A/N: Wow! Almost to 100 favorites! Here's another chapter! The Quileute language is fascinating, I spent a good 2 hours listening to audio clips of how to pronounce the words as well as learn the alphabet. The translations come from the site QuileuteNation. As always replies are at the bottom of the chapter. Review and Enjoy!
Story: Pinky Promise
Rated: M
Parings: BellaxEdward, AlicexOCxJasper (Polyamorous), CarlislexEsme, RosaliexEmmett
Summary: Bella should have asked how to pronounce Santa when she was younger, who would've thought she made a pinkie promise with the devil herself?
Chapter Warning: Language
Translation: Haćh chi'í-Good Morning, Pó'oķ- an Indian (male and female tense)
If I could I'd give you the world
Wrap it all around you
Won't be satisfied with just a piece of this heart
My angel
-Anita Baker "Angel"
Chapter 15: Withdrawal
Alice's mind was reeling with newfound information. Lilith was a Fallen Angel, Heaven and Hell exist, Lilith was Satan. It was surreal and she still had numerous questions to ask her. What happened to her? Why was she hurt? Who hurt her? Alice scowled deeply at this thought before shaking her head. She and Jasper could ask all the questions they wanted once Lilith was better. For now their mate was back upstairs in bed, asleep. It was late, but the family was still gathered in the living room, trying to weed suitable information out of Bella.
"Aw come on Bells! I want to see your dog!"
After over an hour of begging Bella had to finally commit to Emmett's pleads. She threw her head back on the loveseat she was sitting on with Edward and groaned softly.
"Fine, go turn off the light in the kitchen, will you?"
Emmett's gleeful expression turned into a confused one. "Why?"
"Do you want to see Anubis or not, Em?"
With that Emmett sped to the kitchen and a second later a considerably dark corner seemed to contain a presence as Emmett returned to his spot in the living room. The rest of the vampires felt it an Esme gasped as she recalled the feeling.
"Bella was your dog watching over Charlie while the whole James incident was happening?"
Bella nodded with a raised eyebrow. "Yeah, Lilith had Anubis guard Charlie, while she sent an imp for me."
"An imp?!"
"Later Emmett." Looking over to the dark kitchen Bella called for Anubis. At first there was nothing, but then the Cullens watched in fascination as the shadows in the darkened kitchen took shape. Another moment passed and sitting in the kitchen, ears perked and tongue rolling out of its mouth, was Anubis. The hellhound tilted its head in curiosity, wary of its new surroundings, but calm seeing his master sitting comfortably and not in distress.
Alice watched as Bella leaned forward and clapped her hands "Come here boy, someone wants to meet you."
Anubis released a low huff and trotted over to the living room. As Alice looked closer at the dog she was surprised to see its fur seemed to be alive and moving. It looked like shadows were dancing across the dog's body. Bella giggled when Anubis licked her hand and proceeded to sit down in front of her looking at the family. Alice was fascinated at the six eyes Anubis had, it was eerie and if Alice had any concerns if Bella was telling the truth about Hell or not, this would probably settle it.
Out of everyone Emmett now seemed more nervous instead of excited. "Can I pet him?" he asked.
Bella grinned. "Of course, he recognizes you all from your scent, since I've been around you guys so much. So he's familiar. Here Em, just hold out your hand and let him sniff it. He's much more intelligent than a regular old hound."
Emmett did as instructed and Alice had to hold back a laugh of how child like he looked when Anubis licked his hand in an accepting gesture. She watched in wonder as Emmett's hand petted Anubis' dark fur. The large appendage seemed to disappear and meld into the hellhound's body and this action had Carlisle get up from his spot and study the beast. Alice had to giggle at that, her dad had kept his composure and let everyone else ask questions, now he wanted to study the strange creature before him.
"I assume you guys never had pets?" Bella asked. Alice felt Jasper's arm snake around her waist as he answered the human.
"Animals are wary of our presence, we are predators, so even if we got a regular cat or dog they would probably run away as soon as we get close."
Bella nodded at receiving this piece of information then looked at her phone. She uttered a curse and then blushed when Esme cleared her throat. "Sorry Esme, Edward could you take me home? I forgot it's a school night and Charlie will kill me if I'm late again." Her boyfriend nodded with a smile and as they got up, Emmett looked at Bella with his best puppy eyes. Already knowing what he wanted to ask, Bella laughed softly.
"Yes Emmett, Anubis can stay here. Don't worry about feeding him, he hunts in the woods."
"Yes! And sweet! A hunting dog!"
Bella laughed again and brown eyes flickered over to Jasper and Alice. "Take care of Lilith, okay?"
Jasper nodded and Alice looked scandalized that Bella would even have to tell them that, but Bella shook her head. "I don't think you understand. There's a lot Lilith hasn't told me, even after knowing her for 13 years. I know she's been through so much…" Bella trails off before shaking her head and getting back on track. "I'm sure you know about the nightmares, they're going to be worse now that her body needs to recuperate whatever she's been through for the last week. So just, be there for her, distract her too when her mind wanders. You'll know when that happens. Ugh jeez, I'm rambling." Bella laughs and runs a hand through her hair.
"We got it Bella. Thank you." Alice stated with a grim smile. "We'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
"Yeah, okay."
Bella and Edward left but not before Emmett gave Bella a playful noogie and called her the best sister ever. ("You're a badass little human!"). The rest of the family decided to retire to their own rooms for the night. When Alice and Jasper reached Jasper's room, they change into more comfortable clothes and settled themselves beside a sleeping Lilith. Alice examined her sleeping face, it was taut with worried lines and a frown graced Lilith's lips.
"You're thinking about what Bella said, aren't you?" Jasper murmured. Alice nodded in response.
"Yes." She whispered. "Just the thought of her being in pain triggers my instincts." A delicate hand traced over Lilith's forehead, the action causing her to sigh and her face to relax slightly.
Jasper hummed "We'll help her, whatever she's going through. Together." Alice smiled at her husband and reached over Lilith's waist to intertwine hands with him. Their world might have been thrown off it's axis by Lilith's revelation, but it didn't change a thing between them.
Later on that night, nearly early morning, Alice could hear Lilith's heart rate quicken. Was she about to wake up? Or was she having a nightmare? It turned out to be the former, because a few seconds later Lilith's eyes snapped open and she sat up quickly. A pained and confused looked flashed on her face, before one arm curled around her stomach and the other hand was covering her mouth. Alice watched as her stomach convulse, and realizing what was about to happen, she quickly picked up Lilith and ran her to the bathroom. Alice placed her hand under Lilith's shirt and rubbed her back as she heaved into the toilet.
She saw Jasper come in with a glass of water, eyes full of worry has he watched Lilith expel the contents from her stomach. Lilith coughed violently for a few moments, before resting her head on the porcelaine throne.
"Are you okay?" Alice asked "I thought you couldn't get sick?"
Lilith groaned, her voice raspy from her recent endeavors. "No I can't, my body is going through a withdrawal like a fucking drug addict." Alice's hands still rubbed Lilith's back soothingly, she gently traced the scars she could feel upon her flesh.
"Withdrawal from what?" Jasper asked as he handed Alice the glass of water, and Alice in turn, handed it to Lilith.
"The poison in my system. My week spent in Hell wasn't necessarily a week for me. More like ten months, give or take." Lilith graciously sipped on the glass of water given to her. "My body got used to the poison and it's effects. So now it's retaliating now that I don't have a vial of it forced down my throat everyday."
Lilith could hear Alice gasp at the confession and Jasper growl. "Is there an antidote?" He asked. Lilith barked out a dry laugh.
"No, the Angel who made it...she was intelligent and cunning, there is no cure. I just have to let it pass through me. It's why I'm so weak right now." Lilith groaned again and quickly pushed the glass of water into Alice's free hand and leaned over the toilet again and Jasper grimaced.
It took an hour for Lilith to move from her kneeling position in the bathroom. During that time, Esme had come in with a mug of ginger tea and a cool wash cloth. Jasper had thanked his mother for helping, he was a bit upset that he couldn't do more for his mate. Lilith was now sitting, knees drawn up and head between them. He couldn't see her face, but the feelings she was emitting was more than enough to cause more concern. It was almost crippling on how Jasper could barely feel a hint of despair to a forceful blow of dread. He gasped and he felt his unbeating heart clench in a phantom pain. Alice must have also felt it, he wasn't sure if he was projecting or not, but he could see the glassy eyes of unshed tears as she breathed in deep.
"Lilith?" Alice whispered. Her hand still had contact on her back, now slick with sweat from the exertion Lilith had been doing for a solid hour. She could feel her trembling and the back of her head shake. "Lilith? Oh sweetheart, it's alright."
"No it's not." Lilith croaked "I failed," Alice could see Lilith's calloused hands dig into her scalp. "I can't do it, not again. After everything I've done, everything I've seen. I can't, I can't, Ican't, I-" Her breathing picked up it's pace and Alice had to quickly remove Lilith's hands from her head, she was pulling out her hair.
Jasper immediately emitted a strong wave of calm and a little bit of lethargy. Lilith's breath hitched in her throat as she felt the foreign feelings wash over her. Feeling the cool thumbs of Alice, rubbing the back of her hands and Jasper's projected emotions, Lilith calmed down considerably.
"Sorry…" Lilith looked up and squeezed Alice's hands with her own. "S-sometimes I lose myself, now that I don't have a million souls to sort and judge, or the calls of people praying to me, my mind is quiet." She bites her lip and both of the vampires could see the sharper than normal canines chewing at her mouth. "When it's quiet, I have more time to think...and to remember, it's just-" Lilith sighs and shakes her head. "Sorry, I'm okay now."
Alice met Jasper's eyes, they could tell she was lying. Regardless of the silent conversation the two were having, Lilith stood up. "Do you mind if I take a shower? Don't think I can go back to sleep anyway, don't want to really."
Alice smiled softly "Of course! I can go get some of your clothes if you want?"
"That'd be great Alice, thank you."
The small vampire nodded and gave a kiss on Lilith's cheek. She stood up and took Jasper's hand, leading him out o the bathroom to give her some privacy.
As Lilith stood under the shower head, she began to plan and organize, anything to keep the dark corners of her mind at bay. She needed to recover, gather her strength and fight back, but that could take months the way her body was reacting. She clenched her fists and her eyes were squeezed shut. It could all be for nothing, Azza could just be content in ruling. But Lilith knew better, the man wanted power just like his mentor, Lucifer. She should have never kept him at such a high position in Hell. She couldn't worry about that now, she had to worry about keeping the Cullens and Bella safe, no doubt Azza would try to kill her while she was on Earth.
She sucked her teeth and vented a fresh breath of air before stepping out of the shower. Annoyed at the constant drips of water coming from her fro, Lilith vowed to cut it today, making sure to ask if the vampires had any clippers laying around. Wrapping a towel around herself and picking up the soiled and sweaty clothes, Lilith stepped out of the bathroom.
"Alice, I didn't need you to bring my whole wardrobe-" She paused as Alice took out a pair of lace panties from the box she brought and had apparently packed full of her clothes. Feeling the heat rising to her cheeks, Lilith rushed over and snatched the undergarment away from her. "Styx, Alice!"
Bell-like chimes filled the room as Alice laughed, looking a bit sheepish. "Sorry," she said. "I couldn't decide what you wanted to wear, so I just brought the majority of your clothes. You do have a vast underwear collection. You sure like your boxers though."
"Yes, well," Lilith replied, rummaging through the box and taking out a pair as well as other clothes to dress in. "They're comfortable and I tend to be androgynous in my casual wear." She raised a brow at Alice, who was intently staring at her face. Lilith blinked and realized she was still in her towel. "Do you mind Alice?"
"Hm?"
"I need to change."
"Oh! Right! I'll be outside, Esme is downstairs making you something to eat."
As Alice left, Lilith looked at the window to find that the sun was peeking out of the horizon. She assume it was about six in the morning. She threw on a hoodie and sweatpants, finished off with some fuzzy socks to keep her feet warm. Stepping out of Jasper's room, Lilith's sense of smell was assaulted with the scents of Esme's cooking. Smiling, the reinstated fallen angel made her way downstairs to find Esme in her usual scene, and surprisingly enough, Carlisle was sitting near the island of the kitchen.
Alice and Jasper were in the living room, if Lilith looked closely she could catch the mouths moving rapidly. They were talking about something important, judging by the flashes of emotion on their faces.
"Good Morning Lilith, how are you feeling?"
Lilith looked at the patriarch of the Cullen family with a soft smile. "As good as I can get for now Carlisle, thank you for asking." She sat in the empty seat next to the man and thanked Esme when she placed another mug of tea and toast in front of her.
"Lilith?"
"Hm?"
Carlisle's voice was curious when he asked. "Do you mind if I could ask you some questions?"
Lilith chuckle and shook her head. "You're doctor is showing. Mr. Cullen," Lilith teased "Be my guest, I apologize if I wasn't able to answer much last night, and I doubt that Bella was no better than giving the minimum."
Carlisle grinned and Lilith could see the excitement in his gold eyes. "It's quite alright Lilith, I guess we should start with the simple questions then. So, how old are you?"
"It's rude to ask a woman her age Carlisle." Lilith joked. She sipped her tea, brow furrowed, and Carlisle could see her mouthing numbers. "If we go by a biblical timeline, I was an Angel before the Exodus of Moses' people and I fell about 200 years after the death of Christ," She could see the doctor's eyes widen as she counted off her fingers. "I achieved the title of Satan around the year 400? No, 500 A.D." Lilith scratches her cheek and turns her head to look Carlisle. "I'm stretching to about 3,000 I think? Time doesn't really matter for me."
"Amazing." Carlisle breathed. "When you have the time, could I ask you about historical facts before Christ? If I start now, I'm afraid we'll get off track."
Lilith nibbles on a piece of toast and nods. "Of course."
"Okay, moving on, so you can still be injured? Can you be killed? Or do you just reincarnate?"
Lilith hummed, out of the corner of her eye she could see Esme listening in, there was no doubt in her mind that Alice and Jasper were as well from the living room.
"No, Angels or Fallen do not reincarnate. We simply exist, until we don't." She gestures to her body. "I am an ethereal being. What you see of me is a literal, physical embodiment of my soul. Each scar and blemish caused by a demon or Fallen, even Angel, but never a mortal. And yes, you all still count as mortals."
"How does that work?" Carlisle's eyes were narrowed in confusion.
"When a human dies, their physical bodies are left behind, while the soul ascends to the ethereal planes...I'll get to that later. The ethereal planes consist of Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory if undecided." Lilith holds up two hands, her right clenched into a fist. "The soul is dense, it is your entire being, your thoughts, emotions, actions. It tells your history and motives, who you've loved, who you've killed. It is you." Carlisle was enraptured by Lilith's impromptu lesson. Lilith raises her right fist above her head. "If you ascend, your soul is pure and it shifts into an angelic form, wings, halo, and all. However," The right hand in the air unclenches and Lilith curls her fingers as if she was prepared to claw something. She then drops the hand down to her stomach. "If you doubt, disobey, or betray in the Kingdom of Heaven and choose to turn your back on God, your soul shifts."
Lilith looks straight into Carlisle's pools of gold. "In the eyes of God, He sees you unfit to wear His wings, to be a part of His glory, so as you fall your wings burn and turn black and withered. Your soul becomes tainted." Lilith shakes her head. "I'm getting off track, just think of it like this." The left hand was open, palm facing up. With her right clenched in in a fist again, Lilith places the right ontop of her left.
"The body is a vessel for the soul, as vampires your mortal body is still, well… alive in some shape or form. So your soul remains, until you know, you're ripped apart and burned." Lilith takes another sip of her tea, mouth dry from all the talking. "So if you punched me full strength, I would fly back into a wall, but it wouldn't kill me. In fact I could just phase and your hand would go right through me. But, if you did want to hurt me, you would have to find a demonic or angelic weapon of some sort, now that can hurt me."
"So it's basically, souls can only hurt or kill other souls." Carlisle murmured and Lilith grinned.
"Exactly!"
"Carlisle, let the poor girl eat, she needs her energy...do you even need to eat Lilith?" Esme was looking at the fallen angel with worried eyes. Lilith laughed softly as she replied.
"No, I don't require sustenance, however like sleeping, it does give me a boost of energy when my body is exhausted or weak. Plus I enjoy your food too much Esme, I just can't turn it down. You can ask one more question if you would like Carlisle. I have a feeling once I get up I'll be whisked away by your children."
Esme beamed at the compliment and Lilith could tell if the woman could cry, she would be doing so out of joy at this moment. Carlisle smiled as well for being allotted one more question. He thought over it long and hard before asking.
"You seem to blend into the human population pretty well, do Angels or Fallen have any instincts or defining features? Similar to our skin or eyes?"
Lilith nods, and with rapt fascination, Carlisle watched as Lilith's black eyes turned into demonic-like slits. "When Angels fall, our personalities become more demonic, the sight of violence or blood can be a turn on for some, or an aphrodisiac." She bares her teeth, all of them now sharpened similar to sharks. When Lilith reverts them back, Carlisle notices how only the canines of her set of teeth remained pointed. "There's also the wings, that can give it away. For Angels their entire eyes glow white when they reveal themselves and of course the white wings or halo. When I was Satan, I had curled ram's horns that would sprout and a tail when riled up." she says.
"May I see yours?" Carlisle asks innocently. Lilith's eyes shift back to normal as she tilts her head.
"See what?"
"Your wings."
Lilith's mouth became and thin line and shook her head. She turned back to face her plate and cup. "There's nothing to show you." The ebony woman downed her tea in one gulp and held back a grimace at the strong ginger taste that settled at the bottom of her cup.
Taking the hint, and knowing that he had somehow struck a nerve, Carlisle stood up and nodded. "Thank you for the insight Lilith, I do hope we could speak more. My office is always open to you if ever need to talk."
"It's no problem Carlisle, I'm happy to answer any inquiries you have." Lilith said quietly. She stood up and handed her plate to Esme, who was happy to see that she ate more than yesterday. Lilith got out of her funk quickly enough as her fingers ran through her thick and knatted hair. Sucking her teeth and huffing she walked over to where her two favorite vampires were sitting. Seeing her walk over, they made room for her to st between them. As she sat down, her head leaned back against the back of the furniture. A comfortable silence passed between the three until Alice spoke up.
"Lilith, did you want to do anything today?"
Jasper's hand was intertwined with her Lilith's own. As she glanced to her right she found Jasper nose deep in the book Dante's Inferno. She had to hold back a laugh at the irony. Lilith would have to make sure she asked if he borrowed that book from Bella later. She then turned to look down at the spiky mop of black hair on top of Alice's head. A small hand was on her knee, it's thumb rubbing small circles on top of the joint.
"Not really, I could honestly sit here all day with you two and I wouldn't mind."
Alice hummed "Well if you're up to it later this week, would you like to go Christmas shopping with Bella, Rosalie and I?"
Lilith blinked and furrowed her brow. "What month is it?" she asked.
"Beginning of December," Jasper drawled "You missed Thanksgiving while you were...gone." He snapped his book shut to look at Lilith. "We don't celebrate holidays usually, but now that you're here and Edward has his mate," The fallen angel didn't miss how his voice softened and carried a fond tone as he said the word 'mate'. "We have a reason to start up old traditions again."
Lilith squeezed his hand and asked. "You guys never bothered with a tree? Decorations?"
"Oh trust me, Esme goes crazy with decorations," Alice giggled "The last time we got a tree a few years after Emmett turned. So 1941."
Lilith laughed, shoulders shaking as she indulged herself in amusement. "Well, I'm glad Bella and I can be your holiday inspiration." She grins as she nods at Alice. "Of course I'll come, might be fun to indulge in the holiday spirit."
Alice gave her a full rack of white teeth with her smile and Lilith chuckled again. Before they could relapse into another content silence Jasper spoke up.
"Lilith, Alice and I need to tell you something."
The dark-skinned woman lifted her head and tilted it. "I'm all ears." She looked between the two. "What's up?"
Jasper breathed an unnecessary sigh of air before continuing. "We both care about you, so much. You've become a close friend between me and Alice."
"You're mine too." She said. "I would've never thought I would get close to anyone else on Earth besides Bella." Lilith smiled. She kept her expression neutral, she was now highly aware of the two's touch. She had a feeling where this conversation was going, but Lilith didn't want to assume or jump to conclusions. If they were going to ask what she think they were going to ask, Lilith wouldn't be sure on how to handle it. She could still feel the dull throb of pain from her lost family, and yes she cared for Alice and Jasper, more than she would like to admit. But was she truly ready to love again? Could she talk about what happened before? Who she loved?
Lilith felt her throat constrict at the thought. She needed to focus on the present. She kept her ears open as she listened to Jasper's soothing voice.
"What we want to say is-"
A loud howl interrupted the man and soon the living room became occupied with the entire family. Lilith blinked in confusion.
"Was that a wolf?"
"Unfortunately, and it's a pack of them. I can smell their rancid scent from in the house." Rosalie scrunched her nose in disgust. A loud crack reverberated throughout the room as Emmett facepalmed himself.
"Crap, it slipped my mind. Carlisle I forgot to tell you that the wolves wanted to have a meeting with Lilith once she was awake. I guess their patience wore out." Emmett stated.
"It's alright son, Lilith I don't think we can hold them off, do you mind?"
Lilith stood up and waved her hand. "It's fine Carlisle. It's just a talk right?"
Rosalie scoffed. "With them a 'talk' can turn into a fist fight."
Esme gave Rose a look and flashed into another room before handing Lilith a wool hat, coat and boots. Thanking Esme Lilith shrugged on the articles of clothing and Jasper chuckled and murmured out a "cute" when Lilith's fro poofed out the bottom of her hat covering her ears. Lilith scowled playfully at him before following Carlisle outside with the rest of the family at their heels.
They stopped at the forest line, where they saw the group of shifters staning an growling at the family. Sam was at the front arms crossed and a menacing scowl on his face. Carlisle nodded at the alpha of the pack.
"Sam." He greeted.
"Leech." Sam bit back. "I see your little pet is up and about. I think is time we get answers."
"Lilith isn't a threat to you or Forks. There is no need for this discussion in the first place."
"Lies." Sam growled. "And I don't want to hear anything from you." He pointed to Lilith. "She better start talking."
Lilith sighed, the puff of air visible in the cool winter morning. "Haćh chi'í" Lilith bowed slightly, showing a sign of respect. She knew not to start a fight, it would only cause more trouble than it's worth. "My name is Lilith."
Sam's eyes widen at the use of the Quileute language. "You are Quileute?" He asked. "You are Pó'oķ?" he pressed.
Lilith shook her head. "No, I just know many languages. Your people's language is one of them."
"What are you?"
"As Carlisle said, I am no threat to Forks or your tribe."
"What are you." Sam growled at her, his patience thinning. She could hear the vampire growl back at him in warning.
"I'm an Angel that's fallen from grace."
Same blinked, once. Twice. His pack surrounding him tilted their heads, an animalistic gesture that was rather cute considering their massive bodies.
"Don't lie to me." The Alpha's eyes narrowed. "Angels don't exist, so quit the bull-shitting."
Lilith crossed her arms and shook her head. "I'm not lying. Look, I don't feed off humans or hurt them in any shape or form, if that's what you're worried about."
"I'm worried about that thing that appeared with you, then disappeared!" Sam snapped.
Lilith raised her brow and then a look of realization crossed on her face. "Oh, you're talking about Icarus. Styx, now that you mention it, I hope he's alright…" Lilith trailed off before turning to look at Sam in the eye. He tensed, primal instincts telling him that this was a challenge, but he kept his composure, he wanted answers. "You don't need to worry about that old imp, he's back home."
Lilith inwardly groaned at this pointless conversation. She just wanted to go back inside and relax, not only that, but the giant dogs interrupted her, Jasper, and Alice at the most inconvenient time. Honestly Lilith felt the boy in front of her was just trying to find a good reason to fight, she could tell the majority of his pack felt otherwise. The wolves standing behind him were apprehensive and she guessed that was because they were in the backyard of their mortal enemies. Seeing as the alpha was not budging, Lilith decided to take a more assertive route.
"Look kid,"
"I'm not a child-"
"I have about 3,000 years on you, so if we want to be literal, everyone here is a child compared to me. Including Carlisle and he's pretty old. No offense, Carlisle." She could hear him chuckle and shake his head good naturedly, "So look, I'm an old woman, old women get tired and like to take naps and cuddle. To be frank, I wanted to enjoy cuddling with my two friend's here and sleep off the consistent pain I feel everytime I fucking breathe. I've had a rough few days and I would really, really like it if we could just shake hands, be cordial and move on. Okay?"
Sam was sputtering and gaping like a fish as he stared at the outstretched hand Lilith offered. It took a couple beats, but hesitantly a tanned hand shook a dark one. Lilith grinned and winked at him.
"Well then! That's that! I'm sure we'll get along swimmingly. Now," She turned back to face the Cullens and noticed the dark skies began to release snowflakes. "Let's get back inside before you all become a external freezer." Taking Alice's and Jasper's hands she took the lead to return to the house. She passed Emmett and Rosalie, who both had amused looks on their faces, Emmett looked like he was trying not to burst into giggles.
When they all were back into the comfort of the house, Esme made a mug of hot chocolate for Lilith, who was now sitting on the floor, between Alice's legs, who was on the couch playing with her hair.
"Aw man Lils, you totally owned those mutts. I've never seen Sam at such a loss for words!" Emmett laughed.
"Yeah well, he's like what 16? I don't have time for teenage angst or male bravado maxed out from wolf hormones. Honestly, they have nothing better to do?" Lilith thanked Esme as she handed her the mug of delicious chocolate and purred as Alice's nimble fingers massaged her scalp. Edward had come back downstairs after going up to change for school.
"I'm off," he said "Alice, are you coming today?"
Lilith whined as her impromptu massage ceased. Alice laughed softly at her antics. "I guess I have to." she sighed forlornly. "I do need to graduate for the 15th time."
Alice stood up and leaned across the couch to give Jasper a kiss. She then blurred to kiss Lilith on the cheek. "I'll see you two later." In a blink of an eye, Alice had changed, grabbed her bag and walked out the door with Edward blowing a kiss to her family. "Bye!"
Lilith chuckled and moved onto the couch to sit next to Jasper, mug in hand she leaned against the arm of the couch and placed her feet on Jasper's lap. "She's a ball of sunshine, that Alice."
Jasper smiled, one hand was on the remote, surfing channels while the other was now rubbing her feet. Lilith groaned in appreciation.
"That she is. We need someone to keep us on our toes."
Lilith hummed as she sipped her cocoa, Alice or Jasper didn't bring up the previous conversation before they were interrupted and neither did Lilith. As she stared at the side of Jasper's face, Lilith's mind wandered. It was a good thing they didn't bring it back up, Lilith wouldn't be sure how to handle it. Hopefully it would be a while before the conversation happened again and Lilith hoped that it would give her enough time for the fallen angel to sort out her mind. As Jasper turned his head to give Lilith another fond smile, Lilith couldn't help but to smile back. Yes, her heart was ready to love again, but her mind wasn't. So for now, she would wait.
Codex Entry: Antoinette the Wise
Antoinette was known for her cunning and intelligence. A vital asset during the The Rebellion of Satan, she created the poison known to weaken the Fallen and make it easy to defeat them in battle. With her brilliant mind and strategies, Antoinette made sure her soul mates, Daniel the Faithful and *The name is burned out, a hole takes its place, seeing through the next page* were ready for battle.
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