AN

I don't like to admit it, but I have fallen to peer pressure. This is a bonus chapter!

Yes, that means two chapters still remain, but I am drawing the line there! No more, guys! I just can't extend it any further.

I hope this does make up for it though - one of the guys POV just like you asked!

As always credit goes to dontcallmeleelee who kindly beta'd this extra chapter!

With that said, a huge thank you for all the reviews and I hope you enjoy. xx

Cris POV

I saw it happen as if I was there. My worst nightmare come to life. Jaden was my eyes, my window to hell. He almost had her. He'd been so close. It took only seconds for him to drop Emily at the dock and fly back to her.

He was too late. His crystal clear vision saw the ceiling collapse above her and fire flash through the room. There was no way she could have survived.

Leah was gone.

My body phased back of its own accord. I didn't care that the fighting continued around me. All I could see was her face in my mind. Her eyes, so blindingly beautiful - their light now gone from this world.

As my knees touched the floor, I sunk into it, trying to make sense of everything, but the truth was nothing made sense without Leah.

Arms shoved at me, telling me to move. I couldn't focus or care though. My body was too heavy. Someone was talking next to me, no, not talking, shouting. My eyes trailed upwards to find Jaden in his human form, and trying to pull me to my feet. I shook my head at him.

"Leah's gone, Cris. I'm so sorry, but you have to move. The fight's not over." Jaden sighed, tugging at me once more. "Come on, Suka."

Suddenly, it felt like a thousand eyes were on me. My heavy head saw Seth's face, his wolf eyes aghast with horror. A choking noise erupted from his throat as he also phased back. His lungs didn't seem to be able to get enough air as his body violently racked with sobs.

Embry and Jake stood side by side, equally staring at Jaden. Embry looked haunted, but Jake shook his head angrily, repeating the word no, over and over again. His eyes fixed on mine, and I saw his anger. I felt it too. She had been stolen from us. We had been so close. This was wrong. An impossible nightmare. I would never see her face, hear her laugh or kiss her soft lips ever again. Joham had stolen the light from my world.

Something surged in me. I phased back, letting loose a howl and flushing all the pain from my system until only the need to avenge my Leah remained.

Jake was in my mind. "We kill him."

We nodded at each other and flew out the door.

I let my wolf take over. The human part of me hurt too deeply to be any use. The wolf however was angry, a hell hound, determined to devastate the monster that took away my mate.

Jake matched my stride as we ran through the forest. We needed no words or conversation to know that we would finish this together. Jake's wolf was for once at ease with mine, the alpha's putting aside their differences to unite.

As we flew past a clearing, Jake's mind flickered in recognition of Nessie. I too picked up a presence, but our animal selves were so focused on the scent of death ahead of us that we passed her by without stopping. There was no time for human moments right now.

Eventually, we started to see movement ahead of us. A body was running rapidly through the trees in the opposite direction. We picked up our pace, closing the distance easily. We had fire under our paws and a wind behind our tails, nothing would stop us. As we reached the vile beast, my feet threw me onto his back, sending him to the floor. I continued to rip and tear at his head, trying to get an anchor to tear him apart. I barely noticed when his nails scraped down my side, splitting the skin. As I attacked, Jake took his leg and used it much like a chew toy, gnawing and snarling at the marble skin trying to break it. Joham was strong, but not strong enough to fight against two alphas. My wolf was nothing but vicious strength and speed.

We tumbled around the forest, trying to take him down, when a shot rang out around us. Jake yelped and fell back, leaving me and Joham to struggle against each other. Eventually, I managed to get his head in my jaws, but at the same time his cold hands gripped around my neck.

"Let him go, or the dog gets put down." The cold female voice made us all pause.

I glanced sideways to see Jake in his human body, a gun shot wound oozed blood from his shoulder. Opposite, Sophia stood with a gun pointing at him.

"Finish it," Jake grunted at me. "For her."

My jaws started to clamp down on Joham, despite his fingers now tearing into my skin as he twisted to grasp my head and stop me. I was about to finish it when two words stopped me.

"Welcome, Leah."

Sophia's laugh echoed around the clearing in glee. My heart soared. It was impossible. I refused to believe it until I heard Jake's stunned voice.

"Leah..." he whispered.

My body was suddenly desperate to reach her. I needed her in my arms, to prove she was real, substantial, and not just a mirage. My instinct was overridden by the task at hand though. I wouldn't allow myself to break away, but it killed me that I was at the wrong angle to see her. I let loose a frustrated growl and kept my hold on Joham secure. We weren't out of danger yet.

I heard another growl in the clearing, that I recognized as Embry. I was glad Leah had back up.

"Give it up. It's over. Four against two," Leah demanded.

My heart skipped a beat at how healthy and strong she sounded before panic set in. It hadn't bothered me before, but Sophia had a gun.

Jake shared my concern. "Leah, just get out of here."

"It's never over." Sophia laughed again, this time more coldly. "Let him go and your friend will get to live another day."

I knew Leah would never back down. A part of me was proud and also terrified. She was alive, but that so easily could change. The miracle could still be taken away. Her and Sophia's argument continued on, oblivious to my internal war.

"And then what?" Leah questioned. "You come back and kill us all later. I don't think so."

"Then I'm afraid there's just no winning for anyone of us."

My ears picked up the sound of a click and a shiver ran through me. My gut told me that was Sophia reloading.

Leah's voice never faltered. "Isn't a gun a little humanoid for you? I would have thought such items beneath you."

"You forget. I'm part human. Sometimes you just have to think outside the box when dealing with shape shifters. I'd like to see you heal from a bullet to the brain. Quick, easy, clean. What's not to like," Sophia growled bitterly.

Jake seemed to be my voice as much as his own. "Leah, just go. Embry, get her out of here. We have this."

I felt Joham shifting under me. "Sophia, just shoot the damn dog,"

"Which one?" Sophia sounded uncertain.

"Leah. Shoot Leah!" Joham shouted.

Suddenly, I didn't care if I died or not. They were not hurting Leah. Jake yelled out in the background, but I was already twisting myself into Joham's hands, allowing him to get a hold of me as my teeth closed in around his head. I could feel his body yielding under my assault, but at the same time, the bones at the base of my head felt a crushing strength come down on them. Neither of us was backing down. It was quite likely we would both die, but that was ok with me if it meant Leah lived.

In the background, I heard my girl shout out. "Now!"

Seconds later, two things happened, Embry knocked Joham's legs out from under him, causing him to release his hold on my neck and another shot reverberated around us.

It made my stomach lurch, but my eyes finally found my she-wolf. I was temporarily relieved. She was on top of Sophia, battering her weapon arm against the floor until she dropped the gun.

"I'm a mother. Please no," the little bitch cried out.

Leah continued her assault, but Sophia also defended herself. Jake joined them and I allowed my own attention to fall back to Joham. He was desperately looking for an escape route, but Embry was blocking him. I met Embry's eye and he nodded. Joham was about to die.

Even with two of us Joham was still a bastard to catch. He was trying every trick he knew to keep out of our jaws, but we were making his circle smaller by the second and closing in. I barely noticed when another shot rang out. I was too focused on the monster in front of me now. Embry finally managed to dive in and rip a part of Joham's stomach away. As Joham panicked and swung to face him, I attacked from the back, removing a chunk of his side. Joham shouted in fury and disgust, but his words meant nothing. We continued our tag team assault. My mind reveled in his destruction. He had taken so much from all of us. He had hurt my family, killed my pack mate, and almost cost me Leah. It was reaching the point where there wasn't much left of him. Embry took a final bite out of his leg and Joham tumbled to the floor. He started to drag his body towards the undergrowth. Embry snorted and stepped back, gesturing to me that Joham was all mine. I accepted his gift gladly. Slowly, my body moved forward. My teeth grabbed his torso, dragging him back towards me. Joham started to beg, but it was worthless. It made sense that he would be a coward right down to the end.

I looked at his blood red eyes. He knew what was coming. He stopped fighting and his body just gave up. I growled, my mouth wrapping around his skull, my paw pushing down on his chest, my teeth gripping his head and pulling it away. The marble skin cracked beneath me as his head rolled across the clearing. Embry was already setting a fire, and with disgust kicked Joham's head in first. It was done.

My body shuddered as I phased back. Sophia lay dead in the clearing, but I was unconcerned; my eyes continued to search desperately for Leah. Finally, I spotted her, she was some meters away, but something was wrong. She was bleeding profusely from her chest. I panicked. It was as if my nightmare was happening all over again. I couldn't accept it - not now, when she had only just come back to me.

I cleared the distance between us in a flash. Jake held her against him on the floor. Her head was flung limply back against his shoulder and her eyes were closed, with cuts across one lid and her face. I looked down at her chest where blood was pouring out. Her chest rattled as she tried to breath. Jake was whispering to her, asking her to stay, asking her to forgive him, promising her the world if she just looked at him.

Jake didn't resist when I pulled her away from him and into my arms. I held her head against me as I kissed her eyelids softly. She felt so light and fragile. I refused to lose her. Not again. "Leah, come on, baby. Wake up."

I saw a flicker of movement and her good eye opened a crack. My heart was elated. "It's ok. You're going to be ok."

Amazingly, she managed to smile and touched my face in return. "Is he?"

She started to cough violently, so I automatically laid her down, but it only worsened her breathing. I picked her up again, cradling her against me. We had to get her help. I could feel her body start to panic in my grip.

"Shh, don't try and talk. He's dead and burned. See..." I soothed, turning her towards the bonfire. "Come on. Let's get you to Carlisle." I kissed her forehead as we moved away from the clearing.

Embry took Leah's hand as we moved and Jake picked his way through the forest ahead, leading us back to the dock. Her breathing seemed to worsen the further we went and her body wasn't healing properly. I didn't know if it was because the bullet was still inside or because of something that had been done to her. Anxiety started to creep up inside of me. I had no idea what Leah had been through. I was scared of the answer. What if that monster had touched her? How deep would her scars really be after this experience? How would she handle the death of the people we lost?

The forest felt like it went on forever and I had never been as glad to see the ocean as I was when the dock came into view. Leah stirred in my arms as a breeze hit us, but I could hear her heart beat weakening. I could see everyone by the boat. Seth was already flying up the slope. He wasn't who I needed though.

"Carlisle?" I shouted desperately.

He was there in seconds, examining her body. Esme followed him with a medical kit. Carlisle reached inside the case, producing a needle and bottle. He proceeded to draw out an amount of liquid.

"I need to get the bullet out so she can heal," he explained. "I can't do that with her anywhere near conscious."

I nodded and he accepted that as my permission to go ahead. As he injected her, my eyes wandered to the sky and silently I prayed that she would be ok.