Chapter Sixty Nine
Edward
We watched the village as the bodies were prepared for burial, recognising many of the mourners and smiling as I thought about the addition to those crying when Stuart and I had finished. He sat quietly noting each man I pointed out as a wolf and taking special note of Sam who was organising things as the leader of the pack along with Billy who sat silent in his wheelchair staring at the trees, mourning his son. As the sun dipped behind the woods turning the world grey I got up,
"Ready?"
Stuart nodded,
"We should kill all the young males you know. It's the only way to stop the pack from reforming."
"Without the elders to teach them any new wolves are more likely to turn on their own than others. I've seen them in action, they barely have control over themselves when they are under an Alphas control. We kill the wolves only."
He shrugged his shoulders,
"It's your party Edward so you get to make the rules."
I could hear his amused thoughts, I wasn't a fool, but I wasn't a murderer either. I would only kill those who had attacked us and killed my mate. Whatever anyone said that's was she was in my eyes.
Stuart
I knew Edward was reading my thoughts so I made sure to be thinking he was soft, a fool to let any of the young men live to become wolves in the future but really I didn't much care what he thought. The present pack was weakened and with the death of its Alpha it would be crippled for a long time but I was sure the Volturi would be happier if we could wipe them all out. It might be possible, we'd see. Edward would be so focused in on Sam Uley he wouldn't even notice what I was doing until it was too late and I wanted to get this over and done. That way I could get back to Denali where the real action was, that was where I would make my mark and I had a far better chance of destroying Johnny H and his precious guardians than the Cullens alone.I followed him in upwind of the village and saw Sam talking to a rather beautiful woman, at least until she turned and I saw the terrible scars on her face marring the beauty. They were claw marks yet here she was still with the wolf leader, she must be his imprint. Perhaps I would kill her too, after all once he was dead who else would want the damaged goods? Edward hissed his annoyance at my thoughts but I ignored him focusing in on three young men he had identified as wolves. I telegraphed my intent and he nodded moving away to get a good position to attack Sam. Once we started it had to be fast, before the pack, or what was left of it, could phase and fight back. I counted down with my raised fingers and we went in.
Billy
I was very nervous with the Cullens back in Forks and the death of so many of our leaders. Sam had taken over along with me but until the funerals we could do nothing. He had sent three wolves to watch the Cullen house but we had heard nothing from them yet. I had argued against splitting the small force we now had so they only left an hour ago. If there were any danger the pack members would be warned, for that reason one remained in wolf form at all times. Jake should be standing here now, ready to take on the responsibility of a tribal leader but instead he was laying wrapped in a shroud waiting to be buried along with Quil Ateara, Harry and the others. Our tribe would never recover from this despite being promised justice from the guardian leaders in Alaska. I watched the trees for any sign of danger but when it came, I didn't see it. The vampires attacked from behind us, Edward I recognised as he flew past me knocking my chair to the ground as he leaped on Sam and ripped at his body with hands and teeth. Sam struggled valiantly but he was no match for the ferocity of Edward Cullen while in human form and he had only started to phase when it was too late. The blood fountained from the severed arteries in his neck and his head rolled to a stop by my foot.
Edward
Once Sam was dead I took time to choose my next victim, two boys were in the process of phasing, slower than their elders and I attacked them together smashing their heads to the ground to stun them before ripping out their throats and severing their limbs. Let them recover from that if they could! I heard a high pitched scream and looked up to see Emily struggling in Stuarts grip but before I could stop him she was bitten. I waited for him to rip out her throat or drain her but then saw his intention, he threw her to the ground as she started to writhe in the agony of transformation. What a punishment for the Alpha's imprint, to become a vampire. As we cut through the rest of the wolves, not wanting to leave any to follow us, only one or two managing to transform before being ripped to pieces we became covered in human blood and a feeding frenzy overtook us. The next time my senses returned I looked up to a sight of utter carnage. Not a single human still lived, every one had been drained and mutilated, then I saw a movement, Billy Black crawling along the ground watched by Stuart who seemed amused at his desperate efforts to get away.
"Crawl like a serpent wolf man. You can't escape us. You killed and now you die."
I wasn't quick enough to stop him, Stuart picked Billy up and swung him round before dashing him against the closest cabin wall. It was over, the Quileutes were no more, no wolves, no men, no women, and no children. I had become the very thing I had always fought against, a monster, and a disappointment to my creator and mentor, Carlisle Cullen.
Stuart
A job well done I thought as I started to pile the bodies together in a heap and then scouted around for any cans of gas, even punching holes in some of the vehicles to drain more into any containers I could scavenge. I drenched the funeral pyre with all the gas and watched as it exploded into flames and thick smoke, I stayed just long enough to make sure the bodies were burning well then looked for Edward to join me for the return trip to the house. I couldn't see him anywhere so deciding he must have gone on ahead I ran back into the woods headed for the Cullen house, not forgetting my transforming human who I slung over my shoulder. By the time any of the emergency vehicles arrived at the village the bodies would be beyond recognition and there would be no way to tell how they had died.
Edward
I waited until Stuart had gone before taking my phone out and ringing Carlisle.
"Edward where are you? What's going on? Alice is terribly upset, is Stuart with you?"
"He's on his way back Carlisle."
"What about you Edward?"
"I rang to say goodbye Carlisle and to apologise."
"For what? Edward what have you done?"
"I killed Carlisle."
"Who Edward? Did Stuart rope you into something? I know you were upset when you left."
"No. I did it Carlisle. We killed them."
"Who Edward? Did you go after Sam?"
"They're all dead Carlisle, every one of them."
"What are you saying Edward? You killed the Quileutes?"
"I'm so sorry Carlisle please don't feel too badly of me. I should never have started something I couldn't stop. Tell Esme I love her."
"Edward where are you? I'll come and fetch you, don't do anything stupid or rash."
"I have no choice Carlisle, I'm sorry, I love you."
I put my phone back in my pocket and with a last look at the sky I closed my eyes and ran as fast as I could into the fire and oblivion.