A Girl and Her Wolves

***Episode 4***

Hey guys, this will be the closer episode for this story. It's been awesome and as always, I appreciate your avid reading and reviews. You guys have been great! A lot is gonna happen so get ready! As always, M for mature rating for the adult themes, language, sex, yada yada yada.

On with the show!

Previously:

Embry and Quill came rushing through the back door, catching everyone by surprise. Including Bella, who turned her head towards the new action in her home.

"Carlisle said there's some super vampire family coming to Forks. They rule their kind I guess. They heard about Edward and what he did."

"The Volturi?" Bella quizzed.

"Yeah, that's it."

"We're in deep trouble…" Bella sighed.

"Guys, we do not want the Volturi around LaPush and Forks. They don't care about any law but their own. They'll kill every and any human they want." Bella sighed. "I don't even know what they'll think of the pack. They probably won't distinguish the wolves from Edward…"

In a split second, Jasper and Emmett came into the home. "Alice says they're almost here. They're meeting us at Port Angeles by the boat docks. In a warehouse…"

"When?"

"At 3 am from what Alice saw. It'll be when the night is darkest. But they're bringing a small army. No more than 15, but they're all older vampires with a lot of experience. We'll need all the help we can get…" Emmett drawled on.

The voices of everyone faded out as Bella ran her hands through her hair. She couldn't let the pack and the Cullens be killed. Not because of her...She had something in mind, her own planning had begun while the pack and the Cullens worked on their own for the meeting at the docks.

It was midnight when she snuck out of Paul's home. Both Jake and Paul were sound asleep from the event at the high school. Plus, they needed strength if they were going to fight. But Bella refused to let anyone get hurt or die because she was the reason Edward went blood crazy…

Struggling, she pushed her massive truck down the road, so the boys wouldn't hear the old thing start up with a roar…

Once she was far enough away, she hopped in, turned over the engine and headed for the docks. She could—no she would do this for her wolves, for the Cullen's. Keep them safe, by sacrificing herself and stopping any fight…Any more unnecessary death…

"Young…Bella," Aro's accent drew out the 'L' in her name. "My, this is certainly a surprise." Bella stood strong, even though the 18 elder vampires in front of her would be nerve racking to anyone. Caius, Aro and Marcus stood in front of the group, donning their royal dark red and black capes.

"You came alone?" Caius snarled. He wasn't trusting in her altruistic deed.

"I did. Alice said you'd be here. I came before they could to meet with you."

"And why would you—" Aro began, but Bella interrupted him.

"I came alone, because I was the reason Edward went on the blood craze he did. He found out…that I was with someone else, and I denied him. He killed all…of those…" When she stalled, she looked up to see Aro processing it all.

"He left you in the woods if I recall correctly. You know of our 'secret'…are you the only one?"

"Yes," Bella knew where this was going. Finally, she thought. "I am."

As Aro motioned her to come closer, she slowly walked forward, her eyes on Caius. As he reached for her hand, she grimaced at his cold touch. She could see him relive her memories, hopefully all the ones with Edward, and not the wolves. When he sighed and dropped her hand, he turned away.

"Bella, I am grateful of your honesty. It does mean a lot to an old vampire like me. But," He looked at Caius and nodded. In an instant, he had Bella constricted in his grip. "You do know about us and since you are no longer with the Cullen's, nor did they have plans to change you, we simply, cannot allow you to live." His face grew sad, and for a second, she believed he was. "I am sorry my dear, it's for the utmost respect of our law."

"Don't be Aro. I came here knowing my fate. I am at peace with dying."

"Very honorable, for a young human. Do you truly wish to die, and not become like us?" Marcus spoke softly.

"I wouldn't want that for anyone, so yes, dying is my choice."

"Very well," Aro nodded again to his brother as he walked to his group.

Caius leaned down a little. "I'll make it quick." He whispered as he patted her shoulder and faced her.

As Bella faced her certain death, by the name of Caius, she closed her eyes. Good bye my wolves, I love you both. As his hand rose above her head, she drew a quick last breath. When the blow never landed, she opened her eyes. Caius had frozen. The ancient vampire glanced at her up and down.

"It's not possible…" He snarled. "How can this be?!"

"What is it brother?" The one called Aro growled sternly, impatient that this killing was taking too long. As Caius turned, his eyes held both hatred and surprise.

"There's something different about her…" His eyes widened. "She's one of them." Aro quickly glanced between Bella and Caius.

"'Them' as in the wolves?" Aro was shocked.

"She smells like one. I didn't notice it before…but I smell it now, clear as day. She's a wolf!"

"I'm not a wolf…" Bella quizzed. "I'm an imprint but—"

"What is an imprint?"

"It means she's our mate." A deep, angry voice came from behind them. As the army became nervous and stood ready, Bella turned around as Caius backed away from her.

Paul and Jake stood as the whole pack snarled behind them. Sam's wolf came up beside the two men as he snapped his jaws a couple times. The Cullen's wove out in between the large wolves as they came to the front.

"Aro, it is true. Bella is a mate to two of the wolves of this pack." Esme spoke softly.

"The wolves went extinct over a hundred years ago." Caius spoke in disbelief.

"Obviously, we endured." Jake growled out. "She is mine and my brother's mate. Imprints are a sacred law in our territory. The territory which you have entered. We will kill to protect her." Some wolves barked in agreement. "Numbers mean nothing to us when it comes to the safety of our mates."

"Aro, we do not want to fight." Carlisle "We dealt with Edward properly. He no longer exists and isn't a problem."

A silence fell between the two massive groups, but all Bella could do was stare at her two wolves. They came for her…The whole pack came for her.

"Who destroyed Edward?"

"I did."

"Did you not also create him, Carlisle?" Aro jested. "Can't imagine your first changeling would be easy…"

"No, it wasn't but he made his choice, and left me none." Carlisle said sternly. "I'm not proud but it had to be done."

"I see," Aro glanced at Bella. "I could not read you, my dear. It's not the first time I've encountered this. You are a shield: A protector by nature. And seeing how you were willing to sacrifice yourself to save them," He nodded towards the Cullen's and wolves. "I can see now how much you are cared for."

"It seems, we are outnumbered, and our purpose here expired." Marcus wheezed.

"It seems so." Caius hesitantly agreed.

"Indeed. We shall go. But Bella," Aro called out. "Do stay out of trouble. We wouldn't want to meet like this again." The flat tone didn't go unnoticed.

"No future plans to be a nuisance." Bella chimed.

With a final nod, the Volturi dissipated out of the warehouse. As the groups began to separate and leave, only two stayed behind.

Shit, Bella sighed. She was left with a very angry Paul and Jake.

"You are in deep shit Bella." The angry roar from Paul made her cringe as he slammed the front door.

"Paul—"Bella tried but Jake had her against the wall in a blink of an eye. Paul wasn't far behind him. The yellow-eyed glares from both men made her quickly regret her selfish decision. They weren't men anymore…They were wolves.

"You snuck off alone to get yourself killed! How could you do that to us?"

"Didn't you know what that would've done to us?!"

"I didn't want anyone else to die! Not cause of me!" Bella yelled.

"That wasn't your choice to make little girl." Paul growled, her defense destroyed by his alpha tone.

"Do you even know what happens when a mate to a wolf dies?" Jake's voice vibrated.

"Go 'head. Tell her Jake." Paul snarled.

"When a mate dies, so does the wolf. It no longer has a reason to be a part of us."

"Meaning we wouldn't shift anymore Bella."

"And the pack would disown us. We wouldn't be spirit warriors anymore. And not many live after they've been disowned by their pack."

"I'm—I'm sorry I didn't know… I just wanted everyone safe."

"We would've protected you baby girl." Paul pleaded but his voice was still stern.

"We had the numbers Bella. Two more wolves phased around the time you left."

A few minutes of silence went by. As Jake leaned down, his forehead pressed against Bella's.

"We can't lose you Bella." As Paul walked forward, he leaned his head on her shoulder.

"We would do anything to keep you safe."

Closing her eyes, all three of them took a deep breath in unison.

"I'm safe now." Bella cooed. Paul grabbed her face and kissed her hard. When he pulled away, his eyes went from yellow to their usual dark onyx.

"Never. Do. That. Again." As she nodded, she felt Jake nibble his mark on her neck. When she moaned, Paul dove for his.

"Fuck…" She moaned again. They were going to teach her a lesson, one she'd never forget.

Throughout the early morning to late afternoon, they took turns making her understand just how much they needed her. When one wolf had to patrol, the other was home making her scream and beg for more. And when they were both home, they never left her alone for long.

When Paul was on shift, Jake took her on the kitchen table, amidst the breakfast she cooked for him. He couldn't resist her after she got on her knees and sucked on his cock…

After Jake left for his patrol, Paul grabbed rope out of his shed and tied her to the bed as he marked every inch of her body with kisses, licks and nibbles. When he had enough of her pussy, he came hard into her delicious ass…

When they both had time off, Paul 69'd with her on the couch while Jake claimed her ass over and over.

This went on for weeks until one day Bella woke up with severe nausea and rushed to the bathroom. While Paul held her hair back, Jake called for Sue Clearwater to come over. Eventually, she showed up with Leah in tow.

"We'll need the room boys." Sue gently ordered. She knew better than to challenge a wolf's worry over their mate. "I just need to check what's going on with her." Leah escorted/bullied her two brothers out of the room and locked the door.

Bella, however, had a feeling Sue already knew what was going down.

Ten agonizing minutes, and a few double pink lines later, the problem was diagnosed: Bella was three weeks pregnant. But whether Jake or Paul was the father, it was too early to tell.

When the men heard the news, they jumped for joy, showering her with kisses and hugs. Their love and pride would never leave her until the day she died.

Several months later…

Bella had gone to the grocery store to get food for the boys. But mainly, she had been craving peanut butter waffles with blueberries all afternoon. She had taken 8 year old Claire, Emily's niece and imprint to Quil, along with her for help. They had gone by the soda and chips when something felt very wrong. She had almost dropped the two liter of Sprite when excruciating pain came barreling forward into her abdomen.

"Auntie Bella?" Claire asked worried.

"I'm okay. I—"

"But, you're bleeding…" Claire pointed as Bella glanced down. Her pants were soaked in blood.

"Claire, go to the front desk. Ask for the phone and call Emily. Tell her to get Sue here now." She tried to sound calm, but when a heavy contraction hit her, she cried out. Luckily, a nurse was in the next aisle and heard the commotion.

"My name is Mekaylah, I'm a nurse at Port Angeles General. How far along are you?" She put a gentle hand to Bella's swollen stomach.

"I'm overdue by 2 weeks. Please, I need—"

"I work with Sue Clearwater on the Reservation too," The woman spoke as she dialed numbers on her cell and waited for the answer, she looked at Bella with stern eyes. "I know about the wolves." As she got a hold of Sue, Bella quickly collapsed into unconsciousness.

Jake was loading the dishwasher when he heard Leah's heart piercing howl from the woods. What the fuck! He dropped the plate in the sink as he tore outside and phased. He was greeted with a multitude of voices and anxiety that only got clearer as he got closer to his pack. When they met near the logging yard, they circled Leah.

Leah: Something's wrong. Bella fell in the store. She's bleeding from her womb.

Jared: Will she be alright? Is she hurt?

Seth: How is the baby? Will it survive?

Sam: How long has she been under?

By this time, Jake and Paul joined along with Colin and Brady.

Paul: Where is she!?

Jake: We need to go to her! Tell us where she is!

Brady: A nurse was with her when she fell.

Colin: Said something about the placenta breeching.

Seth: Guys, that's not good. I've heard my mom talk about it. Bella could bleed out—

Paul and Jake both tore at Seth's wolf, who instantly submitted to the two larger wolves.

Jake: Shut the fuck up Seth!

Paul: She's gonna be okay! We won't lose her!

Leah: Back off Jake!

As Sam roared, all the wolves stopped.

Sam: Knock it off! He didn't mean anything by it. Paul, Jake, Bella will be fine. We'll all go to Sue's and wait for the new wolf to arrive.

Jake and Paul lead the pack as the large group galloped towards the clinic Sue ran on the reservation. It didn't take long for them to arrive and when they did, the smell of blood instantly stopped them outside the borderline of the trees. As they all shifted and dressed, they overheard a couple nurses smoking on the back porch.

"I can't believe she was that late in the pregnancy."

"Me either. But with how the placenta was orientated, she should've bled out more."

"Hell, she shouldn't have even survived this long…especially with twins…"

Jake and Paul heard this and ran for the courtyard. As Bella's screams were in range, they bolted inside, almost knocking the two women over.

"Jake! Paul!" Sam yelled, but it did nothing. They smelled her blood, could feel her life weakening by the second. They were quickly met by Charlie and the Council. Harry and Quill Sr. held their arms out wide, blocking their path while Charlie and Billy lined up as a second blockade.

"Hey, hey, hey! Guys! Guys!" Billy shouted. "Stop, stop! You can't go in there right now!"

"The fuck we can't!" Paul roared as he battled Quil Sr.'s bear hug. Jake was having difficulty getting past Harry as well.

"Let us through Dad. Now." Jake yelled. By now the rest of the pack joined in.

"Hey! Everybody! Listen up!" Charlie whistled. "We need to let the nurses do their job right now! We can't get in the way if we want Bells to live—"

"She will live! There's no 'if's' about it Chief!" Paul snarled.

"Paul! Calm down! Jake!" As Sam put a hand on both their shoulders, he was quickly pushed back, their rage now focused on their Alpha.

"Fuck you Sam! That's our mate in there!" Paul growled.

"So. Is. Mine." Sam responded low. "She's in there with Sue, and Bella." He said slowly. "So you both need to calm—"

A punch flew into Sam's cheek.

"Jacob!" Billy yelled. When Sam turned to throw a punch, he was tackled to the wall by a vicious Paul. As Sam was barely able to fight off Paul, Jake joined the brawl. The fight went on, until the wailing of a pair of newborns froze everything in place.

Both Paul and Jake turned slowly as Sue and Emily came down the hallway with a child in both of their arms. The crowd split as they came to a stop at the two wolves.

"She gave birth to twin boys." Sue said handing one to Jake as Emily handed the other to Paul. As they cradled the two calming babies, Charlie looked somberly at Sue.

"And Bella?" Sue grimaced…and shook her head slowly. Emily began to tear up as she made her way to Sam on the floor. "Oh, god no…" Charlie held back the sob. She looked at Jake and Paul, whom both were staring at her in disbelief.

"Sue," Jake choked out. "She can't…She didn't…"

"No…no, no," Paul shook his head as tears began to flood his eyes. "She's okay…right?"

"I'm so sorry…She didn't make it…"

Jake fell to his knees, clutching the newborn as he cried. Paul joined him on the ground, his arm balancing the baby. Charlie sank down with them, putting an arm around both their shoulders as the babies began to cry again. Soon, the entire pack formed a large huddle in attempt to comfort the three hurting men.

Jake and Paul stood as wolves over the grey stone that marked Bella's grave. It had been over 12 years since they lost her, but it will always feel like yesterday to them. On the day of her death, they received somewhat glad tidings. The twins were born bi-parental: Gabriel, or Gabe for short, was Jake's son. Kaden was Paul's. Both had Bella's brown eyes. Both could shift into wolves. Gabe was born a mute, and Sue taught him as well as Paul, Jake and Kaden sign language to help communicate.

Even though the pack didn't reject the two males, they left on their own accord, devastated by the loss of their mate. It was a mystery that they didn't lose the spirit wolves like predicted. The Council believed it was due to the twins, that they could start their own pack, being that Jake was a True Alpha, and Paul his Beta. Or so they believed…

Charlie, wrecked with grief and despair, quit his job as police chief and lived with Paul and Jake and his grandsons. Renee didn't receive the news about Bella until Charlie called her a couple days after she died. Renee made it down for the funeral, severely distraught. A few weeks after she had been back to Florida, Charlie got a call from Phil, Renee's husband. Renee had driven off the side of the road, committing suicide…

Once the twins were old enough, they phased on the fly while hunting out in the woods. Embry had come upon them while out on patrol, but backed down to the very large wolves of Jake and Paul.

Embry swore that Paul and Jake were now twice as large as any other wolf, seeing how they barely spent any time as humans. But the way Paul and Jake stood, neither seemed more Alpha than the other.

Sam was more worried they'd become completely feral, abandoning all humanistic qualities. For the safety of his pack, he ordered everyone to stay away and keep their distance. From what Billy said, Charlie was the only human they tolerated.

However, to everyone's relief, Colin and Brady reported that they saw Kaden and Gabe during school at the Rez. They didn't talk to anyone and mostly stayed by themselves.

Seth had tried to hang out with them after school one time. He saw them phase and run into the woods. He phased and caught up, but was met by Paul's wolf. He tried to talk to Paul and reason with him, but he was too far gone in his savagery, and attacked. Gabe and Kaden were herded away by Jake…

When Seth didn't come home from school, Leah went out to search for him. She let out a howl when she found his blood soaked wolf body. He was barely alive… It took him almost a year to recover from Paul's assault. And at that point, Sam was furious. He went over to Paul's house and banged on the door. When Kaden answered, Sam yelled for Paul and Jake. Gabe came to the door and told him where he could find their dads.

Sam and Jared galloped to the gravesite where Bella had been laid to rest. There, they slowly approached the extremely large wolves. Sam had never seen wolves like them get to the size they had. They made regular timber wolves look like Chihuahuas…

They both sensed Sam and Jared's arrival and turned.

Sam: Jake, Paul…We didn't come here to fight.

Jake: Then why are you here? And not alone? What is this?!

Paul: You don't belong here. Either of you. Leave.

Jared: Paul, we used to be best friends. What the fuck happened man?

Paul: We lost our world! Our everything! You have Kim! She still lives! You will never understand our pain!

Sam: You didn't have to almost kill Seth! He wanted to hang out with your kids!

Jake: He's not part of our pack. None of you are!

Sam: You used to be a part of mine! You both were my pack brothers! We lost Bella too!

At this point, Paul flattened his ears, snarling at Sam.

Paul: You don't get to speak her name. She wasn't your mate!

Sam: No she wasn't. But she was still part of the pack! You know that! Imprints. Are. Pack!

Jared: Please Jake, just listen—

Jake: No!

Jake roared. Even Jared and Sam felt his alpha tone. Paul, however, stood just as tall as Jake, unaffected. As if he was another alpha…Dual alpha males in a single pack? It was unheard of from Sam's perspective.

Jake: Enough. Both of you leave. Or we will end you. This is our territory. Not yours…

As Sam turned to leave, Jared didn't move.

Jared: Jake, I want to join your pack.

Sam: What?! Are you serious?

Paul: Why? Why would you want to join ours when you have Sam's?

Jared: Because you're my brother Paul. And Bella was a sister to me. She was family. And packs are made up of family.

He walked forward to Jake and rolled onto his back, and waited. As Jake and Paul growled to each other, Sam was about to jump in when two dark wolves ran forward and circled Jared's wolf: Kaden and Gabriel. Neither Sam nor Jared could hear the conversation since they weren't in their pack…They could only hope it was positive.

While Kaden could communicate normally as a wolf, Gabriel had difficulties being a mute. He could only show his brother what could be seen through Gabriel's memory, and add emotion to it to form a nonverbal message.

Kaden: Gabe wants to know who this is. I want to know why he's submitting.

Paul: He wants in. He was my brother in my last pack.

Kaden: How come we've never met them? I've seen the black wolf, and the tan and black, but not this one.

Jake: Jared's right Paul. They did grow close before…

Images of Jared, Paul and Jake laughing around a bonfire at Paul's while Bella was six months pregnant and reading a book in her favorite lawn chair flooded Paul's and everyone else's mind.

Paul: I agree.

Jared suddenly felt the pull to his new alphas, he relaxed and stood up. Sam, however, felt the loss, his ears laid back.

Sam: I hope this makes you happy Jared…

He tried to reach out through wolf telepathy, but Jared only heard soft growls. He wasn't part of Sam's pack anymore. He was now a Beta in Jake and Paul's pack. Silent and dismayed, Sam trotted off to his own territory.

Over the years, more of Sam's pack slowly flooded to Jake and Paul. Quil, Embry and Brady later joined along with a hesitant Leah. Seth, forever scarred by Paul, stayed with Sam. And when news spread of Kaden and Gabriel imprinting on two female wolves from the Blackfoot reservation over in Montana, shit hit the fan for Sam…

Mostly, because now Jake and Paul, the largest shifter wolves the North Western tribes had ever seen and had eleven strong in their pack, after the girls joined.

One winter day, a large dark grey and red wolf came out of nowhere from the woods, catching the two males completely off guard. Paul and Jake stalk forward, poised for attack. But the wolf held its ground.

Jake, Paul! Stop.

That voice could only belong to one person… their deceased mate, Bella.

Jake: Bella? How?

Paul: No, it's a trick!

This is no trick.

A male elder wolf came out of the woods and stood next to the red and grey wolf. Jake and Paul quickly recognized him.

Jake: TahaAki.

Paul: What are you doing here Great Warrior?

TahaAki: You both have suffered a great loss, one I can relate to. But, this was a farce. When young Bella gave birth to her sons, she was destined for the spirit world. She wasn't in peace after she died and when I met her, I knew it was not the will of the Great Spirits that she passed on. I pleaded the Spirits to return her to you, as a Spirit Warrior. And now, I bring her to you.

The old wolf turned and evaporated into thin air. Both Jake and Paul, for the first time in years, phased to human.

"Bella?" Jake purred. "Is that you honey?" Both Jake and Paul watching in suspense as the giant wolf shimmered down into a female body they knew.

"My wolves." As she walked towards the both of them she froze. Her world suddenly stopped for them. She imprinted on them both, as they had done to her a decade and a half ago.

"Yes, baby." Paul smiled. The three instantly ran towards each other, tightly embracing one another.

A mixture between crying and laughter had Charlie coming out to investigate.

"What the hell—" He froze at the sight of his daughter. "Bells?"

She walked over to her dad slowly. "Yeah Dad. It's me. It's not a dream. I'm here." He cried as drew her into the tightest hug he could muster. "Oh honey. I thought you were gone."

"Never Dad. Never," Two black wolves came out of the woods, stunned at the commotion. Jake and Paul turned and faced their sons.

"Boys, this is your mother. The Great Spirits allowed her to come back." Jake spoke as he embraced Bella.

"But as one of us." Paul chimed in as he kissed Bella on the head.

The two wolves came up slowly, sniffing her. As she looked at the two wolves, she cried. "It's okay,"

Those words triggered an infant memory for the twins:

Bella was rocking in the chair on the back porch, humming as she slowly rubbed her heavily bloated belly. She was due any day now according to Sue. Suddenly the baby started kicking like crazy.

"Shh, shh, shh…Hey there, it's okay little one." After a minute, the kicking stopped, and peace resumed. "See? Just mama, no big deal. I know it's probably getting cramped in there huh?" Bella smiled. She couldn't wait to meet her newborn pup.

Both the boys quickly phased to human. They were both just a bit taller than her. But her eyes mirrored theirs, and quickly they embraced her.

"Mom, it's really good to meet you." Kaden hugged her lightly as Gabriel began to sign.

"He said—"

"Sue taught me a little sign language." Bella smiled as she looked at her other son and signed back:

It's really good to meet you son. I wish I could've been there at the start. You two are everything I ever wished you to be.

Gabriel smiled and responded: Better late than never, right?

That marks the end of A Girl and Her Wolves. Thank you all so much for reading it to the end. I had to add lots of random twists, some deaths, and some resurrection. Either way, hopefully you all enjoyed it.

Thank you,

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