Disclaimer: All Twilight characters belong to Stephanie Meyers, while I'm just teasing and bending them for a bit. No profit is being collected from the fiction contained within.
The storyline and non-Twilight characters are my creative fault and mine alone.
This storyline has women loving women. If this kind of love scares you, well darling turn around and go back the other way. There are plenty of splendid writers who delve into straight couple relationships; for the most part, I'm just not one of them.
The rating is M just to be on the safe side, do to the language and the possibility of the sex scenes becoming a bit graphic but no promises in that area. Oh, there will also be mention of threesomes and 'gasp horror' vampires and other supernatural creatures getting it on with each other.
All boo boos, snafus and misdeeds within the story are all mine and mine alone.
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(Cullen House)
Only one thing kept Conrad from bypassing the Cullen's house and driving straight on towards La Push to confront the wolves, his need to check on Dani, Seth and Leah. He had, had enough of the errant wolves and their threats towards his family, which now included Seth and Leah. By the time he reached the house he was bristling with anger, the drive back had done nothing to sooth hi nerves like Sara had hoped. Over the years, he had learned to curve his wolf's temper so not to react spontaneously but like his mother the beast was always there ready to be released.
After entering the house and being greeted with a kiss by his wife and mother, he headed straight to the music room. His features were sharp with anger as he gazed at the sleeping forms of his daughter, Seth, Leah and Jacob who had finally succumbed to sleep from the alcohol running through his system. Conrad's black eyes scanned the two wolves, taking in all their injuries and his jaw tightened but he didn't say a word. Spinning on his heel, he left as silently as he had entered and headed for the back door. During the whole time, he had been carrying a leather satchel with him for his clothes when he shifted into wolf form.
"Conrad," Sara began grabbing her husband's right forearm to halt his steps.
"No Sara," shaking his head in response to her unspoken words "this is the final straw."
"They're young Conrad," she said gently.
"They're adults Sara." Gazing down at his wife, "unlike mother, I won't be swayed by that reasoning. I was them once and thank the spirits I had mom to guide me. She tore into me when it was necessary." Pausing he took a deep breath before slowly letting it out and continuing, "they've over stepped the boundaries. They threatened a human, whether it was Dani or not, they attacked their own pack mates and they attempted to stop Seth from being with his imprint. All of those are violations to basic rules of being a shape shifter no matter the tribe and they need to be punished."
"Sara," Gabriella broken her rich voice soaking through the woman's anxiety. "Conrad is right. You were correct in stopping me, but not him. It's not only about family."
Dropping her eyes in defeat, "alright, but please don't kill them."
"My plan is teach them a lesson, but if they take it further then that's where it will go, so no I can't make that promise." The tall man's face was firm with grim determination and his black eyes were as cold as space as he answered his wife.
As he finished speaking, Bella and Alice joined them on the back lawn.
"Charlie finally made a decision their going to Jelly's Jazz Alley," Alice told the group.
"I guess then I'll be making a trip there," Gabriella remarked with a small nod to her head.
"We'd like to come," Bella added. "Sue knows us and though she's trying, vampires still make her uncomfortable."
"I'd like to come as well," Sian said emerging from the house.
Eyeing the beautiful werecat, Gabriella smiled, "it's not like we're going to be staying and listening to the music."
"Yes, yes I know but I've too much energy to just sit around and play video games with Emmett, really not my thing, darling."
Chuckling lightly, Gabriella touched the woman's shoulder and nodded, "alright, you get to hold Bella, Alice hop on my back and we'll be off."
The two smaller vampires complied and wrapped themselves around the backs of the taller women. Taking Sian's hand in her own Gabriella waggled her fingers towards Sara and Conrad before disappearing.
In front of his wife, Conrad swiftly stripped his clothes, placed them into the satchel, which he looped over his head and shifted in his large blue gray wolf form. His long braid dangling to the side, he knew he could've been like the Quileutes and cut his hair short but the whole idea felt wrong to him.
"Be safe," Sara said tenderly as she reached up touching her husband's snout.
His large maw opened into a grin revealing his razor sharp teeth and then he dipped his head in acknowledgment before tearing off through the woods heading towards La Push.
(Seattle)
The four beautiful women caused heads to swivel about as they made their way towards Jelly's. Soft Jazz music from the band playing on the center stage greeted them as the four stepped through the door of the jazz club. While Alice and Bella went to where Charlie and Sue were sitting, Gabriella and Sian stayed towards the back enjoying the music and ignoring the stares of two young men.
"Bells? Alice? What are you two doing here?" Charlie asked keeping his voice low as his brows furrowed in concern.
"There's been a serious incident," Bella answered in a soft tone as she knelt between the two.
"It would probably be best to explain away from here," Alice added quietly touching her lover's back.
Nodding both Charlie and Sue stood up and followed the two girls who were weaving their way through the crowds. Alice had to stifle a giggle as they drew close to where Gabriella and Sian were standing. The two young men who had been staring at them had finally sauntered over to them and were doing their damnedest to pick the pair up.
"Go away lads," Sian growled lowly towards them pulling Gabriella tightly to her. "She's with me and I've no interest in your tadgers so move along."
Gabriella gave the two an enchanting smile and then turned her face slightly capturing Sian's lips with her own. Within seconds, their lips parted deepening the kiss between them. As the two drew a part, she turned her attention back towards the two men whose mouths had dropped open.
"Sorry, boys I'm spoken for this evening," Gabriella purred out to them. Seeing Bella and Alice coming their way, "and there's the rest of our party so we really must be heading out."
"I swear to the goddess you're a love child of one of Erotes the way beings flock to you," Sian murmured as they left the club before the two men could recover their senses.
"The same could be said of you my dear cat, but you only prefer to draw the feminine side," the older vampire whispered into her ear. "While I dabble across borders," earning a derisive snort from the taller woman.
Finding an isolated spot to talk, Bella and Alice drew the two humans there, while Gabriella and Sian just kept others away. Quickly and quietly, Bella explained to Charlie and Sue what had occurred earlier in the evening.
Charlie's face pinched up in anger as he listened. He, like Conrad had enough of the bullying from the boys from La Push.
"That's it! Time to show them they can't get away with breaking the law." He grumbled clenching his hands into a fist. "Do any of you have a cell phone?"
Both Alice and Bella shook their heads no, in their rush to tell Gabriella they had left theirs at the Cullen's house. Gabriella reached into her pants pocket and handed her phone over to him with an appreciative smile to what he was about to do.
"Thanks Gabi," he grunted and began making phone calls, the first one to the police department in Port Angeles, the second one to the Tribal Police and the final call to his own police department in Forks.
For her part, Sue was in shock from what Bella and Alice told her of what had happened to Seth and Leah. The idea that Sam and Billy would do such things to her children was unbelievable. Not only did Sue feel her world had turned upside down, she felt it had was beginning to turn inside out. The whole thing was making her head throb. What truly demoralized her, crushed her to the core was that it had been people she saw as family who had hurt Seth and Leah. She was sure there had to be more to the story to explain it all a way.
"Alright that's done," Charlie announced to the group as he handed Gabriella her phone back.
Sue blinked at him she was the only one who had no clue what he had been doing so consumed in her thoughts and feeling. She didn't realize they had been standing there for nearly ten minutes.
"What's done?" She asked her voice raspy with emotions.
"I talked with the Duty Sergeant at the Port Angeles police department. They actually heard about the commotion at the Cineplex and have retrieved the security tapes. Derrick and Conner are heading over to La Push and in a joint agreement with the Tribal Police are going arrest Paul for assaulting Leah and bring the others in for questioning about the incident."
As his words sank in she shook her head, "Charlie this is a tribal issue."
This time it was his turn to blink at her in disbelief, "no Sue not this time. Those boys took their hounding too far and they did it off the reservation. Sue," he said slowly and softened his tone. "Quil Sr. and George Banner are in agreement with me, that those boys have gone too far and need a lesson." A thin smile tugged at his lips as he continued, "in fact Quil and George are going to be paying a visit to Billy Black as well."
Alice glanced over at Gabriella and whispered to light and quick for the two humans to hear, "Gabi what about Conrad?"
"Oh don't worry about him," Gabriella answered back in the same tone and speed. "Conrad knows never to over stay his welcome."
(La Push near Sam's home)
Fighting back the urge in howl in triumph as he easily negotiated around the reservation avoiding the Quil Jr. and Embry who were on patrol, Conrad curled his lips back in a self-satisfied smirk as he neared Sam's house. Sniffing deeply, the only fresh scent his sensitive nose picked up was Sam's. He detected Emily's scent but he could tell she was no longer in the house. Still in wolf form, he sauntered up to the house and using his massive paw, he rapped actually rather softly on the door.
Ticking his ear, Conrad could hear, Sam racing to the door, "Emily!" Sam called out as he swung the door open.
As the door opened, Conrad charged into the tall man sending him ass over backwards into the living room. With the ease of years of shifting Conrad was in his human form before Sam stopped moving from the hit. His massive hand grabbed the young man by his throat and hauled him upwards to a standing position.
"You went too fucking far this time, boy," Conrad growled bearing his gleaming white teeth as he sneered at the young man. "You can't image how much I want to rip your goddamn heart out of your chest and shove it down your throat, for what you did."
Fear had become such an unknown entity in Sam's repertoire of emotions that he stood motionless under the gleaming obsidian eyes that were stripping him to his soul. Even the wolf in him was overwhelmed by the power of Conrad's alpha wrath. Arrogance and anger had been his guide when Sam became the alpha wolf. For nearly three years, he had been the top dog, so to speak and others cowed down before him. Sam was now getting a taste of the domination he had dished out to those in his pack and it numbed him into inaction.
With the speed of a rattler, Conrad smashed his head into Sam's nose crushing it on impact, causing the young man to yowl in pain, blood gushed and splattered out on to both men, "that's for terrifying my little girl."
Finally, Sam's survival instincts kicked in and he began struggling against Conrad. Swinging his arms around he began punching older man around the face but to his dismay, the man just grinned.
Spitting out the pooling blood in his mouth Sam tried to growl but it came out more like a gurgle, "lemme go, you fucking bastard."
Tilting his head as if thinking it over, Conrad just let loose a laugh as he smashed his body into Sam's, causing the drywall to cave in around the young man's body. The force knocked the air out of Sam's body sending blood droplets everywhere.
"Oh, but we're not done with our lessons," he scoffed at the request. "As alpha, you're fucking pathetic, it's your job to protect humans as well as your pack." As Conrad spoke, he tightened his fingers around Sam's throat digging his fingernails deeply into the man's skin. "You flunked that with flying colors, dickhead."
Conrad dragged Sam out of the indented wall and tossed him as if he weighed nothing into another wall causing a man-size crater. As the young man was digging himself out of the wall, Conrad strode over and kicked him fully in the stomach.
"You don't separate a wolf from his imprint! You do not allow a member of your own pack to strike another! You, Sam have serious leadership issues. Your fucking pack is a shitty mess." Conrad jeered as he kicked the younger man one more time before reaching down and hauling him to his feet. Glaring at the battered and bloody man he snarled quietly. "This is my gentle warning to you next time I won't be so tender." As he dropped Sam like a sack of shit to the floor he grinned, "oh one more thing, never piss off a wolf who has a hundred years of experience and who was raised by a vampire."
Sam cringed as Conrad shifted into the biggest wolf he had ever seen and blur out his house before he could even gather his strength to stand. Ignoring his pain, he straggled outside just in time to see in the distance, Conrad disappearing into the woods as well as one of the Quileute police SUV's heading towards Billy Black's house.
(La Push, Billy Black's house)
Staring at the two men his mouth agape with disbelief, Billy Black felt like he had been sucked into cesspool. He couldn't believe what Quil Sr. and George Banner were saying to him.
"You can't be serious," he sputtered out to the two men. "You're actually going to allow the boys to be taken off the reservation and charged for breaking the law?"
"It wasn't an easy decision for us," Quil Sr. remarked shaking his head with regret, "but it is one that we felt was correct."
"As chief I absolutely forbid it."
"Yeah, well," George began smirking down at the man whom he had always disliked for many reasons. "Considering you're role in the whole thing, you've got no say in the matter. According to the information giving me, you were there supervising the whole incident and I gotta tell ya Billy it just doesn't look to good. I mean we've got assault, battery and perhaps even kidnapping charges looming up there."
"None of this will stick," Billy cried out in anger. Jabbing his finger towards George, "You know that. Sue won't allow Leah to press charges."
Shrugging his shoulders, "you're probably right but for now it's done. Those boys are going to be hauled in for questioning. Maybe it'll knock some sense into their heads that they can't get away with anything."
"What were you thinking Billy?" Quil Sr. asked his voice tinged with sadness. "Scaring a young girl like that?"
"You know why," Billy spat out.
"That is no reason. You're hate has brought shame to our people. You know as well as I do how strong a bond is between a wolf and his imprint." Quil frowned at as young friend. "You're actions could've of caused Seth to suicide by forcing him away from his imprint."
"There's no proof to that idea," the man scoffed out. "Besides, Seth is only sixteen he'd recover and find another, a more suitable mate than that leech's granddaughter."
Trembling with anger at the casual disregard to the stories they had all grown up with George leaned down so his face was inches from Billy's, "you bastard. You, who always tout the legends of our people and how the stories teach us the truth, are now picking and choosing which ones to believe." Pulling himself back to an upright position, "you know nothing of teenagers and how deep the angst of losing his love could send Seth even without the imprint factor. I should haul your ass in as well."
Raising his hand to silence the two men Quil addressed them both, "what's done is done. Leah and Seth are safe."
"Where are they?" Billy demanded.
"None of your concern," George replied with curl to his lip. "Sue will be with them shortly."
"I've a right to know!"
"No you don't. You're not their immediate family."
"Enough, Billy as chief you are to be informed of what is happening but nothing more then that for the time being because of your actions." Quil stated firmly. "Now if you want you can go with the boys to the Forks police station though I would highly recommend you don't for reasons I'm sure you don't need me telling you."
Seething he glared at the older man, "is your son going to be taken in or is he going to get special privileges?"
"Everyone, including Quil is going to be taken in," Quil responded sadly. "Our next stop is to visit Sam's so he can call Quil and Embry off of patrol."
"You're going to leave us vulnerable to attack from those damn leeches!"
"If I felt the Cullens were a threat which I don't, it would be your actions today that would leave us open to attack but I'm going to be contacting Conrad Goodwin and see if he would be willing to watch our lands while the boys are gone."
"You can't trust him!"
"Right now I feel I can trust him more then I can you, which is a very sad statement considering how old a friend you are Billy." Quil replied as he turned and headed out of the house.
"You brought this on yourself Billy, just because Ephraim Black was your grandfather doesn't give you the right to lord it over everyone. Personally, I think you're just bitter because you, unlike Jake got passed over to be a wolf." George bit out as he also left.
Rolling in his chair towards the door, he watched the two men get into the SUV, "idiots!" He called out, "you've no idea what those fucking leeches are capable of doing." His words drifted in air as the two men drove off.
(Time Shift Cullen's house-Sunday morning)
The Cullen house was brimming with guests, which thanks to Esme's love of architectural design for mansions their home could easily accommodate the influx without people stumbling over each other. Of the whole mix of humans and supernatural beings, the only one who was uncomfortable was Sue Clearwater; even Rosalie seemed to be putting up with the situation. She didn't even complain about the smell, which caused Emmett to joke if is mate was feeling well that earned him a smack to the head for the comment.
Seth had regained consciousness before Leah as his injuries were less severe and he was able to switch to his human form by early morning. After Carlisle and Sara examined him, rewrapped his wounds and put various salves on him he was allowed to get up and move around slowly. With Dani sitting next as he ate in the kitchen with relish the huge breakfast Esme had made for him he told everyone what had occurred after Dani had been taken away. His brown eyes glowed with pride, ignoring his mother's frown as he recounted Leah's attack on the others.
"She would've whipped Paul's a…er butt easily if Jared hadn't bitten her."
"Leah should've just allowed you two to be taken home," Sue remarked. In the light of day, the older woman's lack of sleep was showing on her face with dark circles forming around her eyes. "Then neither of you would've been hurt further."
Pausing in his shoveling of food into his mouth Seth took one of Dani's hands into his own, "they were going to force me to stay away from my Dani, mom and Leah knew it. She never believed like I did that everyone was happy for me also we didn't know what had happened to Dani." Swallowing deeply and squeezing the girl's hand gently, "she could've been hurt."
"Nonsense," shaking her head in denial, "admittedly they were way out of line but they wouldn't have hurt Dani. Besides how could they keep you away, hmmm?"
Conrad gazed at the woman and inwardly sighed. "If the alpha commanded Seth not to see Dani, then the lad would've had to comply. Leah's action caught Sam off guard and he couldn't stop her."
Sue kept her eyes on Seth as Conrad spoke. Logically she realized his words were true but it didn't mean she had to listen to them. Her world was still unraveling around her. Yes, her children were safe, but would they've been truly harmed by the boys if Leah hadn't acted so impulsively? Would they be sitting in the kitchen of the cold ones? Would she be indebted to the enemy of her people if not for her daughter's actions? No, they would be home safe.
"I disagree with you," her voice was filled with ice. "As far as Seth and Dani I would've confronted Sam and handled it peacefully. If my daughter hadn't acted so rashly, then Seth wouldn't have been hurt as well."
The stabbing implication of her words wasn't missed by any of those in the house. Esme glanced at the thin women and frowned then at human speed, she left the kitchen. She was afraid she would snap the human's neck for being so callous towards her own daughter. Even Sara who, thanks to Seth, knew about the painful dynamics of the mother and daughter relationship had to work hard not to shake the woman.
'She's in shock,' Sara kept repeating over and over in her head as her hands curled and uncurled in her lap.
"Leah did nothing wrong." Seth stated firmly looking at his mother with his soft brown eyes. "So don't be blaming this on her as well."
Sue pushed back in her chair away from Seth, even though there was nothing harsh in his tone or eyes she still felt the sting of his words. She couldn't deal with any of this, not now. Things were too tilted, too out of place for her to handle.
"I'm going back to La Push and talk with the council." She announced getting up from her chair. "Jake, can you drive me?" Calling out to the yard where Jake had been talking with Alice and Bella.
"Uh, Sue I don't have a car," he really didn't want to return to the reservation but felt obligated to the woman.
"Take my car," Conrad said tossing him the keys.
"Thank you," Sue said without turning towards the tall man. "I'll be back later to check on you." She murmured out as she left the house.
Watching his mother depart Seth's big doe eyes filled with tears, it hurt him deeply that his mom still held resentment towards his sister for their father's death.
He wasn't the only whose eyes were filled with tears. Leah had heard every word that had transpired in the kitchen. It was just another confirmation of the losses she had suffered. For nearly three years the sun had risen, the sun had set but Leah couldn't see the blazing hues the sun would offer up. The colors had started to disappear from her view when Sam dumped her without any preamble not only for her cousin but also her best friend. Later on of course, she learned about the whole imprinting thing but by then it was too late to repair the rip he had caused in her heart. In those three years she had lost a fiancé, a best friend, her father, her mother and to top it all off she had lost a part of her will, her freedom to make decisions about her own freaking life. The worst part of that whole thing was Sam; the man who had loved her and then fucked her over was the one in control of that lost freedom.
It hadn't surprised Leah to hear her mother's sentiments but the ache it caused was deeper then any of the wounds her body was experiencing at the moment. Letting out a puff of air from her wolf snout an equivalent of a sigh Leah turned her body and the images in front of her body caused her breathing to stop.
Lounging on the floor was a stunning white Bengal tiger, but unlike normal tigers, this one had a flowing white mane except for the black tips at the end. Taking in the massive cat, Leah realized the beauty before her eyes was Sian. Even while in a supine position Sian's cat body seemed to ripple with muscle in Leah's eye. She was sure if she were to run her fingers through the woman's coat, it would be the softest thing Leah would ever touch.
However, as eye catching as Sian was, another vision had erupted before Leah when a rare winter beam of sunlight broke through the picture windows in the music room capturing Gabriella in the light. She had never seen the effects of sunlight on a vampire before and it mesmerized her. Unbeknownst to Leah her jaw had dropped open as she stared at the lithe vampire whose body was not only glittering but also radiating the sun's light. It was, as far as Leah was concerned, as if Gabriella, who wearing a midriff tank top and shorts, was coated in stardust or some other off worldly brilliance to make her skin gleam in such away.
Both supernatural beings turned their bodies towards Leah and smiled though the smile from Sian was a tad intimidating if one only looked at the gleaming fangs and failed to see the mirth held in the large sky blue eyes.
"Ah our alluring Amazonian warrior has recovered enough from her wounds to awaken from Hypnos's healing slumber," Gabriella remarked softly gliding away from the light and closer to Leah. Kneeling next Leah, the lithe vampire cradled the wolf's face in her hands and scrutinized the facial lacerations. "Hmmm, if you wish you're wounds have mended enough for you to switch back to human form but don't try and get up Sara and Carlisle will want to exam you."
With a quick movement, Gabriella covered Leah with a sheet, interpreting correctly the younger woman's shyness and even turned her back to add extra privacy. Sian for her part just stretched her tiger body languorously before shifting to her human form without a thought to her nudity. Leah's eyes would've widened if she were in her human form as she drank in the sculpted body before turning her head away. The Scottish woman was cognizant of the younger woman's bashfulness as well and turned away with a chuckle as Gabriella tossed Sian her clothes.
"Get dressed you minx," the older woman rumbled out humor lacing her tone. "I bet you were quite the scandalous Victorian in your day."
"You've no idea," Sian purred out as she dressed. "Not only did I wear trousers on occasion, I even smoked now and again in my youth. Caused quite the uproar amongst my family and peers, no doubt the reason I was sent to India when I was twenty to stay with my Uncle Archie and his wife Muriel."
"Hmmm, I gotta say you high hats certainly have an interesting way of disciplining rebellious behavior, of course, by that age I was heavy with my third child and married to my second husband."
"Yes, well darling perhaps if I'd been born in 1779, I too would've been forced into marriage though I don't believe it would've been at the age of fourteen, perhaps sixteen at the earliest." At the notion Sian whole body shuddered in distaste, "thank the goddess I was able to avoid that nasty trap."
Leah who finished shifting found she was enjoying the banter between the two women. Not only because the rich texture of the two women's voices banished the hurt Leah had felt from her mother's displeasure but also she found the tidbits to their lives interesting. She was about to tell the two women to turn back around but before she could say anything Seth, Dani, Carlisle and Sara came walking into the room.
Seth bounded over to her, giving her a huge grin, "sis, I've got sooo much to tell you. You're not going to believe what…"
"Seth," Sara chided softly laying a hand on the young boy's bicep. "You can explain everything to Leah later when she eating but right now let Carlisle and I check her over. Her injuries were more severe then yours."
Ducking his head, Seth nodded, "yes ma'am."
"Alright, come one let's get a wiggle on so Sara and Carlisle can salve and bind up Leah's injuries, I'm sure she doesn't want all of us seeing her business." Gabriella remarked as she made shooing motions with her hands.
Dani and Seth both gave Leah a quick kiss on her cheek before bounding out of the room, while Sian and Gabriella gave her a quick smile as they too left the room.
As Carlisle drew closer, Leah felt like someone had showed cotton candy up her nose and down her throat the way his scent coated over her. Only Sara's gentle touch and green eyes that had locked on to her had stopped Leah from growling at Carlisle as he hovered over her. It was then she realized that she hadn't had the same reaction with Gabriella. Her scent though sweet wasn't cloying like Carlisle's. In fact, as she laid there letting Sara and Carlisle administer to her injuries, Leah realized she found Gabriella's scent mixed with Sian's was not only rather pleasing but soothing as well.
Leah's mind stumbled over that notion, 'what the fuck? Vampires aren't suppose to smell pleasant.' If she wanted to Leah could've easily blamed her thoughts on her head injury but she was a brutally honest woman not only with others but herself as well and it wasn't just the scent of the two women that drew her, 'oh no, those two are beyond attractive, they're hot.' Oh, she had admired other women for their beauty but she had never thought of them as striking at least not in the way her mind had run towards Sian and Gabriella. 'God, my life has just gotten weirder,' she added silently with a sigh.
"Leah," Carlisle's smooth voice broke through her thoughts, "Sara and I are in accord you're well enough to move around like Seth, but nothing strenuous. Esme has prepared you a breakfast in the kitchen."
Sara handed her some clothes, "Sian has loaned you some of her things as you two are about the same size. Hopefully, Jake will bring clothed for you two once he's done dropping your mother off home."
"Jake?" she asked and then her mind started to percolate. 'Of course, he'd be here if they were here.' "We're they able to find anything?"
"Sort of," Sara answered softly. "But not what they were hoping for. We'll tell you about once your up and had a good meal in you."
Leah nodded noticing the pained expression in Carlisle's eyes so chose not to press for information while he was present. She knew that whatever the three had discovered had to of been bad for the elder vampire to look that way.
(Location-Tallinn, Estonia)
Edward was happy, almost deliriously so and it wasn't caused by the triumphant waves he felt when conveying a soul to God. No, his happiness was stemming from the smaller, thinner darker hued vampire who had taken him in when his own family had cast him aside. After telling Meryatum about the wolves at La Push and his family, the ancient vampire had sent him out to survey his new home and the surrounding areas. When he came back, Meryatum was waiting for him to discuss what they needed to do to achieve their goals.
"You're a smart lad," Meryatum's velvet voice was full of praise that made the bronze-haired boy preen. "You were wise not to return to your old home without seeking assistance. The numbers of shape shifters and your ex-family's coven is daunting, but with planning we can accomplish the task."
Edward nodded, "the numbers did stop me, though I had thought about going back and waiting for the opportune moments, since I'm able to read minds from a considerable distance."
"It must be difficult for you hearing the thoughts of those filth born mutts."
"Thankfully, this time around I didn't really encounter them much primarily just the humans and of course vampires." Though Edward could hear the thoughts of Meryatum, he had learned over the decades others preferred to verbalize their ideas. "So what is your plan to counteract the numbers?"
Smiling and shaking his head, "that's very thoughtful of you my boy." Ringing out more respect, "well you do know my thoughts," at least the ones Meryatum would allow Edward access to in his mind. "We need to increase our numbers as well. I do know a few lycanthropes that would love to sink their teeth into some false wolves as well as a few vampires who might be willing to join our cause." 'Or at least my cause,' he thought to himself. "My question to you is how would you feel about turning some humans into vampires?"
Tilting his head slightly, "you would only turn those who are for all intent and purposes already monsters?"
"Yes, with your gift Edward we can easily find them and with my talent in controlling newborns," a silky white lie. "We can keep them in line to follow us."
Giving his mentor a crooked smile, "it will, as you say take time so not to alert the Volturi but in the end, it will be perfect. Alice and Bella will be free and all those who hurt them will be destroyed."
"Oh yes, Edward vengeance against all those who have hurt you and those you love will be achieved." Meryatum smiled back at the handsome young man. 'And I can extract my own vengeance at the same time.'
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