Chapter 4
"Most people believe that humans are at the top of the food chain, however, Vampires prove that that isn't true. Vampires help to 'control' the human population. However, what's there to control the Vampire population. The answer is Wolves. Shape shifter Wolves. You know the Quileute legends Bells."
"It's how I figured out about the Cullen's," I said nodding along to what Charlie was saying.
"Yeah, well there ALL true. Some of the Quileute's carry a special gene which allows them to sense when Vampires are near, and then to protect the Tribe, the gene enables them to change into Wolves, giant Wolves."
As I listened to my father things began to click, all the comments the Cullen's made about the Res and the warnings Billy Black had given me.
"Now, the Wolves don't really need a 'predator' to keep their population down because the gene only activates if a Vampire is close by. Instead the Wolves and Vampires have something else. Something that stops the Wolves from killing all of the Vampires and something that stops the Vampires from wiping out all the Wolves. I mean sure, they have their own natural defences. Vampire venom can kill a Wolf in under ten minutes if it gets into their blood, and Wolf teeth and claws can slice through a Vampires skin like its hot butter. But sometimes, something else is required. A balancer or mediator. Someone who can stop the two from going at each other so much, that by the time it's over, the entire world is near enough destroyed."
"Has that happened before?"
"Oh Yeah. Have you ever wondered were all the myths come from? They started during or after one of the Great Wars. See, it's hard to hide that you're a Vampire or a Wolf when you're fighting each other all the time, especially in public. There have been some Great Battles over the last few centuries, but the last Great War happened a few thousand years ago, but that one time was different to any previous. That time the world fought back."