Into the Woods
By: Everleigh Allen
Chapter 17
"I must say you move fast, brother."
"And you are interrupting us." Edward countered with a biting sneer. He moved off his mate and they both moved back into sitting positions.
"Yes, well, there's a situation. Apparently, the wolves think that since your Bella is enlightened with all things supernatural that it would be perfectly acceptable to come over here- treaty be damned- and get her from the slumber party which she wasn't at- because she was with you- and take her to some campfire story time thing."
"Last night? Why didn't you call?" Edward was shaking his head while grabbing at his hair. It was lucky he was a vampire and that hair was in there good, otherwise he would have been bald.
"Relax brother, Emmett told him we were doing girly shit and they left so no bother. But not so lucky today, they decided to track her with their keen doggie senses."
He took a deep breath, even though he didn't need it, before turning to Bella to explain, "The wolves paid your house a visit and when you weren't there they came to mine. Emmett said you were out with Alice so they are coming for you today, tracking you, so to s peak.
Bella seemed unfazed. "Did they eat the wolves or something for going on your territory?"
Edward gave Bella a look of horror and disgust, "What?"
"What, what? Jake said you guys would be bit and torn up if you set foot on their land so what gives them the right to come on yours?"
She was right on the double standard and even as he said it he knew it was pretty stupid and obsolete in this day in age.
What he wanted to say:
We consider ourselves civilized and wouldn't touch them, unless needed.
They stink to high heaven and it's questionable that we'd even get the smell out…
Edward snickered, not that Bella noticed.
"They have free domain over the land just as anyone else would. But we, as vampires, signed the treaty saying their land and people are protected from us- that just pertains to our coven, though. Any other vampire isn't included in the treaty."
"Huh. So Jacob's presence at your house is what?"
"They are just horny- hormonal teenagers looking for a piece of ass… His piece of ass…" Alice huffed.
Edward's growl rippled through his chest and out of his body in a harsh audible tone. He felt the phone cracking in his hand when Alice's disembodied voice came over the phone.
"Oh, calm down brother. I am sure they will be there soon, as they said they were going to track her. But we'll be there soon. Just take her inside and lock the door."
"How many of them are there?"
"Six, but we're running there as I speak! This is going to be so much fun! Bella coming into our lives has made the tedium of immortality so much easier to bear! And don't get me started on all the UST between you and Bella! It's driving Jasper mad. Just yesterday Jasper spent five minutes with you and that man had me bent over and was thrusting and pounding his frustrations out in sequence to the Battle Hymn of the Republic-"
"Alice, enough!"
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming-" She sang poorly, yet suggestively.
"Alice! The pictures your emitting with the song is quite disturbing!"
"He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword- oh and what a sword it is…" Alice crooned and ended with a cackle. Edward hung up the cell and turned toward Bella.
"Jake and the wolves are on their way as is my family."
"I caught that, but why?"
"I don't know, I guess we'll find out because I can hear them, now."
Edward pulled Bella into his house and locked the door. Not that it would stop those idiots from trying to get in, if they really wanted to.
He just seriously needed a boundary between him and his mate and six over eager vampire munching wolves, not to mention he was severely out numbered.
But, seconds later, Edward stopped. He stood still in the middle of the living room, as if he was a statue.
Bella was trying very hard not to freak out.
This was a freaky thing to see, after all.
Edward replayed the whole conversation with Alice in his mind and had a moment of clarity. He was wondering what Alice was trying to hide from him with her visual sex-escapades and musical innuendoes.
It was very clear now that the wolves were circling the house and that it was something dramatic.
Edward concentrated to hear each of the wolves' thoughts.
The whole situation was idiotic.
Apparently, Jake convinced his pack mates with his own thoughts and feelings that Bella was his intended imprint and that Edward had captured her and was currently holding her against her will in his home.
They also considered it a violation of the treaty and had every intention of getting Jacob's imprint back to him by any means necessary.
Edward growled and suddenly glared out the window. The rapid break of stature freaked Bella out as she watched a blur move around the room rapidly closing windows and checking locks.
"What?" Bella asked, biting her lip nervously.
"Jake's here with his band of brothers." He said moving toward the window. Bella moved to his side, peeking outside from behind the thick curtain.
"What does he want?"
"You." Edward said nonchalantly.
Right at the tree line sat a red wolf that was suddenly snarling and snapping his jaw. Bella hissed her disgust at seeing him in his wolf form. "Why? What's his problem?"
"He thinks I'm holding you against your will… among other more sexually graphic things."
"Read his mind, Edward! Tell me exactly what he is thinking!"
If an immortal vampire could look horribly sick, it would probably look like Edward did as he delved into the vast, disgusting abyss of Jake's mind.
Bella on her hands and knees, wearing nothing but a red hooded cape, deep within the forest as Jake growled at her, circling her while in his big bad wolf-y form. Then the vision switched to be more graphic.
Edward shuddered. "You know the nursery rhyme with the girl and the muffins to grandmother?"
"Little Red Riding Hood?"
"That one- but the porno version."
"Gross."
Bella laughing as she bathed Jake and he shook his dirty wet fur at her, his tongue lagged out of the side of his mouth as she scratched behind his ears.
Bella and Jake together, then Leah comes in, finding them, joining in.
Gross.
It got worse, if possible.
Bella standing at the edge of the cliffs in La Push, wearing a skimpy bathing suit; her body heavily modified to his specifications and not reality. The moon visible in the sky, as was the Sun, and they stood there, holding hands as he recited his Quileute chant. He then moved forward and kissed her, his body moving forward and clutching her to him.
Then he jumped off the cliff and into the cold, deep, black water below where they landed with a splash.
Their heads popped up seconds later as they swam to the shore, laughing with in the euphoric high from the jump.
Then, as if it was the most normal thing in the world, Jake…
Edward shook his head. "He's elaborating on all of the things he would like to do with you and to you. He also thinks about sharing you with Leah, and maybe a bit about furry fetish."
Bella shuddered. "He is a real piece of work!"
"The imagery isn't that interesting, actually. I've seen better, more realistic fantasies than his childish ones. I've had more realistic fantasies, myself." He scoffed.
"As much as I would LOVE to delve into your fantasies of us, I think we need to call animal control or something."
Edward laughed. He could imagine the look on the faces of the poor animal control person's face looking at the horse sized wolves.
"That would be an excellent idea if they would come out this far."
"Don't you have a tranq gun or something? I'd like to shoot him myself a few times."
"If I did, I'd give it to you. It will be on my next shopping list, for sure."
"You have to have something else, though, right?"
"I have my teeth. I eat animals, remember?"
"You would eat Jake?"
Edward's face pinched with disgust. "Ew. No. Just the smell of him is repugnant."
"I know, I smelled it, too. He totally stinks."
Edward looked at his mate curiously. "Really? He smells bad to you?"
"Mm, hmm," Bella wrapped her arms around his torso. "But you on the other hand, smell delicious."
His beaming smile made her smile, too before he leaned and kissed her lips.
Right in front of the window that he just happened to open the curtain for their audience.
It was an award winning performance and countered with a loud growling-howl-thing from outside.
Bella and Edward snickered, getting more aggressive in their touching.
Edward may or may not have cupped Bella's breast, just so Jake could see who possessed her.
Alice turned the door knob and walked into the room.
"Oh, brother, just had to do that, hmm?"
Edward dropped his hand and gave Bella a chaste kiss as he pulled away from her. "I don't know what you're referring to, sister."
"That boobie grope is going to cost you," She sang.
"I take it that they didn't like the show?"
"I'd say. Jake is running off to go tell Charlie on you."
"Bella scoffed.
"Edward, where's the chivalry?" Esme sighed but with a small smile. She couldn't stay mad at her boy.
"I don't care if Jake tattles." Bella voice was void of emotion. Edward watched her warily, wondering if she was going into some kind of shock or something.
"What were you hiding behind the Battle Hymn?" Edward asked, leading Bella to the couch where they both sat.
"I was hiding the entire different scenario's this could've taken." She said simply.
"Like what?" Bella was intrigued.
"Well, in one, you didn't make it in and each wolf took a bit of Edward apart with their jaws. Another, you two were fooling around in the meadow where they found you. They didn't take it well that you're touching Jake's goods-" She gestured at Bella as if it proved her point.
"I am not Jake's goods!" Bella shuddered. She was disgusted and turned a lovely shade of green.
There was a bit of dry heaving.
"Try to tell him that!" Alice scoffed, shaking her head. She knew that the delusions went far deeper than anyone else wanted to acknowledge. Only Edward knew the truth no matter how much Alice tried to keep it from him.
But Edward wasn't paying any attention to Bella or any other of his family members lolling around. He was busy digging into Alice's mind, trying to find out what Alice wasn't saying and was trying to hide.
Alice turned to Edward and looked at him with a very serious look and said, "Stop it, that's very irritating, Edward!"
"Just say it then. Out loud."
Alice looked at Jasper who gave her a curt nod. He was at her side in a less than a second.
"The wolves are planning an intervention and are going to kidnap your girl." Alice turned and looked straight at Bella and said, ominously, "You cannot step one foot onto that reservation. Ever. Not ever- ever no matter what. I don't see you ever leaving there alive in any scenario if you do."
Alice had a really creepy voice when she wanted it to be.
But it got her point across.