Chapter 12 ( The Strangers) Bella's POV

It's been a week since our arrival in Alaska and I'm kind of enjoying being here. Eleazar and Carmen were making it easier to live here. While Edward and Tanya were off chasing another one of the scents from a vampire who had come to close to the boundary line of the forest near the house. I sat in the house all day it had gotten boring. That night Edward and Tanya came in and the way that Tanya had been looking at Edward I could tell she was in love with him. But Edward never even looked at her in that way and it had made her upset.

"Edward, why do you do that to Tanya?"

"What do you mean by that Bella?"

"I can see how she looks at you she is in love with you and you just blow it off."

"Because there is only one person that I want Bella I just can't have her yet."

"Who might that be?"

"You'll find out soon."

I sat there lying on his lap I was rather tired and I didn't know why. I woke up the next morning in a daze as I went down the stairs and of course I tripped over an unseen wire running across the stairs. Edward like always grabbed me before I fell all the way down. I went downstairs and of course breakfast was ready for me I asked Edward if he was trying to make me fat so he could eat me. He just smiled the crooked smile I loved and I stared at it. I dug into the pancakes and orange juice like I haven't eaten in weeks. I told Edward I was going upstairs to take my shower and get ready for the day as I was going up the stairs we all heard a growl from outside. Not wanting to know what it was I went straight into the bathroom and started my shower while the other went outside to inspect where the growl had came from. As I stepped into the shower I began to here footsteps outside of the door. I stepped back outside of the shower and went to the door thinking that Carmen had came back to see if I was ok.

"Carmen is that you" as I gently opened the door not making any other sounds.

"No, but I don't think you will be seeing them again."

"Who are you?"

"You already know who I am after that night in my house with my mate."

It was one of the vampires that had kidnapped me. I knew in my head that if he did it once more that there was no way that Edward or any of the other Cullen's or Denali's would stand for it.

"You can't hide me or take me away from my family I have done nothing to anyone of your kind."

"OOOO but one day you can and I am here to make sure you choose the right path and not the one that you are on now. I was sent to come get you by my leaders. You must come with me if you want to see your family again someday."

"Fine, I will come willingly if you do not hurt my family."

"Than come now they will be here shortly."

I felt I had the need to make sure my family was safe. I didn't want them to get hurt it would be my fault if they did so. I went to the man who had told me his name was James. We took off out the front door of the house and into a car. I knew that once I was in the car the family wouldn't be able to trace my scent. As we got down the road a bit I complained that I was hot and James than rolled down the window just the way I wanted him. I knew my scent was too hard for Edward to resist and that it would pull him towards me in the matter of no time. We descended below the Canadian border by night fall and made our way into the states. We were on our way to Seattle Washington I knew once there we would either go to the home I was kept in or we would fly somewhere other than the United States and that there worried me. As we reached Seattle my worse fear came true we were on our way to the airport I wondered in my mind where we were going and hoping that Alice would be able to see me and see where we were going so that they would come find me. I didn't want to risk my family's lives but I knew it would hurt them a lot more if they were unable too. I was able to determine that James did not know of Alice's ability to predict the future nor was I going to tell him. We entered the airport where we met his mate I assumed she had curly red flame hair and he introduced her as Victoria she glared at me like she was not interested in my name or why I was with her mate I figured she had already knew that.

We boarded a plane for New York City, But to my surprise when we landed in New York we quickly rushed across the airport and boarded another plane on its way to Italy. I was talking to myself and hoping to God I was not going to……..Volterra, Italy. I had heard stories of the three Vampire sort of royalty that Carlisle had once lived with. Edward had told me the stories they were not like the Cullen's and that's what was the scariest thing was. I don't know what to do or how to escape James and Victoria both so I sat in my seat and looked out the window. As we began to make our descent to Rome, Italy I began to make a plan in my head on how to get away from them. I have never been out of the country so therefore I did not know how far I could get before another tracked me down. So I decided this was the best time to take a bathroom break once we were off the plane James showed me to the bathroom and Victoria went to fetch us a car to take to Volterra. As I was in the bathroom I noticed that the entrance I came in was not the only way in or out to. I quickly made a dash for the other exit and ran between the crowds of people. I noticed the luggage area and I quickly went for help to one of the security guards I went up to him.

"Excuse me sir but I have seemed to have lost my family and they have already board our plane back to Washington State in the U.S. is there any way to call a family member back home."

"Why yes young lady just follow me and you'll be reunited faster than you know it."

We made our way to the ticket booth I quickly called Esme and they answered on the first ring. I explain to her what had happen in a whisper I knew the other adult by me could not hear. She immediately made me hand to the phone to the security guard and gave him the information he quickly and put me right back on the plane I was hoping that James and Victoria haven't made my scent yet. Next thing I knew the plane was taking off and I was headed back to my family.