Chapter 11

Two Sides of a Coin

Jen

"I don't know how to break in easily," Seth said, "so I'm not going to try. Jen's pregnant."

The pack fell still. I hugged stomach again. Emily was the first on to recover.

"When's it due?" she asked smiling.

"We don't know," Seth admitted. "Carlisle thinks it might be growing fast than a normal baby, but nowhere near as fast as Nessa. He said it could take three to five months."

Finally, the boys recovered.

"Seth," Embry yelled, "you are a naughty boy."

I blushed badly, and the pack laughed. Emily walked over and hugged me.

"God, they're worse than Emmett," I whispered.

The rest of the visit was torture. The boys were making fun of Seth and me. They finally stopped when I growled at them.


Two months later

I was now ten weeks along. Carlisle guessed I would be due within the next two weeks. Seth never left my side. Leah actually tolerated the smell of the house to make sure I was safe. She was being protective, but I didn't mind it. She was really nice when she wanted to be.

I always knew what my baby wanted. It was like Seth, the baby, and I were connected.

Seth and I were sitting in Sue's living room with Charlie. He had finally allowed us to tell him about vampires and werewolves. He was still freaked out, but he was getting better. He spent a lot of time at Sue's. Emmett and I had a bet running on how long it would be before Bella and Seth were step-siblings. For once, I could loose a bet.

I was walking into the kitchen so we could eat lunch as pain engulfed me.

"Leah!" I screamed. "Go get Carlisle."

She ran out of the house and phased. Seth held onto my waist. Five minutes later, Carlisle, Esme, and Alice ran into the kitchen. The three of them, Seth, Sue were standing around me.

Three hours later, I was holding my beautiful daughter. Seth had his arm around me and was smiling at his daughter. Carlisle finally let people in to see us. Leah was the first one in.

"I want to see my niece," she said. "What's her name?"

I looked at Seth, who shrugged.

"Anna-Leah Marie."

Leah smiled brightly at the name and hugged me without hurting Anna-Leah.


Bella, Edward, Nessa, and Jacob stood in the living room. The Denali coven had arrived and had met Nessa. Seth, Leah, Anna-Leah, and I walked in. Leah was holding Anna-Leah. We were barely in the front door when the vision from all those months ago hit me again. I grabbed Seth's arm for support.

"It's starting the same, with Jane in front of me. Jane and Alec are walking toward me. Two figures in gray step forward and pull down their hoods. One is a man. One is a woman. They have shocked looks on their faces, almost disgusted. There is a fire."

I fell to the ground screaming in pain. Fire danced across my vision. In the memory, as I screamed, I yelled, "I will be back, Aro. You cannot hide from me." Everything went black.


When I opened my eyes, I was on my back looking at the ceiling. Anna-Leah looked at me with concern in her eyes. I smiled to assure her I was fine.

"Charlie," Bella cried, worried, "he can't come. We have to stop him."

"It's not Charlie," I said. "It's Peter and Charlotte."

"How can she know who it is if she's a human?" one of the Denalis whispered.

I couldn't see any of them.

"We've learned to stop wondering," Jacob said.

Bella walked out of the room with Nessa. Edward helped me to my feet. Seth caught me as I began to fall, the dizziness getting the better of me. I looked at the Denali coven, and I felt my jaw drop as I saw the first two.

"Hello," the single man said, "I'm-"

"Eleazer, Carmen, Tanya, and Kate."

"Who did you know that?"

"Like Jacob said, you learn to stop wondering," Seth said.

"Do either of you recognize me," I asked Carmen and Eleazer.

Both shook their head.

"Why would they know you, Jen?" Edward asked.

"They were in that vision."

"Have you thought about the probability that the visions are just your imagination?"

I snarled at him, my vision clouding over. I couldn't see anything but a haze.


Seth

I pulled Leah away from Jen and Edward, as Jen's hair turned red.

"It's not my fault that I have to compete with Jen just to make myself known," she yelled. "I'm sorry I have to be two sides of a coin. None of it is my fault. You want to blame anyone, blame Aro. He was the one that killed me."