Resurrection.

Chapter Five: In The Air Tonight.

Apparently, for the first time in her life she had a panic attack which had - again for the first time in her life - led to her hyperventilating, and what was even more embarassing this caused - for the first time in her life - fainting. How did she find out? Well, she opened her eyes and found herself somewhere completely different then she last remembered being.

When Leah woke she found herself laid in a large custom made - for it was bigger then any size she had seen before - bed that she had to admit had the softest sheets ever. For one self indulgent moment she buried her face into the softest sheets she had ever felt, closing her eyes as she simply enjoyed the moment of being in the comfiest bed ever.

Whilst her parents' house in La Push may have been large compared to other La Push standards, in the real world her family had still been poor. Everything had been handmade, been in the family for generations in some way or another, and a fair bit of it was on its last legs as far as repairing went. The most expensive thing she had probably ever owned would have been a bottle of medium-priced alcohol or that disgusting bridesmaid's dress the two-faced traitor had forced her to wear.

She may have, a few times, since the finer things in life but never had she had the opportunity to touch, to enjoy it, nor to have it. Even her bed back in La Push had been an old hand-me-down. She was pretty sure it had been her mother's bed when she had been a teenager herself. To be here, in the most luxurious bed in the world (in her opinion anyway) was like a dream come true. Even though the room stank of that Alpha - it must be his room, it smelt marked - and had a nagging feeling she'd end up the same way eventually.

Leah was shocked at this thought, thus sitting bolt up-right as she frowned. Had she already given into Fate's command that she was to belong to this unfamiliar Alpha? Groaning in annoyance, she couldn't help but think with a growl that the imprint magic, perhaps, was gaining more of a foothold then she thought. This was not good.

Growling in annoyance, Leah leapt off the bed only to find she was naked. Her mind went blank for a few key moments before she remembered what had happened before she fainted. She had been in wolf form, trying to punish Seth, when that... that... Alpha came out of no where and pinned her. Then came the panic attack. She supposed the panic attack must have made her hyperventilate until she passed out or fainted. She sincerely hoped Seth had covered her and brought her in here himself but knowing her luck that damn Alpha probably did. Damn it.

She knew she should probably call him by his name, he had given it after all, but she felt that would be more intimate then she was prepared for right now.

Forcing the thought to the back of her mind for the moment - preferably a hell of a lot longer then that - Leah set about finding some clothes to put on. After all, she had ripped her previous outfit to shreds when she phased as suddenly as she did. Finding no outfit had been put out for her, although really she was not surprised by this, she began rummaging through the wardrobe and chest of drawers for some clothes. In the end she chose one of his white wifebeaters - it smelt so strongly of him - and a pair of his boxers since realistically, there was no way in hell she'd fit in any of his jeans or trousers. They would just fall down on her.

Barefoot, she stalked out of the bedroom and followed the sound of giggling. What surprised her when she reached the source wasn't the fact she was now in the living room, or that Seth was quite happily sat on the floor inbetween a woman's legs with his head laid back in said woman's lap... No, it was the fact he was the one giggling.

Leah found herself speechless for an entire minute at the sight.

"What the fuck?!"

She really couldn't believe this. Not only was her brother chatting with the enemy - the woman had to be to be in this territory - but he was giggling at something she said! Leah watched as Seth turned to face her, his eyes all lit up, and then he began to spoke. He didn't need to say a word though because she could see it in that disgusting expression of his; happiness with a mixture of worship, love, adoration, and lust.

"Leah! I'm so glad you're awake!"

He began with a beaming grin as he stood up before continuing,

"This is my imprint, Janice Herveaux. Guess what? She's Alcide's sister, and knows all about the supernatural!"

At that moment Leah was pretty sure she was in a nightmare. Now, there was no way she'd ever be able to leave this town, let alone this territory. It was one thing to put herself in a situation where she would be miserable, but to force her brother? No. She couldn't do that to him. He may not have ever mentioned it, but back in La Push she knew he had felt like the odd one out with so many of the boys near his age imprinting. The fact he hadn't, had actually upset him although no one but Leah had been able to see it. She knew Seth better then he realised, and she could not take him away from his imprint. Unfortunately this left her with only one option as well; she would have to not only accept her own imprint but make sure everyone knew he was well and truly taken.

Pinching the bridge of her nose, Leah attempted to rein in her temper.

"Right. Does she know about imprinting?"

Leah asked, wanting to make sure. When she noticed Seth nod his head happily, reminding her of one of those nodding dog car ornaments, she bit back a growl of fustration.

"Does she know about Alcide?"

She asked, giving a meaningful glance at her brother. His oblivious grin did not help improve her mood, nor infact did his answer;

"Don't worry, I told her everything, especially how awesome you are, and she's totally happy with you two together. He's dated some real dogs apparently, so you're going to be a real step up for him."

The mantra 'I shall not kill my brother' began on repeat in Leah's mind. Unfortunately it wasn't helping her situation although it was stopping her from attacking her idiot of a little brother. She barely gave the blonde sister a look as she turned on the spot. She had been about to leave, take a run in the wolf form, when an unfamiliar voice spoke up.

"He's not that bad, you know. He's the faithful type. Besides, from the looks of it he likes the look of you. 'Course that Rikki Naylor's still sniffin' around. You'll want to do something about that. Oh! What a coincidence, seems she's come back again. Been beggin' for Alcide to take her back."

Leah barely heard Janice's last few words before her feet was taking her running out of the living room, down the hallway, slammed open the front door, and across the large 'courtyard' type area she had been dumped earlier to leaping right at the woman getting far too close to Alcide for Leah's comfort.

She didn't even realise what was going on around her whilst she used both fists, rather impressively, to punch the woman around the face. For a few moments all she could see when she looked at that woman was Emily. The bitch she had been unable to touch, unable to vent her rage and betrayal out on, and before she knew it she had lost all control.

Of course all this happened in a few seconds, so before Leah could beat the woman to death Alcide managed to wrap his large arms around Leah's waist before pulling her off her victim. She didn't even realise everything she was saying as she twisted, struggled, and clawed to get out of Alcide's unbeatable grip.

"You bitch! You're not having him! Not again! I won't let you!"

She snarled. It wasn't until Seth stood infront of her, blocking her view of the woman, that she could focus on something - anything - else. His own soft light chocolate brown eyes met her darker ones, and after a few seconds she recognised him as Seth, her little brother. Soon everything came back to her and she found herself shaking in shock. Fortunately from what she could tell the woman she had beaten was healing, all be it not as fast as her kind, but she couldn't help but feel rather guilty.

"Fuck!"

Leah growled, spinning around to make her captor let her go. However her words didn't leave her lips as she looked up at Alcide in surprise. Due to the fact she wasn't physically fighting anymore his grip was not so tense, but the look in his eyes made up for it in her opinion. He knew something was going on. Something between them, and because of that Leah couldn't help but feel fear. Everything was going so wrong, and the worst of it was she had no control over any of it. Her worst fear however was what happened with Sam to repeat with Alcide. What if she was never going to be good enough for anyone?

"I think we need to talk."

Alcide rumbled, his voice pouring over Leah like a good whiskey. Unfortunately his words ruined the effect causing her to want to run really fast in any direction but his. It seemed as if Alcide expected this response since his grip had tightened again to make sure she didn't get away. She watched his gaze leave her briefly and look over her shoulder - she guessed looking at her unfortunate victim.

"Take care of her. When she's healed send her on her way."

With that he turned, keeping Leah in his arms, and began to walk her back inside the house. She could hear Seth following her, and from the sounds of it Janice had stayed in the living room. Leah guessed Seth had told her to stay there, and it was probably a good call. From what she could tell by sense of smell Janice was only human, although she could carry the gene for Wolf Shapeshifters to pass onto future offspring. Janice would have gotten seriously hurt if she had been around an angry Leah, so she knew Seth had done the right thing by making the blonde stay inside.

Sure enough, Janice was sat on the same armchair she had been facing the window and almost automatically Seth went to sit on the floor between her long, tanned legs. Leah frowned at the sight, subtly glancing at her own figure before looking at Janice's slim but curvacious one. Janice was definately all feminine, and with the muscle Leah's body had packed on when her gene activated, definately reared up the green eyed monster. Ever since she became a wolf Leah had felt masculine and so far away from sexy that she never even bothered anymore when it came to anything even slightly feminine. Right now though Leah was rueing the fact this tanned blonde looked like a real woman whilst she was stuck looking like some out-of-the-woods-masculine-reject.

"Sit."

Alcide spoke, his voice firm and commanding. Despite there having no magical force behind it like the true Alpha of La Push, Jacob Black, did Leah still found herself beyond compelled to obey it. Reluctantly she sat down on the armchair's matching sofa. She was more perching on it then anything else. It was definately of a far better quality then anyone had in La Push, and besides that she still felt this need to flee before she got close enough that a permenant seperation between them would kill her. Leah, unfortunately, had a bad feeling she had already let herself like this man too much.

"Now, why did you attack Rikki, and what is going on between us?"


Author's Note: Wow, I read the author's note on the last chapter and didn't realise it had been so long since I gave a new chapter so I really hope this one was worth the wait! Hopefully it won't be so long for the next chapter. Loving the reviews, so please keep them coming. They really do make my day.