Chapter 10 – Artemis

I'd lost count of how many days we'd been locked in Rosalie's room, every few hours one of the Volturi would come in with a plate of food. I just stayed in Jacob's arms and he'd tell me we'd get out of here every other hour.

I was just drifting off to sleep on Jacob's laps when there were several growls; I sat up quickly and listened to the grunts and screams of pain. My thoughts immediately went to my family and I started to worry, it continued for a few minutes and then went silent. I heard approaching footsteps and then the key turned in the lock. The door swung open slowly and 4 men and a girl walked in, the girl looked no more than 9 but she seemed quite sophisticated.

"You're hard to track down" said one of the men smugly.

I raised my eyebrows in confusion and then Jacob got up and put his arm protectively around my waist.

"We've come to let you out, since you are one of us" a boy with jet black hair said politely.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"I am Artemis" said a blonde haired man with bright green eyes, he turned to look at the others. "This is Lucy, Maxwell, Carter and Jerrod" he continued, the other vampires smiled at me and my eyes focused on the little girl.

She stepped forward slowly and stopped just a few feet away from Jacob, "He smells a little weird" she said turning her head to the side a little bit.

The boy called Jerrod scoffed and reached for her arm, "Come on Lucy, we should be heading back now, we can tell your dad all the good things you did today" he said playfully, the girls face lit up and she skipped out of the room.

"She looks better close up" said Maxwell as he looked me up and down.

I blushed a bright scarlet and then heard a low rumble from Jacob's chest, "Why did you want to . . . track me down" I asked.

"Because we wanted to welcome you into the family" Artemis said as if it was meant to be obvious.

"What family?" Jacob snapped at him.

Artemis ignored Jacob and continued talking to me, "You were bitten by one of us . . . a Were-Vamp"

"A Were . . . Vamp" I said slowly.

"Yes, have you been doing anything out of the ordinary, well out of the ordinary for a vampire" he said smiling.

I scratched my head as I thought back and then I gasped quietly, "I can do these really crazy somersaults now" I said.

All of the boys laughed and Jacob growled again, they stopped instantly but were still looking at me.

"You can do so much more than that, your senses should seem impossibly accurate and you should have a new ability" said Carter.

"I already have an ability" I said defensively.

"Not anymore, you'll get something new" said Artemis.

My eyes widened and I squeezed Jacob's hand tightly but nothing happened, I tried another 3 times but I ended up with the same result each time.

"I don't want a new ability, I want my old one back" I demanded.

"We can't give you your ability" Maxwell said sarcastically.

I sighed and then headed towards them; I passed them swiftly towing Jacob behind me and then headed for the stairs. I ran down and stopped as I saw all of the bodies lying lifeless, Caius was laying a few feet away from me on his back.

I continued towards the front door and opened it quickly, all of the cars were gone so I begun to walk towards La Push. Jacob and I reached the edge of the driveway but Artemis, Maxwell and Carter were standing in front of us staring.

"I want to find my family" I said sternly.

"I'm sorry but that won't be possible, your one of us now and there are rules" Artemis said stepping forward.

I took a step back and turned to run but Artemis was in front of me before I could even blink, he grabbed Jacob's arm and threw him a few metres away into a tree.

He grabbed me by the throat and I begun too struggle against his grip, I begun to choke for air and I felt my face turning red. He let me go and I fell to the floor, "Take her to Alistair, he'll want to see her personally" he said.

I felt myself being pulled to my feet but all I could do was try to struggle free and run to Jacob. I called for him but Artemis was walking towards him, I felt dizzy from the lack of air so I couldn't concentrate. I felt my eyelids getting heavy but I tried to fight it, I needed to help Jacob.

I let out a deep breathe and collapsed as I let my eyelids drop, the next thing I knew I was waking up to see Billy sitting next to me pressing a cold towel against my forehead.