Chapter 7: Canine intuition
JPOV:
I walked out of the cottage and saw that only Jacob was in his human form.
"Jacob what are you and the pack doing here? Not that i don't appreciate you looking out for Bella and my daughter but what's brought the whole pack here?" i asked on edge.
"Well Sam caught your scent and we followed to make sure Bella was ok. We didn't know it was you." Jacob said relieved.
"I'm sorry but i should warn you guys the Cullen's will be here next week. I convinced them it was time to come home, but you all are more than welcome here anytime."As I said that he gave me a serious but small smile as he nods.
"So how did you do manage to bring them all back?" He asked curiously as he looked me up and down.
"Honestly it wasn't hard at all. We all had missed this place, and once one person was called by what they missed", I looked back at the cabin which my two loves are housed,
"the others had chimed in. After all that it was unanimous. So we decided it was time to come back to one of our familiar places." He nodded understanding Jaspers feelings since that's what Sam went through with Emily years prior.
"Well let us be the first aside from Bella to welcome you back."
"Thank you Jacob but it's not just Bella that we have come back for, there's a vampire,named Victoria, after her." i said solemnly. The wolves growled and Jacob looked surprised.
"There's a vampire after Bella? Why what happened?" he asked and i realized no one had told him what had happened last spring break.
"Let me let Bella know everything is alright and then i'll tell you." he nods and i go inside and hug Bella.
"Is everything alright love?" she asked me worried. I smiled kissing her cheek.
"Yes my darling everything is fine why don't we sit outside. I was gonna warn the wolves about Victoria and tell them what happened." she nodded and we walked out sitting on the porch swing together. I wrap my arm around Bella's shoulders holding her close to me this way i can keep her calm.
I rubbed Bella's back my skin against hers was the only thing keeping me together as i recounted the story. ,
"A few months ago during that big lightning storm we were playing baseball, my family and Bella. Three nomads found us, James, Victoria, and Laurent. James was a tracker, he wanted Bella, and none of us wanted him to have her so we concocted a plan. We were going to get Bella far away from James, hoping he would lose interest and leave Bella alone, but we were wrong. We had gotten Bella to Phoenix, my sister Alice and I. He lured her to a ballet studio, he pretended to have her mother. When she got there he tortured her, he broke her leg, threw her into a mirror, and bit her." I stopped for a minute my body trembling as my feelings getting the best of me as I struggles to control them. Jacob looked at me seeing the turmoil in my eyes. ,
"I've never seen a vampire actual show emotion." Jacob said quietly as I took a deep breath. ,
"I might be immortal, but I'm not a rock Jacob." I said softly before I continued the story. ,
"Carlisle, Emmett, Edward, and Alice came the rescue, and while Emmett and I killed and torched James, Edward saved Bella by sucking the venom out of Bella's bloodstream. Victoria got away, and she wants revenge. An eye for an eye a mate for a mate. She wants to hurt Bella and I will never let that happen." I said my eyes burning with determination. Jacob turned to the wolves. ,
"We'll help you track her down, Bella is my friend, I'm not going to let you take all the credit for the hero work Cullen." Jacob said jokingly as I smiled shaking his hand. ,
"Wouldn't dream of it Black." I joked back as he rolled his eyes. ,
"We'll run patrols of this area, if we catch a vampire scent on our land we'll track it as far as we can." Sam said from behind Jacob. ,
"Victoria is fast, and strong so be careful. She has bright red hair, it would be hard to miss in the woods."Jasper said holding Bella's hand as the wolves left going back to patrol leaving Bella and I holding each other close on the porch swing, our daughter softly kicking against my hip. If i could cry, I would be, in this moment I was the happiest man.
BPOV:
I couldn't believe how happy i was to have Jasper back but i also knew i had to tell him about the blood and how our little princess is more like him. I knew if he looked in the fridge he would see the container of deer blood from the butcher, I've been trying to hide it from him. I'd slip it into my coffee in the morning, or into a sauce for my steaks, one of the only things I'd been able to hold down. It was the middle of the night, and I woke up starving. Jasper was out hunting, but I didn't know when he would be back. I slipped my feet into my slippers to avoid stepping on the cold wood floors as I krept down to the kitchen. I poured the blood into a blue cup drinking it on the couch. I didn't know I'd fallen asleep until I felt Jasper gently nudging me. I opened my eyes to the concerned face of my favorite soldier. ,
"Bella why didn't you tell me that the baby was part vampire. I could have called Peter, he can get you better quality blood than deer blood from the butcher shop." He said softly. ,
"I-I didn't know how to tell you. I thought you would react badly to it. H-how do you tell the love of your life that you crave blood?" I asked tears in my eyes. Jasper cupped my cheek nudging my face to face his. ,
"You're talking to a vampire remember Bella. I understand the cravings as well as anyone. I'm going to call Peter and see if he can help us out okay?" He said as I nodded resting my head on his chest still trembling. Jasper rubbed my back humming softly as waves of calming peace broke through the worry in my mind. Before I knew it my eyes were closing. ,
"Don't worry Bella we'll get through this together. I'm not going to let you face this alone your my entire world. One day I'm going to..." He whispered, before he could finish I was asleep against his chest content in the moment our daughter softly nudging my ribs.
