"See?" Edward exclaimed, spreading his arms wide in the clearing where Leah and her friends had made camp. "Theyre GONE."
"just because theyre gone doesnt mean.." Jasper tried to be the calm one between the two, but Edward interrupted him.
"Oh come on, Jaz, you know exactly what it means. theres no drag marks as there would be if a bear carried them off. They took them. and that means.."
"i know what it means." Bella's voice chimed in, interrupting Edward. she was standing between them in an instant, taking in the remnants of the attack in front of her.
"none of us know what it means. those kids had werewolf blood in them. if they were bitten by vampires, theyre probably dead. unless..." Jasper trailed off, searching his mind for anything he may have read about the situation at hand. but he came up empty. "ive never read anything like this. Im confused as to why these nomads chose to attack these werewolves. you can smell them a mile away."
"there has to be a reason. and im gonna find out what it is." Bella spoke as she swiftly walked to the charred remains of a fire. around the pit were rocks, some spattered with blood from where she had rescued Leah. Bella quickly scooped up a small, blood covered stone and rolled it between her fingers. "and we start by finding Leah."
Leah sat, fully clothed, on a bench out side her house. the morning air was crisp, but she knew that later the fresh air would be stained metallic with blood. she hadnt slept, she was afraid her nightmares of Jake ripping Bella apart would eat her alive. she didnt want to hurt them. but she didnt have a choice.
the sound of crunching leaves under bare feet startled Leah out of her daze. she looked up to see Jake, Eli, Embry and Josh walking towards her, shirtless and ready for a fight.
"Glad you could make it, Leah." Jake said with a smile.
"Like i had a choice" Leah mumbled under her breath.
"Watch it, girl" Eli, Jakes right hand,growled. the growl set leah off, and she stood, ready to rip Eli apart. her fuse was short.
"Hey!" Jake boomed, sending both Leah and Eli into a dog-like whimper. "there will be no in-fighting today!" leah shot Eli a deadly look and sat back down on her bench, knowing better than to mess with Jake.
"alright, heres whats going to happen." Jake crossed his arms over his bare chest and inhaled deeply. "Leah, you are going to lead us to the leaches house."
Leah stood to protest, but Jake wouldnt have any of it. His eyes flashed golden and he barred his teeth at her, which sent her back to her bench.
"you lead us, then you will kill them." those were jakes final words before he burst into fur and ran off into the woods, followed by his lackeys. Leah staved off the shift as long as she could. wiping tears from her eyes, she ran off after them.
Bella stopped as the smell of dog smacked her hard in the face. she looked down to see her feet covered in water, a rushing river around her.
she looked up just in time to see a wolf snarling not 3 feet away from her. His lips curled back over his pearlescent white teeth, his legs shifted ready to make the lunge at her throat. Bella crouched, ready for the attack, when another wolf came out of the woods and made the lunge.
Not at her, but at the other wolf.
There was snarling, and biting and finally a whimper and the first wolf went limp, passed out on the ground. the second wolf turned to Bella and bowed its head. it then looked at her directly. the wolves green eyes were unmistakeable.
The wolf was Leah.
"Leah?" Bella whispered, taking a step toward the her. the wolf blinked and nodded once. Bella reached her hand out and gingerly touched between leahs eyes. her eyes closed and pushed into Bellas hand, enjoying the interaction. both of Bellas hands were soon on Leahs head, running her fingers through the thick, soft fur.
suddenly, loud howls broke the silence between them. Leahs ears perked up, as if she had heard more than just the howling. she quickly turned back to Bella and nudged her in the stomach with her snout, telling her to run.
So run she did. down the stream, to keep them off of her scent. she glanced behind her to see if Leah had followed her, but there was no one behind her. She stopped, just to see if she had run too fast, to see if leah would catch up. but she didnt come. Bella shook her head. she couldnt wait. she couldnt take a wolf pack on by herself.
She ran home.
she walked into the door of her house and was greeted by a petit hand around her throat. Alice.
"Welcome home, darling." Bella said, struggling against the little pixi that held her tight against the door.
"where have you been?" Alice snarled. she sniffed Bellas neck, then spit on the floor. "you smell like wet mutt."
"that could be because i was just attacked by one." bellas words surprised alice, enough that she let her hand drop from bellas neck.
"good. That should teach you when you lay with dogs.." alice began, but Jasper interrupted her.
"we have bigger problems than the local wolf pack." He was standing in the living room doorway, arms crossed over chest, looking as if he had just seen a ghost.
"jasper, what happened?" Bella questioned, wanting to know what had jasper, the man with no worry, so worried.
"emmet and rose..." he paused, his words catching in his throat. "they're dead."
