I don't own Twilight this is Stephanie Meyers world. I'm just enjoying making the hotties do what I want ;}

A/N: This story picks up 5 years since the Volturi standoff in Breaking Dawn. The only difference in this story is Paul never imprinted on Rachel. I will also be using artistic liberties with the details of the wolf culture and behavior for my own plot purposes.

Paul's POV

It started 6 months ago when Jared and Kim had begun digging the foundation for their new home. Kim's grandmother had given them a plot of unused family land as a wedding present but it remained forgotten until Kim got pregnant about a year later. They realized Jared's little place would no longer be sufficient and so the planning for a new home on the unused land began. On the day of groundbreaking they had hit what appeared to be a small partially collasped cave that was filled with dozens of ancient tribal artifacts. Most of it was pottery in great condition, as well as some headdresses, extensive bead worked clothing and even some token arrowheads.

Sue swooped in like a hawk and made sure no one touched and/or damaged the precious antiques. The artifacts were thouroughly documented and carefully removed and packed away into a secure area known only by the tribal counsel and Alpha/Beta wolves. After all the oohing and ahhing it was quickly forgotten several weeks later.

The present issue now was on the growth of the pack with their expanding number of imprints and subsequent children. Many of the imprints had even come with their family in tow, who didn't understand the need of their daughter to be close to some mysterious stranger of the Quileute tribe. It soon became obvious that our little reservation was not designed to carry the extra load. After much planning it was decided that the school, town hall, grocer, gas station and other heavily used public locales needed an overhaul. Once all the designs were drawn up and the contractors gave their estimates it was decided that we would need a little under 3 million for all the upgrades and expansions.

Surprisingly the counsel actually had some money saved and had a lot to collect from the government. Along with an anonymous 1 million donation, which most believed came from the Cullen's but without the proof we couldn't give it back. So two months later we were pass 2 million and could start working while we found the rest somehow. This is when the bright suggestion appeared while we all sat around the Uley home stuffing our faces for Sunday brunch.

All the younger wolves were sitting outside on the newly constructed back patio while us 'originals' crammed with the family within.

There was Jared, Kim and the new baby Jared jr. (yeah they're creative), Sam, a very pregnant Emily and their 2-year-old daughter April. On the other end sat Quil with 9-year-old Claire who liked to see how far she could push him while like a sucker he took it all. Embry was with his fiancé of two months and Imprint, Rain and Seth and I sat on the sides as the two single guys.

Jake was in the living room with his teenaged freak imprint and Leah who actually had found someone willing to put up with her, Eric a guy in his late 20's from the Makah reservation. He was a persistent dude who oddly enough behaved as if he imprinted on Leah the way he chased after her. It took a little over a year for Leah to concede that imprinting may not apply to her since she's infertile, for her to finally give in. It caused her to soften a little, so now she is just a bearable bitch.

Seth looked longingly at the surrounding couples and families, as it was no secret he wanted to desperately imprint and start his happily ever after. He was the kind of guy who needed to imprint anyway since the player life definitely didn't suit him, he was too much of a nice guy. Gladly not fitting into that category myself, I found I quite enjoyed not having some female dominating my life and carrying my balls around in her purse. I rather liked the variety my carefree weekends would offer and my options never ran low. Why I would settle when I had the looks of a man that could model for the cover of men's health was beyond me. Add in the sexual endurance of a teen and the eternal youth of an immortal and the possibilities were limitless.

Seth totally missed the concept of Carpe diem.

Presently we were all sitting around letting our food settle as we discussed random topics when that sickly sweet smell hit me. The subtle stiffening of the wolves in my line of sight was a clear signal they smelled it too, but the stronger the smell got the more familiar it did too. Soon I was able to recognize the stench as the matriarch of the Cullen 'family' and the scarred but non-the less intimidating warrior leech. Sam let Emily know of their arrival and he helped her up and followed her to the front door to greet them carrying April. I lowly growled in my chest with the ease they allowed those bloodsuckers to be around their child.

Over the years since the stand off with the convoluted vampire royalty, Emily and Sam had formed a friendly relationship with the Cullen's, as did other wolves like Seth, Quil and Embry. I kept my distance, as I had no desire to see them as anything other than the bloodsuckers they really are, no mater how friendly their eye color.

"Grandma!" yelled Nessie as she shot off the couch and beat Sam and Emily to the front door swinging it open and jumping on to Esme. Esme gave a warm human like laugh as she hugged her tightly and Jasper chuckled beside her as he pat the shoulder of the first grader in a teens body.

"Esme, Jasper how are you? What brings you here today?" Emily greets warmly as Esme zeros in on April in Sam's arms and gives her an adoring smile.

"Oh heavens she has gotten so big and even more beautiful" Esme compliments April before warmly addressing Emily. "Well I just came back from Seattle today and along the way we came across a farmer who sells whole butchered cows made to order. The prices were practically a steal and impossible to pass up and since I knew the pack would be having your Biannual tribal bon fire I figured you guys could really use some meat."

Esme clasped her hands to her chest in supplication and fear of rejection and Emily silently makes note of it. Being the kind hearted person she is, Emily realizes that refusing yet another olive branch like we wolves normally do would upset the mother Teresa of blood suckers, so of course she smiles and graciously excepts.

"Wow, that's great Esme, thank you so much" she says in genuine joy. Unlike most Emily knows the financial burden of feeding over a dozen hungry shape shifters. "The freezers are in the back patio let me get some guys to help you."

Emily looks to Sam as she says the last part causing him to look at Seth and me. I roll my eyes and get out of my seat to open the rear sliding doors to the patio. "There's grub out front that needs to be hauled to the freezer so make yourselves useful and get on it" I bark at several of the youngest guys. Their eyes widen in recognition of the ordering tone of my voice and they scramble around the side of the house towards the front.

Jasper and Nessie are standing off to the side of the front door as they have a seemingly silent conversation while she holds her hand to his neck. He laughs at something she shows him, the freak, and she beams a smile right back before he notices the overgrown teens advancing towards the ridiculously large SUV parked in the driveway. He moves to join them and help them unload and a few of the younger pups start to slightly shake as he advances. He raises a brow and soon after all their shoulders slightly droop just as he reaches the vehicle. I hate when he uses his abilities on us but then again I don't care to deal with some unstable wolf right after I ate so I ignore it.

Meanwhile Esme has moved into the living room and joined Jake and Nessie on the smaller of the two couches with Emily and Sam sitting on the other with Embry and his imprint. All of Jake's pack have grown comfortable with the Cullen's, well except for Leah who greets Esme with a polite smile before she moves into the kitchen with her boyfriend to join Jared and Kim.

"…The new grocer with the butcher attachment is looking great" Esme is telling Emily as they discus the changes on the reservation.

"It is wonderful..." Emily responds "and it allows the guys to bring in what they kill in the forest without receiving any weird looks since Jared father is in charge of ordering the meat. Sue says next project is an extensive greenhouse and nursery so we supply more of our own food being how all these guys (she thumbs in the direction of the group of young wolves on the back patio) can eat the equivalent of a whole grocery store in one month."

Everyone in the living room gives a polite chuckle as Esme continues, "When will you be starting that, I know some really good nurseries on the peninsula where you can get some hearty plants."

Emily hesitates to answer, as it is known that the Cullen's like to throw money on us as much as we like to refuse it, we really don't care to be their charity case. "Well when we raise the last bit of our renovation fund we will get started on that…" she teeters off just as April gives a welcome interruption with an out of the blue laugh.

Nessie quickly jumps on the topic change as she starts telling Esme what she had taught April to do earlier in the day. Soon after the blond leech joins the cozy group in the living room as I move further into the archway between the kitchen and living room; I'm unwilling to join the conversation but unable to ignore the possible threat of their presence.

It's obvious he was listening to the conversation from outside, no doubt looking out for his mother figure who was literally in the wolves den alone with the mutant child and her pet wolf Jake.

When a slight lull in the conversation hits he jumps in with a suggestion. "What ever happened with that trove of artifacts that was uncovered several months back?"

"The elders wrapped them up securely and locked them away till we figure out what to do with them since they are too valuable to just pass around" Sam answered as Emily and Embry silently nod in agreement.

"Well if the tribe is willing to part with them seeing how they never really existed to the reservation until their discovery, I know a trustworthy professional artifact certificatory that could probably come down to the rez and see what their worth. If sold as a set or even separate they could probably raise 300 to 400 hundred thousand for the tribe. There aren't many Native American artifacts from this part of the country and I'm sure some museum would snatch them up." Jasper cautiously suggests.

"My dad could also be here when the certifier is to make sure they are being honest," Nessie adds while Jake gives her a sickening smile like she just cured cancer.

Yeah cause I want the brooding vamp to be around reading our thoughts and stinking up the place. I can tell from Sam's brief grimace that he thinks the same. Yet when he sees the bright smile on Emily's face he realizes that the choice really isn't his anymore… fucking imprinting.

"That's a great idea I'm sure Sam or Jacob can bring up to the counsel next time they have a meeting…right?" Emily smiles as she eagerly studies Jake and Sam. Jake is of course all in and Sam is stupidly caught up in Emily's positive mood so he just nods dumbly.

"Well great just let us know" Esme says as she stands up and Jasper moves to her side.

"Oh we will" Embry agrees, as if he has any real say.

Jasper looks down to Nessie who's tucked into Jakes side on the couch. "Will you be coming home with us now or with Jake later? He asks gently.

She looks to Jake who then answers him "I'll bring her before sundown, Bella said I could keep her for the day" Nessie bounces in her seat as she nods in approval.

Both Jasper and Esme give her a loving grin as they move towards the door and Emily awkwardly moves to stand with one hand on Sam's shoulder and the other on her bloated belly.

"Oh no dear don't bother yourself we'll see ourselves out," Esme fusses at her. "You keep yourself comfortable" and with a few nods and grumbled goodbyes the leeches leave.

I move to the closest window and throw it open and quickly move to the next one while Jake rolls his eyes.

"What? they reek not everyone here has conditioned themselves to ignore the smell" I growl at him as I securely open the next window and Embry and Sam chuckle.

"I think they smell great Paul" Nessie chirps "Both my vampire and my wolf family"

I give her a withering look in response as the women and Embry give her an adoring smile. Sheesh she's not that cute what's wrong with these people.

"So what do you really think of the idea" Jared asks of the room as he walks in from the kitchen followed by Seth and Leah.

"Any option that allows us to raise our money without outside help sounds good to me" says Leah and I nod in agreement.

"I feel the same" Sam's adds "and the counsel just may too, I'll bring it up this week" he adds with a nod in Jakes direction for approval, which Jake gives.

"I wont be on the rez this week so just let me know what they agree on and I'll get that information from Jasper" Jake says.

The rest of the day is spent helping Emily organize a whole butchered cow in between the space available in Emily and Sam's three deep freezers located on a covered side behind the house. What ever doesn't fit goes to the new freezers at Jared and Kim's. Normally meat is bought in bulk by the pack and stored between all of us so no one is stuck spending more to feed the wolves than anyone else. However, we all still prefer Emily's cooking so she always has one extra freezer.

Later during the week the counsel decided that selling off the artifacts would be best for the rez since no one really knew who the artifacts belonged to, so there was no real attachment to them. Jake notified the Cullen's and said that some chick would come down next week to look them over at the town hall and Edward will just stay nearby to tell us if she was being less then authentic. Jake and Sam agreed to be present for the appraisal with Billy and Sue as she looked over everything. Meanwhile I wondered what I could get into with the two alphas being indisposed for a few hours.

A/N: I already have at least half of this story written because I wanted to make sure I was inspired enough to go somewhere with it. The fact that I have 50,000 words already means this story wont be short nor too long and I hope to get reviews and feedback to inspire the direction the second half will take. I will post a chapter each week and hopefully some reviews will keep me inspired enough to keep adding to my chapter reserves so I can keep up with the posting schedule till the end.

BTW I am looking for a beta I'm good at editing others work but suck at doing my own.

Thanks for reading :)