A Twilight fanfiction novel - SheeWolf85

He shook his head. “Not really.” He was fighting every instinct he had to shift and attack the cat for
harming his imprint. He finally managed to get her hands away from the scratch and sucked in a
breath when he saw it. The skin around the four marks was red, and they were all bleeding. “You
should clean this up before it gets infected.”
Alice was amazed by the reaction the cat had to Jacob. She noticed a few other animals around the
store acting weird, too. The birds were chirping loudly as they bobbed their heads up and down, and
some of the dogs were barking and growling. “I’ll take her to the bathroom. Be back in a minute.”
Jacob nodded. “I’ll wait outside.” He went out to the curb and took a deep breath to calm himself
down. He knew Renesmee was fine, but even that tiny wound made him feel like he was losing
control. He hadn’t lost control of himself in over ten years. He sat down on the curb and put his
head down on his arms, just trying to stay calm.
“That was so weird,” Alice said quietly when they got into the bathroom.
“No kidding. Did you see his eyes?” Alice shook her head. “They were . . . weird.” Jacob’s eyes had
been dark since she met him, but there was something about them after the cat scratched her that
was harsher and more piercing than before. It reminded her strangely of the way the wolf had
looked at her.
“We’ll have to put some Neosporin or something on this when we get home. Stupid animal got you
really good.”
“I don’t think I like cats anymore,” Renesmee laughed, wiping a tear from her eye. The warm paper
towel stung against the tears in her flesh.
Alice laughed and finished up. “I think it’s about time we head home, honey. It’ll be late enough to
start dinner by the time we get back.”
Renesmee nodded. She didn’t want to have to leave yet, but she knew it was time. They walked out
to meet Jacob. He stood up when he saw them come out and winced at the marks on Renesmee’s
shoulder.
“I’m sorry,” he said softly, gently touching the skin around the scratches.
She shrugged. “It’s okay. Why did they do that, though?” She wasn’t sure if he knew, but the look in
his eyes said he did.
Jacob wanted to confess everything right then. He couldn’t do it with Alice standing in earshot and
strangers passing by, though. “It’s kind of a long story.”
She nodded. “Maybe you’ll tell me sometime?”
“Maybe.” He smiled at her.
Alice cleared her throat. She didn’t want to be rude, but they needed to leave.
“My aunt and I need to get back home,” Renesmee said, looking down. She glanced over at Alice
and hoped she would give them a few minutes to say goodbye.
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