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"Leah" he soothed, but I wasn't looking at him. "Leah please look at me" he said moving my face to look at him. He stroked my cheeks. "Leah, she wouldn't get to me. She's not my mate. I don't love her. I feel this connection with you. I don't love you, well not yet anyways. But I can feel that in the future we will be really happy and in so much love" I blinked back the tears but they found their way down my cheeks. He rubbed my tears away and gave me a small kiss on the forehead.
"Let's go back down and see what the pack will decide to do about this Maria" I said before tugging him out the room and back downstairs into the kitchen.
"You alright now Clearwater?" Swan asked me.
"Yeah thanks Swan. So what's going on here? What are we going to do? Jake?" I asked looking directly at him since he was Alpha.
"Right we have to set up patrol. Two wolves will be on patrol at a time. Those who aren't at school will patrol while the others are at school. Then we'll set a rota for who will go on patrol with whom. Does that sound clear enough for you?" Jacob spoke in an Alpha tone. We all nodded.
"But Jake, what about Jasper and the other two? Don't you think they need to be patrolling too? Or have the pack to sniff their scent, so they don't attack them thinking it's that crazy bitch" I worried.
He looked at me and sighed deeply. What was with the sighing? It wasn't a hard decision. They are harmless. They don't hurt humans, they only hurt animals. Why did he not trust them?
"Leah I don't think we can trust them" he said with a hard face. I glared at him.
"We can't trust them? Are you out of your mind Alpha? If we couldn't trust them, I think Maria the bitch would have crushed my bones. I would be dead if it wasn't for Jasper" I growled crossing my arms. Jasper put a soothing hand on my lower back, it should have calmed me just like that but it didn't. I was too pissed.
"But they are bloodsuckers Leah. We are designed to kill them, not be friends with them god damn it" he growled.
"So what if they are vampires? We fucking need their help. We are fast, but they are experience. Especially Jasper. He fought in the Civil Wars; he's older than the other two. He was changed by Maria. He knows what she's like. We need to know more about her and what she is capable of. Don't you fucking tell me that you don't want to know about this bitch! If you tell me you don't want to learn more about what she's like, I would say you're lying through your god damn teeth!" I spat.
"Damn it Leah! Why are you so worked up about us not needing these bloodsucker's help? They are bloodsuckers, we're shape shifters. We're enemies!" he snapped.
"Fuck you Jacob Black. Why do you think I'm so fucking worked up about it? Have you not opened your eyes? Haven't you realised how I look at Jasper? I know I only met him today, but I'm his mate. He's my imprint. Don't you fucking tell me that we don't need their help! I can't stay away from him. You can't stop me. If you stop me from seeing my imprint, I swear I'll leave the pack. That's cause you some shit and you know it Alpha. I'm one of your best fighters and you need me. Jasper and I are a package deal. If he can stay I'll stay. If he has to go, I'll go. It's your choice little Alpha" I growled at him clutching Jasper's hand.
He looked like he was in deep thought. He knew that he couldn't let me go, but he couldn't trust them. Why not? If they were any danger, we would have been bitten and killed already. But we haven't. Jasper saved me, twice.
First was when I hit my head on the way down the cliff. He saved me when I was unconscious. He told me to wake up and I registered it. I didn't register anyone else trying to tell me wake up. Hell Swan even slapped me twice. It still didn't wake me up. He told me to wake up in my mind.
The second time was when I attacked Maria. Well tried to anyways. He distracted her and I got away. If he didn't save me, I would have had my bones crushed. If my bones were crushed, I think I would have died.
That's because I know that if my bones were crushed, they could have pierced through my lungs or organs. I would have died. He saved my life. He's my imprint too. So I can't stay away from him. I think even Quil realised that there was something between me and Jasper. He's smarter than he looks I suppose.
"Jake, you don't know what the imprinting pull feels like. You need to find your mate. You were told that you wouldn't imprint on someone, but you would feel the same about someone. I can't stay away from Paul for very long. There's an ache in my heart. I'd die of a broken heart if he was taken away from me. You need to understand that. I don't want Clearwater to die of a broken heart. Don't do this to her Jake. Please" Swan explained.
"No Bella. I refuse to think that these bloodsuckers can help us" he argued. She got up from her chair glaring at him; the next thing we saw was a red hand print on his cheek. We stared at her with widened eyes. Holy shit I thought.
"Now you listen here Jacob Black. Just because you haven't imprinted, doesn't mean you say no to Leah's imprint. We need their help to defeat this maniac bitch. If you want Leah to leave the pack, who might I add is one of your strongest fighters. Then you got another thing coming. If she leaves the pack, I'm going with them. Naturally Paul will follow me since he's my imprint. Not to mention a double imprint. You know fine well that I'll kick your mother fucking ass if you make Leah leave with her imprint" she snapped while her hand on her hips like she was scolding a child. "So Black. You in or are you out? I'd choose wisely if I were you"
He scratched his chin thinking about his decision. Swan was too impatient, she was tapping her foot. It was annoying. She got so sick and tired of waiting that she kicked little Alpha in the shin. He doubled over and was howling in pain. He clutched his shin glaring at her.
"Damn it Bella. What the fuck was that for?" he growled.
"That was for taking too long. Now give us your decision before I kick you where it hurts the most" she threatened. Holy shit. When it comes to imprinting, it's a touchy subject. I know the feeling. But it would be more trouble for little Alpha because she and Paul are double imprints.
"But Bells, he was the one that nearly attacked you at your birthday. Or did you forget about that? He could have killed you if it wasn't for the big one. But it still doesn't give me a reason to trust him. It was a one off" he snapped.
"Get it through your thick skull Jacob Black. If you kick out Jasper and the McCarty's, the pack will fall apart and you know it. Deal with it bro" Paul growled at him. Jacob was upsetting Swan and Paul wasn't having it.
I sighed and looked up at Jasper with a saddened look. He shook his head and wrapped an arm around me to comfort me.
"Don't worry Leah. I just found you; I'm not letting you go. We're in this together" he soothed. I just nodded before I buried my face into his chest. He suddenly felt warm to me. I thought vampires were cold skinned.
"Jacob Black. You are Alpha I know. But you are causing my mate to be unhappy and I don't like that from you. I think a little fight between the two of us will settle it. I won't attack you fully. But if you lose, I stay and not another word about it. If I lose, I'll leave with my brother and sister. But you have to allow Leah to stay in contact with me, no matter what" he offered by holding his hand out for him to shake. Oh no.
"Jasper! You can't do this. He'll kill you. I can't lose you" I whimpered.
"It's alright love. He's not going to kill me if he knows what is good for him. He probably won't get a scratch on me. Don't worry sweetheart" he said hugging me closer to his chest before planting a kiss at the top of my head. "So what will it be Alpha?"
"Fine. You're on. Outside now. You lose you don't set a foot in La Push again. Are we understood?"
"Of course. What happens if I win?" he asked him.
"I guess you'll be allowed to stay and you will help up deal with this bitch" he sighed before he headed out the door.
I looked up at Jasper and he just gave my hand a tight squeeze before he followed Jacob out the door. I looked over at Bella with a worried look. She came over to me and wrapped an arm around my shoulder before we headed out the door. Jacob was already in his wolf form and Jasper was standing there in a slightly crouched stance.
I watched on the front porch with Bella and Paul on each side of me. I was worried. I know I shouldn't worry, they are both strong fighters. But the thought of my Alpha attacking my mate had me on the edge.
They started circling each other. And so it begins. They kept eye contact, waiting for the other to attack first. If I was human, I think I would have missed out on the action. It would have been a blur for human eyes.
Jacob growled and lunged first, but Jasper just danced out the way. He sidestepped out the way just as Jacob lunged at him. They started circling each other again. Jacob was baring his teeth at Jasper, but he was unfazed by it.
Jacob lunged for him again, narrowly missing Jasper this time. Jasper flipped over Jacob and grabbed him by the tail. Jacob turned his head and snarled. Jasper with an emotionless face just tugged hard at Jacob's tail, causing him to yelp in pain and surprise.
He tugged at Jacob's tail again harder this time, he let go and flipped over Jacob's wolf form as Jacob's body was jerked back from the force. He dug his claws into the ground and ran towards Jasper at a fast pace. Jasper stood there smirking with his arms crossed. Jacob was getting closer. What was Jasper doing? He should be moving out the way. Move your ass Jasper.
Jacob had knocked him onto the floor. His paws around Jasper's neck. My eyes widened. No. I started to walk towards them, but I was held back by Paul who had a grip of my shoulder. I turned at glared at him. He just shook his head and pointed towards the fighting pair.
I looked back just as Jasper smirked before he kicked Jacob in the stomach, sending him flying into a tree. I watched as Jasper ran towards Jacob just as he was getting back to his feet. Jasper wrapped his arms around his throat and slammed them both to the floor.
Jasper got up and crouched into a stance, ready for Jacob's next attack. Jacob lay there and shook his head clear. He got back to his feet and lowered his upper body towards the floor, like he was going to charge at him.
I was right. He charged at Jasper, but Jasper jumped and twisted in the air. He landed on Jacob's black and had Jacob's neck in a grip of two hands.
"I win" Jasper said before he twisted off Jacob's wolf form and walked back towards the house, towards me. But he didn't see that Jacob was going to charge at him while he had his back turned. I wasn't gonna have that.
I growled and pushed past Paul, phasing in mid-air. Something only Jacob had managed to master, not now. I jumped over Jasper and landed in front of him while he was near the front porch.
"You will not touch my mate Alpha" I growled.
A/N: Hoped y'all liked it