CHAPTER 25
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A/N: I just wanted to tell you that I am having so much fun writing this story for you guys.
"If you kill me now MY pack will kill your precious family." Jacob informed me while struggling in my grip.
"Why did you come here?" I asked him with narrowed eyes.
"I came to finish the job." Jacob told me with a leer directed at Alice.
I threw him away and he landed in the stairs. I followed him there and grabbed some of his hair.
"You have gone too far Jacob." I told him with rage in my eyes. I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and took him outside.
After that I went back to Alice's room and found her sitting on her bed with a far away look on her face.
"Alice?" I asked her softly.
"Bella!" She flung herself at me and held me tightly against her warm body.
"Alice, how come? After everything that has happened, all the hurt that you have gone through by my hands, how can you still want to be with me?" I asked her with a desperate tone in my voice.
Alice stepped back from the embrace and gave me a long look, after that she kissed me softly on the lips and gave me another hug.
"My sweet Bella, the reason is very simple: you have given me something that no one has ever gave me before, you have show me what true love is. I suffered a great deal when I was living with my mother and when I came to live here, there was a part of me that was broken. I became that shallow teenager that you met, but when we started to hang out, you started to fix me and then I fell in love with you. When Isabella first appeared, I thought that se was going to kill me but she proved me wrong, she loves me too and that gave me hope that maybe I was going to get you back." Alice explained to me. We broke the hug and she led me to sit on her bed.
"When you came back to me, I was the happiest girl on earth but my happiness didn't last that long. Jacob took advantage of everything and raped me. I was so angry because he took something that belonged to you and no one else." At this she gave me a sad look and I just squeeze her hand letting her know that I understood.
"When I was in the hospital and my mother showed up, I was so afraid that I was going to loose you, but you proved me wrong once again; you managed to free me from my mother and all the suffering I had by her hand just vanished. When Siobhan told me what Isabella had done to Jacob, I was confused because some part of me was glad that he had suffered what I went through, but another part was angry because it wasn't her place to deliver justice." She explained to me while looking straight into my eyes. I nodded my head letting her know that I was paying attention.
"When I told you to leave me it was so I could gather my thoughts. I became worried when you didn't returned and I let my dad know that. When Jacob came to tell me that he had killed you, I was not alone, Emmett and Victoria were with me. Emmett was furious and he actually grabbed Jacob by the collar of his neck. Jacob for his part used the same argument he told you here. After he left, Victoria told me not to believe him. Rosalie and Jasper came into the room and Rosalie stayed with me while the others went to investigate. They came back and told us that they have found the remains of a fire. In that moment I broke down and cried myself to sleep." Alice had tears in her eyes and I wiped them away with my thumb.
"My love, what can I do to take your pain away?" I asked her.
"Just the fact that you are here with me is enough to take my pain away Bella." Alice said to me with a small smile.
"After my break down, Jasper gave me a shred of hope telling me that he tried following your scent, but that it had vanished 2 miles from were the fire was. When the days passed and you didn't come back I began losing hope and I began to believe that you were truly gone. Your family knew a war is going to breakout with the wolves and they have been preparing themselves for that." Alice finished all her explanation and I drew her closer to me.
"But I found you alone yesterday, my family hasn't been with you all this time?" I asked her with suspicion in my tone.
Alice chuckled at this, "Jasper was here before you arrived. I've been so depressed that the only refuge that I have are my dreams. That's the reason of my reaction yesterday."
I smiled at this, "I understand Alice. Thank you for sharing all this with me. I never imagined that I had brought so much light into your life. You know, when we began dating I thought I had to worry of the places where I needed to take you out."
Alice burst out laughing at this and I joined her. I gave her a sweet kiss on the lips and got up. "We have to go and see my family. We'll call your dad so he can meet us there."
"Ok." Alice said and grabbed her purse and together we left toward my house.
We arrived at my place, 15 minutes later and we haven't even got out of the car when my whole family greeted us outside.
"Bella!" Victoria and Emmett shouted at the same time and run to envelope me in a hug.
"Hey guys! I'm so happy to see you!" I told them after releasing them.
"Bella, we are so happy to know that you are alright." Carlisle said to me and then he gave me a kiss on the forehead.
I smiled at him and then I went to give Esme a hug and a kiss as well.
"My beautiful daughter! I am so glad you are ok." Esme told me while showering me with kisses all over my face.
"I am happy to be back mom." I said while trying to break free of Esme's vice grip.
"We were worried that something bad had happened to you, but your friends already explained everything to us." Jasper told me with a serious expression.
"You found James and Laurent?" I asked them surprised.
"Yeah, I run into James and Laurent last night. When I found out that they were the ones who had helped you I was so happy." Victoria said with a smile.
"You know them?" I asked her.
"Yes, they were my companions for many years. That was before I joined the family." Victoria explained to us.
"Where are they?"
The door opened and James and Laurent appeared with new clothes. I raised my eyebrow at this and they just shrugged their shoulders.
"Lets head inside, there are a lot of things we need to discuss." Carlisle said and we all went inside.
In the living room, there were several couches and chairs and we all took our places.
"Bella, are you aware of everything that has happened in the time of your absence?" Carlisle asked me all business like.
"Alice filled me in. According to what she told me you are preparing yourselves to go and fight the pack?" I asked them.
"Indeed. Things had gone out of hand and we must put an end to all this madness." Jasper answered my question.
I gave him a pensive look and then shook my head. "I don't think we need to kill an entire pack. There is a say that goes like this: strike the shepherd and the sheep will scattered."
"Are you saying that we need to kill Jacob?" Esme asked me horrified.
"Yes. He is the one controlling the pack and we don't know how did he managed to manipulate everything into his favor." I said to everyone.
"Bella is right. If it wasn't for us, your daughter would be dead by now." James told them.
"You didn't see the way the wolves went after her. They were going to kill her." Laurent shared his view with my family.
I felt Alice's grip on my hand tightened and I knew that she was nervous and scared.
I turned around and whispered in her ear. "Its ok, I am here Alice and no one is ever going to hurt us again."
"Getting back into the topic at hand, Bella's plan would work. When we eliminate Jacob the pack would be without a leader and they would stop their attack." James shared a sort of a plan to the family.
"Without Jacob, Sam could be in charge again and maybe we can form an alliance with them." Carlisle said as a thought.
We all nodded our heads in agreement, after everything that has happened Sam, Leah and Seth had become family and they had learned how vampires are. They are no longer biased thanks to the knowledge they have acquired.
"That sounds perfect Carlisle. We can end this treaty bullshit and we could finally live in peace." Emmett said with a straight face.
"When do we attack?" Rosalie asked.
"Tonight." I answered to them.
"In that case, you need to feed to be at your strongest. Go hunt." Esme ordered everyone.
One by one they left to go hunting. I stayed behind with Esme and Carlisle.
"Mom, I know you don't like to fight and I also know that you wouldn't be in peace here."
"What's your point Bella?" My mom asked me curious.
"Can you help Seth in keeping Alice out of harm's way?" I asked her with a serious expression.
"Of course Bella. I will find us a spot in the forest where we can watch you all." Esme said with a loving smile.
"Thanks mom." After that Carlisle and Esme went to hunt as well. That left me with Alice alone.
"Thanks for letting me be with you tonight. I promise not to get into trouble if you promise that you won't get killed tonight." Alice told me with a serious expression.
I smiled at this and extended my pinky to her. "Pinky promise." I said with a smile.
Alice giggled at this and shook her head muttering. "Dorky vampire."
Sam, Leah and Seth came through the doors a few minutes later and I asked them if they could stay with Alice, while I hunt. They agreed and Alice started filling them in on what was going to happen tonight.
Animal blood will not sustain us Bella we need something stronger. Isabella whispered to me. Let's go to the hospital, I am sure there are a few packs of blood there that we can get. I am not going to the hospital to steal blood.
Twenty minutes later I was in the forest with ten packs of blood at my feet. I told you I was going to come back if you were going to be weak at protecting Alice. You took over just to steal the blood. I did this for us to be stronger! Remember how Jacob fights. I want him dead tonight. All right, don't get your panties in a twist Isabella. We will end him that is a promise.
I went back to the house and found Alice with Charlie and by the look on his face I think that Alice had told him everything.
Charlie approached me and told me. "Do what you have to do Bella."
I nodded and he left. Alice took my hand in hers and led me to the sofa were we sat and watched some movies. After a while, my siblings joined us and that is how we spent the rest of the day.
When the day was over we began our preparations for the attack tonight. We all gathered and everyone knew of the plan.
We took off in the direction of the reservation. Alice was on my back giving me little kisses on my neck.
"You are distracting me." I told her playfully.
"I am not! I am just giving you good luck kisses." She told me beaming.
I continue with my run and Alice continued with her kisses. Too soon for my liking we arrived at the place where the pack was going to meet us.
Sam, Leah and Seth were all in their wolf form and were ready for action.
"Seth, I need you to stay and help Esme with keeping Alice out of harm's way." I said to him with a serious expression. Seth nodded his head and went with Esme.
I went and gave Alice a passionate kiss she wrapped her arms around me and we kissed for a few minutes.
"I love you my mate. See you in a while." After that Alice left to join Esme and Seth.
I was smiling at what she called me. After a few seconds we could hear the pack approaching. We all got in position and waited.
James and Laurent burst into the clearing followed by a pack of eight angry wolves. I spotted Jacob and without giving him warning I tackled him as far away from his pack.
"Missed me mongrel?" I asked taunting him. He growled in response and attacked me.
I easily dodge his attacks and I started punching and kicking him. Jacob started to look around, seeing if anybody could come to his aid.
"Not this time dog your pack mates are very busy fighting with my family to come to your rescue." I let him know of my plan.
He growled again and viciously attacked me, he did hit me a few times and we were getting further into the forest.
"Do you know what you do with a rabid dog Jacob?" I asked him while punching him in the snout.
"You put him to sleep! And you Jacob are a rabid dog." I told him with a furious look and grabbed him by the neck to throw him where I wanted him.
He landed in a pool of water and I had to smile at this. He let out another growl and jumped to attack me.
In that moment I took my lighter out and flicked it open and threw it at Jacob. As soon as the lighter touched his fur, his whole body was set in fire.
I watched how the flames consumed his body and his screams of agony were like music to my ears. Finally the dog is down good job Bella.
When the flames died down I took the body and buried it and went back to my family.
I arrived and Alice ran to meet me, I opened my arms and gave her a long hug.
"Is it over?" She whispered in my ear. My response was a simple nod.
I released her and she started explaining me that a fight broke out and that she was worried that they were going to kill each other in the end. "Suddenly the whole pack stiffened and stopped the fight. Sam took the opportunity and after a few minutes of struggling he managed to become alpha again. He explained to us that Jacob had taken away their will and that he had manipulated the whole pack into believing his lies." Alice finished telling me and I turned around to address the pack.
"Wolves of La Push, I am deeply sorry for everything that has happened this couple of months. In representation of the Cullen family, I would like to propose an alliance, something where we could benefit each other. We would like for you to consider us friends." I finished my speech with my hand stretched out.
Sam took off and came back in his human form to stretch my hand. We shared a smile knowing that things were going to get better from now on.
"You are late!" James yelled at someone.
I turned around and I saw how a figure was approaching us. He reached James first and gave him a friendly hug.
"I am sorry! I told you that I was going to try and be here as fast as I could." The vampire told him with a smirk.
"Everyone, I would like to introduce you to-"
"Edward?" I said with an incredulous tone on my voice and with tears gathering in my eyes.