Chapter 11- Schisms On The Page To All We Thought We Knew? Good Or Bad? Eh..Both.

Disclaimer: As awesome as it would be, I don't own any of these characters. They all come from the brilliant mind of Stephenie Meyer.

Summary: What happens when a wolf sees a certain girl in one's mind? Is it an imprint, or not? Will Jealously rear it's ugly head and blur the lines of friendship. Or will Understanding reign? ...And will Bella find her heart with a wolf that she never saw coming, or hush the call of Want, Love, and Trust? Rated M for violence, swearing, and lemons.

Thank you for your patience again, readers! It means a lot. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get this chapter up quite as fast as I had hoped, due to a sudden and strong stomach virus along with the combination of internet connection problems. But here it is- Chapter 11 of TWW. Hope that you all enjoy it!:)

Major thanks as always to Preetoaka Raven Potter Weasley and LilNewborn Vamp for the reviews and awesome, never-ending support. I love you both dearly! Also a big thanks to Dizzy4u, isugirl, seza3175, and to everyone else who reviewed. Your words make me smile!

I would also like to make a note here that the Makah legend mentioned in this chapter IS fictional. I took artistic license lol.

Jared POV:

The moment that I bite into Jacob's arm something feels different…wrong. The fury's still burning within my veins, and there's no sense in trying to stop the inevitable fight from continuing, but…What the fuck is going on? As soon as I bite him, his own vehemence picks up ten fold. He snarls loudly in my face, his contorting in rage as he still pins me to the wall with his arm. And then it happens..He marks me with his own canines, smack dab on cheek. I scream, almost yelping in pain as he lets go of me and I crash to the floor. My hand finds my face, examining the new puncture wounds, blood staining my finger tips. It'll heal soon, but man, what the hell? My body feels like it's burning. I hear a mixture of faltering and hurried footsteps and quickly differentiate as to whose are whose. Jacob's- rocking back from heel to toe until he finally, too, collapses. Bella's- scampering and halting with an abrupt thump against the floorboards as she falls to her knees next to me. Bella…My, Bella. I hate seeing her so worried, but still take pride in her care and concern for me, even in this state.

"Oh my god, Jared! What's wrong? Talk to me, please!" She sobs, grasping my chin with little hands in an attempt to get me to lift my head. I can't resist my imprint's plea. Foggy against her requests, I register the commotion on the other side of the room. Sam's voice booms and Seth's, always caring Seth, stammers as I lift my head to gaze at my mate.

"Jacob! C'mon, talk to me here. Speak..What's wrong?"

(Seth) "Jake, c'mon…Please, talk. Is it your arm?"

Jacob speaks through strained and gritted teeth. "It hurts…Fuck it burns! Jared…What did he do to me?"

Bella's voice takes back over in my consciousness. "Oh my god! You're hurt..Jake- Why- why did you bite him! Jared, your face..Are- are you o-okay?"

The bite of whatever just happened is still steadily burning, but with her next to me, placing her hand across my cheek to examine the wound herself, it's died down to a bearable simmer. I sit up, slamming my back against the wall and yank Bella into my lap; cooing hoarse, soothing words to her.

"Shh…I'm okay, Sweetie."

"But your- your hurt. What did he-"

"Shh…" I reach around to rub gentle circles on her back, "I know..I don't," I pause, grunting in pain, "I don't know what happened, but I'm okay." I kiss her temple and she relaxes into my embrace but her hold on me doesn't loosen.

On the other side of the room, Jacob's stopped flailing as the other members of my Pack (save for Leah, along with Emily backed into another wall; Leah looking strained and Emily, wide-eyed) hunch over him. Huh…Wonder if he felt the diminishing fucking heat too. Sam looks a little pained himself. Probably wanting to go to Emily; I don't blame him…Imprint. He faces Paul. "I've got this. Go, Alpha, go!" Sam rolls his eyes at him before rising and quickly treading over to his mate.

"Emily, are you alright?" He gingerly folds her in his arms. She lays her head on his chest. "Baby, what is it?"

"I think…I think I might know what happened." Jacob tilts his head backwards and upwards slightly, chin into the air, to look at her. "What?"

"I think."

Leah tenderly, albeit surprisingly, pats her cousin's back to urge her towards the table. Taking a seat as Embry and Paul help Jacob up into a sitting position, she slowly exhales. I swear, if I was phased right now, my ears would be perking up like a damned cat. Bella giggles lowly and I almost think that she can hear my thoughts.

Seth takes a seat next to his sister at the table, along with Sam (placing his hand atop hers on the table) whilst Quil marches into the kitchen in search of more muffins. Our youngest pack member seems to catch on to the reason for his little quest. "Jesus, Quil…How can you still be worried about food right now?" As if to answer his question, his own stomach growls loudly and the room, even in the tension, busts out in laughter. Everyone's gaze locks on Emily as the matter at hand resurfaces. I want to touch the burning place on my cheek, but can't let go of my mate, her head leaning on my shoulder but still turned to give Em attention.

"Well…My grandmother told me of a legend when I was very young. She mentioned a tale about brothers, not in blood but in signature. The two brothers were not always bound this way, however they were protectors of their tribe. Of course," she chuckles lightly in remembrance, "she didn't tell me what she meant exactly by 'protectors' then. One day whilst protecting their tribe a great conflict arose, causing protector to battle protector. They fought almost to the death, because the ruling amongst their tribe was if such a battle was stricken, then no other could interfere if nothing could be done to stop it before it escalated to violence. 'Rather the loss of one or two than of many,' She'd say. This was the case with the feud that day. When it looked as if the fight was over, that one protector was about to take the life of the other, he bit him in fury. From that day on, the two protectors were bonded more profoundly in blood. They could still rise up against one another if they so chose, but not without great pain or the sufferance of the tribe."

A long, heavy pause fills the room, waiting to see if her story is done. After a few long moments of her sitting there, gazing down at me, all of the information seems to seep in. Ohhh, great.

"So…What you're saying is that this is kind of like..a brother imprint?" I almost choke on my words, trying to hold back the distain that still swims within me for Black, for harming my mate.

"Y-Yes.." Sam's look is a mixture of concern and relief all at the same time. Emily continues on. "The only thing that doesn't match up is that it wasn't to the death..I-I hope it wasn't." The Alpha gives her hand a small pat of encouragement. "And, you marked each other. In the Makah legend, only one brother bit the other."

Once again, our alpha's voice covers the room. He rubs his chin with his fist in thought. "I can talk to the Elders about it at the next meeting. But male dominance..or a pecking order, if you will, is always existent amongst wolves. Maybe..Since you're supposed to be.." he chances a glance at Black, "Maybe when Jared bit him, marked him, order needed to be restored, so to speak, in his wolf's mind? You're already cousins…far removed, but cousins nontheless. Maybe it made the pain of harming the other worse? Betrayal, if you will." Now it's my turn to move my eye-line to my Brother. His eyes are still stuck in a heavy glare towards me but something's there; some sort of understanding. Even if he doesn't want to admit it, I know that he knows that I'm right for her..Fuck, Jake, get it together! I feel the rage begin to boil in me again, but Bella's soft strokes against my arm keep the Phase at bay.

"Sam," I pipe up, "I know that this is kind of an inconvenient time to be asking..Hell, maybe that makes it convenient. But, give me the rest of the day with Bella still? I'm having enough trouble here as it is..And I- I can't contain it any longer. And who knows how much longer it's gonna be before they can go home and Charlie comes home…Responsibility's never been something that I've wavered from man, but it's more explaining to do. I.."

"Yeah. But let's check out that cheek of yours first, and Jake," you can practically hear the eye roll coming from him, "your arm's no exception." Emily, always the caretaker, crossed the room to Jacob, as Embry helps to yank him down the hall toward the bathroom. Handy dandy lil first aid kit. I laugh at my own expense. Leah looks concerned, but somehow, I know that part of that is for Bella. Poor Qahla- I hate that she can feel my pain. "Cameron, let's get you fixed up." My mate's hold on me tightens so hard that her knuckles become nearly devoid of any color. "Don't worry about it, B. You're silly ass can come too."

The smoldering has mostly focused on my cheek at this point, so I pay no mind to the pain, and hoist Bella up in my arms and into the kitchen; placing her atop the counter whilst my Sister let's her (probably instinctually knowing that she'd want to take care of me…Female pecking order too..Taha Aki, what are you doing here?) wash away the dried blood before she, herself tapes a gauze pad over my new scar. "There. No sense in bearing teeth marks on your face to the whole world yet." I give her a playful punch to the shoulder. "I know that you play the bitch, but you're just as much of a softy as the next person." She sticks out her tongue at me and Bella joins in the laughter, but still reaches out for me. I pick her up, and into my arms once again. I just want to be with her..Time to blow this popcorn stand!

Traipsing back into the main room and towards the door, I throw an austere nod Sam's way and he responds with the own bobbing of his head. Before I can finish the venture to the tree line, Jacob passes me, deliberately bumping into my shoulder. "Ya know..I may not hate you now, but that doesn't mean that I like you anymore at the moment." He jogs a few steps past us before phasing and shredding his cutoffs. "There goes another pair," my mate speaks from within my embrace.

"Yeah, can't teach a wolf how to hold onto his drawers, I guess." I love that smile

.It took some major persuading and asking and asking on her part, but I finally got the protective side of myself and my wolf to bow down enough to let her ride on my phased self back to her home. I really don't like the idea of it, I don't want her to get hurt. But, I still can't deny it..It felt fucking great having her embrace my wolf so enthusiastically. I wanted to howl in pride. Now, back in her room, I softly lay her down next to me upon the mattress, but not before shedding ever once of clothing between us. I need to feel her, skin on skin, as much as possible right now.

My Bella..

Bella POV:

Jared strokes my face and keeps on placing kiss after kiss upon my face, my lips, my chest. I can't believe that all of this happened JUST NOW. If Jake had just…No, it's my fault. Ahh, Bella..Stop it!

Don't doubt yourself, petite amour..I swear I can hear his thoughts in my head as he's stares down at me reverently. We lay here for I don't know how long before one of my hands reaches up to pull on the tape that holds the bandage to his face. He quickly grasps my hand. "No, Bella…Sweetie, my face won't be the same." And suddenly I realize that not all of this embracing is based on just protectiveness and adoration. He's looking for comfort- afraid that I won't see him the same.

"Oh no..Jared," I close my eyes with the meaningfulness of my own words, "You'll always be beautiful to me." He smiles against my hand, now back against his cheek as he pushes his face into my touch. "Please let me.." Jared nods, but I know that it isn't just because of the imprint. In this short time he trusts me, just like I trust him. I slowly peel the gauze away and grin. "There, see? Now your just a bit more distinguished."

He chortles. "Oh really, now?" The next thing I know, I'm being assaulted by a mixture of pleasurable touches and silly tickles from my Jared. Mine! "Oh!" I gasp at my self, in shock of my mind's possessiveness.

"What?" he laughs.

"Oh nothing just.." my gaze is stuck on him and I swallow thickly, "Mine.."

His lips find mine one again and he engulfs me in the most fiery and satisfying mixture of want, need, love, fierceness, and empathy all rolled into one.

Mine.

Jacob POV:

After leaving Sam and Emily's, I don't know what to do. The last thing that I wanted to do was form a brother imprint with the guy, and the legend that stole my gi- Stop it, Jake! No she was supposed to be mine! I want to get over my thoughts, over my pride. But, stupid Alpha senses, they won't let me. Phased, I run. I run until I almost can't feel my own paws beneath me anymore. Then that stinking sensation hits my nostrils again- already becoming familiar and stinging every pore. The protector in me takes over and I follow the scent until it comes to a clearing, just past the Canadian border. Funny, usually the scent travels. This Cold One isn't running. Immediately, I'm regretting my instinctual decision to follow the vampire.

"Haha..Come to join the party I see?"

Shit. Bags. Taha Aki? Remind me to punch you when I get up there.

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Chapter 11 Playlist:

1. "Something" -Frank Sinatra

2. "Count On Me" -Bruno Mars

3. "Something" -The Beatles

4. "Miracle Sun" -Circa Survive

5. "Make It Stop (September's Children)" -Rise Against

6. "Fly Me To The Moon" -Jack Jones

7. "Everyway" -Circa Survive

8. "Let It Go" -Madina Lake

9. "Remember When (Side B)" -The Black Keys

10. "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" -Bombay Bicycle Club

11. "The Danger In Starting A Fire" -A Day To Remember

12. "Hard Times" -Patrick Wolf

13. "To The Lighthouse" -Patrick Wolf

14. "Un Amore Per Sempre" -Josh Groban

15. "What You're Doing" -Rush

16. "Happy" -NeverShoutNever!

17. "Hummingbird" -NeverShoutNever!

18. "Alejate" -Josh Groban

19. "Proud" -Tegan & Sara

20. "Si Do Mhaimeo" -Meav Ni Mhaolchatha, Mairead Nesbitt (Celtic Woman)

21. "Tonight' -Lykke Li

22. "The Book Of Love" -Magnetic Fields

23. "I Follow Rivers" -Lykke Li

24. "Love And Affection" -Neon Trees

25. "Time" -100 Monkeys