A/N: This is the final book in the Leo-trilogy. (Purple Smoke and Black Fire) Every remember to stop and say hi to Lokima, who is the idea guy for the fic, and the creator of Leo.

Alec had asked me who it was that killed Carlisle.

At first, I was flailing for an answer. All I knew were little snippets of information. Pieces of this and that which made no sense.

I forced myself to try and put the pieces together. To fill in the puzzle just enough so that I could tell what the picture was supposed to be.

I had seen a match, and a blur of brown. Who had had brown on them?

Emmett's shirt was brown. Bella and Esme had brown hair. It had to have been one of those three. I knew instantly that it was not Esme. A mate killing their own mate was like a form of suicide or something. Esme would never do that.

So was it Bella or was it Emmett?

Emmett had exited the house with Rosalie. He had been by Edward the whole time. Edward would have seen if he did it in his mind.

Who was the only person it could have been, then? The one person that could avoid Edward's ever-probing third eye? The one who wouldn't care about Carlisle's death- even if she caused it- therefor avoiding detection by Jasper?

"It was Bella." I answered him in shock. Who would have thought she had it in her? Better question- what the hell made her do it in the first place? She had always seemed too innocent when she was with the family.

That was it, wasn't it? Nobody would ever expect innocent little Bella to be a killer. The bitch planned the perfect crime! I was just her scapegoat!

"We need back up." Alec announced. "We're toast if they catch up to us."

"Back up." I echoed disbelievingly. Where were we going to get that? Who the hell was loyal to us, after everything that's happened this past half of a year?

"Yeah." he responded cheerfully. "I have friends back in Italy. We can go talk to Benjamin again, too. He knows that you're innocent."

I followed him as he began to run and asked, "How does he know that?"

"He will believe you." Alec confidently assured me.

I really did hope so.

We stopped in our favorite little country of Ireland two days later. I recognized the area we were traveling and asked, "What are we back here for?" Had we not taken care of all the vampires who lived here?

"Friends." He answered simply as we strolled though the town at a slow pace. A human pace, because it was the middle of the day. Even though it was raining, people were outside, because it rained a lot here. Nothing new.

My sensitive ears very soon heard what I assumed we were waiting for. I reported quietly, naturally falling back into follow-the-leader with my more experienced cohort. "There are three coming." Footsteps so defined and light could belong only to a vampire. All three of them had different weights to them- one being quiet and two being rather loud.

Loud for a vampire, that is.

Alec stopped walking and leaned against the wall of a building. I did the same, looking around suspiciously as the three vampires in question entered the scene.

They looked like your typical Irish family, actually. The two adults and the girl, who was possibly my age.

I was instantly drawn to the female of the coven. She was a huge person, very physically intimidating to someone my size. Her body was not as burly as her angry-looking mate, but she certainly walked with an air that belonged totally to her.

I unconsciously shifted closer to Alec. He glanced reassuringly at me. He may trust these people, but I did not.

The trio stopped, and the large woman nodded to the young girl. She bounced over to us, smiling cheerfully. "Siobhan and Liam think it is best to avoid a scene."

That would make sense. Two large adults hulking over three kids would make the town people start to wonder.

Alec nodded. "Yes, that is a good idea. We have a request to make, Maggie."

"What is it?" She asked, looking deeply concerned. I couldn't pinpoint the emotion. It was fear, yes, but for who? For her coven, or for Alec? I'd have to know how close of friends he was with the Irish coven to decide.

Alec explained the story of my frame and our flee, after making a few shifty notes about leaving the Volturi for personal reasons. Soon the tale was complete, and he fell silent.

Maggie glanced at me, her gentle red eyes searching my face. I grew defensive after a while and demanded, "What are you doing?"

She asked critically, "DID you do it?"

"No!" I protested, getting tired of that damn question.

Maggie set a hand on my shoulder and chuckled. "No need to yell, Leo. Stay here." She returned to the other two and began speaking to them.

I glanced at Alec, totally confused by her mood jump. Alec explained, "That is her power. She can feel if we are being honest with her or not. There is no way to avoid it, she will always know the truth."

I nodded, that made sense. Looking bitterly at her and her coven I sighed, "At least someone around here believes me!"