BLOODWIND: A SOUL'S WORTH
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Alice POV
My hikari Tom opened the door his hair looked messy like he never combed it his whole life fortunately he washes it regularly. He had an uncomfortable look on his face. "what's wrong?" I asked gently. He turned red before mumbling "hide and seek" all of us pulled a confused face.
"Huh?" then he took a huge gulp of air "We playing hide and seek sooo ja you can join if you want… Well actually you got no choice El said join or leave." I was shocked their playing hid and seek why? Tom looked at me then spoke as if the question was written on my face.
"El wanted to take our minds off things". It clicked after that. "soooo im going to count to 100 and you can either play or go… if you guys are playing one of you gotta count with me. Back garden only" he then leaned on the wall inside and began counting Jasper then went next to him and started counting with him. No one was going to leave unfortunately that includes the dogs.
I ran to the back of the house I could already hear their heart beats in different sections of the yard. It looked like we were in an enchanted forest it looked surreal(pictures below). I don't know how long we stood there admiring this place listening to a small waterfall east of us. This place in all my years I have never seen a place like this it looked like something out of a book. It felt like all of us and I mean by all is including the Quileute's. stood transfixed for god only knows how long till Jasper raised his voice higher "43, 44!" Once we collected ourselves we moved about cautiously still drinking in the garden of Eden. there were so many places to hide. Emmet and I somehow ended up in a garden that had large fake mushrooms a cute makeshift wall with a stone path running through it.
There were bright flowers tall trees with different shades of green. "looks like we found pixie village" emmet was smiling widely at me I rolled my eyes "idiot" "well you can hide here I don't think bears are allowed here" "go find a cave" he already left no doubt he heard me. I moved around eventually found a hallow mushroom. Don't start ok. There was a hole at the base I could barely fit through but it was good enough I stepped and wrinkled my nose it smelt like leather mixed with pain fortunately not as strong. But strong enough for a vampire. I ducked inside the height of the mushroom just enough for me to stand. I smelt a wolf nearby and I couldn't help but scowl being near them hindered my vision.
Though Edward could still read their minds I despised the fact I was blind. When I saw the news with the bodies I had never seen anything so gruesome their skinned bodies blood red. Their backs butchered open revealing their skull and spine missing. Apparently, hikers discovered them and informed the police and news seeing as how unique the murder was along with its location. Just looking over the Corvinus manor it was fortunate that we went there in the morning to help them clean and security cameras footage helped a lot. They were innocent. We decided to come down and talk to them. Comfort them we were looking for an excuse to come down and see them again. Esme Rose and I were excited and already planning a bigger house to accommodate them. It was the first time that I got along with Rose.
We were all complaining about how the boys need haircuts well not all of them but really. We were also wondering about the change we couldn't change them all at once. To many new born vampires would be chaos and we would need to keep them from the Voltori for at least 100 years. By then they should have control. The only problem we foresaw with them is the fact they are the Elite Mafia who have even managed to outsmart Aro and Caius. Who become quite obsessed with them at one point but since died down but we know they wouldn't pass up the opportunity to ask them. Though they could not use their normal methods to interrogate them*jane* being our hikari's they were protected from that. Unfortunately, Aro was a well shifty for a lack of a better word and without Edwards mind reading and my premonitions I think we would have been in trouble a long ago. Though now we had a far bigger problem than before. All of them were shields. We knew Bella was a shield we expected it when the future changed well in all honesty it was more hazy than blank, that's when the rest of them stepped in and well now Edward couldn't read their minds not even a whisper. We knew the Voltori would find some way to bypass the law somehow. And none of us would let it happen.I heard a strange sound almost like a clicking sound I couldn't tell what it was the wind brought a strange smell sort of like dessert metal lizard . I heard two heart beats coming from one direction and soft movement if I wasn't a vampire I almost didn't hear it. It was predatory almost I stopped moving kept myself completely still. The clicking noise got closer and whatever it was moved past me. Something told me to keep still not to move so I didn't not that I was afraid no my hikari's were close I couldn't risk them getting hurt at whatever it was when it finally passed I let a breath I never had. Whatever it was it wouldn't end well.