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Author/Note 1: Sequel from Our Dawn 2

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part III

Book 3 – Joy & Sorrow

Leah Clearwater

Chapter 22 – Panic

I was used to deal with death and with the supernatural by now. It was extremely hard at first. In the world I used to live in until I started phasing into a giant dog, I actually thought everything was just sunshine and rainbows.

I had so many dreams and hopes for the future and I never thought I would see the old legends coming truth and most of all, I never thought I would be a part of it. Once I accepted that I was a wolf, the only female wolf, my life became easier. I wasn't alone. I had a pack. Unfortunately I had to watch my father die from a heart attack and that's not something you forget about easily, especially when you know you're the one who caused it.

That was the first time I had a close contact with death. I thought I was living a nightmare. To tell the truth I don't know how I managed to bear the pain of losing the most important man in my life. The second time I contacted with death Jacob saved my life. A newborn vampire would've killed me and for a while I hated Jacob for not allowing me to die with honour. To die in the battle field was, in my opinion, the only chance that I had to stop being miserable and to free everyone else from my unwanted presence.

I guess now I was happy that Jacob had saved me back then. Otherwise I would never fallen in love with him and given birth to Harry and William. After becoming a mother I tried my best to give my children a normal life even though we had to protect our people from the Cold Ones and I knew that our lives would always be in danger.

I got used to all kinds of vampires and mytical creatures over the years. I wouldn't even be surprised if the Big Foot existed too. I accepted my supernatural life but now I was afraid that this was too much. I was being held against my will by a completely insane vampire who wanted to play God and create a super race to defeat the powerful Volturi and probably rule the world.

On top of that I would have to see this crazy leech doing experiments with pregnant women who kept dying along with their babies. I took a few minutes to realise what the hell I should do, but in the end I managed to keep focus and I started planning our escape. I couldn't stay there and I couldn't allow him to hurt Kim or her child.

I closed my eyes while listening to Joham leaving the perimeter. He was possibly carrying a bag with Lindsay's body. His steps became faint and then I couldn't hear him running anymore. If I couldn't hear him with my superhuman hearing, he couldn't hear me either.

"Kim…listen to me carefully. You need to get out of here."

She glanced at me surprised.

"On my own?"

"Yes. I'm handcuffed to the bed and I can't move. You wouldn't be able to carry me…so you need to go and find the pack, alright?"

"How? These ropes are too tight."

"You're next to the window so use your feet to break the glass and then try to grab a piece of glass to cut the rope."

I knew Kim wasn't used to this sort of thing and I also knew she was scared but at least she could move and try to run.

"Come on Kim, move. I don't know how long he's going to take. Don't you want to see Jared and your son again?"

Those were supposed to be incentive words but Kim started crying.

"Please Kim…Just calm down and focus."

Slowly she stopped crying and took a deep breath but before she could bounce her feet towards the window, we heard someone at the door.

"Is someone there?" A female's voice asked.

"Yes. Please help us!" Kim begged.

A small figure appeared. She had a white nightdress on and a few bruises on her legs and arms. Her smell was weird. She was human I could tell but she smelled like Joham.

"Who are you?" I asked when she approached us.

"I'm Amanda."

"Are you alright?" I asked, trying to decide if she was a hostage like us, or just one more pawn.

"Yes, I'm fine."

Definitely a pawn.

"Can you help us?" I inquired.

"I don't know. He's going to be angry when he comes back."

"Listen…Amanda I need you to untie my friend. Can you do that?"

"Joham said I shouldn't come here but I heard someone cry and…"

"It's fine. You're very brave Amanda but we really need your help."

The girl looked at me and then at Kim. Noticing Kim's tears she finally decided to help us. She was pretty young, nineteen years old or maybe twenty. Looking carefully at her it was obvious she wasn't a hostage, after all her hair was combed and her nightdress looked brand new.

"Do you live here?" I asked while she was untying Kim.

"Yeah."

"Alone?"

"With Joham and my dad."

"Where's your father?"

"He's hunting with his friends. He always goes hunting in the summer."

"Where are we? I've never seen you in Forks or La Push."

"La Push? Forks? I don't know any of those places. We're in Bella Bella."

The irony of the name of the place I was being held captive almost made me laugh but we were in serious troubles now.

"What?" Kim gasped in horror. "But that's in British Columbia…"

"Yes, we're in Campell Island." Amanda said.

We were in Canada which meant that all of our efforts to run away would be useless.

"When did you meet Joham?" I asked.

"Almost a month ago."

The motherfucker had probably brainwashed the poor girl or scared the crap out of her. I mean who would've accepted to harbour a fucking kidnapper and possible murderer without calling the police?

"What are we going to do now, Leah?" Kim asked trying to get up. She stumbled a few times and started to search for the handcuff's keys in vain. I knew it was probably Joham who had the keys.

"Kim, you have to go. You can't waste more time." I said.

"Do you have a car?" Kim asked Amanda.

She nodded negatively. Kim left the room and went outside to inspect the area. When she came back she was freaking out.

"We're in the middle of nowhere. I can only see trees and bushes. We're going to die here."

"You need to go." I said.

"He'll find me."

"He'll kill you anyway…" I said. I really didn't want to scare her more but I was just stating the truth. "Maybe you can find someone, reach a small town and call for help…"

"You should take the others too." Amanda said suddenly.

"What others?" Kim and I asked at the same time.

"They're in the basement."

Kim followed Amanda and ten minutes later four other pregnant women came into the room. They were possibly traumatized and I could tell that at least three of their babies had already been injected with vampire's venom. They were condemned and so were their mothers.

I was then forced to make a terrible decision. We were isolated in a damn island. The next town could be many miles away and there were no guaranties that one of us could actually escape especially because they were all pregnant, tired, scared and weak.

Three of them would die no matter what happened. The others had a very small chance to survive to this horror but only if they could leave and Joham didn't find them, and that was the tricky part. Joham was absent but I didn't know for how long. So far he had killed several women, their babies, Trevor Carpenter and maybe even Amanda's father.

The girl would probably have the same fate as the others especially since she didn't have any use to him. I didn't even know why she was still alive. I did have the feeling Amanda was just a silly young girl who was in love by the handsome vampire and so she let him do whatever he wanted.

So the question was: should I use these women in my advantage? They were already condemned but I would probably feel guilty for the rest of my life if something happened to them. I was supposed to protect them. I was a protector and yet I couldn't do a single thing to help our situation.

"What are we going to do?" Kim asked nervously.

"Is there a phone here Amanda?"

"No. Joham broke my cell phone."

"Of course…that bastard." I cursed. "How far until the next town?"

"Two miles, maybe more." Amanda answered.

"Kim take the girls and go south. Try to find a road."

All four of them were completely horrified with what they had experienced. They had been kidnapped, threatened, subjected to experiments and now they were going to have to run away for their lives. They wouldn't be able to go far and once Joham was back he was going to hunt them down easily.

I tried to talk to them, to give them hope and courage but they just kept on crying.

"Kim?" I whispered.

"I hate to leave you here." She confessed.

"I'm safer than you."

"What do you mean?"

"Stay with them for a few minutes and then go south on your own."

Kim looked at me surprised.

"He's going to hunt them down…he's faster, stronger and you have no chance to escape. They're the bait…I wish I didn't have to do this but as long as you survive it doesn't matter."

"Why?"

"Because I won't be able to look at Jared and your son if something happens to you."

"I'm going to make it, Leah. I promise. I'll call Jacob…He's going to find you."

"Thank you…But in case something happens…Please tell Jacob I love him."

Kim's eyes gave her away and she had to clean her tears with her sleeve.

"Before you go I need you to find a knife and cut me." I told her.

"No! I won't do that."

"The Cullens told me once that a wolf's blood smell is so intense that blocks other scents. When Joham arrives here he'll smell my blood and he will have a hard time to find you and the girls."

Kim finally did what I suggested, carving a knife into my forearm but not too deeply. She then tried to convince Amanda to go with them but the girl wanted to stay and wait for her lover. She reminded me of a younger version of Bella, but at least Edward Cullen was a decent leech to fall in love with.

I tried to focus on Kim. I could listen to her steps in the forest. She was ahead of the others and it looked like she had taken the lead. The other girls were sobbing and none of them could keep up with Kim's pace much less run because they were too weak and too tired. I had calculated the time they would take to reach the next town and the odds were against them. Joham would probably be back soon.

I was hoping that once he was back, he would start immediately searching for the girls who had escaped thus giving more time to my body to burn the damn drugs that were preventing me from moving.

Amanda had left the room's door opened and I could hear the television on. She was watching a TV show about make-up and fashion. By the faint light that was coming through the window I knew it was already pass lunch time.

I tried to keep myself calm. Kim seemed to be taking my advices and maybe she could actually find someone to help. I had been in many dangerous situations before but this one was easily at the top of the list.

This leech wanted to create an army of hybrids. Half-vampires, half-humans. He had been kidnapping and doing all kinds of experiments on pregnant women, killing them on the process. I could only imagine the horror those women had been put through and I felt my body shivering at the thought of the babies he had also killed even before they could actually be born.

I asked myself why the Volturi weren't taking care of this son of a bitch. He was clearly putting the vampire's secret existence in danger.

I had no idea how much time had already passed since Kim and the others had left the house when I heard Amanda turning the TV off and joining me. She was eating a toast and I would have asked her to give me something to eat too if I hadn't notice how happy she was.

I should have known. I should've read the signs. She had helped us not because she was feeling sorry for us or even because she was worried about other human beings but because our presence there was a threat for her. She wanted Joham's attention all to herself which meant she was probably as insane as he was.

"You do know he's a monster, right?" I asked. I didn't use the word "vampire" because I didn't know how much she knew about Joham.

"No, he's not. He's the most perfect and handsome man I ever met."

It was pretty obvious she was in love with him. Stupid human girls. Okay so some vampires were slightly handsome but they were all creepy and unnatural. They could sparkle in the sun for crying out loud! Jacob was a real man for a change.

"Do you know what he's been doing to the girls he keeps in here?"

She shrugged emotionless.

"I don't care as long as he stays with me." She said.

"He's going to kill you."

Usually I used to feel sympathy for the people who were under a vampire's spell but this girl was different. I didn't really care if she was stupid or just not very bright, I just wanted her to realise that Joham couldn't be trusted even if that meant I had to scare the crap out of her.

"He killed people before." I insisted.

"You're a liar."

"If I'm lying why am I being the one handcuffed? Joham is sick and you need to understand how dangerous he is."

"He's not dangerous at all."

"He's going to hurt me and my baby."

"You're wrong. Joham is sweet and he cares about me. He told me he loves me and we're going to leave the country together soon."

"How can you trust him?"

"He's everything to me. I won't let anyone come between us. Not even you."

"I don't even want to be here. I have a husband and kids at home…"

"But I heard him saying how important you are to him. I want him to choose me not you…I want to be with him every night and every day…I want him to make love to me like we did for the last month…but you're going to take him away from me."

I didn't know what shocked me the most: to know she was actually having sex with a vampire or to know she thought I wanted to be there and take her precious leech away from her.

I guess know I knew why she was covered in bruises. What the hell was wrong with girls these days? As soon as they set their eyes on a fucking leech all they could think about was jumping his bones. Why couldn't they just fall in love with a human guy like the good old times? Thank the spirits that Bella's wedding was a disaster and she had to be turned sooner than expected otherwise she would have been exactly like Amanda. I remembered how stressed out Jacob was when we teased him about what Edward and Bella could do when they were alone.

"Amanda…I think you need help too." I said slowly watching her demented gaze.

"I need to get rid of you before he comes back."

"Well if you find the keys to the handcuffs, I'll gladly leave this place on my own."

Of course I would never leave before I could actually kill Joham first. And maybe I should do it in front of her so she could realise what kind of a monster he really was. That would show her not to sleep with freaking dead people. I would have nightmares about this forever. A human and a vampire? Ugh. Disgusting.

"I didn't find it but I found this." She showed me a knife. A very large knife and I knew she wasn't going to use it on the handcuffs. "I can tell him that one of the others killed you. I'm sure he won't be that angry…"

"Amanda…I don't want anything to do with your damn leech…I mean with Joham. I'm married…I have two kids and I'm pregnant again…Please don't do this."

I was pretty sure she had never killed anyone before. She was acting like this because she probably had mental problems and she didn't know what she was really doing. I wouldn't die easily from the stab injuries but my baby could die.

"Please Amanda…Don't hurt my baby." I begged while she was approaching me.

In that moment I heard his steps. He was back and he would arrive in less then ten minutes. I didn't know if that would be enough time to save me from that crazy girl. I only knew he wouldn't be happy at all.

"I'm sure he loves you more than anything but he'll never forgive you if you kill me."

"Why can't he understand I'm the one? Why does he have to bring all these women here?" She whined.

"Because he's a maniac. He's sick…He's a serial killer."

"Don't call him that!"

"Please Amanda…Just go to your bedroom…"

"I'm sorry about this, I really am…but I love Joham too much."

"He's coming home." I said suddenly and Amanda gave a small step back and started to look around.

"How do you know?"

"I can hear him. He's getting closer."

"You're lying."

"Let go of the knife and go outside."

"I need to finish what I started."

"If he discovers that you helped the others escaping he'll kill you for sure. You should leave now Amanda while you still can."

She dropped the knife at her feet and the next thing we heard was the front door opening. Joham was back.

A/Note 3: I apologise if things are a bit confusing but everything will make sense, okay? I'm working on this story daily, so a few more chapters and it'll be over. Thanks for your words.

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Karisan