Of course I only had proof that Alice had come back, but it was only common sense that Jasper had followed. Had I not been able to locate my family anywhere, the plan was to look for those two since I felt that they would be able to help me. But if they'd come back...
I didn't even want to think of the possibilities. I felt myself starting to shake, but I didn't cry this time. I was actually angry. Not that I had any reason to be, because it wasn't their fault for coming back to help their family. Unlike me, just running away from the situation, because that seemed to do a whole lot of good for everyone else...yeah right.
Jacob had come up behind me, while I was still kneeling on the ground, curious as to what I found. He squatted down beside me, placing a hand on my shoulder and asked, "Whatcha got there?"
I held it up so he could have a clear view and I murmured, "It's Alice's necklace."
"That's impossible. I thought she left." He said, grabbing at it confused, "Are you sure it's hers?" I nodded, positive that she was the only one who wore that kind of necklace. He held it up to his nose and sniffed it. "It doesn't smell like her, it smells like another leech. One I don't recognize..."
I frowned, "It shouldn't smell like anything but dust and dirt. It's been seven years since it's been touched."
Jacob shook his head, and handed it back to me. I stuffed it into my pocket, "Another leech has found it before you."
"Are you sure you aren't smelling me?"
"You don't smell like the rest of them, Nessie." He added with a chuckle, "This is definitely a full vampire."
I shook my head, none of it making much sense. Paul and Seth had come over, looking curious since they had been able to hear our conversation.
"Jasper and Alice weren't there, right?" Jacob asked. He was getting wary, as if he was starting to think this was a trap.
Paul shrugged, but Seth answered, speaking for the first time, "They came in the middle of the fight. I only know because the blond one pulled a vampire off of me." He shrugged and then looked down at his feet again. Well, there was another blond one that could have been the guy that Paul saw get ripped up. I shuddered, again praying that it was none of my family members that Paul had seen. I reached for Jake's hand and grasped it tightly.
But as I did so, he pushed me away and stepped in front of me. He smelled the air, and with a growl in his voice he muttered, "Vampire."
"A Cullen?" Paul asked, suddenly getting alert. The closest to his old self that I'd seen yet.
"No." Jacob answered sternly, while backing up so I was directly behind him. I grabbed on to the back of his shirt, but peeked around his side to see if I could spot the vampire.
It seemed like it was a few minutes in which Jacob, Paul, and Seth circled around me watching the bushes for any sign of a vampire. If one got to them before they were in wolf form, they were dead. But I was bigger now, maybe I could help fight. Now that I knew what Jacob thought of me, I knew he wouldn't like that idea much. But I didn't like knowing that he would be fighting for me too. I guess I did sort of love him back the same way...but it was hard to admit it to myself.
Why did those thoughts of him always come up at the worst time possible? When I needed to be focusing on other things. I shook the thoughts off my mind. Maybe I'd tell him later, and just make this easier on the both of us.
As I turned my focus back to what was happening, I caught scent of the vampire too. It definitely wasn't one from my family...but it was still vaguely familiar.
Then he appeared in front of us. Large, brawny, with a devilish smile.
The defining feature of the vampire in front of us though, were his bright red eyes.
He spoke to us. To me. "Hello Renesmee." I shuddered as my named rolled out of his evil lips. Seeing him couldn't mean anything good, and I knew exactly who it was. "I've been looking for you." He was still smiling, and I swallowed hard. How was this possible?
Felix was still alive.