Chapter 4
BPOV
Did I just hear Eleazar say Witches and Werewolves? I knew werewolves were out there and thanks to the conflict between the Volturi a couple months ago we now know that the LaPush pack aren't werewolves but are shifters that chose the form of a wolf. Which means that the actually real ones are out and working with Lucas.
I must have been out of it because I didn't even notice that Jasper was moving out the way so the Denali's could occupy the living room. I stood in the corner with Renesmee just watching the rest of the Cullens help the Denali's in.
I then heard Tanya cry out Edwards name in a desperate plea for him to rescue her or something. She wont give up. Though I cant blame her I wouldn't either. Edward picked her up and sat her across the love seat, they were all weak from having not eaten in weeks or months. They looked sick and some couldn't stand. They all had huge dark circles under their eyes. I was still watching Edward stroke Tanya's hair and making sure she was semi-comfortable before he left her.
Edward never strokes my hair unless he is about to kiss my forehead. I love Edward but I really wish one of these days would put Tanya in her place. I have before and he insisted I stay away from her if I have to be that rude. He kept comforting her and the more he did the more angry I got and then the sad. I pushed away my emotions and continued to watch them. While he took her shoes off, I saw her eyes flew open and they were pinned on me.
Wait, not me. Renesmee… She was half vampire but she had blood running threw her veins. Once I saw how intense Tanya's stare was on my daughter I ran out of the living room and out the front door with Renesmee in my arms at vampire speed.
I put Renesmee down and she said, " Mommy I wanna go home." I knew she meant the cottage. I told her to lead the way as I smiled down at her. Then she took off into the woods and I went after her. She looks so innocent but she's so special and that's exactly why I need to keep her safe away from the Lucas.
EPOV
I picked Tanya up cause she looked like she was about to collapse when she called my name. I knew anyone could have helped Tanya but she seemed to be refusing any help other than mine. Typical Tanya, still trying to catch me even though I have a wonderful family I thought as I took off her shoes after laying her on the sofa. I started to look around to see if anyone else needed help and saw that there was so much anger and confusion swarming around in people's heads.
Carlisle was talking to Eleazar and finding out what happened while Esme handed out what blood we had in the refrigerator for Renesmee to the Denali's. looking at the blood reminded me of Renesmee and I immediately wanted to know if she was safe and away from the people who haven't eaten yet. I started to look around, I went upstairs and looked in every room of the house.
" Jasper", I tapped him over the shoulder after he got the empty package of blood from Kate. " Have you seen Bella or Renesmee?" I asked kinda anxious.
" Yea I saw Bella head outside with her. You didn't hear Tanya as she stared at Renesmee while you took off her shoes?" he asked.
So that why she isn't in the house. Make sense though I cant believe I didn't hear Tanya's thoughts. I was too busy trying to focus on listening into Carlisle and Eleazar's conversation which didn't work out.
" No, I didn't. I'm gonna-" but he stopped me before I had a change to finish.
" Go get your family and make sure Nessie is ok. We got everything covered here. Except, Edward I know Carlisle was talking about us supervising the Deanils on a hunt so you might wanna make sure the woods are clear and that Nessie is safe before we start. We're heading out at 9:30" Jasper told me. I told him thank you and headed out the door to find my family.
BPOV
I played with Renesmee all the way to the cottage but when I was about to open the door for her she wanted to play more.
"You wanna go to a special place that only Daddy and I know about?" I asked her. I've been wanting to take her to the meadow for the longest time.
It just reminds me of how I met Edward and how I became what I am. I would never have the life I do if I didn't meet him. I wouldn't have Renesmee if I didn't meet Edward. I looked at Renesmee and she looked so much like him. At that moment I started to get images of Edward and they way he was with Tanya. What if he never met me? Would he be with her?
" Mommy lets go to the special place!" Renesmee said excited. I told her we could go now and she darted off into the woods again. I went after her and playful tickled her and picked her up. After a couple minutes I found it and showed Renesmee the beautiful field filled with flowers and grass. I looked up and we say the little bit of sun which made me sparkle like diamonds.
"Pretty!" Renesmee said, I picked her up and spun her around until we fell down in the flowers. She rolled around and started to sniff the flowers. I sat in the flowers and watched her play. She was so oblivious to the problems going on around her. She had no idea that this world is a scary place with a million scary things in it. Things she wont understand and if we get decide to fight this Lucas guy I pray I'll be here to protect her from it. I continued to watch her as I let my mind wonder off.
EPOV
I headed to the cottage and it was empty but there sent was here. I decided to call Jacob and see if they we're at LaPush and they weren't. I called Charlie and got the same answer. Both asked if something happened and I was starting to wonder if they we're worried or if they thought Bella ran away from with Nessie.
I followed the scent they left when they stopped in front of the house. I looked at my watch and saw that I only had fifteen minutes till the Denali's start their hunt. If one of them got a whiff of Renesmee and ..I couldn't finish. The thought of anyone hurting Renesmee just made me extremely angry and unstable.
I kept following the scent and I wondered where Bella was taking our daughter and then it hit me. Awhile back while my parents looked after Renesmee, Bella and I stayed at the cottage to have some alone time. "I love our days alone together. Just me, you, and a nice cozy bed and I'm a extremely happy man" I remember saying. I was holding Bella after we shared a "connection" that we haven't had in awhile.
I was kissing her shoulder and smelling her. She always smelled of freesia.
"But we wouldn't have Renesmee" she said. She turned around to face me then.
" I love Renesmee and she is something I never expected to have in my life. I'm grateful and extremely thankful but she is just a bonus." I said as I played with her fingers and kissed them.
" I keep wondering if I fell in love with you when I saw you or the moment we shared in the meadow. That's a magical place. Our place." she said as if she was saying it to herself.
"It will always be our place and I don't care when you fell in love with me. I'm just glad you did. Id still be brooding, lonely, and depressed if I didn't find you. You're my savior, my heart, my everything." I told her before I kissed her again. It wasn't long but it was very passionate and filled with desire, lust, longing, love, need.
" I wanna show Renesmee the meadow" she told me. " I wanna show her how wonderful it is there. Maybe it'll make her feel like anything can happen like it does to me. Or maybe it'll just be a field filled with flowers to her. I just wanna show her it." Bella said. We just laid in bed for a couple hours after that.
Bella had said she wanted to take her there. Now would be a great time to tell Renesmee that not everything is bad and that bad things don't always happen. I headed for the meadow and checked my watch continuously to see that I was running out of time fast. Once I entered the meadow I saw Renesmee running around on the far side of the meadow. She then picked up flower and ran over to give to Bella. My eyes then drew to Bella who looked sad. I started to walk toward her until I saw someone in the trees near where Nessie was playing. I saw red eyes and then Renesmee was gone…
"Bella someone has Nessie!" I screamed and started to run in the direction I saw the person take Nessie. I heard Bella's footprints right behind me. I then stopped in the middle of the woods. I smelled too many different scents and heard nothing coherent. The scents were fresh and its hard to tell which way Nessie went.
" Edward, why did you stop? We have to get Renesmee back!" she screamed and started to weep. I turned around and held her in my arms.
" I cant tell which way they went" I then checked my watch. My time was up five minutes ago. " The Denali's are hunting but their being supervised by the family. It could have been one of them." I told her. I then heard Jasper say my name in his head and I immediately ran to where I saw he was as Bella followed me.
" Jasper?" I said, " What's wrong?" I asked. Jasper looked pissed and so did Emmett. I then saw Renesmee in Rosalie's arms with a couple of cuts on her legs and arms.
