Rosalie

10. Denali

I could see why the Denali coven had chosen to live here. We were making our way up a large mountain which was permanently covered in ice and snow. I was sure that no human would attempted to even climb as far as we had and we where only halfway up. I was wearing another one of Em's ridiculously long jumpers, not particularly because I was cold, just because I liked the feel of them on my skin (Em was my new nickname for Emmett, the whole family had started calling him it apart from Edward and Carlisle only did sometimes)k. I looked around me but I could only just make out the shapes of my partner and family running beside me. "You okay?" Emmett asked.

"Well, I could be better," I replied "This journey is taking way too long." He nodded, smiling. To be honest, I wasn't really bothered about the length of the journey; in truth it didn't even bother me in the slightest. It was that fact that I would be meeting a family of three very beautiful, vampire women, okay, I was jealous.

Edward had told me more about Tanya, Kate and Irina since our family chat and things didn't sound good. "They are extremely beautiful." He had said and I could sense the slight mocking tone in his voice. I had simply shook my head and pretended to ignore him but I couldn't help but listen. "Especially Tanya, you better watch out Rose. She seems to appeal to every male." I had shuddered at that part, I had been so confident that I was the most beautiful creature to exist but now my confidence in that fact was shaking ever so slightly. I wished that I could go to Emmett for reassurance but something was holding me back, it seemed like this was one more burden that I had to endure on my own.

When we finally reached the top of the vast mountain, I found a large, surprisingly modern looking house facing us with another identical one a couple of miles behind it. "We're living this close to them Carlisle?" Edward asked. Carlisle smiled and nodded and I watched as Edward tried to keep his face smooth and impassive but I could tell that he was less than happy with this turn of events. Carlisle stepped towards the grand white door of the first house which opened before he could place his near enough to knock. Three women stood in the threshold, three breathtakingly beautiful women. The one on the far right had dark skin and short, pin straight black hair. Her eyes where a dark black; she hadn't eaten in a while. The one on the left was also very pretty; she was also dark skinned as all three where, with long, pitch black hair. However, none where as beautiful as the girl in the middle. She was the tallest, towering above the other two, with glorious blonde hair which cascaded down her back like a glittering waterfall. Her golden eyes examined each of our faces before she opened her arms in welcome. "Carlisle, Esme, dear friends, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our home once more." Carlisle smiled politely before taking her hand in his own and kissing her on the cheek. "Thank you Tanya, I can assure you, we are very grateful that we shall be spending time with you and your sisters.

So this was Tanya? The jealousy that I felt clouded my vision and I felt the sudden urge to check on Emmett and make sure that he wasn't staring. To my delight he was looking down at me and he wrapped his arms around my waist. I felt his warm breath in my ear as he spoke "There's honestly no competition Rose, your still my number one girl."

"Thanks Em." I grinned and watched as Edward nodded curtly at Tanya and the quick look of disappointment that crossed her face before she turned to greet Esme.

For a short period of time, I was intrigued to find out the reason behind such mannerisms but i was soon distracted by the woman on the right of Tanya. She was the only one who hadn't uttered a single word to anyone throughout the whole of our meeting. Now her dark black eyes never seemed to stray from my face and her own face seemed somewhat tormented or strained. She glared at me in such a way that i felt as if she was plotting to hurt me, she made me feel so uncomfortable. Emmett noticed this too. ereH

"I know that you are supposed to be careful around strangers and all, but this is ridiculous!" Emmett whispered sarcastically. In attempt to take my mind of her I let loud laughter flood out of me and soon i really was laughing uncontrollably, Emmett was too. Everyone fell silent and turned to face us. "Rose? Emmett?" Esme asked. We eventually calmed down and put on the best serious faces that we could produce but as soon as they turned away Emmett took my hand and winked at me. I sniggered.