A/N-Hey everyone, here is chapter 29. Hope you all like it. I'm starting to notice that it was a little difficult for me to write out actions while trying to write out characters talking. but I'm working on that. Let me know what you all think of this chapter. Also, just a little something I wanted to let you all know about. So Joshua's Pack ended up moving to Alaska due to his pack being so small and one of Josh's friends had asked Josh to take over his pack because Josh's friend couldn't take the pressure of leading and Josh being the nice guy he is in my story, accepted. So after Josh talked to his pack they all picked up and moved to the gorgeous land that is Alaska, Making Sam's pack the second largest in america.

THANK YOU TO TAS62 AND RACHEL625 for pointing out my booboo's I'm pretty sure I was subconsciously thinking about Sam's actual Father from the twilight books when writing out the parts with Emmett, sorry about that my Lovies 3 Also I'm sorry about any other type-Os and grammatical errors, I dont have a beta so I have to do all my own editing and we all know that most authers cant see all their own mistakes 100% of the time. haha My bad guys. I fixed the chapter and is all better now. Also want to say a hugie-boogie thanks to all of though's that favorite/follow/comment and READ my story. I love you all so much for your constant support.

Chapter 29

Bella's P.O.V

"And we will play tag and pirates and cops and robbers," The little boy suddenly stops, slamming his little hands on the seat tray, the crayons he had been coloring with flying all over the floor in his haste and he spins in his seat to stare wide eyed at his sister. "Wait, will they have wolfies too? Cuz when Paul and Jared play with me they always run really fast and like to chance me in their wolfies, they are super big meanies." LuLu rambles on absentmindedly while getting back to coloring in his books but you could see a little frown starting to form over his lips.

I couldn't help but to let out a soft laugh. LuLu had been talking non stop since the plane took off about 3 hours ago. He was really excited to meet more kids around his own age seeing as Sam's pack didn't have any older than 2 years old. Especially kids that are related to Sam. Lucas kept asking question after question but due to how Myself, Kim and Leah were feeling about having to leave our mates, we were kinda tight lipped with either only nodding or giving him small smiles and little answers like 'who knows', or 'guess we'll find out won't we'.

We couldn't help it, we were really missing our mates and worrying ourselves into sickness over there health. Are they fighting right now? Are they going to call us while we're away to make sure we were ok? Will we be gone a long time and if so could they come visit us? Was it even safe for them to visit? Praying that no one would get seriously injured or worse...killed. At Least I know I was, my stomach was in knots and my head was pounding from all the crying I've been doing in the last 12 hours and ever sense Sam told me I was going awayfor my own safty, I'd become really moody and snippy with LuLu. Which made me feel guilty about it. It wasn't Lucas' fault. He was just a little five year old boy that was super excited to be flying in a plane for the first time and going somewhere he's never been before. I was never able to afford going on long trips that involved planes, trains or buses. Small car trips were my financial limit unfortunately.

I turned my head away from resting against the plane window to stare over at Lucas. I just couldn't help but to feel horrible about all this. He thought this was a little vacation and I am happy to let him think that way, because he deserved it. He didn't need to worry about psychotic homicidal rogue Alphas wanting to kill and rape you (At least that's what my mind was conjuring up). He didn't need to know that before his sister found a job dancing naked for a buck that she was a drug mule that would get beat regularly and would give tug-around's and blow jobs to make sure said baby brother was clothed, fed, had toys to play with and fun things to do. No, he didn't need to know any of the demons that were after us. He only needs to feel and know love, security and happiness in his life.

Sighing in utter agony, I turn back to stare vacantly out the window. My mind circling back to Sam and how much I miss him already. I wanted to be mad at him for just up and sending me away but I just couldn't hold onto that hatred for longer than a few minutes before my heartache took over. I knew ultimately, He was doing what was best for Lucas and I. And I loved him for that, but ever since we left, I have had this hollow feeling in my chest that just wouldn't go away.

The entire world just seemed duller and nothing made sense to me anymore. It took everything left inside me to even function enough to take care of LuLu. I know I needed to snap out of it, but how could I when I felt like the world was all wrong?

"We're here!" LuLu suddenly shouts out, startling me out of my daydreaming. I focused my eyes and noticed that sure enough the plane was beginning to descend towards the ground and the mountains were gradually peaking through the puffy clouds..

"Welcome to the Northern-lights pack." The pilot announces over the plane's intercom speaker. Then proceeds to educate us on the weather and happenings that were going on around the area. I leaned back in my seat enjoying the beautiful landscape. I had to admit It was definitely gorgeous here. There were big puffy white clouds floating around us up high in the sky, trees and other deep green vegetation rolled and flowed with the valleys and over the skyscraper like mountains; deep greens, reds, golds and white everywhere you looked -it was like gazing out at a living Bob Ross painting-.

The mountains that surrounded all of Alaska were high with pointy peaks capped with snow. The bustling city that lay spread out at the foot of the mountains looked so out of place around all the wilderness. And sitting just on the other side of the city was the ocean, so calm it looked like a glass mirror with the city's reflection shining over it. I'd never seen anything so breathtaking.

Aside from having more snow and higher mountains Alaska really reminded me a lot of home, back in Oregon where Sam was fighting for his life and everyone else's. God why couldn't my mind stay happy for at least 5 minutes!

It just wasn't fair.

The air was significantly cooler here. I wasn't the brightest bulb in the drawer but it definitely felt like we were at a higher elevation than back home. You could feel the temperature difference even with being safely tucked inside the airplane. Once the plan parked I unbuckled myself and grabbed out bags down from the overhead bin then went to unbuckle Lucas and grab his hand with my free one. We waited for the door to open then made our way down the airplane stairs to the Jetway and walked through. I was so focused on not falling over while I carried mine and LuLus stuff as well as making sure I haven't forgot anything inside the plane that I didn't even notice anyone standing, waiting for us at the end of the tunnel.

"That's her! Emmett. look, isn't she beautiful!" My head jerks up at hearing someone squeal out in excitement. My eyes land on a bouncing blond haired women that was hastily approaching me. Pausing startled, my eyes go wide with utter shock. She was the most magnificent looking female I'd ever laid eyes on. Then I became even more flabbergasted as to why she was making her fast way over to me. The first thing I noticed about her was her hair. She had ringlets of shiny golden blond hair that bounced with every step she took and for a brief moment the image of how honey ripples out when you pour it popped into my mind. The next thing I noticed was her height. She was tall with long toned flowing legs that were clothed in a pair of dark jeans that hugged her curves. I could tell that even without the 6 inch heels she wore, her height was definitely around my own of 5'6. She had wide birthing hips; a narrow waist, that was connected to a flat stomach and large round perky breasts, that also bounced around while she walked just like her hair was doing.

As I stared at her approach, a sharp ping of jealousy and envy went through me but it was shot down right away once I saw her eyes and her sweet excited smile. She had such deep blue eyes that were framed with dark thick lashes. Her smile was wide and welcoming, her bee-stung pouty lips were painted in a rich chocolate color to match her outfit. Even though she looked very sweet and kind, I was still extremely confused as to who she was and why she was approaching me.

Then all of a sudden she stopped short, -standing almost chest to chest- to stare at my face, her eyes slowly wondered down to give me a once over then all of a sudden made a mad dash for me, wrapping her arms around me and engulfing me into a tight hug then began to pick me up and spin me around. My body froze on contact, stiffening from being touched and a little unsure of what was happening. Who the hell was this chick!? In the process of her little excited sprint, had scared LuLu, He had made a mad dash for it to go hide from the crazy blond. He had burrowed his face into Kim's hip. His little arms holding on to her tightly by her leg while I was accosted by the stranger. I looked over the leggy blonds shoulder down at him to make sure he was okay.

I gave a grateful sigh, he just seemed to have been spooked but other than that was mostly curious about these new strangers in front of us. I wish I could tell him everything was okay but I was just as lost as he was. I had no clue who this couple was. Sam didn't give me any pictures or much information on what his brother Joshua or Joshua's mate looked like. Sam just said that Josh was going to be picking us up and that he looked like an older version of himself. But the man that the leggy blonde ditched at the end of the tunnel was nothing like what Sam said his brother, Josh, would look like. The male stranger started to slowly walk down the tunnel over to us. I gave the guy -who now stood behind the blond- a pleading wide eyed look for help, but he just shrugged his shoulder and shook his head while letting out a deep chuckle. Then I looked behind me to my entourage for help who stood just as stunned as I was. Kim and Leah stood still as statues with eyes wide as saucers and slightly open mouths.

Seriously!? Am I not going to get any help here. I huffed and gave the Blond bombshell an awkward light pat on the shoulder.

"Rosalie, you're scaring the poor girl. She was expecting Josh not us." The behemoth of a man says in an amused tone. He paused for a minute to peek around us to look down at LuLu -who was curiously peeking around Kim's leg-, giving LuLu a wink and a friendly wave before prying the woman off me. I gave him a small side smirk in thanks. I adjusted the strap of my duffel bag -which had fallen down in the process of her glomping and spinning me around- and then moved from foot to foot from nerves and uncertainty on how to greet them. The big guy took pity on me and made the first introductions. I was immensely grateful.

"Hi Bella, My name is Emmett. This little koala on caffeine is Rosalie, my mate. We're Sam's parents." I gasped. My mouth dropped open and eyes went wide. Wait!? What!? How is that possible? They didn't look much older than 30 years old. What the hell is going on? How is it possible to look so young and have two grown adult children? Sam was 26 for fuck sake. There's no way his parents should look this young. I paused for a moment to think. Hm, Now that I think about it, Sam did look really young for his own age….Hm maybe its a werewolf thing…

Wait... My mind wandered back all those weeks ago to when Kim explained the whole Mating thing and the perks that came with the Mating Bite. I spaced out while remembering her words. Kim told me that once the wolf found their Mate and if the Mate was a human, once bitten they would inherit some of the Dominant wolf's characteristic traits. Such as enhanced strength, scent, speed, eyesight as well as the ageing process was slowed down to match the Dominant wolf's ageing.

Hearing a throat clear startles me out of my train of thought and back into the present. I scratch my neck nervously and extend my other hand to shake the elder couples while I introduced myself and the group that was with me.

"Oh, Um...H-hi I'm Bella Swan, Sam's mate." I mumble awkwardly, fumbling over my words a little. Now that it was pointed out who they were, I could see the resemblance. Sam had the same deep chocolate brown eyes and caramel skin as Emmett. Sam shared the same build, eyebrows, nose, hair and eyes with his father. But if I was being 100% honest, Sam was basically a carbon copy of his father. Sam seemed to only inherit the high cheekbones and pouty lips from his mother. Though as for personality and attitude, I wasn't sure if Sam shared any of those with his parents.

As I stared at Sam's parents my chest constricted as the strong resemblance makes me want and miss Sam even more. This didn't feel right at all though. I shouldn't be meeting his family without him here by my side. Sam should be the one to introduce me and Lucas to his family.

The 'older' couple keep their eyes trained on me, both wearing matching happy and warm smiles showing off their bright white straight teeth. It kind of creeped me out and I looked over to Kim for help. But she just smiled and shrugged, not offering any help at all. I rolled my eyes at her. I could understand why Leah wasn't much help, but Kim?...She just stood there silent and staring back with as much of a confused expression as my own. It was almost like they hadn't ever met or seen each other before now.

I didn't know what to do, this was the first time I've ever 'met the parents'. On top of all this, Sam hadn't told me his fucking parents lived with his brother here in Alaska! Oh and lets not forget...I was a fucking newbie on Werewolf etiquette. Was I supposed to bow and kiss their hands? Was I supposed to tilt my head and give a half bow in a sign of submission? What the fuck was I supposed to do here!? Paul only trained me on how to deal with our pack shit not other ones! And Sam hadn't said shit about it to me.

FUCK MY LIFE. Yes I was panicking.

Oh Sam was going to pay for this dearly the next time I'd see him…..If I ever saw him again that is. A deep frown caused my lips to turn down at this thought. God how I prayed and hoped that wouldn't be the case. I just couldn't handle burying another loved one and seeing LuLu's crushed face when/if I told him that he lost another Father figure and family members.

Then suddenly it sorta clicked in my brain. Of course! Sam and his brother Joshua, were Alphas of different packs that were not blood or marriage related at all. Josh had taken over the pack Sam was born into and then suggested Sam move to be Alpha of the Pacific Northwest Pack. Of course the members of either packs didn't really know each other. Duh. I'll bet that none of the pack members were ever introduced to each other. I'll bet either pack has only ever met the Alpha's in a visiting manor.

"Oh, that's right. Your packs are from different bloodlines. Sorry about the awkwardness. I'm still getting used to the dynamics of being around werewolf packs as well as being the Luna. A lot has happened in such a short amount of time. What with Sam only finding me about 2 months ago and the rogue attacks and Sam's coma. He actually just told me about the story on how he came into our pack and about you and his brother. So I'm still getting used to it all," I turn to my right and raise my hand towards Kim and Lucas. "This is Kim, she is our Third in command' mate, The cutie standing next to her is Leah. She is our Beta's mate and is fairly new to the pack and the little boy hiding behind Kim is my baby brother Lucas, And I am Bella Swan, Mate and Luna to your son Samuel." I finish with a sweet smile and slight downward nod of my head in a show of respect towards the senior Alpha and Luna couple.

"It is nice to meet the parents of our Alp-" Kim starts to say but is interrupted.

"Sam's… Coma?" interrupts Rosalie in a hushed inquisitive tone, the words rolling off her tongue thickly. Her elegant eyebrows knitted together while she gazed at Kim but not really seeing her. Then all of a sudden she spun around sharply to face her mate, jabbing a manicured finger into his chest. No doubt giving Emmett's pectoral a big bruise.

"This is all your fault!" She screeches to the startled handsome man. His eyes widening and hands slowly rising up in a way to fringe innocents and surrender.

I couldn't help but hide a snicker behind my knuckles, it was so cute to see this woman; a woman that was maybe 5'6 and super petite in body, standing up to a hulk of a man that was over 6 foot and weighed most likely over 260 pounds. Behind me- I was pretty sure that Kim and Leah's faces mirrored my own; eyes wide with surprise, mouth either hosting a 'O' on the lips or a cracked grin hidden behind a knuckle or fist. While watching Rosalie yell and screech at her husband/mate.

"Alpha's don't ask for help. Alpha's are responsible for everything that happens in the pack. Alpha's never take orders but appreciate suggestions. Alpha's are strong and must always lead their Pack no matter what, nothing else matters. Alpha's must always respect the ways of our council. Alpha's must leave the Den and start their own life." Rosalie mocks, she made her voice sound deep and held a silly growlyness to it. imitating -most likely- her husband's voice.

It made her face scrunch up in a funny way -I assumed to- try an imitate Emmett's face. All the while jumping up on her toes to reach up to slap and smack Emmett upside the head and over any other place she could reach. Every now and then he'd wince but amidst all the assaulting she gave out, he took it like a good husband. Shrugging it off with a chuckle here and there and sporting a smirk with a twinkle of adoration in his eyes.

"Rosebud, We raised our two son's to be strong, confident, smart young men -who just so happen to both be Alpha's. They both know that if they ever needed us for any reason, we would not hesitate to be there with no questions asked," Emmett softly states while reaching down to his little spitfire of a mate and places his large hands on top of her heaving shoulders. He began to run his large hands up and down her arms, hoping it would soothe the She-Wolf. Which it did. Rosalie visibly started to calm, if only a smidgen but still she shakes her head in dejection while looking down at her black pump heels.

"Emmett! my baby was in a coma! No one ever contacted me to let me know. We didn't even know he had found his mate until he called us this morning to tell us what was going on, and that her, the pup and her two She-Wolfs in waiting were coming to stay with us for their own protection!" Rosalie was crying and borderline hysterical at the end of her emotional rant. My heart went out to her. It must be hard to not be able to have everyday contact with your children and family. Both her sons were on other ends of the states.

"Luna Bella." My head jerks up from where I had been looking down at my hands, playing with my fingers as I was lost in my own thoughts. I turn my head to see both Kim and Leah nod in the direction of the arguing pack Matriarch and Patriarch. I stared back at the girls and raised my eyebrows in question, perplexed as to what they wanted me to do. Were they silently asking me for help? How the hell was I supposed to break up the -rather loudly- bickering couple. rolling my eyes I cleared my throat softly and walked up to the parents of my mate at a slow pace.

"Um, Mother Luna?. I don't mean to sound insensitive or rude but it was my fault really. Erm...do you think we can talk about this at the pack house instead of out here?" I gave her an encouraging smile, hoping she would agree and then gestured my head so we could keep moving. Lucas was starting to get a little antsy and fidgety anyways. He was just too damn excited to meet the pack kids.

She returned my smile with a bright big one of her own and as I watched her face, a warm feeling erupted in my chest at how comforted she made me feel.

"Of course! And you don't need to be so formal my pup. We are now family after all. I would me Honored and thrilled if you called me either Mamma Rose or just plain Rose. But only if your own Mamma doesn't mind, that is." Tacking on that last bit as an afterthought. My stomach clenches and drops when she mentions my own mother, but before I could think of a way to educate her on the matter with out upsetting my baby brother, Lucas unlatches his arms from around Kim's leg to scurry up next to me, wrapping his little arms around my upper thigh and hugging it in a death grip to his chest. My hand automatically reaching behind me to begin stroking the top of his head, running my fingers through his thick long hair.

With his head basically buried in my ass he mumbled out, speaking to Luna Rosalie. "Mommy and daddy got hurt and had to leave us. They're up in heaven now keeping us safe." My heart breaks at his words a little. Hearing the sorrow dripping in my baby brothers words was something I never wanted to hear again. I pull him out from behind me and kneel down to his level. Staring into his beautiful eyes, 'Just like Momma's eyes' I grab his cheeks with both my hands and run my thumbs over them to collect the tears that started to flow down, and leaned in to kiss both cheeks then stood up, bringing him with me to rest on my left hip.

I gave him a tight squeeze and a few more kisses then set him down. He stood silently next to me. He immediately wrapped his right arm around my leg once again. I looked down at him and moved my left arm to wrap it around his little body then grabbed his left and pushed him closer into me for support. I gave his little hand a tug and we started walking. He kept his head down the whole time, just looking down at his shoes. I watched him for a few seconds then gave his hand another tight squeeze. He looked up at me and smiled sweetly but I knew it wasn't a truly LuLu smile. The tears were just barely being held back. Knowing he needed my touch, I let out a small sigh and handed over my duffel bag to Kim so that I could pick him up once more and then proceeded to turn and sweep up my baby brother. I hugged him close to me making him rest his head in the crook of my neck.

To help comfort him even more I began to run my fingers through his hair then reached behind me, wiggling my finger, silently asking for his Mr. Roody Dog that Leah was holding in her arms along with his duffel. She passed his stuffie to me and I snuggled it up to him. The first thing he did was press the dog's paw that had my mother's recorded voice singing his lullaby and started to calm down a little, quietly listening to her sweet melodic voice.

A Single stray tear fell from the corner of my eye. Hearing her voice brought back so many wonderful memories of long nights listening from the doorway while she rocked my baby brother to sleep.

I watched from the corner of my eye as both Luna Rosalie and Alpha Emmett shared a look with each other then moved their gaze back to me, both wearing the same expressions, ones that I knew all too well. It was pity and sympathy. I took a deep cleansing breath. I missed my parents so deeply, every second of every day. And thinking about them always caused an ache deep in my chest, some days I couldn't help but think about the things they were missing, which only made my heart ache even more.

It hurt to know that my dad would never get the privilege to integrate Sam as every father does for their little baby girl, making sure that the boy who stole her heart was good enough for her. It hurt to know that Sam would never get the honor of asking my father for permission to ask for my hand in marriage. It hurt to know that my father would never be able to walk me down the aisle on my wedding day. It killed me to know that I would never be able to ask my mother for advice on relationships, or boys, or about babies or how to make her delicious recipes that my father would always gush about.

It hurt knowing that my mother wouldn't be able to help me pick out my wedding dress and plan said wedding. It was painful knowing that they would never be able to meet their future grandchildren but what hurt the most...was that both of them were missing everything that Lucas was going through. They were missing him growing up and becoming a fine young man. And it killed me even more knowing that I would never be able to replace Mamma or Daddy for LuLu. He would never get to have heart-to-heart talks with Daddy; those right of passage moments with him, or play football or have the 'sex talk' or go on fishing and hunting trips. Or have Daddy teach him how to shoot a gun like Daddy did with me. Daddy won't be there to teach LuLu how to change a tire or change out the oil in his first car, let alone go car shopping for his first car. They won't be there to see Lucas' face when he comes running out of the DVM waving his permit and seeing the huge smile plastered over his face when he announces that he passed the test. All those things I was able to have with them, Lucas never will and it just wasn't fair to him.

But regardless I didn't want Sam's parents sympathy nor did we need it. I knew what my situation was like. I did what I had to do to make sure My baby was happy and I was going to be stronger and make sure my baby brother always knew he was cherished and overwhelmed with love. Sympathy wasn't going to bring back my dead parents and despite the current situation -even before Sam came along- we were doing pretty damn good if I did say so myself. Yeah I had some hard times in the process but the happy giggles, smiles and loving hugs I was privileged to get from my baby brother was all worth it in the end and I would never feel regret or shame in what I had to do for those sweet wonderful cherished moments with him.

Rosalie slowly moved away from her husband to stand and walk next to me. Looping her left arm around my right, giving me a soft apologetic smile, which I accepted. It wasn't her fault for bringing up the sad memories but I did appreciate the gesture nonetheless. Sam's parents seemed to pick up that I didn't want to really talk about it and instead just lead us to a parked white SUV.

As we walked Lucas began to perk up, he started to wiggle and squirm around in my arms, indicating he wanted down. I gave his forehead one last lingering kiss then loosened my arms to let him down and walk on his own. He started skipping about in between the adults. After a few minutes of getting his energy under better control he ran up to me and Rosalie. He grabbed my hand and to my surprise hers as well. He looked up at her and asked her.-"Miss. Rosey where are the kids Sammy said I could play with?" Luke asks with a touch of a glare, accusation and frustration seeping into his tone. I looked down at him while giving his little hand a tug, getting his attention. I raised one of my eyebrows down at him and gave him the *Watch your tone mister* look. He had the decency to look contrite and proceeded to apologize to Rosalie.

He may be five going on six but he still knows how to behave and use his manors and that certainly was not polite one bit. Though when I looked up at Sam's mother to apologize on his behalf, I met her gaze and could see she didn't seem to be offended at all. As a matter of fact she looked quite amused and happy. Like she was just loving every minute with LuLu and I. I sighed in relief, that was the last thing I needed, was to offend the Mother Luna of my Alpha.

She looked down at Lucas while swinging there locked hands in the air. "Its ok my little Alpha, you're not in trouble at all. I'd be super excited to meet new friends too," She happily states, giggling at the end and glancing up at me, giving me a winking, mischief shining bright in her deep ocean blue eyes. I caught on quickly to what she was going to do and lifted my arm holding LuLu's hand, in the next second we threw Lucas into the air so he could swing by his arms between us. He let out a shrill noise. It was so nice hearing him giggle and look so happy instead of being sad and crying. We all laughed and giggled as we continued to throw him up in the air having fun goofing off. "As to your question, Lucas. The kids are back at the pack house. Which is about a forty five minute drive from here, this is our private airfield." She states the last bit towards me. I nodded in affirmation.

We walked a few minutes around inside the small private airport, I took LuLu to go potty, going myself and then we walked out to a parking lot where the white SUV was parked. Emmett immediately takes all our bags and throws them into the back then runs over to us girls and opens all the doors for us in a very gentlemanly gesture. Even helping LuLu with his carseat; which I thought was really nice of them to think of bringing, I hadn't even thought to take ours with us. And then he runs over to the drivers side and gets into the driver's seat with the rest of us ambling in and getting situated with our own belts.

Then my nerves started to build as we drove onward. It suddenly hit me. I was going to meet the rest of Sam's old pack that he grew up in. I was going to meet the rest of his family! Fuck! Oh how I really wish Sam was here with me to give me a little extra strength and support. My knees started to bounce with anxiety, seeing this Kim slides her hands over my knee, giving it a little pat then threaded her fingers with my own. I closed my eyes and took deep breaths, taking what little strength she was offering me.

Ok Bella. Time to put your Big Girl Luna panties on and be your badass self you know you are.