Chapter 6 - Victoria (Edward's POV)
"Alice!" I shouted as soon as I walked through the door. "Get down here!"
I'd kill her if she saw this coming and didn't tell me. I don't care if I have to take Jasper down with her, too. I wouldn't let her get away with this.
"Calm down, Edward. I didn't tell you for a reason," Alice said as she was coming down the stairs. "Plus, I had other things I had to watch -"
"I don't care!" I yelled at her. "You could have just told me that she was coming! Even if you do have other things to watch, it doesn't take a lot of effort to tell me. You didn't even have to tell me; you could have just thought it!"
By now, Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie were listening to us, wondering what the heck we're arguing about.
"I told you, I had my reasons to -" Alice started to say.
"Well, they better be some damn good reasons!" I said, angry and annoyed.
"Edward, at some point you going to have to realize that Bella isn't coming back here! Grace is proof of that. She moved on. Now you have to, too," Alice said, "I thought that if you talked to her, it would help you move on a little more. And I was right."
"What are you talking about?" I said, still angry at her. "She looks just like Bella! How is talking to her, seeing her face, going to help me move on?"
"It will, sooner or later," Alice said. I knew she was right. I could see it in my mind when she said it. But I didn't want to see it. I wasn't ready to let go of her, not now.
Jasper could tell I was about to lose it. I suddenly felt calm, relieved, and somewhat happy.
"Jasper, cut it out," I said, breaking through all the calmness. All my anger rushed back into me.
"I didn't see any harm with you guys just talking, or else I would have told you about her," Alice said reassuring.
"If there wasn't any harm with us talking, then why did I just tell her that I know what her dad is?" I said, still furious with her.
Alice smiled. "I did see that," she said, chuckling, "You're not the best at keeping secrets, are you, Edward?"
I grinded my teeth and growled softly. She was digging herself into a deep hole.
Alice, not seeing the threat, said, "Besides, Charlie told her the safe story. No harm done."
Although I was a relieved that Grace didn't know about us, I was still mad at Alice.
"So, if you two are done fighting," Emmett said, "you wanna tell us what's going on?"
I let Alice tell them that Bella's daughter came back to Forks. If I told them, I'd probably just get more angry.
Everybody was silent after Alice finished. All of them had concerned looks of their faces. And all of them were thinking the same thing.
"I can't," I said weakly, "I can't just let her go."
"But you have to try," Jasper said, "Maybe Alice is right. Maybe Grace coming here is good for you."
"I don't see how that's possible," I said, "All it does is bring back all the memories."
"Which is why it will help you," he said, "You can fight back the memories and just talk to Grace without getting any flashbacks of Bella."
"I can't," I protested. "I just -"
I cut off. Alice was having a vision. In my mind, I saw that she was after Grace. Tormenting her. Threatening to kill her.
"No," I muttered through my teeth, "Not her."
I took off running to Grace's house and Alice was right behind me. Why was she in Forks again and what did she want with Grace? I couldn't process all the information in my head, all I could think about was getting Grace back safely.
We were at her house before I knew it. I went up through the bedroom window like I did so many times before years ago. Luckily for me, it was open. But I wish it wasn't. That was how Victoria got in her room in the first place.
No one was in there. I looked in the closet, bathroom, and the entire house, before I was convinced that she wasn't there.
"Edward, her trail is strong," Alice said, "She had to be here less than 5 minutes ago. We have to go now if we want to catch her."
I wasn't paying attention to her. I felt as though I let Grace down. Let Bella down. I know that I didn't owe them anything, but I felt as though I was obliged to protect her. I mean, I was here in Forks and I just let her get kidnapped.
"Edward!" Alice said in a frantic voice, snapping me out of my daze, "We've got to go now! Grace is getting farther -"
I broke into a run when she said her name. I wouldn't let anything happen to her.
"Her trail goes south and then east," I said as we were running, "See if you can tell where she's taking her."
"I'm trying," Alice said, "She keeps changing her mind every few seconds."
So she knew about Alice. It helped her, but it won't be enough for her to escape from us.
"Got it!" Alice said. I saw it in my head, too. Victoria was taking her to the baseball clearing, where it all began. "She must've made a mistake or something, to let me see that. But she's not changing her mind."
"Good," I said, "We know where she's going."
As we headed in that direction, her scent got stronger and stronger. But it didn't make sense; we weren't even near the clearing. It was as if she was slowing down.
Then it made sense. She didn't mess up by showing Alice where she was going. She wanted her to see that. She wanted us to be there when she killed her. But I wasn't going to let that happen. I would have to be dead - or, in my case, be burned into ashes - before I let that happen. She slowed down to make her trail stronger on purpose, too. She thought that Alice might not come and she needed us to find her fast because she knew she couldn't resist human blood for a long time. I sped up at the thought of that.
Finally, we were there. Victoria had Grace by the neck. Grace looked so frightened and yet brave at the same time. When I knew that she was okay, I looked at Victoria. She had this twisted grin on her beautiful, malicious face. Her eyes were the darkest black, like she was saving herself for this meal.
Apparently, she knew about my talent, too, because when she saw me, she started to think about all the ways she could kill Grace; all the slow, painful ways. I growled, wanting to attack. I want to rip her apart and watch her body burn in hell. But I knew that if I even took a step, she would make all those thoughts into reality.
"Well, well, look who decided to join us," she said.
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