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Chapter 7

Back in Carlisle's office, I didn't waste any time getting to the point.

"I think I heard the eagle again. He mentioned something about some people named Aro, Caius, and Marcus," I started.

"The Volturi…" he murmured.

"What?"

"Never mind. You'll learn eventually. What did you hear?"

"He said that those people would not be pleased that you have another one."

"Anything else," Carlisle asked.

"Nothing important. Just something about Jacob being pleased because Edward seemed smitten with me or something like that. Should we tell anyone else?"

"I don't believe that will be necessary at this point in time. All we know is that the eagle is some sort of agent of the Volturi and that they will not be pleased that you are with us. We don't really have enough information to make it reasonable to worry everyone else."

When we got back downstairs, Alice was sitting on the couch staring out the window with a vacant expression on her face. Everyone else was staring at her intently waiting for her to say something. Not too long after Carlisle and I entered the living room, Alice blinked twice and shook her head.

"Everything okay," Esme asked.

Alice looked mildly disturbed. "Huh? Oh. Yeah," she said unconvincingly. "Everything's fine. Absolutely nothing to worry about," and then went on trying to act nonchalant, even though everyone could tell that something was wrong.

Edward glanced at me with a concerned look on his face.

"Is everything okay with Alice," I asked him.

"I don't think so," he responded. "She seems really uneasy for some reason. That's very out of character for Alice and she just had a vision."

"What of?"

"I don't know," he said. "I'll go ask." Edward then ran off after Alice and caught her by the elbow in the hallway. "What's going on? We all know that you had a vision and none of us have ever seen you this ill at ease before. Is something bad going to happen? Is something going to happen to Getty? Tell me what's going on."

Alice drug Edward off to her room where they spoke in hushed tones. Despite this I could still hear them. "The Volturi are coming," she said.

"What? When? Why? Tell me what's happening," Edward demanded. "And don't leave anything out".

"Okay," Alice said in a resigned tone. "That eagle that Getty's been hearing…"

"What eagle?"

"Getty has been hearing the thoughts of an eagle. That's how powerful her gift is. She can hear the thoughts of animals and the thoughts that people don't want her to hear: the ones that they can block from you. But the eagle that she's been hearing… That's Billy Black."

"What? Jacob's dad?"

"Yes, Edward. Jacob's dad. He is working for the Volturi. Apparently Carlisle was not supposed to add any more vampires to the coven and Getty has a power that Aro would find useful in the guard. Now that Aro, Marcus, and Caius know about Getty, they are coming here to talk to Carlisle and Esme and have already decided that Getty is either going to go back to Volterra with them or she will be killed.

"The Volturi have every intention of bringing their entire guard with them. They anticipate a fight and are prepared to use every weapon in their arsenal to defeat us. They know that we will not surrender her without a fight."

I could tell by Edward's voice that he was immensely shaken up by this revelation. "Wh- what are we going to do?"

"All that I can think of is to tell everyone what's going on and hope that by some miracle someone comes up with a plan that can save us. We need to assemble an army. Seeing that they have to fight more than just us is the only thing that will stop the Volturi from annihilating us immediately."

"Okay. Let's go talk to them."

In the meantime…

Jake's POV

I was about to fall asleep when all of a sudden I heard someone pounding on my door. "Jake!! Wake up! This is important!"

"I'm up, I'm up," I groaned. I then opened the door. "What's up, Dad?"

"I have some news about Edward and Bella." I wrinkled my nose at the mention of the bloodsucker's name.

"I was about to go to sleep. Make it quick," I said.

"The Cullens have a new vampire. From what I could discern, her name is Getty and she's only been with them for a couple of days-"

"That's great, Dad. Can you get to the Edward and Bella part?"

"Edward seems to be smitten with the new one."

With this, I sprung into action scrambling around looking for something nicer than just sweats. I had made up my mind to go and steal Bella away from the bloodsucker the minute my dad used the words "Edward" and "smitten" in the same sentence. I grabbed the keys to my Rabbit and immediately headed to Forks.

Back at the Cullen house…

Though they had agreed to tell everyone the contents of Alice's vision, Edward and Alice were arguing about when to tell everyone.

"God damn it, Alice! Everyone saw you have the fucking vision. You need to tell them what the fuck is going on. They have a right to know. Especially Getty." They were shouting at this point.

"No, Edward," Alice countered. "The vision's too fuzzy. I want to know more concretely what is going to happen."

"That's the biggest load of bull I've ever heard in my life," Edward screamed at her. "This involves the possible destruction of our family and the one person I love most in this world.

"When are they going to be here," he asked in a more level voice.

"About six hours."

"That's it Alice. I'm telling everyone with or without you. They need to know. We have to have time to prepare."

"Alright. I'm coming. And Edward?"

"Yeah?"

"Stay away from Getty. I don't want Bella to get hurt again any more than I want you to get hurt."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see."

Just as Edward and Alice were coming back downstairs, there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it," Bella volunteered. "Jake- what are you doing here?"

"Hey Bella. Can we talk?"

"Sure," she said in a wary tone. It sounded more like a question.

Bella's POV

I closed the door behind me. "What's up Jake?"

"You never come out to La Push anymore. We miss you out there."

"We?"

"Yeah. Me, my dad, Seth, Leah, all those people. We," he said as he slid his hand down my arm and took my hand. I squirmed out of his reach and turned my back on him.

"I don't know if I'm ever going to come back out, Jake. I'm sorry. I just don't feel like I belong there anymore. I love Edward and I don't want anything to harm my relationship with him, even if it's just some petty rivalry between you two."

"You don't get it, do you Bella?"

"Get what?"

"I don't think Edward loves you anymore. Have you seen the way he looks at Getty?"

"I haven't noticed anything special about it, if that's what you mean. He just looks at her the way he looks at Esme: like family."

"I wouldn't be too sure of that," Jake warned me. "I think there's something more there, even if you choose not to see it. Besides… what do you see in him anyway? He left you once, who's to say he won't do it again?" With this, Jake grabbed my hand and pulled me into a kiss.

I shoved against him with as much force as I could manage and when he broke away, I slapped him as hard as I could. "Damn it, Jake," I screamed at him. "I love Edward and he loves me. There is nothing you can do about it. Leave and don't bother coming back. And don't expect to see me in La Push again. Tell everyone I said 'hi'".

"Don't get your hopes up Bella. Pay attention to the way Edward behaves around Getty and the way that he looks at her. I'll be around waiting when you come to your senses." And with that, he left.

Back inside…

Getty's POV

When Bella came back inside, she looked a little flustered, but everyone was more concerned about what Edward and Alice had to say. All Alice had to say before having everyone's undivided attention was "The Volturi are coming". She then launched into what she had seen in her vision and what that meant was going to happen. After she was done, everyone had only one question.

"When is this going to happen?"

"We only have about five hours left now." After Alice said this, everyone began to panic.

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