Chief and I ⇢ Charlie Swan Fanfiction

xxvii. alien superstar

Woman won't accept to be your second option, either you choose her or you lose her.

xxvii. alien superstar

The Cullens' enormous house was more crowded with guests than anyone would assume could possibly be comfortable.

It only worked out because none of the visitors slept. Mealtimes were dicey, though. Their company cooperated as best they could. They gave Forks and La Push a wide berth, only hunting out of state; Edward was a gracious host, lending out his cars as needed without so much as a wince.

The compromise made Bella very uncomfortable, though Bella tried to tell herself that they'd all be hunting somewhere in the world, regardless.

Jacob was even more upset. The werewolves existed to prevent the loss of human life, and there was rampant murder being condoned barely outside the packs' borders. But under these circumstances, with Renesmee in acute danger, he kept his mouth shut and glared at the floor rather than the vampires.

Bella was amazed at the easy acceptance the visiting vampires had for Jacob; the problems Edward had anticipated had never materialized.

Jacob seemed more or less invisible to them, not quite a person, but also not food, either. They treated him the way people who are not animal-lovers treat their friends' pets.

Leah, Seth, Quil, and Embry were assigned to run with Sam for now, and Jacob would have happily joined them, except that he couldn't stand to be away from Renesmee, and Renesmee was busy fascinating the strange collection of Carlisle's friends.

We'd replayed the scene of Renesmee's introduction to the Denali coven a half dozen times.

First for Odessa, whom Jasper had sent their way without giving her any explanation at all.

Jasper had told her nothing about which direction he and Alice were heading. They made no promise to ever see them again in the future.

Odessa had never seen an immortal child. Though she knew the rule, her adverse reaction was not as powerful as the Denali vampires' and the others had been at first. Since she and her mother were the results of vampires and demons being together.

Curiosity had driven Odessa to allow Renesmee's "explanation." And that was it. Now Odessa was as committed to witnessing as Tanya's family.

Even though her mother was against it but Odessa felt strongly about the cause of making sure innocent people do not die for being in love and creating life.

Carlisle had sent friends from Ireland and Egypt.

The Irish clan arrived first, and they were surprisingly easy to convince. Siobhan—a woman of immense presence whose huge body was both beautiful and mesmerizing as it moved in smooth undulations—was the leader. Still, she and her hard-faced mate, Liam, were long used to trusting the judgment of their newest coven member.

Little Maggie, with her bouncy red curls, was not physically imposing like the other two, but she had a gift for knowing when she was being lied to, and her verdicts were never contested. Maggie declared that Edward spoke the truth, so Siobhan and Liam accepted the story absolutely before even touching Renesmee.

Amun and the other Egyptian vampires were another story. Even after two younger members of his coven, Benjamin and Tia had been convinced by Renesmee's explanation, Amun refused to touch her and ordered his coven to leave.

Benjamin—an oddly cheerful vampire who looked barely older than a boy and seemed both utterly confident and utterly careless at the same time—persuaded Amun to stay with a few subtle threats about disbanding their alliance.