The Twilight Saga Fallen Star

Chapter 3. Impossible

It wasn't easy convincing Jacob to harbor a vampire down at the reservation, let alone protect her, but he was forced to take the burden, when Edward implied that he would have to send Nessie with Emma to the woods, if he refused. I hated manipulating Jacob in that manner, twisting his arms to go through with it, but it seemed like the safest option. I mean what harm could such a weak vampire cause in a colony of wolfs; the worst thing they have to put up with is the stink, which most of them are used to by now.

Carlisle prepared a week supply of blood for Emma, Jacob was instructed to stay put until he gets a call from the Cullen's. Nothing was left for chance; we knew Demetri and Felix would be ears-dropping, so no word was to be spoken about Emma. As expected, the next morning Demetri and Felix were at our door, and the whole family was in their reception. There was always something commandingly alarming about the volturi members, especially those two, the way they advanced on us in their black cloaks was captivating and intimidating at the same time.

"I see you have been warned," Felix said in his husky bullying voice eyeing Alice.

"You must also know why we are here, so where is she?" Demetri menacingly added in his immortal apathy.

"Well, we told her you were coming and gave her a choice to either stay or go and she chose to keep running," Carlisle answered in a confident, composed tone.

"We would have stood by her if she chose to stay too, you know," Edward declared trying to make our bluff more credible.

"We were counting on it," Felix attested advancing forward but

Demetri immediately stopped him just as Carlisle stopped both Edward and Emmet.

"You better not be lying to us, we hate being lied to," Demetri added his voice threatening.

"We have no interest in picking up a fight with the volturi Demetri, we had more than our share of it, so rest assured, no one is lying, and unless you need something else from my family, I think you both should leave now," Carlisle responded, his voice firm and secure, keeping eye contact with both our nemesis. I was always amazed by how Carlisle imposed his self respect on others, even if they are the most lethal vampires on earth, his dedication and loyalty toward his family and what he was obviously willing to do to protect it, was more intimidating and dangerous than any other weapons we could have.

That was all it took for Felix and Demetri to leave our house, but they didn't leave our area as easily. They spent days scanning the woods for Emma's scent, going through all the areas she traveled over and over. We could see how mad Demetri was for being blind for the first time, the more clueless he got the more determined he was to find her. It was his first time experiencing this block and that made him sure we were hiding her somehow.

It has been almost a week and all of us were getting edgy, we couldn't speak of the matter, but we all shared the same fears. One thing I was grateful for is the fact that Nessie was in my arms not trapped somewhere in the woods with Emma, but I was still not at ease with the fact that I laid the burden on Jacob, and that I was completely oblivious to what was going on there. Our patience was running out, but so was Demetri and Felix endurance. When frustration finally gotten to them, they decided to leave. Alice saw them pay a visit to the extension of our family south, so we were safe ... for now.

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I didn't wait a second more; I urgently picked up the phone to call Jacob who answered anxiously,

"Bella, I thought you'll never call, listen I want you and

Edward to come over here as soon as you can, okay," Jacob voice was tense, although he tried hard to mask it; I could sense agitation and distress in his tone.