Edward's POV
I left the Harajuku district and the group behind me, speeding away as fast as I could, it felt as though Bella was calling me, tugging at my soul. I jumped into the boat, quickly starting the engines and took off at top speed to Alaska of over hundred miles an hour. At least I got good mileage on this boat, remembering the days when boats were measured gallons to a mile. Once I was on course to Alaska, I picked up the phone and dialed the Denali coven, hoping Bella was with them now.
Instead, I was met with the tri-tone error, stating that the number was no longer in use. Groaning, why did they change the number now of all times they did in the past? I dialed Jacob, hoping to find out when they heard from Bella last. The tri-tone met my ears again. I scowled as the wind whipped around my head, making my hair even messier than usual.
I wondered why both were not in use. I called the rest of the pack, and the more I called, the darker my face became. If the coven were not home in Denali, I would go to La Push and find out. If they were still there. I couldn't help but get the feeling that Bella was somehow involved with the now old phone numbers. Had their security been breached somehow? My thoughts returned to what the man had said in Japan, someone was chasing Bella.
A sense of dread filled me.
I arrived in Juneau port and parked the yacht. I quickly ran to the house I knew belonged to the coven. I slowed to a stop immediately when I heard several thoughts, and new scents filled in the air. I hid myself among the trees as I listened to their thoughts and conversations.
They had met Bella not two weeks ago, it was in the mind of two vampires. I narrowed my eyes, trying to count how many there were. Seven in all. I knew then that the coven had abandoned this house. It was clearly a trap for the Denali as well as their plan to induct everyone into their group to fight the Volturi. If they didn't, they would turn them over to them and get some sort of award for having found someone who associated with the Cullens—us.
I had to leave now and get to La Push. I only hoped they didn't leave either.
Back in the boat again, the tanks refilled by the people at the marine port, I took off. Half a day later, I moored right on the beach, using the speed to anchor the boat onto the land, sensing the wolves' scent. They were still here. A sense of relief tore through me as I made my way to Jacob's house. After knocking the door, I waited, my nerves on fire with anxiousness.
Jacob saw me through the glass door and his face went slack.
"Edward!" he yelped, causing everyone's thoughts in the house became a loud noise as they made their way to the front door. I realized the thoughts belonged to the Denali coven and a few of the pack. Another relief ran through my body and I sighed and relaxed as I didn't need to worry about the coven anymore. I searched the crowd for Bella and frowned.
"Where is she?" I asked. Their thoughts immediately became concerned, filled with worry. I saw in their minds that they had run into this Leo character and how they had to change their numbers to reset their GPS signal. They had hoped that Bella would come here when she tried to get in touch with anyone. Thing was—Leo had never showed up to meet them at sea as he had promised.
"She... hasn't shown up yet," Carmen replied, worry etched between her eyebrows.
"When should she have?" I asked, getting dangerously close to anger. Anger at the situation.
"A day ago," Kate squeaked.
"How did you know she would show up here?" Tanya asked curiously, "You seemed to know she might show here."
"I ran into a Japanese group," I answered, looking at Jacob.
"Oh! She said she met them," Jacob exclaimed then frowned. "Then you must have tried calling us and came here, just as Bells would have. Only she didn't show."
"I stopped by your place in Alaska," I said, turning to the coven. "It's... overrun by those vampires that chased Bella."
"Damn," Eleazar said, shaking his head. "I knew we had to leave."
"It might not be long before they start coming here," Tanya said with a frown, looking at Jacob. "You did say they met you all here."
"Right..."
The house fell silence, each of us trying to think of something we could do next.
"First priority is finding Bella," I announced, then turned to Eleazar, "What do you know about Leo?"
I had gleaned from his memories that he knew Leo from their Volturi guard duty days, and thus, the best person to ask.
"Well..." he began as we walked into the living room to sit and started telling me everything he knew about Leo. It helped that I could read his mind, so I got visual explanations as well as audio.
I decided that Leo was dangerous, and for all I knew, he could be hurting my Bella right now. This thought made me glower.
"Your eyes are black," Tanya said, "we need to hunt before we can decide on anything."
I agreed and half the coven and I went to get something to satiate our thirst. I could only hope that Bella was holding her own and try to come back here.