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~SashaFierce12.0

Chapter 41

Jacob's P.o.V.

It's midnight.

The Pack sat in a circle around Sam and I.

Syanne was happy to phase again, and looked pretty badass with her front leg missing.

Jazmyn sat to the right of her, and to the left was Leah. Paul was next to her. His thoughts kept switching between Rachael and the triplets. Adam, Aaron, and Arielle were doing a little better, but were still in the NICU. He was happy; you could tell just by looking at him. I knew he would rather be there than here.

"All we need is Seth and then we'll be ready," Sam thought. A bit of tension rose in the air like a thick cloud of smoke and some of the guys glanced at Jazmyn.

"I'll be fine, guys," she thought. "Really." The tension never left. Her breath caught in her throat as Seth emerged from the trees. He sat down awkwardly in the only open spot: between Jazmyn and Leah. They kind of scooted away a little bit, leaving a wider gap between themselves than with everyone else. I couldn't help but notice how he looked a little more sickly than the others. Leah glanced at me, then back at him. Everyone looked healthy and well rested. Seth looked like he hadn't slept in days. I kept seeing his thoughts about the other day, and then they'd fade out, then fade back in again. He was skinny. Super skinny. He shivered a little and kept nodding forward but would shoot back up again. For a split second, I got Jazmyn's thoughts about how she felt sorry for him. But then she started to think about tonight. And me and Sam.

"Everyone's here, correct?" Dad asked. Sam barked in response. Dad wheeled back between Darren and Malachi. "This is going to be dealt with in a civilized manner. I want a clean fight, got that?"

"Wow, he sounds like one of those emcees at those wrestling matches that you guys are ever so interested in," Leah thought. Little barks of laughter came out of few people in the group.

"Okay, guys," Jared rolled his eyes. "Let's get this over with. I want to sleep." Sam and I started circling each other, slowly. We let out occasional growls to each other.

Sam wasn't my friend any more. Not even a brother. We were enemies now. Both trying to get control of the Alpha status. Even though it was mutual, and we'd both agreed that I was the rightful Alpha, it needed to be dealt with 'like it's been done for the past five hundred years', as Dad said. In order to receive full command, I had to fight Sam.

And win.

Sam snapped at me and lunged forward. I jumped out of the way and jumped onto him from behind. I dug my claws into his back and he howled in pain. I didn't apologize. My head reeled with the different thoughts from the Pack. Leah's thoughts on Jayah, Syanne's on Kyle, Jazmyn's about dead puppies, Paul about his imprint and triplets, Seth about...I'm not even going to go there. And the rest were barking with excitement and about how I shouldn't 'kill him too badly.'

"Let's go, Jake!" Brady barked. Sam swiped at my face and scratched my muzzle. I whimpered and backed away. He took the moment to walk back towards me and swiped again. I moved out of his way and growled. I jumped on him and tried to dig my teeth into his back, but he threw me off. I was trying to concentrate so hard on Sam, but the thoughts of the rest of the Pack kind of had me distracted...

"Jazz..." Seth was thinking. He was thinking about how pretty her auburn fur shone in the dim moonlight. I shook my head and dodged Sam just as he made another swipe at my face.

"Complimenting me isn't going to change anything," Jazmyn snapped towards her imprint.

"Who ever said it was?" Seth snapped back. Then Leah was thinking about how they sounded like us when we first imprinted on each other. The thought was still on my mind when Sam jumped on me and took me down. I had to move in ten seconds, or I wouldn't get full control of Alpha. I had to show my dominance.

"Oh, no, Jake!" Leah was thinking worriedly. She started towards me but Jared held her back.

Five more seconds...

With all the strength I could muster up, I pushed Sam off of me and held him still with my big paw on his neck. He growled, and then realized that there was no way he was going to get out of my grasp. He stopped instantly.

Five...Four...Three...Two...One.

I did it.

"Well done, Jake," Sam said. I moved off of him and stepped back, embarrassed that I had taken him down. "You don't need to be."

"But I am..." My tongue rolled out the side of my mouth and I barked.

"Jacob," Dad said my name and rolled forward the best he could in the grass. "Sam." The both of us walked towards him. Dad placed his hand on Sam's nose, and then on mine. I shivered a little. He nodded at the both of us and we turned around. Sam walked over to join Brady and Embry. I sat in the middle and looked around at everyone. "Your new Alpha." Sam tilted his head up and started to howl. Leah followed shortly after, and soon the rest of the Pack was howling.

I felt a strange sense of authority wash over me. It was cool to know that everyone respected me, and they were all cool with me becoming the new Alpha.

Tilting my head up towards the moon, I took in a deep breath and let out a howl. The sound dominated everyone else's, and it only made me feel more powerful. I felt strong.

My thoughts went to Miracle Rose, and I took in another breath and howled louder. I was going to be the best Alpha La Push's protectors have ever seen. For Leah. For Jayah. For the Pack.

For her.

Really short. But still good, right? I was watching The Voice as I wrote this, and it's still on. I need to wrap this up so I can see the first round. I'll have the next chapter up this week, hopefully.

~SashaFierce12.0

P.S. I'm voting for Pip!