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Chapter 18

His eyes were filled with hate and fury "Not this time Bella. I dealt with Jacob, but this is too much. Now please move, Professor Carlton and I have some unfinished business to attend to."

"Edward I-" I was cut off by the sound of Edward's cell phone ringing. He whipped it out of his pocket and answered it with a snarl "What Alice?"

She sounded frantic "Edward you'll never believe what I just saw!"

EPOV

I was extremely frustrated with Alice at the moment. This was not the time; I had business to attend to with Bella's teacher.

"What Alice? I'm kind of busy at the moment?" I snapped

"Edward you're seriously not even going to believe what I saw. It's the most bizarre thing! Like you wouldn't even expec-"

"ALICE! Get on with it"

She huffed "Well fine you don't have to be rude. The thing is I saw Bella's professor in my vision and he was talking to this group of people in this really dimly lit room. I heard them talking, but I couldn't understand what they were saying and then they got louder and I could hear them, but just the end of their conversation. He said the weirdest thing, and he said vampire hunter but I know that's ridiculous because vampire hunters don't exist right?"

I couldn't believe my ears. Seriously a vampire hunter? Bella's teacher? That's almost as bad as the coffin and garlic myths. Vampire hunters do not exist. Carlisle has been alive for more than 600 years; I think they would have found him by now.

I looked up at Bella and she looked petrified, her eyes were wide and her gaze was blank.

"Alice, that's ridiculous. Vampire hunters do not exist. I have to go, Bella needs me."

"EDWARD WAIT! Carlisle wants to talk to you!"

I heard shuffling in the background and then Carlisle's voice flooded in my ear.

"Edward, I'm concerned about this. I've never told anybody about the hunters. I've done my best to keep them at bay and away from us by convincing them we wouldn't hurt anybody, but I guess Bella's professor has other ideas."

"What? Carlisle you knew vampire hunters existed? Why didn't you tell us?" I was furious! How could he keep something of this importance from us?

"I didn't think it would ever become a problem Edward" Carlisle said matching my tone "They've stayed away for 600 years, I figured they would continue. Anyways this is not the time to be arguing. I need to talk to Bella and find out if she has seen any signs."

I sighed "Alright Carlisle here she is"

I handed the phone to a still frightened looking Bella and led her to the couch to try and calm her down.

BPOV

Edward handed me the phone and I shakily took it in my hand. He led me over to the couch and took me in his arms. It all made sense now. Vampire hunter had never crossed my mind because Edward always assured me it was a myth, just like all the other things people thought about Vampires.

I pressed the tiny speaker to my ear and took a deep breath as Carlisle started to speak.

"Hello Bella how are you?"

I took a deep shaky breath and answered "Um, I've been better Carlisle"

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that but I have some questions for you and I need you to answer them as truthfully as you can. Can you do that?"

"I'll try my best"

"Okay, now has your professor ever asked you any questions that might hint that he knew you were a vampire?"

I thought back to earlier this morning. All those questions he had asked me that made me so nervous, so on edge.

"Yes Carlisle. He did this morning, he asked me about breakfast and living forever and he asked me to look out a window that had sunlight beaming through it. I tried my best to convince him otherwise."

"Good for you Bella. He paused, then continued "Moving on to the next question. Did you ever see him lurking around looking suspicious, especially around you?"

I sighed "Yes, on the first day of classes when I went to meet Edward, I think I saw him walking away from our car, but I didn't know it was him at the time!"

"Okay. Thank you and one last question, did you ever spot any weapons near him or on any of his property? They would most likely be silver"

Jeez, could Carlisle read my mind too? Professor Carlton was not a very good vampire hunter if he left all this evidence. It was like he was just waiting to get discovered.

"Yes, this morning I saw an arrow on his desk. I asked him why it was there and he told me it was for a study he was working on, but he was obviously lying. I could smell him sweating and it wasn't pleasant. Then while he was in such a big rush to put it away he cut his hand and he saw me staring at the blood coming out of his hand and I swear I saw him smirk but then he jumped up and started to- well you get the point."

"Yes thank you for being honest Bella. Now I know this is hard for you accept but unfortunately those are the circumstances. Your professor is a vampire hunter, he's part of a very powerful hunter family. I don't know why I didn't see this coming after I knew his last name."

"No one blames you Carlisle. Just how are we going to get rid of him?"

"Yes, well we'll talk about that when we get there. Although I have to go, our plane leaves in half an hour. We will see you soon Bella. Tell Edward that you two are not to go anywhere, who knows who could be watching."

"Okay. See you soon Carlisle" I hung up the phone and took a deep unnecessary breath.

"What did he say love?" Edward asked me softly

"My professor is a vampire hunter"

He chuckled "I know that already love"

"Oh I know but I'm trying to convince myself. It helps when I say it out loud, even though it sounds crazy."

He laughed and kissed my forehead "Bella everything's going to be fine. I won't let anything happen to you. When everyone else gets here, we will sort this out and we will win."

I smiled. Edward was so protective, but this time I was glad he was. He made me feel safe and right now, that was all I needed.

Everyone else arrived several hours later. I hugged all of them really tightly, especially Alice. I missed them so much even thought we had only been gone two days.

While Alice was hugging me she whispered in my ear "Bella I'm so sorry I didn't see your professor kissing you before it happened. I feel terrible; I let you down as a friend and as your sister!"

"Alice don't you even think twice about it. This is not your fault at all! I don't blame you one bit."

She smiled weakly then we followed everyone else into the living room.

Carlisle was there talking to Edward so I sat next to Alice on the couch.

Once they were done talking, Edward came and perched on the arm of the couch and put his arm around me. Carlisle started talking next.

"Okay everyone. We need to get down to business and deal with this problem. Carlton has crossed the line, and he needs to be dealt with. Now we can bet on the fact that he is not the only one of his kind. He has a group of people working with him, and they have been tracking us for quite some time. Jasper, any ideas?"

Jasper stood up "Well this battle will definitely be different from anything we've done before. To be honest, it shouldn't that be hard because though they are vampire hunters, they are still human. They will have weapons that could potentially hurt us, but it won't be fatal." He turned to me "Bella, since this is your first time in...battle, you might be a little hesitant but this isn't the time to be forgiving. You have to be lethal; you have to be a vampire."

I nodded and agreed even though it scared me that I was going to be taking someone's life.

He sat back down and Carlisle stood up again. "Okay before we do this attack we have to make sure we're doing it at the right time. Timing is key, if we catch them while their off their guard, that is the ideal, but if their waiting for us, it could things more difficult. I think that's all for now, but we still need to work out the details. Jasper, Edward, Emmett, you three come with me."

Edward kissed me and followed the rest of the guys away.

I turned to Alice "Alice, I don't know if I can do it. It's such a burden to live with for the rest of eternity. Taking someone's life, it's so extreme!"

"Bella, you don't have a choice. They will hunt us down until they find us. We need to get rid of them now, before they become a threat. Don't worry, you'll get over it!" She said happily

"Figures" I muttered under my breath

I sighed deeply and leaned back and closed my eyes. I relaxed a bit and then opened my eyes.

I jumped as I stared back at two topaz eyes looked back at me.

"Edward! Don't do that!" He was laughing and I jumped up in a huff.

I slapped him on the arm and had a look of mock horror on his face.

I tried to keep serious but I felt the corners of my mouth twitching up.

My phone started to ring and grabbed it from my purse "Hello?"

I heard a deep male voice on the end "The corner of Charing Cross road and Avior Drive. Be there, we'll be waiting"

I gasped and dropped the phone.

Oooooh sorry another cliffy! Hope you enjoyed it, I know it's not that long and it's not that eventful, but you finally know why Carlton is so creepy! I hope you enjoyed it! We are almost at the end :( about two more chapters then it's the end! Please review and tell me what you thought!

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