Dusk till Dawn | Paul Lahote ✔️

Chapter 17

The living room was tense as Paul paced back and forth, rubbing his hand up and down his face.

"He told you specifically there was an army coming?" Sam asked again for the third time, just to be clear on what they were about to face.

With a sigh I tear my gaze from Paul, giving the alpha of the pack a look. "Yes, Sam. Riley said that Victoria and Crystal both are making an army to get to us, Bella and I. Vampires are vindictive, and I unintentionally pissed Crystal off when she was human and she remembers it...." I chuckled nervously, frowning.

Scowling, Paul turned to look at me. "This isn't funny, Laney!" He grumbles irritably, turning towards Quil and Embry who have both been very quiet since the meeting started. "And what the hell were you two doing?" He snaps, crossing his arms over his chest as he stares at the younger boys, very much not happy in that current moment.

"We didn't even sense him in the area!" Embry insists with a wince, glancing over at Quil who was nodding his head in agreement. "We would have done something otherwise Paul, you know that!" He scoffs, offended that Paul would think so lowly of him.

With a sigh, I give my fiancee a look. "Leave the boys alone, sweetie. It's not their fault. Besides I'm not hurt, and Riley only crossed the border to warn us. Not that he's apart of the treaty anyway." The wolves and vamps had a hundred year old treaty that mustn't get overlooked. Wolves cannot go over to the Cullen territory without consent, as well as the vampires cannot come over to the wolves territory without consent.

Though vampires that aren't in the Cullen Clan and are residing in the area... they don't count for the treaty. In which case if they get caught, they perish.

Paul scoffs, crossing his arms over his chest defiantly. "Yeah, well... he shouldn't have been able to get to you anyway doll. That's the point I am trying to make here!" He glares over at the younger wolves, though Embry glared right back at him.

"That's enough, Paul." Sam sighs, making Paul huff as he walks over to me. I chuckled as he wraps his arms around me, automatically leaning into him as he kisses my temple. "We're just going to have to run a tight schedule now, and maybe let the Cullen's know that the army is coming."

The wolves all scoffed, annoyed that they even had to share the information that was clearly just for them. Sighing, I give Sam a look. "I'll let them know. Edward's almost always at the house anyway, even when dad doesn't know he is..." I trailed off with a tired sigh, glad I didn't have to deal with dads outbursts anymore about Edward.

"I don't like that either..." Paul mumbled underneath his breath, "but at least you're at our house now." He smiles softly at the thought, kissing my temple again and making me smile as well. The boys all groaned around us, Quil gagging at the sight childishly.

"I cannot wait till you get to meet your imprint," I teased Quil, who scoffed, acting appalled at the very idea even though I knew he secretly wanted this. He wanted what Sam, Paul and Jared had. I knew he did. They all did, for the most part.

Some wanted it to be on other people, but Jacob didn't count.

"Oh, by the way," Emily turned towards me and I raised an eyebrow at her. "My younger cousin, Claire, is coming over and I was hoping you'd help me babysit her while my family is here." She gives me a pleading look, and I just laughed.

"Sure, I'll help," I agreed, knowing I couldn't say no to Emily. "We can do some wedding planning together." We were both getting married soon. We agreed that Sam and Emily should get married before us, since they've been engaged the longest. We'd get married a few weeks after them.

A few more hours passed when Emily's family finally came over. Emily's older sister, Judith, came down to visit - wanting to get to know Sam a little more before they're wedding.