Chapter 35
There was a reason nobody could find Emmett.
That was due to the fact he completely left Forks, just needing to get away to think. He ended up going all the way up to Alaska to visit the Denali coven. They were just like the Cullen's as far as drinking animal blood only went, but different other than that aspect.
Emmett honestly wanted to rip Edward apart for keeping the secret of Jacob imprinting on Kyrine a secret from everyone. In a way, Emmett knew Edward did it because he didn't want to get involved in something that didn't pertain to him, but that was no excuse. It didn't matter if it was his business or not, if Emmett had Edward's gift and found out that Jacob imprinted on Bella, he would've told Edward straightaway.
Instead of doing what he could to avoid Emmett getting hurt, Edward just kept the information to himself and that ticked Emmett off.
The family was probably looking everywhere for him, Edward included, but Emmett didn't want to be found. He made the Denali promise not to tell Carlisle he was there when he contacted them, which happened after the first two days of his disappearance. Tanya tried helping Emmett forget about his life in Forks with seduction, but it failed miserably. There was only one woman Emmett wanted and that was Kyrine, his fiancée who had pieced him back together after Rosalie's distressing betrayal.
"I thought I might find you up here." A soft voice broke Emmett out of his deep thoughts, his golden eyes turning to stare at Tanya. "How are you holding up?"
"Good, just deep in thought about some things." Emmett muttered, hating to be pitied even though he knew that's not what Tanya was trying to do. "What are you doing up here?"
"Thinking can be deadly you know." Tanya half-joked, walking over to stand beside him, wearing a spaghetti strapped black dress that went two inches above the knee, her blonde hair up in a tight twist with chopsticks holding it. "And I'm thinking also. You're going back to Forks aren't you?" It wasn't a question.
Emmett closed his eyes when her hand rested on his broad shoulder, heaving a sigh. "I have to. Kyrine is waiting for me and I refuse to let her go because of a dog's jealousy issues." He cracked his knuckles, already knowing what he was planning. "I know my family will hate me, but I have nothing left to lose. Kyrine is the love of my life, I can't just abandon her."
"But haven't you?" Tanya hadn't meant it to come out rudely, but she also wasn't about to sugarcoat the truth. "You ran away and came here because you didn't know what else to do. She's been with the dogs for how long now? It's been nearly a week, hasn't it?"
Against his better judgment, Emmett had confided in Tanya about everything that transpired, including Edward keeping the imprint secret. He had to explain to her what imprinting was, having heard it from Bella when Jacob thought she was the love of his life at one point when she was human. Everyone thought Jacob imprinted on Renesmee, but that turned out to be false, which the family was thankful for.
He was just extremely close to Renesmee because he'd helped Bella through the birthing process of having Renesmee. Emmett wished Jacob had imprinted on Renesmee because then he would currently be on his honeymoon with Kyrine. Instead, he was in Alaska a broken pitiful mess and would've changed her into a Newborn, saving her life and cementing them being together for eternity. Kyrine loved him even if she was imprinted on because she hadn't mentioned anything about Jacob Black whenever they were together.
That and the look in her midnight blue eyes told him all he needed to know.
"I love her, Tanya." Emmett locked eyes with the blonde, meaning what he said. "I have to go back and save her before she's lost forever." He also told Tanya about Kyrine's heart condition and how fast it was deteriorating, which is why they'd moved the wedding up faster than originally planned. "If I have to break the treaty…"
Amber eyes widened as Tanya stared at Emmett in shock, wondering if she'd heard him correctly. "You're going to…break the treaty over a human girl?" Emmett wasn't in the right frame of mind, there was no way the Denali could let him leave right now. "Emmett, what if…" She sighed, not knowing how to ask him this next question without angering him.
"Just ask."
"What if she only wanted to marry you because of what you could give her?" Tanya frowned when Emmett's eyes turned black, effectively angering him. "Please don't be angry with me, but…It just sounds that way. It sounds like she's using you so…"
"DON'T SAY THAT!" He roared suddenly, standing up from the rock he'd been sitting on, the snow beginning to fall. "You don't know anything about her! How dare you accuse my fiancée of doing something that treacherous! Are you really that cold that you would stoop to that level just so I'll fuck you?"
Tanya gaped, her own eyes narrowing to slits and slowly turning black, flashing. "Of course not and how dare you accuse me of such indignity!" She shrieked furiously, wanting to claw his eyes out with her long black painted fingernails. "As far as I'm concerned, I was just trying to help you forget what happened when I offered myself to you! You can do whatever the hell you want, Emmett Cullen! Leave, go back and be betrayed again because that human girl will not be waiting for you!" Snorting, Tanya turned on her heel and stormed back to the Denali house in a fit of rage.
Emmett wasn't fazed by her words in the slightest, rolling his eyes and knew it was definitely time to leave Alaska, staring into the deep dark woods as nightfall came. "I'm on my way, Kyrine. Just hang in there a little longer." He already had his bag with him and hoisted it over his shoulders before heading further away from Denali territory.
They had searched high and low for Emmett, but there was no sign of him, no trace whatsoever. Jane and Alec were ready to give up, having attacked a few humans in Forks, but knew they had to keep low profiles. Currently, Jane had her fangs sank into a man's neck, draining him dry as the blood flowed from the corners of her mouth while Alec had a woman in his grasp, having his fill. Alec inhaled the air and suddenly released the woman, inhaling the air deeply as his blood red eyes closed.
"Brother, what is it?" Jane had managed to finish off her meal, wiping the blood from her mouth with a handkerchief, stuffing it back into her cloak pocket. "What do you smell?"
"Him." Alec growled out, looking down at his sister and watched as her eyes also closed, an evil smile stretching across her blood stained lips.
"Just as we were about to give up too." She practically purred in excitement, thankful they had stuck around Forks for a few days instead of just leaving right away when they couldn't sense Emmett's presence. "Come on, we do not have much time."
Leaving the two bodies, Jane and Alec disappeared into the woods to track their next victim.
Rosalie paced back and forth in her room while chewing her thumbnail, wondering where Alec had run off to. The Volturi wouldn't tell her anything, only that he had left on business with Jane and they would return in a few days time. This business made Rosalie postpone her plans to go back to Forks because she had a feeling whatever Alec was doing had to be important. The last thing she wanted to do was put more stress on him, not to mention Rosalie was starting to lose her nerve about leaving and betraying the Volturi.
They would kill her if they found out.
A knock sounded at the front door of her and Alec's house, Rosalie frowning as she walked over to answer it, blinking. "Chelsea, what are you doing here?" She pulled the woman inside and closed the door, seeing how startled Chelsea was and felt her nerves heighten.
"Look, I'm not supposed to be telling you this and I do not even know why I'm risking it, but…"
Chelsea had gone back and forth about what the right thing to do was, already knowing how evil Jane was. She had tried warning Aro several times, but the man simply brushed her off because Jane was his prized possession, the strongest of the Volturi guard, because of her gift. Jane had warned her not to say a word, but Chelsea never took threats lightly and made the decision to tell Rosalie about the confrontation with Jane.
"Jane knows, Rose." Chelsea placed her hands on Rosalie's shoulders, worry in her red eyes. "She overheard our entire conversation and knows that you're planning on betraying Alec and the Volturi. She knows everything. She knows you're planning on going back to Emmett Cullen."
"W-WHAT?" Rosalie shouted, backing away from Chelsea covering her mouth with her hand, feeling as though her dead heart had sunk down into her stomach. "S-She overheard…?"
Chelsea nodded solemnly, frowning. "Yes, she came out of the shadows after you walked away from the conversation and…warned me not to say anything, that she would punish you for your betrayal to her brother." She swallowed hard, those ominous words having plagued her mind for days. "I think I know where this business trip is that Alec and Jane went on…"
Rosalie flew out of the house as soon as 'Forks' uttered from Chelsea's mouth.
Emmett was in danger.
This was outright disturbing.
Charlie Swan couldn't believe what he was staring down at while the forensics team came in to examine the two bloody beaten bodies. He'd gotten a call from an anonymous number telling him he should check the woods on the east side of Forks. Charlie immediately went on the hunt, taking a few officers with him, only to stumble on this gruesome sight.
Sometimes he really hated his job.
"Impossible!" Charlie whipped around when he heard that, seeing the shocked expression on the EMT's face.
"What?" He demanded, looking down at the woman corpse. "What is it, Frank?"
"Her heart is still beating." Frank wondered what the hell was going on around Forks and immediately placed a breathing mask over the woman's face. "She has a very weak pulse, one that I nearly missed…"
"Get her to the hospital immediately." If Charlie could save this woman, she would be able to tell him hopefully who had attacked her. "Do we know who they are yet?"
Frank frowned deeply, nodding. "It's the McTavian's, sir. Natalie and Nicholas McTavian."
Charlie heaved a sigh and headed back to his squad car while Nicholas's body was zipped up in a body bag. "They have two daughters." He murmured to himself once he was alone in his squad car, not knowing how he was supposed to reveal this information to two teenage girls.
The snow had become thicker as Emmett traveled down from Alaska back to Washington, trudging through the woods at top speed, heading straight for La Push. He wasn't even going to Forks, not with Kyrine back in his arms, and didn't care about a stupid treaty anymore. If Carlisle couldn't understand how much he truly loved Kyrine, that was on him.
Emmett had one goal in mind and that was rescuing Kyrine from Jacob Black, running off with her to get married and changing her. The dog wouldn't want her after that, he was sure of it. Emmett smirked at the thought of returning to Forks with his newlywed vampire bride, knowing Kyrine would be even more beautiful. His family would have a field day and the pack in La Push would probably be dead because Emmett breaking the treaty would signal war between the Cullen's and wolf pack.
He had the perfect plan in mind and moved even faster.
Just before Emmett could move closer to Forks, he was suddenly met by two individuals in black cloaks, stopping him dead in his tracks. "What the hell?" He grunted, inhaling the air and knew instantly they were vampires, raising an eyebrow. "Something I can help you two with? I'm kinda in a hurry."
An evil laugh sounded from beneath one of the cloaks, making a shiver shoot down Emmett's spine. "My, my no manners whatsoever. Wouldn't you agree, brother?" The sweet voice resonated around Emmett, both individuals blocking him from even moving to walk around them. "We're in a hurry too, Emmett, so we'll unfortunately have to make this quick."
"What are you-?" He barely got those three words out before the other cloaked figure attacked him, punching him right in the stomach.
The force caused Emmett to instantly double over in pain, knowing only another vampire could put him down. "Yes unfortunately, sister." The deep voice growled before landing a boot right into Emmett's stomach, intensifying the pain.
The cold snow didn't give any relief to Emmett as he rolled away from another kick, these two cloaked figures on him instantly. "I-I don't understand…" He suddenly kicked both of them at the same time in the stomach, causing them to fly back as they landed in the snow with sickening thuds that would normally break a human back. "And I'm not in the mood for games either."
"Enough of this!" The once sweet voice turned completely venomous as the first attacked revealed themselves, blood red eyes locking with stunned amber. "Hello Emmett." Jane greeted calmly and watched as he suddenly sank to his knees in the snow, her eyes glowing as he writhed in pain in front of them on the ground. "That's much better, you belong on your knees before me anyway." She brushed the snow off of her cloak, the second attacker revealing her brother, Alec. "Don't touch him or the pain will stop, Alec."
Alec did as Jane told him, slowly squatting down to stare into Emmett's terrified stunned eyes, knowing that's the look he would have on his face when they finished him. "Remember me, the vampire who stole the love of your wife and took her in every part of these woods?" He smirked when Emmett growled through the searing pain his entire body currently felt, nodding appreciatively while licking his lips lewdly at the memory. "You see Emmett, we had no problem with you…not until my fiancée decided she was going to betray me and the Volturi by returning to you."
Emmett was in too much pain, wishing it would stop and actually breathed a sigh of relief when Jane relinquished her gift for a moment. "R-Rosalie isn't h-here…" He stammered out, trying to get up and roared out in pain when Jane began torturing him all over again.
"We know that, you ignorant fool." Jane laughed wickedly, shaking her head and wondered if this meathead really was all muscle and no brains. "But to prevent her from having the urge to even THINK about betraying us, we need to dispose of you. My apologies, Emmett. You were definitely a candidate to join the Volturi one day once you decided to leave your coven. Such a pity you will never get a chance to do so."
Alec was through with the talking and grabbed each side of Emmett's head, his blood red eyes locking with amber, smirking with no remorse. "Die now." He whispered sadistically, amused Emmett tried fighting even as he was being ripped apart.
A roar echoed throughout the night as Alec dismantled Emmett limb from limb, his head rolling in the snow behind them, hitting another pair of boots. "What have you done?" Rosalie whispered, sinking down into the snow as Emmett's body parts surrounded her, completely horrified by what she witnessed. "W-Why would you do this?"
"Because you belong to me and the Volturi." Alec simply stated, stalking over to his fiancée and yanked her up by her upper arm, slapping her across the face. "This is your punishment for attempting to betray me and the Volturi. You do not belong here and now have absolutely NO reason to leave Volterra." Alec snarled, kicking Emmett's head and watched as it shattered against the huge tree trunk.
Rosalie whimpered, holding the side of her face while Jane dug a hole to burn the pieces. The entire time, Alec forced Rosalie to watch and both Volturi members were pleased when she simply stood there still as stone. Jane tossed the parts of what used to be Emmett Cullen in the fire pit, gathering the pieces of his head that she could find and added them to the flames, the pieces disintegrating right before Rosalie's eyes.
"Time to leave." Alec ordered, having a firm arm around Rosalie's shoulders and buried his nose in her hair, inhaling deeply. "Perhaps next time you will think twice before betraying me, my bride-to-be." He smirked when all Rosalie could do was lower her head in shame.
Emmett's death was on Rosalie's head and she had nobody to blame, looking back at the fire pit one last time before heading back to Volterra with Alec and Jane.