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"The werewolves" Carlisle whispered.
I was the only one in the room who wasn't a statue of horror.
The nomads hadn't stayed a second longer after Alice had told them to leave. Something in her expression made them become aware of the fact that something was utterly wrong.
My eyebrows knit together. "Werewolves?" I asked skeptically.
Werewolves? Are you kidding me?! What kind of world it this? I thought to myself, Okay, I am a vampire who just found out there are werewolves running around- what, are fairies and witches real, too?!
It took me an extra second to pull myself together.
"This cannot be happening," I muttered to myself. Of course, it was silly to expect that nobody would hear me.
Edward was by my side in no time – his glorious face inches from mine, his dark golden eyes piercing.
"Yes. Werewolves." That was all he said but his upper lip curved slightly back over his teeth.
"You mean like big hairy half-men creatures?" I asked, trying to blow this off as no big deal.
"I'm afraid not." Everyone else in the room was quiet, watching. I could see their expressions, though. Esme's motherly face was worried, Rosalie was disgusted, Emmett...looked excited, Alice was upset, Jasper was calculating and Carlisle was anxious.
I sighed, frustrated.
"I'm sorry," I grimaced, biting my lip. "I don't understand – why is it such a big deal? Werewolves? Aren't we sort of indestructible?" I asked warily – fearing the answer.
No one dared to breathe.
I chuckled nervously. "Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?"
No one laughed.
Jasper was the one who finally answered. "Bella, there are two thing that can destroy one of our kind," This was not good. I didn't like where this was going. "Another vampire and…a werewolf." He stopped, scrutinizing my reacting like everyone else in the room.
I gulped. "Go on."
"You have to tear us to shreds and burn the pieces. Vampires and werewolves are the only creatures strong enough to do that. It seems that werewolves – their teeth – are made for this. They are strong and they are fast." He spoke slowly.
Emmett guffawed. "So are we." He muttered.
Too-much-information-alert. It took me a while to form a coherent question.
"Are they everywhere?" I asked, my voice a pitch higher.
Edward shook his head. "They're only in La Push." Edward's velvety voice reached my ears.
I thought back to my past. La Push was the tiny Indian reservation on the coast. When I used to visit Charlie every summer, he would always take me there to visit his friend Billy. That's where I met Jacob. Jacob was the kid I hung out with every summer. He was two years younger than me but it never stopped us from being friends. Best friends, some might say. When I first thought about moving to Forks, I always thought I'd visit Jake. I probably would have if I hadn't – you know – turned into a vampire.
Not that I regretted my transformation.
"We ran into them a long time ago." Carlisle told me. "After a few decades, we thought they were gone for good. But last year, we could smell them again. Barely, so we thought it was just one werewolf."
"Some of the Quileute people turn into wolves." Edward continued. "As Carlisle said, we met the werewolves quite some time ago. We also made a treaty with them. We wouldn't go on their land as long as they didn't expose us. Once the treaty is broke, the truce is over. We also can't-" He stopped abruptly. His eyes flickered to Carlisle uneasily.
"Edward. What. Have. You. Done!?" Rosalie hissed.
"We also can't what?" I urged. No response, I repeated my question.
"We can't bite any humans. Ugh! Look at what you've done, Edward!" She pointed at me. The venom in her voice was obvious. "The treaty was quite specific, in case you don't remember! If anyone of us bites a human, it's over! It's over, Edward!" She growled.
I stepped in front of her, blocking Edward from her vision. "Do not talk to him like that. Ever." Instinctively, I pulled back my lips into what I'm sure looked like a horrendous grimace and let loose a feral snarl. She looked taken aback, surprised and…scared?
She let out an irritated ugh and stalked out the front door. Emmett stood there unsure of what to do.
"You might want to go after her." Alice whispered trying to be helpful.
Emmett nodded and ran after his wife.
Edward fell to his knees. He hadn't moved an inch since Rosalie's hurtful outburst. I rushed over to him. I took his smooth face gently in my hands. "Do not listen to her. You know Rosalie. She didn't mean it."
He didn't acknowledge anything.
"Really, Edward," Alice added, her high voice soothing. "She's just thinking of herself, like always." She paused, her eyes lightly unfocused. "And if it makes you feel any better, she'll apologize soon enough."
He didn't respond. Okay, he had gone into shock.
"I'm sorry," That was all he kept saying, adding in a ,Carlisle at the end of that sentence every now and then.
"There's nothing to forgive. Son, everyone makes mistakes. No one is hurt." Carlisle patted his shoulder, "Even the best of us fall off the wagon."
Esme - who up at this point had pulled Edward on to her lap like a little boy, her motherly face all scrunched up with worry and love, whispering soothing words to Edward – slowly got up and left with Carlisle.
Eventually, Alice and Jasper excused themselves and headed upstairs.
Edward now sat with his arms wrapped around his knees. It broke my heart to see him this vulnerable. He had turned into a sad sculpture – no movements, no sounds.
"Edward?" I whispered.
Silence.
"Edward, please say something."
"What do you want me to say?" He whispered, detached. He was wallowing.
"Just talk to me, Edward. It's okay. Everything will be okay." I crawled to his side, sitting in the same position as him.
"I'm a failure." He sobbed after a couple of seconds.
"No. Don't ever say that. You are not a failure."
"Bella, I can't just pretend I didn't break the treaty and possibly put my family in danger, put you in danger!" His voice was breaking. My arms encircled his waist and I leaned my head on his.
"Edward, it's been over a year. They don't even care that you-" I could see he was about to object, "Or they don't even know. Plus, if they were coming, Alice would be able to see them." I said smugly, proud of the explanation I came up with.
He couldn't argue with that.
"Let's talk about something less… grim." I suggested, trying to distract him. I could think of another way to distract him…
He sighed. "Like what, love?" He said, obviously distracted for now.
"I don't know" I let the o drag out longer so it sounded like knoooooow. "Enlighten me" I grinned while playing with a lock of his bronze hair.
"Hmmm" he paused, thinking of something trivial to say. "Alright, I got something," He grinned excitedly, amused at whatever he had come up with. "2,145,660 seconds until you are officially and legally mine." One side of his mouth pulled into my favorite crooked smile.
"And I can't wait," I whispered passionately, twisting my tiny fingers in his tousled hair, pulling him a bit closer.
His lips were unbearably close and they were all I could think about.
Surprisingly, he was the one who pulled my face to his, a low moan in his throat. As abruptly as it started, the kiss ended - too soon for my liking.
"Sorry," he whispered. "This is definitely not helping my self control." He whispered huskily.
He started to get up. Unthinkingly, I grabbed his shirt. Again, the closeness was unbearable. The tension between us felt as if we were pressure cookers about to explode.
"That's the point," I murmured before pressing my lips to his.
I head Alice and Jasper walk downstairs.
"Uh, guys?" Alice's voice was unusually quiet.
I would've answered but I was a bit… absorbed at the moment.
"Guys?" she tried again. She laughed – it wasn't her normal laugh, it was one of those nervous laughs.
Neither of us responded. I knew I was being rude, but Edward hadn't pulled away.
"Uh, I need to tell you guys something…" I could hear her biting her lip anxiously.
My lips slowed down as my intuition flickered; something was wrong, something was very, very wrong.
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