"What?" asked Tanya. Her voice was full of disbelief. I knew the feeling. It was still so hard to understand what happened. I didn't know why it happened either, it just did.
"I said their gone Tanya, all of them." I said evenly I wouldn't let her feel my pain. I didn't need to make it worse for them. I didn't come here because I needed a shoulder to cry on I came here so that they would know that they would never see the one's closest to them again.
I knew how blunt I sounded. How heartless, but if I showed any emotion now I would crack.
"H-how did it happen?" Tanya stuttered. I knew what would come next the dry sobs. Vampires almost never stuttered only when we feel some of the deepest emotions do we strip our eloquently structured sentences to show any true emotion.
"THEY'RE GONE OKAY? THEY'RE JUST GONE! JUST SHUT UP!" Jacob shouted. This was the first thing that he'd said since we'd gotten here. I could see the pain in his eyes while I was trying to explain to Tanya and the rest of them. He'd kept his mouth shut for that entire time but I think that Tanya's repeat of this stupid question which was really getting on my nerves also finally made him snap. Then he broke into sobs.
"Shhh, baby shhh it's going to be okay." I crooned into his ear.
When I straightened up again I saw Tanya staring at me.
"What?" I asked. For some reason her expression was no longer of sadness, but it was of pure hatred. She looked at me like she wanted to burn me with her eyes.
"How. Are. You. Able. To. Be. So. Calm?" She asked slowly making every word feel like a sentence.
"I'm not. I just need to seem it so that Jacob won't have to feel bad for me when he's the one that's hurting so much. I just want to protect him." I said too low and fast for Jacob to be able to hear or at the very least understand what I said.
"And why do you care so much about him? What has he done for us? He probably just stood there and did nothing while our kind was being killed. He is a dog after all" Tanya sneered loud enough so that everyone in the house could hear. She looked so mad that I was afraid she was going to do something to hurt Jacob.
"I won't let you talk to him like that. You weren't there. Jacob almost risked his own life to save them. We both tried so hard to save them, so hard. We just weren't able to. He did everything he could. And listen to my words carefully. The next time you say anything about him like that I will rip your head off. Because we both know that I'm stronger then you." I growled at her. I would not have her talk about Jacob like that. No one could talk about him like that.
"And why do you care so much about him Bella? Is it that you have already forgotten about Edward? My dear cousin in law, I didn't think that even you could be so heartless. But then again it was you that stole him from me. I could have been perfectly able to keep Edward out of danger. I would have been able to give him a good life until you came and stole him away from me. Tanya growled her teeth were bared and she had crouched down.
Hearing his name said so many times tore my heart apart. That hole that I thought had disappeared all those years ago had finally come back and now that I was a vampire everything was intensified. But I could also deal with it better now. I knew that I couldn't break down here. I just couldn't.
Bitch, she stole Edward from me and then let him die. Now she's probably sleeping with that dog of hers. Tanya thought and I already saw her pounce before she actually did it. I dodged and then glared at her.
"Is that what you think? That I've already forgotten my family? My husband and my child? That in these couple of days I've been able to move on? And that you think I've moved on with my son?" I asked her incredulously.
"Well I sure wouldn't put it past you. I think you should know now. I never even liked you. I was just keeping up appearances because I knew that Edward would cut all ties with us if I were to show my disgust towards you." And then she pounced again.
"Tanya. I think you should know something. I've already acquired the skills of all of my family. I know what you're thinking, I can see what you're going to do, and I'm sure as hell stronger than you. So don't even think about trying anything like fighting me because you've already pissed me off enough. But I still don't feel like killing anyone today." I said coldly.
"Come on Jacob it's time to go." I stooped down and picked up Jacob from the ground where he was looking up at me astonished. And I walked out the door with Tanya staring blankly at our backs. I thought I could find safety and acceptance with the Denali's and now I know that it was all a lie. The only one I could really trust was Jacob.