A Cullen Loves A Hale Book 3

Chapter 10 Second Chance

Alexis and Emmett got to the restaurant and ordered, they sat down to wait for Rosalie and Ambrus. While they waited, Alexis asked Emmett about this army that he knew about.

"I'll explain when the others get here."

Alexis huffed but agreed.

Emmett reached out and took Alexis' hand, he rubbed her knuckles with his thumb, "I want to talk about what happened at the club."

Alexis tried to pull her hand away but Emmett wouldn't let go, "Please, don't pull away from me, Lex, I want to know what you're thinking."

Alexis covers his hand with her own, "Now is not the time to talk about it, but I promise you we will talk about it."

At that moment Ambrus and Rosalie walk into the restaurant. Ambrus orders something to eat then sit down next to Alexis.

"What news do you have?"

"We found the vamp and followed him to a club. He seduced a girl to leave with him. Then he knocked her out and took her to a warehouse, where there were more vampires feeding on humans."

"Don't tell me he fed on her," Rosalie said.

"No, Victoria showed up and welcomed her to the army then bit her," Emmett said.

"So she's the one creating the army."

"Wait, you knew there was an army?" Ambrus asked.

"I asked Emmett the same thing," Alexis said.

"We found out yesterday. Apparently, there have been a lot of killings happening here in the city that we weren't aware of. Jasper figures that someone was creating an army of newborns but were not training them correctly," Rosalie explains.

"Well, now that we know it's Victoria, what is she after," Emmett asks.

Suddenly it dawns on Alexis, "Revenge. She has to be after Bella. That vamp she sent must have been a scout to see how vulnerable Bella really is."

"But if she was after Bella Alice would have seen it."

"Not if she's letting someone else make the decisions. That vamp we saw must be her second in command. Tell Alice not to focus on Victoria but on anyone that might be after Bella." Alexis explains.

Rosalie nods, "Okay I'll call Alice as soon as we leave here."

"I don't understand though, why is she after Bella if you killed James?" Emmett asked.

"Because the last thing she knew for certain was that Edward was the one protecting Bella, so, it's only natural for her to assume that Edward killed James. Remember my scent was masked, and even if it wasn't you know that we smell like nature and if she's not familiar with Lycans she'd never recognize our scent." Alexis explains.

"What do we do now?" Rose asks.

All three turn to Ambrus, he takes a drink of his soda then leans back to think, "We inform the others of what we have found out. They need to increase Bella and Charlie's protection. Then we observe them, count their numbers then make a plan of attack."

"Shouldn't we wait for them to come to us?" Rose asks.

"No, waiting is bad for us and good for them. It puts us on edge and makes us careless."

"Good, I hate waiting," Emmett says with a grin.

"Let's call it a night, we all have classes in the morning."

"Okay, but Alexis and I need to talk about a few things, so if you don't mind, Ambrus could you catch a ride with Rose?"

Ambrus looks at Alexis who gives him a slight nod, "That's fine Emmett as long as Rose doesn't mind."