Chapter 11- Mortal again….
Carlisle's pov.
"When I told you not to follow her, I meant it," Raphael Growled at Jacob.
"I don't trust her, how can you?" Jacob snarled, "The Volturi could have been your family's death."
"She is not like the others," Raphael snapped.
"Enough," I said calmly, "That is enough, Sonya was not here to harm us Jacob, she saved Raphael's life, as well as your own."
"Probably so we would trust her, "Jacob scoffed, "She is Volturi, trusting her would be a mistake."
"Do not be so harsh to judge her, Jacob," Renesme reminded him, "You judged my mother too harshly until you imprinted on me."
Jacob's face softened a bit,
"I could not risk losing any of you."
"We understand that," Alice started, "but….." she paused mid-sentence, like she was receiving a vision. She shook it off and said,
"Aro is almost here."
"Aro? What is going on Alice?" I asked.
"See I told you I cannot trust him," Jacob snapped.
"No, Jacob, calm, Aro is not here to hurt us, and he is feeling uncertainty, pain and anguish, although I cannot say why." Jasper responded.
There was a knock on the door, I answered it and Aro, Jane and Alec strode in.
"Is there something we can help you with Aro?" Esme asked.
He sighed, "Sonya is one of my most talented guards, and yet she was captured saving your pet."
Jacob snarled at the word pet.
"I apologize for Jacob's actions; he does not trust Sonya or the Volturi and thinks that you mean to end us."
"Certainly not," Aro said, "I could not bear Sonya's displeasure at such a thing."
"She is your guard, why would you care?" Rosalie asked.
"No," Edward said, "She is more than that; I am surprised at you Aro."
"I will explain after the threat is gone," He replied.
"Aro ," I asked , " Something troubles me greatly, Raphael was knocked unconscious , How is that possible?"
"Jane," Aro commanded.
We all looked to Jane.
"A Shaman under werewolf persuasion cursed us with a bit of our own mortality," Jane explained, "Now one of our kind or any other supernatural being can break our stone skin and we will bleed, If we loose enough blood we will loose consciousness, I believe the werewolves know Caius."
"This is grave news," Edwards's voice cuts through the air, "Maria must know of this."
"Indeed," I replied, "Is there any way to remove the curse?"
"I'm afraid its permanent," Jane replied, "The werewolves slayed the shaman shortly after he cursed us. We just found a note he managed to scrawl."
"This is worse than I thought," I said shaking my head.
"We also, recently discovered that the werewolves are the ones who resurrected Maria, I'm not sure as to their motive," Jane said.
"I am," Raphael stated, "They wish for us to destroy each other."