who was now looking sheepish, without answering her question, I continued up the stairs with my mate. Reaching my room, I laid her in the middle of my bed and gentle removed her shoes. I would remove her outer clothes to make her more comfortable, but I don't think she would appreciate that when she wakes up. Leah can do that when she gets here.

Covering her, with my big white down comforter, which I rarely use myself, because of my body heat. I stood back and admired my one. My hands burned to touch her again. The time I had her in my arms were too fleeting.

I longed to rip her shirt from her and feast at her breasts. Hear her moans as I slipped her skirt down those incredible, edible legs, her soft cries as I feasted on her juices. She would scream my name as she came. I would bend her over my arm as I took her from behind over and over until she begged to come.

Shit, these thoughts are not helping my libido any. I grabbed a few things and went to take one of the many cold showers, I knew I would be taking until the dreams I have become a reality, but I'm fine with that. Just having her with me is more than enough, for now.

Finished I went and took a last look at my mate, infact, I backed out of the room without taking my eyes from her. Reaching the door, I stepped out backwards still.

"So Jacob?" I heard the feminine voice. Turning my head, I glared at the woman standing behind me.

"What do you want Clarisse, in fact what are you doing up here?" I could not help the irritated growl, which came from me at sight of her. Impatience, clearly written on my face.

"I can't just want to talk to a friend?" she asked, walking towards me with the inherent grace of our kind. Her black hair loose around her face. Her dark brown eyes glowed as she looked me over, purring to let me know; she still liked what she saw.

"You never just want to talk Clarisse." I growled. "I doubt you want to start now."

What's wrong with this woman? I went out with her twice as a favor to her father, who is one of our council members. She came to china while I was there and her father asked if I would spend a little time with her, just to show her around, since she knew no one else there. Which I did.

She took that as my interest in her and wanted us to take it to another level. I told her as gently as I could, that it could never be that way between her and I or any other woman. I planned on remaining single until I have my one, which I now have.

She seemed to understand and accepted my decision, but she has been showing up at places I went and even found reasons to call me. Now she has turned up here, at my home, my mate home. Maybe I should have been blunter with her. Tell her she is not my type, even if I was not looking for my one, she and I could never be.

Taking the opportunity of me being lost in thought. She rest her hand on my chest and moving in close enough, that I could feel the heat of her body, through the jeans and silk blouse she was wearing, he unfettered breast brushing against my arm.

"Well." She sighed. "Maybe I would like to do more than just talk." Then she smiled.

The touch of any female other than my mate is very repulsive to me now. Is she trying to turn me on? All she is doing is making me angry. The only woman who could do that is fast asleep in the room behind me. All she is doing is disrespecting my mate. Would it be too mean if I just picked her up and threw her out my house? I was surely tempted.

"Find someone else to sate your lust, I am not interested, never was and never will." I said as I pushed her away from me.

She looked at me shocked and confused.

"You want me to find someone else?" she asked

"Yes I do, besides there is nothing between us and never could be. I have told you that before, over and over, but you chose to ignore me, thinking you could change my mind."

I took a moment to stem my anger before continuing.

"I have found my mate; she is now resting in my room. I would advise you to stop these little games you're playing and show her the respect she deserves as my queen and your alpha female, or I will have no choice but to have you shown off this property, no matter how dangerous it is."

"She is your one? You actually found her." she asked incredulously, stepping further away from me.

Good I thought, maybe now she will get the message.

"Yes I have." I answered simply.

"Oh, I see." She said, eyes lowered. "Forgive me alpha, for stepping out of line. I thought…"

She didn't have to finish, I know what she thought, that I would never find my one, in desperation and not wanting to be alone, I would eventually accept what she has offered. However, knowing her as I do, the jealous and vindictive female, she wont make things easy for my mate, no matter what she says.

"Listen to me well Clarisse, understand I mean everything I'm about to say. If you do anything to make her feel unhappy or unwelcome in her home, I will have no choice but to ask you to leave, and not too nicely. No matter the dangers out there. She is your queen, treat her with the respect she deserves, especially by touching what does not belong to you. Me.

She almost looked guilty and regretful, but I know better. "I'm sorry Alpha, it won't happen again."

I don't believe her, but I will give her the benefit of the doubt. "See that it doesn't." I said in a voice that makes her understand just how serious I was.

"Please find Embry and Quill, tell them to meet me in the conference room downstairs." I said as I made my way down.

"Yes Alpha." She replied, walking by me to go and do as I asked.

As I made my way down, the thought ran through my mind that it is a mistake to have her stay here. Maybe I should have her go and stay in one of the out houses on the property. They're very nice and are set up with all the modern conveniences, but they're mainly for the single male wolves that have to stay here in times like this. The females, which there is only three of, and mated wolves usually stay here in the main house.

A feeling of dread takes hold of me as I made my way to the conference room. A feeling that while we battle outside those gates, a battle of wills, of vindictive jealousy will be taking place inside these doors.

I meant every word I said to Clarisse. She causes any problems for my mate and she is out. Damn, I growled, before opening the conference room door , which is located by the fireplace in the family room. Can't anything ever go smoothly?

Shaking my head I stepped through the door, time to get some plans together to put an end to someone who was once my friend and brother. I find no pleasure in the thought, but it has to be done.

Having him know about my mate, makes my blood run cold. I knew he would have found out, but I never thought it would come from me. That I would be stupid enough to have thoughts of her, while my mind was connected to his, it was a mistake that I should not have made.

I sit on the chair at the head of the conference table and leaned back, closing my eyes, I listen to her heart beating in tune with mine, her scent surrounding me. I become calm as I get ready to bring the demise of one Edward Maeson.