I moved silently from behind the tree where I had been waiting. I must have made some kind of noise or the dog wouldn't have heard me. I was just far enough away that she couldn't smell me. Not as a human, anyway.
"Leah." My voice was clipped, stern. I stepped towards her. I could smell her, hick and foul in my nostrils. Ulgh. I knew that Bella's sense of smell was much, much weaker than my own, but I honestly couldn't see how she could stand to stay around these mutts. The stench was utterly overpowering.
"I wanted to tell you to keep away from Bella." I had heard the tone in her voice when she had spoken earlier when we were back at the house. If she was Jacob's imprint, she would probably be in contact with Bella even more. And I would not have Bella upset by the she-wolf's attitude.
"I came here to warn you. I noticed the way you spoke to my wife earlier. And I'm here to tell you, I won't have it. Bella is not to be upset by you or anyone." I stood before her and glared down at her, trying to stare her down. "This is your only warning; keep away from Bella."
I kept my tone and my gaze icy, trying my hardest to intimidate her. She didn't look easy to intimidate, but I had been alive for almost a hundred years, and I would not see the only woman I ever loved talked down to during her most vulnerable state. Certainly not by some dog.