A/N: Shout out to my girl Sue.
Thanks to Sherry for being my rock.
Chapter 18
I stormed out after Alice to where Edward and Jasper were standing. I could tell by the look on Edward's face that he had heard our entire conversation and he wasn't pleased.
"How long?" I growled at him.
"We don't have time for this," he said, turning away from me.
I grabbed his arm, yanking him back with more strength than I meant to. "Tell me," I snarled.
Edward looked down at my hand and I automatically released him.
"Please," I pleaded. I had a right to know.
"Two years," he sighed. "You were gone for two years." He turned to face Alice with the foulest look on his face. "You may have come to help your sister in her hour of need, but that doesn't mean I have forgotten which side you initially chose. You would do well to remember that and stay out of mine and my mates business."
"You're out of line," Jasper snapped, stepping towards him. "You know Alice didn't have a choice. She did what she had to do to survive."
"Your eyes are clouded brother," Edward barked.
"Don't you dare forget who helped you find her," Alice shouted. "I was the one that got you the information. You would have gotten nowhere without me."
"She wouldn't have got captured in the first place if you had warned us!" Edward yelled.
"Enough," Jasper shouted. "None of this is her fault."
"Would you all just shut up," I roared, sick of listening to them argue. "Now someone tell me where the hell I was for two friggin years."
Everyone fell quite, but it was Alice that finally spoke.
"You were asleep. Our father wiped your memories and then put you to sleep. He had you moved all the time so Edward could never find you … He didn't have the heart to kill you and he couldn't get to Edward because his pack had grown so large over the years. This was the only way he could hurt him."
Before I had the chance to respond or let the information sink in, the wall behind Edward exploded. He dove towards me, sheltering me with his body.
"Druids!" Jasper roared.
"Bella, get inside," Edward ordered.
I began to refuse him, but when his eyes glowed blue and he shouted now. I felt my feet dragging towards the building, whether I wanted them to or not.