Jacob was the first to admit that he wasn't a fan of leeches. However, he wasn't stubborn enough not to admit when he was impressed by them. Benjamin setting fire to the pile of wood he just dropped was definitely something he considered impressive...even if Benjamin was a leech.
"That's what I'm talking about," Jacob said, his own way of saying thanks without saying thanks. He sat down on the log next to Benjamin and Tia as he looked at the fire. Neither he nor the leeches that surrounded the fire truly needed it but it did certainly set the mood.
"A little pre-battle bonfire. Telling war stories," Jacob looked up from the bonfire to the crowd of unmoving vampires, "Or just standing there like fricking statues". Garrett suddenly appeared and joined the trio sitting by the bonfire.
"Name any American battle. I was there," Garrett bragged.
Jacob chuckled at Garrett's cockiness, "Little Bighorn".
Garrett without hesitation said, "I came this close to biting Custer but the Indians got him first".
Jacob turned his attention away from Garrett back to the bonfire just as Kate appeared and sat on Garrett's lap, "Try Oleg's assault on Constantinople. He didn't win that one on his own".
"If you're talking battles, you're talking the Eleven Years' War," the Irish vampire Liam chipped in, "No one does rebellion like the Irish".
"You lost the Eleven Years' War," Garrett shot back.
"Aye," Liam acknowledged, "But it was one hell of a rebellion". Garrett nodded in agreement and cheekily waved his finger at Liam to confirm that Liam did indeed have a point.
"What about you laddie?" Liam asked Jacob.
Jacob hummed as he looked at Liam, "The closest thing was a fight against an army of newborns a few months ago".
"An army of newborns?" Garrett asked in an impressed tone, "They're bloody hard to kill".
Jacob nodded in agreement, "It definitely was a hard-fought battle that's for sure".
"Did everyone make it back home?" Tia asked in concern, "I've seen firsthand the massive damage one newborn can do little own an army". Jacob looked away from Liam, back into the bonfire.
Kate must have sensed Jacob's hesitation to respond to the question, "Only if you're comfortable. Wounds might not be ready to talk about yet".
"No, it's okay," he began, "I'm not really sure whether it's my place to say. The pack and the Cullen's made it out safely, a few bumps and bruises but...Bella's human sister was kidnapped in the lead up to it...and um...we don't know whether those vampires killed her or if it was the Volturi when they came and did clean-up duty".
"Say no more," Tia quickly interrupted him as Jacob struggled for words. Jacob looked at her and nodded his head in thanks.
"Well," Garrett quickly picked up the conversation again, "Let me tell you about the Great Emu War that happened in Australia".
Jacob snorted in disbelief, "Australia had a war that involved a bird?".
"Oh yes. What makes it even better was that they lost to the birds," Garett chuckled. By this stage, most of the vampires had made their way over to the bonfire.
"It made me question how humanity would survive the next few decades," Tanya laughed as she sat down on the log next to Jacob, "Losing to a bunch of flightless birds. However were they going to survive?".
Jacob was still in disbelief over the fact that humanity had lost a battle against a bunch of birds, "I can see why". For the next several hours, war tales were swapped amongst the group. Some stories had them laughing in stitches other created a sober mood and served as a reminder for what was approaching tomorrow.
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