Hey, sorry for the wait, I really did try, but I experienced some writer's block. I don't own Twilight or any of the characters, but this is my story, hope you like it! Thank you so much for all of the reviews, I am currently at 239, which is more than I expected I would get. Thank you all for being patient with my writing pace, which I know is not great. I am working on it, truly. Anyway here is Chapter 16!

Chapter 16

Paul's POV

It's been two days since we met with the...Whitlocks? Yeah, I think that's what we decided to call them since they were no longer Cullens. We had not seen them since, but Bella had talked with them over the phone a couple of times.

They didn't seem so bad, stank to hell and back, but were okay. They really, truly cared about Bella and wanted to keep Fuckward away from her and that made them allies in my book. I was off patrol in an hour and was looking forward to seeing Bella. Charlie was okay with me being there way more often than normal and had been talking to me more often.

He and I spoke of Bella, of the future, of everything, okay well not everything he did not need to know about our sex life, that's gross. Fucking eww. He hated the Cullens and spoke nicely about the Whitlocks. He was grateful that they, especially Rosalie, had made efforts to keep Bella away from Fuckward. Eve he spoke to them over the phone.

Billy and Sam were thinking about the treaty lots. They might let the Whitlocks on our land since they weren't Cullens and were our allies. I was hesitant, but Bella seemed to want this. I wanted her to be happy. And safe. They were three more protectors for Bella, I was not complaining.

I was lost in thought when the pack mind, just me and Sam, went crazy. I could hear someone's confused mind.

What the fuck? What's going on with me, is that a fucking tail? SHIT! I knew I should have said no at the part last night...FUCK! Mom's gunna kill me!

I recognized the voice, Seth. Sam howled to get the others to help as we jogged towards Seth, who was in his back yard. As we got closer I could hear Harry trying to sooth him, urging him to get into the trees.

Everyone else had phased and was close by. Jake decided to go talk to Harry to see if he got mad, or if there was a threat. Vampires only triggered the gene if they were a threat, so we knew it wasn't the Whitlocks that triggered it. Damn, there goes our 'easy patrols'.

Sam and Embry, the best at soothing, had calmed Seth down and were explaining everything to him. I could hear Seth thinking insults to Sam, who he was not fond of since he broke Leah's, his older sister's, heart.

He soon understood about the imprint and apologized for the colourful things he had said, but he still wasn't pro-Sam by any means. He gravitated to Embry, who helped him phase back. Seth was still scared, but Embry, who knew him the best since their moms are best friends, took him to the beach to calm down.

My patrol was over and I headed to Bella's. When I got there I could hear Charlie on the phone and Bella upstairs. I waved to Charlie before heading up to Bella. Yesterday Charlie had insisted that I didn't need to knock, that I was always welcome here. He really approved of me, much to Bella's delight. She had laughed about the fact that Charlie had openly detested Edward, even before he knew the truth.

Bella's door was slightly ajar so I soundlessly pushed it open. She was sitting on her bed looking down at something in her hands with her back to me. I quietly snuck up and kissed her neck, which caused her to jump a foot in the air. I chuckled until I saw her face.

Tears streamed down her perfect face and her eyes were haunted. She looked terrified, but there was a furious light in her eyes as well. Oh shit, please dear lord don't let that be aimed at me. Shit. I thought back to everything I did and found nothing that would get this reaction. I looked at her questionably and she spoke, her voice hoarse.

"The Hunter's, the ones that moved into the Fork's house, sent me a package today. They were putting new flooring in my old room and found these under the floor boards." She gestured to the bed where I saw a CD and some face down pictures. I gingerly picked up the first photo and flinched when I sae Bella and Fuckward smiling back at me.

"When he left he promised me that it would be like he never existed. I pined for him for months, and now when I'm finally whole again he's haunting me. He shows up in Port Angeles and now I find all of the stuff he had stolen from me? It's not fair!"

He had hidden stuff under her floor boards. That's just plain creepy. What the fuck? No wonder he was a hundred year old virgin. Man, that must suck, I almost feel for the guy. Almost. He must have a bad case of blue balls. Well he was dead...maybe they were blue? Okay, gross. Thinking about vamp balls, never going to happen again. Ever. Fucking disgusting. Think of something else Paul. Granny panties, baseball, Ah Ha, I know, Sam's toenails, that shit is just plain nasty. I don't know how Em deals with it.

"No," I said, pulling her into my lap. "It's not fair." She tucked her head under my chin ad just breathed. I knew my scent calmed her, just like her scent calmed me. Her fingers were lightly tracing patters o my arm and I almost shivered at the gentle touches.

"Seth phased," I murmured into her hair. I pulled back to look into my eyes.

"Really? Wow, he's so young..." She looked upset. "I...it's all my fault. If I didn't attract danger, vampires, he wouldn't have phased...Oh! I'm so sorry, I'm so-" I placed my finger o her lip to quiet her.

"No, it's not your fault. He has it in his blood. Most of us, like me, Sam, Embry, Jared, Quil, have the blood line from one side only. Seth and Jacob have it on both sides. They would have phased anyways. I do wish he could have held out for a couple of years, it's unfortunate he has to be in this world so soon."

She looked down and I tilted her chin up to kiss her sweetly. "Don't blame yourself." She nodded and kissed me back. After a couple of minutes Charlie hollered up the stairs.

"Kids, Billy said for you to go to Sam's. Something important." I helped Bella off the bed and we walked downstairs arm in arm. Charlie looked happy and Bella raised a brow at him.

"What's up dad?"

"Well, as I'm sure Paul told you Seth phased, but more importantly Jake imprinted!" He was smiling ear to ear. He cared about Jake and I knew at the beginning he had wanted Bella and him together, before he knew everything.

Bella looked just as excited as her dad at the news. "Really, on who? Do I know her?" She was practically bouncing. Hell I was excited too, just for different reasons. It was an unspoken rule in the pack not to bring up the whole 'Jake, Bella, Paul' elephant. I was ecstatic that Jake would now refrain from wanking off to the mental image of Bella naked which I had accidently given him.

"You know her, but I'll let Jake tell you himself." Charlie was teasing her and I couldn't help but chuckle at Bella's irritated huff. She glared up at me and smacked my arm lightly.

"C'mon!" She said, tugging on my wrist. I laughed again. My girl was so impatient sometimes. We said good bye to Charlie and headed outside. She was walking to her truck when I caught her around the waist.

"Nuh uh, we're running." She looked up at me and smiled. I led her into the trees and phased, lying down so she could climb on my back. She gripped with her thighs and leaned low over my neck, holding on to tuffs of fur.

I took off at a soft jog so Bella could enjoy it. I knew that she knew I could go a lot faster, faster than a leech, but she seemed content to go at this speed, which was faster than a truck. That said something about my jog.

We got to Sam's house quickly and I weren't down on my belly again so she could get off. She decided to slide off and I couldn't hold in my wolfy laugh at the look on her face when she landed on her ass. I quickly phased and pulled in shorts so I could help her up. She still looked stunned.

"You okay babe?" I asked once she was securely against my chest, feet on the ground. She nodded and I could feel the heat radiating off her cheeks. I chuckled again and led us out of the trees towards Sam's house. Everyone was there with their imprints, minus Jake and Quil whose imprints didn't know yet, ad was sitting around the large table. I flopped in my chair and led Bella to sit on my lap.

I smiled warmly at Seth who was sitting by Embry, the only one apart from himself who was not imprinted. "Hey Bella!" Seth said, happily. I knew they knew each other, I mean their dad's are pretty close.

"Hey Seth, how's it going?" I could hear her concern in her voice and apparently so could Seth.

"I'm good Bells, how are you, I mean with everything goin' on?" Bella shrugged, avoiding the question.

Seth was doing really well, I knew he was always an even tempered guy, but after he had phased back human he had not had one incident. I knew the pack was impressed with him. I could see it.

"Okay, stop talking!" Sam said, shaking his head as the noise died away. "This is a pack meeting, not a social event." There were a few chuckles but no one spoke. "As you know the elder's and I have been discussing a treaty with the Whitlocks to allow them on our land. The treaty has gone through and we will talk with them about it tomorrow, maybe you can call?" He asked, addressing Bella. She nodded, but remained silent.

"Great. Also we have a new pack brother, Seth. You all know each other now. Welcome Seth, but we also will have a new pack sister, Jake's imprint." Sam had a strange expression of disapproval, gratitude and anger on his face as he spoke of Jake's imprint. "Jake, care to explain?"

Jake looked so happy that, even though we had never gotten along very well, I was still happy for him.

"Yeah, thanks. Well, obviously, I imprinted. I haven't phased wolf yet, so no one, apart from Sam, knows who...Seth, sorry man, but I imprinted on your sister." It was silent until Seth's growls broke the tense atmosphere. Embry and Jared, who had pushed Kim towards Bella and I, got up and dragged Seth outside. Jake looked shocked.

"What?" He asked dumbly. I stood up, gently setting Bella on her feet and led him outside, away from Seth so I could talk to him. "First off, congrats. You aren't my favourite person for obvious reasons, but I am glad you imprinted. Second off, you're an idiot. Why would you tell Seth like that? She's his sister who has gotten her heart broken by one werewolf already." Realization settled into his face.

He was obviously just thought about Sam and Leah's history. Had he seriously forgotten? Jeez, he was dumb.

"Shit...awe, fuck. How did I forget that? No wonder Sam looked so pissed...shit. Now I have my alpha pissed at me. And my imprints brother is going to hate me...fuck." I chuckled slightly and he glared at me.

"Fix it." I said simply before walking away. He sort of deserved it. I did hope, however, that now he wasn't moping over Bella we could become friends and that he and Bella would fix things. I knew she missed him, and I understood that. He had put her back together. He was her best friend.

Once I was inside again I sat down beside Bella, who was talking to Emily and Kim. They were talking about some sappy movie they wanted to watch at their next 'girl night'. I turned to Jared who looked bored out of his mind.

After ten minutes of listening to boring 'girl talk' I had had enough. I needed to have Bella to myself. I stood up and stretched and leaned in to whisper in her ear. "Come with me?" I said it as low as I could and was rewarded with her shiver of desire. Jared, who had heard, rolled his eyes.

"Bye guys!" I said before I threw Bella over my shoulder caveman style. She laughed and squirmed, but I held her firmly in place. I jogged, in human form, to my house. It only took about five minutes.

I didn't put Bella down until we were in my bedroom, where I placed her on the middle of my bed. She was looking at me with wide eyes as she slowly scooted back to the head bored. I grinned at her. She looked like prey right now, and I was defiantly in predator mode. I growled lowly and was rewarded with the smell of her arousal in the air. I breathed in her sweetness heavily, allowing my instincts to take over.

I knew that this would be a game of cat and mouse, with Bella being the mouse. The thought alone made me growl again. She moved quickly so she was off the bad, on the opposite side as me. She seemed to know what was about to happen. This always happened at some point after the marking. I had heard stories.

I crouched slightly, getting ready to spring at Bella as she slowly backed away, her eyes never leaving me. I waited for a couple of seconds before I leaped over the bed and trapped Bella between the wall and my body.

"There's nowhere to run, little girl." I growled in her ear. She shuddered and leaned further into the wall. I smirked down at her and brought my hand up to caress her cheek. She bit her lip like she was thinking and suddenly ducked under my arm.

I laughed as I caught her waist and brought her back against my chest. I let my hands wander down her sides, across her hips, which here annoyingly covered with jeans, and back up her stomach. I lightly grazed her breast before I stopped, hands on her collar bones. "You have to many closes on." I accused.

I didn't give her time to respond before I had her t-shirt off and started unbuttoning her jeans. She caught my hands in hers before I could rid her of the awful things. I was surprised and caught off guard that she was able to get out of my grasp.

She whirled to face me and held my eyes and she backed away. I couldn't help it as my eyes raked down her frame. Her perfect breasts were covered with a sexy black lace bra and her jeans hung dangerously low on her hips. I let out a predatory growl before I started stalking her. She kept a safe distance between us.

She finished unbuttoning her jeans and pulled down the small zipper. She carefully slid herself out of the denim as she backed away from me. Fuck me. She was wearing a matching set. Her black lacy panties were fucking hot.

I snarled as I stalked her, and this time I had no intention of letting her get away. She seemed to know this. Her efforts at evasion doubled as she avoided my advances. My wolf both enjoyed and detested this game. I decided to even the score and got rid of my shorts leaving me in just my boxers. Bella's eyes darkened with lust.

She had lost her concentration and allowed herself to be herded into the wall again. Once she felt it behind her she tensed up. She knew the game was over, that I had won. I smirked as I closed the space between us. "Gottcha" I growled in her ear as I pulled her away from the wall.

She gasped as I started kissing her neck, purposely avoiding her sensitive mark. She groaned when my hands moved down her sides and slipped inside her panties. She was soaking wet. Just for me, mine.

I slipped two fingers inside her tight heat as I kissed her neck, restraining my urges to bite her mark. I let my other hand wander to her breasts as I brought pleasure to my girl. Soon she was grinding her hips into my hand and moaning shamelessly.

I brought my hand out of her panties and turned her around to face me. She was panting and her eyes were glazed over. I kissed her softly as I undid her bra and slipped the straps over her shoulders and down her arms. She was so fucking perfect.

Once I had her top completely bare I lifted her up and carried her to the bed, crawling on top of her. I kissed her lazily, slowly training my mouth downwards. Once I got to her panties I took them off and kissed her slit. She was so wet, so warm. I groaned as I dove in.

It didn't take her long before she was screaming my name and grinding into my face, holding my hair tightly with her small fist. I hummed softly as she came which brought on a new round of wails and pleas. I knew she had had enough and she was too sensitive so I stopped, kissing my way back up her body.

"I love you, baby." I whispered in her ear.

"I love you too." She said in a satisfied voice. She rolled me off of her and got on top. She kissed me, tasting herself and I got even harder, if that was even possible. She ground herself onto my straining erection, teasing me through the material of my boxers.

I groaned and she seemed to take pity on me for she took off the boxers and pumped me softly for a minute or two. I wanted to whimper when she stopped but her hand was replaced with her hot, wet pussy. I groaned as she lowered herself onto me. "Fuck!" She cursed as my dick disappeared further into her.

I put my hands on her waist to help her, she weighed nothing to me. Together we set a fast pace and she came two more times before I finally came inside her. She was leaning forward and I couldn't help it, I bit her mark. I wasn't expecting it but she screamed as her body tensed up in her fourth orgasm of the day. I couldn't help but smirk.

After she rolled off me we just stayed there, her head on my chest, for an hour. I was so content to listen to the eave pace of her breathing. She was so fucking perfect. Her breathing was slowing down and I knew she was about to fall asleep when my cell rang. I cursed and checked the ID. Sam.

"Hello?" I asked, annoyance clear in my voice.

"Paul. Did you guys call the Whitlocks?" Oh. Shit, I forgot.

"Oh, erm not exactly...We'll get right on that'"

"If you weren't so busy be 'on that' it would already have been done." I heard howling laughter in the background but chose to ignore it.

"We'll do it right now."

"And Paul," He said before I could hang up, "Mention I want a meeting with them tonight, okay?" I agreed and hug up with a small groan.

"What?" My girl asked.

"We forgot to call the Whitlocks."

"Oh! Oops." She looked at me and smirked. "It was your fault, you know. You distracted me." I laughed but didn't deny it. It was my fault.

"I guess I'll call them now." Bell said as she grabbed her bag off the floor where it had ended up earlier on. She scrolled threw her contacts before she found the one she wanted.

"Hey Bella!" I recognized the voice as the big one...Emmett I think.

"Hi Emmett. Is everyone there? Can you put me on speaker?" Bella asked.

"We don't need speaker Bella, vampire hearing, remember?" Bella rolled her eyes.

"I need you to put it on speaker so I can hear all of you. Geez." Bella said, shaking her head slightly. Emmett gave a small embarrassed chuckle and then I heard two more chuckles over the other line.

"Hey Bella!" The other male, Jasper, said.

"Hi, Bella." Rosalie greeted, more subdued then the other two.

"Hey guys. So Sam talked to the council and they decided to expand the treaty line. Since you are no longer Cullen's he wants to make a new treaty with the Whitlocks, which is what we have been calling you down here by the way. Sorry Rose, but Hale was associated with the Cullens and McCarty doesn't have the right ring to it." They laughed.

"So, a new treaty, huh. I assume it will be the same as for the Cullens?" Jasper questioned.

"Nope." Bella popped the 'p'. "It's different. You can come on the rez..." I heard gasps and mumblings on the other line.

"Really?" Rosalie asked, shocked.

"Yeah. Sam wants a meeting with you guys tonight."

"Of course. We'll meet you at the border line at seven. Will you be there?" Jasper asked. Bella looked at me and motioned for her to give me the phone.

"Ah, Paul would like to speak to you. Here." She handed me the phone and traced patters into my palm absently.

"Hi." I said.

"Hey wolfy." Emmett said. I snorted, but ignored it.

"So the meeting tonight. Bella will be there, but so will the full pack, minus who ever will be patrolling, the counsel and possibly Bella's father. He would like to see you I believe. Seven works for us. Eastern border."

"Of course, we'll see you there." We ended the call and Bella and I decided to get dressed and go to her house. We took my car rather than run and got there quickly. Charlie was inside with Billy.

"Hey dad, Billy." Bella greeted, giving both men a peck on the cheek as she headed for the fridge to get ingredients. I sat down at the table to talk to them as Bella worked.

"The Whitlocks agreed to meet with us tonight." Charlie smiled slightly.

"That's good. You comin' along Charlie?" Billy asked.

"Wouldn't miss it. The council going too right? And Bella?" I nodded.

"And the pack, minus whoever will be patrolling. Probably Embry and Seth. Seth can't be that close to vampires. Not yet.

The conversation shifted to sports and I got up to help Bella. After dinner we all drove to Sam's to meet with everybody else that was going. It was a large party, but this was something new to the tribe. We had never let a leech on our land. Not voluntarily.

Hey, so I hope you liked this chapter! Sorry it took me so long, I had to sort through so many ideas and I changed more than half of it. I had Embry imprint on Leah, but I want this to resolve everything between Jake and Bella, which it will. Next chapter will be the big treaty meeting and some Eddie drama, possibly. No promises. Anyways, please, please, please REVIEW! Please? Let me know what you think!