The Stories of Leah Clearwater - (Book One)

Chapter 19 - The Objection

My sleep was uninterrupted. I didn’t toss and turn until the dream. I was in the woods and I was running. I must have been in wolf form because I could hear Jacob’s thoughts and they were scaring me. “Run faster. Just get away from her. Come on legs move.” I was running at full speed or at least what I thought was full speed. I had Jacob’s scent then a familiar scent that I was following. “Jake who’s chasing you?” I kept running through the moon lit woods. I could hear the thudding as he ran away from whatever was chasing him. I caught sight of a blur of blue, brown, red and green. I wasn’t quite sure what it was then it dawned on me. It was a vampire. Panic set in. There was a vampire after my Jacob. I tried to faster it seemed like my legs just slowed down.

I could hear him again, “Please don’t kill me. I’m your friend. I love you.”

I was starting to catch up to them which meant they were slowing down. Before I realized it we were at the edge of the cliffs. I saw Jacob inches from the edge. There was a female with long brown hair flowing in the breeze. Her green shirt was pale in the moonlight against her blue jeans. I growled loudly at her. That’s when I saw the moonlight shine against her red eyes. She turned to look at me and this snarl came from her. Then I recognized her. It was Bella. She was a vampire, a newborn.

Jacob’s thoughts were racing, “Please don’t hurt me Bella. I’m your best friend. Bella I love you.” Jacob whimpered.

I’ve never heard him whimper or plead like this. This growl came from Bella, “Friend? I beg to differ. You’re a mutt. A filthy, mangy mutt. Edward was right about you.”

Jacob was so hurt. I could hear his thoughts and I cringed. I watched as he let his head fall and look at the ground.I growled loudly at her. She whipped around and looked at me, “Who do you think you are growling at?”

I growled louder and within a second she had her arms around Jakes neck. His thoughts were all jumbled together with, fear, chaos, panic, anger, and hurt. I moved closer and she tightened her grip. How could a Jake let her do this to him. He was a strong wolf and he couldn’t break free of her grip.

“Leah back off.” Bella spoke.

I decided I couldn’t let her hurt him. I lunged at her my teeth sinking into her arm.

I was thrown like a rag doll. I got back up and ran at her when I heard the snap, and then the, THUD! She let just let his body fall to the ground. It was like he meant nothing to her. She just looked at me, “He’d be alive if you’d only listened and backed off. Oh well now you can blame yourself for this death.” She was gone in an instant.

I startled awake screaming, “JACOB!”

My mom came running in my room, “Leah what’s wrong?”

I sat up panting covered in sweat. “Jacob, where is he? Is he ok? She didn’t hurt him did she?” I was so panicked.

My mom brushed the hair out of my face, “Sweetie he’s fine. He called really early this morning before you woke up to check on you. I told him your were fine and that you were asleep. He said he’d call later and maybe try and stop by.”

I looked at the clock 2:45pm. I slept the whole day away, “Oh man.”

My mom smiled, “It’s ok hun. Billy is in the living room. He came over to visit for a bit. He wanted to check up on you also. Seth’s been picking on you again while you slept. He said, Charlie received a noise disturbance call from your snoring. Then he asked who left a motor boat in the house. He finally gave up about an hour ago.”

I rolled my eyes, “How nice.”

She just smiled, “Let me go make you some lunch. Go take a shower and get cleaned up. I will leave some fresh towels on the toilet for you.” my mom left the room and I slowly got to my feet.