Expect The Unexpected

Chapter 17

"Now that we are by ourselves will you finally answer some of our questions?"Kate asked. She along with the rest of the Denali Coven and Isabella were all gathered in Carlisle's office. The room was soundproof so no-one would be able to overhear what they were talking about. Kate figured now that they were alone Tanya would give them more details about everything that had went on. Especially since they needed to discuss what was going to happen now that the kings were dead as it was obvious that the mated trio were going to be involved in future vampire politics. What that meant for the rest of the coven Kate had no idea. She just hoped that it didn't mean that they were breaking up. She didn't want to lose her family.

"We are more than willing to answer all your questions and then have Isabella give you the block."Tanya wanted her family's minds safe from mental influence.

"What blocks?"Irina asked.

"The same blocks that Rosalie and I have that protect your minds from any mental gifts."Tanya told her.

"So that's how you got around the Cullens."Carmen and the others never could figure out how Tanya and Rosalie were immune. They all knew it wasn't natural like Tanya claimed but weren't sure how they had done it.

"How did Rosalie get it though? From what I had witnessed while living in the castle I was under the impression that Isabella was monitored closely and never allowed to leave the castle."Eleazar didn't think the kings would allow their most valuable guard member to leave the castle for any reason.

"That is why I took Rosalie away to change her. I bought a villa in Italy that is close to the castle and brought Rosalie there so Isabella could meet us. She had Jane sneak her out of the castle while Athenodora and a few other guard members covered for her. She is actually one of Rosalie's sires."Tanya explained.

"That's why you have a bite mark on both your wrists."Anne had always found it odd that Tanya would bite both of Rosalie's wrist when changing her. It was actually odd that Tanya bit her on the wrist as well. Tanya had used the excuse that she didn't want to bite Rosalie's neck until they could share mating marks at the same time. Something that Anne thought was reasonable.

"Rosalie needed the block so Isabella decided to use the opportunity to be part of her turning."Tanya said.

"What I don't understand is if Isabella was able to give you and Rosalie the block why didn't she give it to the rest of us?"Victoria would have thought that giving them the block would have been the best thing to do. It would make it safe for them to have the same information as Tanya and Rosalie.

"If she did then the kings would have learned it from Edward when he went to Italy to kill himself. They would have summoned us to find out how the whole coven was immune to mental gifts. That would have led to Isabella being exposed when she saved us from death. If that happened it would have ruined all of her plans and the kings would have done a lot worse than just killing off covens for gifted vampires in their pursuit to get her back and kill the rest of us."Tanya had wanted her family to have the block but it wasn't safe.

"I still am awed with the way your gift works compared to Alice's."Carmen knew that Tanya had a glimpse into the future but didn't think that the person who told her things had such influence on how things turned out.

"Alice's gift is useless in the grand scheme of things. I doubt that she will ever get any kind of control over it."Isabella didn't think Alice would ever improve even with practice.

"I loved the way Rosalie put Alice in her place when she told her her gift was unreliable and she shouldn't put any faith it. She was so pissed."Kate was feeling very smug knowing that a member of her own coven was far superior to one of the gifted Cullens. The family never missed an opportunity to brag about how powerful they were and it always irritated all the of the Denali. Especially since they couldn't tell them about Tanya's knowledge.