Chapter Seven: Skinny love
I let the world around me distract my thoughts, taking me to another place, another time. When the sun was as bright like the contrast of Jacobs smile on his rusket skin, when his warmth incased me, making me feel stronger and whole
But today the world was cold and unforgiving, as if Jack Frost himself was nipping at you beneath your skin, trying to freeze you from your core. Branches snapped under the weight of footsteps and I turned my head to see the rest of the pack making their way to Jacob and I.
Their heads all snapped in one direction, like they were all controlled by the same puppeteer string. I could see their skin crawl as the Cullen's came into view. My heart began to race as I scanned the crowed of pale faces before me. So beautiful in their own ways, I swallowed the lump in my throat as my eyes connected with his. So many feelings were around me in that moment, my heart was threatening to break through my chest.
But as quick as they came, the feeling was gone. No longer was I staring into the eyes of Edward Cullen, the man that I loved. I was staring into the eyes of Edward Cullen, the man that had broken my heart one too many times, Edward Cullen, the man that manipulated me into his precious china doll. The man that never let me truly be myself.
It was in the moment, that I realized it was never him that I loved. It was the thought of having something endless and unbreakable even by time itself.
I looked over at Jacob; his eyes fixed on me this whole time and couldn't hold back the smile that illuminated my face on this dark day. I walked to his side, sliding my hand into his.
"Pleasure to see you Bella, though I wish It were under better circumstances" Carlisle's words broke me out of my trance.
"Same to you Carlisle" I replied as I sunk deeper into Jacobs's warmth.
Sam stepped forward, just before the treaty line, shaking Carlisle's hand before addressing the problem at hand.
"I believe we should be getting on with business as planned, I don't know if you're aware, but we have been informed that there are friends of yours trying to kill us?"
"I'm very much aware Sam, and I was hoping that we could come up with some type of—friendly agreement on how to deal with the Denali coven" Carlisle stated more then asked as if we had no choice but to be friendly toward the threat looming above us.
"as much as Bella respects your family Carlisle, any threat against me, my pack, or our people isn't going to be handle lightly" Sam all but growled at him
"well you see Sam, the Denali's are very close friends of ours, and I'm sure that once we all sit and work it out they can leave in peace, I know you wouldn't want innocent blood on your hands"
"their hardly innocent Carlisle, and I'll be damned if I sit here and watch my tribe be slaughtered" Jakes body started to vibrate as the tension grew thicker. I scanned the seven faces of the Cullen's in front of me, all void of any emotion, except for Alice.
I stepped away from Jacob, getting as close to the treaty line as I could without stepping through the invisible wall that separated us all.
"Alice, what are you keeping from us" I asked in an assertive tone, I could feel all their eyes on me. Jacob reached out to grab me but I stepped out of reach.
Alice shifted her eyes toward the ground, and guilt was evident on the faces in front of me.
"Alice I know you're keeping something from us, either you speak up now, or Sam and the rest of his pack will be forced to see your family as a threat too, and we both know you don't want that"
Everyone looked at me as if I had started speaking in tongues; unclear of why or how I could make a threat against the Cullen's that I loved so much.
But even with all of the respect that I had for the Cullen's, I realized what it meant to be a true family. And mine was standing behind me, protecting me every step of the way.
Alice looked toward jasper, as is asking for encouragement and began to speak.
"The Denali coven doesn't want to sit and talk, I've looked at every possible outcome that would or possibly could occur to stop a fight from happening, but all they crave is revenge Bella. They want your blood, and they want the blood of the pack too. There will be no talking reason to them." Carlisle looked as of Alice had broken their trust. Like she had just told the whole world that she was a blood sucking vampire
"Carlisle—why didn't you tell us about this from the start?" I asked disappointment in my voice.
"We—I only wanted what was best Bella, I'm sorry to say but if it comes to a fight, I can't guarantee that we will be there to help you"
his words felt like a slap in the face, the words just wouldn't register in my mind. The Cullen's had promised that no matter what they would keep me safe from danger. And in that moment I realized that it's not them being a vampire that makes them dangerous. It's the fact that no matter how close you may think they are to you, unless you are one of them, you will never be worth saving.
"When are they coming Alice? I locked my eyes onto hers. She looked uneasy.
"From what I can tell, 2 weeks—but they're not going to make this easy, they're going to attack when you don't see it coming"
Jacobs wrapped his strong around my slender waist, pulling me into his chest, trying to keep me safe from an invisible monster.
Sam stared into the eyes of Carlisle, anger radiating off his body like heat. The entire pack made the earth shake beneath our feet. As if the whole world was going to fall from beneath us.
"Thank you Alice, for your help and your honesty, I don't believe we will be hearing from any of you any time soon but know this—if anything that you have just told us turns out to be a lie, and our tribe is harmed because of it, you can consider this treaty of ours expired."
Carlisle nodded his head and then they were gone before I had the chance to blink, I turned around to a rusket wolf kneeling behind me and climbed on to its back, Letting the tress around me once again distract my mind from the reality that I was refusing to face.
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