Chapter Thirty Six

Caden

We both heard the deputies words and Lily put a hand to her mouth looking terrified,

"What's the matter Lily?"

"Its my fault Caden."

"Why? Did they have a row over your being here?"

"No but Sue didn't like it that I was or that mum and dad were coming. Grandpa asked her not to tell the Quileutes about us but she was so angry when she left and I wished she could have an accident so she couldn't tell anyone."

"She probably just skidded, driving too fast Lily."

My sister shook her head,

"Remember what we talked about? What Uncle Peter told us about when we were babies, how we stopped Alec Volturi from hurting anyone."

"Do you believe him?"

"Don't you? He said between us we were strong enough to stop one of the most gifted of all vampires. How daddy saw flames in my eyes and thought I'd made him see them too? I think I made Sue crash her car Caden."

If she was right we had to keep this quiet or get into even more trouble. People in our world who couldn't control their gifts were killed so they couldn't give away our secret, Lily could be in great danger.

I took her by the shoulders looking into her eyes,

"Lily don't say anything about this to anyone. Its our secret OK? No one, not even mum or dad."

Jasper

I watched as Bella drove away with Charlie and walked back into the house just in time to hear Lily's admission and Cadens warning. If Lily were right then she certainly had to keep her gift a secret. Neither of the children had shown any sign of their power after defeating Alec and we thought perhaps it was a power they only had when they were physically joined. As they grew they no longer played games where they touched and the theory was that alone they were inert as Eleazer had suspected. If Lily were able to affect Sue over such a distance, without seeing her, then what was Cadens part of the gift? I would have said he was the conduit but that couldn't be the case. If not was he a magnifier? If so Lily was capable of destruction on a large-scale with his help. She had to learn to control herself as quickly as possible.

I joined them in the kitchen and Lily ran to me for comfort, tears spilling down her cheeks as she sobbed out her story. Caden rolled his eyes but he knew I had heard the conversation in any case so he didn't say anything.

"Daddy I'm so sorry. I didn't stop to think how much trouble I was causing, I just felt Caden was getting all the attention and I wanted someone who thought I was special."

I held her close feeling her hurt and stroked her hair as I had done with Bella to calm her,

"Lily Rose, you and your brother are the most important people in our world. We love you both but sometimes when you get jealous you push people away from you and then it seems like they don't like you. I love you as much as I love Caden. I'm so proud of both of you and what's done is done. We need to find as way to keep you and your brother safe as well as Charlie. You think you made Sue crash her car?"

"I don't know daddy. I was thinking it would be better if she had an accident or something so she couldn't tell anyone about me and the next thing is that she's had a crash and she's in hospital unconscious. Did I do that?"

"Its possible Lily, you and your brother are gifted like mummy and I. For now I need you to promise me you wont think bad things about anyone. Can you do that?"

She nodded and I felt her tears wetting my shirt so I continued to hold her close.

"Caden, ring Uncle Peter. Tell him what's happened and that I need him here then ring Aunt Rose and tell her the same thing."

Caden nodded and grabbed the phone, I could feel his emotions crashing against me. He felt responsible for Lily's actions by helping her with the family tree.

Peter

As soon as I heard Cadens voice I knew there was trouble,

"Uncle Peter daddy needs you in Forks. Lily ran off to find Grandpa Charlie and now Sue his wife has had an accident and we think its Lily's fault."

"Are you ringing anyone else?"

"Yes Dad asked me to ring Aunt Rose too."

"Leave that to me, you stay with your sister and tell The Major we'll be with him soon. Any change get him to ring me and I'll pass any info on. OK?"

Caden was obviously distressed and I could feel trouble brewing so I rang Rose as I called for Charlotte to pack a bag,

"The Major's got problems."

I told Rose what I knew and she told me what had happened,

"Shit, I knew having kids was a bad fucking idea Rose. Meet us in Seattle and we'll drive to Forks together. Where's Emmett?"

"He went with them but they left him to rent a motel room as a base in Port Angeles so I'll ring him and he can pick us up unless Jazz has anything already worked out for him."

Jasper

Once I'd calmed Lily Rose down I sent them both to the sitting room to watch TV while I rang Emmett.

"Em I need you to go to the hospital, Charlies wife had an accident and I need to know if she's OK. Bella's there with Charlie but I don't think she'll be able to talk just yet."

"Are the kids OK?"

"Yes. They're both here with me but we might have trouble so be careful. Don't say anything to anyone about them. The last thing we need is the news getting to anyone that Bella's dad has met the twins."

"Sure Jazz, on my way."

"Oh yeah Caden rang Rose to fill her in, she'll be there soon."

"She just rang. I'll drive to the airport after the hospital but I'll contact you as soon as I know anything."

There was little I could do until we knew how badly injured Sue was, if she were conscious and able to talk she'd tell the Quileutes about the twins and that would be the start of big problems. I didn't want to make the next call but I realized I had no choice.

"Major?"

"Yes. We found Lily Rose at Charlies."

"So he knows?"

"I don't think she's told him everything but he knows there's something strange going on."

"What about his wife Sue?"

"She's in hospital, she had a car accident so as far as we know she hasn't told anyone else."

"Well that's something I guess, a fortunate accident you could say. It might be best of she didn't regain consciousness, save a lot of problems Major."

I didn't answer because I knew that although brutal it was the truth,

"Where is Bella?"

"With Charlie at the hospital."

"Well as soon as she gets back you get Charlie and get the hell out of Forks."

"He wont leave with Sue in the hospital Darius."

"He will if she doesn't make it and I don't think she will."

"You're going to make sure she doesn't?"

"Lets put it this way Major, it's that or you and your family will find yourself in deep shit and even your friends wont be able to get you out of it. You do realize that the first nomad who hears a whisper of this will mean the end don't you? I can't protect you from that, neither can Carlisle. Now get the hell out as soon as you can."

As I put the phone down I heard a sob and turned to see Lily Rose looking at me, she'd heard at least part of the conversation and guessed the meaning of it.