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Chapter Thirteen: Unexpected Problem
As soon as Emmett said the word werewolf, we heard a twig snap behind us and we all turned around slowly.
Standing there was a giant russet colored wolf, and when I say giant, I mean giant. I am pretty sure I could only reach his stomach but I didn't want to get close enough to test that theory.
"Get behind us Bella," Jasper said, and I noticed he and Alice looked nervous. Emmett, of course, looked ready for a fight.
I did as I was told, and stood behind the three vampires, which for some strange reason seemed to irritate the wolf even more. As soon as I was safely hidden behind Alice, Jasper, and Emmett, the wolf started to growl fiercely.
"What do you want?" Alice asked, and as soon as she spoke the wolf looked directly at me.
"You can't have Bella," Emmett said. "We won't let you hurt her."
Apparently the wolf didn't like this, because his growling got louder and he started to snap his teeth at us. The wolf's menacing form and horrific growling got the better of me, and I started shaking in fear. When the wolf saw me shaking he stopped growling and tried to walk towards me, only to be stopped by my three guards.
Without warning, the wolf ran into the woods. I sighed in relief before tapping Alice on the shoulder.
"Alice, why are you guys so nervous?" I asked. "You could easily take him down, couldn't you?"
"Since there is only one, then yes, we probably could. But Bella, the only thing that can kill a vampire besides fire is a werewolf," Alice explained, and I nodded because I had suddenly lost my voice due to fear.
"Where did he go?" Emmett asked. "There is no way he just left."
As soon as the words left Emmett's mouth a teenage boy emerged from the very spot the wolf had just disappeared. I jumped when I realized that I recognized the boy before us.
"Jacob," I said still not entirely believing what I was seeing.
"Hi Bella," Jacob said, and I could instantly tell he was not the same friendly Jacob I remembered.
"You're a werewolf?" I asked, because I couldn't really think of anything else to say.
"Yes," Jacob answered. He threw a bitter glance in the Cullen's direction, but I chose to ignore it.
"Okay, but why are you here?" I asked, still trying to process everything that was happening.
"I was sent to find you," Jacob answered.
"Who sent you?" I asked, trying to figure out who would do such a thing.
"Your father, unintentionally," Jacob said while glaring at me.
"What?" I asked, trying to figure out how Charlie could unintentionally send someone to get me.
"Charlie is worried about you. You're all he thinks about these days, and it's driving him crazy," Jacob said, and I felt a twinge of guilt at the pain I was causing my father.
"I leave messages for him," I said, feebly defending myself.
"Yeah, short ones that don't really tell him much at all," Jacob responded.
"I still don't understand how that led to you being sent to find me," I replied.
"Well, Billy told Sam about how worried Charlie is, and Sam sent me to find you," Jacob explained.
"Who is Sam?" I asked.
"The Alpha of my wolf pack," Jacob said, and I noticed he looked angry at the mention of his wolf form.
"You don't like being wolf," I observed.
"That's not the point here," Jacob said as something else occurred to me.
"How did you find me?" I asked, thinking about all the places we had been and how hard it would have been to track me.
"I followed your scent," Jacob said, as if it was the most normal thing in the world, and if I was honest with myself, it was normal in my world.
"We have been everywhere, how the hell could you keep track of my scent?" I asked.
"Okay, so maybe it wasn't so much your scent I followed as it was your paper trail," Jacob said looking a little smug.
"My what?" I asked, a little bit outraged that he would do such a thing.
"Every time you stayed in a hotel or got a plane ticket, they used their credit cards, right?" Jake asked, looking at me like he was daring me to disagree.
"Right," I answered quietly.
"So, all I had to do was hack into their credit card accounts to find out where you were," Jacob finished.
I glanced at the Cullens and noticed how angry they were, and I had to admit I was pretty angry myself.
"Hacking is illegal," I pointed out, hoping to make Jake feel just a little bit guilty.
"I know, but I had to do what I could to find you," Jacob said, not sounding the least bit guilty.
"Well, I am sorry you went through all that trouble, but I am not coming with you," I said.
"Yes you are," Jacob said stubbornly.
"No, I am not," I said just as stubbornly. "I am not coming home until I find Edward."
"He left you, Bella. He doesn't care, so why do you?" Jacob asked.
"I know that he only left to protect me from himself, not because he doesn't love me," I explained. "So I have to find him and make things right again."
"Is there anything I can do to get you to come with me?" Jake asked, and I could tell he was starting to get desperate.
"Nope. I have come too far to give up now," I replied, and from the corner of my eye I saw Alice's eyes glaze over as she had a vision.
"What's with her?" Jake asked rudely while looking at Alice.
"She is having a vision of the future," I explained as Alice's eyes came back into focus.
"Bella, I had a vision of us going to an apartment in Rio, and Edward was there," Alice said excitedly.
"Really?" I asked, getting excited. "How do you know it was in Rio?"
"At the beginning of the vision, we were running through some sort of marketplace, and there was stuff that said Rio on it," Alice explained.
"Okay, well let's go," I said before turning to Jake.
"I am sorry Jake, but I have to go. Please tell Charlie I am fine and that I love him."
"Whatever, Bella," Jake said before disappearing into the trees.
As soon as Jake was gone I climbed onto Jasper's back, and we were on our way to Rio.
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