Another Cullen Imprintee ~Paul Lahote love story~

~Chapter 32: Consequences~

PAUL

Why can't things between Addison and I ever be normal ?

Every time, every bloody time something starts going in my favour, it always gets screwed up.

Seventeen years ago, they separated us for her well-being and I accepted that but now, they're keeping us apart out of their stubbornness and inability to comprehend that once neglected, the imprint bond can become deadly as the impacts of being kept apart starts tearing us up from the inside. I don't give a damn about my life, it makes no difference to me if my life is taken instead of hers but that's not the way it works, the bond goes both ways. My only concern is that she will harmed and I won't let that happen, ever.

The terrified look on her face when Edward and I were moments from ripping each others heads off and the mortification in her eyes only screamed one thing to me. If we were to fight, she would have nothing to do with me ever again.

It's obvious that she would choose her father over me but the irrational side of me, the primal instinct to be with my imprint wanted her to choose me but I know her, she would never choose me over her family.

It's clear as day that to Addison Isabella Cullen, her family is her everything and no outsider even compares.

"Fuck!" I growled and threw the glass in my hand at the wall before aggressively pushing the chair I was sitting on moments ago so that it flew across the room and slammed against a wall "Edward Cullen-" I spat venomously as I glared at the broken shards of glass "do what you want, Addison is mine!" I roared angrily as I flipped the table over, my shoulders shaking as I fought the urge to phase but the sickeningly sweet scent which suddenly seemed to overpower all the other scents nearly pushed me over the edge.

In seconds, I had my hand around the intruder's neck as I pinned him to the nearest wall "why the fuck are you in my house?" I growled lowly as Edward kept his calm gaze levelled with my furious one "I don't have time for this, Addison needs you" he said curtly and I furrowed my eyebrows, my anger fading as an unsettling feeling creeped in and my grip on his throat slackened as I backed away whilst running my hands through my hair "she's at the Cullen house".

Before Edward could finish his sentence, I was bolting out of the door and using all my strength to run faster as Edward fell into step next to me. I didn't even wait for him to reach the door before I pushed it open and bounded up the stairs to the living room but before I could make it past the last step, Rosalie stood in my way as a barrier "get out of my way. Now" I growled warningly, not having the patience to deal with any of them as the need to see my mate was overwhelming "Rose, let him go" Rosalie started protesting at Edward's words but I pushed past her, following Addison's scent to a room upstairs and slammed the door open but what I saw made it feel like my heart had stopped beating.

Addison was hooked up to a heart monitor machine and if it wasn't for that, I would have just assumed that she was sleeping and what made my knees feel like they were made of jelly was that the reading on the monitor was much lower than it was supposed to be. My head felt like it was filled with fog as I lifelessly walked over to the side of her bed, lifting my hand up to gently brush my fingers across her pale cheek which was colder than usual.

"What happened to her? She was fine at Sam's house" I questioned once it registered that I wasn't the only one in the room. Bella, Renesmee, Jacob, Maya and Seth were positioned around the room and they all seemed like the life had been sucked out of them "Remember the power Addison used to defeat that guy?" Seth spoke up and I nodded slowly, trying to figure out what that had to do with any of this "it seems like that drained her energy" Bella's gaze didn't shift from Addison as she gently soothed her hair away from her face "didn't she always have this power?" Bella immediately shook her head at my question "I think the first time it happened was after she same back from the meadow, the second time was during that fight and the third was when she intentionally tried to use the power" my eyebrow's furrowed at the information Bella had provided.