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"Devon" I shouted through the dark house as I sprinted in and out of the downstairs rooms, it was empty, even his office was empty. Where the hell was he? The one time I actually want and need him he isn't here. "Devon" I shouted again as I backed into the hallway, why wasn't he answering me?
Oh god, I need to get out of here, we need to leave again. The pale skin of the girl I had ran into was creeping into my mind, her eyes with the faint swirl of red quickly got replaced with the red ones that haunted my nightmares and my skin crawled with an icy touch that mirrored the feel of her skin on mine. She was one of them; maybe she was working with them. But then one of the guys called her by name. Maybe they were all in on it. No they were my family, they weren't. I was losing my mind. I felt like I could crumble any second, I wanted to fall to the floor and cry.
"Devon please where are you" I sobbed, desperation taking over as I realised he wasn't here, I was all alone with people out there trying to get to me. I stumbled backward toward the wall and as my back touched into it I slid down to the floor. I shouldn't have run away, I should have told them everything, I should have asked for help.
The darkness that surrounded me was beginning to creep me out, creaks echoed through the house and although I knew I was alone I felt like there was someone else here. I buried my head into my knees, sobbing uncontrollably at my insanity and loneliness. I was completely losing it, and I was all alone, and I was sure there was someone out there who wanted to kill me.
The harsh wing hit the house and a gush of sharp cold air attacked at my skin as a crash of a door burst open, I jumped at the sound and my head snapped up. My body froze and my throat cracked and closed over as I tried screaming for help, no sound came out and the dark figure moved toward me.
Paul's point of view
I stared after her car as if screeched away from us; no one said a word and Bella hadn't moved an inch. It was the strangest thing, her heart had began beating so harshly that for a minute I thought she was going to scream, her skin had paled and she looked terrified of Bella as her eyes had scanned over the vampire in front of her. It was as if she recognised her, or her features. Like she had realised something and it was scaring her.
My mind flashed back to the vampire scent that hung around her area of the woods, the vampire we had been unable to track and the time she turned up with their stench all over her. There was a vampire near her, we knew that, but the possibility that she knew about it had been unthinkable until now. She had clearly recognised or realised something about Bella.
"Does she know?" Bella finally broke the silence to ask the question and I found myself looking to my brothers for aid, I didn't think she knew, she couldn't know. No one had told her, nor had she ever said anything to us.
"She can't know, how would she know?" Emily spoke up now, looking frantically around at everyone.
"You don't think Devon" Collin started but stopped, no it couldn't be Devon we had met him he was strictly human, he was an asshole but he was human. His brother was too and the big bald guy that seemed to live with them. The set up was weird but I daren't poach her about her life any more, every time I did that we got into a fight.
"Sorry but why are you even here? Other than to scare the crap out of people" Jared asked this time, he was directing his question at Bella and I had to agree. We had relaxed the treaty because of Renesmee, but that didn't mean they could come here unannounced and uninvited.
She shrugged and nodded her head toward her daughter. "Someone wasn't answering their phone, we got to go" She replied simply and everyone nodded, they were going on some big family vacation to Europe or something, it was all very Cullen-ish, but Jake had been sucked in to so we were down a wolf for two weeks.
Nessie nodded and hurried toward her mom and Jake began saying his byes to everyone, he hugged Rachel a little tighter and whispered something about the baby and letting him know. She was having it soon I think, I hadn't paid much attention since Alianna got back, she took up all my concentration.
"So what the hell do we do? She obviously knew something about Bella and it obviously scared the hell out of her?" I snapped at my remaining brothers after watching Jake leave, no one seemed that bothered, I mean they were bothered but not enough for my liking.
"Set up a watch near her house, what else can we do? We know nothing about her, we don't know why she would recognise Bella" Sam stated and moved down the steps toward me, I wanted to deck him. Set up a watch? She was shit scared when she saw Bella, it wasn't simply her knowing a vampire it was her being afraid of a vampire.
I swear, none of these guys gave a shit about anything unless it was their own imprint. It was bullshit. And I didn't even have Brady or Leah as back up because they sulked of somewhere like they always did, doing whatever it was they always did and pretending that we didn't know they were doing it like they always freaking did. This was bullshit.
"Forget it, I'll do it myself" I snapped at Sam and turned but his hand came barrelling down on my shoulder.
"I've said we will watch her Paul, we can't do much more except go barging into her home like a heard of mad men" He yelled at me and my wolf cowered from his alpha. This was shit. "Jared, Embry and Brady will go with you to patrol near her. I will stay on normal patrols with the others. Wait where is Brady?" He stopped and looked around at the very moment Leah and Brady came rushing around the side of the diner. Brady walked straight to Collin to tried high fiving him but Brady just looked confused, he and Leah were blissfully unaware that the rest of us were taking bets and gossiping about them, they were always together, but never together with the rest of us, like we would find them alone. He was way younger than her too, I was sure Ally would flip out if she found out. But then again, this was speculation; they could be doing innocent things like studying together.
"Just go you four, I'll take Rachel back to ours so Em can watch her" Sam spoke to me but I didn't even care, I wasn't worried about Rachel right now. Instead I took off toward the forest with the thudding of my brother's feet following me. I needed to get to her; I needed to make sure she was ok.
We ran harder and faster into the trees, out feet became paws and we ran even harder, the wind whipped around our bodies and none of us bothered talking as we ran harder. We were all thinking the same thing anyway. How the hell had she recognised Bella's features, and why the hell was she so scared?
Brady on the other hand had no idea what happened with his sister, but as soon as Embry replayed it to him he started freaking out, his running became so hard he almost got in front of me, but the imprint was acting and nothing could stop me getting to her right now.
We ran and ran until the trees began to thin and her house came into view, I phased first, pulling my shorts that I had tied to my leg on and I made my way across the pitch black yard to her pitch black house. Her car was here, and one other, I didn't recognise it, it wasn't her douche bag boyfriends. I made my way to the front door, the guys were following me but I stopped as I realised the front door was swung open, there was no light on inside but the door was open.
"What the hell?" Jared whispered from behind me but no one said anything, I crept in and glanced around, I couldn't hear any heartbeat, or smell anything in here.
As we all crept into the hallway everyone took off, Embry went upstairs with Brady, Jared went through the living room and a few other rooms and I stayed in the kitchen and hallway.
"Empty" Everyone called out before meeting again at the front door. As I made my way out an overwhelming feeling of fear ran through me, it wasn't mine though. I felt sick, and tired, and a little hysterical but as soon as the feeling washed over me it vanished. It was her, she was out here somewhere.
Alianna's point of view
Shit shit shit. I stumbled through the trees, a few branches hit me in my face as I ran from him, and he was wasted and angry. Danny. He came home drunk; Devon was out at a meeting, well at least that's what Danny said. It was ok until he got too close, he started smoothing my hair from my face and touching my arms and stomach, I couldn't handle that, I could handle him hitting me but he couldn't touch me. I had grabbed the umbrella holder and hit him across his head before running, but he chased me, he still was chasing me.
My legs were tired but I could hear his heavy breathing behind me, I could sense him around me. I should have stayed with the others; I should never have come home. I should have listened to Leah. All the 'should haves' were running through my head, taunting me and my cowardly ways. I could have done all that, but I hadn't, and now I was alone in the woods being chased by a drunk lunatic and as far as I knew the Laton's were out there or at least someone like them who hated Devon. It had to be them.
"Come here you little bitch" The sneering yell travelled through the trees, I hadn't run far but I knew I was closer to La Push than Forks. I had run the right way for La Push, I figured I could run to someone's house but it was dark and I now realised I couldn't tell my way in the dark.
A huge tree appeared ahead and I made my way to it, I couldn't run anymore I had no strength left so all I could do was hide. As I made my way to it the yelling got louder, I flattened myself against the damp wood and my palms scratched against the harsh trunk. He was close, I could hear him running this way. I needed help. My hands on instinct fell to my pocket and my heart lifted as I felt the lump there signalling my phone. I pulled it out and flicked it on, I had a few bars of signal. Who the hell do I ring? Devon? No he wouldn't give a shit. Brady? He would flip out, everyone would find out. Leah? Yeah Leah.
I scrolled through and hit her number; the soft ringing erupted and it ran three times before it answered. "Hello" The voice wasn't Leah, it was a female but it wasn't Leah.
"Alianna is that you? It's Rachel, Leah's out at the minute" She kept on and my heart stopped at her name, shitting hell. Why did shit always happen to me? "Alianna are you there?" She went on and I heard a bustle of noise behind her, people asking questions that I could understand.
"Rachel" I started but as soon as I spoke the heavy breathing I head chasing me stopped, no twigs were snapping with footsteps and there was no yells, it went strangely quiet. "Rachel get Leah, I need Leah tell her I need her he's.."
A hand enclosed over my wrist and I dropped the phone to the floor as the breathing let up again but this time as a breathy laugh. "Get here whore" He spat at me and I turned to see Danny sneering at me over the light of my phone. Shit. His hand came up and struck me across my cheek and the stinging let out over my cold skin.
She was still on the phone, the call was still going. What the hell do I do? I need to tell her where I am. I dropped to my knees and grabbed at the phone but Danny's foot came locking with my arm and I couldn't hold in the scream of pain.
"Alianna? Alianna" My name came shouting through the phone but as I clutched at it Danny's foot stamped down, cracking the screen to a million pieces and the bright light died.
"Not this time little girl" He called out again and he dragged me to my feet before letting me go, I grabbed for the tree, leaning into it for support as my breathing regained control, he winded me when he kicked my arm. "No one here this time is there? You have my brother fooled, you have your little friends fooled but you don't fool me. I know your game. Little innocent Alianna, will do anything she's asked except keep her slutty eyes of a certain ex of hers" He sneered and walked to me, I tried backing up but I fell straight into the tree, his hand came up to my throat and closed tightly around it, my throat was closing over at his grip and my breathing was hard.
"Danny" I tried talking but failed, I needed to tell him about the Latons, if it was them he was screwed too. "No stop" I gasped but he just laughed.
"Go on beg, I love it when they beg" He chuckled to himself, his dark eyes flashed even against the dark night and my stomach churned. He didn't care, he wouldn't listen.
"Stop stop please" I begged again but his hand tightened, I couldn't breathe through it. He was trying to kill me.
Paul's point of view
"So where the hell is she?" Jared asked as we walked ourselves around her house, it was empty. I couldn't just run off into the trees, I needed to know she was out there. I knew she wasn't here, but I couldn't feel where she was.
"Who the hell knows" Embry grumbled as he checked her car over, it was still warm from when she drove it home but it was locked.
"She's probably out with that prick. Whisked her away for a 5 star break or something stupid like that" Brady snapped bitterly and each of my brothers growled at it. Devon was such a pratt, I would love a reason to kick his ass. I mean, I had a reason; he made my girl unhappy even if she wouldn't admit it, but I needed a real reason other than pure jealousy.
"Not his style. My guess is he's off screwing another girl" Jared offered and although I growled I had to nod in agreement he definitely cheated, it was obvious.
"But that still leaves Alianna somewhere else. Where would she be?" I groaned as I made my way to the tree line. I couldn't even smell her, but the weather wasn't helping it was damp and windy; any trace of her smell would be blowing in all directions anyway.
"Ring her cell" Brady offered and Embry walked back toward the house but halted as a splitting scream howled through the wind. Every hair on my body stood on end and my spine went painfully tense. Alianna. That was her; she was hurt or being hurt. Shitting hell.
"Brady go get Sam" Embry barked as we all turned and ran for the trees.
"She's my sister dude you go get Sam" Brady yelled as he sped ahead of us, he was smaller than us but he was a fast runner. No one argued back, Jared ran off to the side in the direction of Sam's and on contact with the trees we all phased, but we weren't alone, at precisely the same time Sam, Collin, Quil and Seth phased in, each of them replaying an image of Rachel on a phone saying Alianna's name over and over and the scream piercing through it. She rang Rachel? Why would she ring Rachel?
"No man she rang Leah but Rach had Leah's phone" Collin offered. Leah? She was friends with Leah but they had been off recently? Where the hell was Leah?
"I'm here" She popped up, she was running toward us, I hadn't even noticed her there. She had done this a lot lately, she was phased but she had gotten good at blocking herself off from us so we couldn't even sense her being there. "Yeah for a reason. Sam show me what she said to Rachel" She sounded off, like she was hiding something or she was scared.
"Rachel get Leah, I need Leah tell her I need her he's" Alianna's faint voice came through Sam's mind, even through him it sounded like a scared whisper and Leah groaned instantly. What? What the hell was happening?
"I need to tell you something, she made me promise not to but if its him then she's screwed" Leah groaned again and my running halted, who? My heart was thudding and I couldn't bring myself to reply, no one else did either we all just waited. "I'm sorry guys" Leah spoke again but I knew it was directly to me and Brady. What the hell was going on?
Without another word images flew through my head. Alianna crying, blood dripping from her lip, a bruise across her face, tears were soaking down her cheek. Leah and her sat in the diner, her begging Leah not to say anything that Brady would get hurt if she said anything. Alianna in her car crying and banging her head against her head rest as she mumbled about how stupid she was to herself. Alianna with some guy on the water's edge, slipping him something before he handed something back to her and her running off. Her arguing with Leah about something to do with drugs, Leah was telling her she needed to tell the truth and the guys could protect her but she was having none of it.
"Did he hurt you again?" Leah's voice came over, staring down at Alianna I could make out a soft bruise over her cheek, it was only hours earlier, how had I not noticed it? I noticed her lip but it looked like she had bit it but now I saw it was from a hit.
What did this mean? We were all asking the same thing, each guy was just as confused. All except Sam who offered up something now.
"I think I fucked up" I mumbled and new images flashed over my mind. He was stood watching Alianna and Devon outside his house, when she came for the girl's lunch. Devon had hold of Alianna's hand behind her back, but it looked like he was twisting it, squeezing it maybe. I was stood in front of them and she leaned in to huge him and he full on snapped her hand around, her legs sort of buckled beneath her but he held her up against him as her chest fell into his body, her fingers were stretching out and sharp red marks shot up her arm from the pain. I walked away and Sam went to her, he looked at her hand and she asked him not to say anything that she had fell but Sam knew she was lying.
He hurt her when I was right there, I had done nothing, I hadn't even noticed it. What did all this mean? He hurt her? Abused her? A ruffle of growls let up at my thought and Leah came up again.
"He's dodgy, she told me he deals with drugs and guns and human trafficking, and anything illegal he does it. She said he hurts people, she didn't give me all the details but they came here because he crossed someone he shouldn't have crossed. He came here to hide from them. He hurts Alianna if she doesn't do what he says, or if she does something to annoy him, or if he's just in a bad mood. She says it isn't all the time but she won't leave because he threatened to hurt Brady if she did, she doesn't realise we can do more damage to him than him to us. I'm sorry I should have said something" She whined and I growled fiercely.
"Yeah you should have" I barked as my legs kicked into action again, we were wasting time. How had I not noticed that? The guy was a creep and she was a nervous fucking wreck. I had made it worse, I gave her that damned picture, I should have helped her but instead I made it worse. She was hurting all the time and I had done nothing to help her.
"We can deal with this later, just find her" Sam ordered and everyone ran into different directions and groupings. I went with Brady, both of us hammering toward the same direction, there was no noise but I felt like I should go that way.
We were running only a few seconds before noise met us.
"You don't understand" It was Alianna, she was pleading almost as her voice erupted through me and sent my body into a flurry of emotions, nerves, worry, anger, desperation. I needed her.
"Phase out" Brady stated, I understood, it would be easier to help her if she could see it was me. And so I did, I snapped back to human as hard as it was with all the rage within me but I did. I made my way to the voice and as I rounded through the trees I could see her scrambling away from him. Asshole. Danny not Devon. That dick was still out somewhere.
Alianna's point of view
He finally let me go, I scrambled backwards on to floor trying to escape him as he walked toward me he was enjoying this far too much.
"You don't understand" I tried again as he rounded on me but he just smirked.
"Don't understand what honey?" He sneered at me and I felt myself ram into a tree, I had nowhere else to scramble to. He was right in front of me and his hand scooped down to grab my wrist and he pulled me effortlessly to my feet.
"Stop" I gasped as he twisted my wrist around and he laughed. "Devon" I cried out hoping it would make him realise I actually did need his brother.
"Devon? Honey he doesn't care about you, he's off with some girl right now" His tone was singing like he enjoyed every bit of this.
"I need Devon" I tried again; I couldn't give a shit if he was with another girl I just needed him to know what I knew. As I spoke a low growl erupted through the trees, wolf. The wolf. Oh shit this just got worse.
"Sure you do, whore" Danny's hand came up and slapped me harshly across my cheek sending me to my ass once again but as I turned to look up Danny was no longer over me, instead he was being slammed back into a tree by Paul. Wait, what? Paul. Why was Paul here? Was that actually Paul? Yes it was Paul. Shit.
I couldn't hear them properly, my mind was focused on the freaking wolf walking in through the trees, it looked across at me and my heart stopped at the look in its eyes, I knew those eyes, young and playful but yet so fierce. I knew those eyes. Brady? No that was ridiculous.
"Brady get the others here, get Leah to take Ally home" Paul turned and barked at the wolf and my heart thudded to a new halt. He called it Brady.
My mind went crazy as I watched the blur of action in front of me, Paul and Danny were fighting and a string of insults were being thrown but Paul launched him back into a tree and as quick as he had done Danny had pulled his gun out and Paul had let up an almighty growl before exploding, literally. In his place stood a wolf, a familiar wolf. A wolf. That was impossible.
Danny started screaming like a girl and the other wolf that looked like Brady sprung forward at the same time a very human Sam and Embry launched through the trees at him. The wolf Paul turned to look at me and jerked forward but I sprang to my feet, fear and confusion ate at me and I felt like I was going to pass out.
He's a wolf. I couldn't even focus on the fight happening in front of me or the pain etching at my wrist and face, all I could focus on was Paul, or the wolf, or whatever the hell it was. And before anyone could do anything I turned and ran, I ran as fast I could ignoring the calls and shouts behind me. I had to get away, they were the monsters, and they were the ones I was in danger from. He was a wolf. He couldn't be a wolf; humans could not turn into wolves. I was insane, I was losing it. He could not be a wolf.
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