When Dawn Breaks Chapter 3

"Are you sure you don't want to shift into your tiger?" Rosalie asked Bella as they lay together in what Rosalie had quickly begun to think of as their meadow.

Bella shook her head."No I want to be able to touch you. It's kind of hard to grope you with my gigantic paws and I don't think you would take to kindly to me shredding your clothes with my claws."

"Well they are your clothes and I wouldn't be opposed to shredding them if it meant getting naked with you." Rosalie told her.

Bella picked her head up off of Rosalie's chest and leaned up to give her a kiss. "I like how you think."

Rosalie rolled Bella on to her back and just as she leaned down to kiss her Bella's phone rang. Groaning Rosalie asked."Why didn't you turn that off after we left school?"

"I wanted to make sure Charlie could call if he needed me."Bella looked at the caller id."It's Billy."

"Answer it, he wouldn't be calling at this time of day if it wasn't important." Rosalie said rolling off of Bella, sitting up and pulling Bella onto her lap.

"Hello."

Billy's voice came clearly over the line. "Hello White Tiger. How are you?"

"I'm fine thanks, what can I do for you?" Bella asked.

"I'm calling to let you know that a few shifters have shown up at the reservation looking for an audience with you. They had heard you consider my pack your friends,so they figured we could reach you for them." Billy explained.

Rosalie groaned and started pulling Bella off the ground."I guess our alone time is over."

"I'm with Rosalie right now in the woods. I can be there in a few minutes. We will be coming on foot so let your pack know to look for us." Bella told him.

"Of course White Tiger, we will meet you at the staging area where we had the bond fire." Billy said.

Bella hung up the phone and turned to Rosalie. "Duty calls, my love."

Rosalie sighed. "I suppose we should have expected this. Word has probably gotten out about the Great White Tiger to many groups while Edward was looking for allies."

"I hope this is just a friendly meeting and they aren't coming because they have problems. I'm really not in the mood to deal with another army." Bella said.

"Me either, love."Rosalie told her. "Why don't we get this over with?"

"The sooner we do the sooner we can have time to ourselves." Bella promised as she took off running keeping her speed slow so Rosalie could keep pace. As they made it to reservation lands they were met with Sam and five others in their wolf forms. Slowing as they reached the clearing Bella came to a stop with Rosalie next to her.

Standing there were 6 men and 4 women all of small stature. The oldest of the group who Bella assumed was the Alpha stepped forward to shake her hand. Rosalie growled and pulled Bella behind her. The man held up his hands. "I mean you no harm White Tiger. I am Liam and these are members of my pack."

Bella stepped around Rosalie ignoring the growl and put out her hand. "Call me Bella and this is my imprint Rosalie."

Keeping the contact short Liam backed away from Bella keeping his eyes on Rosalie. "It's an honor to meet not only the Great White Tiger but her imprint as well."

Rosalie pulled Bella back to her side. She felt protective of her mate but after taking in the measure of the new group of shifters she realized they were mostly harmless, but that didn't mean she would let her guard down all the way."Nice to meet you as well."

"Now that we have introduced ourselves, what can we do for you?" Noticing Liam looked uncomfortable in front of the wolf shifters Bella turned to Billy."If you wouldn't mind,could you allow us some privacy?"

Billy eyed the group suspiciously before turning to Bella. "Of course White Tiger. Call for us if you need anything. As always we are at your service."

After watching the last of the wolves go Bella spoke. "Now that we are alone how can I help you?"

"It is said that you will be the savior of all supernatural races and we are hoping there is some way you could help us out." Liam said as he motioned to the rest of our pack. "We are coyote shifters. The lands that we have roamed for many generations are being taken over by humans. As they began tearing down the forest and taking over the meadows they have began killing off the wild life that lives there. The state has passed a law that allows people to hunt coyotes without restrictions."

A woman came forward with tears rolling down her cheeks and stood next to Liam. "They shot my boy. He was able to get away before they captured him but he can no longer shift. He is stuck in his human form."

Rosalie felt her heart breaking watching the woman cry. She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around the woman and held her as she sobbed."Shh, it's alright. We will help you. I promise."

Bella smiled as she watched Rosalie sooth the distraught woman. "How many are in your pack?"

"There are twenty of us that can shift and some young ones that haven't yet." Liam told them. "Both our males and females shift. So it's just a matter of time before we grow in numbers and as you know the greater our numbers the more danger we are in."

"Do you own any of the land that you run on?" Bella asked.

Liam shook his head sadly. "Only a small part. It was never something we thought we would have to do because we were so far out in the wilderness and by the time we realized that we needed to the land was to expensive."

Bella began to run scenarios through her mind. "Where are the rest of your people now?"

"They are at their homes in Montana under strict orders not to shift or go out alone." Liam said.

Rosalie looked towards Bella."What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking we need to do some research." Bella turned to Liam. "Do you wish to stay in Montana or are you open to moving to a different area?"

"As long as we are safe,we will live where ever we can." Liam told her.

"Can you stay a few days?" Bella asked. "I have some things to look into that may help you but it might take some time. If you can't then I understand."

"White Tiger if you can help us we would gladly stay as long as you need us to." Liam said.

"Good, let's go find Billy and see about getting you accommodations. I assume you would be more comfortable amongst other shifters?" Bella asked.

Liam and the rest of his pack followed as Bella led them towards Billy's house."That would be nice. Thank you for your help."

"Don't thank me yet."Bella told him. "I still have some work to do before I can actually help you."

Liam gave her a sad smile. "We had no hope White Tiger. Finding out about you gave us that back. Anything you do for us will be more than enough."

Billy was on his porch when the group walked up. "Is everything alright?"

"Perfectly fine Billy." Bella reassured him. "I was hoping as a personal favor that you could lodge these people while I do some work to help them. I will gladly reimburse you for any cost you have for feeding them."

Billy shook his head. "No need need White Tiger. We will gladly take them in as guests for as long as you need us to."

"Thank you Billy." Bella said,turning to Liam she laid her hand on his shoulder. "I promise you and your pack Liam I will do everything in my power to help you."

"Thank you White Tiger." Liam said with tears in his eyes.

"Would you like a ride back home?" Billy asked

"That's ok we can run." Bella assured him."We will be in contact soon, if anything happens before then feel free to call me."

The woman who cried hugged Rosalie again. "Thank you so much Rosalie."

Rosalie pulled back and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry we won't let you down."

"Let's go back to your house. We will need the family to help out with this one." Bella told Rosalie as she took off towards the Cullen's, Rosalie running right next to her.

"How are we going to help them?" Rosalie asked after she and Bella had made it back to the Cullen's and were walking through the front door.

Bella led her towards the living room where most of the family was hanging out."How do you feel about investing in some real estate in Montana?"

Rosalie gave Bella a wide smile as Emmett asked. "What? Why are you guys buying a house in Montana?"

"Good question Emmett." Bella said looking around the room seeing only Peter, Jasper and Emmett. "Where is everyone else? We are going to need some help."

Alice rushed into the room followed by Esme and Charlotte. "We will help you!"

"Yeah we're in? What are we up against this time?Please say it's something we will need to use a tank on. I always wanted to drive a tank"Emmett said excitedly.

"I'm sorry to say we won't be needing a tank Emmett." Bella told him sadly. "What we need is your help finding at a least a thousand acres of land that would be good for a group of coyote shifters."

"Why do you need to buy them land?" Alice asked.

"Because unfortunately where they are living now is being taken over by humans." Rosalie told them. "One poor boy was shot by a hunter and now he isn't able to shift anymore."

Esme put her hand to her chest."Oh dear is the boy alright?"

"I'm sure he is traumatized by not being able to shift. His poor mother couldn't keep her composure while she told us about it. "Rosalie said sadly.

"So what's our plan?" Charlotte asked. "How do we help them?"

"What I need from you guys is help locating some good land for their pack to thrive on for not only now but for future generations." Bella explained. "It would be best if there was some kind of river or lake on the property. Having plenty of trees and grass would also be a bonus."

"It would have to already have a bunch of wildlife on it right? I mean they need to be able to hunt something." Alice pointed out.

"Let's not worry about wild life now." Bella told her. "We can always transplant different species of animals once we own the land. That's what we did in Arizona when we put up the security wall."

"Money is no object."Rosalie said. "We need to find them something safe."

Alice ran over to Rosalie and put her hand on her forehead. "Whoah are you sick? I mean you, the fun police is saying money is no object?"

Rosalie swatted her hand away. "I'm saying saving a group of shifters and setting them up with protection for future generations is more important then money."

"We should have a name for our group." Emmett said. "I mean all super hero groups have names. Even if some of them are lame."

"Yeah we totally should." Alice bounced on her seat." It has to be something cool though. Like the Super Tiger Friends."

"Or maybe Bella and the bandits" Emmett chimed in.

"Oh I got it,White Tiger and her cubs." Alice replied.

Rosalie growled. "We don't need a freakin team name, we need land in Montana."

"Fun police strikes again." Emmett whispered.

"Ok everyone. Find a computer, use your phone, whatever you have to do. These shifters deserve to feel safe and have their own place in the world without worrying about humans taking it from them." Bella said sending everyone off to start their tasks,trying to stop a fight from breaking out. Rosalie had been good about her temper but she hadn't been around Alice and Emmett that much, so Bella didn't want to push it.

Three hours later and a property the entire group felt was perfect,Bella had made a call to Gene to set up an appointment the next day with the real estate agent to tour the property.

"How are we going to go tour a property in Montana if we have school tomorrow?" Rosalie asked Bella when they were alone in their room sitting on the window seat.

"We are going to skip school tomorrow." Bella told her.

"I like where this is going." Rosalie said.

"Don't get to excited. We are going to skip school and take the shifters to the property. If they approve of it we are going to buy it as soon as possible for them." Bella explained.

Rosalie kissed Bella's cheek."You're kind of hot when you're saving lives."

"Only when I'm saving lives?" Bella asked.

Rosalie laughed. "Of course not. I think you're pretty hot all the time."

"Well I'm glad you think so." Bella said.

Rosalie reached out for Bella's hand and played with her fingers. "How are you feeling about Gene's suggestion that you get a personal assistant?"

Bella sighed. "It's probably a good idea. I mean with how our lives are going we will need all the help we can get and Gene is right he is getting older. I don't like having to call him all the time for stuff, especially simple stuff like getting us into a club."

Rosalie traced her finger over Bella's ring."Who will you want to do it for you?"

"I will let Gene pick. I like the idea of keeping it with his tribe. They have been good to my family for generations and I want to continue to repay that loyalty by giving them a way to make a lively hood."

"I think that's a good idea." Rosalie agreed. "You know you can trust them and they already know all your secrets."

Bella shook her head. "You, Ms. Hale are the only one who knows all my secrets."

Rosalie leaned in and kissed Bella. "You are the only one who knows all my secrets too."

They sat in silence for a few minutes just enjoying each others company until Bella spoke. "I can't wait until you are no longer Ms. Hale and instead are Mrs. Shurlong."

Rosalie smiled. "I can't wait for that either."

"Soon my love." Bella promised."Now lets get in touch with Liam. The sooner we get all the travel arrangements taken care of the sooner I can get home and pretend to be asleep so you can come through my window."

Rosalie sighed in relief."Thank god. I was worried you were going to make us sleep apart from each other again."

"No way." Bella said. "I learned my lesson last night."

Rosalie pulled Bella close and kissed her hard on the mouth. "Good."