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As the car sped down the highway, twisting and turning at high speed, I gripped onto the leather seat and closed my eyes. I preferred the darkness of my eyelids other than the pitch black night we were speeding through.
How we made it out of the inner city at high speed without a cop booking us I never knew, but when I felt the car was steady I opened my eyes. We were driving calmly through a nearby town. Edward was looking straight ahead, eyes dark and deep in thought. I wanted answers, now.
"Edward!" I half screamed. I felt the tears I had been holding in finally fall. "What was that? Back there, that thing?"
Edward paused, still not looking at me. "I…Don't know" he said finally.
"Don't lie to me," I begged him, now silently crying. "That thing…person…almost killed you."
Edward finally turned to me, giving me a dark look. "Don't worry about me Bella." He said silently, "It's you I'm worried about."
"What?" I asked, taken aback. "What do you mean?"
"I'll explain later, right now I need to think."
We lapsed into silence. I wanted to talk to him more, get answers and to help him. But I didn't want to annoy him either, and he looked frustrated. I looked out the window, not brave enough to gaze at the cut across his cheek. I wished he would talk to me; say anything to break this long, loud silence.
But we just sat there in darkness, the car only lighting when we passed a streetlight. My stomach churned with anxiety. Edward, usually so brave and in control, was now hurt and in thought, as if unsure about something.
Maybe it was just my human feminine instincts, but something told me it was my fault. I tried to hide my face as I silently wept all the way home, but Edward must have sensed it. As we were nearing the edge of Forks, he reached out his hand and grabbed mine.
"Bella…" He whispered. "It isn't your fault."
"T-Then what is it?" I wanted to know. He hesitated and looked away.
"Please Edward" I begged him, now sobbing. "I hate seeing you unhappy, and now something just attacked you! I have to know…I-I have to…" I broke off, my eyes stinging as the tears kept coming.
Without warning, Edward swung the car down a dirt road. I screamed in surprise as the car lurched left and I hit the window.
"Sorry." Edward muttered.
I looked away, wiping at my face. Edward touched my hand lightly, sending goosebumps up my arm.
"Bella…" He repeated. "You're in danger."
I sniffed and looked at him. "What?"
"You're in danger." He sighed. "I thought it was nothing, Alice has been warning me for weeks but I thought it was only a thought…"
"What?" I asked again, more confused than ever.
He still stared straight ahead. "I should have taken more precautions, now it's too late to hide you…but they shouldn't attack here…"
"What?" I was now getting both frightened and irritated.
"…Too open… too much of a risk at getting caught…but then again they've always been restless-"
"Edward!" I now shouted, hitting the seat for good measure. "Tell me why I'm in danger already!"
He turned to me, eyes wide, as if surprised I was still there. He sighed and looked at me sadly.
"You're wanted Bella, you're number one on their hit list."
"Hit list?" I repeated. The words caught in my throat.
"Hit list" He whispered.
"Of who? Of what? What? What do you mean?" I asked. I was confused at what he was saying and I felt the tears rise again.
"You don't need to worry" He said hastily, watching the road.
"Don't need to worry?" I half shouted. "Is that the reason you were attacked tonight?"
He shook his head. "That was me, I started that."
"Started what?" I shouted. I was angry he wasn't giving me answers. I could see the Cullen house in the distance.
"Aren't you taking me home?" I asked.
He looked at me confused. "I thought you wanted answers…"
"I do!" I said quickly, and then looked down sadly. "But you're not giving them to me!"
He stopped the car in the driveway and got out. I touched the door handle but he stopped me and walked around the front of the car and opened it himself.
"I need to check if it's safe." He muttered, offering me a hand. I didn't take it, I felt angry at being placed on the 'outside of the circle'.
"You're not out of the circle Bella." Edward muttered, half smiling as he lead me up the front steps. "You're just too eager."
I frowned at his mind reading. A girl can't have a private thought these days. He pushed open the door and closed it behind me. Jasper came around the corner to meet us. He looked at us with a confused look.
"Alice has told me." He said gravely.
"Told what?" I asked quickly before Edward could reply. Jasper looked towards Edward who shook his head.
"Come on…" Edward muttered, taking my hand and leaving me towards the steps.
"What is going on?" I demanded. I tried to pull back but I was no match for Edwards's vampire strength.
We made it to the top of the stairs and started down the hall into Alice's room. She met Edward with a grave look and looked unsurprised at the cut on his face.
"They tore you up didn't they?" She asked in a hushed voice.
"Hardly" Edward frowned. "It's Bella I'm concerned about."
Alice nodded and looked grim. "Yes, I've seen them nearby."
"Nearby?" Edward looked taken aback, then frowned. "When?"
"Hours ago… The main ones were near the forest…"
Edward growled and looked at me. I tugged my hand away from his and looked at them both.
"What is going on? I'm not leaving until I find out who you're talking about!"
Alice and Edward looked at each other, but before they could answer, I heard a voice behind me.
"Vamps."
I looked around to see Emmett standing behind me with the same grim look on his face, only his eyes were more determined.
"What?" I spluttered.
"Vamps" Edward sighed. "They're after you."
I paused, looking from the three in disbelief. Was this a joke?
"What are Vamps?" I asked.
When neither of the boys answered, Alice turned to me, twirling a strand of raven hair around her dainty finger as she spoke.
"They're vampires…only different. They originated from England, Ireland and Scotland around the early 19th Century."
I raised my eyebrows. She continued.
"They're different, by being more… vulgar. They believe in a male dominated society and most of them are young males who make a living by recruiting new members by-"
She paused and looked away. Emmett finished.
"-By breeding with humans, basically."
Before I could talk, Alice continued again.
"They look like us… well they look like regular vampires, only there are less of them, but they breed in wide numbers. Their offspring are half human and half vampire and that is basically what a vamp is. A vamp acts like a human until 15 years of age when the growing process stops and they become immortal and need blood to survive."
"They're harder to kill than a vampire too…" Emmett muttered irritably, "Like cockroaches."
"Basically" Alice agreed.
"H-How do you kill them?" I whispered like we were sharing a secret. Edward sighed again.
"They're allergic to their own blood; once they mature their own blood can't touch their own skin. Too much of it will cause them to die."
I paused, processing this. A new breed of vampires? Who knew the race was so complicated? My internet search didn't have any of this kind…"
"What do they want with me?" I was almost afraid of the answer.
Edward hesitated. "One of the packs, who live in Canada, we know them and they've heard of you… they're related to James."
"So?" I choked, "What do they want with me?"
Edward walked over and hugged me as the tears came. I didn't want any of this, I didn't want Edward and his family to suffer for me. Edward, hearing my thoughts, started stroking my hair and muttering that everything will be alright. I pushed him away.
"You shouldn't go to all this trouble…" I began before Emmett interrupted me.
"You're part of the family, Bella, and we'll do anything for you." He smirked at me. "Even Rosa-"
He paused and looked at Alice. "Speaking of Rosie has anyone seen her?"
Alice and Edward looked at each other, and then turned to me, then Emmett with confused looks.
"Jasper?" Alice yelled out, but got no reply.
Two cloaked figures, standing side by side, where barely visible amongst all the brush of the forest that surrounded them. One leaned against a tree, looking calm, whiles the other fidgeted and paced around her.
"We shouldn't be here, Rosie, we shouldn't…"
"We're doing the right thing…" She muttered in a shaky voice. "We have to get them off our trail don't we? Besides, just think of it as an old get together."
Jasper gave Rosalie an almost disgusted look. "It's not a get together" He sneered. "If it was we would have told Edward, or Carlisle."
"They wouldn't have let us come alone." Rosalie dismissed. "I need to do this by myself you know…"
"Then why did you bring me?"
"I need you…" She lowered her voice. "In case it gets awkward."
Jasper looked away. It was true, his own ability could be used in case the conversation got hot headed, but he wouldn't rely on it when it came to his life.
They heard a twig snap and both turned around sharply.
"Just a deer." Rosalie dismissed, sniffing the air.
Jasper licked his lips, and then shook his head. He had to keep a straight mind if he wanted to survive this 'get together'.
"I don't know why you wanted to meet him." Jasper sneered at his sister. "It's a waste of time, besides I didn't think you wanted to meet the guy who-"
He broke off with a teary glance from his sister. He saw a tear run down her cheek. It was heartbreaking to see and Jasper felt his anger rise. If only Emmett were here…he'd beat these guys to a pulp for what they did to Rosalie in her past life… but why did she want to meet them again? Why?
"I need to show him what I've become." She said finally. "And run in his face what he's become, and show that I can defeat him if he wants to get in too far."
"I understand, Rose." Jasper sighed. He didn't understand, of course. But he would never let Rosalie come by herself.
They heard another twig break, and Rosalie stepped away from the tree she was leaning on.
"It's them" Jasper noticed her voice cracked.
Out of a dark clearing came 4 figures. As they neared Rosalie and Jasper, they could see that they were all black haired guys around late teens.
These must be them Jasper thought.
The youngest looked about 15 while the oldest looked 20. They all had the same dark, shadowed look, but were all unmistakably handsome in that rugged, bad-boy way. They all had black hair with long fringes, and all had the same black empty eyes and pale skin. They seemed to all wear black with jeans, making them seem perfectly normal to any human. The eldest looked them up and down, licked his lips and smirked.
"You called?" He whispered his eyes on Rosalie.
Rosalie looked at them, her eyes mainly on the 'leader' who spoke.
"Yes…" She muttered in a hushed voice, but said no more. Jasper stepped in, he could already feel the tension.
"We came to warn you." He snarled. "…To stay away from here."
The four boys howled with laughter and glared at him. One who looked about 18 walked closer towards him and smirked. "And why's that?"
"Because, we know what you want, and you're not getting it."
"Do you want to bet on that?" The youngest challenged, but was hushed by the eldest again.
"How do you know what we want anyway?" he asked Rosalie.
"We know you want my brother's fiancé" She told him with a frown. "And you won't be able to get to her."
"We won't hurt her" He said with a sly smile.
"Yeah, you'll do worse Jay" She muttered. He looked taken aback at the sound of his name, but shook it off, looking irritated.
"Fine, we'll back off, but I don't make any promises."
Rosalie stepped forward, Jasper following her. "You'll need to make a promise, because I don't take any chances."
"Well we do" Jay growled. "And we don't make deals, especially to Vampire Pures."
Rosalie was growing impatient. All she wanted to do was make a quick truce then get back, they had been here for too long.
"Look Jay" She growled at him in a low voice. "I'll make it simple, you touch Bella, and I'll destroy you-" She paused, looking right into his black eyes –" In the worst way possible, and don't think I don't know how to do it."
With that, she turned away, Jasper following her.
"Don't think I have no hesitation in History repeating itself Rosie, remember that" Jay muttered. Rosalie turned at his words, but he and his group had already vanished.
What did you guys think? Too confusing? I need suggestions, I love suggestions. And constructive ideas (: thank you kind peoples. X
