Chapter 7: Danger

Hailey's POV

The wolf looked at me with pure hatred and anger. I was terrified because I knew that this monster could kill me at a second's notice.

"Jacob!" I heard a familiar voice shout. "Jacob!"

The wolf and I turned to look at Nessie at the exact same time. The wolf's hatred for me seemed to vanish momentarily as he ran over to Nessie and licked her half to death.

"Jacob you're here. I can't believe you're here," Nessie repeated over and over in excitement.

"I don't understand anything," I said in confusion. The wolf turned around and snarled at me. Suddenly extremely anger and intent on killing me again.

"It's okay Jacob. She's my friend. She's been helping me," Nessie said as she pressed her hand against his face. "I'll show you,"

The wolf's anger started to diminish over the following seconds. He walked over to me curiously. I took a few steps back. He no longer looked like he wanted to kill me but I was still scared.

"It's okay Hailey. Jacob's my friend,"

"Your friend is a wolf?"

"He's a werewolf,"

Jacob sniffed me for a few seconds before licking me. He nudged me softly and than gave me a look of pure gratitude. As if he was trying to say 'thank you for taking care of her and I'm sorry I wanted to kill you a few minutes ago'

"You're welcome Jacob," I muttered to him.

"What's going on out-Jacob?" This time it was Carlisle who spoke.

Jacob looked at him in pure shock. Of course it would be a shock to anyone who knew Carlisle to discover that Carlisle was now human.

"Oh boy Jacob what are you doing here? You were supposed to stay back home with the family,"

Jacob was so frozen in time that I could swear the overlarge wolf was going into shock.

"I think he's going into shock," I said.

"Is he going to be okay?" Nessie asked, worry coloring her voice.

Jacob shook himself off and walked outside through the newly destroyed doorway.

A few minutes later a handsome, muscular man, walked through the door.

"What the hell is going on here? Carlisle how are you human?"

"Jacob it's a bit of a story. I attacked Hailey just like you were about to. She can do something no one has ever heard of. She can turn vampires human again,"

Jacob turned his head toward me. "What?"

"It's a gift and my sole weapon against vampires. They've got speed, strength, and agility on me. I got special venom on them," I explained.

"Special venom? Sounds like an understatement to me," Jacob said.

"So what are you doing here Jacob? You were supposed to stay behind with everyone else," Carlisle asked.

"Yeah about that. Remember how you promised to return with Nessie in a few hours? Well when you didn't return as planned we all got a bit nervous that something went wrong. Actually 'a bit nervous' is putting it mildly. I couldn't take the thought of Ness being in danger one more second so I got on a plane as fast as I could and came down here,"

"Where is everyone else? Are they coming as well?"

"I can't say for sure but seeing the way I left them I wouldn't doubt it for a second if they were all on their way already. We were all worried about you and Nessie when you didn't return as planned,"

I couldn't help but feel scared. I could barely handle one vampire and the thought of facing many vampires, who all believe Nessie and Carlisle are in danger, really scared the shit out of me.

I took a few deep breaths as I walked over to the couch and sat down. The sudden breeze from the doorway, which was completely devoid of a door now thanks to Jacob, had me feel very chilly all of a sudden.

"Hailey are you okay?"

"What? No I'm fine,"

"Really because you were limping just a second ago,"

"Oh that,"

"Yes oh that. That happened because of me didn't it. You broke your leg fighting me off,"

"It's not a big deal,"

"It is a huge deal. I hurt an innocent person for no reason at all. I caused you injury when all you've done is help my granddaughter,"

"Nothing we can do about it now. Besides I heal fast. It should be healed soon,"

"If that's the case then something tells me that you're just like Jacob. When he shattered bones in his body a few months ago they healed incorrectly and had to be re-broken and set properly,"

I gulled nervously. "Are you telling me what I think you're telling me?"

"That your bones most likely didn't set correctly and need to be re-broken? Yes that's exactly what I'm saying,"

Great. That's just wonderful.

"Unfortunately I don't have the equipment or physical strength to do that right now. Nor does Jacob have the proper training so it'll have to wait,"

I sighed. "This is nuts,"I said. "How could things have gone so wrong so fast?"

"I'm sorry Hailey. Truly I am," Carlisle said sadly.

"It's not your fault. I just wonder who twisted the story I told Ben to spread. Who twisted it and made it seem like I was the evil person who kidnapped Nessie?"

"That's the same story that other vampire we met yesterday heard. Remember Hailey?" Nessie questioned.

"What other vampire?" Jacob asked.

"A girl. Probably about 12 or 13. She had blond hair and she was dressed in an all black cloak. Said that someone named Aro sent her to investigate if the stories they'd heard who were true,"

My story must have meant something because all the color had drained from Carlisle's face.

"Oh no. Oh no. Oh no this is not good. The Volturi know. That is not good,"

"What's a Volturi?" Nessie asked. "Yeah I'd like to know that too. I'm not very good at staying in contact with the vampire world so there's a lot I don't know,"

"The Volturi are our version of royalty. They make and enforce all the rules that we vampires must follow. They will destroy anything they deem a threat to the vampire secret. Trust me when I say this them knowing that you and Nessie exist puts you both in danger that you can't even imagine,"

Nessie whimpered and although I was scared to death I wrapped a comforting arm around her.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. The Volturi discovering Nessie's existence has been our greatest fear since she was born,"

I didn't know if I felt more scared or guilty now. I had unintentionally put a person I loved like my own daughter in danger.

"I'm sorry. I need a few minutes. I'm going to go for a walk,"

"We understand. In the meantime I will try to think of what to do now and Jacob will fix the door he uncharacteristically broke down,"

"What?!" Jacob shouted.

"You broke it so you should be the one to fix it Jacob. Much as I intend to do with Hailey's leg as soon as I am able to,"

I couldn't help but laugh at Jacob's protests and complaints.

A minute later I heard Nessie and Dexter joining me on my walk.

"You didn't want to stay behind with your family?"

"Getting out for a few minutes sounded nice," she said.

"I'm sorry Nessie. I'm sorry I put you in danger,"

"You didn't mean to. You wanted to find my family again. That was all you wanted. I know that,"

I heard a noise and froze. I sensed danger from close by. Lots of danger.

"Daddy?" Nessie said excitedly. "I smell my daddy. He's close," I could hear the excitement in her voice.

I dodged the sudden attack just in the nick of time. I was sure my attacker was Nessie's father because he looked so much like her. They even had the same bronze colored hair.

"So you're the one whole took my daughter from us?!"

I didn't say anything as I barely managed to dodge another attack from him. He growled and I knew there'd be no reasoning with him.

"Daddy stop!" Nessie cried. Her father didn't listen.

A woman, who Nessie identified as her mother, appeared and grabbed her daughter and pulled her away from the two of us. Though by the look on her face I knew she'd be back to help Nessie's father against me.

I was suddenly grabbed from behind by a blonde girl.

"I got her Edward. Now let's take this degenerate creature and question her before we decide what to do with her,"

"There will be no questioning this thing Rosalie. She had my daughter kidnapped for months. She doesn't deserve to live another second,"

Rosalie's grip on me was tight. No matter how much I tried there was no way I was escaping this vampire.

"Let me go!"

"You shut up!" she screamed back. "Before I snap your neck right here,"

"Let me go right now before I bite you and let me to tell you this you don't want me to do that!"

She laughed. She actually laughed. Her grip on me loosened and I took full advantage to get loose from her grip and sink my teeth into her arm in one swift movement.

First there was the shock that my teeth could pierce her skin. Then the venom started to kick in.

"Told you that you didn't want me to bite you but you didn't listen,"

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