(Charlie's POV)
"What for?" Rosalie snarled.
"We haven't done anything to deserve this."
"A death sentence, we've been given a death sentence."
"Fuck this we didn't do anything."
"Mommy what's wrong?"
"I can't hear anything why can't I hear anything?" Edward asks all the voices speaking in tandem.
"Will you all shut up I can't think straight when you're all talking at once!" I scream squeezing my eyes shut and slamming my hands over my ears.
"Crazy much?" Jacob retorts as everyone turns to look at me as if I've grown a second head.
"What?" I demand raising my eyebrows.
"Baby nobody said anything," Emmett says slowly reaching over to me as if I'm a skittish animal.
"Yes you did I heard you." I argue.
"What exactly did you hear?" Edward approaches me with new found interest.
"The last thing I heard was you and you said why can't I hear anything."
"I didn't say that, I thought it." He replies in awe. "For few seconds it was completely silent and you heard everything."
"So you read minds then?" Emmett smiles.
"I don't know, that's never happened before." I say as his arms wrap around my waist.
"I don't think you're a mind reader." Carlisle adds.
"Maybe not, tell her about the other night." Jasper chimes in as Rosalie and Jacob leave the room with the girls in tow.
"The first night you were a vampire those of us that were in the house experienced some extreme tension with our mates and we had no choice but to act on said feelings."
"Tension?"
"Sexual tension."
"Oh." I mutter entirely mortified.
Carlisle cleared his throat before continuing. "Naturally at first we believed it was Jasper but he's always very good at controlling himself and as it turned out he was just as affected as the rest of us. So I can only assume that you were projecting your...lust to the rest of us."
"But how could I do that?" I wonder.
"You're able to disable the abilities of other vampires and use them as your own for a period of time."
"Will I be able to control it?"
"With practice."
"We'll start tonight, it'll be an effective defense mechanism when the Volturi come. I'm sure it won't take you long to learn but in the meantime try not to get too...excited or we might all end up in a family orgy." Jasper teases with a wink.
I simply nod swallowing hard as Emmett plants a sweet kiss to my temple.
(Emmett's POV)
"Is everything ok Mama?" Valkyrie asks as Charlie turns off the lamp on the bedside table.
"Yeah baby everything's fine," she says kissing Val's hair as our daughter curls up against her side.
"Will you sing me to sleep?"
"Yes, close your eyes. The mountain song matters not the thoughts of thirds matters only to be heard.
And though I'm gone, I will come again in spring when the harvest can begin. We are ghosts, we are
ghosts amongst these hills. From the trees of velvet green, to the ground beneath our feet. We are
ghosts, we are ghosts amongst these hills pressing out along the shore, pressing out along the shore."
Charlie sings until Valkyrie's breathing turns to light snores before she slips from the bed and walks over
to the window. She rests her hand on the glass watching the rain fall.
"You ok Char?" I whisper snaking my arms around her waist.
She drew in a long unnecessary before replying, "No, I don't think so. Let's go to your room I don't
want to wake her up."
I sweep her into my arms bridal style and race upstairs, placing her gently on the floor.
"Emmett," she sighs sadly leaning her forehead against mine. "This is it isn't, they're going to end what would have been an extraordinary life together all because that bitch thought Renesmee was an immortal child."
"This isn't the end think of it as a chance to do all the things you've wanted to but never did."
"Like the bucket list?"
"Exactly," I smile, "we can do it together. It'll be fun."
"Well I've always wanted to go clubbing."
"Then clubbing it is, put on that little red dress and we'll get going." I purr swatting her ass.
"Ok," she smirks stripping before stepping into it.
"Training can wait till tomorrow."