Chapter Fifty Four

Jasper

Things were getting extremely serious, if the Volturi found out the guardians were hunting a rogue vampire they would start looking for her themselves and if they caught her, Bella was dead. We had to trace her first, before either the guardians found her or the Volturi. Sam Uley was dead along while Sue Clearwater, Billy Black, and a young man I didn't know but who must be another of the ex wolves were injured. Her work here was done at least for now but who else would she be targeting? The obvious people were the Cullens who had lied to her about her sire and Garrett but of course she would be looking for me too, not knowing I was probably the most dangerous of her "enemies" but also the only one who would die before hurting her.

"We have to get back to the Cullens. Charlotte ring Esme and find out where they are. Tell them they are in serious danger, Garrett too but to stay where they are and we'll join them. We're safer acting in concert."

"We're going to protect the Cullens and that prick Garrett from Bella? Personally I'd prefer to help her out a little, maybe rip a few limbs off, make it easier for her to grab them"

"Hasn't it occurred to you that she might just outwit us all?"

"No, why should it?"

"She got onto the Denali reservation, booby-trapped the woodpile and then waited for the explosion before leaving, at least that would be my guess, without being discovered."

"Fuck, I hadn't thought about that. Well maybe the guardians aren't as clever as they think they are."

"Peter, their guardian form is bear, do you know of any bear that couldn't sniff out an enemy at a distance, or track one for that matter?"

"Right, then how did she do it?"

"I have no idea but we need to find out."

"How?"

"Again I have no idea, all we can hope for is that she comes after me or the Cullens next."

"Yeah well can we make sure she doesn't fire bomb you, at least not while I'm too close. I happen to like this body as it is"

We flew back leaving Charlie with Johnny H, he would be safer there than anywhere else, we didn't even know if Bella blamed him too for what had happened to her, he was her father after all.

"I'm joining the search. I need to find Bella and keep her safe."

"Then stay here. You heard what Johnny said if they find her first. You might be her only chance of survival, you have a rapport with the guardians, use it"

He wasn't happy but Annie persuaded him to stay, it was the last place we knew Bella had been and she might still be around, ready to try again for Quileute elders she hadn't killed yet. There was also Leah although we now knew she had opted to remain in her wolf form so Bella would find it difficult to trace the last remaining of her attackers. There was Seth too, he had been a wolf but not involved in the attack, he was too new. Did she know he'd phased? And if so did she want him dead too?

At the airport two of the Cullens waited to pick us up, Emmett and Rosalie along with Garrett,

"We heard what happened in Denali and came straight back. Do you think she's coming for me?"

"I think she's coming for anyone she blames for her becoming a vampire and especially you because you lied to her about being her sire. Worse still she had some way of getting close without being detected and that makes her extremely dangerous to all of us."

"But you don't know how she does it?"

"No, do you?"

"Not really but I did wonder how she got away from the wolf that attacked her, she was weak and wounded yet the wolf didn't finish her off, why not?"

"So whatever she had she used to save herself from the attacking wolves?"

"It's just a thought. If she has a weapon or means of defence how the hell are we going to find her?"

"I'm hoping she'll come to us Garrett. If we stay together in one place it will lure her out unless she gives up on revenge and I don't see that happening do you?"

"She was pretty pissed last time I saw her so no I don't see her giving up."

Emmett and Rosalie said nothing on the drive to their new home, the Cullens had moved since we left them last. It was a big sprawling house in the Boston suburbs with a high wall and extensive gardens with plenty of cover for any spy or would be attacker. Esme, Alice, and Edward, were there and introduced to us.

"Carlisle ordered us all back for our own safety."

"Lets hope he was right then Alice Cullen. Hey you're the witch aren't you? Can't you see where Bella is or what she's planning next?"

She glared at Peter,

"I'm not a witch, I just have visions of the future and no I don't see Bella Swan, she's a total blank."

"What about us? Your family? Carlisle? Don't you see anything? Bodies? Skipping off happily into the sunset? Any fucking thing?"

Alice and Esme both frowned at Peters language but they were annoying the hell out of me too.

"No, until she decides what to do and its consequences ripple out I can't see anything and I'm not a witch, I'm a seer."

"Who gives a fuck what you call yourself. Just gaze into your crystal ball until you do see something"

I looked around,

"Where is Carlisle?"

"At work, in the hospital. He thought he'd be safe enough there. Bella's hardly likely to blow up a hospital full of sick people now is she?"

"Do you really believe that? After she just blew up a tribal gathering? I don't think she gives a damn about anything but revenge. She's a newborn with a hard on for those she thinks wronged her. I'd say she'll go through who ever gets between her and that revenge. Call Carlisle and get him back here now"

Carlisle

I was just finishing my ward rounds when the sister told me there was a woman waiting to see me in my office."

"Did she give a name?"

"Yes Miss Fury."

I thought about that, I didn't recognise the name,

"Did she say why she wanted to see me? Is she a new patient?"

"Not as far as I know Dr Cullen, she looked ill though"

I started back to my office when my cell phone rang, I was popular today!

"Carlisle, Jasper's here and he thinks you might be in danger. Bella killed one of the Quileutes and he thinks we're next on her list. Please come home."

"I'll be there as soon as I can, there's just one person I need to see first. Stay in and be careful Esme. I'm not sure Bella would do anything to us though, the Quileutes were her enemies not us."

"We lied to her Carlisle, we or at least I allowed her to think Garrett was her sire, I lied to her."

"Then stay close to Jasper, he'll protect you if he wants Bella alive"

Reaching my office I opened the outer door just as my secretary was leaving and she pulled me back out with her,

"I think the woman waiting for you is a mental patient. I heard her reciting a list of names Dr Cullen."

"Names? I see. You said her name was Miss Fury, did she give you a first name?"

"Yes and that's odd too, I've never heard it before, Adrestia yet she didn't look foreign."

"What does she look like?"

I wondered if this was Bella Swan,

"Slim, pale, with highlights, wearing a skirt and a crop top and high heels."

That didn't sound like Bella Swan and yet the name was ringing alarm bells in my head and suddenly I remembered, Adrestia was the goddess of revenge, she who none could escape. Bella had reinvented herself as a deity out for revenge on all who had hurt her and that included me.

"Don't go back into your office Samantha. I want you to leave, go home, take the rest of the day off. The girl in my office is dangerous and I don't want you anywhere near her."

"Should I call security?"

"No. I'll deal with it but I need you to leave right now."

I watched as she walked down the corridor looking back before getting into the elevator then as the doors slid shut I headed back to my office. If I ran she would only follow and that meant the rest of my family would be in danger. As the head of the coven it was my responsibility to keep them safe.