Meanwhile on the other side of town, inside a deep green forest at the edges of Forks stood a large modern mansion. Large clean to the floor windows all around it, gray coloured stone parts integrated perfectly with wood that had a clean finish. It stood out yet at the same time, it seemed perfectly designed for the forest around it.
That however wasn't the strange part, the strangeness came from the fact that not a single sound could be heard coming from inside the house. A house which the entire Cullen family lived in, a total of seven people yet not a sound could be heard coming from inside the house. It was… unnatural to say the least.
And despite that, inside this mansion, in the large living room, all seven people were gathered, most of them seated on the leather couches.
"So, you're telling us that both of you have gotten yourself into trouble?" Carlisle Cullen, the head of the Cullen Coven said as he looked at the only two members that were standing whilst the rest were seated on the couches.
Alice Cullen and Edward Cullen. Alice merely gave a nod whilst Edward still looked as if he was constipated, the glare on his expression that he sometimes had, was intensified to levels that the other Cullen's hadn't seen in years.
"Bella Swan, the new girl, Charlie Swan's kid. She's my blood singer." Edward said in reply to his adoptive father as he started pacing around the room.
"Do you want to kill her? It would be easier to plan it and take her out than you actually going into a frenzy and causing a mess." Rosalie Hale spoke from her seated position on the left couch, one of her long legs over the other as she maintained a perfect almost inhumane posture.
"No." Esme, Alice and Carlisle spoke at the same time as they shook their heads.
"They're right, I'm not going to murder some random human. That's not us." Edward replied as he shook his head and ran a hand through his hair in pure frustration at the situation.
"We could always relocate to Alaska." Emmet, the largest Cullen of the bunch, with a built buff body that rivaled bodybuilders said aloud as an option.
"No, that can't happen either. I can't get away from Forks. Not after what I've found in here." Alice spoke at this moment as she shook her head at the option, her eyes growing slightly darker, it was clear that she wouldn't accept even the mere thought of leaving Forks.
Her words had been calm yet intense, something none of the rest expected from the usual pixie of the group who giggled more than she talked on the usual occasion.
"What you've found?" Edward asked as he turned to face his sister, an eyebrow raising on his face as he looked at her, his own problem momentarily forgotten.
"I'm not exactly sure at the current moment but I think, that I might have found my mate. It's a bit confusing, and I'm not exactly sure, But the main problem is that I can't confirm it." Alice replied as a smile split her face, her earlier intensity seemingly forgotten instantly as she almost started bouncing on her feet in excitement.
"Mate? As in… really?" Esme, the adoptive mother, a woman with long brown hair and equally pale skin as the rest of the family and those same amber eyes and a heart shaped faced said as she looked towards her adoptive daughter, her eyes seeming to shimmer with hope and pure delight.
Rosalie meanwhile instantly stood up from her seated position as her already cold expression darkened, a glare finding its way onto it instead as she gazed at Alice Cullen.
"No, forget it. We cannot risk getting found out simply because you feel something about some 'mate'." Rosalie spoke, her voice low and her words coming out with such speed that that they sounded like a hiss to regular human ears, yet ever single Cullen heard each word perfectly as if she had talked in a completely normal human speed.
Alice turned towards her sister, if the previous glare and tone had been intense, now it was almost frightening, the amber eyes darkening quickly until her iris and pupils seemed to fuse together to give the illusion of pure darkness in her eyes.
"That is not for you to decide Rosalie." Alice replied, her voice similarly low and almost gravelly in an unnatural way, the words being spit out at high speed whilst at the same time, her fingers stretched slightly as if she was preparing to claw something off with them.
"Calm down. Both of you. Sit. Now." Carlisle spoke as he rose from the armchair where he had been sitting at, his expression growing serious as he looked at his two daughters.
"First, this is Alice's decision, whether she wants to pursue him or not. That is her decision and hers alone. Just like I've never stopped any of you from pursuing your own Rosalie when it was the matter with Emmet." Carlisle said directly, his tone clearly telling everyone else in the room that he wouldn't be taking any arguments on the matter.
Rosalie however didn't seem to see it that way or care about his tone whatsoever.
"Emmet was dying, having been mauled by a bear and on the verge of death. That was a completely different situation from the one that Alice is in. If she pursues him, she will make him have to live a life as a monstrosity. Do you think that kid will want that? Being unable to even live in the sun? Being unable to eat anything besides blood? The constant hunger? The pain in your throat that you can never get rid of with animal blood?" Rosalie spoke, her voice rising higher and higher until she was practically screaming at the room.
"That… is not for you to decide Rosalie." Alice spoke as she took one step forward, her arms slightly coming up higher as she started entering a stance of pure aggression.
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