The Stories of Leah Clearwater - (Book One)

Chapter 28 - Too much to handle at once. That's all I can say.

I waited for a moment listening, nothing. The breeze was gentle through my fur. There were no new scents. I ran around the house checking for anything. There was nothing.

Leah! Leah! Answer me. What’s going on? 

I shook my head trying to clear it. I need to focus. Seth’s panicking thoughts weren’t helping. 

I’m not quite sure. I heard Bella gasp. Then it all went quiet. Then she let out a blood curdling scream. 

I moved back towards the front of the house. Seth must have been close. I could see him in my peripheral vision. I moved quietly listening for anything. What had happened? Then it smacked me in the face. A strong smell of metal, fumigated the air outside. Blood. It was combined with vampire stench. It burned but I had to forget it. Push past it.  Had the fetus tried to rip itself from the womb. All these crazy images started swarming in my head. I imagined it biting it’s way through Bella’s stomach. I cringed at that one. 

Jeez, Leah. It’s a baby not an alien.

I caught Seth picturing the scene from Space Balls. When they’re in the diner and the little alien pops out of the guys stomach. The alien proceeds to do a song and dance on the counter then disappears. I looked at Seth and he just shrugged a little. 

Then the voices upstairs snapped us both back.

“MORPHINE!” So they were trying to ease someone’s pain. I kept trying to listen. They were talking so fast, I couldn’t follow. Then I heard blonde yelling, “Get Carlisle on the phone.” They were somewhere upstairs in the massive house. I remembered, the doc, wife and the huge vampire took off earlier. So what were they doing to her. I was horrified listening to the commotion. My stomach became one giant knot. Seth whined softly behind me. Then there was a loud commotion again and banging of metal. Edward was yelling. I listened and could hear hearts still beating. Multiple hearts was a good thing. Then there was another much faster heart beat. Seth gave a wolfy grin. 

The baby is ok. That’s a good thing.

I ignored him. Then Edwards voice was normal again, “Renesmee.” Bella’s whisper of a voice repeated the name. She slowly spaced it out. LIke she was trying to catch her breath. “So . . . beautiful.” was the last time I heard Bella Cullen speak. She gasped once more. This time It was a gasp of pain.

The monster had bit it’s own mother. It only starved her to death. It broke her bones. It was a killer, just like it’s father. A demon. A blood sucking murderer. So it was already thirsting for blood. It wouldn’t be able to sustain the animal blood diet. So now we were all in some serious trouble. It didn't care who it hurt. It just knew what it wanted and that was it. Edward cautioned the thing on what was wrong. So the guy who wanted nothing to do with it, was now all paternal. I almost waited for someone to pop a the cork on a champagne bottle. That would be the blonde vampire. She got the baby she so badly longed for. 

Then I heard the last, THUD. As Bella’s heart faltered to a stop. She didn’t make it. She truly had left Jacob. She made it long enough for the creature to survive, and that was it. The girl Jacob had loved so much, was gone. Seth laid down beside me while I stood. He put his head on top of his paws. I listened helplessly. I wanted to take away Jacob and Seth’s pain. I could hear Jacob trying to do cpr. The leech was helping also. I started to feel a black veil come over me. 

The voices and noises were swirling inside my head. Flashes were all I was seeing. Images flashed through my mind. Images I tried to stuff away. Stuff away down to the bottom of my feet. Movement in the house caught my eye. The blonde vampire came down the stairs quietly. She sat in the living room on the couch. She cooed at the monster in her arms. It looked normal from what I could see. I was having trouble. This rush of emotions was running through me. I was jealous of Rosalie. She was able to hold a baby. Something I would never have the opportunity to do. She had someone she loved. She had someone to spend, forever with. I turned and loped back to the river back. Seth stayed behind. I laid down and watched the river.