Chapter 36

Chilly

Olivia Point of View

There was a vibrating sound that completely disrupted my sleep. I woke up and looked at the nightstand to see my phone was vibrating. I never put the ringer on when I slept because I didn't want to wake up my prince charming. But the vibrating always seemed to wake me up. I wiggled out of Seth's warm embrace. I immediately felt chilly and wanted to get back in his arms. But I had a feeling this call was important. I grabbed a robe, and tiptoed to the porch. I eased myself into one of the lawn chairs and opened up the phone.

"It's Olivia," I answered in complete disarray.

"Sorry to wake you up so early, Olivia. It's Angela, and you wanted me to call you when I had the hotel situated and had talked to Alec and Jane." That definitely shocked me awake.

"How did it go?" I was beyond worried.

"Alec and Jane explained everything to me, and can I say you are in huge trouble. So what's the plan? Because girl, we need to get to work." Angela said, and I could totally imagine her going through her spell book looking for things to help stop the inevitable.

"We are going to finish our vacation because I don't want to end it. This is not going to go down for a while. So I figured why have everyone start worrying that much sooner? Don't look for spells to try and stop this, because it's going to happen. First, I need you to start sending people out for recruits. Send Amy the fairy, Eric the giant, Blaze the bender, Max the elf, and Aaron the goblin. They all have the skills to be able to convince people to join. And send whoever you think is a capable witch or wizard. I would send you but I am going to need your help at home. Don't send them yet. Don't even tell them what is happening. I want to hold a big meeting when we get back. Second, close the hotel until we get back. I wanted it prepped but not actually running. Third, just relax. Look for spells if you want, but do not in any way alert anyone as to what is going on."

"I think I can do that." She agreed.

"How are Alec and Jane?" I was honestly curious as to how my aunt and uncle were adapting.

"They seem fine. Their eyes are not entirely gold, and they love the animal diet. Maybe it's in your family's DNA to love animal blood as a vampire. Who knows? But I'm sure Carlisle would be interested in that." She speculated.

"That's an interesting theory." I heard Seth groan from inside. "Seth's waking up. I'll talk to you soon."

"I'll keep you updated. Have fun in California!" She ended the conversation and the line went dead. I closed my phone and rushed back into the warm room. Seth had his eyes shut tight but I could sense that he was awake. I threw off the robe and hopped into bed. I snuggled into him, to regain the heat I had lost from being outside. I assumed he could sense I was cold because he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me as close to him as physically possible. We fell back to sleep and stayed that way for about two hours. We both woke up because we just could not possibly sleep any longer. I told him what was happening with Angela. He took the information in and I let him process it for a few minutes. We sat on the bed until his stomach broke the silence with a growl.

"You should eat something. But not an entire meal, just enough food to keep your stomach at peace for another hour and a half." It was nine-thirty. And the place we were going to for breakfast was going to have some of the best food in this world. He carried me out of bed and over to the box of pizza on the table. "Why are you carrying me? Not that I object, I am simply wondering."

"I didn't want to let you leave my arms." He said honestly. It was a good thing he was holding me because that phrase made me go weak in the knees.

"You are the sweetest person on this Earth. You know that?" I commented and gave him a kiss on the lips.

"What did I say? Because I'll say it again to get another kiss like that." He replied, completely mystified as to what he said that was unbelievably charming.

"Do you really have no idea do you?" He shook his head telling me no. "You said you didn't want me to leave your arms. Even though what you were saying was a natural response because it was the truth, that was the sweet part about it. That even though you want a bite of that left over pizza you don't want me out of your arms. And I don't mind at all. I rather enjoy being here." He said and sat back down on the bed with a slice of pizza in one hand and me on his lap.

"As long as I'm with you it doesn't matter where I am. I feel invincible when I'm around you. Did you know that I was deathly afraid of dolphins until I was with you?" He confided.

"Seth! I had no idea! I wouldn't have made you go in with me if I had known you were afraid of them."

"I'm glad I didn't tell you because then I would have never faced my fears. When I'm with you I feel like I could conquer the world." I kissed him again to let him know how much I appreciated him. I jumped off of the bed to get dressed for the day. As I started to get ready, Seth gazed upon me as I did so. I could hear him hold his breath when I bent over or when I stretched to grab something up high. At some point I started getting in certain positions to mess with Seth. He started to realize that every movement I made was intentional and decided to scoop me up in his arms and spin around the room. He started to feel dizzy at the same moment I did, and fell on the bed with me still in his embrace. I contorted my body so that I was lying on his chest and facing him. I kissed him on the nose and then trailed to kisses to his cheek, down to his jaw, continued to his chin, and ended with the best part, his lips. The kiss was warm, slow, and took my breath away. I had to break apart because of my body's need for oxygen. But the strangest part was that I felt as though my body wanted him more than air. My mind definitely thought that. His apparently did too, because he was trying to regain that lost air just as much as I was. I heard a knock at the door. I glided to the entry way and peered out the peep hole. I opened the door letting in the frigid air.

"Good morning, I was curious as to what time we would be going to breakfast." Embry asked with Liz at his side.

"We'll be leaving for breakfast, or lunch you could call it, at eleven. Save room because this food is even better than last night's. And be ready to leave the hotel because after that we are heading to our final destination." I noted.

"Okay, see you two in half an hour." They ended and walked back to their room hand in hand. I shut the door and rushed back to the warm, soft bed. I jumped beneath the sheet and tried to warm myself again. I was being such a wimp. This weather wasn't cold. Being away from Seth was. He came up behind me and held me again.

"We should probably start packing but I don't want to leave your embrace."

"Then how about you pack and I'll hold you the entire time." He suggested. We climbed out of bed, he encircled me in his arms and he walked with me. This way of packing would get us nowhere and be awkward.

"This is weird. Let's both pack at vampire speed, you get dressed, and we'll climb back in bed." I offered.

"Sounds good, but I'll go at werewolf speed. I can't do the whole vampire thing." I laughed at his joke and then packed like a madman. He and I hopped into bed at the same time. He leaned against the bed, sitting up, and pulled me into his lap, and dragged the blanket over the two of us. I searched for his hands underneath the blankets and found them. Mine and his intertwined. They had always fit together and always would.

"What are we going to do about the Volturi?" Seth said and sighed.

"We are going to take them down. I think… The rest of the mythical world is sick of their ruling and wants someone else in power. They don't have issues with vampires, just the Volturi. There have been groups of myths getting together planning to take them down for years. But they can't seem to find enough people to support the cause. Mainly because they don't talk between other species. With the Volturi ruling the mythical world has become extremely segregated. Even though the Volturi do not rule the rest of the mythical community their rule has separated them all. I think that we could easily find enough supporters to take them down. I am just more worried about you getting hurt in the process."

"If I promise to keep myself safe, will you do the same?" He responded.

"Deal," I agreed. "What are we going to do after that?"

"Be together forever."

"Sounds like a plan to me."