Chapter Eighteen
It's time to start remembering dreams
Lift your eyes, see the things unseen
Remember who you wanna be
Let the light hit your eyes
Let out the beauty that's been trapped inside
Let them know that you're not gonna hide
Hey up there your arms open wide, spread your wings and fly
Hold on – Extreme Music
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I'm not going anywhere."
All at once the house was empty of vampires and werewolves, except of course for my boyfriend, Bella and myself. The silence that followed their absence was immediately deafening. We both were struggling under the implication of Bella's insane notion that I'd be a vampire. I didn't want that and if that meant I was set to die then so be it, but I didn't want either option.
I wanted to live. I wanted to live my life, go to college, get married, have babies and grow old. You know. I wanted a human life. A full, normal, boring human life. It sounded perfect to me. I wanted all of that with Jacob, I didn't need forever, I didn't want forever. I couldn't imagine anything worse. never ending life, never changing, watching everybody that I know everybody that I love eventually dying and being alone frozen. I didn't want that.
I couldn't believe my sister was trying to take that choice away from me.
I felt myself being enveloped into a blazing heat and my body all but sank into it. Wrapping my arms around Jacob's back I closed my eyes and allowed myself to take all the comfort Jacob was offering me. I knew though he needed this like me, maybe even more so. As we stood here holding one another I finally noticed he was shaking. His whole body seemed to vibrate with a violence that left me unsettled.
Pulling myself back enough to look at him, I cupped his face between my hands forcing him to look at me. He was scared, the fear was written all over his features, he too could see the danger our future was now in, how we were now going to have to fight for it. I let my thumb gently caress his cheeks, his head resting against mine as we just took comfort in holding one another.
"How could she do this?"
His voice was low, filled with repressed rage. He wanted to lash out, I could feel it in the way his body seemed to vibrate. Pressing a gentle kiss to his lips I sighed softly, shaking my head as I pulled back enough to look at him, not missing the fact his arms seemed to tighten around me.
"I think the question is why are we even surprised." I replied. I felt betrayed and heartbroken over Bella's actions, I was terrified that the very future I had planned for myself was now never going to happen. But I couldn't allow myself to crumble under the weight of that terror, Jacob needed me to be strong. If I succumb to my emotions, he'd have to carry the weight of them, and I wasn't going to allow that.
"This isn't happening Grace; I swear if I have to rip them all to pieces myself…"
I pressed a soft kiss to Jacob's lips, stopping his rant in its tracks. I felt him lean into me, relax into me, returning the kiss. He was desperate but full of fight, I had no doubt this man, all alone, would rip every vampire in the world apart in order to keep me safe. In his arms I felt safe, and it was almost enough to make me believe we'd beat this, that somehow, we'd find a way to fix the mess my sister had gotten us into.
"We'll figure this out, I promise I'm not leaving you." I told him, forcing him to meet my eyes as I made my vow. I didn't know exactly what we were about to face but I knew that we were stronger together and we had a better chance of coming out of this the other side if we stayed strong together.
I couldn't lie though, I was terrified. I didn't know much about the Volturi, just the basics of what I'd discovered over the last few days and that was enough to scare me. I'd had just a little taste of how easily my life could be ripped away by a vampire this weekend and the Volturi were ancient, they had to be so much more deadly.
How were we going to get out of this?
Jacob kissed the tip of my nose, his large hands squeezing my waist before his hands dropped away, albeit reluctantly. "Why don't you go get dressed, the pack will be waiting." He told me softly and I nodded my head, stepping back away from my boyfriend. There was an unsettling sensation rushing like tsunami waves all over my body the further I moved away from him and towards the stairs. I didn't know much about the imprint, but something told me that was I was feeling was down to the imprint and the new threat we faced. The imprint wanted us together, to stay close, so each step up the stairs was excruciating.
Due to the injury to my leg, I was a little slow getting up the stairs but when I did, I found myself face to face with Bella, hovering in her bedroom door. As she opened her mouth to say something I waved my hand at her, limping towards my own room. "Don't bother Bella whatever you're going to say I don't want to hear it." I spat, surprising myself with the rage I felt towards my sister.
I was done.
Before she could respond I shut my door behind me, effectively shutting her out. Taking a breath, I closed my eyes, I wanted to scream, to cry and digest what Bella's actions had brought down on me but I wanted to get out of here more.
Reaching for my phone I typed a quick message out to Dad, explaining that Jake had come around to see if I wanted to go to La Push. I not only wanted his permission, but I didn't want him to worry, I knew he wouldn't mind with it being Jacob but with everything that had happened I knew he'd panic if I wasn't here when he got back. As I waited for a response, I began to get dressed and with my leg being bandaged around the thigh and knee as it was, I pulled on a comfortable pair of leggings, white t-shirt and a cardigan.
It was as I was slipping my feet into a pair of flat pumps did my phone vibrate, alerting me to a reply from my Dad.
[03.05.06] Papa Swan (10:13am) – Just don't overdo it pumpkin and stay in touch and be back for dinner, no later. Tell Bella I'll be home soon, she's not to go out.
[03.05.06] Grace Swan (10:13am) – I will do Dad, stay safe and I'll see you later. I love you x
[03.05.06] Papa Swan (10:14am) – Love you to pumpkin x
Smiling softly, I stared down at the messages from Dad and felt my heart break just a little bit more, because he had no idea what was going on. He had no idea what was coming, and I didn't like that, it wasn't fair. This wasn't just Bella's life or mine that this whole shit storm was going to affect, it was Dad's too. It was Mom's and Phil's and everybody we have ever loved. This was going to fall back on them as well.
I didn't want them to hurt like that.
Remembering that Jacob was waiting for me, I pocketed my phone, ran a brush quickly through my hair before throwing it up into a ponytail and headed out the room and downstairs to meet my worried boyfriend.
"You ready to go?" he asked me softly as I re-entered the room. He held his hand out for mine, already holding the keys to mine and Bella's truck in his other hand. Smiling softly, I stepped towards him and let my hand slide into his much larger one.
"Take me to your leader." I joked, hoping to ease some of the tension in his shoulders and to my delight he chuckled, tucking me into his side before pressing a soft kiss to my forehead before leading us out the front door.
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The drive to La Push was a quiet one, Jacob didn't let go of my hand and for that I was grateful. As much as I know he needed it, I don't think he realised just how much I needed it, his touch seemed to ground me and stop me from spiralling.
My mind continued to race.
I was terrified because I didn't know if what I'd promised Jacob would be something I could follow through on. And if we were going to make it through this, what was it going to take? How were we going to survive this?
"Stop."
I looked at Jacob in surprise as his voice pierced the heavy silence. His eyes were still firmly on the road, but he glanced at me briefly and squeezed my hand.
"I know what you're thinking but were going to survive this, I promise nothing is going to happen to you." He told me and I had to wonder if he could hear my thoughts. Had they really been that loud?
"Are you a mind reader to now?" I asked, only half joking and Jacob smiled slightly, still focused on the road.
"If only…no I don't have to be a mind reader to know what you're thinking baby, it's written all over your face." He told me gently, raising our intertwined hands to his lips before pressing a gentle kiss to my fingers. "I know right now it looks like an impossible situation but I'm holding you to that promise you made me back in the house."
I smiled softly, shifting in my seat to move closer to his side, at which point Jacob wrapped an arm around my shoulder. Our fingers intertwining as his arm hung over my shoulder. "We're going to need to know more about how the Volturi work, what we're up against." I pointed out and Jacob sighed softly. The truck began to turn onto an unknown road, I'm assuming was leading us to where we were meeting the pack.
"I know, lets just see what Sam says, we'll figure it out from there." He said, pulling the truck to a stop outside a small house, that on the outside looked a little run down. Beside the pretty blue door, there was a tiny window and beneath that a box of beautiful flowers. The bright oranges and yellow marigolds offered the run-down house a more cheerful appearance. It was home-y. I felt momentarily confused as to how the wolves fit in there, one or two maybe but if the whole pack were in there surely the house itself would have burst at the seams.
"This isn't how I was hoping to meet everyone." I admitted quietly, smiling sadly at Jacob. He sighed softly and nodded his head, pressing a kiss to my wrist. He didn't say anything, he didn't have to, I knew this wasn't the way he'd wanted me to meet them either, but it was out of our hands now. It was now something we had to do if we were going to fight what was coming.
Jacob reluctantly let go of my hand and hopped out the truck, making his way around it quickly to the passenger side. Opening my door for me, he helped me climb out of the seat and tucked me into his side as we began our walk towards the front porch of the tiny house.
Upon entering the tiny house, I found my suspicions about the wolves correct. There were at least several enormous bodies inside, with Jacob that made eight. "It's about time man, I'm about to eat your food." Embry shouted at Jacob as we walked in, winking at me as he passed us.
"Do it and I'll snap you like a twig," Jacob threatened, surprising me but making me chuckle at the same time. Embry though waved off the threat like it was nothing.
The room we now stood in was what I'd say was mostly kitchen. There was a table in the centre of the kitchen with a blue and white checkered cloth covering it. In the centre were more flowers, a vase full of wildflowers to be exact and the sight was oddly comforting. The house had a warm feeling to it, like home. Almost instantly the scent of freshly baked scones and bread invaded my senses, only adding to the warmth spreading through me since stepping inside.
There was very little room to move thanks to the sheer size of the bodies inside and the noise was almost deafening as the wolves conversed amongst themselves. It was overwhelming almost but I found I loved it, they weren't just a pack forced together, they were family.
"Grace Swan?"
I turned in surprise at hearing my name to see a dark-haired woman, dressed in a pretty pink apron come to a stop in front of Jacob and I. The left side of her face was beautiful, with dark, almond shaped eyes and a perfect brow. The other side however looked almost destroyed, her beautiful copper skin was marred from her hairline all the way down to her chin by three, thick red lines, long since healed but still livid in colour. The scars seemed to twist her features into an almost disfiguring mask. She was still incredibly beautiful though, the longer I looked at her the more obvious that became.
"Uh, yeah…" I looked at Jacob who seemed to smile down at me before turning back to the woman, his arm dropping from my waist and his hand taking mine instead.
"Sorry, uh, Grace this is Emily, she's Sam's fiancé and the best damn cook I know." He said, earning a playful eyeroll off the woman I now knew to be Emily. I smiled turned back to the woman, my smile widening.
"It's very nice to meet you." I told her sincerely wondering if she too was an imprint. She had to be right? Especially if she knew about all of this.
"Oh, I can't tell you how nice it is to finally meet you." She shot a pointed look at Jacob who had the good decency to look chastised. I smiled softly. "Embry don't touch those, save some for your brothers." She said sharply, turning around to whack the back of Embry's hand with a wooden spoon, halting any attempt to grab at the freshly baked bread on the side.
The bread rolls looked delicious, all golden brown and perfectly risen. "Aw please Em, I'm hungry." Embry complained, shoving a shirtless Quil out of the way. To say I was surprised to see Quil would have been an understatement, I hadn't been aware he'd changed but then nothing surprised me more than seeing Leah and Seth, Harry's kids. I looked up at Jacob and he glanced down at me with a look I could decipher.
"Fine but no more, you boys are eating me out of house and home." Emily admonished, picking up a roll and throwing it at him. Embry caught it easily and shoved it directly into his mouth. I smiled again, shifting on my feet as my leg began to ache. Jacob seemed to notice and began to gently guide me over to the counters.
Once there he grabbed me firmly around the waist and lifted me effortlessly off the floor, as though I weighed nothing, setting me down on the counter and out of the way of everyone. I was momentarily stunned but I appreciated the help nonetheless His hand gently rested around my leg, being careful to avoid the underside of my knee where my injury was.
"You, okay?" he asked me quietly.
"I don't want to get in the way." I admitted, a little worried about being sat on the end of Emily's counter.
"Now at least you won't get trampled." Emily said, appearing at my other side, as though hearing me and handed both Jacob and I a plate. On mine, a sandwich cut into two triangular halves and Jacob's with at least 4 or 5 sandwiches stacked on top of each other. I couldn't have told you what was on Jacob's, he was already demolishing them, mumbling a 'thanks Em' through a mouthful.
"Thank you, this looks amazing." I told her sincerely. It was a simple BLT but right now looked like the most delicious thing in the world. I glanced up at Emily and she smiled, or at least the right side of her face smiled, the left side didn't move. I returned the smile, making a mental note of how beautiful this other woman was even with half of her face as scarred as it was.
"Please, it's nice to make something for someone who has table manners." She said, aiming a pointed look in Jacob's direction and the other wolves. I glanced at them and laughed lightly, watching them all basically inhale the food laid out for them.
"Well thank you anyway, I didn't have time to get anything to eat before everything that happened this morning, so I appreciate this." I told her sincerely and instead of responding Emily smiled softly, resting a warm hand on my arm before turning back towards the stove, wooden spoon in hand.
Considering I'd only just met the woman I felt a sort of kinship with her, I felt the potential for a strong friendship, something I'd been missing as of late with the breakdown of Bella's and my relationship. I wasn't looking for a replacement as I don't think anything could ever replace my former connection with Bella, but it'd be nice to have someone to talk with over all of this imprint stuff. I had a feeling another imprint could possibly answer the stuff Jacob wouldn't be able to.
Speaking of Jacob, I felt his hand squeeze my uninjured knee gently drawing my focus back onto him and away from observing the room. Smiling softly, I looked at my boyfriend, meeting his worried gaze gently before lifting my hand and using my thumb to wipe away the crumbs from around his mouth. "Messy pup." I muttered and he smiled in amusement, turning his head to kiss the palm of my hand.
"Quiet!" a booming, commanding voice sounded.
The room instantly quietened, and I felt Jacob shift unconsciously closer to me, his body as tense and rigid as everyone else looked. I glanced over at Emily who was now stood closer to me on my other side, her focus fixed on the owner of the voice.
Sam Uley stepped into the room and despite the tense atmosphere, I had to admit I felt slightly safer with everyone in this room. Sam had been there this morning, along with Jacob and Embry and they'd saved me from that confrontation with the Cullen's. They'd declared me as one of their pack and it had touched me in a way, I'll never be able to articulate. Being a part of something like this made me feel like I could make it, that the future that I wanted with Jacob so badly, was within reach.
I glanced around the room and met Paul's eyes. Once upon a time I'd been terrified of him but now, there was something of an understanding in his eyes, an acceptance for me and it meant the world to me. I smiled at him, but he rolled his eyes and looked away, the action only making me feel more at ease, however.
"You all know why we're here right?" Sam asked in a carefully controlled voice, the wolves all nodded their heads before glancing my way and for the first time since walking into this room I felt awkward. "The Cullen's are back, not only that but they're back with plans to change Bella and Grace."
One breath…two breaths…
The room erupted; the shouting was deafening.
"Who the hell do those bloodsuckers think they are?"
"-this is a total joke, right?"
"-total bullshit…"
"-and why aren't we ripping them into shreds already?"
"-she's an imprint, she can't be a stinking leech!"
"-why do they even think this is okay?"
"That's enough!" Sam shouted over the din, running a hand over his face wearily. Jacob's fingers reached over my legs to take my free hand, squeezing it gently as the room slowly quietened down.
"Grace, do you have something to say about this?" Sam asked and I felt all the eyes in the room turn onto me. Whilst I knew Sam was only seeking out more information I felt put on the spot.
I refused to look at Jacob, instead keeping my eyes on Sam.
"Bella, she ran after Edward to Italy…um apparently that's where the Volturi live, they're royalty or lawmakers or something…um…" I scolded myself internally for stuttering as much as I was over all of this, so steeling myself I looked back up at Sam. "Edward went there to kill himself, Bella and Alice followed and stopped him but the Volturi thanks to Bella and Alice, discovered that I knew about the existence of vampires to and the only reason they got out alive is because Alice saw Bella and I as vampires."
I felt Jacob's hand in my tighten.
"What the hell does that mean? Alice saw?" I glanced at Paul and shook my head.
"I don't know how it works but Alice has visions and as far as I know they're not set in stone but um the Volturi are pretty strict as far exposure goes. I don't know what will happen if they're defied." I finished quietly.
"Well, we better find out because looks like we're about to defy them." Embry said firmly, winking at me when I looked at him. I smiled slightly, appreciating the support but also feeling terrified at the thought of what could happen. I didn't want anyone getting hurt trying to protect me.
"We'll set up a meeting with their Coven leader to discuss the new treaty and the violations they've already made today, and we'll discuss this too. They don't dictate things to us and if we have to we'll tear them into shreds before we let them take one of ours." Sam said calmly, glancing at me with a small nod.
"Sounds like a plan to me." Quil said, grinning widely.
"Me too!" Growled Paul
"Well, isn't that just great, lets potentially go to war with god knows how many of those bloodsuckers in order to protect Jake's imprint and her scrawny ass sister who caused all of this!"
I felt the automatic sting from the words and felt myself unconsciously leaning away from the group but remained in place due to Jacob's hold.
"It isn't about Bella, Leah, it's about protecting our own. The Cullen's shouldn't be here anyway and it's their son getting involved with Bella who has caused all of this!"
Leah stood at six-foot, just as tall as the guys in the room. Her well defined arms were crossed tightly over her chest, whilst her once waist left beautiful black hair had been cut into a rough pixie cut. Her frigid gaze flickered between Sam and I.
"It's exactly about Bella, she started all of this so why oh why great leader are we expected to put our lives on the line to protect that wet wipe and Jacob's pale faced girlfriend." Leah asked, her lips curling into a snarl.
"She's not just his girlfriend you idiot she's, his imprint!" Jared said, glowering at Leah.
I watched as Leah's cold gaze drifted from me to Emily briefly. "
So? Why can't Jacob take his imprint and leave if she's so damn important to him!"
Emily to her credit, stood strong beneath the cold gaze of her cousin. Me however I felt sick.
I knew the story; I'd heard it in the hospital. Sam and Leah had once been deeply in love. However once Sam had phased into a werewolf, he'd imprinted on Emily. Now I knew how hard it was to fight the imprint, Jacob and I had been the lucky ones, we'd been in love long before the imprint. So I knew it wasn't Sam's fault, imprinting was involuntary but I couldn't have imagined how difficult it had been for Leah. As far as she'd been concerned her fiancé had left her for her cousin, she hadn't known any better until after she turned. I couldn't blame her for being so angry, to now know but to also be stuck having to see Sam and Emily every day.
"This is what we're doing Leah, I don't care if you don't like it." Sam growled and I recognised his command for what it was. An order from the Alpha. Leah opened her mouth to respond but Seth who had stayed quiet to this point spoke first.
"Leah, stop okay."
Leah took one look at her little brother before letting her shoulders drop and nodding her head in defeat. "Fine, is there anything we need to know about them before we go to this meeting you've yet to set up?" she asked Sam in a carefully controlled voice.
At this I looked at Jacob, my boyfriend was struggling to remain calm through all of this, I could feel it. "Some of them have gifts." He said, his voice carefully measured. I nodded my head as everyone finally turned to look at Jacob and I again.
"He's right um, like I said Alice has visions, then Edward he can read minds and Jasper um…as I learned today, he can control emotions." I explained. I felt no guilt at exposing these gifts, because at the end of the day I cared nothing for the Cullen's, this pack was my family and if we were going to figure out a way out of this everything had to be on the table. "If the others have any special gifts, I've never seen them, and Bella's never said anything."
"Wow, that sucks." Muttered Embry, the room quiet as they all contemplated what this meant.
After that things moved quickly. Much to Jacob's horror, Sam had asked me to deliver a letter to the Cullen's once we were back at school. The letter instructed the Cullen's on a date and time in which they would meet in a neutral territory to discuss what was going to happen.
Jacob wasn't handling it well.
I knew he was worried, but I also knew that his worries were not as big as he thought. Did I want to talk to the Cullen's? No, but I could do this. I could hand over this letter, in school, in public. I could do it.
We spent the rest of the day in La Push. I got to spend some time with Emily once the meeting was over and discovered just how amazing she was at cooking. It was nice, talking about something that was so normal and mundane. After Jacob's one on one meeting with Sam was over, he'd driven me home, the excitement from the day finally catching up with me. My leg ached, my head hurt, I could barely keep my eyes open as I stood on my front porch saying goodbye to my love.
However, he'd pressed his lips to my temple, whispered how much he loved me and ushered me back inside. Once indoors, I shrugged off my jacket and kicked off my shoes and headed into the kitchen, offering my Dad a warm smile.
"Hey kiddo, how's the leg?" he asked almost immediately. I smiled softly, carefully lowering myself into a chair at the table.
"It's sore but not too bad…" I told him, watching as he reached under his paper for a large white envelope.
"Well, that's good to hear because this came in the mail today."
It was a college letter.
I stared at the letter in my Dad's hand, unable to move for a moment. After my rejection from Yale, which I'd been okay with, I'd become increasingly nervous about my other applications. After the day I'd had I wasn't sure I could handle another rejection.
"Come on don't just sit there I'm getting old." My Dad complained, placing the envelope into my hands.
With everything I was facing it seemed silly to be struggling to open a letter but the weight of it felt so much heavier now. My future was in the balance and even if this were an acceptance, who was to say whether I'd get a chance to experience it? I didn't want to die; I didn't want to be a vampire but right now it was out of my hands. There was going to be a fight, that I may or may not even survive, so was there even a point?
"Kid either you open it or I will."
Dad's threat brought my focus back to the situation at hand with a start and I turned the letter over in my hands. As I stared at the lettering stamped in the corner I smiled, and I thought 'screw it'. I wanted to yell screw it to the Cullen's, to Bella and the Volturi.
This letter in my hands represented my future, whether it was an acceptance or rejection. It represented a life I could have, a life I wanted, a future I desperately wanted. So I was going to fight, I was going to keep living my life for as long as I could and I would be damned if anybody or anything was going to take that away from me.
Blowing out a breath I looked up at my Dad and smiled. "Okay here we go."
I tore open the envelope, pulling the inside folder out, glancing briefly at my Dad I opened the folder, my heart thudding in my chest as I continued holding my breath.
'Dear Grace,
Congratulations! I am pleased to offer you admission to the University of Southern California as part of our entering class of 2006…'
"I was accepted!"
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Hey guys, so firstly sorry for the long delay between updates. My shoulder has been healing but after receiving another knock to it and worsening the break, I had to take some time away from writing. Due to being in so much pain I've been on some pretty cool painkillers. It even hurt to even move my fingers enough to type, and typing with one hand was a no go, so I apologise but I am slowly getting back into it so hopefully you guys will forgive me.
I'd definitely recommend listening to the song at the beginning I feel like it completely encompasses how Grace is feeling at the end!
So, you should have noticed that I have all the wolves involved. I wanted them all involved in this so changed some of the timeline to make sure we had Quil.
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Guest – Thanks for the review lovely. As for the bond between the sisters, it has disappeared, they've lost that closeness which is a shame and I think they're both going to be feeling the fallout from that. Even Bella. I love the whole concept of the wolves and their imprints and I've always wanted to explore it in more depth, which we get to in this story. Charlie is one of the best characters in the series, so I had to include him more, he's one of my favourites. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Sarah0406 – Thanks for the review and I'm sure most of us saw it coming, but I hope it was okay. Thanks for the review.
famawoo – Thanks for the review love and no worries on the shout out! You guys are good enough to leave me some love and your thoughts on the chapters, it's only fair I take some time out to reply to every one of you. Grace is still on quite the journey and I think she's going to learn a lot about herself and what she wants in life and where all this drama fits in. She's not going to allow Bella to drag her down into anything anymore. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Twin268 – Thanks for the review! Don't worry I knew the guest review was you! Sam does indeed rock! The treaty part worked itself out beautifully, because in the original story it made sense there was no alteration, but Grace is Jake's imprint, and she lives in Forks so that protection needed to extend to her somehow. Carlisle knows they have no choice but to agree, let's just hope Bella and Edward obey the treaty! Bella is an idiot and a lot more things, but hopefully she's able to see some tough truths about herself soon before she loses her family forever! Hope you enjoyed this chapter love!
High Gaurdian – Thanks for the review love! I am healing just slowly so thank you! I have three sisters and couldn't live without them, but I get what you mean, Bella isn't exactly selling anyone on her idea of sisterhood! Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
101297 – Thanks for the review lovely! So glad to hear you love this story! Hope you enjoyed this chapter too.
Arianna Le Fey – Thanks for the review! I know right? I never understood why no one spoke about what he'd been about to do. Yes he was about to kill himself but to do it he was willing to get all those people, in that street killed too. How is that okay? Well we'll have to wait and see but as of yet there's no plans for Nessie, that whole storyline officially killed Twilight for me. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Twin68 – Thanks for the review love. I'm no twin, but I have 3 sisters and 3 brothers, there's no man or woman that would ever be able to get between any of us. I get what you're saying. In this case, they're not fighting over a man, they're relationship is being ruined by one of them being too obsessed with someone who's very existence threatens all her loved ones. I swear there's no man or woman who would ever get me to leave my family. I HATED how Bella was so okay with giving up everything she'd ever loved everyone who loved her to for a guy she barely knew. In Jacob's case, the imprint allowed him to know instinctually something was wrong with Grace and she needed him, he physically felt her need for him, hence why he came bursting through that door with some of the pack. She was in danger. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Elentiyaronious – Thanks for the review love! Bella's issue is she can't see passed Edward, she can't see what this obsession is costing her and that's going to be her downfall. I think with the whole vampire thing, Bella sees no issue with it. They'd be together forever, and she's convinced that life as a vampire with the Cullen's isn't going to be difficult, it's normal and somewhat exciting for her. I don't understand why you would want this life, I always sympathized with Rosalie, I think out of all them she sees this life for what it is. Unnatural and not worth the sacrifice. Bella is going to see, eventually just how much she's lost within her sisterhood with Grace, it's just going to be too late to mend anything. Somethings you just can't come back from. When I read Edward's suicide bid it was the first thing to pop in my head, how were the Cullen's and Bella so forgiving and okay with the fact he was about to get hundreds of people killed? The Volturi don't know about the imprints that's the difference, they don't know about the wolves just like in New Moon. They only saw what Alice saw and that was Bella and Grace. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
AmericusyoungXoXo – Thanks for the review love and I am so glad you stumbled onto our little story and seem to be enjoying it. I didn't want this story to just be a rewrite of the Twilight Saga and from this point on you'll see major differences I promise. So I hope you stick with us and enjoy what happens next. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
Kagz419 – Thanks for the review love! Bella's not my favourite person either, she's not helping herself at all so far. It's a shame she doesn't see it as sentencing her sister to death, Bella can't see past how awesome she thinks it's going to be. Sam has declared that Grace is part of their pack, you know they're going to do what they can to protect their own. The wolves are bloody brilliant like that. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Snow Wolf Alpha – Thanks for the review love! Pun appreciated lol! We'll just have to see if it can be changed though. I'm glad you noticed that, because yes that's how it was intended. The Cullen's are all about doing what they need to, to protect their family and Bella being changed and now Grace is a big part of that. Like you said the decision has already been made as far as they're concerned. Part of me thinks they were there to kind of persuade her it wouldn't be that bad, but Grace isn't interested at all, she knows unlike her sister just how awful it really is. Hope you liked this chapter.
Winter Kiss – Thanks for the review love. Glad I surprised you! Hope you enjoy this chapter and sorry for the long wait.
Guest – Thanks for the review. I'm super excited for you guys to see what happens next, I'm excited for future chapters, but it's still quite a way off. Here's the update and I'm sorry for how long it took to give you, hope you enjoyed it anyway.
Mrs. morgan 35 – Hope this was okay for you! Thanks for the review!
Cmgm – Thanks for the review love! Hope you enjoyed this chapter.