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Sometimes, when things are going so smoothly, so carefree, it's easy to get into the mindset that all is well and will continue to be all well and good, even for a vampire this is possible.

The weeks following Bella's transformation and Nessie's birth literally flew by. In a matter of just weeks, Nessie grew from an infant, to a toddler, able to pull herself upright and even walk around timidly. Carlisle spent every moment he could documenting this growth spurt. By the beginning of October, even though Nessie was physically about one or two, she didn't act like it nor did she speak like it, she could speak and was very articulate, but she preferred to speak to people in her own way.

She still wouldn't sleep without a Celtic fairy tale and me singing to her, which meant I was trucking my way down the path, through the woods to Bella and Edward's cottage every night.

I didn't mind it though, complain as I might Nessie and I had grown extremely close and I loved spending time with my niece, we had bounded tighter than I ever thought I would.

During this rapid growth, while Edward, Carlisle, and Bella were discussing plans to return to Brazil to follow up on some legends that might explain Nessie, the Volturi sent their 'wedding' present.

The gift was presented in an ornately carved, ancient wooden box inlaid with gold and mother-of-pearl, ornamented with a rainbow of gemstones. The box itself was pretty specular, but it was the gift inside that made Carlisle and I gasp in shock, mainly because we both recognized the jewelry that was inside. It was part of a set of some of the crown jewels.

"I always wondered where the crown jewels disappeared to after John of England pawned them in the thirteenth century," Carlisle had said. "I suppose it doesn't surprise me that the Volturi have their share."

I'm not entirely sure, but the idea of the Volturi laying claim to something that rightfully belonged in England really ticked me off, I mean not only did this exchange happen centuries before I was born, but it occurred when my country was being ransacked by the English and my ancestors were trying to save themselves from being exterminated by the very sovereign that had pawned the jewels. Regardless of that piece of history, it only added to my growing contempt of the Volturi.

Little did I know, that the missing piece of the crown jewels and the Volturi having their grubby paws on them was about to be the least of all our worries, the amazing thing is, it all started out so innocent, so ordinary. Unfortunately if there's one thing I have learned, it's when things are the calmest, the most at ease, that's usually when all hell breaks loose.

I was up in the loft above the garage, kicking Seth's butt on Mario Kart, this was our third race and we were neck and neck, he had won the first race, I won the second and now this was for bragging rights.

"You're going down this time Wolf Boy!" I shouted throwing a red turtle shell at Seth's race car. He tried to dodge it, but it knocked him off the edge of the road, and since the deciding track was Rainbow Road, he went sailing off into oblivion giving me a new lead.

"Dude!" He exclaimed "not cool!"

"All's fair Seth!" I replied, he managed to get a bullet which put him up only a few cars behind me, but I wasn't going to have any of that so I was ecstatic when I got another turtle shell, only it was a green on this time. These ones of course don't target like the red ones do, but Seth has this paranoia that the green shells are out to get him and I guess it's kind of understandable, they always manage to nail him when we play, they're like Seth seeking missiles and it's always hilarious.

"Seriously!" he growled as he tried to avoid the three green shells that came flying at his car, he managed to miss the first two, but the third smacked right into his car and knocked him off the bridge again.

I couldn't help it, I burst out laughing, he reached over to push me, but didn't have a chance as I gracefully crossed the finish line in first, by the time his car was rescued and he was put back on the track, the race standings were determined.

"Sorry, Seth, better luck next time,"

"Oh it's on Chris, rematch, I DEMAND a rematch!"

I rolled my eyes at my best friend and chuckled

"Don't you have to be home for dinner or something?" I asked and he shook his head

"My mom's out with Charlie for dinner tonight, I'm in no hurry to get home," he grinned "why? Afraid that I'll win the next round?"

"Over my undead body," I shot back "you pick the track this time, do your worse." I added as he went through the possible tracks looking for the nastiest one he could find, Rainbow Road is considered one of the toughest courses of the game, but there are a few that are just as tough, so I wasn't surprised that Seth picked one of the old school haunted house themes, not exactly challenging, but if you don't watch your speed you can go flying off the edge and the car that Seth had chosen had a terrible draft.

"This is it Chris, winner take all, mono eh wolfie,"

"Mono eh wolfie?" I repeated "that makes as much sense as your shell conspiracy," he looked at me with a serious stare

"it's no conspiracy," he whispered, making it so it honestly was hard to tell if he was serious or just joking "they're seriously out to get me, it doesn't matter if I'm playing this with you or Brady or Collin, or whoever, those stupid green shells always hunt me down."

I sighed, no point in even trying to reason with him, if he wanted to be crazy and paranoid I wasn't going to argue with him.

"Right,"

The lights began to count down and it had just turned green when I felt a cold wash over me. I froze, unable to move, my car sat idling as Seth shot off like a rocket leaving me in a trail of dust and still I didn't move. He had rounded the corner when he looked over and saw me sitting there stiffer than normal, so he paused the game and poked me in the shoulder.

"Chris?" he whispered "hello earth to Chris?"

"Som-Something's wrong," I muttered

"What do you mean?"

I didn't know…I honestly couldn't explain my sudden cold, I stood up and walked to the window of the loft, Bella, Nessie, and Jacob in wolf form were heading towards the woods so that Nessie could hunt. Nessie must have felt someone staring at them because she turned and looked up at the window. When she saw it was me she grinned and waved quickly, slowly and weakly I returned the gesture, whatever it was…it had to do with Nessie, Bella, and Jacob going hunting.

Seth came up next to me and followed my line of sight, then he looked at me still confused as to my strange behavior.

"Bye Uncle Chris! Bye Seth!" Nessie called as Bella scooped her up and put her on Jacob's furry back, Bella turned and gave us a wave as well, before the three of them disappeared into the tree line.

"Seriously what's up with you?" Seth pushed

"I don't know, just felt cold all of a sudden," I explained

"Uh, not to burst your happy bubble there, but isn't cold a normal sensation with you?" he asked and I sighed

"Not like this, this is a different cold." I paused "you know the expression 'made my blood run cold?'" Seth nodded "that's how best to describe it. It's not a cold sensation like you're standing in the ice chest, it's knowing something isn't right, something frightening is coming." I paused again and pushed my bangs back "it usually happens when my profile is trying to tell me something."

Seth tried to hide the concern on his face,

"Did you profile something happening?" he asked, Seth has a basic idea on how my ability works, I think he's reached the point where he doesn't want to know details, but he is slowly figuring out that when I have a hunch about something, it's best to listen to me.

"No, that's the problem, I have a feeling, a hunch…but nothing concrete, nothing solid." I looked out towards the woods "the bloody problem is I have a bad feeling that it has something to do with Nessie, Bella, and Jacob."

"Do you think they're in danger?" Seth asked quickly, getting himself ready to go and fight if need be."

But I shook my head

"No, but seriously something isn't right…" I growled a little bit, my ability is helpful in a lot of scenarios, but it's not perfect and certainly not precise, it was leaving gaps and holes and not giving me a full explanation and I don't like that at all.

"Do you want to keep racing?" Seth asked, when I didn't answer him he waited a few seconds then elbowed me gently "Chris?"

"yeah?" I responded, not really paying attention to my friend "yeah, sorry Seth what were you saying?"

"I was asking if you wanted to keep racing, but I have a feeling I know the answer."

"Sorry," I replied "rematch later okay?" he nodded "thanks,"

"Anytime. I think I'll head downstairs, see what your brother has on for a game, you going to come or you do want to stay staring out the window until they get back?"

"I'll come down," I said with a sigh and reluctantly I followed my friend down the steps towards the first floor where we could hear Emmett watching a rerun of a football game, it was as good a distraction as any…I knew Nessie was safe, Bella and Jacob would see to that…I just couldn't shake my feeling of animosity, it just wouldn't go away.

Of course about fifteen minutes after my initial wave of coldness, Edward's phone went off. Emmett had changed the channel from a football game to hockey and was attentively egging on the players in a fight. Seth and I exchanged a look but neither of us had the heart to remind Emmett that the players couldn't hear him shouting 'fight, fight, fight' incessantly at the screen.

Seconds before the phone actually rang I felt the coldness wash over me again and I knew exactly where to look this time as I turned in my seat to face Edward who was heading into Carlisle's office. He paused and looked at me for a split second, before answering the phone.

"Come, bring Carlisle," I could hear Bella explaining, even over her voice I could hear breathing, two different inhales and exhales so I knew Nessie and Jacob were within range and listening to Bella's end of the phone call. "I saw Irina, and she saw me, but then she saw Jacob and she got mad and ran away, I think. She hasn't shown up here –

yet, anyway – but she looked pretty upset so maybe she will. If she doesn't, you and Carlisle have to go after her and talk to her. I feel so bad." Bella finished, Edward and I exchanged a look.

What purpose would Irina have with us right now? She was still angry at the wolves and certainly unhappy with us and our decision to defend the pack.

"We'll be there in half a minute," Edward told Bella and instantly I was on my feet as he called to Carlisle and quickly explained what had happened.

"I'm coming too," I said, it came out sounding like a request even though it was intended to be a demand. "I might have a better chance to talk to her, and certainly a better chance to catch up with her."

"But we do not want Irina to feel overwhelmed," Edward explained gently and I shook my head ready to argue, when Carlisle stepped in.

"Chris is correct, Irina may respond easier to him." He replied "come on."

Edward didn't wait for Carlisle to approve, he bolted out the front door and Carlisle and I followed in suit, leaving a confused and dumbfounded Seth and Emmett.

Seth's confusion didn't last long though because seconds later I heard the shredding of clothes and felt the pounding of paws on the ground as him and Leah came up behind us, as we made our way to the meadow.

Nessie looked nervous, she was clearly feeding off of Bella's guilt and Jacob's alertness, he didn't like this situation at all. Of course, even if Jacob and Bella managed to hide their feelings from Nessie, the fact that all of us showed up with one phone call was enough to worry anyone.

"She was up on that ridge," Bella explained "She looked... really upset. She growled at me."

"What?" Edward said angrily and I rolled my eyes

Carlisle put a hand on Edward's arm, silently telling him to calm down a bit.

"She's grieving." He reminded all of us "Chris and I will go after her." and I nodded.

"I'm coming with you both," Edward insisted.

Carlisle looked at me for a moment and I sighed, Edward was irritated with Irina, but perhaps it would be good if the three of us talked to her, true she was grieving, but this whole 'be angry at the Cullens' thing was getting old, it was time to put it to rest.

Without a word, Carlisle nodded and the three of us took off, me in the lead following Irina's distinct scent.

Her trail wasn't hard to follow at first, but it didn't take me long to realize what direction she was heading towards and made me lose a lot of hope that we'd catch up with her or even follow her trail for that matter. Mainly because once she crossed the sound, that was it, our chance went down the drain.

As we stood on the shore looking out at the sound, we exchanged a look, the three of us clearly thinking the same thing.

"I'm checking the other side," I spoke up, it came out sounding like I was asking Carlisle for permission, even though I really meant it to come out as a declaration, Carlisle nodded though, he patted my shoulder

"We'll all go," he said softly. I pulled off my sweatshirt and we piled the cellphones and other non-water friendly items in it, hiding it under a bush out of the way of foot traffic, not that the area we were in received much foot traffic anyways. We exchanged on last look, before the three of us headed for the water.

Of course we didn't find her scent on the other side, there was literally no sign of Irina anywhere, so after searching the immediate area on the other side of the sound, I think we all had accepted defeat, well, at least to ourselves. I wasn't ready to give up and wanted to keep searching for her even though I knew it was pointless. In the end, my brother and father convinced me to give up, at least for the time being.

When we returned home, Bella looked miserable, she was clearly blaming herself for the whole incident. She wouldn't listen to reason that it was no one's fault, least of all hers. I kept it to myself, but I was at the point with Irina where I knew our cousin had to make peace with this whole thing and basically swallow her pride.

I knew she wasn't listening to anyone regarding Laurent and his true intentions and it wasn't like we all hadn't tried to talk to her about it, I know for a fact that Eleazar had literally sat her down at one point to discuss the whole thing, but she wouldn't listen us, she wouldn't even listen to her own sisters.

We all knew enough about Laurent that he had underlying motives for going to Alaska. Even if he had the slightest feeling for our cousin, it was overshadowed by his loyalty and his desire for Victoria, there was no two ways about that, problem was Irina was just to blinded by his 'charm' to see it.

As soon as we got home, Carlisle called Tanya with the new development regarding their sister. Tanya and Kate hadn't seen her since the wedding, I was closer to Carlisle during the phone call than anyone else and I could hear the anguish and worry in Tanya's voice as she relayed that to Carlisle. It was devastating to them to know that Irina was so close, yet still hadn't come home and who could blame them.

I looked at Edward as this conversation was occurring, remember his disappearing act just last year, his lack of communication, our constant worry about his wellbeing, the frustration that he put on the entire family, and more specifically the hurt he put Esme and Carlisle through. As these thoughts moved through my mind he looked up at me, reading each one and I winced a little.

Sorry I thought, shrugging as I hoped my apology sounded sincere in my thoughts as it would had it been spoken. My brother gave me a weak smile and nodded, letting me know I had nothing to apologize for and that I was right in my thoughts and even my comparison to what Tanya and Kate must be feeling to what we had gone through with him.

Of course Alice tried to get a pinpoint on Irina's future, but she couldn't get a solid fix on her. Her future kept jumping and the one thing that Alice was sure about was that Irina was not going back to Denali and we all were disappointed by that vision, it would have made things a lot calmer if we knew she was heading home, at least then we could hope that our cousins could talk some sense into her.

As I listened to Carlisle's frail attempt to reassure Tanya, I felt someone come up behind me and tug on my sweatshirt, I knew who it was of course, but pretended to be surprised when I turned around and found Nessie staring up at me.

"Hey Nessie girl," I whispered, kneeling down so I was eye level with her. The main problem with that is the fact that soon I won't have to kneel to be eye level with her, now she stands just a little bit below my waist and still growing.

"Uncle Chris?" she started to say, she hesitated, then put her hand to my face, asking her question in her own way. Instantly my mind filled with images of Chap, scurrying around his cage, begging for sunflower seeds, and riding perched on my shoulder.

"You want to go play with Chaplin?" I asked and she nodded

"Please?"

I grinned and turned my back to her, nodding for her to hop on, I heard her giggle as she climbed onto my back, wrapping her legs around my waist and holding onto my neck tight.

No one really seemed to notice us as headed towards the stairs, with Nessie riding on my back, Bella looked up as we passed and gave us both a weak smile, which we returned.

Once we had reached the third floor, Nessie finally spoke again. I could feel the question that was eating her up the entire walk up from the family room. She just wasn't sure how to ask the question, as smart as Nessie was and as fast as she was growing it was easy to forget how old she actually was and even how old mentally she was.

"Go ahead Ness, what's on your mind?" I prodded as we walked into my room and I knelt down so she could slide off my back.

"Uncle Chris who was that that mommy and Jacob saw, why did we have to stop hunting?"

I chuckled a little

"Knowing you as well as I do you probably weren't doing much hunting but you were probably doing a decent job of stalling."

She pouted for a moment, but it was nowhere near being serious and it was done within seconds of it starting.

"There were snowflakes, they were pretty," I chuckled "they were Uncle Chris, they were really, really pretty."

"I'm sure they were," I replied with a grin

"Was she someone mommy knows?" Nessie asked, one track mind child, clearly she did not suffer from short attention spans like I did. "She looked angry,"

I took a deep breath, really not sure I wanted to explain to a three month old albeit a rapidly maturing one, who Irina was and why she would show up out of the blue like this. Granted the latter part I was still having trouble answering myself, why had Irina come? Was she coming to apologize? It was the only thing that made logical sense, but she had to know that by coming here the potential for running into one of the wolves was greatly increased. Our desperate phone call back in the beginning of summer should've been enough to clue our cousin into the fact that we were working with the wolves and that we were allies. An alliance that had become so much more because of Nessie.

I pulled myself out of my thoughts as I glanced down at Nessie who was looking at me expectantly.

"That was Irina, she's…she's our cousin from Alaska."

"Oh," Nessie said thoughtfully "but why'd she look so mad?" Give the kid that much, she was observant…almost more observant than me,

"She wasn't mad Ness, she was afraid, Irina is afraid of…of…"

"Wolf-people like Jacob?" Bloody hell this kid was good.

"Yes Ness, she's afraid of them because she doesn't understand them," okay so a little fib is warranted every once in a while, she didn't need to know the truth, at least not like this, hopefully not ever. "It'll be okay though, we'll figure things out. Don't worry about it okay?" she didn't answer me at first, clearly deep in thought, "Nessie," I prodded nudging her shoulder gently "Reeeenessme!" I called emphasizing her name and she finally couldn't hold the smile back anymore and started laughing, I'm the only one who can't call her by her full name, for one thing it's way too much of a bloody mouthful to say and two I've been calling her Nessie for three months, I think I've made it so she pretty much expects to be called Nessie by me, Jacob too, but that's because we're the only two not afraid to call her Nessie in front of Bella. I've come to the conclusion that the rest of my family is a bunch of chickens on that matter because when Bella's around most of them (Emmett, Jasper, even Carlisle) call Nessie by her full name, but rarely use it when Bella's not around.

"No fair Uncle Chris," Ness exclaimed jumping into my arms as I hugged her gently "no fair being silly."

"If I can't be silly what's the point?" I asked with a grin and thankfully she didn't have a comeback for that one. "Come on you, I've got to clean Chap's cage anyways," I smiled "do you want to watch him while he goes for a swim?" she nodded quickly

"Yes please!"

Chap was at the top of his cage watching this exchange intently. If Jasper had confused the heck out of him due to his scent and if Bella was even worse, Nessie was the ultimate for Chap. She was thrilled about him and had been from day one and he's so bloody curious that he wanted to know all about this strange smelling creature in his room and well the two became good friends.

I'm pretty sure Alice has encouraged the relationship by teaching Nessie the finer points of spoiling my rat, because Nessie always makes a beeline right for the treats and Chaplin has learned that this tiny human creature will always have a sunflower seed in hand no matter what. Despite what was going on downstairs, and despite my uneasy feeling that had refused to go away, I felt a little bit better, just being with my niece and sharing our silliness.

A few days passed by, I think we all tried to put Irina out of our minds at least somewhat. I know Bella was still dwelling on it, still feeling guilty even though she had no reason to feel that way. Nessie had put it to the back of her mind, at least I hope she did, it was difficult to tell sometimes.

Besides, we had other things to plan for, Bella was going to go to Italy to present herself to the Italians and prove to them that she was one of us. I know none of us were comfortable with her going and especially since she planned on going alone. It was killing Edward and I had made the offer several times to go with her.

I knew her reasoning for wanting to go alone though and though it made me nervous, I could certainly see her point. The Italians were the last ones on Earth any of us would want to know about Ness and Bella is the only one in the world (presumably) whom Aro's mindreading ability has no affect. He couldn't read her mind last time they met and we know for a fact that Edward has never been able to read her mind. Jane's ability has no effect on Bella and Demetri, the Volturi's vampire lo-jack can't track her.

Her mind is completely shielded from any abilities that play a part to the mind. Abilities that are purely physical in nature such as Jasper and I are not shielded. It's an amazing thing, but is the reason Bella was going alone, Bella's thoughts would be safe and therefore her thoughts of Nessie would be safe. No matter how hard any of us tried, we might not be able to block Aro's mind probing regarding Ness…so regrettably only Bella could go.

Once she returned though we would be off and running together. Edward and Carlisle's research regarding those like Nessie had not slowed, if anything it had increased, they had found some stories in South America and hoped that Carlisle's friends in the Amazon might be able to shed some light on the stories. Jacob of course would be going, we all would.

Nessie had fallen asleep on the sofa while the rest of us puttered around finding ways to occupy ourselves. Emmett, Jasper, and I were discussing the potential critters the Amazon presented. I had my heart set on a jaguar, but my insane brother was dead set on finding an anaconda and wrestling with it.

I think Jasper and I were ignoring him at that point, but secretly we were both clearly thinking the same thing, how much money would we put down that we would find a very fat snake with the outline of Emmett in its middle, as our brother ending up having to bust out of the snake like in the movie anaconda, only if I remember right the victim in that didn't have the opportunity to bust out of the snake, considering they were dead when the snake swallowed them whole.

This was all in joshing fun, I really didn't want to explain to Esme that an anaconda ate Emmett, but I was pretty sure he was going to meet his match there.

Alice was kind of meandering around the family room aimlessly, cleaning that which did not need to be cleaned and straightening things that were already straight.

Nessie and Jacob both put massive holes in her visions, always forcing her to find ways around them, like trying to drive a car and avoid a road with random potholes everywhere. I could tell by her face though, she was searching for Irina and getting nowhere which was frustrating my already pretty tightly wound sister.

I didn't like seeing Alice like this, it actually made my stomach hurt, if anyone in our family needed a vacation, it was certainly Alice. Finally Jasper left Emmett and I and walked over to his wife, he kissed the top of her head gently, the atmosphere in the room changed as he tried to reassure and calm her.

"Let it go, Alice; she's not our concern," Jasper said softly and she stuck her tongue out at him, before lifting the crystal vase, filled with roses, moving towards the kitchen with it.

"Hey kid, you know what I was thinking would be fun to do," Emmett spoke up as we turned away from our sister.

Emmett was talking, but I barely heard him, I felt a cold wave wash over me and my profile was screaming at me, telling me something was about to happen…it was overwhelming and it didn't take much information to know it was warning me about Alice…I looked up at her, just as the vase slipped from her fingers, shattering into ten thousand diamond shards, bouncing every which way and sounding like millions of marbles clattering to the floor…like hail on a tin roof.

I didn't move, none of us did, aside from staring at Alice's back, dumbfounded by what had just happened and I knew…even without seeing my sister's face…even without knowing what her vision had been, I could see it in my mind, I saw danger I saw…death. Only that kind of vision would have made Alice freeze to the point where she would drop something.

Jasper was at her side, shaking her, trying to get her to speak as Edward gasped…he had seen what was going on and the look on his face confirmed for me what I was already fearing, I have only seen my brother be truly scared a few times in this life and this was the most fear, the most scared I have ever seen him.

"What?" Jasper growled, "What Alice?"

Emmett headed towards the window, looking for an attack, completely on guard, but I was getting enough from my profile to know that the danger was bigger than just an attack, at least in an attack we had hopes of defending ourselves…what could make my brother and sister so afraid like this. I stopped breathing, my stomach dropping as my profile finally sorted things out, only one thing could put this kind of fear into their minds, the Volturi.

I winced as Alice confirmed my profile, even though I was praying to god that she was wrong, that I was wrong.

"They're coming for us," Alice and Edward whispered together, perfectly synchronized. "All of them.

The room was dead silent for a second, before I breathed out a groan, that in some way sounded like a 'no'

"The Volturi," Alice moaned.

"All of them," Edward groaned at the same time.

"No…bloody hell no," I said, this couldn't be happening, I had to be imagining this whole thing.

"Why?" Alice whispered more to herself than to the rest of us "How?"

"When?" Edward whispered as he searched through Alice's vision trying to pull out that information,

"Why?" Esme echoed, she moved away from Carlisle and pulled me close, basically dragging me over to my father so she held both of us tight

"When?" Jasper repeated Edward's question

"Not long," she and Edward said together, as my brother finally found the information he was searching for. Alice didn't seem to notice her and Edward speaking in sync as she continued.

"There's snow on the forest, snow on the town. Little more than a month."

"Why?" Carlisle asked

"They must have a reason. Maybe to see ..." Esme started to say, but Alice cut her off.

"This isn't about Bella," Alice explained, her voice ringing of emptiness, something I had never heard from my sister before. "They're all coming – Aro, Caius,

Marcus, every member of the guard, even the wives."

"The wives never leave the tower," Jasper contradicted "Never. Not during the southern rebellion. Not when the Romanians tried to overthrow them. Not even when they were hunting the immortal children. Never."

I looked over at Carlisle for confirmation and the worry lines on his face told me all I needed to know, Jasper was correct and if he was correct and if Alice was correct, this was just snowballing out of control.

"They're coming now," Edward whispered.

"But why?" Carlisle repeated "We've done nothing! And if we had, what could we possibly do that would bring this down on us?"

Carlisle has always tried to give his Italian friends the benefit of the doubt, certain ones he does not trust, like Jane, especially after the summer battle, but Aro he has always tried to defend, tried to see the good in him. But that respect was dying and it was dying fast.

"There are so many of us," Edward answered dully. "They must want to make

sure that..." He didn't finish.

I looked over at Nessie, then out the window…this wasn't random not at all and I knew the answer, I knew why all of a sudden all of the Volturi were coming…I hoped I was wrong, begged and pleaded with my profile to be wrong…but with how smooth everything had been going, there had been only one upset in our routine…Irina's unexpected visit.

I remembered how quick to judge my existence the Volturi were, they had assumed without even meeting me that Carlisle had broken one of their most crucial laws, the law forbidding immortal children and if Irina saw Nessie, her first thought would understandably be that she was an immortal child…something that the Volturi would not let go easily.

Bloody hell that explained so much and yet, I prayed I was wrong.

Deep down however, I knew I wasn't wrong.

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