The characters in this story are from my favorite books, the Twilight Series, by the talented Stephenie Myers, and her copy write of the characters is implied.
A/N- Continued thanks to everyone who has been continuing to read and review my story. Please review. I love them, they keep me motivated. Thank you!
Chapter 60: Unexpected Surrender
We slept in each other's arms until about 5:30 am, when Jacob's cell phone went off.
"Yeah Leah, what's up?" Jacob grunted out, still half asleep.
"Surrendered, what" he said, still half asleep.
"She is staying with Robert and Kanachari, is that safe?" Jacob sounded a little more awake, and a lot more concerned. There was silence on our end, as Leah explained the situation.
"I'll alert the Cullen's now, and see if they will agree to that," he said, with both panic and skepticism flooding his voice. Again Jacob was silent, as he listened to Leah.
"Thanks again Leah, I'll call you back as soon as the family makes a decision," Jacob said as he hung up the phone.
Jacob jumped out of the bed in a hurry, and then began quickly getting dressed.
"What's the matter Jacob," I said, still lying naked in the bed.
"Nessie, we should go see your family right now. Nothing is necessarily wrong, but we need their input immediately on how to proceed," he said.
Not knowing what was going on, but having full unquestioning faith in Jacob; I quickly got dressed, and followed him to the suite where my family was staying. Jacob knocked on the door three times loudly. Dad answered and let us in. I know that he can read Jacob's thoughts, and anxiety showed anxiety. Dad called out for all the family members to join us in the living room, as soon as everyone was assembled.
Jacob started to talk as soon as everyone was seated. "Leah called this morning with news that affects all of us. Esmeralde surrendered to the wolf pack last night when they caught her. Leah took mercy on her, when she said that she wanted help giving birth to her child. She wants Carlisle to deliver the baby for her since he is the only one who has any type of experience with supernatural birth."
"What do we care if that bitch of a Vampire wants help with her birth," Aunt Rosalie said.
"All life is precious," said Grandpa Carlisle and added, "I'll take the first flight back and of course assist with her delivery."
"There is more," Jacob said, "She not only wants help with the delivery of the baby, but she does not want to keep the baby. She told Leah that she only became pregnant to become part of the Volturi, and that she doesn't want the baby. She originally asked Leah to help her have the baby aborted, but she is due in about a week. Leah talked her into giving the baby away, well, to you guys."
"Leah volunteered us to raise the child of someone who has been trying to kill us for the last month," Aunt Alice asked puzzled.
"Actually Leah said originally that she would take the baby, but how can a werewolf raise a baby that is ¾ vampire. This was the best solution that she could come up with. She needs us to call her back and let her know if this agreement is alright for you," Jacob said. "Nessie and I are already having twins, and are just starting out; I don't think that the two of us taking the baby would be the best solution right now, especially if the child turns out to be male and venomous."
There was dead silence in the room for several minutes, and then Uncle Emmet spoke up. "Rosalie and I will take the baby. Rosalie has always wanted a baby, and it has always been the one thing that I could not give her, we will take the baby and raise it as our own."
Aunt Rosalie looked like she would have tears in her eyes, if she could. She nodded in agreement.
"Right now my entire pack is watching her at Robert's house, so that she can be with her sister Kanachari. This is placing my pack at risk. None of us have the power to read minds, or are empaths so that we could sense if they are telling the truth or lying," Jacob said, paused, and then looked at me. "Leah is requesting that we all return to help them with the current situation. For one Esmeralde wants human blood. They have been herding deer and bear toward her so that she could have some blood to eat, but according to Leah, she looks almost as sick as Bella did before she gave birth."
Grandpa Carlisle took control of the situation, "Edward, I need you to get us a flight out of here as soon as possible. Everyone else start packing up. We are going to head back to Forks immediately."
Jacob grabbed my hand and pulled me back toward our suite to start packing. Dad called about an hour later to say that we would be taking a commercial flight (First Class of Course), and that we needed to be at the airport in two hours.
We met everyone down at the limousine an hour before we were due at the airport. We quickly loaded our luggage, and rode mostly in silence to Kennedy Airport. Jacob kept his arms wrapped tightly around me the entire trip to the airport. We quickly checked in through the security, and then sat and waited to board our plane.
We boarded the plane on time, and Jacob held me in his arms silently the entire time. We stopped in Chicago to refuel, and then continued on to Seattle. As with so much in my life, my honey moon was cut short due to a crisis, but I was optimistic that this crisis would have a joyful resolution at least for Aunt Rose, but there was so much of NYC that I didn't get to see. Jacob must have sensed my disappointment, because he whispered in my ear, "Don't worry my Nessie, I will bring you back to NYC someday soon," and then he kissed my forehead.
By the time we made it home, it was about midnight. Jacob took our luggage into our room, and I headed in behind him. I was dead on my feet. We quickly changed into our pajamas, and I fell asleep in my favorite place in the world, on top of Jacob's chest.