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Chapter Twenty
Desire

"She's so graceful," Esme murmured to Emmett as the two watched the newest vampire of the Cullen coven feed off of a deer. Connor had only returned fifteen minutes ago with a large eight-point buck slung over his shoulder and already Hope had nearly drained the blood form her victim. Emmett smirked and glanced over at his adoptive mother. "Wouldn't it have had a better purpose to just knock the deer out and let her chase it for a bit?" Emmett asked. A chuckle erupted form inside the cage where Robert still stood.

"It wouldn't have been such a challenge for Hope if she chased the thing around the cage," Robert replied. A twinkle of humor and delight glistened in his eyes. "And we definitely can't have her gallivanting around all of Western Scotland with tourists and the Scottish about. There are wolves around these parts too. Imagine the pain she'd feel when she found out that she had fed on one of her uncle's kind." Esme and Emmett exchanged glances before nodding. They knew that Robert was right. It wouldn't be good for anyone, especially Hope.

"Should we call Edward and Carlisle now?" Emmett asked. His question was not directed towards Esme, but at Robert. The vampire inside the cage nodded as he watched Hope wipe the blood elegantly away from her bottom lip. Her eyes were no longer the color greenish-brown like they had been as a human nor were they blood-thirsty as they had been only minutes ago. They were violet with a tinge of topaz, green, blue and silver. Her bronze colored hair shined from the light of the moon; strands of silver were visible. This was who she was now. A dhampir turned vampire and there was no going back.

"This isn't right!" Sam Uley exclaimed as he slammed his fist into the nearest wall of the Clearwater household. Leah sat at the kitchen table with a raised eyebrow. Seth had been her brother but she wasn't about to destroy everything in sight. "You're overreacting," Leah explained as she looked at all the different kinds of caskets from a catalog. "Seth loved Hope. He died for her." Sam scoffed and folded his muscular arms over his chest. "Says the werewolf who wanted to kill Bella," remarked Sam. Leah shot him a glare and took a deep breath before turning back to the catalog. "I wanted to kill Emily too but I learned my lesson, Sam," Leah snapped. "You're just still pissed off because Bella left Jake at the alter ten years ago."

"He deserves better than the vampire lover!"

"Hope's part vampire but you're not being cruel to her. Actually, she's full vampire now and yes, Jacob does deserve better than Bella. He'll have his chance when Hope is old enough."

"I still can't believe he's going to marry a vampire."

"Hope doesn't even know yet and it's not exactly her fault that Jake imprinted on her, that she's a full blood vampire now, or that vampires are after her. It obviously runs in her family."

Sam sighed loudly and took a seat beside Leah. Leah's eyes were rested on a white casket with a gray wolf engraved on it. "This one I want," Leah said. Her statement wasn't specified to Sam but to the air as if she was expecting Seth to agree. "Do you think Mom will like it?" Sam nodded and looked over at Leah.

"I want to take them out, Leah," Sam said out of the blue. Leah marked the page of the catalog and closed it. She raised both dark eyebrows at her friend and pack leader. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Take who out?" Leah asked. She figured that it was better to play dumb with Sam.

Sam inhaled and exhaled deeply. "The vampires," Sam replied. His voice was completely serious and his gaze on Leah didn't falter. "The Cullens, the one who turned those newborns, Hope…" Leah stood abruptly, knocking her chair over. "Sam! You can't! Jacob… You want to kill his soul mate?"

"Vampires do not deserve to exist!"

"The treaty!"

"Screw the damn treaty!" Sam shouted as he stood. He towered over Leah, hoping to intimate her but she didn't back down. Leah Clearwater was determined to stand her ground. She wouldn't let Sam get away with his plans unless Vitani was the only one to die. "I won't let you get away with killing Hope and her family, Sam," Leah explained with toughness. "If you kill Hope, you'll die too. I can promise you that. I don't like vampires anymore than you do but Hope doesn't smell like the other vampires. She smells human. Sam, think of Emily and the kids. They need their dad. If Hope dies, Jacob and Edward will both avenge her."

Bella stood outside of Rosalie's room and took a deep breath. This was it. She hoped that she wouldn't be rejected anymore than she had already been today. "Rosalie?" Bella stuttered through the white door as she knocked. "Can I talk to you?" Bella went to knock again but stopped immediately once Rosalie opened the door.

Rosalie quickly pulled Bella into her room, closed her door and locked it tight. "I'll do it," Rosalie said quickly. Bella raised an eyebrow and closed her mouth. She knew it was hanging wide in shock. She hadn't even asked Rosalie her question yet. "D-do what?" Bella muttered. Rosalie sighed and ran a hand through her blonde hair. "I'll change you, Bella," Rosalie replied.

"How did you --?"

Rosalie held up a hand to silence Bella. "You've been going around asking everyone to change you," Rosalie explained, "You've asked everyone except Emmett, Jasper and I. It was only a matter of time." Bella's mouthed formed an "oh" and smiled when Rosalie did. "Thank you, Rosalie," Bella said.

"I never wanted you to become a vampire because I wanted you to be able to have children as a human but it's not right. You have your child who is now a vampire. Everyone wants to keep you away from her."

Bella nodded in understanding but then a question dawned on her. "Rosalie," Bella began. "Why did you guys move to LA?" Rosalie smiled softly and took a seat on the flower patterned couch. She patted the seat beside her which Bella took. "Well, one reason is that Alice wanted a good place to shop." Bella rolled her eyes. Figures, she thought. "And Carlisle liked the hospital."

"But it's incredibly sunny. How does he make it to work without giving himself away?"

"He wears a hooded black cloak, much like the Volturi and their guards. The rest of us rarely go out into the sunlight though. We found a place with a lot of trees. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find trees here."

Bella nodded without speaking. She finally had answers and she'd finally become a vampire like she had always wanted. Everything was perfect. "I'll change you tomorrow at midnight," Rosalie said. Her serene voice brought Bella out of her thoughts. "We'll all be here to help you through everything, Bella. We won't let you suffer."

Carlisle sat in his office, staring at the picture of Hope, Ryan and Cassie. The picture of the trio had been taken the day of Hope's fifteenth birthday only a week ago. He couldn't believe what was happening to her. He knew that she'd make an excellent addition to the Cullen coven and to the vampire race but she was still so young. She didn't deserve any of this.

"Edward won't want to let either one go," Carlisle murmured to himself. "But Hope can't live here." Carlisle sighed loudly in frustration and jumped when his cell phone rang. With a shaking hand, Carlisle reached over and picked it up. The called ID read Esme.

Quickly, Carlisle flipped open his cell phone and hit answer. "Esme?" Carlisle asked as if he was making sure that it was indeed his lover.

"I miss you," came Esme's beautiful voice from the other end.

"I miss you too," Carlisle replied. "How's Hope?"

"Progressing marvelously. Robert wants to keep her in the cage until tomorrow afternoon then he'll try letting her hunt on her own."

"Has her gift surfaced yet?"

"No, but Robert's gift is to sense the gifts in humans and vampires. She has quite a few, Carlisle."

Carlisle sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "What does she have?"

"Telepathy, she can read every thought you've ever had like Aro, see the future, communicate with animals, disappear and reappear before anyone can see or sense her, she's extremely strong like Emmett… Carlisle, is it possible for vampires to burn whatever they touch?"

Carlisle thought for a moment back to all the books he had ever read. He couldn't recall anything about a gift like that. "Well Jane can make somebody feel like they're on fire by just looking at them."

"Carlisle…?"

"Yes?"

"I think we need a fireproof cage."

Carlisle couldn't believe Esme's words. A fireproof cage? "She melted it…?"

"Right down to the ground. The only two gifts that have shown were the strength and ability to burn things."

Carlisle nodded to himself and sighed again. He was worried that Hope was too young to protect herself and that was why he didn't want her living with them but he was wrong. According to Esme, Hope was more than capable to take care of herself. "Then do you think I should let her live here?" Carlisle asked Esme.

"I think you should, Carlisle," Esme replied. "We can't just send her back to New York with Bella and we can't forbid her from seeing Edward. She'd be of use to us and we're her family. What does Bella think?"

"She literally wanted to kill me."

Esme chuckled on the other end of the phone.

"It's not funny!"

"I'm sorry, darling," Esme replied. "But it really is funny."

"She's been asking us to change her."

"And?"

"Edward forbids it. Alice won't even do it."

"She'll end up being changed, Carlisle. Even if she has to go to the Volturi, she'll find a way. I got to go. I love you."

Carlisle sighed and relied, "I love you too."

Click.

Carlisle ran a hand along his face. He had a lot to think about and a lot to go over with Hope's parents and even Jacob Black.