The One

Chapter Thirteen: Seth

"Mommy, what's wrong with Daddy?"

It had been a week after Paul's accident, and I'd been accepted back into Sam's pack. As a werewolf, I'd seen weird things. But JJ's speedy growth was by far the most weird thing I'd seen.

"Mommy? What's wrong with him?" Jare said again when Paul screamed out in pain again.

"Seth, call Carlisle," Miley said after a few minutes of silence. "Now."

I dialed Carlisle. "Carlisle, we need you here again. Miley needs you."

"I'll be there soon."

I knew Carlisle wasn't a fast runner, but I was still surprised when he came here on Edward's back, with Bella by his side.

"Can I see her?" Carlisle asked.

"Jare! Come here for a second!" I shouted.

JJ came out, skipping. "Yes, Uncle Seth?"

"I don't believe it." Carlisle said. "Edward, do you smell it?"

"Riley," Edward whispered. "Seth, when was JJ born?"

"Like...five or six months after Riley Biers and Victoria were destroyed." I said.

"JJ isn't Paul's daughter," Carlisle breathed.

"WHAT?" Paul yelled. He stood on the porch. "How is she not mine!?"

"Riley Biers drugged and mated with Miley while she was in Seattle is the best explanation." Edward said. "Miley probably truly thought JJ was yours. She has no clue what we're talking about."

"He raped her?" Paul shook furiously. "THAT LEECH RAPED MY IMPRINT?"

Miley sat down on the porch steps with a lost look on her face. "She doesn't have that in between skin tone because of Harry?"

"I'm afraid not," Edward told her. "It's because nothing about Riley's skin tone changed when he was turned. I guess Victoria thought you were a way to get to us, a way to get to Bella. Maybe she told Riley to impregnate you. Maybe the baby would kill you, Carlisle would turn you, and you would kill Bella the first chance you got."

I could see the gears grinding in Edward's head, metaphorically.

"He's dead, Paul. There's no reason to get worked up about it." I said numbly.

"Who's dead?" JJ asked.

"Jared Jaden Clearwater! Don't eavesdrop, it's not nice!"

Sam took JJ back inside while we continued speaking.

"I can't believe it," Miley pulled at her hair. "I can't...I can't..."

"There's always the alternative," Carlisle said.

"What, kill her?" Miley sobbed.

"No. Take her to live with the Volturi. Explain what Riley did, tell them the only way to keep her safe is for them to take care of her. Tell them she has powers." He said. "Hybrids always do, they're always mind blowing."

"I can't hear her thoughts," Edward frowned. "She's like Bella."

"That'll be useful for the Volturi," Carlisle said. "As she grows, more powers will progress. She'll be useful for them, and she'll be both a peace offering for us, and the La Push pack."

"I'll send her. I'll...I don't have a way there." She sighed.

Carlisle had a silent conversation with someone on his phone. "Aro and Dmitri are coming to recieve her."

She pulled Paul into what looked like a bone crushing hug until she'd stopped crying. By the time she stopped, Aro and Jane came. Jane not Dmitri.

"Mommy, who are those people?" JJ asked.

"Aro, it's so nice to see you on different terms this time." Carlisle smiled. "Miley, meet Aro and Jane. Jane, Aro, meet Miley. The mother of the hybrid."

"Who is the father of the child?" Aro asked.

"Riley Biers," Miley said. "He's dead. My brother killed him, he was the one who helped create all those newborns in Seattle."

"And the child has wonderous powers?"

"Only her Shield has developed fully," Bella said. "Her other powers are still developing."

"It'll be like having Alice and Edward on your side, just inside one being." Carlisle said. "You can leave them alone. You'll be twice as powerful once all of her powers are fully developed."

"She's like the whole package." Jane said in her irritating child-like voice.

"You will, of course, be able to visit her whenever you please, Miley." Aro added. "Even if you are a wolf, you're still her mother."

Miley thanked Aro and handed JJ over. "I'll see you during the summer, Jare. Listen to Jane and do whatever they tell you to, even if you don't like it."

JJ seemed to understand. "Bye-bye, Mommy." She waved as Jane ran away with her.

"Until we meet again, Miley," Aro nodded before following.

JJ was gone just like that.