A Cullen Loves A Hale Book 3

Chapter 7 The Intruder

While Emmett and Alexis are making a little headway into becoming friends, back in Forks there are signs of trouble. Bella had been spending a great deal of time with Alice and Jacob, it had been a few days since she had come back from Jacksonville and she had made plans to spend the day with Jacob and have a sleepover with Alice that night. So when she got home, Alice arrived shortly after.

"Hi Bella!"

But Alice's face falls as soon as she picked up an odd scent.

"I know I'm sorry I must smell like a dog."

"No that's not it, someone's been here." Alice says

Alice flies up the stairs to Bella's room, she sniffs around, she confirms that someone definitely unknown has been in her room.

"We, need to tell the others. We need Jasper to come track this." Alice tells her.
She immediately gets on her phone and calls her mate. Jasper is there in a flash, he knocks on Bella's door, Charlie answers.

"Evening, Chief Swan." Jasper says politely

"Evening, Jasper, the girls are upstairs if you need to talk with Alice."

"There's something a little bit more serious going on here, sir, you might want to call your sister." Jasper explains.

"What do you mean?"

"It would appear that a Vampire came into your house this evening while you were  home."

"Let me call Liz."

Elizabeth had just gotten home when she got the call from Charlie that he needed her to come over. She hopped the fence and entered the house, Liz was immediately assaulted by the smell of an unknown Vampire.

She rushes to her brother, "Charlie are you alright?"

"Yeah, Jasper just told me that Alice picked up the scent of an unknown Vampire in the house and I was taking a nap on the sofa and heard nothing, Liz."

Elizabeth turns to look at Jasper, and Alice, "And you two have never smelled this Vampire before?"

"No Mrs. Hale we haven't, we were wondering if maybe you could pick up anything else?"

Liz follows the scent upstairs to Bella's room, and sniffs around. She picks up the dream catcher, closes her eyes and inhales deeply. When she opens her eyes they glowing yellow.

"It's a male vampire, recently turned, I can still smell the human blood in his veins. He couldn't be more than twenty years old, and he's blonde."

"You got that from his scent?" Jasper asks.

No, silly boy, my eyes see better than yours, a small strand of hair came off his head when he bent over Bella's bed."

Liz reaches out and picks up a microscopic strand of hair, that even Jasper and Alice can barely see.

"We need to get going," Liz says.

"Going, Mrs. Hale?" Alice asks.

"Yes, Jasper knows what I mean, you all need to get tracking, I'll catch up."

With that Alice and Jasper take off after the scent tracking it away from Charlie and Bella's house. Meanwhile Elizabeth goes out into the forest and transforms, her senses come alive and she can smell everything. She takes off heading due South the same direction Jasper and Alice went, and catches up to them.

"The tracks ends here." Jasper points out.

"There must have been a car waiting." Alice says.

But Elizabeth continues to sniff around and picks up another scent, she picks up the scent that were on the tires, and the scent on the tires comes from Seattle. Elizabeth steps into the woods and changes.

"That car came from Seattle I can smell the saltwater from Puget Sound on the tires and the scent of the streets, so that could only mean that they'll be heading back."

Jasper and Alice look at each other, "Can you tell what kind of car it was?" Jasper asks, just to be a smartass.

"Lincoln Continental." Liz tells him, "Don't mess with me, boy."

"Yes, ma'am." Jasper says with a salute.

While Elizabeth, Jasper and Alice went searching for the intruder, Charlie and Bella go to the Cullen house where they would be safer. Edward wants desperately to be at Bella's side but he knows his presence would be unwanted. So he stands beside Carlisle, while Bella explains what happened. At that point the other three come in and tell them what they found out.

"His scent disappeared about five miles South of Chief Swan's house, apparently there was a car waiting for him. But Mrs. Hale was able to pick up the scent from the the tires that they came from Seattle." Jasper informs the others.

"Someone is orchestrating this," Edward says.

"Victoria." Carlisle asks.

"Who else could it be?" Bella asks.

"I would have seen her deciding," Alice says.

Charlie looks puzzled, "Decide, what do you mean decide?"

Alice has a gift, she can see into the future, but it is subjective to what a person decides. Many Vampires have gifts Charlie" Carlisle explains.

"Do any of the rest of you have gifts?" Charlie asks.

"I can sense and control people emotions." Jasper offers.

I can read minds, though I sometimes struggle with yours and I can't read Bella's or the Lycans unless they let me." Edward explains.

"Emmett is extraordinarily strong even for a Vampire. And Rosalie is exceptionally beautiful. Though these may not be gifts as extraordinary like Jasper, Alice and Edward, They are more enhancements that they brought over from their former lives. But back to what's at hand if it is Victoria then she is based out of Seattle and we need to inform Emmett and Rosalie of what's going on."

"We should also inform Lexie and Ambrus, they're going to want to help search the city for her, and will have better luck tracking her down." Elizabeth says.

"Two Lycans running around Seattle, wouldn't that be a little obvious?" Jasper asks.

"They don't have to be in their Lycan forms to track, Jasper, it would be faster. They could pick up that male's scent six miles away, but in human form it's about a mile." Elizabeth explains.

"In the meantime we'll take shifts guarding Charlie and Bella and we'll need the kids to come home so they can pick up the scent as well." Carlisle informs them.

"But you five can't guard my brother and niece all the time, you're going to need help, I'll call the pack to come up."

"But isn't that just Talia and Seth, aren't Derek, Laura and Cora in New York at school?" Bella asks.

"That's right, I forgot, then I'll pull Lexie out of school."

"No don't do that, Aunt Liz, why don't we just ask the Quileute pack for help?" Bella suggests.

"Yeah I'm sure Billy wouldn't mind helping us out, Liz." Charlie adds.

"I don't see why not, Bella, give Jacob a call and ask him to come over to your house tomorrow to get the scent of the Vampire. He should be able to pass it on to the rest of the pack. I'll call Lexie right now."

Liz pulls out her phone and calls her daughter.