Her Final Days

Chapter 12

"I think he means us," a young man's voice broke through the silence. Both women turned and gasped as they saw not one, but three vampires staring at them...

Rosalie gasped in horror as she saw Carter, Ezra, and Elena staring at her. Jill clutched baby Emmett and rushed to her grandmother's side. "Who are you?" the older woman gasped.

"Carter Cullen," said Carter. "And this is Ezra Cullen and Elena Bower-Jefferson Cullen."

"Carter?" Jill frowned as she stared at him. "What kind of name is that?"

"If you would like to know, my full name is Henry Elmer McCarty-Cullen," said Carter.

"McCarty?" Rosalie gasped. "Now why do I recall that name?"

Ezra stared at Jill the whole time, both of them not speaking for a good while. Elena broke the silence by saying, "And who might you be?"

"My name is Rosalie Durham," said Rosalie, "and this is my granddaughter, Jill, and great-grandson Emmett."

Just then, Jasper stood at the door, shouting, "C'mon, kids! Esme's got dinner cooking, and you need to get there before the wolves eat it all up!"

"We're not done yet," Carter snapped as he, Ezra, and Elena rushed out the door.

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"Can't believe that circumstances brought us back together so quickly," Jacquelyn sighed as she sat by Embry. He frowned as he picked at his food. "What's wrong?"

"This!" the older wolf snapped. "Us! We shouldn't be together and yet, we are! Vampires can't create new life, and yet, you have a son. This is not good for the Quileute people."

"So, is she your mate?" Seth smiled as he sat by them. "You do know that you love her."

"I can't decide," said Embry. "One minute, all vampires were evil and the next minute, the Cullens become our allies. We have a great friendship and I all but ruined it with my...affair with Miss Cullen here. What will Jacob say to me when he finds out the truth about Ezra?"

"It's already bad enough he found out that you were Billy's son," said Quil, "but things will really get flying once he discovers who Ezra really is."

"Sam came very close to forcing me to reveal Ezra," said Jacquelyn, "but I stopped him just in time. But how do we know he won't try to expose the truth about Ezra to the rest of the tribe?"

Just then, they all turned and saw Carter and Ezra plowing into the food. Jacquelyn stood up and went to assist her son and nephew. Seth said to Embry, "I think she really is your mate. I mean, you can't talk to her without wanting to kiss her and stuff."

"Grow up, Seth," Embry growled at him. But deep down inside, he knew that he wouldn't be letting Jacquelyn get away from him this time...