Pure of Heart

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Ch. 7: Heat, Pt. 1

ChPOV

I was driving back to Forks from dropping of Tabitha Lanning off at a safe house in Alberta. The thirteen-year-old lycanthrope was going to go into heat for the first time next month. For the past four weeks since Bella's forced change and subsequent epiphany, the whole family decided that the younger Child of the Moon was to be our top priority because my daughter had constant protection. Sue was going to be taking our daughter to Denali later today and I was going to pick up Harley and the other eight Sentinels at SEATAC tonight.

The elder Stone had finally gotten in touch with me and I filled him in on everything that had gone on since Bella came to the States. We traded information and the werewolf investigators had come to the same conclusion that whoever was responsible for the Eclipse deaths knew her. Harley then informed me that the LTS hadn't been breached like everyone initially assumed because the lab results came back on the Eclipse found near one of the victims and it wasn't a match to anything Bells had made. The perp had been cooking up his own shit.

Bella had been racking her brain trying to figure out who the bastard was but so far hadn't come up with anything. According to her, she never shared the formula with anyone outside of the Chapter House in London. My daughter fills each individual order herself to cut down on the potential of a client getting a bad batch of Eclipse. Carlisle and Sue had learned the formula through Bella's journal and now they, along with Esme, help with the production. In fact, my wife has gone as far as to convince the women on the Rez to grow the herbs in their gardens. There was a plan to build some large greenhouses in the future but that was going to have to wait until the current crisis was resolved.

I grew more anxious as the miles sped by. My thoughts were dominated with the need put an end this nightmare so my family could get back to living their "normal" lives. Another mystery popped into my head as I drove and distracted me. At odd times, something Bella said bubbled up to the surface of my mind and I puzzled over what it meant. When my daughter had mentioned going into heat, she said something about an embarrassing physical mutation but she never elaborated on it. Bella went out of her way to change the subject whenever anyone brought that cryptic phrase up. We were all curious and so far our efforts have ended in frustration; Leah more than any of us.

Poor Leah had told us what happened between her and her imprint last month when she moved back into her own bedroom. She had hoped the exile was temporary and that things would get back to normal in a few days. That still hadn't happened yet and to make matters worse, Bella had stopped all intimate contact as well. Living with a sexually frustrated shapeshifter and lycanthrope was a nightmare. Part of me wished Bells would cave in and put out for her mate. The father in me chided myself whenever that particular thought came up. It might've been hypocritical, but I didn't want either of my daughters having sex. Seth had taken delight in tormenting both girls by bragging that at least he was still getting some. He changed his tune after Rosalie stopped having sex to punish him. I was afraid that Sue would get in on the act but thankfully, she never considered it.

My phone rang and I looked at the caller id read Harley. The call was quick and to the point, he told me that the Sentinels had taken an earlier flight and were arriving in Seattle in two hours. According to the last highway sign I passed, I'd be get to SEATAC about ten minutes before their plane landed.

BPOV

I'd locked myself in a spare room at the Cullen mansion two days ago because my pheromones had already started to spike and it was setting LeLe and Seth on edge. This was the first time I'd gone into heat since being mated and I knew my need to breed would be ten times worse. Yesterday, the mutation occurred and I was even more thankful for the locked door. Mum was flying with me up to Denali until my biological clock goes back into hibernation. I bundled up so nobody would notice anything off then waited for Mum to come get me. Five minutes later, there was a knock on my door.

"Bella dear, Sue is here," Esme called from the other side. I grabbed my suitcase then made my way out to Mum's car.

The drive to the airport in Seattle was quiet as my mum and I were wrapped up in our own thoughts. My stomach growled after we reached SEATAC and Mum went to get me a snack while I went to the restroom. I thought I heard a soft pop as I entered the WC then there was a sting in thigh. The last thing I saw before my eyes closed was the dart sticking out of my leg. I wasn't sure how long I was unconscious before a vaguely familiar voice woke me up.

"It is so nice to meet you again, Isabella," a German accented male voice crooned.

My brain wasn't firing on all cylinders and it took me a few minutes to become aware that I was naked on a bed and my right wrist was bound by a heavy iron manacle. It was another minute before I recognized the vampire that owned the voice after I turned his direction.

"JOHAM, WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO THINK YOU'RE DOING," I yelled at my captor then tried to leap at him but the chain kept me in place.

"I should think that is rather obvious. In a few days, when the need to mate renders you more pliant, I shall take you and together we shall create a super race," the German vampire stated like some kind cheap knock off of a James Bond villain before he left, shutting the door behind him. The slight rocking and muffled sounds that reached my ears told me I was being held on a boat somewhere.

For the first time since I was seven, I felt helpless and at the mercy of a monster. Despair knotted my stomach and I prayed my family would find me before it was too late.

LPOV

Alice had a vision of my imprint, my Bella, being kidnapped from the airport a full ten minutes before Mom called with the news. Rose and my brother barely got me out of the school before I phased, I was shaking so bad. The second we were out of sight of the humans, I let go of my rage, phased and ran off in the direction of Seattle. The thoughts of Seth and the Pack echoed in my mind as they went wolf and followed me.

LeLe, the other side of the family is right behind us. Alice drew a picture of what the man that took Bella looked like. – Seth

An image filtered through the Pack Mind of an abnormally pale man with long, greasy, blond hair that was pulled back into a pony tail. His features were striking but he wasn't inhumanly beautiful and he had blazing ruby eyes.

Filthy bloodsucker. – Sam, Paul, Jared and Jacob

It was kind of funny that bloodsucker was how the Pack referred to non-Cullen vampires but I didn't dwell on it. My rage intensified at the thought that a stinking leech took what was MINE. The mental voices of my pack brothers were nothing more than an annoying buzzing in the back of my mind and I pushed myself faster than ever. Reluctantly, I phased back to human when I was close to the airport. Mom, Dad and a group of guy that had to be the Sentinels were waiting at the curb as I jogged up. The rest of our extended clan showed up a minute later.

With no scent to follow, I started to lose hope until the pixie had another vision. The soon-to-be-ashes fuck that had my mate was having a snack in the alley behind some biker bar not too far away. We caught up with the vampire in seconds and the moron tried to be all badass. I said tried because by the time I finished tearing off his toes, fingers, legs, forearms, ears and pulling out some teeth, the frozen meat puppet sang like the little bitch he was.

James was nothing more than a nomad that had been passing through when another vampire hired him to watch SEATAC for the month. He was given a picture of Bella and told to capture her then deliver the brunette to his employer. For services rendered, he was to receive $500,000.00. Before I finished him off, the nomad admitted the he was supposed to get the pay off tomorrow. The other vampire was to call him with the location. Jasper volunteered to go to the meeting as soon as the call came in.

Hold on Bells, I'm coming for you, I thought then prayed she wasn't hurt.