The boys pile out of Emily's quickly, leaving us in a whirlwind of worry. Emily busies herself with dishes, Bella takes to morosely sitting on the couch. I, on the other hand, have an idea forming in my head. Not one that anyone here is going to like, but one that I feel is a necessary evil.
"Em, do you and Sam have a laptop or computer I can use?" I ask, standing somewhat awkwardly near her. I hadn't wanted to interrupt her cleaning, but I needed to.
"It's in our room, first door on the left down the hallway." Emily points, and I make my way there.
I locate the laptop and charger, and take both into their guest bedroom; located at the far end of the house. Perfect for what I was about to do. The bed is made with a light blue comforter, and I plop myself down with the laptop resting on my legs. I have my phone in the other hand, and logging onto google, I start my quest.
It's an endless process, searching and calling, searching and calling, rinse and repeat. I expected Bella to make her way into the room, but she doesn't. That's something I'm grateful for, because I have no idea how she would react. I can only assume it wouldn't be good.
"Denali General, this is Melanie, how may I help you?" An overly perky voice comes over the phone, and I almost hang up. I don't want excessive enthusiasm.
"Hi, could you connect me to Carlisle Cullen, please?" I say, getting ready to press the end button. Every time it's the same response, we don't have a Carlisle Cullen here, ma'am.
"May I ask who's calling?" Melanie responds, and I nearly fall off the bed. No fucking way.
"I'm his daughter," I pause, wracking my brain for their names. "Alice. Alice Cullen. It's a family emergency."
"Alright, I'll connect you with him." Melanie replies brightly, and I hear a click. Almost immediately, another voice gets on the line.
"Alice, is everything alright?" Carlisle Cullen's voice is smooth and sharp, and although his words would suggest worry his tone is neutral.
"I'm actually not Alice, but there is an emergency." I bite my lip, hoping he doesn't hang up.
He pauses. "Who are you?"
"I'm Rayna Black, of the Quileute tribe," I say in a rush, praying those words don't make him hang up. "Also a friend of Bella Swan-"
"Is Bella alright?" Carlisle has anxiety in his tone this time, no longer the smooth composed man he was.
"For now," I reply. "A redheaded vampire is stalking her. She's tricky, and although the pack is trying their best to get her, I'm worried she's going to kill them, or Bella. Bella told us your family has talents, and I think they'll be helpful in stopping her."
"Victoria," Carlisle says grimly. "How long has this been going on?"
"I'm not sure," I think back, but come up with nothing. "She sent her friend first. A dark skinned, dreadhead bloodsucker. He tried killing Bella, but our boys stopped him."
"Laurent," This time, Carlisle's voice is anger. "So Bella is currently unharmed?"
"Physically," I snidely reply. "How all of you left her has done a number on her mentally, doc."
"We were worried about that," Carlisle mumurs. "But Edward insisted-"
"Edward sucks, okay," I interrupt. "Forget him, and get your pale asses over here to kill this bitch so Bella or my family doesn't die."
"Of course, Rayna," Carlisle composes himself. "May I call you at this number when we're back in Forks? It won't be more than a few hours."
Wow, that quick? "Yes," I say. "I don't know how Bella will take it. If you don't plan on sticking around this time, I won't tell her you're all coming."
"That's fair," Carlisle replies, his velvet voice strained. "I will let you know what my family decides."
"See you soon, Doc." I hang up, and shut the laptop in front of me.
My hands are shaking. The pack is going to be furious with me, I just invited enemies back to Forks. Not just enemies, but the Cullens. I squeeze my eyes shut, bring my shaky hands to grip my hair in my hands. My face is buried in my knees as I try to control my breathing when the door opens.
"Rey?" Paul's voice shocks me, and I lift my head. "What's wrong?"
"I found them." I reply shakily, fearing his reaction.
"Who?" Paul demands. "Are you okay?"
"You're going to be mad at me," I take a breath. "But I found the Cullen's. I told them about Victoria. They're coming back to help."
Paul's muscles tense, and his nostrils flare. "Why the hell would you do that?"
"It's their mess to clean up," I snap. "Besides, don't you think it might be helpful to have a mind reader and a future seer?"
"They're fucking leeches, Rayna!" Paul yells, turning around and punching a hole in the wall.
Jacob and Sam both appear in the doorway, Jacob furious, Sam grim.
"Why the fuck would you do this Rayna?" Jacob demands, getting in my face. I scoot back, nearly falling off the bed.
Sam restrains Jacob, and lays a hand on Paul's shoulder. "You should have discussed this with us first, Rayna."
"Sam, trust me," I get off the bad, standing at the other side away from them. "I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think it wouldn't help. They have a mind reader and a future seer, don't need to sleep, and are going to leave after it's over."
"Did you think about how this would affect Bella?" Jacob spits at me, looking like he wants to lunge. Fear spikes in my chest.
"I didn't plan on telling her," I tell him flatly, anger rising at everyone. "Having them is going to be helpful whether you want to admit it or not!"
"Bullshit!" Jacob yells, shaking furiously. Sam and Paul quickly usher him out of the room, presumably to get him outside.
My phone buzzes in my pocket, and I blink away my tears of anger before answering.
"Hello?"
"This is Rayna, correct?" A tinkling voice comes through the phone, different from Carlisle but similar enough for me to know it's a Cullen.
"Yes." I reply shortly, anger still lingering from the confrontation.
"My name is Alice," Her tinkling voice responds. "Ironic, considering you used my name to speak to my father. Anyways, I need you to do two things for me, and they won't be easy."
"It depends." I again reply shortly.
"If possible, I need you to tell the wolves to fall back. They block my vision, and I need to see what Victoria is going to do. Secondly, we are going to stay. Regardless of my idiot brother, we are staying in Forks. I've been away from my sister much too long. If you can, please tell Bella so it isn't a shock when we show up." Alice speaks without taking a breath, and I take a moment to catch up.
"No can do about the patrol thing, they didn't take too well to you all coming to help," I bite my lip again. "But I can talk to Bella."
"Alright," Alice pauses. "You did the right thing calling us. We'll take care of Victoria."
"Thank you." I admit, knowing that they did not need to come back. They could have refused.
"We're on our way now, shouldn't be more than four hours," Alice replies cheerfully. "We'll call when we enter Forks, perhaps we could all meet on the treaty line?"
Before I respond, she hums in agreement. "Yep, can't see anything. That'll work. Bye, Rayna!"
"Bye, Alice." I raise an eyebrow, and hang up the phone. After a moment of hesitation, I save her number in my phone.
Now comes the hard part, telling everyone. I pick the laptop up off the bed, and bring it back to Sam and Emily's room. Taking a deep breath, I walk out into the living room to find everyone conversing tensely, save for Bella. Jacob and Paul are noticeably missing.
"Treaty line. Roughly four hours," I say lowly towards Sam, knowing he would hear me but Bella wouldn't. "They want to meet."
Sam nods slowly, looking at me with unreadable dark eyes. I turn my attention to Bella, who is looking at me confused.
"I'm taking Bella home." I say resoundly, nodding towards her.
She quickly gets off the couch, and we walk to the door. Sam grabs my attention before we leave.
"Are they staying?" Sam asks, his tone hard.
"I don't know." I lie through my teeth, not wanting to face it yet.
Before he can order me to stay, I walk out the door with Bella. She starts up the ancient truck, and we leave for her house. Once we're away from the trees where no wolves could be hiding, listening, I tell her to pull over.
"Let me drive the rest of the way to your house." I say, swallowing hard. I didn't want to be the one to tell her; I had no idea how she would take it.
"You don't have your license." She protests.
"I have to tell you something, and you can't be driving while I do." I reply, and we switch spots. I had been driving this truck for years, so I knew what I was doing. Billy and Jacob had been great teachers.
"Bella, I don't know how you're going to take this." I say while pulling off the side of the road.
The truck roars down the highway, and I smile at the familiar sound.
"I don't want any more secrets, Rayna. Just tell me." Bella shakes her head, looking at me.
My eyes on the road, I took a deep breath.
"The Cullens are coming back."
long time no update, huh guys? my apologies on that, i completely lost inspiration for this story but its back. i hope yall like this chapter, its been much too long since ive updated this book. I had to reread it to get the flow back, and honestly i nearly deleted this. I dont like how i attempted to do the reincarnation thing at all, im glad i scrapped it in the last chapter. i try making an alternate to this book where i do what i originally intend, by having rayna know about the books from her first life. But that wont be for awhile.
Anyways! Thanks for all the reviews and love ive received over this story! I promise, it will be finished. At some point.
Suggestions and reviews are more than welcome! im going to wait to update until I hit 141 reviews, just to make sure theres people who still want to read.
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