Chapter 41: ch 39
Edward's POV:
"I think I buy this!" I grabbed the black "Fendi" purse out of my loves hands. To why I knew that this was a "Fendi" purse well Alice had made sure to hammer all important designers according to her into every family members mind.
"Wow. Should I be worried?" Anna teased me as her face was turning into a mask of faked concern.
I rolled my eyes at her but two could play this game.
"Or maybe I should give it a thought." I took a good look at the bit of leather and fabrics that were labelled to cost over seven hundred dollars.
"Well at least it goes with your outfit."
"You think?"
"Yes, Edward you look absolutely adorable with that purse."
"Hmm….but I still think it looks better on you." I went to stand behind her and put the purse in her hands.
"You really enjoy buying me things?"
"You know I do, my love."
"Yeah, and you spoiled me so much that I now really enjoy you buying me things."
"I'm glad. So what do you want more."
"Since you already ask," she turned around in my arms and looked at me with a devious expression, "yes there is something I want but I'm afraid they don't sell it in the store."
A devilish smile touched my lips as I heard her words.
"And you are accusing me of having a one tracked mind?" I tickled her sides lightly.
She giggled, shooting back. "If you hadn't then you wouldn't know what I'm talking about, now would you."
I kissed her neck and we made our way to pay for the purse. Leaving the store we walked into the bunch of people that were buzzing from one boutique to the other. I held Anna's hand firmly in mine so I wouldn't lose her in this cluster of humans.
"Teresa!" I heard a voice shout and a presence was coming rapidly closer at my right.
When I turned my head to my right I saw haze of brown hair falling my way. I used my free hand to steady the falling person so she wouldn't fall on me. Only seconds later a girl had her hands on the falling one steadying her also.
I pulled my hand away from the girls arm, who I recognised to be Teresa Kovac a class mate of my fiancé and myself, while she looked with wide open eyes at me and blushed beet red. Her mind was a jumbled mess of thought about how beautiful I was. I suppressed an annoyed sight.
Meanwhile her twin starred at me with her mouth slightly open before she pulled herself together.
"I'm…I'm sorry her heel broke…..thank you." Anna Kovac stammered out.
"Sure, no thing." I replied.
"Are you alright?" My Anna asked the girl with the damaged shoe.
That seemed to bring her back to reality.
"Yeah,….ahh….yeah," she shook her head.
"I'm fine that's more then I can say about my Christian Louboutin." She grimaced looking down at her feet.
"Teresa. Anna." A male voice called as the owner who I recognized to be their brother walked over to us.
"What happened?" He asked.
"My heel broke." Teresa answered sheepishly.
He let out an annoyed sigh and then looked with a raised eyebrow at my Anna and me.
"He caught her while she was about to kiss the ground." Anna Kovac explained.
"Thanks," he muttered to me. I nodded before he turned back around to his sisters.
"We've got to go mom is waiting."
The two of them nodded and looked at me again.
"Thank you." Teresa said before she took off with her siblings.
"Something wrong?" My love asked as I was gazing after them.
I shook my head and looked at her.
"No, it's just…" my voice trailed off.
"Just.." Anna urged me on to end my thought.
"Somehow there is a resemblance between you and them for some odd reason." That bothered me somehow. I had noticed that the first time I saw them. Teresa and Anna Kovac looked awfully similar to my love. There was something off about them but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
"You think?" My love asked me gazing after them, I nodded.
"Who knows maybe they are witches and he is a wizard or the two of them are fairies." I could hear the humour in her voice. "At least that would explain the some times funny feeling I have about them." My love whispered in my ear and shrugged. I shook my head at her while small smile touched my lips.
"Sorry to disappoint but they are humans. No doubt about it." I whispered back.
We both laughed at the silliness of our conversation while we were strolling through the mall with our hands interlocked and swinging between us when an interesting thing in a lingerie boutique window display caught my eye.
"Agent provocateur!"
"Huh!" was my intelligent comment.
"Seems like you found something you want to buy." Anna raised an eye brow at me.
"Maybe I have," I told her honestly and lead her to the store window.
"What's the white thing?" I asked curious.
"It's a garter belt," my love explained.
Immediately my mind was racing with the possible images of how she would look in it.
"Wait here and don't you dare to look." Anna ordered.
"Wait don't you need my card?" I called after her pulling my wallet out.
"Nope you bought me the purse and now I will buy you something nice." She smiled sexy at me before disappearing in the little boutique. After my love disappeared Alice still continued to work with her account and the money Anna made when she worked as a baby sitter and in the drive in back in Forks.
I went to sit down on the bench across the entrance of the boutique, trying not to spy on my love as my cell rang. Checking the ID Alice's name blinked.
"How can I help you, dear sister of mine?"
"I might come back to that in the future but now I'm calling to help you, dear brother."
"I need help?" I asked amused.
"Yes, you do. I would advice you to book the little cosy Chouteau near the Bow Lake for the weekend if you want to really appreciate the little gift Anna is getting you." She chirped happily.
"Thank you for the advice Alice."
"No need to thank me but since you are already in town can you get the necklace I had ordered in the jewellery store uptown. It arrived today and I desperately need it for a date with my husband….." I cut her off horrified.
"Alice if you spare me the details I'll be glad to get it for you."
"That's really kind of you. Thanks Edward."
"You know there was no need to threaten me. I would have gotten it for you anyway."
"I know but then I would have missed out on the panicked expression that you just showed at the thought of me telling you what a surprise I have for my husband."
I sighed.
"You enjoy torturing me way to much."
"Sorry Mr. Serious but you are hilarious when you're caught off guard." My pixie sister giggled. "O.K. got to go now have fun you two," with that she hung up.
Soon after the call my Anna exited the lingerie store with a medium bag in her hand and a satisfied smirk on her face.
"Guess I will like my gift," I whispered into her ear as I pulled her into my embrace.
"I think you might Mr. Cullen," she whispered back.
"So what's next?"
"Alice called we have to fetch something up for her."
"Good let's go," Anna grabbed my hand and we went to the exit of the mall.
Parking the car near the jewellery store I couldn't help myself but to throw a worried glance at Anna who seemed to be at ease.
"You don't have to go in there if you don't want to."
"Don't worry I'm fine. Just because I got shot in a jewellery store doesn't mean I will never enter one again." She smiled at me in confidence.
"Are you sure?" I had to ask.
"Yep." She popped the "p".
"Alright," I exited the car and went to her side to open the door for her.
Once she was outside I reached for her hand, intertwined our fingers, brought our hands to my mouth and placed a kiss on her soft skin before we strolled into the jewellery store.
Anna's POV:
Poor Edward the fact that I got shot and killed does bother him more then it does me. Death is cowardly. It's an escape. For the one who dies it's over then (well not in my case, thank god) but for the ones left behind the nightmare begins.
I don't feel sorry for me because this is what I had chosen. I couldn't let go of Edward and because of my own selfishness I was putting my biological family through the hell of grief and loss.
It will forever be my burden to carry, my regret that I had to cause them this pain but for the life of me I couldn't find it in me to regret the decision I had made.
"Shall I buy you a ring or a necklace?" Edward asked as we entered the store.
I slapped him playfully on his arm and shook my head. My Vampire wrapped his arm round me and brought his mouth to my ear.
"You know you are supposed to smile and say thank you."
I pulled my head away from him a little and stole a kiss from his lips.
"Thank you," I smiled.
He chuckled kissing my temple.
It's not that I didn't like jewellery, I did, but honestly I had so much of it I didn't even know what to do with it. Guess that's what's called a luxury problem.
While Edward was taking care of Alice's necklace I looked around the display. I didn't want to buy anything but I couldn't resist to take a look.
"Changed your mind?" Edward asked as he came up behind me locking his arms around my waist.
"Nope, but I might have found a Christmas present for Esme."
"Might?"
"Yeah it's in the closer digest." I shrugged as we were leaving the store.
"Any further plans for today?"
"Well I might be tempted to figure out what you have bought for me, my love." A sexy half smile graced his lips.
"You can try but I'm not guaranteeing anything." I giggled.
Edward started to tickle my left side as he suddenly froze in place and a low growl rumbled through his chest.
"Edward, what's wrong?"
He continued to growl and looked at the street before him, his eyes fixed on the corner. My Vampire who now looked like one carefully pushed me behind his back.
In exact that moment my mobile started to ring, pulling it out of my purse I checked the ID. Alice was calling. I immediately had a bad feeling.
"Alice what's going on?" I asked the second I put the little silver thing on my ear.
"I can't see you, your future just disappeared," she cried into the phone, panicked and anxious.
"Put Edward on the phone," she ordered and I did as I was told.
While my Edward was talking with Alice I wondered why they were making such a big deal out of it. I mean I knew that after what happened in Forks the Werewolves weren't really welcomed by my Vampires but still...
Just as Edward snapped my mobile shut a tall and bulky, young man walked around the corner. I recognised him immediately. It was Seth Clearwater.
He wrinkled his nose as he caught Edward's scent and his head shot up, looking in our direction. First he looked angry and ready for a fight before his eyes fixed on me and shock, amazement and joy flashed over his features.
"Anna!" He called from across the street before he ran over to where Edward and I stood.
Edward was still shielding me with his body as Seth neared us. Even though he knew that Seth wouldn't hurt me he just couldn't help his instincts.
I was impressed that he didn't simply throw me over his shoulder and took off like a caveman or better said and to his defence acted on his natural instincts that must have been screaming at him to run or to fight.
"Seth," my Vampire greeted him shortly.
Edward tried to be the gentleman that he usually was but his whole body was tense and he was clearly uncomfortable with Seth's presence.
Not that it was any different the other way around. The natural grin that was cemented into Seth's face seemed now strained and a little forced. I knew that Edward didn't hate Seth, he was even thankful that Seth tried to safe me back then but guess the natural enemy stuff wasn't as easy to overcome as Breaking Dawn made one believe.
I remembered a little regretfully the last time the there of us came together at the drive in, in Forks. Back then the meeting was rather uncomplicated but now...
"Hi Seth how are you?" I greeted him.
He looked at me, his eyes were nearly popping out of his sockets and his mouth was hanging open. He did try to say something but couldn't form any words.
"No, you are not dreaming and no, no hallucination either." Edward chuckled strained, his frame was relaxing a bit but he was still on guard.
"B-B-But how?" the poor wolf stammered out after good while.
"Well I've always been a freak." I laughed shrugging my shoulders.
Seth looked helplessly at Edward hoping he would provide some kind of useful information. The question was what do we tell him, since the wolfs didn't know about my little secret.
"It turned out that she has the ability to heal," My Vampire offered.
"Really?" Seth wondered stunned.
"Hmm…..Vampire hunters are a hard kill." I joined the cover story.
"But ..then why…." Seth started.
"We didn't know. She is the first of her kind we ever encountered." Edward answered the question out of Seth's mind.
"I never met anyone else like me before so we didn't exactly know what more I'm capable off." I continued my explanations. And it wasn't even a lie.
"How long are you...ah….you know…..back again?" Seth asked his typical grin returning after he got the difficult question out.
"A few weeks." Edward stated.
"A few weeks?" Seth looked dumfounded.
"The amount and the seriousness of her injuries did take years to heal." Edward explained the long period of time.
"And you are alright again?" Seth asked carefully, gauging me closely.
I smiled at him and nodded.
"Awesome!" He laughed.
"Yeah, I think so too but what are you doing here?"
"Visiting relatives. My mom's sister is living here for a few weeks now. She and her husband just had their first baby. I'm the godfather." He announced proudly.
"You seem to love it to be a god father."
"Yeah, she is so cute and adorable." His whole face was glowing as he talked about his godchild.
"Did you imprint on her?" The question left my lips before I knew it.
"Nooo, I didn't why is that the first question everyone asks," he asked a little annoyed. I gave him a look.
"O.K. I know why but no. I just love my godchild." He pouted.
"I'm sorry for your loss Seth." I told him sincerely. Alice informed me about Harry's death.
"Thank you." Seth ducked his head and took a minute before he spoke again.
"And thank you for telling my mom. This way we could spend more time with him and appreciate the time we had. Dad did live longer then you predicted thanks to the medical care he was able to get." Seth looked thoughtful for a few moments.
"Ahhmmm….I know this might be a little…." Seth suddenly stammered.
"No, we are not going to sell our land." Edward answered his thoughts.
I looked up at him and demanded an explanation but Seth was faster.
"Do you remember that they build a high way that connected the timber mils with the two interstates running near the reservation?"
"Yeah, they just started to build it, right."
He nodded.
"The high way runs along the boarder line of our two territories. Nearly exactly on it. My dad bought a piece of land there when he heard of the plans. It was pretty much the only piece of land he could buy because of the plants that are under nature protection "
"I think I heard something about it in the news back then." I could recall something like it.
"Anyway after my dad died Billy took the project over and the pack owns a restaurant and a gas station now. It is our source of income since our gas station is the only one big enough for the giant trucks." He informed me.
"So then…"
"There are pieces of land where no plants that are under nature protection grow on our property in Fork. We received already many offers for that land," Edward answered my unspoken question before turning to face Seth, "but we are not selling."
"Thanks," Seth grinned gratefully at him
"Everything else alright?" I asked wanting to know how things were in La Push. I missed it a little to talk to Seth and get all the juicy drama that was going on among the Quileutes.
"Yes there is plenty. For example mom married Charlie a while ago. Leah goes to the University of Seattle she is studying business....."
"She stopped phasing." I interrupted him.
"No, she didn't but at least she isn't the only female wolf anymore about two years after her first phase Shiri and Haley joined the pack."
"So the pack is still growing?" I asked curious. Normally he wasn't allowed to tell anyone outside the pack about their business but he always spilled his gut to me back then. It seemed like I was still his confident.
It made me feel a little bad about lying to him about my secret but the less people knew about my situation the better. No need to give some crazy lunatics any idea of trying to dominate different worlds.
"Yeah, it turned out that Vampires are what triggers the gene but if there are Werewolves that continue phasing it works like a chain reaction as well."
"So you want to be wolfs?" Edward asked somewhere between curious and stunned.
Seth shrugged.
"Many of us have found their imprints though I'm still single," he laughed shyly, "others also want that kind of love and devotion. Or just like the extra muscles packet." He chuckled. "It's not that bad we are like a big family." Seth explained.
"Not many on the rez had a nice childhood or an intact family with two loving parents and being part of the pack, as a wolf or an imprint, it gives you support and a place to turn to when you need someone to hear you out." He stated proudly.
"I'm happy for you Seth."
"Thanks."
"Hmm…..let me guess Leah is still turning because she wants to stay young and beautiful?" I asked suspicious.
He laughed out loud.
"Yeah."
"Is she over Sam?"
Seth looked a little sad and I could feel a low growl rising from Edward chest as mentioned Sam. Seth ignored Edward's reaction.
"I guess she will never fully recover from that but she is way better ever since she started her own life away from the pack. She will graduate soon and she's aiming for summa cum laude." He reported proudly.
"Guess your mom must be exploding with pride."
"Yeah, she is." He laughed again and his cell went off.
"Just a sec." He said before answering the call.
I looked up at my Edward and squeezed his hand he smiled back at me.
"Sorry guys but I have to run. I was on my way to buy my goddaughter some diapers and I just got informed that they are in desperate need of them." Seth apologized.
"It was nice to see you again Seth," I smiled at him while saying goodbye. If he were still human I would have given him a hug but I didn't want to push my poor Vampire too much. He didn't even let me step from behind him.
"Seth," Edward nodded again a ghost of a smile touched his lips, he really tried.
"It was great to see you two again I hope I see you around." Seth said and was about to turn around when he stopped in his tracks and faced me.
"That'll be O.K." Edward sighed and Seth had a mega watt smile on his face.
"Seth would like to have your number to continue receive advice from you." My fiancé explained.
"That'll be great." I beamed at the both of them and we exchanged numbers before we parted ways.
"Wasn't that bad, was it?" I commented as we entered the car.
Edward looked at me and sighed.
"It's just after what happened…I…."
I reached up and cradled his cheek in my palm, running my thumb over his cheekbones. He leaned into my touch and kissed my palm.
"I know." I breathed feeling guilty for causing him so much pain.
"Thank you," he whispered.
"Fro what?"
"For holding back and not giving him a hello and goodbye hug." He looked intensely into my eyes. It was still a long way to go until his wounds of the past would heal.
"Your welcome." I smiled. "But are you really alright with Seth and me talking with each other again?"
"As bad as it may sound but as long as there a several hundred of miles between you two it is bearable for me. And what is most important you love it to gush over the newest gossip with him. The two of you are like two old ladies." He chuckled lightly, relaxing slowly.
"That's not true." I tried to sound offended.
Edward gave me a look.
"So what?" I pouted but couldn't keep the traitor smile off my face while he laughed shaking his head as he roared the car to life.
***
I sighed contently as my Edward tightened his embrace around my wait and the thumb of his right hand was lovingly stroking small circles on my left hip.
I let my head fall back on his shoulder and snuggled even more into his well toned, strong and muscular body. I could feel the rising and falling of his chest against my back.
The view of the forest and the mountains as the light of the approaching twilight bathed everything in beautiful colours was amazing while we sat in the warm, nearly hot, water and the steam was rising all around us, making the atmosphere even more romantic.
"Aren't you clod love?"
"No," I shook my head lightly.
"Maybe I should," he started as he loosened his grip on me and wanted to move from his current position.
I wasn't having any of that. I grabbed his hands and coiled his arms back around my waist, holding them in place with my hands while lacing my fingers through his.
"Don't you dare to move away from me," I pouted at him in mocked anger as I turned around to face him.
"You can't be without me," he smiled happily before kissing my temple.
"Just for practical reasons." I informed teasingly.
He pulled back from me and looked confused, one of his perfect eye brows was raised in question.
"Practical reasons?" He titled his head to one side.
"Of cause if this cool body of yours," I pocked him in his board chest. "Isn't around me I will get cooked here in this nearly boiling water. My instinct of self-preservation won't let you go." I stated cheekily.
He starred at me with an incredulous expression on his beautiful face before he narrowed his eyes at me and a wicked glint shot through them.
"Only your instinct of self-preservation?" His voice was deep and playfully threatening.
Edward loosened his embrace around my waist again dragging his fingertips along the wet skin of my stomach as he brought his right hand to my right hip and his left hand to my left hip.
"You won't dare." I threatened back narrowing my eyes at him.
"Only your instinct of self-preservation?" He questioned again.
I looked at him intensely still with narrowed eyes and nodded. His fingers immediately assaulted me, tickling my sides.
The water of the heated outside pool of our house was splashing around us as he was tickling my sides and I was trashing around against his hard body.
"Stop," giggle, "please," giggle, "please Edward," giggle.
"That's not what I want to hear love."
"O.K.," giggle, "O.K.," giggle.
"Say it." He commanded and stopped tickling me but held his fingers still in place on my sides, ready for another round of torture.
I was catching my breath as I slowly turned around and pouted at him.
"I admit it could be because I'm quite comfortable in your embrace."
"Could?" He raised an eye brow. I rolled my eyes in defeat.
"O.K. it's super comfy and I don't want to let my sexy pillow go." I said as I snuggled myself into his wet chest once again.
"I love you," he chuckled and his chest was vibrating with the sound of his quiet laugh.
"I love you too but the water is really too hot. Are you trying to cook me?"
"Sorry love I didn't want you to be cold. It's getting colder here around this time." He kissed the top of my head.
"But Esme already turned the temperature down."
I sighed contently again as I was lying somewhat at my side against his chest and we both looked into the star filled dark night sky as a light breeze blew around us.
Edward had his legs bend and his arms were tightly pressed around me, his thumbs were creasing the skin they could access while he softly hummed a beautiful piece.
The water was changing colours from blue to purple to yellow to orange to red to green and back to blue because of the underwater headlights as the sounds of the peaceful forest surrounded us.
"This is awesome," I breathed against his damp skin.
"What exactly, love?"
"Being in your arms and enjoying this beautiful night with you."
His cheek rested atop of my head and he sighed contently.
"Hmm…Edward can I ask you something?"
"You know you can ask me anything love." He murmured and placed a kiss on my hair.
"In Carlisle's study I saw a picture there. It's the left one next to the one of Aro, Marcus and Caius."
"You mean the one of Carlisle, Esme and me where we are standing in front of the Peterhof parks and gardens in St. Petersburg." He calcified.
"Yes, that one there is another male Vampire with you. Who is this?" I asked curious.
Esme had redecorated Carlisle's study a few days ago and added new pictures on the wall opposite the bookcase. I thought I had already seen all the Vampires they had pictures of but I discovered a new one. It was a male Vampire that had light hair and a strong jaw line. Even though it a black and white picture I could see that he was not an animal blood drinker. Guess another Vampire had to have taken the shot.
Strangely the male Vampire in the picture reminded me of the man I had seen in the dreamed I had when I fainted. I only saw one flash of him but it was enough to remember him when I saw that photograph. Maybe he would visit in the near future?
I could feel Edward tense around me and his mood was turning sour. I turned around and looked into his face. His jaw was set tight and his eyes were hard.
"O.K. why don't you like him?" I wondered.
"There is nothing to like about that guy. All he cares about is himself and he would sell out anyone if it would be of any use to him." Edward stated upset.
"His name is Sebastian and he was with us for about three weeks the longest three weeks of my life. I have never seen such a narcissistic, evil and self-centred mind as his. Why do you ask about him?"
I shrugged.
"I saw him in a, well you could call it a vision.....I think. Maybe he will come by at some point in the future."
Edward rolled his eyes in disgust and muttered under his breath.
"I hope not."
His grip on me tightened.
"What's wrong?" I asked him confused by his mood swing.
He looked into my eyes and I couldn't believe what I saw.
"Are you jealous?"
He didn't say anything.
"Of what?" I demanded.
Edward sighed.
"You are exactly his type of woman if he saw you....the disgusting thoughts his mind would come up with." He growled.
I started to giggled.
"That's not funny." He frowned.
I reached up and touched his cheek.
"I'm only yours, silly."
Smiling brightly I lifted myself up a little and pressed my lips to his.
***
"How the heck is that teaching? Did that guy won his licence in the lottery or what?" I ranted angrily as we were back from school.
"Did something happen dear?" Esme came to me instantly and wrapped her arms around me looking worried.
"You know that we have a new teacher in math because Mrs. Salvatore had her baby." She nodded.
"That guy is an idiot." I stated angrily.
She looked at me puzzled before looking at Edward but before he could say something I continued my rant.
"He came inside wrote his name on the blackboard and then told us to open our math books before announcing which pages to read and which tasks to solve, which only contained new stuff and then simply sat down, fished his newspaper out of his bag and began reading it. And as on of the students went to him for an explanation of one of the problems that idiot just sent him away, announcing that he didn't want to be interrupted. And if one would dare, it would be punished with detention. I can't believe this guy." I threw my hands in the air at the end of the speech.
"But love you are great in math now and if you should need help I'm more then happy to be to your assistance." Edward murmured as he caught me and pulled me into his chest.
"One which side….." I barked out angered at the idiot that called himself a teacher but Alice's gasp stopped me from continuing the question.
Edward watched her vision. His eyes were narrowing more with each passing second and a low growl rumbled through his chest.
"What happened?" Rose asked looking up from her magazine that she was reading while sitting on the couch in the living room next to her husband.
"Our futures went black," Edward growled pulling me closer to him.
"Werewolves!" Emmett barked as Jasper turned his gaze from his wife in his lap at my fiancé.
"Time to test my babies." Rose smirked as she stood up from the couch.
"Your what?" I asked confused.
"Come on I'll show you." She said before turning her head to face Alice. "How long?"
"They will be here in about two hours."
"That's enough time." Rose nodded and went to the hall I followed her with everyone else in tow.
We went down to the basement and Emmett pushed the big closet that was standing in front of the longest wall to the side revealing a door behind it.
He opened the door and went in flipping the lights on. I stepped into the hidden room that I haven't seen before, which kind of reminded me of a panic room and gasped. There were weapons hanging in blue coloured lightened cupboards on very wall in that room.
"What is this?" I asked stunned.
"That is our arsenal of weapons." Emmett explained excited.
"Well after...…we decided to stock up the protection for the family. On this side," Jasper showed to half the wall to his right, "are the tranquilizer weapons. This are," he showed to the end of the wall, "are the stun guns of every kind. From the traditional one to ones that have bullets that give the wolfs a huge electric shock."
"These are all lethal weapons." Emmett announced standing in front of the wall opposite of the door.
"And these are weapons against Vampires. Their bullets have a special mixture of chemicals that engender a high heat burning hols into a Vampire body and we even developed bullets that have an easy flammable gas that makes sure the object that the bullet hits goes up in flames." Rose stated proudly.
"And we have weapons hidden all over the house just in case." Emmett wiggled his eyebrows and smiled broadly.
"Wow." I breathed in fascination at all the weapons before me.
I was never the girl who was interested in weapons of any kind but living together with lethal, dangerous creature had shown the desperate need of those to be able to protect myself and the ones I love.
Edward and Rose showed me some of the weapons and explained how to use them in case I needed to know and also explained to me where some of the hidden weapons where.
"Why didn't you tell me about this room before?"
"To be honest it never really crossed my mind." Edward shrugged. I sighed shaking my head but I let it go.
Esme, Carlisle, Edward and I stayed at the house while Emmett, Rose, Alice and Jasper were on the outlook for the invaders, everyone was armed.
I was sitting in between Edward's leg leaning against his chest, my favourite sitting arrangement, waiting for anything to happen when Alice and Jasper suddenly stood in the living room.
"We saw Seth Clearwater and Emily Young. They will be here in about five minutes. As far as I can tell they are alone." Jasper informed us as Emmett and Rose rushed inside.
My Vampire growled lowly, pulling me closer to him. His hatred of Sam did not pass at all. I couldn't blame him. While I could understand why Sam did what he did to me and I might be even capable to forgive him for that. I could never forgive him for what he had done to my beloved Edward and my family. For putting them through hell.
"But why didn't Seth call and warned us about his visit?" Esme wondered.
We all looked atone another and shrugged. I had an idea why Emily was coming. I could only hope this would go over well. We waited a little while before a car parked in front of our home.
"Hi." Seth greeted as he climbed out of the dark green car.
We were all standing either in the front yard or at the front door.
"Wow that are many weapons," he laughed nervously.
"Good afternoon Seth, Miss Young." Carlisle greeted. "What is the purpose of your visit if I may ask?"
"I asked Seth to bring me here. I would like to talk to Anna. If that is possible?" Emily said in a firm but respectful voice.
A growl rumbled through Edward's chest, his jaw was clenched tightly and he was shaking. Whatever he read in her thoughts it was outraging him.
I put my hand on his arm and he instantly calmed a little under my touch, the growling stopped but he still glared at poor Emily who was clearly scared but tried to stay brave.
"Edward," I called for his attention. He looked down at me reading my eyes that were telling him that I wanted to talk with her. He wasn't happy about that but nodded hesitantly.
"Seth I know you wouldn't hurt her but….." Edward said. He did know that Seth wouldn't do anything to me but the past event's still had a toll on him.
"It's cool man. I understand. I won't go near Anna." Seth smiled and stepped away from Emily.
"Thank you."
"No problem," he laughed, his usual happy grin plastered across his face.
I smiled back and made my way over to Emily. I would have invited her into our home but she surly smelled like wolf and I didn't want to taint our home with Werewolf stench.
I was nearly at the bottom of the stairs when suddenly the wind blew a brutish fetidness into my face. My stomach turned violently in an instant. The stench was the most awful thing I had ever smelled. I could feel the vomit move up to my throat from my stomach.
I turned back on my heel and ran into the house for the nearest bathroom. I made it just in time to empty my stomach into the toilet. I felt Edward being behind me holding my hair back as I was hanging over the loo being sicker then I had ever been in my entire life before.
I don't know how long I was bent over the loo but as the gagging reflexes finally stopped I flushed the toilet for about the hundreds time and only felt cold and really bad. Edward was kneeling in front of me, a look of concern and worry was plastered across his face. Carlisle was next to him.
"How are you feeling Anna?" My soon-father-in-law asked.
"Guess just as bad as I look." I answered jokingly.
"Honestly what was this hellish stench? I had never smelled anything this brutish before....gosh."
Edward and Carlisle exchanged a meaningful glance and nodded at each other before turning back to me.
"Werewolf, love. Your sense of smell must have improved. I told you they are offending to our kind." He smiled sheepish at me, concern was still shinning in his beautiful golden eyes.
"Offending that's an understatement." I scoffed.
"Hmm….but it is interesting to see the progress of the change. This is the first time you noticed your senses getting sharper." Carlisle changed the topic.
"Yeah, unfortunately," I huffed, feeling like crap.
"But to be honest it is like you said yourself, don't notice it normally. Only if I take a moment to think about the fact that I see things way to clear or too good from a certain distance or hear things I shouldn't I notice the changes. Like you said it's normal….." I didn't know how to explain that.
Carlisle nodded and Edward helped me up to get to the sink. A look into the mirror told me that I looked far worse then I felt. I groaned and cleaned myself up.
"Where are Emily and Seth?" I asked Edward after I was done.
"Outside on one of the benches. Esme brought them something to eat and drink." He answered.
"If you still want to talk to her you will need to sit down wind from her or you might need the toilet again." He had a small smile on his lips but his eyes were hard again.
"Edward I know that you are not happy about me talking to her but you have to know that I'm not doing this for him but for her."
He looked at me, his head titled to the side and I saw that he wasn't able to follow me.
"I have a pretty good idea why she is here."
"Then why do you even want to talk to her? I hope you are not going….." he was getting angry.
"No, honey," I cradled his face in my hands, "I can never forgive Sam for what he has done to you and our family but can you imagine how much strength and overcoming it must have cost her to come here. To the house of the family that her…..significant other caused so much pain to. I think that that is admirable and that is why I want at least to hear her out. I can't give her...I can't give him forgiveness but I can at least do that." My eyes were pleading with his to understand.
"I'm not doing this for him. I'm doing this for her."
He looked into my eyes intensely and sighed after a while. Edward was far from happy but he seemed to accept it.
"Sweetheart it might be better if you aren't there. Can you please stay in the house or at least out of her sight because I think if you are going to look pissed at her like you did before she might have a heart attack. You might literally scare her to death."
"What she is here for is…." He hissed out angrily.
"I know," I breathed as I kissed his mouth.
Edward pulled me to him and kissed the top of my head before I went to Emily. Seth cleared his places as I got out of the house and I sat down downwind of her.
"Are you alright?" She asked concerned.
"Yeah, I just have a nasty stomach bug sorry for the wait." I smiled at her, waving it off.
"No, no! No need to apologize. I am the one who popped up unannounced." She laughed nervously.
"Emily..."
"Anna please listen!" She held her hand up stopping me.
"I know what Sam did was wrong. He knows it was wrong. He should have listened to you but please try to understand he never had a biological family and then when Dylan turned up..." a deep dangerous sounding growl came from behind her but when she turned around Edward was already out of sight and Seth smiled at her in support.
"Emily I..." but before I could say anymore all my seven Vampires were lined up in front of the bench shielding Emily and me from the forest line with their weapons ready to shoot.
"That's Sam! It's only Sam!" Seth informed them loudly not moving from his spot.
A big dark wolf exploded through the forest line and came to an abrupt halt as he saw the weapons aimed at him.
"One step closer and you are just how I would like you to be. A dead beast at my feet." Rose warned.
Emily rushed, passing my family, to the enormous beast and threw her arms around his neck, burying her face in his fur and whispered something in his ear.
The big, dark thing turned his head as she pulled a little away and looked into her eyes. She was pleading with him for something and he was powerless to deny her.
The wolf stepped back into the forest carefully and after a few moments Sam came out. His head was ducked, he looked at the ground. His whole body language screamed how ashamed he was...…ashamed of his past mistake.
Emily was at his side in an instant, taking his hands and smiling warmly at him as he looked into her face before taking a deep breath and looked at me ignoring my family in front of me.
Edward was at my side out of thin air and locked his arms around my wait while the others fell back. Their weapons weren't directed at Sam anymore but everyone was on alert.
"I...I'm....I'm sorry for what happened. I know that doesn't make it alright but I want you to know that I'm really, very sorry if I could take it all back I would. I really would." Sam's voice was uneven and I could almost hear the lump in his throat.
I saw it in his eyes how much pain he was also going through because of Dylan. He made the mistake of trusting him and misjudging the situation because of his prejudices. He paid bitterly for it.
He almost lost Emily and will for the rest of his life have to live with reminder of his misjudgement, seeing the scars that Dylan caused on her body were he cut her open.
In his black eyes I could also see that that night took a part of him away, destroyed it. He always had been proud of being a protector but in that night he was an accomplice to an awful crime. A crime that almost took the most important thing in his life away.
"Sam...I can't forgive you for what you have done to Edward and my family. I can't forgive you for the pain you have caused them and I never will." I told him as I looked him straight in the eye.
Emily' eyes welled up with tears that were silently rolling down her cheeks and Sam's shoulders slumped together. With a defeated sigh he nodded. He knew not to expect too much or anything at all.
"But….." Both of them looked up at me not knowing what to expect. Emily's eyes were pleading with my own. I liked her and even though I couldn't forgive Sam for causing Edward pain. I wanted to help her.
Edward grip on me tightened as he sucked in a breath and held it. I knew that if I forgave Sam, even only saying the words without meaning it, it would hurt my Vampire.
"You made a grave mistake. You let yourself be blinded by your desperate wish for a family and by the prejudice you had about my family. Everyone makes mistakes....and what I can forgive you is part of the pain and suffering you caused me. Me being scared while you held me hostage and not knowing if I would survive this." I paused slightly before continuing.
"I just hope that instead of burying yourself in guilt you learn out of the mistakes of the past and try to help to build a better future not only for yourself but also for others of your kind. I hope that you see now that not every Vampire is bad and not every Wolf is good. I hope that you learnt to see everyone one of those creature as they deserve to be treated. An independent individual. And not to take one of them as scale for their entire kind. At least then all of this pain and suffering wouldn't have been in vain."
Sam looked at me for a long while, while Emily cried and mouthed "thank you's". Sam swallowed hard gripping Emily to him and nodded.
He didn't say anything more. I held my breath as they passed me to get to the car in which Seth and Emily came here. Seth waved goodbye with a happy grin before they left our property.
It was then that I looked up at my fiancé's face to see how angry he was about what I just said but instead of a grim face he looked at me with adoration.
"You are amazing," he breathed before his cool lips were softly on mine while I blinked in confusion.
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