Chapter 14 Miranda
As soon as my feet hit the ground, I knew exactly where I needed to go. Find Kathy. I told myself. Becca had told me that Kathy would take me to La Push. Maybe, just maybe, she hadn't been captured. Maybe she just couldn't find me, and was already at La Push.
That must have been what happened, I told myself. It had to be. If she really had been captured by the souls, then I would have no way of getting captured, too.
I followed Jacob's scent as far as I could go, until someone blocked my path.
"Excuse me, could you watch where you're-" I stopped when I noticed that he had the same werewolf scent as Jacob.
"This is werewolf territory. I'll give you exactly three seconds to get out."
"This is La Push?" I asked.
"Yeah. And you're a vampire. You don't belong here. I said get out."
"Wait, is my sister here? Kathy?"
"Look, I have no idea what you're talking about. You one of those Cullens?"
"No," I said.
"Yes, she is," a somewhat familiar voice said. "That's Miranda."
I realized who the voice belonged to – Seth, one of the younger werewolves. He spent a lot of time at the Cullen's house.
"She's got an attitude, but she's nice."
Nice? I couldn't ever remember being nice to him. Then again, I had never been mean. This kid was an optimist.
"You're sister's been asking for you. She thought you had gotten captured."
"She's here?"
"Doesn't matter. You're a vampire, you can't come here. And one of you is lying about her being a Cullen."
"Carlisle changed me, and I lived with the Cullens for a few months, if that's what you mean. But they lied to me."
"Lied how?" Seth asked.
"Did you know that Carlisle was a member of the Volturi?"
"Yeah. But he was never like them."
"They're all the same. Aro was supposed to me protecting us. He killed my best friend, and my sister."
"Look," Sam interrupted, "I've told you one too many times: Get out. You're already lucky – any other vampire would have been dead by now."
I snorted. Right, like he could take me. "Look, dog, I didn't choose to become a vampire. I'm going to meet my sister."
"Carlisle changed you against your will?"
"She was dying! He was trying to save her!"
"Maybe I didn't want to be saved."
"Seth. Go get the rest of the pack. They broke the treaty. And have been hiding it for a while, apparently."
"No way! I don't belong to your pack. Go get them yourself."
The older werewolf started shuddering.
"Let's get out of here before he phases. I'll take you to your sister."
I decided that I liked Seth.