EPOV
Once Carlisle had arrived, and gave his comforting smile, he told me to clean myself up, and then we all ventured downstairs and reviewed any possibilities. Once again.
"So we know the Volturi wasn't involved," Emmett offered his brow furrowing in thought.
We did know indeed.
One we had tried searching for Bella and Nessie, and found nothing, we thought about the possibility that the Volturi never left and somehow avoided Alice's visions. Yet we were proven wrong...
8 months ago...
"Ah, friends! We only saw each other 2 weeks ago. What is the nature of your visit?" Aro asked from his throne, his eyes casually surveying our party of 8. As Jacob and I aren't on good terms, and he agreed to stay behind and get the pack to help him search, and on our way we found Charles, because he can sense the truth.
"You know perfectly well why!" I shouted advancing on the old vampire, when Emmett grabbed hold of me trying to tell me to at least keep myself alive for Bella, Jasper put a hand on my arm trying to help me control my anger, and Carlisle stepped forward his voice calm yet demanding.
"Aro we have reason to believe you are responsible for Isabella and Renesmee's disappearance." When Carlisle said the word 'disappearance' I sagged in Emmett's arms full of despair, but a glimmer of hope that my wife and child might still be alive.
"What?" Aro spluttered, clearly surprised.
"Personally I wish we had your whore and it's spawn, so I would enjoy the pleasure of killing them," Caius sneered, but everyone ignored his remark, even the guard.
"Are you implying we captured your mate and child?" Marcus said in his emotionless tone and vacant eyes.
"What do you think?" Rosalie spat stepping forward, ready to charge at one of the elders, most likely Caius.
"Calm Rosalie, I truly can assure you that we had, have or never will have any part in dear Isabella and Renesmee's disappearance." Aro assured us, his thoughts honest, his feelings honest, and Charles thoughts telling me that he spoke the truth.
Carlisle looked my way to see if he was telling the truth. I nodded, feeling void of any emotion, not caring very much anymore. I did briefly see Marcus look at me with pity, and heard his thoughts reveal that he was sorrowful I had to share the same fate as him.
Edward, if you ever feel it's too much, come to me... and if I can I will, you can say help relieve your pain. I wish someone would do that for me, but alas that is not my fate quite yet.
I nodded minutely at the black haired elder, and told him how much I appreciated his thoughts, with my eyes, he smiled slightly, then his face returned to its usual deadness.
When I withdrew my attention from Marcus, I saw everyone looking between Marcus and I. I shrugged and looked at the floor hoping everyone would drop it. Thankfully they did.
"So are there any possibilities on who you think may have taken them?" Esme said, stepping forward and grabbing hold of her mate's hand. Leaving Alice stood a couple of feet behind us all. I looked at her questioningly, but she just shook her head, and concentrated on what Aro was saying.
"Well if I'm perfectly honest, I cannot think of anyone. Yet we are going on a expedition shortly to find this Joham, as we had trouble finding him on our way back. So if we find him or anything weird about him, we will alert you. As there is a possibility that he followed his son, and became fascinated by Isabella- how she is still alive as the biological mother of a half breed and her power, and possibly he may be interested in Renesmee being a potential match for one of his sons."
That was some good reasoning, to be honest Joham hadn't crossed any of our minds.
"Yes, indeed... that would be very helpful if you could do that. May we leave?" Carlisle inquired.
"Shortly, I am curious though..." Aro held his hand out towards me. I sighed and walked over, I never realised when Emmett had released his hold on me, and placed my hand in his. I tried to block out everything Aro was seeing, as I didn't need to relive it again. Quite soon, Aro released his hold on my hand and stepped away.
"I see, most bizarre." I could see by Aro's thoughts that he was referring to the fact that, there was no scent from the clearing where the trees were snapped and an obvious struggle had happened.
With his comment he waved us away while deep in thought.
Today...
We did get a call from Aro at the end of May, and he said how he himself and his guard had searched relentlessly for Joham for the past 4 months, but found nothing but legends.
That was where our trail went cold, and the majority of us lost hope.
"Hold on a minute," Carlisle said cocking his head to one side. "Can you hear anyone outside?"
I listened and heard a pair of feet running towards the house. In human form.
"Seth! What are you doing here?" I asked jumping up from the couch and walking towards the young werewolf.
"Well it's Jacob... he was upset and we phased out, giving him some peace, but when we phased back in, as in Leah and I, he was gone, and we aren't sure..." He looked worried and that was enough for me.
"Okay Seth, you changed, but where was he last time you heard him?" Carlisle asked.
"Nearing La Push."
"We'll head for the border now." Seth nodded and ran away into the forest.
