The moment we were all dreading was now here. We were down a wolf due to Leah staying with Camilla.

"I really didn't want to do this." I muttered pulling both of my Katanas.

These people were family to me when everything was falling apart. They took me in and showed me that I wasn't alone. Now, I'm going to have to fight them and someone is going to get hurt.

Paul, Jacob, and Seth were all quick to phase and let out a growl and the Cullen's made their way beside us. I made a promise to Bella, to protect her child no matter what. That is one promise I will not break. It's possible that she may survive and I won't let her wake up to find out her daughter or one of her family members has been hurt or worse because of me. I will do everything I can to protect my family.

I stepped forward staying in my fighting stance with my swords firmly gripped in my hands. "If you want to hurt her, you're gonna have to go through me first. This child is under the protection of the hunters of the Figueroa family."

For the first time, since I discovered being a hunter, I actually felt my eyes change from their regular brown to a bright blue. Emmett and Jasper both stepped forward to join me. To everyone surprise, with every step I made forward, the wolves of Sam's pack took one backwards.

"What's going on?" I wondered out loud, I didn't expect Edward to answer.

A smirk made its way onto his face. "Amazing... It seems, since Marley gave birth to the next Alpha and is an imprint, her word is stronger than even the Alpha's. They can't disobey her."

"Are you serious right now?" Once he nodded, I decided to test it out for myself. "You will not cause this child or this family harm unless you want to face the rest of my family, now leave." They slowly backed away from the forest before taking off. I quickly put my katanas up before letting out a sigh of relief.

"And here I was thinking you couldn't get any more badass." Emmett grinned as he made his way over.

I shrugged. "It would have been nice to know about that sooner."

His smile fell as he got a serious look on his face. "How are you doing? A lot has been going on, especially in the past hour."

I hummed before replying. "I'll be okay, just a lot running through my head. Thanks for asking."
"Of course, anything for the badass hunter that just saved our ass." He made his leave as he saw Paul make his way over. Paul didn't say a word only just placed his hands on my cheeks before crashing his lips onto mine. I melted into the kiss as I wrapped my arms around his neck. As we separated I laid my head on his chest finally letting myself relax.
"That was the hottest thing I've ever seen." He muttered with a slight laugh before kissing my forehead. I smiled. "I tried. I'm just happy that everything is calm. Now, we just wait for her to wake up."

Since we didn't have to worry about an attack or my cousin giving birth to a hybrid, I went back to Paul's house to Mila. Paul still ran patrols around the Cullen's home, but came home in between his shifts. We were still taking things slow, not feeling a need to rush things. I had just woken up when I walked into the living room to find Jacob sitting on the couch holding his daughter.

A smile made its way onto my face watching him look at her the same way I did. "Now, do you have a key or something? 'Cause I swear everyone just walks in here even though the door is locked."

Jacob laughed slightly still watching Mila. "Paul hid a spare key in the yard so he doesn't have to worry about losing it while running patrol. We just all know about it because of the mind link."

I leaned against the doorway with a smile still on my face. "It's nice to see you with her."

"I guess I should apologize. I should have been with her from the beginning. She's my daughter and she deserved better than that. Maybe the whole thing that happened with Bella opened my eyes. Even though we aren't together, we are still family. She deserves the best one, even if its not in the traditional sense."

I made my way over and sat beside him. "I'm just happy you decided to be apart of her life. She needs you too. Plus, there's a big chance she will be a shifter and she'll need her dad to teach her how."

He sighed while looking over at me. "Is it bad that I hope she doesn't? Become a wolf like me, I mean."

"No, because, I hope she isn't either. I want her to have the normal life we didn't get a chance to. We have to face the facts though, she will, for sure, be a hunter. We will just have to make sure she's ready." -

It's been a day and I've still haven't gotten word that Bella has woken up, but I have been told that Renesmee, which Bella picked out for her, has been growing very quickly. It terrified all of us that she would have a very short live span. She already looked older than Camila. I was working out when I got word that Bella woken up. They wanted me around in case she possibly harmed Nessie, as Jacob nicknamed her.

"You don't have to do this, Marls." Paul told me as he followed me around as I grabbed my swords and Mila's diaper bag so we could drop her off at Emily's. "You can stay here instead of putting yourself in danger again."

I sighed as I readjusted Mila's bag on my shoulder. "I know you worry, I understand. Since I put my family's protection on Nessie's life, I have to protect her, even from her own mother."