Astrophile (Paul Lahote)

sixty five

࿔*:･sixty five ࿔*:･

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Slowly but surely, the Cullens managed to convince their friends to at least meet the hybrid girl before they came to any decisions about helping them or not. And apart from the Denalis', Carlisle was able to send a couple of his friends from Egypt.

Benjamin was by far the most interesting vampire Carter had met. His elemental powers had fascinated her, along with the Cullens, who watched with keen interest as Renesmee put her hand on the older vampire's cheek, watching him intently. Carter watched as his eye grew wide with surprise. He grinned as he grabbed the girl's hand, cupping it gently before he twisted it at a sharp angle, making Renesmee smirk, and Carter gasped softly as she watched him make a mini tornado out of the dirt.

She chuckled softly as he continued to swirl the dirt around. "And here I get super self-control," Bella huffed as she watched the pair let go of the mini dirt tornado.

Carter stiffened all of a sudden as the hair on the back of her neck stood up, and she turned around to look into the vast forest. The quick rustling of the leaves and the way the birds flew up from the branches in flocks caused her to quickly step in front of Renesmee, shielding the girl from any sort of danger. She stood still for a moment, along with the vampires, watching the trees as they waited for any more movement.

She took a step back towards Renesmee as two women landed on the forest floor in front of her. Carter watched them carefully, the two moved in an almost animal-like manner, ready to fight at any given moment. Bella moved over to her daughter. "Who are they?" she asked Edward, grabbing Renesmee's hand.

"Senna and Zafrina, they're from the Amazon," he told them, walking over to the two as Carter accompanied them. Zafrina smiled kindly at Renesmee, reaching her hand out for the younger girl to grab.

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As the number of vampires in the territory grew, Carter, Jake and Sam had their hands full with more Quileutes turning into wolves. She was out on patrol with Paul and Jacob, choosing not to shift into her wolf form as the three walked across their side of the border.

Jacob walked ahead of them, his hands tucked in his pockets and a safe distance away from them (something he had learnt to do after being on patrol with them a handful of times).

Carter smiled softly up at her mate as he reached out to grab her hand, squeezing it gently as he nudged his hip against hers.

Carter chuckled softly, kissing his cheek before she muttered, "You're in a good mood today," she stated, and Paul hummed, "Yeah, well, you're here," he replied, grinning as he leaned down to peck her lips.

Carter snorted. "Sweet talker," she huffed, shaking her head softly as she continued to swing their intertwined hands.

"I can still hear you, you know?" Jake called out from the front, and Carter cackled loudly. "I should really invest in some earplugs," he muttered, shaking his head.

"Or you could not come at all," Paul suggested, shrugging as if that was completely reasonable advice.

Jacob let out a sarcastic snort. "Yeah, so that you can completely bail out on border patrol to make out behind a random tree, right?" he called. "No, sir, no can do. I'm here to supervise," he said confidently, and Paul nodded, raising his eyebrow as he stared at the back of the younger boy's head.

"Oh," he nodded. "'Supervise,' you hear that, babe? He's here to 'supervise' us," he laughed, shaking his head.

Carter shook her head, laughing as the two continued their banter.