(EPOV)
We arrived at the treaty line within minutes of leaving the house. The stench of wet dog was heavy in the air. Isabella was tense. She obviously smelled the one she knew and with a nod of her head she confirmed it. She took off her leather jacket and hung it over a nearby branch. With the newly exposed skin you could see all of her scars exposed on her shoulders and arms.
"That's the point Edward. There's only one in this pack of mutts that I trust, but if he's under the Alpha's command he has to do whatever is ordered of him. He's attacked me twice due to the command. Although today will be different if they attack me." She smirked after her last sentence.
"Damn right it will be Angel. You've got your mates with you now." Peter responded while flexing his arms and removing his flannel. I followed suit removing my button up and Jasper did the same. She has a good plan Edward. Intimidation will work best with the pups. Jasper thought to me. I couldn't agree more. It's about time we show these pups that this treaty isn't for our protection but theirs.
"Carlisle, I tell you now the pups think that the treaty is protecting you from them instead of the other way around. Our venom is poisonous to them. I'm afraid if they see me with you it might be an "attack now and ask questions never" type of deal. If this does happen I am immensely sorry, but I will defend myself and my mates." She informed Carlisle without looking at him.
"I understand Isabella. While I do not like fighting I will do what I have to do to protect my mate and my family." He said and his thoughts mirrored his words.
"Alice you will be blind as soon as they get here. Your foresight will not work, but don't worry. Now boys if one goes to bite anywhere on my corset let them…" But I didn't let her finish.
"Like hell I will! No one is getting their teeth anywhere near you." I yelled. I didn't mean to raise my voice, but just the thought of her being bitten had my beast rattling his cage to get out.
"Edward honey its ok. Haven't you noticed the scent of venom around me? My corset is lined with capsules of my own venom. One bite through the supports on it and the venom gets into the wolf's system resulting in a dead wolf baby." She tried to soothe me and once she put her hand to my cheek it worked and I started purring.
"I'm sorry sweetheart. I just don't know what would happen if something happened to you. I know for a fact if you were hurt my beast would come out and no one would be safe besides you, Peter and Jasper." I explained as I looked down.
"I know baby and I will try my hardest not to get hurt, but you have to understand that it would be the same for me so try to keep yourself in one piece as well. Please?" She pleaded and for the first time since we met I could see the vulnerable girl I imagine she had once been.
"I'll keep myself as safe as possible sweetheart. I will defend you and my family though. I can't stand by and let someone hurt you or them." I explained to her hoping she understood where I was coming from.
"Of course I understand Edward. I'm the same way. I see every vampire standing here as a part of my family now and I will fight to the death to protect them from anyone and anything." She said as she whipped her head back towards the treaty line.
"They're close." I hissed out as I went to stand on Isabella's right side. Jasper was on her left and Peter was behind her with his arms encircling her waist. We were presenting a united front for the mutts and as they came in to view we were all a little shocked to see how big the pack was. I quickly spotted the one that didn't want to hurt Isabella. I caught his name as Paul and he truly cared about Isabella.
"Hello Sam. I'm glad we could meet, but I want you to know…" But Carlisle never got to finish his sentence because a tall reddish-brown wolf tried to lunge at Jasper, but before he could get to him Isabella left our side and had the giant wolf by his throat.
"Touch one of my mates and you will die mutt. I know your orders are not to kill. Where is Maria?" Isabella growled out at him while tightening her hand just a little bit more.
"I don't know who you think you are, but you better remove your hand from my Beta's throat." Sam threatened which caused the three of us to growl and inch closer to where Isabella was holding the wolf. Before any of us could do anything a small silver wolf lunged at Isabella's leg and clamped her teeth around her calf muscle. The bite caused Isabella to drop the reddish-brown wolf, but she got in a good kick to the wolf's jaw breaking it in half. You could hear the crunch echo through the trees. Jasper, Peter and I rushed over to her side ripping her pant leg to expose the wound. Peter started licking the bite closed while Jasper and I checked her body over for other injuries.
"I suggest you keep your wolves in line Sam before you have a massacre on your hands. I will not tolerate a wolf attacking my mate. I will not let you harm her again. She has golden eyes. She is not a threat. We know you want to accuse her of attacking the wolf and his imprint in Seattle, but her eyes would be red if she had drained the imprint." Jasper growled out as he finished his inspection. Peter was done closing the wound and we helped her up. She was having a bit of trouble standing on her leg though which didn't make sense to us since it was healed.
"Shifter saliva is poisonous to us. It's not enough to kill us, but it weakens us for a while. I'll be ok though boys." She said as she leaned against me. I could see the pain in her eyes and it was just getting me more riled up. I don't know how much more of this I could take before I completely lost it. Isabella must have read that thought because she wrapped her arms tightly around my waist and kissed the side of my neck making me purr.
"It's alright baby. I'm all good now. Let's get this meeting over with so we can go back to the house." With that she let go of me and walked closer to the shifter's. None of us liked that so Jasper, Peter and I followed her.
"My name is Isabella and as my mate said I have golden eyes, but you don't care about that. I'm guessing your orders are to take me alive to Maria. Am I right?" Isabella asked. I read in the leader's mind that he was supposed to take her alive, but he wanted to kill her and get the crazy bitch and her army off the rez.
"Looks like Maria is on the rez sweetheart and he just wants to kill you to get this all over with. The one that attacked you is Leah and she's Sam's former girlfriend before he imprinted on her cousin." I informed our group.
"Kill me and Maria will massacre the whole reservation Sam. How many are in her army? I'll gladly kill the bitch for you for what she's done to us all, but you have to understand Sam that not all of us were like that. I'm not speaking for anyone else in this coven, but I will tell you that at one time I did kill humans. Do I regret it? Hell yes I do, but I did it because otherwise my ass would be a pile of ash by my creator, my sisters or anyone else that has controlled me for the last one hundred and fifty years or so. As you can see now I have gold eyes which means there's no way I could have drained the imprint that died. I also didn't bite the wolf. I don't take a life for no reason. I broke your Beta's jaw because he tried to attack my mate. You'd do the same thing if it was your Emily." Isabella explained as she stood toe to toe with the Alpha.
"How do you know about my Emily?" Sam asked clearly agitated.
"Maria has extensive files on every supernatural that lives in this area. Actually, she has extensive files on almost every supernatural on this continent." She explained. Edward, you need to tell Carlisle to call the Denali's and see if you can get them down here. I subtly nodded my head. I'd tell him once we're done with this little pow-wow.
"I don't like her having this much information on us. Maria is not at the reservation, but some of her army and her new second in command is there. He had said Maria and her sisters were headed up to Alaska." Sam explained, but didn't see the significance of that information.
"Carlisle, call the Denali's and tell them to get out of there now! Tell them not to pack anything and just run." Isabella shouted and she started pacing.
"What's the significance of Alaska?" The Alpha asked growing impatient.
"The Cullen's have family up there. There's 5 others of our kind." I explained as I listened in to my mates frantic mind.
I need to get up there. She's away from her own territory. I could take her out. And with that she started to go over battle plans. It looked like she had more knowledge then Jasper, Peter and myself put together.
"You ain't goin' up there alone Sug. You can get that idea out of that pretty little head now. Speaking of ideas. Why the hell haven't you taken care of the enemy Sam? Ya'll coulda taken them out instead of chasin' Isabella all the way to Seattle several times." Peter admonished.
"We figured get rid of her and the three fighters of your coven would be gone as well and then we could take you out afterward. The treaty is there for your protection after all." Sam sneered.
"Like hell it is you furry little mutt. My family could have taken Ephraim and them out easily. Just like we could now. Your little beta comes at me again and he'll be dead along with his little imprint Leah." Isabella growled out which caused the russet wolf and the grey wolf to growl at her which then caused all three of us to growl.
"Enough! The Denali's say they've already picked up Maria's scent. She's got Lucy, Nettie and about ten newborns with her." Carlisle said as he came back to stand with the rest of our family.
"Fucking Hell! That's it. I'm going up there. You guys can join me or stay here, but I can't let her get her hands on Demetri's mate." Isabella growled out. "Sam, either you can take care of the little army that's on the reservation yourself or I can when I get back, but I am going to go help my extended family. Get over it. By the way, I'm taking Paul with me." And with that the large silver wolf joined our side of the treaty line.
"Fine Isabella, but I expect answers when you get back. I'm not kidding." He growled out.
"We'll see wolf boy. How about you respect your elders. I've got over 100 years on you." She laughed. The pack growled and took off. Once they were out of sight we took off headed towards Alaska.