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Chapter 10: I Trust You
Nessie, Jacob thought as he stood in his wolf form outside the Cullen mansion as the sun was rising. Honey, can you hear me?
Jacob! she cried. Thank God!
How are you? Has he hurt you?
No, we're all fine. Did you get Emmett or Carlisle?
They're all coming with me, Honey, even Rose. We're coming to get you, but we need to know where you are, Ness.
I don't know Jacob. Jasper and I were separated and they ran so fast, I could hardly see anything...
Nessie, calm down. Think this through, he said, ignoring the fact that Sam had just told him to do the very same thing. Remember when you were younger and we played our own version of hide and seek? I took you into the woods...
And I had to find my way back to your house, she sighed. I remember.
You had to use senses other than your sight. Now you have to think back to last night, Ness. I know you couldn't see, but what did you smell? What did you hear? Where did they take you, Honey?
Renesmee sighed, Ummm... I heard leaves on the trees rustling as they ran, sticks snapping, then I heard water. I heard water, Jake! Waves against rocks.
That's my girl! They must've took you somewhere along the beach. Holy crap, they were that close all this time? And I thought you were safer with me...
No, not along the beach, she interrupted him, remembering something else. I heard the water, but it was farther away. I could still smell the trees, and the air felt cooler.
The cliffs. You're at the LaPush cliffs, Ness.
Where you and the pack went cliff- diving?
Yep. Geez, when I think how close they were to us this whole time... I'm sorry, Nessie. I thought I was keeping you safe, but I was just putting you in more danger.
Jacob, she said, I am never in danger when I am with you.
Hang in there, Honey, he said with renewed determination due to her confidence in him. I'll be there soon.
Hurry. Jake, I'm... I'm starting to get really scared.
Everything's going to be alright, Sweetheart. I promise. They won't touch you, I won't let them.
I trust you.
"She's at the LaPush cliffs. That's where they're hiding out," Jacob said as he reentered the house.
"Let's go," Rosalie said.
"Hold on," Jacob said stepping in front of the door. "We're not dealing with your kind anymore. We're dealing with mine. They won't like the fact that I'm bringing a bunch of vampires with me. You all need to stay back behind me. Sam, Seth and the rest of the pack will stick close. Don't do anything without my or Sam's approval. If I loose control," he added looking at Rosalie's wary face, "Sam will signal you to come and take over."
"Sounds good," Emmett said. "Let's go kick some werewolf butt!"
"Whatever Dude," Jacob groaned as they headed out the door. He was still nervous about speaking with Alexander. What could he possibly want? Surely he knew that he was never going to join his pack, and there was no way he was going to help them take down the Cullens. If anything, he was going to take down Alexander's pack. He wouldn't hesitate at all to kill one of them if he thought Renesmee was in danger.