Bella's Point of View

Month's pasted sluggishly, yet nothing new would come, nothing telling us how we could save my son. I was beginning to wonder if there was hope at all.

I could still see the look of utter shock; the moment Charlie had come over for a visit us over the weekend. He hadn't come around very often, once in a while he would pop in unexpectedly; even Alice struggled to see when he was coming.

I'm sure that Charlie knows something's up and right away he asked about the scar on Zander's arm. But at the moment, there really wasn't any other way to explain how a crescent shaped bite mark has scarred my son's arm. So, we all made it quite clear to Charlie that this mark had always been there, it was his birth mark.

This had been enough of an explanation for Charlie, but everyone else had known better.

This mark was the very reason why Zander was growing so quickly. But it didn't make sense, the venom had been sucked out, the turning process had been stopped, there was no possibility of this happening. So what was going on?

Why did it have to be my son?

Glancing to my side, I watched Edward. His arm rested firmly around my shoulders, he sat just slightly slouched, but completely still, his beautiful golden eyes nonchalantly wondered the room, crowded with people.

"Bella, how was Zander this morning," Rose's voice brought my attention back to the others, who were also sitting just as still, unmoving, ignoring the plates of food in front of each of them.

"He isn't really a morning person," I said with an amused smile. "But once he gets to watch his cartoons, he's an angel,"

Alice now spoke up with a bubbly smile, "You know Bella, I might have found someone that can help us, with Zander's aging,"

My eyes brightened as I turned to her, feeling hope bounce around inside of me. "Really, who?"

"I met him a few years after I was turned; he owes me a favor anyway,"

"You aren't talking about Kane are you?" Jasper asked, his eyes narrowing just slightly as he watched Alice, the look of distaste lighting his features.

"Jazz, if anyone can help Zander, its Kane… you know that,"

"How can he help?" I interjected, watching between the both Alice, and Jasper.

The others seemed to share the puzzling looks, except for Edward, a tight look was clear on his face, and his brows were pulled slightly together, in curiosity.

"Kane has the power to heal, he can pinpoint anything abnormal with the human body, and heal it, just by the touch of his hands," Alice said with a nod.

This sounded almost too good to be true. "So, you think this is going to stop Zander from aging so quickly?"

"Absolutely, Zander isn't developing like a normal child, so that means, something is wrong, the venom has to be the problem, and Kane can fix that," Alice spoke simple.

"I'm assuming you have made contact with him then?" Jasper asked, sounding edgy, and tense.

Alice rolled her eyes to the ceiling, before looking over to Jasper. "Not yet, I was just bringing up the option,"

"What's up your butt Jazz?" Emmett laughed, raising a brow to watch Jasper, looking more than amused. "This guy have a thing for Alice or what?"

Jasper's jaw seemed to clench at his words, and after folding his arms across his chest he spoke in a rather bitter tone, "Yes, he does, not to mention he is the most annoying rat on the planet,"

"He isn't that bad, he just likes to flirt, and not just with me, with every girl, I told you that," Alice said gently stroking his arm.

"Why haven't we met this guy?" Emmett snickered watching between Alice and Jasper, obviously enjoying the tension.

"Because he is a nomad, a rogue guard from the Volturi," Edward spoke up, shaking his head slightly.

"Is it safe for him to be around Zander?" My eyes widened a bit.

"Of course, he isn't a bad guy, he is just… free-spirited," Alice said, seeming to struggle to find the right words.

Jasper rolled his eyes, muttering something lowly under his breath; that caused Alice to respond with a light slap on his shoulder.

"I say it's worth a try," I muttered, looking down at my tray of food, picking it up, and slowly standing up.

Edward instantly stood up with me watching me closely as we both walked up to dump our trays. He stayed close to me, but didn't speak, just hovered at my side with a protective stance.

After we returned to the table taking a seat, I couldn't help but smile as he rested his hand on my thigh. The shivers that went up my leg brought my attention up to Edward's beautiful eyes. I got lost in them for just a second.

His crooked smile had my insides typing up in knots, and butterflies bouncing around my insides.

Slowly I leaned forward, unable to help myself, and pressed my lips to his. The smoothness of his marble lips sent a thrill through my body, and I just couldn't get enough.

He responded with just as much eagerness, but the kiss was cut short as Emmett began to snicker. "Get a room,"

Edward rolled his eyes, but didn't comment.

"Alice, what is it… what do you see?" Jasper spoke bringing all attention back to Alice.

She seemed to have gone completely still, staring out into nowhere, she didn't speak, but her fingers twitched just slightly.

Edward stiffened beside me, his eyes narrowing, a small growl falling off his lips.

"What is it?" I asked fear poking around my insides as I watched his expression.

"Victoria," Alice uttered.

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