Hey guys. I managed to get enough time throughout the week to get another chapter written and posted for you guys. I have been writing on this for about three days and I actually like it. This will be an extra-long chapter for you guys because you waited oh so patiently for me to update during the time I was gone. I would like to thank all of my readers for reviewing/following/favoriting this story or myself. It is greatly appreciated. =] Anyway, I hope you like this chapter. It is mostly told in Rosalie's point of view, but once again I will tell you when it switches point of views. Enjoy. =]

Hidden Soul

Chapter Twelve

I was running along a river trying to find something, or someplace that I could hide for safety. I looked back behind me and saw those piercing green eyes again. I felt shivers go down my back and just like every night, I found myself trapped with nowhere to go. Whimpering, I looked around frantically when suddenly I saw a tall black lycan with those piercing green eyes standing over me. Looking down, I knew I was in my lycan form as well and I snarled menacingly at the figure, making sure to show my elongated canines. The lycan laughed before talking.

"Now Bella, wouldn't you be tired of this by now? You should know that in the end, I ALWAYS win what I want. And what I want is you. So unless you want more people to get hurt, then just give up."

I snarled at him again while saying, "This isn't real. This is all a dream and when I wake up, you will be gone."

He laughed again and got closer to me. "You see Bella, this is where you're wrong. I am indeed real and very much alive. I have been keeping my eyes on you for a long time now Bella. I like what I see and I know you are very powerful. If you don't surrender to me, then I will be forced to make you."

"You can't make me do anything you piece of shit." I snapped back at him and glared.

He laughed again while saying, "That's where you are wrong once again Bella. I can get you to surrender, even if that means taking away what means most to you. I'm sure you wouldn't want your dear Rosalie to disappear for good…now would you?"

I let out the most menacing sound I have ever produced. "Don't you dare touch her!" I said between my teeth.

"Oh, did I touch a nerve?" He asked as he laughed and got even closer. He lightly placed his gigantic paw underneath my shaking chin. I was so furious at him that I was shaking. I wanted to tear him from limb to limb, but something was preventing me from doing so. "Listen, I'm feeling nice and I decided to give you a little bit longer. Just keep in mind, I am watching and I am very impatient so this won't happen again. Toot-a-loo Bella."

I sat up quickly in my bed with beads of sweat rolling all over my body. I frantically looked around my surroundings and saw that nothing was out of place. I was breathing heavily and I could feel my heart beat racing.

"Are you all right Bella? You were talking in your sleep and moving around." Rosalie said as she sat up and looked at me.

I looked at her and pulled her close to me. "I'm fine sweetheart. It was just a nightmare. I'm sorry for waking you."

She curled up into me again and I held her tightly against my body. She quickly fell back asleep as I held her. I couldn't go back to sleep, too scared that I would have that nightmare again. I spent my night looking at her as she slept. She looked so peaceful as she dreamt. Her face would turn into a smile every so often and I could feel her leg jerk throughout the night. Rubbing her back slowly, I pulled her closer and kissed her forehead softly.

"I will never, ever let anyone or anything harm you. I will forever keep you safe for as long as you live, and even longer than that. I can't lose you…you are my world and my everything. I will get to the bottom of whatever those dreams are even if it is the last thing I do. I won't let him hurt you." I whispered oh so quietly as I held her closer. As the night went on, the harder it was for me to get that dream out of my head. I looked down and saw that Rosalie was sound asleep, so I very quietly slipped out of her arms. I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down a note saying that I went on a walk and that I will be back when she wakes up in the morning. I placed it on my pillow and then I walked out of the room. I walked downstairs and by the sound of all the snoring, I knew that no one was awake. I slid my shoes on and walked outside.

Rosalie's POV

I had been sound asleep when I heard Bella starting to whimper in her sleep. I opened my eyes to look at my girlfriend and I could tell she was having a bad dream. Her body was gradually getting soaked with sweat and I could see her canines start to elongate in her sleep. Minutes went by and she suddenly sat up and looked around the room while panting.

"Are you all right Bella? You were talking in your sleep and moving around." I said as I sat up from my spot on the bed.

I felt her wrap her arms back around me and pull me close to her while she said, "I'm fine sweetheart. It was just a nightmare. I'm sorry for waking you."

I nodded my head and curled back up against her and fell back asleep. I woke up to hearing her whisper in my ear as she held me.

"I will never, ever let anyone or anything harm you. I will forever keep you safe for as long as you live, and even longer than that. I can't lose you…you are my world and my everything. I will get to the bottom of whatever those dreams are even if it is the last thing I do. I won't let him hurt you."

I fell back asleep for the rest of the night. Waking up when the sun hit my face, I opened my eyes and saw that Bella was nowhere to be found. I found a note lying on her pillow and I picked it up and read it.

Rosalie,

Don't worry, I didn't leave you. I just needed to go walk in the fresh air for a few hours. I shouldn't be gone too long. Be safe and I will see you when you wake up in the morning.

-Bella

I put the note on the nightstand and sat up. While I was stretching, I heard my stomach growled so I decided to get up and head downstairs. When I walked into the kitchen, I saw that Carina and Blain were in there as well munching on some waffles. They must have heard me because they both said hi to me without even looking.

"I made some waffles if you want some Rosalie. I promise I'm not that bad of a cook." Carina said while smirking at me.

I smiled and grabbed a plate and started putting waffles on it. "Thank you. These look delicious and I can guarantee you that they are probably better than what I could have made."

I heard Blain giggle at that while he said, "I don't know Rosalie…your grandmother is very good at cooking and since you are so close to her, I bet you're a pretty good cook..." He then placed his hand over his mouth and moved to where I'm supposed to be the only one that sees. He then pointed to Carina while saying, "And it is probably than what that one over there can cook."

I heard Carina gasp and then I heard a smack on the arm along with an ow. I chuckled at the two and started eating my waffles at the table.

"So where's your knight and shining armor at during this lovely morning?" Carina asked while smiling at me.

I looked up from my plate while saying, "You mean Bella? Well I woke up with a note from her lying on the bed saying she went out for a walk or something. I think she will be back soon."

"She must have had another one of those nightmares again last night." Blain said casually.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh she didn't tell you? Yeah, Bella has been having these reoccurring nightmares about-" Blain started saying before Carina quickly smacked him upside the head. He winced while asking, "Jesus Carina! What did I do?"

She just rolled her eyes at him and said, "You dumb ass, you were supposed to keep your mouth shut about that! No wonder no one tells you anything. You would just run your big mouth."

I was majorly confused by all of this. I mean, I don't think Bella would hide anything from me would she? "Okay…I'm lost here…would someone mind telling me on what is going on?" I asked while looking at the both of them.

"Okay…it's not my place to tell so I'm not going to tell you the whole thing. If you really want to know then you need to ask Bella about it so you can hear it from her. But she has been having these nightmares at night that usually revolve around the same thing almost every night. It's nothing serious or anything…so we think anyway…but Bella just mentioned it a few weeks ago. Now before you get mad at her, she didn't want to mention it to you because she didn't want to worry you or anything. I'm sure she was planning on telling you sooner or later, and probably when she had them all figured out. But I guess that's out of the question since dumb ass over there decided to open his big mouth." Carina said while glaring at Blain, who whimpered under the stare.

I nodded my head and just sat there finishing my breakfast. I heard the front door shut, so I knew Bella was home.

"Well, that's my cue to leave. I'm really sorry about earlier Rosalie. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything by it." Blain said as he got up to leave the kitchen.

"It's okay Blain. I know you didn't mean it." I said and then he gave me a small smile and left the room. A few seconds after that, I heard Bella walk into the room.

"Mm, what smells good in here?"

I got off my chair and smiled at my beautiful girlfriend, who quickly returned it. She wrapped her arms around me tight and gave me a small kiss while whispering softly into my ear, "I missed you. How did you sleep sweetheart?" I felt her give me a soft kiss right under my ear, which gave me major butterflies in my stomach.

I smiled and held onto her tighter. "I slept all right. It would have been better if you were there though."

She looked at me with an apologetic look. "I know sweetie, and I'm really sorry about that. It's just…after that nightmare, I couldn't go back to sleep so I just decided to go take a run in the fresh air to help relax me."

I looked at her concerned and rubbed her shoulder blades casually. "Is everything all right? You can talk to me about it."

She smiled and lightly brushed a piece of wavy hair out of my face. "I know I can, and I promise you that everything is just fine. Now, did you have breakfast yet?"

It is now in the middle of the afternoon and Bella and I have been outside for the whole day so far. After breakfast, she insisted on us spending the day outside and walking the trails that she has found throughout the months that she lives here, and some of them have been mine as well that I have found. So, we both took quick showers and changed into more appropriate clothing and we haven't been inside since. She has shown me all these gorgeous trails and I decided that I should finally show her my favorite one that I walk a lot when I need to relax or time to myself. When we arrived, I saw her eyes move what seemed to be a hundred miles per hour. She was taking in everything and every detail that surrounded her. We were by a big lake that spreads out for miles and miles. All around it were tall trees, making it almost invisible from the other areas. I have always found peace when I come here for some reason.

"Wow Rosalie, this place is gorgeous. How did you find it?" Bella asked as her deep violet eyes scan the area.

I smiled and went and sat down on a stone that is big enough for two people to sit on. I always sit here when I come because it faces the water and helps relax me even more. "I have no clue really. I was just out walking around one day and I happen to come across it. It was almost as if the water or something was pulling me here. Whenever I need some place to relax or just be by myself, I come here. It was the only place that could relax me for the longest time. Now I have something else to help me relax."

"Really? What is it?" Bella asked as she looked at me curiously.

I looked over at her and smiled while saying, "You silly."

I saw her blush and she came over and sat next to me. I felt her slide her hand into mine and I squeezed her hand softly. We stayed like this for what seemed to be hours. I suddenly remembered the conversation I had earlier this morning with Carina and Blain.

I looked over at Bella and saw that she was almost in a trance staring at the water as it moved. "Can I ask you a question Bella?"

She looked over at me concerned. I saw that her violet eyes were staring into my blue-violet ones intently, almost searching for something wrong. When she couldn't find the answer she was looking for she sighed softly and nodded her head. "Sure sweetheart. Are you okay?"

I almost smiled at how concerned she is when it comes to me. It's very cute and I love it. I then kept looking into her eyes while saying, "I'm fine. But this morning as I was talking to Blain and Carina, Blain mentioned something with you having these reoccurring nightmares that revolve around the same thing. Well, I was wondering what exactly these nightmares are?"

Bella's face froze after I said that. Apparently she didn't like that I found out, but I could tell she was trying to control herself. The one downfall of being mated with a Lycan is that they are very well known for their short tempers. They can get angry at the littlest things you say. Now, I know Bella wouldn't get mad at me on purpose, it's just she can't control it sometimes, but I must say that she is doing very well at controlling it this time.

"How did you find out about that?" Was all she asked as she looking at me.

"Well they asked where you were this morning so I said that I woke up with a note saying you went out for a walk and that you would be back early in the morning. Then Blain accidentally let it slip about the nightmares you have. But, he didn't mean to say it at all Bella so please don't get mad at him okay? He already feels terrible enough." I said as I looked at her with pleading eyes.

She closed her eyes and sighed softly. It was quiet for a few minutes before she finally spoke again. "They started about a month ago…around the time me and you started dating. But almost every night I have this reoccurring nightmare where I am getting chased in the woods. When I look back, all I see are these pair of bright green eyes. They are so bright that they are almost glowing. Anyway, as I run they are getting closer and closer to me. I finally get to a point where I am trapped and have nowhere to go. And then this deep voice comes out of nowhere and he is pretty much threatening me and trying to persuade me to join him. I normally don't see what the person looks like because it's usually just a tall dark figure with the bright green eyes. But last night's nightmare was different. I got to see who it was and saw that it was a tall, huge, black lycan. He was almost as tall as I was, maybe just an inch or two shorter. I proceeded to tell him that this was all a dream and that he isn't real and then he laughed in my face and said that he is indeed real and that it's not a dream. What really made me pissed off though is that he threatened you. After that, he kept on laughing as he walked away and that was when I woke up. I'm really sorry for keeping all of this from you. I was planning on talking to you about it, but I just wanted to figure what it all was about first because I didn't want to worry you or anything."

As she finished, I saw that her eyes looked absolutely terrified. I moved closer to her and wrapped my arms around her tight. I could feel her start to relax in my arms and cuddle into me more. "Well, no matter what this person said in your dream, it was all just a nightmare. I promise you are completely safe from any harm Bella. And don't worry about me because I won't let them hurt me or you, and I definitely won't let anyone take me away from you. But I do wish you would have gone to me first instead of the others. I understand that they are your pack mates and your family, but I'm your girlfriend and I don't want you to feel like you can't tell me these things."

She nodded her head and pulled away just enough so she can look into my eyes. She smiled her big cheesy smile and kissed my cheek softly. "I know, and I'm really sorry for hiding this from you Rosalie. I promise that from now on I will come to you first when something like this happens, but I expect you to do the same as well okay?"

I grinned and gave her a big hug. "I promise I will Bella. Now, let's get back to your house because I have to head home soon."

It's been a week since Bella has told me about her nightmares and things have been getting very strange lately. What I mean is that my body has been getting these weird feelings where I feel almost as if a huge shield has been placed around me. Also when I'm around Bella, I feel the strangest need to protect her from some type of force of some kind. More and more at night, I find myself walking to the pond that is in my back yard. For some reason, I have always found comfort when I am by the water. Also as I have been awake more at night, I have noticed the same glowing bright green eyes that I have seen before staring up into my window. As the days goes on, the stronger all of this becomes. I have been getting this strange urge that I need to talk to my grandmother about all of this. So that leads me to where I am now. I have been at my grandmother's house all day and I knew she could tell something has been up. She came back into the living room with two teas in her hands. She handed one of them to me and sat down on the love seat next to me.

"So sweetheart, how are you and Bella doing?"

I looked up at her after taking a drink of my tea and said, "We're doing fantastic. It's been almost two months and I absolutely love it."

She smiled at that and said, "I'm so happy that you found a girl that will treat you right sweetheart. Now, as much as I would love to talk about your relationship, I know that isn't why you are here. So, would you mind telling me what is on your mind Rose? I don't think I have seen you this tense in a long time."

I sighed softly and looked at my grandmother. The thing you need to know about her is that she is very observant and she always knows when I need to tell her something. "Well, lately I have been feeling very weird…"

"How so?"

"I've been feeling like…kind of like a shield has been placed around me almost as if I can protect myself or Bella. I have been waking up more and more late at night and finding myself sitting outside by the pond that is in the back yard."

I heard her sigh softly and look at me. "I knew this was going to happen soon…"

I scrunched my face together in confusion and looked at her. "What do you mean Grandma?"

I heard her sigh again and she sat up more and faced me. "I told your mother that this was going to happen sooner or later, but she refused to acknowledge the fact that you are an Aloja whether she wants to accept it or not."

The heck is that? Now I am really confused. "Um…what exactly is this…uh…loja thing you are talking about Grandma?"

She laughed and smiled at me. "It's A-loja sweetheart. An Aloja is a woman who gives good fortune to others and we also have a power to protect the ones that we love dearly. We find comfort in the water and being around water and when we aren't near it, we are at our weakest. I do believe the reason why you are feeling all of this is because there is something that is threatening someone you love dearly and when an Aloja feels threatened, her powers get stronger."

"Wait…what do you mean by when you say 'we'?" I asked as I looked at her.

"Honey, I do believe it's time that you hear the truth on why your mom is how she is. Back when I gave birth to your mom and your Aunt Natasha only one of them was born with the Aloja gene. When your mom found out it wasn't her, she grew angry at her sister and I. It got to the point where she got it in her head that her sister and her mother was nothing but evil. As they both grew up, she grew apart from her sister and tried to grow apart from me, but I wouldn't let her since she was pregnant with your brother and then with you a year afterwards. I'm actually surprised that she allowed you two to see me throughout the years, but somehow I got to see you. I tried convincing your mother how we are not evil at all. Well, that was a mistake because then she moved you out here, but what she didn't know was that I moved out here as well. I had to keep an eye on you because no matter what your mother told me, I knew you had the gene and that it was going to happen soon."

"So are you saying that my mother tried to keep me away from you just because you're different than her? I didn't know that was why I never got to see my Aunt Natasha!" I said kind of angrily.

"Now sweetheart, no matter how angry your mother is, please don't hate her. She is your mother and I'm sure that soon she will grow to understand more." Grandma said while patting my leg softly.

I sighed and looked down. I can't believe that I'm not really as human as I thought I was. I have no clue how to explain this to Bella. Would she still want to be with me even though I'm different?

"Rose, stop worrying so much sweetheart. You'll get worry lines that way."

I smiled and looked up. "I'm sorry…I'm just scared…"

"What are you scared about sweetheart? It's not like you're bad, if anything you're good." Grandma said as she looked at me.

"I'm scared on what Bella is going to think about me. What if she doesn't like me for what I am?" I asked worriedly.

I heard her laugh as I said that. "She's a Lycan dear, do you really think she isn't going to like you for being an Aloja?"

"Yeah, that's true." Then it dawned on me. She just said that Bella was a Lycan, which means she knows what Bella is. What the hell? "Wait, how did you know that she was a Lycan?"

She laughed again and looked at me while smiling. "Rosalie dear, it's like you don't even know your grandmother at all. You should know that I am very observant sweetheart. When you came here and told me that Bella had that killer headache, I knew from the get go that she wasn't human. She gets headaches due to something that is in her gene that she is going to find out very soon in the near future. I knew that if I made her my special chicken noodle soup that it would dull out the pain and make it seem like it left. When I met her for the first time, she confirmed my suspicion on her being different. I knew she was a Lycan as soon as I saw her eyes. The violet eyes that she has means that she's a leader, aka her being an alpha, and the color purple means strong and very, very powerful. She may not know it just yet, but your Bella is going to be a very strong alpha and it will come in handy very soon. I already warned her about this, but I'm going to warn you as well. There is something horrible that is coming your way for both of you and you need to be at your strongest when it does because whatever is coming is going to be very powerful. Now tell me, does Bella have other members of her pack? And if so, how many does she have and how strong?"

I thought about it for a while and then finally I answered. "Well she has Carina, Destiny, and her brother Blain. She did have a…um…I think she called it a Beta…but he disagreed with who she is dating and so he left. I don't know how strong they are though. Why?"

She shook her head at me and looked away. "No reason dear. I was just curious."

Bella's POV

As Rosalie spent the day at her grandma's, I decided to spend it with my parents since I never get to see them. My mother and I went shopping in Seattle for the day and when we got back, I then went on a walk with Charlie. We caught up on how my relationship with Rosalie is doing and I told him about the whole Devin incident. He was very upset with how he reacted and treated what was supposed to be his family. I then thought about my nightmares I have been having, and I figured I should probably talk to him about it.

"Hey Dad, can I talk to you about something?" I asked softly as I stopped walking to look at Charlie.

He stopped as well and we sat on a broken down tree stump. "Sure Bells. What's on your mind?"

"Well…um…if you were to have the same reoccurring dream almost every night for a month, what does it mean?" I asked as I looked at him still.

He seemed to contemplate his answer before he spoke. "Well…depends on what exactly that dream consists of. Do you mind telling me sweetheart?"

I then began to tell him about the nightmare that I have been having. By the time I finished, he looked incredibly worried.

"Well…all I can say is that I think it's your inner beast giving you a warning on what may be happening in the future. I say to just keep your eyes open and be aware of your surroundings. I would especially make sure that Rosalie is safe." Charlie said as he looked at me.

I nodded my head and as I was about to say something, I felt my phone vibrate indicating that I had a text. I pulled it out of my pocket and saw that it was from Rosalie. I started smiling like an idiot.

Hey sweetheart. I'm just now leaving my grandma's. Do you want to stay over tonight? You can keep me company. =)

I smiled and responded back. Hey sweetie! Of course I would love to keep you company. Let me just tell my parents goodbye and then I'll be heading over. Be careful on your way home.

I looked up at my dad and I saw him smirking. "I'm going to assume that was Rosalie. Let's head back to the house because I know you're going to be heading over there."

We both laughed at that and went back towards the house. I quickly changed clothes and packed an overnight back and I was on my way to her house. As I pulled up, I saw her dog Maxi come running up to my car. I smiled and got out, grabbing my bag.

"Hey Maxi! Did they lock you outside?" I asked the dog as I started petting its head. I went and opened the door for Maxi and followed her inside. Since I have been over so much now, I got told that I can just walk in whenever I want. As soon as I walked inside, I saw Rosalie come running towards me with a smile. I quickly dropped my bag so I can catch my lovely girlfriend as she jumped towards me. She wrapped her legs around my waist as I giggled and wrapped my arms around her tight.

"Hey baby. Did you miss me?" I asked as I looked at her and immediately began to smile more.

She grinned and held onto me tighter. "Yes! How was your day with your parents?"

"It was pretty fun. My mom and I went to Seattle to go shopping and then afterwards Charlie and I went on a nice walk and just caught up with everything."

She looked into my eyes and smiled again. I saw her lean in and so I did as well and our lips met halfway. The kiss started off slow and sweet, but it soon grew and became heated. I gripped onto her as I started to carry her upstairs as we kissed. I managed to make it to her room without tripping over anything and I laid her down on her bed slowly. As I got on top of her, she looked up at me and into my eyes and smiled. I blushed and looked down at her.

"What are you thinking?" I asked softly.

"That you are so beautiful." Rosalie said as she leaned up to kiss me softly.

I kissed her back and rolled off of her to wrap my arms around her tightly. As I held her close, I could tell something was up with her. I looked down at her as I rubbed her sides slowly.

"What's wrong Rose? I can hear your brain going a million miles an hour." I said teasingly.

She looked up at me with a worried expression on her face. "Um…can I tell you something and you not freak out?"

I pulled her closer to me and kissed her cheek softly. "Of course you can Rosalie. You can tell me anything, you know that right? What's wrong?"

She sighed and stayed quiet for a minute or two. "You know how you said you've been having nightmares about something big and black with bright green eyes chasing you?"

I tensed as she said this and kept looking at her. "Yeah…please don't tell me you're dreaming about this too…"

She shook her head no as she said, "No…but…um…every night I have seen these bright green eyes looking up into my bedroom window. It's usually by the woods."

I sat up and looked at her. I could feel my blood start to boil as I thought of the threat the lycan gave me in my dream. "I'm going to fucking kill whoever it is!"

Rosalie sat up and wrapped her arms around me. "Bella calm down sweetheart. I'm probably just imagining things. I'm sure it's nothing."

I shook my head and looked at her. "You don't get it Rosalie. In my dream, whoever it was that was in it…he threatened you…he said something about keeping an eye on both of us and that he'll be waiting. I'm not going to risk you getting hurt or me losing you."

"Bella, I'm going to be fine. We're both going to just fine." Rosalie said as she tried to calm me down.

I got up and walked to the window and looked around outside. I couldn't find anything wrong or suspicious and I looked back towards her. "I'm not going to risk it Rosalie. I'm going to stay here every night and watch over you. If something happened to you, I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

"Bella, you don't have to-" Rosalie started to say, but I cut her off.

"I don't care Rose! I'm not risking it! I don't know what's going on, but I'm not getting a good feeling with this."

She sighed and got up to walk over to me. I felt her wrap her arms around my waist which made me wrap mine around her. She kissed my neck softly and pulled me towards the bed with her. We both laid down and I wrapped my arms around her. We told each other goodnight and I watched her sleep for most of the night.

Well there was the next chapter for you guys. Once again it was extra-long for all of my readers out there as a thank you for being so patient with me. Like always, it would be greatly appreciated if you would send a review telling me what you think of the chapter or the story all together. So for the whole Aloja information, yes, it is a real mythical type creature. I wanted Rosalie to be something that you don't typically see in stories. Now when I read about this type of creature, I didn't quite like exactly what they were so I kind of spiced it up a little bit. So yes, some of the things that I described as the Aloja is real, but some of it isn't. So please don't be mad that I didn't use necessarily all of the information. Anyway, other than that, that should be all about this chapter. So once again, I would absolutely love it if you would send a review telling me how you feel about this story or chapter. Reading them helps inspire me to write more, and the less I get, the less I don't want to write. I'll try to update as soon as I can. If it takes me awhile, I am really sorry. I promise I will stick with this story though. So don't give up hope. =]