Ch.7

Alice POV

The tears that would never come were shaking my whole body. Maybe it's a good thing there are never tears, my mascara won't run. Not a very reassuring thought at this exact moment.

I sighed and did my best to compose myself.

"I never wanted to hurt Bella. She's my best friend." I said.

"I'm so sorry about Alwin." Maureen said.

"It's not him, he's right. I never should have listened to Edward." I mumbled.

She stiffened when I mentioned Edward.

"He's not welcome here." she said to me.

"Look, he thinks he was protecting her." I tried coming to Edward's defense.

"No. Alwin told me a little of the story. How could he have possibly thought that telling her he didn't want her was the right thing to do?" she was getting a little madder now.

"Yeah, I agree. It was stupid of him. Beyond stupid. But he misses her, he almost never comes out of his room and that's whenever he's actually home. God knows where he is the rest of the time. I haven't seen him smile or laugh since Bella." i stated solemnly. She seemed to soften a little.

"Alright. Well now we just need to worry about finding Bells." she said and I nodded in agreement.

Alwin POV

I stopped breathing, it wasn't like I needed to anyways. I took a few steps closer and saw Bella hunched over a small body. The scream rising in my throat was no match for the fury that shook me.

"Bring her over here." a gruff male voice called. I took a small step back and heard Bella sigh.

"You can come out now Alwin." she said as she picked up the little body. When she turned around to face me I saw that it was a little girl, probably around the age of nine. My fists started started to shake even harder.

"Bella-"

"No, Alwin. Wait. Before you jump to any conclusions-"

"Too late." I interrupted her and she glared at me.

"I know this looks bad. Maybe it is. But I know it's not what you're thinking." she said.

"Really? What am I thinking?" I shot back at her. She rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I bit her. She would've died anyway." she stated bluntly.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I left the house and came out here, while I was running through here I smelled blood. So I stopped and yeah maybe I didn't have the best intentions in mind at first. But once I saw her lying there my compassionate side kicked in. I wanted her." she said.

"How come Victor can't find your future?" I asked, remembering the scared look on Maureen's face. She bit her lip and glanced behind her. I heard some leaves rustling and then it started to smell really horrible. I wrinkled my nose.

"What is that smell?" I asked.

"Me." it sounded like the gruff male voice I'd heard earlier. I saw a tall dark boy with jet black hair and eyes.

"Werewolf." I muttered in disgust.

"Bloodsucker." he shot back. A growl was slowly rising in my chest and I could hear it rumbling.

"That's enough!" Bella snapped at us.

She started to carry the little girl off to a dirt bike that was parked in the trees. I followed after her and the dog did the same.

"When are you going to tell me what's going on?" I demanded.

"As soon as we get her somewhere safer." Bella told me.

Alice POV

After trying Bella's cell five hundred more times we decided to sit down and think about where she could possibly be. We had been sitting there talking for about fifteen minutes when I got a text from Edward.

"Come home. Something's wrong." it read.