The Jaguar Versus the Wolf
Chapter 6 - Murphy's Law
Orbiting Satellites Book Two, Chapter 6 - Unexpected Announcements companion
Argh! Edwards playing was... fine. I mean there was nothing exactly wrong with it; technically it was perfect. I just didn't care for it. It had no life, no rhythm. Boring would be a good word to describe it.
"I'm surprised not to see your wolf joined at your hip, Renesmee. I didn't think he was allowed to leave your side," I said to her once Edward had finally finished. Now was my chance to talk to Renesmee about our deadline.
After she explained where the dog had gone, which I didn't really pay attention to, (he was not here and that was all I cared about) I asked to speak with her, the rest of the Cullens would most likely find out eventually, but I didn't want them butting in when I told her. "And with you as well," I added to Edward and Bella. They would probably need to know also. "In private, please. I have some important matters to discuss with you."
Forgetting to include her parents in this discussion would not have been good. I was already on shaky ground with them after I killed that girl. I paused in the doorway of Edward and Bella's bedroom, remembering how delicious she was. And the way she felt under me when I…
Edward's growl snapped me back to the present.
What I was about to say was mainly for Renesmee so I began by looking directly at her. "I realize you're not fully grown yet but I'm afraid what I'm about to tell you cannot wait." Due to his gift Edward must have already known everything I was about to say. Since he hadn't stopped me I assumed he approved and I continued to tell her everything I'd learned from my sisters about a hybrid females reproductive deadline.
When I finished I mentioned the idea of our marriage. I didn't see the point, but if she was so brainwashed into the human façade, I figured it couldn't hurt.
"Do I have to get married?" she asked.
Wonderful, she had a mind of her own. Perhaps that meant that it would be easier than I thought to convince her to drop her family's ridiculous vegetarian diet. I had no desire to drink rabbits for the rest of existence.
"Of course not Renesmee," I happily told her, "we can live like other Vampires, as mates. We would not have to go through the pretence of a human wedding if you don't want to."
"Emmett, Jasper!" Edward then yelled as he dragged me from the room.
What had I done?
"You had to call these two? Why?" Emmett was huge, raw power, and Jasper… all those scars! He must have fought, and won, more fights than any living Vampire.
Edward ignored my questions, instead telling Emmett and Jasper everything that just occurred as they dragged me to the backyard. While everyone would have heard, Rosalie was the only one, not invited who followed. Great, I knew she wasn't one of my biggest fans. And the other two, who weren't too rough before, now that they knew what I offered became much less temperate, their grip tighter, their shoves harder.
"Do you mind if I take over here," Rosalie asked, once they had dragged me far away from the house, five or six miles at least. Enough that Renesmee wouldn't be able to hear my screams. "You can get back to Nessie and Bella. Don't worry, leave everything to me," she smirked to him.
"You're going to have to go slow," Edward said right to my face. He was so close I could feel spittles of Venom sting me as he spat each word. "Nahuel doesn't seem to understand the complete inappropriateness of what he said back there."
"That might be true but it's also true that I now understand you to be a condescending prick." Yeah, I was baiting him. The coward was going to leave me out here while a girl did his dirty work for him. Loser!
"This is going to be fun," Rosalie chuckled, as Edward walked off without another word to me, only whispering the word "one piece" to her, leaving the four of us behind. Emmett and Jasper were continuing to hold me in place. Merda! How was I going to get out of this? "I'm going to make this simple for you, Nahuel. Renesmee is like a daughter to me, a LITTLE daughter. You touch her and I'm going to break your arm."
"I didn't…" I started to protest, but she didn't listen, too enamored with the sound of her own voice.
"And if that doesn't stop you, the next time I'll break your other arm, and then your leg. And don't for a second think that I just mean I'm going to break bones that'll heal in a few hours. I mean I'm going to break them off and throw 'em in a fire." Was that what Edward meant… ONE piece was all she was allowed to rip off of me this time? "So unless you want to spend the rest of your existence known as stumpy I suggest you keep your hands off of that little girl," she yelled into my face.
This was it! I started struggling, but as hard as I tried I couldn't break free from Emmett and Jasper's grasp.
But instead of grabbing a part of me to dismember she backed away. What? What was going on?
Could Edward have meant to leave me in one piece?
Then was that it? Just threats? Not even a few punches? If talk was all they were going to do to me, which I now realized was more the passive vegetarian Cullens style, then this would be easier than I thought.
But now I had two guard dogs to get past. They couldn't be around Renesmee all the time though. And despite what Rosalie might say, I had a feeling that if she loved Renesmee, like she said she did, that if I could get the girl to fall in love with me, her goons would back off, not wanting to risk making her unhappy. At least that was what I hoped. For now though I would just have to play along.
Rosalie went on and on for a while, as I nodded and agreed to whatever nonsense she was spouting. Eventually the three of them ended up leaving me in the woods, Emmett almost looking sorry. I chose to believe that he was sad about the part he played, not that he was upset he didn't get to hit me.
Ten minutes later I followed, and of all the dumb luck, ran into Edward just before I made it back into Carlisle's house.
"Nahuel, I see that Rose left you on one piece."
"You upset she listened?," I sneered back. I know he was Renesmee's father but I was pissed. She should be able choose a mate for herself, not him. And he was not even giving me the opportunity to see if we could be a possibility. How miserable did he want me to be – alone and without a mate for all eternity? I probably wouldn't be as bad as Serena, after she lost Anton but still, I at least wanted the chance to be happy.
"I'm sorry about how I reacted, but your news was quite a shock," he sighed.
Really?
"While my daughter is still too young to date, I will not stop you from spending time with her. Platonic time," he stressed. "And don't worry about Rose, I'll tell her to back down."
"What about the dog?"
"There's no controlling Jacob, when it comes to Nessie's safety, I'm afraid. You're all alone on that one," he told me. "Oh one other thing. I try not to intrude in others private affairs," I shot him a look of disbelief, which he ignored, "but I thought I should tell you that there is a flaw in Joham's recounting of events." Could Edward see the past, as well as the future with his gift? He scrunched his eyebrows and shook his head but didn't elaborate as he continued. "In no way do I know what really happening to Anton, but if he went to the Volturi to end his life, then Aro would have read his mind a century ago and the Volturi would have already learned of the existence of Half-Vampires before Renesmee. He never would have gone to Forks, to destroy my family, at least not on that pretext."
That meant Joham probably killed him. I wouldn't put it past him.
Merda! Now I would just need to decide whether or not to tell Serena. And how.
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