A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry, but this is a short chapter but I'll try to make them longer! I promise!
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And also, thanks to my awesome Beta, Jellicle-in-the-box. Jellicle has offered to Beta the rest of this story and help me out with the sequel! Also, the title was her idea because I couldn't think of anything.
Before you go on reading, this will be the last chapter until after the new year. Jellicle will be away until January 2nd. So sorry about the waiting for Chapter 25!
Chapter
Twenty-Four
Danger
Grows
Hope sighed in frustration as she reached into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out her cell phone. It blinked rapidly and showed that she had ten text messages and at least fifty missed calls. Hope glanced around the inside of the plane to make sure no one would see her with her cell phone.
Slowly, the teenage vampire opened up her cell phone and felt her eyes go wide at the name: Ry. "Obsessive much?" Hope giggled quietly to herself. She ran her fingers quickly along the keypad, placed the phone to her ear, and listened to it as it rang.
"Hope!" a cheerful, yet concerned, voice exclaimed from the other end of the line.
"Hey, Ry," Hope whispered. "How are things going there?"
"Make her stop!" Hope heard Cassie yelling in the background.
Hope raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's going on, Ryan?" Ryan sighed in frustration.
"I wish I could say this gently but there isn't any time. Edward changed Bella, Hope," Ryan told her. "Since she was bitten, she hasn't stopped screaming. Plus Cassie and I were eavesdropping. Sam wants to kill you and every vampire that walks the planet. It's not good, Hope. If you come back you'll die."
Hope had to concentrate not to crush her phone accidentally with the strength she was still not accustomed to. "S-Sam? He wants to kill me? No! He wouldn't!"
"Jacob read his thoughts when he phased into wolf form, and he told us his whole plan. He's on his way here…"
"I can't, Ry. It's just as dangerous here in Scotland! The Volturi –"
"The what?"
"Not what, who. They're like vampire royalty."
"Oh."
"Well, they want me to join them. Esme had me take her car –"
"But you can't drive," Ryan interrupted again. Hope sighed in irritation and rolled her eyes. She loved Ryan and Cassie to death. They were her best friends but it was extremely annoying when they interrupted her.
Hope began to twirl a strand of hair around her pale finger. "I know I can't drive," she snapped. "But I'm a vampire now. We learn fast. I made it from Dunvegan Castle to the airport in less than twenty minutes. They're an hour drive away from one another!"
"Are you safe though?"
"I wish. From what you say, I'm not safe where ever I go."
"The very first vampire?" Caius spat. "Impossible!"
Robert chuckled at Caius' words. "Caine was my grandfather; he changed the vampire who changed me. Tila is related to him by marriage," Robert answered coolly. "As for Hope, I guess you would consider her a part of Caine's heritage since Vitani is indeed my wretched cousin and Hope was turned by Vitani, was she not?" Robert turned his head to smile at Esme and Emmett. The two vampires nodded but did not need to speak; Robert and his family had already heard of how Hope became a vampire.
"She is not your possession," Tila said as she ran her fingers through her beautiful silky hair. "She belongs with her family."
Connor, the oldest son of Robert and Tila smirked. "Her family of true vampires. The ones who actually have some degree of self-control.You know…" Conner said in a sarcastic manner. "The vegetarian kind. Not the kind who feed off of innocent humans."
Jane turned her attention towards Connor and his younger siblings, who clung to him tightly. "How dare you!" she hissed as she made her way towards Connor. The boy smirked at her and with a flick of his wrist, Jane went flying into the nearest stone wall.
"You should really keep your dogs on a leash," Serena, his younger sister, giggled. "Accidents are bound to happen." She grinned at the petite vampire when Jane stood and hissed at her. "Silly dog."
"How dare you call me a dog!" Jane shouted angrily. Serena, Connor and Gabriel watched closely as Jane's eyes darkened. "I would never be caught dead as one or even with one!"
Serena giggled once more and clung tighter to Connor's leg. "Ah but Miss Dog," Serena said. "If you hurt Hope, Mister Jacob is sure to tear you to shreds."
"Darlings," Tila interrupted as she approached them. The graceful woman bent down in front of her youngest children. "Why don't you two run along and play? This is no place for little vampires with big eyes and ears." Gabriel and Serena nodded. Each threw their arms around their mother and ran off. Tila stood and smiled at her oldest child. "You will look after them for me, won't you?" Conner nodded, hugged his mother then sprinted outside after the twins.