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Chapter 12: Storm
"Storm" - Lifehouse
If I could just see you
everything will be alright
if I'd see you
the storminess will turn to light
and I will walk on water
and you will catch me if I fall
and I will get lost into your eyes
and everything will be alright
and everything will be alright
I know you didn't
bring me out here to drown
so why am I 10 feet under and upside down
barely surviving has become my purpose
cause I'm so used to living underneath the surface
December 17th – 4 weeks and 4 days left.
I listen to everyone in the house, I can't find Jasper and from Alice's thoughts I gather he left as soon as Bella ended the call last night, not standing mine and everyone's pain put together. Rosalie is preparing breakfast for Lizzie who will be up any minute now and Esme is helping Seth outside with the warehouse.
Seth doesn't know what to think or make of any of us. He heard my tantrum and talk with Bella, he knows now I want to change her. I wonder if I should worry about that but he is not really thinking about it. He is mostly thinking about how everything is going to affect Lizzie once Bella is gone.
Which she won't, I'm going to find her.
The other thing he's worried about he found out while he was running with Jasper that he can't keep in touch with the pack in his wolf form from here. The distance being too great and he is worried if this would bring problems since Jacob had told him to keep in contact every few hours just to be sure he was alright. He is wondering if it would be too much to ask us to use our phone since he has no money for a cell phone unless he gets a job in town, but he doesn't want to since that'll mean he'll get less time with Lizzie during the day.
Alice and Carlisle are in the library Alice is busy looking into the future while Carlisle makes different plans. Arizona and Florida are back on the table now, and he is thinking of sending Esme and Rose there instead of Washington.
When I'm done cleaning up the mess I made after my breakdown, I'm torn between showing my face or not. I don't want anyone's pity but I don't want to stay here doing nothing either. So with an encouraging breath I make my way downstairs ignoring everyone's looks and thoughts.
Now, Esme is in the kitchen making breakfast for Seth since Rosalie only made food for Lizzie. Seth's outside a little restless, still afraid to ask for a phone.
With a heavy sigh, I head outside.
Seth's arranging some furniture Esme gave him, enough to make himself comfortable and not too much to make the small place too crowded. He's hanging up some pictures when I knock on the door.
"Yeah?" He turns around his smile disappears as soon as he sees me.
Without a word I hand him one of the extra phones we have around. We never knew when we'd forget to be careful and smash our own by accident so we have a bunch around the house.
"I don't want to a see a bunch of mutts on my doorstep tonight looking for you." I explain.
"Thanks Mr. Cullen." He says nervously taking the phone.
With a nod I walk back towards the house, on my way Esme passes me, carrying a tray with food for Fido. I made a face at the smell and Esme rolls her eyes at me.
"Stop being a child about it. He means no harm."
"He wants to take my daughter away!"
"No he doesn't, and you of all people know it better than us."
"Whatever." I mutter and go back into the house, take a seat in the library and start working on finding my angel.
I decide to call Mark, see if he knows something new from last we spoke when he brought Lizzie. Jasper already broke into his house twice and found nothing but maybe he missed something or something changed. I take out my phone and dial his number.
After a few rings he answers.
"Jackson speaking." He says with his grave voice.
"Mr. Jackson? It's Edward, Cullen."
"Oh! How are you Mr. Cullen? Is there a problem?"
"No, everything is Ok, Elizabeth is… Ok."
"I'm glad to hear that. How about you?"
"I'm Ok sir, ehm… listen sorry to bother you but, I was calling to see if you have heard anything from Bella?"
"Miss Swan?"
"Yes, I wanted to know how she is. Have you seen her?"
"Well, last time I saw her was a few days after I brought you the girl. She wanted to know how the meeting had gone."
I sat up straighter.
"You saw her? Where?" I asked urgently.
"In Seattle."
"Where? Do you know where she lives?"
"No, I met her at a park."
My hopes faded.
"I gave her your letter though, but she didn't open it, at least not in front of me."
I pinch the bridge of my nose.
"It's Ok, so you met her in Seattle?"
"Yes."
Seattle, everything still points towards Seattle.
"Can you tell me where?"
"At a park near my office."
I sighed.
"Was she alone?"
"No, she was with a woman but I can't remember her name."
My eyebrows furrowed.
"A woman? Wasn't her name Emily, Sue? Maybe Leah?"
"No, it was a weird name… but I can't remember."
"How was she?"
"I'm sorry sir, but I'm not comfortable giving you this information. And Miss Swan requested not to share any personal information, too."
Damn it. This would be a lot easier if I could read his mind from here.
"How did you see her? How did she look?" I asked instead then.
He sighed.
"I must admit she looked bad… she was thinner than the previous time I saw her… and I could tell she was in pain. Poor thing."
"Dear, god." I whispered.
"May I ask why you are so interested?"
Of course I looked like a mad man, Bella's cover story said we never met so I shouldn't be this worried, maybe a little curious about her but that would be it.
"It's… personal. If by any chance you see her again, can you please tell her to call me? I need to talk to her, it's important. You have my number right?"
"Of course sir, but I don't think that'll happen. I don't have any more business to deal with Miss Swan."
"Understood. Thank you Mr. Jackson."
After that we hung up.
I need to go to Seattle.
December 21th – 4 weeks left.
I'm packing my stuff and simultaneously making plans with Alice and Carlisle. Esme, Rosalie and Emmett are going to Florida and Arizona. Jasper, Seth and Carlisle are staying with Lizzie and Alice and I are going to Seattle. Jasper could be of a good use in Seattle, but I'm not leaving Lizzie unprotected from Seth, he could get upset about something easily and I needed Jasper there to calm him.
Thankfully, the Denalis' sisters are stepping in too. They are going over hospitals and clinics and other data bases –along with Carlisle and Jasper- from Alaska. Carmen and Eleazar are helping us by tracking her on the outskirts of Washington. It'll be harder since they have never met her but right now we will use all the help we can gather, thankfully Laurent offered to go to Washington with them, since he has met Bella and knows her scent he thinks he can help better there. They've been there for two days already, we were supposed to be in Seattle by now too but we got delayed rearranging our plans.
"We'll go over the neighborhoods near the hospitals first." I say, looking intently at Alice as she tries to see into the future at every decision I make but so far nothing. All she sees is the same, Bella alone in a blue room sleeping or staring out of a window.
"Ok." She says slowly "She's not that blurry with that one at least."
I nod to myself.
"Daddy?"
No matter how tense the room is, that small word still makes me smile.
"Yes, angel?" I look over at her standing under the threshold to the library.
I try not to glare when I see Seth holding her hand next to her, Rosalie is close behind them with a deadly glare directed at the back of his head.
Who let the dog in? I want to ask aloud but I refrain myself because of Lizzie, not wanting to upset her. She already knows I don't like him, the only reason I let him near her more often than I would like to is because I notice the changes in her. She is calmer, more at ease and feels more comfortable with her still new surroundings, and it's a distraction at least from everything that's going around with finding her mom.
She let's go of Seth's hand and waltzes towards me and I pick her up in my arms kissing her cheek loudly.
Great, she smells like a wet dog now.
"When are you leaving?" She touches my cheek.
"Soon, why?"
"How long will you be gone?" She frowns.
I sigh, but it's best if I'm honest.
"I don't know." I murmur "It depends on how long it takes us to find mommy." I place a lock of her hair behind her ear.
"Can't I come with you?"
"Sorry princess, but we will be all over the city at night. It can be dangerous."
Her eyes go wide.
"You'll be in danger?" She asks barely above a whisper and I smile, her worry over me tugging at my heart.
"Dangerous for you." I poke her nose. "I promise I'll call Ok?" She nods and looks down.
"I'll miss you."
My chest fills with love and adoration, as well as pain. I hate leaving her, especially after Victoria's attack but it's necessary we have almost no time left. That's also why Jasper and Carlisle are the ones staying, so she'll be safe from everything and at the same time they can continue looking through data bases.
"I'll miss you more princess," I kiss her forehead "Now, are you Ok? You need anything before we leave?"
"I'm thirsty."
Damn it, there's no time for that we need to go to the airport in half an hour and we are still not done here.
"I can take her." Both Seth and Rosalie say at the same time when they see my hesitation, which makes them glare at each other.
Yeah, they've become best friends. Those two love each other.
Notice the sarcasm?
"I said it first, mutt." Rosalie seethed.
"Look banana head, I don't wanna start a fight on front of Lizzie. I'll take her and you can sta-"
"Over my pile of ashes!" Rose interrupted and turned to me "Don't you see? The more time he spends with her, the less chance there is that we'll ever get the smell out!"
Lizzie looked at me with a worried face.
"Do I smell bad?"
"No you don't, don't listen to Aunt Rose," I threw her a careful look reminding her that Lizzie didn't know about Seth being a wolf. "She's crazy, you smell divine."
Seth scowled, guessing what Lizzie had asked me and sensing her discomfort.
"Hey Barbie I have a question for you," Seth said suddenly serious "What do you call a blonde who dies her hair brown?" He asks innocently and Rose stared at him confusedly.
"Artificial Intelligence." He beamed.
I can't help myself.
I start laughing, hard.
That's also another reason why I let him be near Lizzie more often than I would like too. He is good at pissing Rosalie off, if it where me Esme would chastise me and I'd never hear the end of it but because Esme is suddenly all PETA lately Seth gets his way.
I still hate him though.
"Listen to me flea bag," Rose spat "I have kill-"
"Rose!" Esme barked from the kitchen, where she was making food for Seth and Lizzie to last a few weeks. "Don't be rude to our guest!"
"He started it!" She whined piercing my ears.
"He was just making a joke!"
"Yes, I was… I'm sorry Rose I didn't mean to offend you." Seth said with puppy eyes and Alice snickered.
"I like him."
I groaned.
I kind of like his personality too, -not that I'll ever admit it- and it doesn't help he is on the same ship as me where Rose is concerned. He immediately noticed Rose's over protectiveness and obsession with Lizzie, and he too agrees Lizzie will always have only one mother. Her real mother and no one should ever take her place. Besides he knows how much it'll hurt her if someone else takes Bella's role in her life.
"Where's Jasper?" I ask, I wasn't going to let Seth take Lizzie hunting alone and I knew Lizzie wouldn't want to go alone with Rose and Esme was occupied as well as the rest.
"He and Emmett went hunting." Alice answers.
I sigh again and turn to look at both of them with a stern glare. Seth can stay with Lizzie while Rosalie looks for a bear for her, I don't like the idea much but I guess they'll be ok for a few minutes if they keep their mouths shut.
"Rose, make sure she is in a tree while you get her a bear and Fido you can stay with her while watching her."
Barbie and Fido nodded eagerly.
"I want her back before I go. You have thirty minutes understood? And please behave don't talk to each other if you must."
"Gladly." Rose muttered.
"Zip it." Seth made a motion of zipping his lips.
With that Lizzie happily took Seth's hand and they were gone.
I shake my head and turn back to Carlisle.
"You have any news from Tanya?"
"No, she and Irina are going over hospitals in Arizona Kate is in charge of Florida. They said they will call if they find something."
"What about the others?"
"Same thing, they'll only call if they find something. When I spoke with Eleazar on Monday he said they would start with the west coast first then go across the state."
"Good, now about Sea-"
Alice stiffens as a vision comes through.
Bella throwing a cell phone against the wall.
I swallow.
We just lost our only source of communication, but again that's not what floors me.
It's the pain in her face, she's suffering and not only physically, I can see her tormented soul in her eyes.
"We need to know who that woman is." I state shakily.
It's our only real chance, my plan is to go and find Jackson as soon as we get to Seattle and see if I can see the woman's face through his mind and look for her. If that doesn't work, we'll go with the original plan which is tracking non-stop day and night. Its winter so we wouldn't stand out if we are all covered with layers and mitts during the day.
"I can't believe Bella has bested me. She's been so careful." Alice whimpers. "Not even a single slip."
Esme comes into the room.
"We'll find her sweetie." She hugged her "We have to remain positive."
I rest my elbows on the desk and pull at my hair.
I'm going to find her I'm going to find her I chant to myself.
I'm going to find you angel.
"Are you done with Lizzie's food?" I ask, wanting to distract myself from the pain.
"Almost, I just put the lasagna and a few other things in the freezer. It's enough for both of them."
"Thanks." I sigh.
Lizzie's diet is funny. She needs blood to survive, but at the same time she has cravings like any human. She feels hungry, she can eat and her body will digest it but it's not necessary for her to live, as long as she feds like me she'll be ok. The rest are just human traits she got from Bella but won't die if she doesn't eat, she'll only feel her tummy uncomfortable because of the hunger but that'll be it. And there are only a few things she'd be willing to eat, pasta and apples are her favorite.
"I left some spaghetti on the fridge for tonight," she started explaining Carlisle "just put it on the microwave for a few minutes." She continued as Carlisle listened what he already knew patiently.
Meanwhile Alice and I kept tracing routes on a huge map we had over the large desk.
"Honey I'm home!" Emmett boomed as he and Jasper came into the room.
Of course, Emmett's clothes were a mess after their hunting trip.
"Go and change before you ruin my furniture." Esme said amused as she scanned his blood stained shirt.
"Sorry, mom." He muttered running upstairs.
Jasper kissed Alice's cheek and continued his way to the living room where he changed the channel to CNN.
"We can start in Ravenna, and then go all the way to Greenwood." I say and Alice tried to see again but nothing changes.
She lets out another whine.
"This is giving me a headache. Damn Bella, where are you?!"
"Maybe you should take a break," Carlisle says "You need to be at your best for when you are in Seattle."
She looks uncertain, she too wants to find Bella as soon as possible.
"He's right, go and sit with Jasper." I say, telling her with my eyes that is Ok.
"Just five minutes." She says before going to sit at Jasper's lap "What's going on?" She asks him as she closes her eyes and he massages her temples.
"A teenager disappeared outside his school, and they found another burned body. They are running some tests to know if it's him."
"Is not him," She says seeing it "Hey, didn't they find two burnt bodies a few days ago too?"
"Yes, they are trying to figure out if it's all linked."
"What have the police said?"
"If it's not him, that the burnt bodies are probably a gang messing around or some drug dealers making a statement."
I tune them out and return to my laptop, I see on the clock it's been about twenty minutes since Lizzie left. I miss her already, I don't know how I'm going to fare being away from her for the weeks to come. Hopefully we'll find this woman soon and she will take us to Bella.
C'mon angel, give me a sign.
Carlisle says Bella doesn't want to be changed, and if that's the case I will respect her decision but I'll make her listen to me first. She needs to know the truth and really believe me before she makes a decision. It's ironic how now I'll be the one offering and she is the one refusing becoming like me.
Honestly, I don't care the implications anymore. I'm selfish like that, I just want her here with us, with our daughter and if becoming like me is what it takes I'll give her immortality in a heartbeat.
I hear a loud cry.
We all look up and simultaneously jump out of our seats and are out of the door in a heartbeat.
Adrenaline is rushing through my veins. I know that cry, something happened to my angel. No no no no! We are running at lightning speed through the forest, it's getting dark already which I know whatever happened to my angel this must be getting her more terrified.
As soon as Rose -who was running into our direction with a wailing Lizzie- comes into view, Lizzie jumps from her arms and I catch her mid air.
Her whole body is shaking and her eyes are full of tears.
"What happened!" I ask truly terrified as I scan my baby girl for any injuries, "If that mongrel touched h-"
"Victoria!" Rosalie answered "She intercepted us!"
"What!" My eyes go wide then look around alarmed as I hold my daughter tighter. "Where's Seth?!"
"He stayed!"
"Why?!"
"He told me to bring Lizzie home while he stopped her."
"WHAT?!" I yell enraged "Rosalie he's just a kid!"
How could she leave him to fight against Victoria!
"It was his idea! And I'm faster!"
I growled at her before thrusting Lizzie to Esme and running in the direction she had come from. Jasper, Emmett and Carlisle coming with me.
Soon enough, I could hear them.
Seth was in his wolf form now, blocking Victoria's path not letting her go after Lizzie. Victoria barred her teeth at him and growled before she launched herself at him. Both rolled around the snow on the ground, Seth sank his teeth on Victoria's shoulder and tried to pull at her arm but Vitoria shoved him backwards, punching him and with a loud crack breaking a rib. Seth hollowed in pain and jumped backwards, but recovered quickly his ribs already healing. But, just as he was about to charge her again Victoria changed her angle.
"Seth, NO!" I screamed just as Victoria wrapped her arms around him, crushed his side and bit him on his shoulder.
Seth let out an agonizing howl and fell to the ground, his form convulsing as the venom poisoned his body. Victoria stood over him, and just as she was about to crush his skull with her foot I finally got to them and launched myself at her sending her flying several feet away. Her body crashed against a large pine and broke the trunk in half sending snow everywhere. She fell to the floor but landed in her haunches.
She was about to attack me back but Emmett and Jasper arrived just at that moment, she glared at me with hate and run away. Emmett and Jasper passed me by going after her and I returned to Seth. Carlisle was already with him, trying to calm him down so he could examine him.
"She bit him." I hissed kneeling next to Carlisle over Seth who was paralyzed with venom.
"I know it's poisonous for him." Carlisle said in an anguished voice as Seth continued his torturous howls.
"Help him! He's in pain, what can we do?" I urged as the convulsions grew stronger and his muscles constricted, hardening and freezing with venom.
"His bones are healing wrong I can't do anything if he is in his wolf form." He said worriedly as he grabbed his arm to examine his shoulder. But when Carlisle pulled, Seth let out another strange agonizing ear shattering sound it resonated through the forest.
"Careful!" I growled pulling Carlisle's hands away and he shook his head.
"We have to wait till he sweats off the venom. When he's calm enough to phase back, I'll have to re-brake the bones to set them straight again."
"How long will it take?"
"I don't know maybe a day?"
"He'll be like this a whole day?!" My jaw hit the ground.
Carlisle made a pained face.
"I'm afraid so."
"Li-zz-ie?" Seth asked me through his mind, even in his mind he couldn't speak coherently because of the pain.
"She is safe." I said astounded he could even think about her with the ripping pain he must be enduring "Thank you, you saved her life."
I couldn't believe he would risk his life for my daughter like that. I guess I had underestimated their bond, but the imprinting thing is weird itself, I've tried to research a bit about it –to see if there's a way to break the spell- when I have time but there's so little information and so varied. The only thing constant is that imprints need each other, that the bond is so strong they would go to great lengths for each other, especially the imprinted –in this case Seth- he or she would do anything to make sure his or her imprint is happy and safe.
"What do we do now? We can't bring him home like this," I said referring to his wolf form and even if he wasn't it would be too much for her "Lizzie will hear and see him."
He thought for a moment before he came up with an idea.
"The cottage."
"What cottage?"
"There's an abandoned cottage a few miles from here. We can take him there."
I nodded and as carefully as we could lifted Seth from the ground, although I guessed there wasn't much difference the slow movements where still too much for him. Carlisle and I walked at human pace through the forest until we reached the cottage twenty minutes later. Once there we put Seth on the ground and I texted Alice with our location, and asking her to bring him a mattress or something.
Emmett and Jasper arrived at the cottage, probably following our scent when they headed back.
"She escaped?!" I asked bewildered when I heard their thoughts.
"Yes," Jasper hissed, berating himself "her gift is too powerful."
"We lost her in Calgary, the snowstorm erased her scent." Emmett elaborated and I felt like ripping the cottage apart in frustration but I regained my temper. Just then, I heard Alice coming.
"How's Lizzie?" I asked her as soon as she arrived at the cottage.
"She's shaken and asking for you. You should go and see her she is worried about you and Seth."
I was torn, I was dying to go and see my angel to make sure she was alright but I felt guilty about leaving Seth after what he did.
"I'll stay here with Carlisle and Seth." Alice said sensing my hesitation. "The three of you should go back, we don't know if she'll come back."
I nodded and we run out of the house.
I could hear her cries several miles before the house came into view. When I finally got there, I didn't stop running until I entered the living room. She was on Esme's lap as she tried to comfort her to no avail.
"Lizzie." I called and she snapped her head up to me.
She gasped, and without a word jumped from Esme's lap, I caught her and hugged her to me, breathing her in. She buried her face and wrapped her arms around my neck as her little body shook violently with sobs.
"Dear god, are you Ok? Are you hurt?" I asked feeling her back, arms and legs for injuries.
From Rose's thoughts earlier I had known Victoria never got the chance to get too close to her, but I still needed the confirmation.
She shook her head but continued crying. Her beautiful face stained with tears and puffy eyes.
"Shh… it Ok, I've got you." I tried to sooth her as everyone left the room. "You are Ok, I love you." I kissed her hair "I'm sorry… I love you, you are safe."
I should have gone with her, I promised her I wouldn't let anything happen to her. I promised I would be there for her. God, what if I had sent her and Seth alone? Or even just with Rosalie, oh god. My little angel, I'm sorry.
"I'm sorry," I kissed her again, finally everything that had happened crashing down on me "I'm sorry angel, I love you. Are you sure you are Ok?" I could have lost her so easily.
She nodded again and let out a small whimper.
"S-se-th?" She sobbed.
"He's Ok angel," I kissed her head and buried my nose in her hair again "don't worry about him."
"Wh-ere i-is he?" She was starting to come out of her shock, her breathing steadying but she was still crying, her pain of course was ripping at me. As always everything she felt I could feel it too.
"He got a little hurt, but he will be Ok I swear Carlisle and Alice are taking care of him."
"I wanna see him."
"He's recovering sweetie, tomorrow he'll be as good as new I promise and you'll be able to play again with him."
She nodded and hugged me tighter.
"Daddy, I'm scared."
"Don't be. I'm never leaving your side again. I swear." I said softly rocking her back and forth "She'll never touch you."
"Wha-at does sh-e want daddy?"
"To hurt me." I held her tighter.
"Wh-y?"
I close my eyes, remembering the anxiety and worry I had gone through the whole ride to the ballet studio, when I didn't know if I'd make it in time.
"Because… once I had to hurt her in order to save mommy." I said not wanting to be specific. I wasn't comfortable telling her about me killing someone else, she already knew I had killed in the past but that didn't make it less hard for me to talk about it to her. She was still a little girl after all, and I didn't want to scare her more.
"Why-y doe-s s-she have re-ed eyes-s?" She whimpered.
"Because her diet is not like ours, she's not vegetarian."
She gasped and I held on to her tighter.
"You are safe." I assure her again "From now on, you won't be out of my eye sight understood?"
She nodded burying her face on my chest.
I took us to her room and laid us on her bed until she fell asleep about an hour later. I dropped a kiss on her forehead and made sure she was warm and comfortable before I lowered the metal protector on the windows in her room. Afterwards I checked if she was comfortable once again and walked out of her room and back downstairs with one purpose in mind.
Everybody but Esme and Jasper were in the living room, they had switched places at taking care of Seth with Carlisle and Alice so they could come back and discuss things and rearrange plans. Also Carlisle hoped Jasper could help Seth with his gift, I hoped so too.
The living room came into view and of course, Emmett was protectively in front of Rosalie, already knowing what was coming.
"What the hell were you thinking Rose?!" I hissed but she stared back at me unaffected.
"It was his idea, he told me to get Lizzie out of there." She defended herself.
"So you just left him all alone to fight Victoria?!" I yelled incredulously.
"What did you want me to do?! Leave Lizzie to come back on her own? We needed to take her out of there, and I am faster than him in his human form!"
"You had a better chance at stopping her! Seth is just a kid! He has never fought a vampire before! You should have told him to get Lizzie out of there!"
"It was his idea!"
"And you are supposed to be the responsible one! Christ, Rose she almost killed him! Do you have a conscience at all?! Do you even know what that would have meant for Lizzie?!"
"He's just a wolf! And you don't like him either!"
She was wrong and she knew it, she tried to hide it but I know she was feeling guilty but she would never accept that. The rest of the family just listened, letting me handle Rose by not getting into the fight but agreeing with me silently. Alice was throwing daggers at her with her eyes and Carlisle was disappointed.
"So what?! Just because I don't like him doesn't mean I want to have him slaughtered! He's just seventeen for god's sake!"
Emmett was trying to side with her but knew he didn't have arguments. Just because a kid had the misfortune to become a werewolf –our natural enemy- doesn't mean we have to send him to the lions den.
"I don't trust him with Lizzie!"
That made me livid, my body shook with anger.
"That's not your call!" I hollered with rage and Emmett stood up straighter next to her. "You are not her mother! Stop pretending you are!"
"I'm not pretending anything! I was just trying to protect her!"
"You are so selfish! What about that poor kid?! And a good mother would have put her life first! You were just a coward!"
"No I wasn't! I just wanted to get Lizzie out of there as fast as possible! Don't you see?! I didn't trust him with her! What if he hurt her accidentally?!"
"Well, he practically risked his life for her so that makes me trust him more than you!" I spat back taking a step towards her but Emmett got in the way, he didn't look threatening but apologetic and protective of his mate. He looked so uncomfortable between us but still managed to give me a warning look to not come closer to Rosalie. He could feel the waves of anger coming out of me.
"Baby, I'm sorry but Edward's right." He finally said with a sigh while Rose and I glared at each other over his shoulder "Seth didn't stand a chance against Victoria. Even if I don't like it you should have stopped her until we came to help."
She looked aghast.
"But he's a wolf! He's dangerous to her!" She said back at him. "How can you defend him!"
"You think I'm stupid?!" I was even more pissed now "I know that has nothing to do with it!" I tapped my temple.
"So you are saying I wanted to kill him?!" She challenged.
"No! I'm saying you let your selfishness and emotions overrule you! This is why Lizzie won't ever warm up to you! Because you never think about anyone but you, you are just jealous about him taking her away from you!"
"Edward…" Emmett warned again but Rosalie pushed him aside coming to stand in front of me.
"Look who's talking! You are a hypocrite!" She poked my chest and it took everything within me not to send her flying out of the window "You hate that thing to because of the exact same thing!"
"Yes! I hate the situation too but I still let him come and be with her because I love my daughter and I want her to be happy, and I know he makes her happy! Because I know how miserable she'll be without him whether I like it or not! I think of her unlike you!"
"She'll survive, I just can't believe you let him come and ruin what we already had with her! She was finally adjusting to us! Now she'll never let go and you are just putting her in danger by having that mongrel here!"
"If I hadn't known or seen how good he was to her you really think I would have agreed to this madness?! Being a parent comes with sacrifices Rose! Don't you see?! It's not about what we want! Is about what's best for them! So yes, I can stand the smell of wet dog for an eternity if it meant she was happy!"
She looked down, knowing she was losing the battle.
"Just look at what's happening to Bella?!" I continued my eyes suddenly stinging with unshed tears and my throat closing "She almost died when she carried her, she was willing to give her life for her and now her cancer is a consequence of that same pregnancy, she again gave up her life for her!"
"I'd have done the same!"
I shake my head.
"You are not the centre of the universe Rose, you can't fool me! You just want to bathe in all the glory and the attention, but you are not willing to give, too! You just want to play picture perfect mommy but it doesn't work like that!" I threw my arms up in the air in exasperation.
"I'm telling you one last time," I held up one finger in front of her face "stop forcing yourself on her! She has her mother! You hear me?!" She winced "No one and I repeat no one will take her place ever! No matter if she lives or not, Lizzie has her mother. Her name is Bella, you hear me? B-E-L-L-A." I spell out "BELLA! I'm not going to let you take that from her!"
She glared.
"Yes, a mother who's not here! A mother will die soon because of you!"
Carlisle and Emmett grabbed me before I could launch myself at her.
"Rose!" Emmett looked at her shocked but she ignored him.
"I just want everything to go back to normal!" She threw her hands up in the air "She made her decision, she doesn't want this!" She gestured around "I'm tired of putting our lives on hold because of her! She dies, so what?! What is she to me? Just a menace against the Volturi!"
"Rosalie! Enough!" Carlisle said firmly but she was on a roll.
"Humans die all the time you knew this would happen sooner or later when you left! I hate seeing everyone so distressed and worried over something she already decided! It's time to move on!"
"We are not letting her die if we can stop it." Alice hissed suddenly in front of her.
Rosalie laughed.
"You are a hypocrite! Calling her your best friend" She laughed sarcastically "Don't you even feel a little remorse over abandoning your so called best friend?!" She made quotation marks over the word friend "What a great friend you are! Abandoning her when he" She pointed at me "fucked her and dumped her like common trash! When she needed you the most!"
Alice's eyes filled with unshed tears.
"If I had known wh-"
"Save it! That's a lame excuse!" Rosalie glared at her "If Lizzie hadn't been born or if we hadn't found out about her would you be looking for her at all? Why now?! Bella's right! If I were her I wouldn't believe any of you either!"
She turned to Emmett then "You decided to leave her too! Remember? What are you wallowing about?! You knew this day would come and that didn't stop you from leaving your oh so precious sister." She hissed her voice full of venom.
"You all think I'm the cold hearted one, but look at you! No one forced you to leave! I'm not buying your pity party! You are all hypocrites!"
She looked around until her eyes settled on me again. I gasped at the intensity of the pain I felt in my chest when I heard what she was about to say, my knees almost giving up.
"If I loved someone the way you say you love her I would have never let go no matter the circumstances. That's why Emmett's here, you know how much I hate this!" She touched her body with disgust "And I still changed him because I loved him beyond that and I couldn't let him die! You really think Bella is going to believe you? After what you did? Because if I didn't know better I wouldn't buy it!"
"Rosalie, that's enough." We all turned to see Esme at the entrance with an ice cold glare directed at her.
"You know I'm right." Rosalie said her tone still harsh but tamed under Esme's gaze.
"No, I know you have a point but you are wrong."
She rolled her eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me young lady, show some respect!"
We all froze, we had never heard Esme use that tone on someone.
"I know you are still hurting from your past Rosalie, not only for what that man did to you but also because of the betrayal behind it. You trusted him, and he hurt you but that situation is completely different from Edward and Bella's."
I closed my eyes as I remembered Bella's painful eyes at the forest, the pain increasing exponentially when the image changed to Alice's last vision, and her eyes turned into soulless ones.
Esme walked forward to stand next to me and placed her hand on my back comfortingly.
"Yes, Edward made a mistake as well as all of us but that doesn't mean we don't love Bella. If you think no one has shown any regret or guilt for leaving her all these years then you don't know your own family."
Rosalie sighed exasperated.
"Esme I-"
"I'm not finished!" Esme said harshly "You know what Edward is doing is not out of guilt, don't pretend you know better than us, get down from your high horse. He is trying to make amends and correct his grave mistakes and the least you could do as his sister is to support him. What he and Lizzie are going through is hard enough for anyone."
"I just want what's best for Lizzie."
"What Lizzie needs is all the love we can give her, not to pretend like nothing is going on and make her act as if everything is alright in the world." She said pointedly at her "She is a bright girl and far from stupid and is suffering the absence of her mother, the last thing she wants is someone trying to fill that spot, she is far from ready to let some other woman take Bella's role in her life."
Then she turned to look at all of us.
"We all made a huge mistake I agree with Rose that this is not only on Edward. We took the wrong decision too thinking it was best and following Edward's direction." She looked back at Rose "But you said so yourself, you hate what you are and Edward only wanted to save Bella from the very same thing so you can't put all this guilt on his shoulders. You think we are the hypocrites but look at you."
"You didn't like Bella because she wanted to become like us, you resented what she and Edward had because you thought Bella could do more with her life. Well, that's exactly what Edward did. He gave Bella that chance, the chance you wanted so much. Sadly the only way out he saw was leaving, and we had to respect his decision."
"You can't blame Edward for trying to do what he thought was the right thing to do. He did it thinking of her instead of him which is a very selfless thing if you ask me, stupid because it wasn't the answer but his heart was in the right place. He was willing to sacrifice his happiness for her."
"You know how a mate's bond works Rosalie, you felt it the second you saw Emmett… it was so strong you had to change him. It wasn't different for Edward, when we find our mate human or vampire our mate is our mate. So you should be able to picture the great pain Edward had to endure leaving Bella and if I were you I'd think about it before throwing accusations and pointing fingers."
I know Esme's words should be able to make me feel better about everything, but Rosalie's words had cut deep. She had a point, and now I was left wondering if Bella would be willing to at least listen to Alice or one of my brothers. She must hate me, so hurt about what I did to her I'm sure she'll prefer to die than see me. What am I saying? She prefers to die than listen to me, that's exactly our problem right now, she's is hiding from me wanting to be left alone and die in peace.
"I know, Edward loves her… I'm not questioning that. What I meant to say is how on earth are you going to make Bella listen to you? After what you did?" Rosalie looked at me, her fury was gone and replaced by pity and annoyance "She won't and even if by some miracle she wants to you don't know where she is and there's no time left."
"There's time, I'm not giving up." I said my voice void of emotion.
Rosalie shook her head.
"She doesn't want this and I can't blame her, she will die as it was supposed to be for her kind and there nothing you can do about it. I'm just saying it's time to move on and accept things."
"You don't understand," I said before she walked away "I can't give up. I failed at protecting what I loved the most once and I'm not doing it again. You said she will die as it was supposed to be for her kind… well that little girl upstairs wasn't supposed to happen either and here she is… perfect and beautiful and so wonderful."
I swallowed the knot on my throat so my next words would come as stronger as I felt them.
"I don't care about rules anymore, or about what we are supposed to do. I've done that for far too long and it has only brought us pain and sorrow to all of us. I'm sorry no one fought for you Rose, I'm sorry about what happened to you but this situation is completely different. I love Bella, more than my own life and until I receive that damn call I won't stop looking for her, I'll look and hope and wish for her until the last second."
"You are losing your time." Her eyes hardened.
"Well, good thing is my time and not yours then." I said walking backwards and taking my laptop from the coffee table where I had left it this afternoon. "And I think it's already stated that you are not coming near my daughter again," Her eyes turned wild and I rushed to speak before she could say anything "you are going to stay away from her, and Seth for that matter until you change your attitude, if you come near her or speak to her –unless she is the one that comes to you- I'll pack our things understood?"
Her eyes were red, as if she wanted to cry.
"Edward…" Emmett pleaded but I snapped my head to look at him.
"Lizzie is very vulnerable right now I don't want to add more stress to her life." I said firmly "She is staying away from her until Lizzie is the one approaching her." I finished with a tone of finality and turned around and ran at vampire speed up to the third floor to my little angel's room.
Cautiously not to wake her up I opened the door and sneak into her room and laid next to her, she snuggled closer to me in her sleep and I kissed her cheeks. The little frown between her eyes disappearing.
"I'm going back to Seth," Esme informed me through her thoughts from downstairs "just came back for some blankets for him."
"How is he?" I breathed.
"He's still in a lot of pain, but the venom is already coming out of his system, I'll think he'll be ok in the morning and Carlisle will be able to set his bones straight. Jasper gift has helped him to stay calm too."
I thought about my change, how the venom felt like burning my guts inside out. I shuddered at the memory and I felt for Seth.
"Try cold wet rags on his body," I suddenly said "It might help him with the burning sensation." I whispered and Esme smiled warmly at the linens she was folding.
"That's a good idea honey, I'll try."
For the next several hours, I stayed in Lizzie's room with my laptop on my lap and making new arrangements with Alice and Carlisle through rushed whispers when they come into Lizzie's room as I refused to part from my daughter for even a second. I promised her she wouldn't be out of my sight anymore.
When a new plan had set, they left the room when Jasper came to the house looking for Carlisle, saying Seth was ready for him. The venom had evaporated completely from his body and now he was ready to let Carlisle set his bones straight. I grimaced at the scene, the pain was not over for him and it again made me feel respect for the young wolf. Everything he endured to protect my daughter, stupid because he knew he had no chance alone against a mature vampire so I couldn't call him brave but still, it made me feel awful for the way I had treated him.
About an hour later after Carlisle had gone, when the sun was starting to come up Lizzie stirred next to me. I closed my laptop and put it on the floor as I turned to her, her breathing changing as she woke up.
I kissed her forehead as she snuggled closer to me and opened her still sleepy eyes.
"Daddy?" She mumbled in a tiny voice reaching out to me, I cradled her in my chest and breathed her in.
"Hi princess," I kissed her puffy eyes "how are you? You sleep ok?"
She yawned before answering.
"Where's Seth?"
I looked sadly at her.
"He's feeling better, Carlisle left a while ago to check on him."
"I want to see him." She pleaded with big eyes.
A door slammed downstairs as Rosalie ran out of the house with Emmett following her worriedly.
"Why don't you have breakfast first and then we'll go see him. You didn't hunt yesterday right?"
She winced, her tiny hand flying to her throat.
"But, I wanna see Seth." She said in a tiny voice.
"Angel, I promise I'll take you see him but after you hunt."
"What about the woman with the red eyes?"
"She is gone, and I'll be there this time. I'm sorry about yesterday from now on you can only go outside with me Ok?"
She nodded and there was a soft knock on the door before Alice popped her head into the room. Ready to help Lizzie get dressed for the day.
Minutes later Lizzie, Alice and I were running into the woods. Lizzie was on my back as I refused to let her run on her own, my fears about Victoria being still around waiting to pounce plaguing my mind.
When I catch the scent of a mountain lion, I hand Lizzie to Alice and tell her to close her eyes as we track him. When we find him I strike so fast he wouldn't make a noise and break his neck in a heartbeat. When I'm sure he is dead I tell Lizzie to open her eyes and she immediately jumps from Alice's arms and sink her teeth on the cat.
Meanwhile, Alice breaks a tree trunk and lets it fall onto the snow so we can sit and watch her while she feds. When Lizzie is done, she dances towards me and sits on my lap. I chuckle when I see her stained face and use the sleeve of my sweater to clean her cheeks and lips.
"You done?" I ask, she never drains the whole thing on her own as her body is smaller than ours and she can be satisfied with less amount of blood but I always ask her just to be sure.
She nods and touches my cheek.
"Can we stay a little longer? I don't want to go home yet."
I sigh, not liking the idea very much but since she is coming with us to Seattle tomorrow morning figuring she'll be indoors for god only knows how long I relent.
"You want to stay here for a bit?"
She nods.
"Ok, but don't leave the clearing and stay within my view range."
She kissed my cheek and dances towards the centre of the clearing while Alice and I stay on the side watching her from the tree trunk. Lizzie kneels on the grounds and starts gathering a pile of snow.
"How is it looking?" I ask Alice at vampire speed, knowing Lizzie can't understand us. Her hearing range is good when we are quiet but she still can't disentangle our words when we talk fast.
Alice closes her eyes in concentration and looks into the future.
Bella sleeping on a small bed in a blue room.
She's still on the same room, but at least she's there.
Blurry but there.
I only have a few weeks left and I feel my knee bouncing, I'm itching to do something but there isn't much I can do now but go to Seattle. We could go tonight but because of the unpredicted snow storms the flights are cancelled so we'll have to run there and I refuse to run during the night with Lizzie knowing it'll terrify her and it can be dangerous for her and we can't go this afternoon because we have to wait till Seth recovers, knowing he'll want to come too and because we can't just leave him.
Alice is too quiet, so I turn my head at her curiously when I read her thoughts.
"What has you so worried?" I asked her again in vampire speed.
"Her timing." She says with her eyes in a faraway look "It was too perfect again, don't you think is strange?"
I look back at Lizzie she's making a snow man and catching snowflakes at the same time.
"It is, it must be her gift, striking when she feels is safe for her."
Alice made a face.
"Yes but, she also managed to fool me again. How did she manage to do that? Does she know how my gift works?"
I frowned, thinking again.
"Maybe, but how did she find out?" I ask her.
"I think she's been spying on us… but how?"
"Laurent?" I hissed but Alice shakes her head.
"He wouldn't dare, he's loyal to Irina. They are mated."
"He used to be loyal to James, and he turned his back on him." I growled but Alice shook he head again.
"Exactly, he has no ties to Victoria… why would he help her?"
I stared at my daughter as she walked around the clearing looking for barks, stones and pinecones to complete her snowman.
"A favor?" I offered.
"He wouldn't risk it, with you reading minds and me seeing the future it would be too dangerous for him."
"Unless he knows how to avoid your visions, and he doesn't live near us so I wouldn't be able to read his mind either."
"Still, he wouldn't risk it. We would find out eventually and he is helping us in Seattle, remember? He is there with Carmen and El too."
"You are right but… I don't know there was something weird about him when they visited."
"I think you are reading too much into it, I bet he was just curious like the rest. But we won't tell the Denali's about our plans anymore if you feel better."
"Thank you." I nodded.
"Dad!" Lizzie called me and I look up with the best smile I could give her. "Look!" She pointed at the snowman she had done and my smile turned into a genuine one.
I stood up and walked towards her.
"That's a very awesome snowman." I complemented her "But you have the nose missing." I teased and she blushed.
"I couldn't find a small pinecone." She shrugged and I looked around until I spotted one on the top of a tree. In a swift motion I run towards the tree and climbed until I reached the cone and took it, then I jumped back to the ground and handed it to her. She took it with a bright smile and placed it on the snowman's face.
"Done." She smiled brightly at me "Thank you."
"Anytime. Now, are you ready to go home?"
"Seth?" She asked with a small frown.
"He's already back home sweetie." Alice chimed, looking up from her phone "Esme just texted me."
She gasped.
"He's Ok?"
"Better than Ok, c'mon let's go." Alice sang and I pulled Lizzie onto my back again before we ran back home.
As soon as the house came into view, we spotted Seth, Esme and Carlisle on the back porch. The moment Lizzie's eyes landed on him she let go of my back, jumped to her feet and run towards him.
"Seth!" She cried throwing herself on his arms.
"Hey sweet girl!" Seth beamed at her, and it took everything within me not to roll my eyes at them or snatch my daughter away from his meaty hands. I owed the kid a lot, and not just because of what happened yesterday.
"You Ok?" She whimpered.
"I'm perfectly fine, see?" He twirled her around and Lizzie giggled "The redhead didn't do any damage." He lied and I suppressed a snort, knowing he was lying just to protect her.
He kept thinking of her first and I was grateful for that, but his statement made me see red again remembering what Rosalie had done. It was a good thing she and Emmett were still gone otherwise I don't know if I would be able to stop myself at lashing at her again.
"How about you? Are you Ok?" He changed the focus of the conversation.
"Yes! My daddy took me hunting he got me a BIG cat!"
Seth's eyes flickered to mine before he evaded my gaze I frowned until I read his mind. Fido was worried I was going to send him away, claiming he wasn't able to keep my daughter safe and being just a danger for her.
"Lizzie," I interrupted her tale "why don't you go inside with Aunt Alice so she can change your dirty clothes?" Alice smiled widely at that, her attire had been bugging her the whole run home "I need to speak with Seth. You can play with him afterwards."
"Ok!" She said brightly.
Alice took her hand and they all went inside leaving Fido and I alone.
"Want to take a walk?" I asked as soon as Alice closed the door behind them.
"Uhhm… sure." He stammered following me into the woods.
When we where deep into the wood, far away from anyone's earshot, or more specifically Lizzie's earshot I stopped and turned around to face him.
"How are you really feeling?" I asked taking him by surprise.
"Uh… me?" He asked incredulous and I rolled my eyes.
"Yes, are you really feeling better? Or are you still in pain?"
"Uhm, I'm really fine sir, I-I we-e wolves heal fast. I'm good as new I promise."
"Good."
He shifted in his feet awkwardly looking at the ground.
"Uhm Mr. Cullen? I wanted to apologize."
"What for?" I asked even though I already knew what he was about to say.
"For what happened yesterday, I'm sorry I wasn't able to keep Lizzie safe. I know I promised you I'd take good care of her… but I wasn't prepared. I-I promise it won't happen again, I can learn I mean… Jasper said he can teach me a few things?"
"That won't be necessary." His eyes widened in fear.
"Wha- what, why?" He asked with eyes full of fear thinking I was sending him away so I decided to give the kid a break.
"Seth, I didn't bring you here to tell you to go away, much less to berate you. Well the last part isn't entirely true, cause I'm mad at you but not for the reasons you are thinking about."
"I don't understand?" He asked with still tensed muscles.
"I brought you here to thank you."
"What?" His face scrunched in confusion.
"I don't know if what you did yesterday was incredibly brave or stupid, but I still appreciate what you did for my daughter."
"I didn't do anything." He said remembering angrily how Victoria had bested him.
"You risked you life for her, and I'll be forever in debt to you not only for this time but also for the time you stood up to you own family to keep her and Bella safe even before she was born."
"It was nothing, she was innocent, it's our law we protect the innocent."
"Still, it means a lot to me and I can never thank you enough for that. I… I also wanted to apologize."
"What for?" It was his turn to ask.
"For the way I've been treating you. I must admit I let my jealousy and prejudice against you ruled my reasoning and I was wrong. I'm still wary about what you are but that has more to it with the nature of it than you personally."
His eyes turned hopeful, and again I felt awful about how a prick I had been.
"You are a good kid Seth, and even though I hate the situation and you imprinting on my daughter I know you'll never harm Lizzie intentionally and to me that's what matters the most."
"I'll never harm her Mr. Cullen, I've learned to control myself over the years and I'm sure if you give me a little time I'll learn to protect her too."
"Which brings us back to the first topic." I cut him short "That won't be necessary although it might come handy just in case, but you don't have to worry about it now. This isn't the first time Victoria has attacked, in fact I'm surprised she never went to La Push."
"You know the redhead?" He asked curiously but behind his eyes I could see the anger boiling, not towards me but Victoria, hating anyone who would mean a threat for Lizzie.
Quickly I told him the story about James and Victoria, how I had killed James to save Bella and how now she was seeking revenge by killing Lizzie knowing she would hurt me deeply by doing that.
"So she is after Lizzie then?" He asked harshly.
"Yes, I underestimated her I thought that after her first attack she wouldn't come back in a while but clearly I was wrong so from now on I'm not leaving Lizzie out of my sight that's why you don't have to worry about keeping her safe anymore."
"What do you want me to do then?"
"What I want from you is what you are best at, keeping Lizzie at ease and distracting her from everything that's going on until we find Bella. Then, I won't rest until I track Victoria and destroy her myself."
He nodded and then looked me in the eye nervously.
"Uhm, sir… what exactly do you plan on doing when you find Bella? I mean… I heard your call and some other things but… is it what I think it is?"
I didn't respond, just looked directly into his eyes conveying my answer. He swallowed and looked down.
"I know is against the treaty, but if Bella let's me I'll save her no matter the cost."
He thought for a moment before lifting his face towards me.
"I just want Lizzie to be happy… and I know she'll be happy with Bella in her life." He whispered.
"So we have a truce?" I asked him and he nodded.
"We have a truce… I… I won't say anything to Jacob or the pack as long as Bella is willing to."
I nodded and stretched my hand out to shake his.
"Fair enough… we have a deal."
"We have a deal Mr. Cullen."
I sighed.
"It's Edward, by the way."
The kid beamed and I rolled my eyes at him shaking my head.
After we shook hands we ran back to the house, he was about to turn to the warehouse when I stopped him and asked him to come inside. That Lizzie must be waiting for him to play and that we needed to discuss things.
We all sat on the living room, going over our new plan and rearranging a few things, Lizzie was on the floor playing with the doll I gave her on her birthday and a stuffed bear Seth had made for her. We were telling Seth of our plans, and as I had though he wanted to come along too.
"The only problem is where should Lizzie stay during the nights, she can come with us while we go to see Jackson and while we look for this woman but if that plan doesn't work out we'll have to track Bella during the night by foot and that's dangerous for her and Victoria could easily track us if we book a hotel." Alice explained.
We all thought for a moment until Seth's eyes lighted up.
"Oh! I have an idea, why don't we stay with my cousin?"
"Your cousin?"
"Yes, Emily's sister Kaya. She lives in Kent with her husband Hania they have two kids, Claire and Jason."
"And you think she'll be Ok with having my daughter?"
"Yes! Lizzie knows Claire, she has been in the rez before, she's Quil's imprint." He explained "I think I told you about her when you first came to La Push?"
"Yes, I remember."
"Anyway, Claire is five so Lizzie won't feel so alone and I can stay with them, we can call Quil too, I'm sure he won't have a problem and he doesn't have to know about your plans and it will mean more protection in case the redhead comes back, Jasper can stay too if it makes you feel more comfortable."
"That's not a bad idea." I mused "Can you get in contact with her?"
"No, I don't have her phone but I'm sure she won't have a problem if we show up unannounced, she's pretty cool."
"Good, so that's settled. Are you Ok with that Jasper?" I turned to him.
"As long as I stay outside," He smirked "you are pretty cool dude but you still stink." He joked and Seth laughed.
Jasper had softened too towards Seth after witnessing the pain he had endured for my daughter, when he and Esme had taken care of him last night.
"So everything is settled," Carlisle wrapped up the meeting "Rose, Esme and I are staying here monitoring everything and keeping in touch with the Denali's and the rest of you are going to Seattle."
"That's right." I nodded.
Lizzie jumped to my lap and I looked down to see her gorgeous face, her brown eyes big and questioning. I kissed her forehead and brushed he hair away from her face.
"Looks like we are all going to Seattle after all."
*gasps* Run Edward Run!
So what do you guys think is gonna happen next?! What did you think about Rose's behavior? Poor Seth, he got bitten by Victoria, and she escaped again! Who do you think is behind all this mess?
A lot happened in this chapter, but hey! At least Edward and Seth are starting to get along!
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Also, if you have song rec's let me know! I don't like repeating songs from my other stories!
Saludos!
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