Alone

Paul's POV

Paul's POV

Running is all I could do. Run to the forest phase and run some more. The moment I phased I could hear the guys thoughts running through mine. They saw the whole thing. That's when Sam's thoughts went to something that happened the other day. Edward Cullen had come by, he told him everything about Ave and her past. He quickly blocked out the things he had said so I wouldn't hear. I know Ave should be the one to tell me about it but I just can't stand to be near her since she never told me about her being engaged. I feel terrible. My heart wanted to jump out of my throat. I can't believe MY imprint is engaged to be married to another man. A man that possibly is the reason why her mother was here. I hadn't heard alot about her when I had walked in on them but I knew her mother was different. She was one of THEM. I growled at the thought of her possibly being related to one of those things.

'whoa paul calm down!' -sam

'I can't help it, her mother is one of them! I heard her say Ave's fiance did it to her! Ave's fiance is one of them too! We've gotta find him and kill that leech!' -paul

'we can't do that, we don't know where he is, who he is, or what hes done.' -Jacob

'I know what's going on but I can't say, Edward came by the other day explaining to me everthing. He told me to look out for her mother. I knew she was coming. All I can say is HE is coming too. He's coming for her.' - sam

'he's not taking my imprint away! Never! I won't let it happen!' -paul

'but what if its what she wants?' -seth

'I doubt it, From what I was told she doesn't want him.' -sam

'I'm going back to talk to Ave, anyone wanna come? Paul?' -embry

'I'm going, ALONE!' -paul

I ran as fast as I could back to Ave's house to see if she was still there and if she was safe. When I got to her back yard I peeked through the kitchen window. The area smelt of leeches. I wasn't sure if it was her mother or HIM. I hadn't gotten to smell her mother so I'm not sure if I should be on the look out or not. I heard a few thumps come from behind me. I turned around and it was Sam.

'go in there, talk to her, tell her about us, tell her not to worry, tell her she's safe here with us, tell her about the imprint, if she doesn't believe you then come back to my house. we'll be there waiting on the news.' -sam

I nodded and he ran off into the direction of my house. I jumped to my back yard and grabbed a pair of cut offs I had hidden in my shed. I pulled them on and walked to Ave's front door. I slowly took in the smell and it was the stench of a leech. I'm sure its her mothers. I knocked on the door and waited. No answer. I looked in the window and saw her asleep on the couch. Bright eyes glowed and stared at me. I gestured for them to come open the door. I knew it was her mother. Hopefully she would understand. I saw her get up from the couch slowly putting Ave down on the couch. She walked over to the door and opened it.

"Hello, you must be Paul." She said. How did she know my name?

"Hi, yeah. How'd you know? Did she tell you?" I asked as I walked inside.

"No, Edward told me about you. Your friend Sam explained to him about the imprint and Edward told me about it and how you're a shapeshifter. Don't worry I haven't told her about it. He said its up to you to tell her." She smiled at me and pulled in for a hug. I held my breath so I wouldn't have to breath in her smell. She looked at me and wrinkled her nose. "No offense son but I think you need a shower, you smell like a dog." She said.

I laughed and smiled at her. "Yeah, I guess Edward didn't tell you about that. We have a certain bad smell that vampires can smell and you guys have a bad smell to us. Humans can't tell but we sure can." I said. I looked over at were Ave was laying on the couch. She looked kind of cold.

"She hasn't been asleep long, maybe 15 minutes." Her mother said. I looked over at the coffee table. The flowers I had bought Ave were in a vase on the table. I frowned when I had remembered how I had left them behind.

"So, she's taken..." I said in a whisper.

"Not exactly. She doesn't love him, she doesn't want him. I don't know if she wants you though. But from what Edward told me of imprinting I'm sure she's going to want you." She said with a smile.

"So why doesn't she want him?" I asked curiously.

"Well, because my husband was forcing her to marry him. He's 15 years older than her. Even though he is what he is he's still older than her. He was changed at the age of 25 about 11 years ago, at least thats what he's told us. He comes from a very successful family and we're on hard times so her father thought it would be a good idea to make her marry a man with money. The day we all found out about him it was all a big shock but not to Ave, she seemed to take the news well. I'm sure when she finds out about you that she'll be okay with it." She said.

"oh, well while we're talking about him. Would you mind giving me his name and a description so I can look out for him?" I asked.

"Sure, lets see. His name is Alec Bright, he's light skinned american boy. Dark brown hair with eyes similar to mine but a deeper red. Of course pale skin. He'll probably be dressed in a fancy suit. He likes to be well dressed for any event. You should also know he has a special ability, he can make some kind of smoke shoot out of his hands. Not sure what it does but when he did it to me I couldn't feel, see, hear, or move. It was terrifying. He travels fast. So if he's on his way here then it won't be long till he finds us. I'm sure Sam has told you to help protect us. It would be greatly appreciated." She said.

Alec, where did I hear that name from. My mind started to run all over the place trying to remember where I had heard that name before. That's when it hit me. The volturi. When they had come last year there was a man who seemed alot like the Alec she described. I'm almost positive that he has the same name. Why would he want to marry a human when he could have any person in the world. Why my Ave?

"Do you mind if I stay the night? You know to protect you guys?" I asked.

"Sure, I guess you could take her room since she's on the couch." She said

"Would it be wrong to ask if I could take her to bed and share it with her?" I asked.

"Not at all. I just hope you don't scare her when she wakes up." she said with a laugh.

I walked over to Ave and picked her up in my arms as gently as possible so she wouldn't wake up. I walked into her bedroom undid the covers and set her down. I covered her up with the blankets and walked over to the other side of the mattress. I crawled in underneath the covers and scooted over to Ave to wrap my arms around her. I felt her move closer towards me and it made me smile. I held her tighter as I slowly fell asleep.