Sorry for the delay! The Uni stuff was far more boring than I thought it would be so took longer than expected!
This seems to be the chapter that everyone has been asking for... so if you like it let me know.
This chapter is dedicated to Taty who has supported me all the way, is encouraging me to consider a sequel and also gave me the name for this chapter which I have been struggling with!
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Chapter 14
The Day of the Reconciliation
I ran up to the house and in through the front door to embrace my distant cousins. What surprised me was the person stood in the middle of the floor. A growl erupted from my throat as I saw the one person I never wished to see again.
Laurent.
My family filed in around me and soon the whole room was filled with the noise of constant growls emanating from us. Laurent just stood there with his palms raised, a look of serenity on his face. I crouched into a defensive pose, remembering his affiliation with that woman who nearly halted my happy ending.
"Bella," He said, his voice thick with calming tones, "Please forgive me. I mean you no harm."
I stood up and stared into his now, fiery-orange eyes. Tanya and Irina came rushing down the stairs into the main room and gasped when they were confronted with the situation at hand. Irina shocked me by standing in between me and this poor excuse for a life form.
"Bella, everything is alright. I'm sorry. We should have warned you. Laurent has decided to try out our way of life. He has told us everything. Please don't be alarmed." The disgusting creature wrapped his arms around my cousin's waist and gently placed a kiss on the top of her head. Even I could not doubt the love she had for him. Kate, Carmen and Eleazar by this point had made their way into the living room and were eyeing Laurent suspiciously. Until they fully trusted him, I would keep my wits about me. He had a lot to prove before I let him into my or my daughter's life.
I begrudgingly stood up out of my fighting crouch and shook hands with the demon stood across from me. I felt the atmosphere around me relax at this display of friendship and went over to see Kate and Carmen. Carmen's eyes lit up as she noticed the laden sling around my back. Kate glanced at it, blinked and started to bounce up and down on the spot. Esme, Rosalie and Alice went and sat across the way from the rest of the Denali's that had suddenly surrounded me on all sides. Even Eleazar was stood to my left, trying to get a peek at my back.
I pulled the sling around to my front and pulled my sleeping baby out. I gently placed her into the outstretched arms of Carmen who had not blinked once. She snuggled Ellie against her chest as tears formed in her eyes. Ellie, who realised that she now had an audience to charm, stretched in Carmen's arms before letting out a small yawn and opening her emerald eyes.
"She is so pretty!" Kate squealed, causing my baby to scrunch her face up. "There's no doubting she is yours! How old is she?"
"Two weeks." I answered shortly.
"But you only left here two weeks ago!"
"Yes, I know. Let's just say it was a little bit of a shock on the way home." A sudden realisation dawned on their faces as they remembered the activities of the day I came to Denali.
"I can't believe you did this alone." Carmen handed me my baby back and sat down on the sofa with her head in her hands.
"I wasn't alone." They all looked very confused but I decided not to explain. I missed not having my own little secret. Tanya was the next to speak up.
"You do realise that these two weeks have to have been some of the most difficult of my existence. I have had to resist phoning the Cullen's, I have had to resist even thinking about phoning the Cullen's or even mentioning you to anyone, just in case the psychic pixie over there sees! Do you understand how hard it's been?" Tanya's voice had gone up several octaves by the end of her little speech and we couldn't help but laugh.
"Tanya, do you know that Alice can't see me?"
Her face was stunned. She stomped her foot and sat over on the chair by the window staring into the snowy landscape.
"Does everyone know now then?" Irina was still contained in the arms of her mate so I barely heard her over her constraints.
"No. None of the men know. I have barely had a chance to speak to Edward yet, let alone explain the fact that he has a daughter that he has never met. I don't even know how he's going to react. He seems so different now..." I trailed off, scared to admit that he might no longer be the man to whom I gave my heart.
Esme, sensing my distress, came up and wrapped her arms around my shoulders as I softly sobbed into my mother's embrace.
"We won't let anything happen to you or Ellie. You will always be my daughter, no matter what happens with Edward. You have given us an amazing gift and I can't, I won't let you get hurt."
As Esme spoke, Carmen came over and placed her hand on my shoulder.
"Bella, I also consider a part of our family. If it is alright with you, when you return home, I would like to come with you. I have not seen Carlisle in months."
"That would be amazing. Thank you." I was astonished at the hospitality of these people.
Carmen glimpsed at each of her family members, each who nodded in return.
"I am sorry, but I will stay here. Me and Laurent need to get to know each other a little better." Irina said calmly, giving a subtle wink to Laurent. I cringed as I thought about what she might mean.
"I must say, I can feel your power stronger than anyone in the room." Eleazar whispered. "Have you had a chance to, how do I phrase this, experiment yet?"
"Sorry, I can't say I've had enough time. I haven't really stopped since leaving here."
We sat and talked for a few hours, catching up with all the gossip from the last few months. There was a sudden gasp from Alice as the cell phone she was holding in her hand fell to the floor. We all turned to find her eyes glazed over as she was taken by a vision. As her eyes refocused on me, a smile spread over her pale features.
"Pack up, guys! All of our futures just disappeared, including the guys, so guess what... We're all going home! And by the blankness, we should be arriving around 8am tomorrow." She clapped her hands together before running upstairs dragging Kate with her as I heard them discussing what to pack for all of us. Luckily, as the clan up here knew I was having a little girl, they had already bought several items of clothing for her.
"I'm sorry, Bella. I think this is my fault. I was thinking about going back to Carlisle later today and I guess that's when Alice got the vision. I hope you don't feel like you're being rushed into this." She looked so guilty, I handed her my little one who seemed to have the ability to make anyone feel better.
"I wouldn't worry. I've been putting this off for days. I think it's about time everything was out in the open."
We sat at the bottom of the stairs for a few minutes, whilst my baby played with Esme's hair, until we were swept out of the way by the tornado that was Alice. In several minutes, Kate and her had managed to pack a back-pack for each of us, full of essentials that we would need for our stay. I honestly don't know why she bothered, more than likely there would be another shopping trip on the cards when we arrived in Montana.
We reluctantly dressed in the outfits that they had somehow arranged, along with the bags, and assembled in the entrance hall waiting for the all clear. Alice quickly phoned Jasper, telling him to get all the guest rooms ready before she darted off into the distance. Esme and Carmen were the next to follow her, then the rest of the Denali clan, leaving me and Rosalie to bring up the rear.
"She is such an annoying little pixie." Rosalie muttered under her breath before slinging my baby over her shoulders and jogging after the family who had hit the edge of the forest already. They had decided to give me a break from carrying Ellie everywhere but I felt too light without her. With one last glance at the love-sick couple snuggling on the couch, I put my hood up and headed out into the Alaskan wilderness.
What a sight we would have been if humans were capable of seeing us. Nine vampires running across the state trying to avoid all sunlight that managed to peek through the cloud-lined sky. We were all dressed in hiking gear of varying colours and by the time we arrived at Anchorage airport we were covered in mud and twigs from the forest. The airport staff looked absolutely disgusted as we trudged our way through the terminal to the booking desk, where a young woman was sat. She looked at us down her nose as we approached her desk and frowned at the mud we were leaving across the floor.
"Good Afternoon... Emma." Alice said to the woman with false sincerity. I could tell that she was scrutinising this human's appearance. Even to human eyes it would be easy to see her greasy hair, with dark roots clearly showing through bleached hair. "If it is not too much trouble, we would like 9 seats to Missoula on the next flight out."
With a few clicks on the mouse, without even looking at us, she searched for the intended flight.
"I'm sorry, but there are no seats available for that flight."
Alice slowly leaned over the desk, smiling a little too widely. I saw a shiver run over the attendant as she subconsciously realised the menace in front of her.
"I do beg of you, dear. Please check again." Her voice was a little too collected. I was glad in a way that Jasper wasn't here; Alice must have been seething underneath the calm exterior.
"The only seats that are available are in the first class section of the flight..." The woman in front of us trailed off as she assumed that first class would be beyond us. Oh, how little she knew.
"That would be absolutely perfect, Emma." Alice didn't even look at her as she handed over the sleek, shiny black credit card. I had to hold myself from giggling as the heart rate of the woman in front of us sped up and beads of sweat started to form on her forehead as she realised she was not dealing with just any customers.
"There you go, Miss Cullen. Those seats are all booked up for you now. Thank you for flying Alaska Airways." The woman was shaking as she handed the card and the reservation details back to Alice, who was looking ever so slightly smug. To rub salt in an already sore wound, Alice kicked all the mud off her boots against the front of Emma's desk before elegantly gliding her way over to the first class lounge.
We were given a large berth in the lounge. Maybe humans weren't as stupid as they appear. It was not long until we were called for our flight and I found that Alice had managed to book the whole of the first class seating for us. Stress was already starting to permeate through me as the awareness of what I was about to do dawned on me. I took my baby off Rosalie and fed her her final bottle before we landed in Montana. I breathed in her newborn scent, timing each of my breaths with several beats of her faint heartbeat.
Thankfully, the flight was a smooth one and the hostesses left us alone for the majority of the journey. One of the pilots had tried winning over Rosalie, but soon enough his fight or flight reflex kicked in which left him scurrying back to the cabin. He obviously figured out that it was not worth his life provoking a group of mysteriously menacing women.
It was ominously stormy as we touched down in Montana. Even though we were pretty much indestructible, I still felt a little uneasy until we ground to a halt on the tarmac. I was suddenly grateful for our hiking gear as I saw the torrential rain that was falling over the forest surrounding Missoula. I gave my baby back to Rosalie as I braced myself for the horrendous weather that we were about to run through to get back to the Cullen House.
Whoever said that running in the rain keeps you drier definitely needs a slap. Each and every one of us was soaked to the skin when we arrived in Seeley Lake, and we run fast. This new ability of being able to see individual rain drops did not help my demeanour. I was well and truly aggravated by the time we reached the outskirts of their estate. Alice and Esme ran ahead to check the house whilst the rest of us stayed sheltered under a particularly dense section of the forest.
In order to distract myself, I closed my eyes and listened to the forest around me. The raindrops falling on the leaves seemed to perform a dance as they travelled down to forest floor. The scents of all the animals that had passed through here were enhanced by the humidity of the air. I had started to feel thirsty just after we landed and these scents were in no way helping my thirst. I took down a nearby rabbit with the aim of satiating my thirst so that it was bearable. My sudden movements were making everyone jumpy. Considering we were only visiting family, everyone was very tense. I guess not knowing how Edward would react had everyone on edge.
We all watched as Esme came running back across their lawns alone until she reached where we were stood.
"Ok, the house is sorted. Alice is now with Jasper and warning him that emotions could be running riot later on. Carlisle is phoning 'in sick', for the first time ever might I add, in case he is needed back here. Rosalie, Emmett is very anxious to see you but I told him that he needs to stay in the house. Edward is currently out hunting at the moment. He doesn't know that we are here so I don't know how you want to do this. How do you think it would be best to proceed?" Esme was taking this whole situation very seriously. I guess I was about to make or break her family so I don't blame her for being cautious.
"Do the guys know I'm here?" I was starting to feel like this was not a good idea.
"I think they have an inkling that you are but I have not told them directly. They know the Denali's, or at least some, are here though."
"Ok, right." I had no idea what I was meant to say but they were all looking at me expectantly. With their support, I knew I could do this. "I think we should all go in together. Show a solid front and all that. If me and Rose stay at the back at first so that they don't see Ellie straight away, that would be better, I hope." With a few deeps breaths, I had fully composed myself again. They were not going to harm me.
Instead of running to the house, we took it at a slow jog. The guys all stayed in the house at the sound of our approach but I could tell that they were on tenterhooks. Alice threw the door open as we got to the house and showed us in.
"Welcome to our new home! I don't believe you have seen it yet! Alice would you mind showing our guests around?" Carlisle had a warm tone as he welcomed his cousins.
Rosalie stood slightly in front of me and held my hand in support as the Denali's filed upstairs after the excited Alice. The nervousness I had felt the first time around was back and the breathing exercises were no longer working. Ellie was still on Rose's back so I was unable to hold her for a calming effect. We hadn't moved from the doorway and as we were in clear sight, the need to disappear being overwhelming. I couldn't stop myself and vanished in the blink of an eye.
"Rosie!" Emmett came darting across the living room and went to swing Rosalie around in his arms. The need to protect my baby overpowered the need to be invisible so I threw myself in front of her and let out a deep, feral snarl. Emmett froze several feet away from us, appearing to have hit a solid wall. No matter what he did I wouldn't let him take a step closer to us. I had never before noticed just how big he was...
"Bella..." Rosalie gently placed her hand on my shoulder, trying not to catch me unawares. I was still quite volatile and once again, everyone was treading on eggshells. "Don't worry. It's only Emmett. He won't hurt us. Stand up, please." She sounded genuinely worried about him so with a final growl I stood up and let Emmett move. Alice and the Denali's came rushing down at the sound of commotion but I had already recovered when they stopped at the bottom of the stairs.
"I'm sorry, Emmett. I didn't mean to overreact, I just have to be careful, you know."
"No worries, Bells. You just worried me a minute there, I couldn't move!" He laughed before picking me up in an enormous bear hug. "Can I hug my wife now?"
"Of course, you can. It wasn't her that needs protecting." Clearly no-one had noticed before that Rosalie was carrying anything as they strained to see what she was holding. She handed me the sling and passionately kissed Emmett. I looked away in disgust, walked to the nearest couch and sat down.
"It's good to see you again, Bella. I didn't realise that you were coming to stay too?" Carlisle looked a little apprehensive after I had nearly attacked his youngest son.
"It was unexpected to say the least, but Alice and Esme convinced me to come and see you all again." They were giving me space so that I could tell that what I needed to, when I wanted.
"Well, as I said it is always lovely to have you back in our home. Unfortunately, Edward left just before you arrived to go for a hunt. He has been going every day since your last visit. We have seen quite a change in him." Carlisle eyes were a lot brighter than before. He looked as youthful as ever.
"That's good. I don't know why he let himself get like that. It does no-one any good."
"Bells, we told you last time. He's a state without you. At least he does something now, but we're still not allowed to do anything to him in case he flies off the handle. So what's in your thingy there?" Trust Emmett to be blatant like that. Esme and Carlisle both frowned at his outrageousness to which he just shrugged his shoulders in response.
"I guess now's as good a time as ever. Please don't make any sudden movements; I don't know how I'll react." The Denali's stood back as the rest of the Cullen's, excluding Rosalie leant forward in anticipation. "Carlisle, Jasper, Emmett, I would like to present to you the reason for my change."
I peeled the sling away from the sleeping form of my daughter and waited for their response.
"But, Bella, that's a baby?" Emmett just looked incredibly confused. Rosalie slapped him across the back of his head and came to sit down next to me.
"Congratulations, Emmett. Would you like a gold star?" Sarcasm had saturated my tone. "This is my daughter. Her name is Elizabeth and she was born three weeks ago today. It's time for her to meet her whole family."
"Your daughter?" Now it was Carlisle's turn to be confused. "How is this possible?"
"Well, clearly. Edward knocked her up before we left Forks. Bastard." Rosalie sounded very irate as she spoke to Carlisle. Esme frowned at her language.
"He what? I didn't realise. I am so sorry, Bella. As if leaving you was bad enough and now you've had to deal with this on your own. Would you mind if I held her?" His eyes were full of curiosity as he held his grand-daughter. Yet another person won over. "She has Elizabeth's eyes, but your hair. Congratulations." He handed me my baby back.
"Thank you. She has bronze in there too when she's in the sun. I'm glad she has met her Grandpa." She had woken up again and was sucking on several of her fingers.
"Grandpa? Oh, but of course... Please excuse me a moment." Carlisle went into learning mode as he dashed upstairs and into his study.
"Can Uncle Emmett have a hold?" Emmett ran up to us and held out his arms ready to hold her.
"Be careful. She's still small." He laughed before picking her up in his arms and placing her above his head. He began running around in circles, changing the height at which he held her. Ellie didn't seem to mind. As Emmett threw her up in the air, she let out her first giggle. We all froze as we listened to the amazing noise. Emmett worried that he's broken her gave her back to me as she started to cry. Jasper put his head in his hands as her emotions got to him.
"Would you like to hold her, Jazz?"
"I... I don't think I should. I ... don't ... trust myself enough." He still had not recovered from the incident in September.
"Well, tough. Do you know what her middle name is?" He shook his head, not moving it from his hands. "Jasmine. After her other Uncle. I forgave you the minute it happened, please stop torturing yourself."
"Thank you, Bella. This means the world to me." Alice smiled at him knowingly as I placed her in his scarred arms. As soon as she was in his embrace, she calmed instantly and began to snooze.
"Well, that's going to be useful!" We all laughed at him as he smiled for what must be the first time in months. The whole atmosphere of the room warmed now everyone was happy.
We talked for several hours until the sound of footsteps echoed across the open field at the front of the house. We all froze as I grabbed my baby and put her under my shield. She turned silent in an instant at the stress of the situation. You would never have known she was there.
I counted each footstep as they neared the house. The moment of no turning back was upon me and I was at a loss as to what to do. I just hoped it would come naturally to me when the time came.
I braced myself as the front door opened and the Adonis himself stepped through it. He looked so much better than the last time I had seen him. His eyes were back to their beautiful topaz colour and he looked alive again. He was finally taking care of himself again. I dared to look into his handsome face but was scared by what I saw. He looked absolutely furious.
"Oh, it's fine. Don't stop your little get together. I can tell when I'm not welcome! Thanks Carlisle for letting me know that we were having visitors! Please, continue. Don't let me ruin your fun." He bowed mockingly before running out of the house slamming the door behind him.
We all looked at each other wondering what to do when Carlisle came running down the stairs from his study and headed to the door to follow him. Handing my baby to Rose, I dashed to Carlisle.
"Let me. I'll go after him. It'll give me a chance to explain everything. Look after her for me." Without waiting for an answer, I rushed across the Montana countryside tracking Edward's most recent scent. This man did run quicker than other vampires but I could tell he was still no match for me. I took the tree tops in an effort to hide my pursuit. Silently, I swung from branch to branch until I caught up to a bronze haired blur beneath me. He stopped abruptly in the middle of a clearing and shouted at the top of his voice. I could not understand the actual words he was saying but I could feel the deep anguish that was in his voice. I watched from my tree top hiding place as he started to rip trees up from the edge of the clearing. He threw them in all directions before taking a deep, hoarse breath and collapsing in the centre of the enclosure.
"Why me, Lord? Am I really doomed to be tortured for the rest of eternity? I can't do this. I can't see her face everywhere. I can't hear her name in the thoughts of all my family. Tell me, Lord, what do I have to do to stop loving her? I can't do this anymore!" My heart broke as he screamed to the heavens. He always told me that he thought God had abandoned him and yet he still turned to Him in times of need. Edward curled up in a ball in the middle of the clearing as sobs wracked through his body. He was in so much pain I could not stop myself as I made my way down the tree and into the middle of the clearing.
I didn't even turn on my ability as I approached this broken man. I crept over to him and laid down opposite him. I stared at his face, unblinking, watching his soul break apart in front of my eyes. As a fresh round of screams came from his still form, I slowly reached out and placed my hand on his cheek. He felt colder than ever as the rain started to fall into the glade. He didn't even flinch as my skin made contact with his.
"Shush, Edward. I'm here for you." I just gently stroked the side of his face as the rain falling from the sky mimicked tears falling down his face. I had no idea what to do but I hoped just me being here would help him.
"Why are you mocking me?" He sighed from his position in the grass.
"I'm not mocking you. I'm really here. But if you want me to leave, I shall leave you alone." I went to get up but was stopped by Edward's hand grabbing hold of my wrist.
"Please stay. I don't want to be alone."
I sat on the grass and pulled his head into my lap, as I softly stroked his hair as he let his emotions flow. The scared 17-year-old boy was back and I was grateful for my new maternal instinct to help me with him. We sat in the rain for about an hour before either of us said another word.
"Why are you here?" Edward whispered into my thigh.
"I came to see you and your family."
"But why? We left you and now look what has happened! You are doomed to the same fate as all of us..." He stared at the sky, grief filling his eyes again.
"I always wanted to be a part of your family and now I am no longer human, that is now a possibility. Of course, if I am not welcome, I will leave. I don't want you to feel pressured into having me around." I secretly hoped that he would agree for me to stay, but he was more unstable than I was so I had no idea how he would react.
"All my dreams would come true if you agreed to stay, but I doubt it is as easy as that. Your maker must be keen to find you, they rarely let newborns run around in case they attract the wrath of the Volturi."
"I don't think we need to worry about my maker. I am not held by them." I thought of my daughter back at the house as a sense of irony dawned on me. Here I was cradling her father, whilst my baby was unprotected in a house full of vampires. A silent chuckle escaped me as I thought of this predicament.
"Who changed you, Bella? I need to know."
"I was turned by someone who I care deeply about." I wasn't sure whether it was Ellie or Edward who had fully turned me, but for now I would lay the blame on Ellie to save his quickly disappearing sanity.
"What is their name? I want to know who has replaced me."
"Her name is Elizabeth and no one has replaced you. I love you as much now as I did the day you left me." There I had admitted I still love him. One confession down, one to go.
"I love you, too. I never thought I would be able to say that to you again. I thought that we were over after that day in the forest." I felt my heart swell as he said those three special words.
"To be honest, so did I. But fate seems to have a plan for me and who am I to argue."
"Who is Elizabeth? She must be very dear to you. You have a smile on your face each time you say her name. You know, my mother's name was Elizabeth." He was suddenly very pensive. I could tell he was remembering everything he was able to from his human past.
"I do know. You told me everything you knew of your human life."
"So who is she then?" He was becoming very impatient and I knew I couldn't hold back the secret any longer.
"Edward, look at me." His eyes met mine. "And please believe me when I say this." He nodded. "Elizabeth is my daughter, our daughter."
He was on his feet in the blink of an eye with his fingers pressed on his nose, a classic Edward pose.
"It's not possible." It hurt how easily he dismissed her.
"Well it is. Sorry."
"But vampires can't have children. Look at Esme, look at Rosalie. You can't expect me to believe that I am the father of your baby." That hurt.
"What do you mean, my baby? YOU... ARE... HER... FATHER. How dare you doubt me?"
"As far as I am concerned, it is biologically impossible for me to father children, so clearly it has to be someone else." We were shouting at each other now. I was not prepared to be insulted like this.
"You are the only person I have ever slept with so unless the logistics of conceiving a baby have changed. She is yours. If you want nothing to do with her, then fine. But I decided that I would give you a choice. I will be leaving now. Goodbye, Edward, have a good life." I was furious that he could question me. I saluted him as I walked out of the field and headed back to the house to collect my baby.
"Bella, wait!" Edward ran after me as I headed into the depths of the forest. If he wanted me to halt, he would have to stop me himself. He ran up to me and stood in front of me blocking my path.
"Can I meet her?" He asked in a soft voice.
"So you believe me now, then? Why do you think I'm here today?" I snapped back at him.
He stared at the ground, obviously ashamed of his actions.
"Come on, she's back at the house. Rosalie is looking after her while I'm away. Try to keep up." I winked at him before running at top speed into the trees. I could hear him trailing along behind me but the distance was growing. I blurred into the house and swept my baby out of Rosalie's arms.
"You get to meet your Daddy now!" I smiled at her as I held her above my head.
Edward came in seconds after I did and calmly approached where I was stood.
"Edward Anthony Masen, I would love for you to finally meet your daughter, Elizabeth Jasmine Rose."
His family slowly filed out of the room, giving us a moment alone together as a family. Edward just stared at the baby in my arms, making no obvious movements to hold her. I pulled his arms into a cradle, and gave Ellie to him. He had not taken his eyes off of her from the moment he saw her and the only movement he had made was a smile that had spread across his features.
"She is so beautiful. I can't believe she's mine. She's perfect. Absolutely perfect."
Everything had turned out just perfect. My whole family was now reunited; I was surprised how easy it had all gone. I sat on the couch and closed my eyes remembering each and every day since Edward left me.
I felt the cushion next to me move as Edward sat down.
"Thank you, Bella. You have made my life more complete than I could have ever imagined. He leant over to me and kissed me on the forehead, his lips lingering a little longer than necessary. I could feel his sweet breath on my face as my breathing increased in expectation, I closed my eyes and revelled in the feeling. I opened my lust-filled eyes to see an exact reflection is his. I leant forward feeling my breath mingling with his as the gap between us reduced. The moment that I had fantasised about for months was only a second away; all I had to do was close the miniscule space between us. With one last breath, I tilted my head towards him and prepared myself for the feel of my lips on his.
Our perfect moment was rudely interrupted by the shrilling of my cell phone. I grunted in disappointment before pulling the offending object out of my pocket. Jake's name flashed at me from the caller display.
"What is it, Jake?"
"Bella, thank god you answered. Something's happened back here."
"Tell me now. Is it Charlie?" My father's face filled with fear entered my mind as I recalled how he was with Victoria.
"No. Charlie's fine." Jake sounded exhausted. "It's Leah. She has disappeared. We can't find her."
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