Hey guys! I know this was a very fast update but I managed to get some free time during my breaks at school to write up a chapter for you guys! I must say though, don't get used to fast updates, I just managed to get lucky haha. I know most of my readers haven't gotten the chance to read the last chapter so this will be an extra special gift for them! I would like to remind you that Italics is usually when it's a flashback or when a lycan is very mad or talking in their lycan form. With that said, here's the next chapter for you guys!
Hidden Soul
Chapter Twenty-One
Rosalie's POV
I woke up in a cold dark room. I honestly don't know what the hell happened. The only thing I remember is waiting for Bella to come back as she took a walk with her father. That was when the figure came out of nowhere and attacked me.
Bella just left and I was left alone in our room. I really hope she comes back soon because I would really like to finish what we almost started. We haven't had much time to ourselves lately because of everything that is happening. I suddenly heard a soft knock on the door and so I told whoever it was to come in.
"Hey Rosalie, the rest of us is going to go look around the area and make sure it's safe. Will you be okay here by yourself?" Carina asked while popping her head around the door.
I looked up and smiled. "Of course I'll be fine. Bella shouldn't be too long anyway. Just be careful out there."
Carina smiled at me while saying, "We always are. If you need anything your aunt will be just down the hall and Nathan's guards will be guarding the place."
With that, she gave me one last smile and left the room while shutting the door. I think out of all the pack members, I'm closest to Carina. I think she feels responsible to make sure I'm safe when Bella isn't around. Usually when Bella is busy, Carina makes sure she's around me and hanging out. I am also a little close to Blain, but obviously I can't always be around him since he is a male, but I do enjoy kicking his ass playing his video games.
I was then interrupted from my thoughts with my window being opened slowly and quietly. Bella must be home already, which was fast.
"Geez Bella, that didn't take long. How did your walk go?" I asked without looking at the door.
It was quiet and suddenly I realized that whoever was in my room wasn't Bella. I looked up and saw piercing green eyes looking at me. I screamed, which made the person smirk at me.
"Now Rosalie, that's not anyway to greet your dear friend."
"You are not my friend anymore Alice. You stopped being that when you chose to attack Bella and I."
Alice pouted while saying in a fake sweet tone, "Now Rose, you know I would never cause harm on you, and especially not that yummy looking Bella. It really is a shame that you don't like sharing, because I would really enjoy having some time with her alone."
I glared and felt myself getting angry. "Bella would never want you! Now get the hell out before she gets here and kicks your ass."
She laughed menacingly while saying, "I'm afraid I can't do that dear Rosalie. Now, I am very sorry for what I am about to do."
Alice launched herself at me and I just barely managed to roll away before she could tackle me. She started to frantically grab at me and we started to tumble all across the room. I then thought of something that could possibly get Bella to come here.
"Bella! Bella help! I'm getting attacked!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.
Alice laughed menacingly again while saying, "Do you really think Bella is going to come save you? She is miles away and there is no one here in this place."
Shit I am so screwed. I really need to use my powers, but then I remember Bella telling me not to use them under any circumstances. Before I could think anymore, I felt Alice tackle me to the ground and next thing I know, everything is fading to darkness.
I looked at my surroundings and saw that I was in some kind of warehouse or building. I tried getting up but I felt something holding me back. Looking down at my hands, I saw that there were heavy chains that were around my wrists and legs, making it impossible to move away.
"Well shit…" I whispered quietly.
I heard a door open and shut and soon after I heard footsteps heading my way.
"Ah she is finally awake. For a while there I thought Alice killed you."
I looked up and saw a pair of piercing green eyes that almost seemed to glow in the darkness.
"What do you want from me?!" I yelled at the figure while glaring. I have to keep myself calm so I don't use my powers. I have to keep them hidden for my sake and Bella's.
The person laughed while saying, "It's not about what I want from you, it's more like who I want from you."
"If it's Bella that you are talking about, then you are sadly mistaken. Bella will find me and she will kill you, especially for messing with me." I said while looking at them.
"You see, that is where you are mistaken Rosalie. Yes, Bella will come after you, but when she does I will be waiting for her. I am stronger than she will ever be and I will win."
"You will have to fight through her father before you even think about killing Bella."
They laughed again while saying, "Nathan Pearce is nothing but a coward! He doesn't deserve the title he has! None of that family deserves it! He tricked my father out of his rightful place by cheating! And I am going to earn it back!"
What in the hell was Kevin talking about? Bella has never told me about her father over ruling someone else before. Maybe she doesn't know yet?
"What are you talking about Kevin? Bella's father is the rightful ruler whether you want to accept it or not."
That seemed to piss him off and he started to shake violently. Suddenly, I felt a sharp slap across my face which made me wince.
"Shut up you ungrateful bitch! You know absolutely nothing about that pathetic excuse of a lycan!" Kevin said before he kicked me as hard as he could. "Now I will get my revenge. And by damn it will be sweet. Just you wait, you'll get to be the cheerleader on the sidelines as you sit and watch your precious Bella die saving you."
I winced and coughed hard. It feels like he cracked a rib or two. Hearing me cough made him laugh even more. He gave me one more good kick and then he walked out of the room while laughing.
"Oh Bella, please hurry…" I whispered softly and quietly.
Bella's POV
I could not sleep a wink all night. Every time I even closed my eyes for a second all I could see was Rosalie's face. God, I don't know how they could come in and take her from us! We had a castle full of lycans with advanced hearing and yet none of them happened to hear an intruder! I swear, once I find them and get my hands on Kevin, I will kill him! If he even thinks about laying a hand on her I will murder him!
During my thoughts, I suddenly felt a sharp pain go across my body. It was so painful that I winced and grabbed at my ribs.
"Bella! Are you okay?" I heard Carina ask.
I felt hands on my shoulders and I quickly shrugged them off. "I'm fine!" I said while standing up and looking around.
Nathan looked concerned and walked towards me slowly. "No you're not fine Bella. What happened? What made you suddenly wince in pain?"
"It was seriously nothing Father. Let's go look for Rosalie."
I started to move outside and realized no one was following behind me, so I sighed and turned around. "Seriously, nothing is wrong with me. So stop looking at me like that and let's get our asses moving already."
Finally, everyone started to follow me to the forest area. When we got there we all paused.
"So who's going with who?" Blain asked while looking around.
"How about Carina and Natasha come with me, and then Blain, Devin, and Destiny go together." I said while looking at them, which they nodded their heads in agreement.
"And Jacob, Leah, and Sam come with me while Paul, Embry, and Quil go together." Nathan said.
"We will all split up with our groups and meet back here exactly when the sun is setting. If anyone finds anything, use the signal we discussed about earlier and I will come in your direction. If you run into anyone or anything you don't know, do not engage with them. He is very strong and should not be taken in a small number." I said as I looked at everyone.
They all nodded their heads in agreement and with that we all phased, except for Natasha, and ran into our separate ways with our groups. Natasha actually did a good job keeping up with us for someone who isn't a lycan. A few hours into the search, my group decided to phase back and take a break. Well, the others had to convince me to phase and take a break anyway. I sat down on a broken tree and looked around.
"Bella, we will find her I promise. I'm not going to stop until we do." Natasha said as she sat down next to me.
"I definitely agree with Natasha. I'm not stopping until we find her. And when we do, I'm going to seriously kick some ass." Carina said while grinning.
I looked up at her and glared a little while saying in a voice that doesn't sound like my own, "No, he is mine to kill. I don't give a damn if there are others, but you leave Kevin to me."
Carina visibly gulped and nodded her head. "Alright Bella, we will leave him to you. But if there is any sign of you getting hurt, I'm stepping in and don't be surprised if the others step in as well."
"I really want to fry his ass, either him or that Alice chick. God, what a fucking pansy she is, can't even face us." Natasha said while looking at her hands, which were now glowing a little with her power.
I smiled at her reaction. I really do like that Natasha hates Alice just as much as I do. "Don't worry, our time will come soon that we can kick their asses. We just have to be patient and mainly focus on finding Rose."
"So Bella…what really happened back there?" Carina hesitantly asked while looking at me.
"What do you mean? I'm fine Carina." I said while trying to put on a convincing look.
"Don't try to bull shit me Bella. I know when something is wrong now, tell me. You know we won't tell…or at least I won't, I'm not so sure about Natasha here." Carina said while jokingly looking at Natasha.
"Hey, I take offense to that! You know I won't tell Bella." Natasha said defensively.
I sighed softly while saying, "Carina, do you remember how I told you about how I can sometimes get these visual memories that are actually happening or is about to happen?"
"Yeah, I remember you telling me about that. How you only get them with Rosalie, right?"
I nodded my head while saying, "Well, what if I could feel what Rosalie was feeling?"
"What do you mean? Kind of like some mental connection or something?" Natasha asked curiously.
"Yeah, I think it's kind of like that. Because earlier I felt this severe pain in my ribs, it was kind of like if someone were to hit me directly in the stomach. And I'm curious if that was what was happening to Rosalie or something because none of us were being hit and I know I wasn't being hit."
"What if they were just a severe case of cramps? Are you close to your lovely Mother Nature gift?" Carina asked while grinning. I shot her a glare which made her grin quickly leave her face.
"No Carina, I'm not close to that, not that it's any of your business." I said while still glaring at her.
She held up her hands in surrender and quickly looked away.
"What if you two do actually have some mate connection where it allows you to see each other's futures or feel what they feel? I know an Aloja soul mate connection doesn't do that, but I'm not quite sure about an Aloja-Lycan connection. I mean, it would make sense anyway." Natasha said while looking at me.
"That actually could be true. Now, if only I could find out how to use it and then I could find Rosalie." I said.
"Well, why don't you talk to your father about this? I'm sure he could help you with it. I mean, it could even make the process move along quicker, which means the sooner we find Rosalie and the sooner we can kick some ass." Carina said while grinning again.
"I know I should but I'm not sure if I can exactly trust Nathan." I said while looking at them both.
"What do you mean Bella? He's your father and he is also like king honcho of the lycans." Carina asked.
"What did he tell you that made you not trust him Bella?" Natasha asked while looking at me with concern.
"He told me about the war against the group called The Exterminators and the lycans. But before the war started, he was hidden away up in the mountains in Europe and that was when he discovered his power of the Aradias. He decided that in order to completely eliminate this group of supernatural hungers, he needed to find a pack. So, he searched and searched until finally he came across this one group of lycans. Well, this group was ran by an Alpha that apparently wasn't suited to be one and Nathan thought he would be a better Alpha, so he decided to challenge him. He eventually beat him and became the leader and then banned the previous Alpha from ever returning to the pack."
"Okay, that's an interesting story and all but I don't see what the problem is. Why can't you trust him?" Carina asked.
"The previous leader was a Hanley…who just so happened to be Kevin's father." I said while looking at the two of them.
"That explains a lot actually. You don't think Kevin is doing all of this to get revenge for his father, do you?" Natasha asked.
"That's exactly what I think he is doing." I said.
"Okay, I am still confused here. How does all of this make you not trust Nathan? I understand the whole Kevin wanting revenge part, but where does the whole trust issue come in at?" Carina asked.
"Yesterday when Rosalie was taken, don't you find it weird that none of his guards knew about someone coming into the castle? I mean, what a coincidence that Nathan and I left the building minutes before someone came in there." I said as I looked at them.
"That is very weird. I mean, I was in the building the whole time and I never once heard any sounds of struggle or anything. The guards were supposedly out guarding the doors to your room, the main doors, and the outside perimeter." Natasha said.
"Actually, there was no one outside." Carina said as she looked at me.
I looked at her curiously while saying, "What do you mean?"
"When we went outside to search the area, we went through the main doors and there was absolutely no one there guarding them. Actually, I have no clue if there was even anyone around the building besides us." Carina said.
"Do you think your father has anything to do with this? Or maybe the guards are doing something and your father just doesn't know about it?" Natasha asked curiously.
I thought about it for a little bit. What if they were right? What if my very own father was working with the person who supposedly wanted revenge on him? It wouldn't make any sense why he would want to betray his family like that.
"What are you thinking Bells?" Carina asked.
I looked up at them both while saying, "I'm thinking that we need to have a pack meeting tonight, where no one else will over hear."
"That means anywhere in the castle is out of the question." Carina said while sighing.
"How about we just meet out here in the woods? I mean, I'm pretty sure we can get away saying that we just want to search the perimeter again." Natasha said while looking at me.
"I think that sounds excellent. We just need to inform everyone as soon as we can." I said and sighed again. "We need to start back on our search though. It's slowly getting darker out and I refuse to lose Rosalie."
We both phased and then the three of us started our search again. This went on until sunset, which as agreed we met up in the same spot we started at this morning. Once everyone arrived, we all phased back so we could talk to one another better.
"Did anybody find anything?" I asked as I looked at everyone.
"Our group didn't find much. Maybe a few tracks here or there but they were mostly from other animals." Destiny said.
"That's about all we found as well. How about your groups Father, did you find anything?"
His pack was a little more hesitant, which really put me on edge. I already don't trust them, which isn't good considering he's my father and I shouldn't be thinking bad thoughts.
"Well, we didn't find anything at all. There weren't even any tracks around the area." Sam said as he glanced at Nathan who seemed to be having a mental conversation with them.
"How about you, father?" I said as I looked at him.
He seemed to be lost in thought and so I had to clear my throat to get him to snap out of it. "Oh, what were you asking?" Nathan said while smiling at me.
"I asked, did your group find anything today?" I said a little annoyed.
"Oh! No, we didn't find anything. Maybe just a scent or two in the air but that was it."
"A scent or two? What did these scents smell like?" I asked.
"I don't know…they were so faint I couldn't catch anything specific." Nathan said.
I looked at my father for a few minutes. I could tell he was hiding something, which was making me really annoyed. This also gave me even more reasons to believe he's up to something.
"Alright…well I say we all get some rest and then we will start bright and early in the morning again." I said and then I remembered something. "Oh and Father, I was wondering if it would be okay if my pack and I go take a little perimeter run before heading to bed?"
He smiled at me while saying, "Of course you can Bella. Just be safe. I wouldn't want anything bad happening to you."
I smiled and motioned for my pack and Natasha to follow me into the woods.
Nathan's POV
As I watched Bella run into the woods with her pack, I motioned for Sam and Jacob to come over here while the rest of my pack heads inside.
"Yes master? What is it that you need?" Jacob asked.
"I want you two to follow them. I'm not quite sure what they are up to and I want to know everything they are doing. Make sure you both stay out of sight and that they can't smell you."
They both bowed their heads while saying at the same time, "Yes master."
With that they both walked off and I watched them go into the woods.
There's another chapter for you guys! Like I said earlier, it was a very quick update which that doesn't happen very often. I'm actually supposed to be doing homework and studying for a test right now, but instead of doing that like a good student would, I'm actually writing a chapter up for you! So you should feel very special! =] I would like to thank everyone who has sent a review of the last chapter or of this story in general. It is very much appreciated and I love reading your opinions of the story or chapters. Like I have mentioned in previous chapters, this story is slowly coming to a close. But! I am planning on writing a sequel! I'm not quite sure how many more chapters there will be left of this, but when I figure it out I will make sure to give you guys a heads up so you won't be kept out in the dark or anything. I will try my best to update possibly this weekend or throughout the week. But, I may be getting super busy soon and I'm not sure how often I will be able to update. But, just stay patient with me and I promise I will update this story as often as I can. =] Thank you all again for being amazing fans and readers. =]