Chapter 28
~Present~
"We'll find her Amaya, I promise."
"HOW?" Amaya sobbed, furious that she had left her sister alone in the bridal suite and felt the guilt nearly swallowing her whole. "How can you even say that when we don't know who took her or what the fuck happened?"
After their night of passionate love making, Amaya invited Paul to the wedding as her date and he accepted without hesitation. It didn't matter that it was a Cullen getting married, which warmed Amaya's heart because that meant Paul didn't have any animosity against them. Paul knew Sam wouldn't be happy about it and honestly didn't care, refusing to decline any offer to spend time with his imprint.
He finally managed to explain exactly what imprinting was to Amaya and all she did was kiss his lips, letting him know she understood fully and accepted it. Kyrine was beyond excited for her sister when Amaya told her about her night with Paul, glad she hadn't minded the impromptu invitation. She'd never seen Amaya so happy and congratulated her, knowing Jacob had really hurt her when he disappeared. Whoever this Paul was, Kyrine knew he would never hurt her sister or maybe she would just full of positive energy on her wedding day.
Either way, both sisters had been incredibly happy.
Now they were both miserable, one missing while the other couldn't stop sobbing in her boyfriend's chest.
"It was definitely a dog." Emmett growled, having been the first to go to the bridal suite to check on Kyrine because of her heart condition.
When Kyrine hadn't shown up to meet Nicholas to be walked down the aisle, Emmett could feel instantly that something was wrong. He left the alter without preamble and went to see if she was alright in the bridal suite, knocking on the door. There was no answer and Emmett threw open the doors, noticing Kyrine was nowhere to be found, but her veil was lying crumpled on the floor with a note attached to it.
~She belongs to me and I will make sure you never change her into a monster.~
Emmett crushed the note in his hand and rushed out of the bridal suite, informing everyone that Kyrine had been kidnapped. Paul had immediately whipped his cell phone out calling Sam while the Cullen's instantly got to work trying to locate Kyrine's whereabouts. Alice had been able to see her in the arms of someone, though she couldn't identify the face, only to disappear right before Alice's vision became clear.
"Who the fuck could've kidnapped her?"
"Emmett, calm down." Jasper ordered sternly, immediately using his powers to settle the groom down before he ended up ripping the entire place apart. "We will find her."
Alice chewed her bottom lip, knowing deep down Emmett was right and looked over at Carlisle worriedly. "She's gone, I can't see her at all." She flinched when Emmett suddenly hurled a chair across the room, not aiming for anyone thankfully.
Bella immediately rushed over to Alice, wrapping an arm around her shoulders, knowing everyone was on edge with Kyrine's kidnapping. "Don't worry; it's not your fault." She assured her sister, glaring at Edward and silently told him to stop Emmett somehow. "What do you mean you can't see her at all?"
"I mean I can't see her at all, so I have no idea who took her." Alice felt like a failure, lowering her head with a heaving sigh. "It's almost like…"
Bella watched Alice's golden eyes suddenly flare, blinking. "Alice? Almost like what?"
She didn't say anything at first and stared over at Edward, their golden eyes locking, communicating silently. "Are you certain?" Edward demanded heatedly, walking over to Alice, watching her nod curtly.
"Yes, there's no doubt about it."
"Will you two please stop that and just tell me before I lose my temper?" Bella demanded somewhat irritably, glancing over at the McTavian's while Paul spoke heatedly in his phone to Sam. "Like WHAT?"
"Do you remember when I came to visit you, Bella?" Alice asked, catching her sister off guard and flashed a tight smile, though it didn't reach her eyes. "After your cliff diving adventure? When we all thought you were dead, Edward included?"
The realization dawned in Bella's eyes and she covered her mouth with her hand, staring at both Edward and Alice in disbelief. "You can't see her because..."
"Kyrine is with a shape-shifter." Edward finished Bella's statement, clenching his jaw tightly and glared over at Paul, who clearly heard their entire conversation. "Luckily, Paul didn't know anything about the kidnapping so he is not a suspect."
Amaya followed Paul over to where the Cullen's stood, keeping her hand clasped in his, trying not to start crying again. "Are you absolutely sure on your accusation?" Paul demanded gruffly, keeping his imprint close to his side, not trusting any of these bloodsuckers.
"We are not bloodsuckers; please do not call us that." Edward grunted, not fazed when Paul shot him a glare. "And yes we are certain. It makes perfect sense because of what happened with Bella."
Paul ignored Edward's request, snorting.
"What happened with Bella?" Now Amaya was intrigued, refusing to just stand by and let everyone else help locate her sick sister, staring at Bella.
Bella sighed, not enjoying reliving these memories and felt Edward squeeze her hand encouragingly, smiling up at him temporarily. "Do you remember when I told you and Kyrine how Edward left me and Jacob had to help piece me back together?" When Amaya nodded, Bella continued. "Well, I began doing these dangerous stunts that heightened my adrenaline because that's when I would see Edward and he warned me away from danger. I didn't listen to him. I was so heartbroken and hurt over him leaving that I just didn't care if I lived or died. Jacob had promised me we'd go cliff diving together because it's what the pack does for fun. Only, I went by myself because Jacob had been put on double patrol to hunt down a vampire that was after me named Victoria. Long story, not going to get into it right now. Anyway, I felt so alone because Jacob stopped hanging around with me to keep my mind off of Edward's betrayal, so I just jumped off the cliff by myself. Only…I thought I'd seen Victoria coming toward me because vampires can swim and she wasn't technically on Quileute lands, so it would've been the perfect spot to kill me. It was a hallucination though and Jacob ended up saving me from the water."
"I had a vision of Bella jumping off that cliff." Alice piped in, still not believing Bella had pulled such a ridiculous stunt. "Only I thought she had drowned because I couldn't see her being pulled out of the water. My visions are completely blank when it comes to the shape-shifters of La Push. They are our mortal enemies so there's something inside of their minds that blocks me from seeing them, which is why I came back to Forks to pay my respects to Charlie, Bella's father."
"She didn't need to though because as soon as she walked inside my house, she saw I was alive." Bella finished, watching as Amaya's jaw slowly dropped and then closed, violet eyes wide.
"So…you're saying whoever took my sister is…a wolf?" She looked up at Paul with worry, having a sinking feeling she knew who it was, only Edward stepped up first.
"I know who took her."
All eyes turned to Edward as he stood there, looking so sure of himself it was frightening and he didn't look happy in the slightest. "What do you mean you know who took her?" Amaya demanded, not caring if he was a vampire and felt Paul hold her back before she could storm up to him. "Who was it?"
Edward knew he would be in hot water with his wife for keeping this crucial information from everyone, but honestly didn't feel it was necessary to say anything…until now. "It was Jacob Black." He stated, looking over at Bella as her golden eyes widened in shock, nodding solemnly. "And I know why he did it too."
"W-WHAT?" Bella snapped, staring at her husband in disbelief. "What the hell do you mean you know why he took her? Edward Anthony Mason Cullen, you come clean to everyone right now what you know!" She knew Edward was keeping something from her and Bella had a sinking feeling it was the final piece to the puzzle everyone had tried searching for.
Edward actually cringed at the full use of his name, knowing Bella was extremely upset with him and sat down in a nearby chair. "Jacob imprinted on Kyrine." He looked up at Amaya, watching tears fill her violet eyes. "Much the same way Paul did to you, Amaya."
Suddenly, it all made sense. The constant dreams of Jacob, the connection nobody could figure out and Kyrine's constant confusion about why she couldn't stop thinking of him. Bella looked over at Emmett and felt her dead heart break for him because there was absolutely nothing they could do about Kyrine's kidnapping. She was on the reservation lands, which meant they would have to break the treaty in order to retrieve Kyrine and that was out of the question.
"MOTHER FUCKER!" Emmett exploded, both Jasper and Carlisle holding him back as his eyes suddenly turned to pure black, his rage not being able to be contained any longer. "SHE'S NOT HIS! SHE'S MINE!"
"With all due respect, she does belong to Jacob." Paul stated, ignoring the incredulous look Amaya gave him, squaring his shoulders. "When the pack members imprint on someone, no matter who it is, they are that pack member's soul mate. Kyrine was always meant to be with Jacob and he didn't have the balls to tell her or anyone about it." He was angry at his pack brother for keeping such a big secret and couldn't believe this was happening. "There's nothing we can do about it, it's done."
"What do you mean it's done?" Amaya demanded, stepping away from Paul finally, looking up at him with angry violet eyes. "There is no done about it! Kyrine doesn't love Jacob! She loves Emmett and she deserves to be with who she loves!"
"Amaya, she's been having dreams about him and the connection is undeniable. It has hurt her to be away from him, but it could've been blocked whenever Emmett was around her because he's the enemy." Paul explained softly, trying to get her to understand and sighed when she shook her head. "Kyrine is Jacob's soul mate, his imprint, and there is no way he's going to let her marry a…"
"A what?" Amaya spat angrily, gritting her teeth. "Just say it, Paul."
"A vampire." He wasn't going to call any of the Cullen's a bloodsucker in front of them because it was disrespectful. "I'm sorry, baby. I wish there was something I could do, but she doesn't belong with Emmett…"
"SHE WILL DIE IF SHE DOESN'T MARRY HIM!" Amaya shrieked, pushing on his chest as hard as she possibly could and wanted to beat the hell out of Jacob for doing this to her family. "HER HEART WILL GIVE OUT AND EVERYONE WILL LOSE HER, INCLUDING HIM!"
Paul hated seeing his imprint so upset and torn up about this, but there was nothing he could do about it. "I know." He whispered, knowing Jacob would have to be killed in order to rip Kyrine away from him, his imprint, shivering with dread at the thought.
"Jacob told me once that he'd rather see me dead than become a vampire." Bella stated out of nowhere, her voice full of anger and sorrow, looking at the bewildered McTavian's. "And I know that's exactly what he's thinking when it comes to Kyrine. She is his imprint and he'd rather have her die a human than become one of us."
"That does make sense." Paul couldn't help agreeing, wishing Amaya would let him pull her into his arms.
"So he doesn't care if she lives or dies? As long as she's human while doing it?" Amaya couldn't believe this and stormed out of the building, running as fast as her heels could carry her. "JACOB BLACK, YOU BRING HER BACK TO US RIGHT NOW!" She bellowed as soon as she was outside, dropping to her knees in the snow and sobbed her heart out, knowing time was running out for Kyrine. "KYRIE!"
Paul rushed out after his imprint while the Cullen's convened to try to figure out what to do while Jasper constantly controlled Emmett's emotions. "Carlisle, there's nothing we can do for her? She doesn't want to be with Jacob. She wants to be with Emmett." Alice looked at her adopted father with pleading golden eyes, knowing they could not step foot on the reservation without breaking the treaty. "There has to be."
Carlisle sighed resignedly, running a hand through his slick pale blonde hair. "Unfortunately, I am not willing to break the treaty with the wolves over this." As much as Carlisle hated admitting it, a human being kidnapped and brought to the reservation wasn't something he was willing to start a war over…even if it was on Emmett's wedding day. "I'm sorry."
Esme stayed silent, not knowing what to say honestly with these sudden turn of events.
"How could you keep something this vital away from us, Edward?" Bella was furious with her husband and smacked him upside the head, growling. "This is your entire fault! If you would've just been honest with me instead of lying, this could've all been avoided! We didn't know what the connection is between Kyrine and Jacob and now it's too late because of you! You knew the ENTIRE time Jacob had imprinted on Kyrine and didn't say anything! HOW DARE YOU!"
"Bella love…"
"DON'T YOU DARE PULL THAT BELLA LOVE BULLSHIT ON ME, EDWARD CULLEN! INSTEAD, EXPLAIN TO EMMETT WHY HE'LL PROBABLY NEVER GET TO BE WITH THE ONE HE LOVES!" Bella shrieked irately and was the next to leave the building, needing space away from her husband for his stupid decision to lie to her.
Edward couldn't even look at any of his family members and knew if he didn't leave, Emmett would try killing him. He could tell that everyone was extremely disappointed and angry with him, not blaming them a bit because what Bella said was completely true. He should've came clean with the information he knew and didn't because he it was none of his business who Jacob imprinted on.
Even if it was Emmett's girlfriend/fiancée, he didn't feel it was necessary at the time, not even after Bella came home from the hospital calling Alice and asking if she'd seen any visions with her and Kyrine lately. Alice hadn't and now everyone knew why: It was because of Jacob's imprint on Kyrine. Emmett couldn't take it anymore as he watched Edward walk out of the building and punched Jasper in the face, overcoming all the gifts thrown at him, storming out while Alice tended to her love.
Kyrine would be back in his arms, Emmett silently vowed, and ran off into the woods as snow began falling.
