Chapter 10
A/N: I don't own Twilight or any of the characters.
Peter's POV
I thought it would take only a few months for me to get things ready for Bella. It ended up taking two years. I looked up on the Internet about Bella because I thought if the Major and the missus weren't going to do anything about it, then I could at least see if Google would shed any light. What I found out shocked, amazed, and horrified me all at the same time.
I know it's not the true story, too many things don't add up. I remember they told me the Quileutes were shape-shifters so they were obviously were the wild animals that attacked Bella and since they were there, I'm assuming that vampires were involved as well. I'm extremely horrified, and at the same time a little thankful that they showed a picture of her after they took the bandage off her face. Horrified because it's an extreme violation of privacy if they didn't have her permission, which I'm guessing they didn't since it looks like a cellphone picture, but also thankful because that way I won't be quite so shocked when I see her in person and not give her the wrong idea by gaping. She's still unbelievably gorgeous. She's a survivor.
I thought about changing diets so that I could meet with her in Forks, but my gift let me know that she wouldn't want anything to do with me, let alone trust me if I had golden eyes. I don't blame her one bit. I'm thinking quite seriously about taking the same stance. Sure, the Major didn't know she's my mate, but he claimed he considered her family so he should have been looking out for her anyway.
It took so long to get everything ready for her because I figured she'd like it better if we were at a place that the Cullen's had never set foot in. I chose four places and then started to bidding on them. I continued automatically starting and stopping at random times until I owned two of them. That way Alice might know the four possible choices, but doesn't know which ones were chosen because I wasn't the one who chose them, my computer was. Then I made sure they were both fully updated and renovated, not to mention inhabitable for a human woman. Then I thought about what to say to her to get her to talk to me.
One of the homes I purchased was in Oregon right near the border to Washington because my gift informed me that for some reason that would be important to her to be close. I officially moved there. I got all new furniture so that it reflected only me. Alice kept me updated every month saying she could only see black, so I just told her to give up. Then I switched phone numbers and sold all my other residences that the Cullen's knew about. They talk about family being so important and yet time and time again they kept proving that they didn't think of Bella as one. She should have been the most cherished and protected one. Therefore I didn't want to be associated with the Cullen's. At least not until they got it together.
It was finally time to see Bella, but first I had to hunt...