Chapter 13: Watchful Eye

Edward

Maybe it was wrong. Maybe my behavior was borderline stalkerish. I couldn't help that I felt the strong, overwhelming need to keep an eye on my daughter, my granddaughter, and my grandson. I'd been listening to my daughter's thoughts and the secrets she had been so desperately trying to keep were put on full display for me to see.

I was shocked to find out the extent of the danger that she was in. I had already suspected it with the car crash. Rosalie examined Renesmee's car and had already determined that her brakes had been tampered with. So we had already suspected that the accident was not really an accident. But hearing my daughter's thoughts shook me to my core.

She was in fear for not just her life, but the lives of her babies as well. Her own aunt and uncle wanted her dead and it was all over money. The vast inheritance that had been left to my daughter was immense. The stipulation that only she and her descendants could ever touch that inheritance had put a target on their backs.

That made me anxious. I was afraid that if my daughter was out of my sight for even one second that her aunt and uncle would find them and kill all three of them. I was not about to let anything or anyone hurt my family. I hadn't told anyone what I had heard in Nessie's thoughts yet. My family didn't fully understand the danger that my Nessie and the babies were in but I knew that I had to tell them soon.

Money. It was the root of all evil as they said. But I was not going to let my daughter, my granddaughter, or my grandson get killed all over money. When I wasn't thinking about the danger my little family was in I was thinking about Bella and the life she had lived.

I had always hoped that she would live and be able to move on. That she would make something of her life without any interference from me. I was happy that she was able to live a full life. Even if it was not as long as I would have hoped for. I was happy that she had found love even if it wasn't with me. There were many, many, many times throughout the years that Alice was tempted to look for Bella's future to see how she was doing. I was the one who stopped her from doing it though I was tempted to know how she was doing. But, I was afraid that checking on Bella would've just been reopening a wound that never completely healed within our family. Now I regretted that decision to stop Alice from looking for her future. Maybe I would've known a long time ago that I had a daughter.

I was proud of Bella and all that she had accomplished. Bella was always a brilliant girl especially when it came to science. It shouldn't have surprised me at all that she was the one who discovered the cure for cancer along with her husband. Bella had always been a shy quiet girl and it was no surprise that she would want her name to remain anonymous. Ever since The Cure was first introduced to the world Carlisle had dreamed of meeting it's creator in person to thank him or her. For he had been able to save many of his patients who would have otherwise been lost without it. I know he'll be shocked when he finds out that it was all because of Bella.

Right now though my focus was solely on protecting my daughter and my grandchildren. It wasn't just her evil aunt and uncle that I was worried about. Last night, when she came home, I smelled a scent on her that I hadn't come across in nearly 90 years. It was a scent that I had never imagined that I would cross ever again. I was brought back to Forks, WA circa 1936. When we first came across Ephraim Black and his pack. It was the first time we had ever come across these creatures. They could have easily tried to kill us as we were and still are natural enemies. It was only because of the treaty that we were able to coexist in relative peace. But the wolves were a danger. They were volatile by nature.

Now my own daughter had come across one. I could smell it all over her and my grandchildren. Even more so on Hunter than on Faith. I gathered enough information from their minds that the wolf's name was Jacob and that he had a daughter the same age as my grandchildren. I knew that from that very moment I would do everything in my power to keep my family away from Jacob and his daughter and vice versa. The wolves were dangerous and volatile creatures. I would keep my family safe from them.

Now, I simply waited for my daughter's return home. I had been "pulled away from my stalkerish tendencies," as Emmett so kindly put it, to go hunt with my family. It made me anxious to not know where my daughter was exactly.

Finally I heard my daughter's frantically beating heart. I listened as she inserted the key into the keyhole and turned it. As she opened the door the smell hit me tenfold. Wolf stench was the most revolting scent known to vampires and it was all over my daughter. What had she-oh no. Nessie was replaying everything that had happened between her and that mutt in her head. Every single little detail. I was horrified. There were just some things that a father should never see. His daughter having sex was number one on that list. She had done it. My daughter had went and slept with that mutt and was now replaying every single detail of the encounter in her mind. I was now more than just determined to keep them separate from each other. I was going to kill that dog with my bare hands.