𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍
Intruder

THEY WERE ALL IN THE LIVING ROOM. Genevieve is reading a book. Her back was laid in Jasper's chest while Jasper was playing with her jet black hair, Emmett was playing Mario Kart with Greyson, and Greyson was currently beating Emmet, which resulted in Emmett's constant whining.

Rosalie and Alice are looking at the latest fashion magazine and plan to go shopping this weekend. Carlisle was playing chess with Esme.

Then a sudden phone call interrupts their peaceful atmosphere. Carlisle answered his phone and was greeted by a panicked voice by none other than Edward.

"There was an intruder in Bella's house."

Then all of them suddenly stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to Carlisle's and Edward's conversation.

"A vampire? Did you recognize the scent?" Carlisle asks him with worry.

"I caught the scent. Can you send Emmett, Greyson, and Jasper to follow the trail?"

The boys immediately stood up and kissed their mates, then instantly headed to the front door and ran towards Bella's house.

"They're on their way," Carlisle says, "-bring Bella here. Is Charlie hurt?"

"No, whoever it was left him unharmed,"

They hung up, and it wasn't long until they heard Edward's Volvo pull up in the driveway. Bella and Edward barged inside. Bella looks frightened while Edward paces back and forth, angry and frustrated.

"Who was it? someone we know?" Alice asks him with worry.

"Just a stranger. I didn't recognize the scent," he tells them.

"A nomad passing through?" Esme wonders.

Rosalie shakes her head, disagreeing, "A passer-by wouldn't leave Bella's father alive,"

Bella's heart rate picked up fast. Genevieve pitied the human, she was dragged into their world full of danger, but she chose this, so she has to deal with it.

The boys burst through the doors. Jasper went to Genevieve's side, burying his face into her hair and inhaling her scent. He felt protected at the thought of an unknown vampire.

He wouldn't leave her alone now, especially when she had a mate but unmarked. It makes him possessive.

"His scent disappeared about five miles south of Bella's house," Jasper informs them.

"Someone's orchestrating this," Edward suddenly realizes.

"Victoria?" Carlisle asks him.

"I would've seen her deciding," Alice frowns while Greyson holds her tightly, trying to comfort his mate.

"It has to be the Volturi," Edward concludes. The twins looked at each other, panicked at the thought of the Volturi getting involved.

"No, it can't be. The Volturi won't let this go on for so long. The disappearance in Seattle will risk the exposure of our kind. Aro wouldn't let that happen," Genevieve tells them, anxiety and fear coursing through her body.

Jasper holds her closer to him, and he is clueless about why his mate is suddenly feeling fear at the mention of the Volturi.

"She's right with that too. I don't think it's the Volturi. I've been watching Aro's decision," Alice informs them.

"So we keep looking," Emmett determines, Greyson agreeing with him.

"Another protection detail?" Rosalie snaps and glares at Bella. Genevieve couldn't blame her for being angry.

She didn't precisely join this coven to protect a human for the rest of her human life. Edward hears her thoughts and glares, and she just rolls her eyes at him.

"Rose," Esme warns, clearly disappointed at her daughter.

"No, she's right," Bella agrees, "-You can't protect me. Watch my dad and search for the intruder, Victoria and keep yourselves fed,"

"I'm not leaving you defenseless," Edward tells her.

"Well, I'm not going to let you all starve," Bella shot back, "-besides, I wouldn't be unprotected. I have..." she trails off.

Genevieve immediately catches on to her idea and stands up, and claps slowly. "Oh, Mcbroody, you are going to love her idea."

"What?" Edward asks her.

"The pups will be released from their leashes," Genevieve says with a smirk. Edward looks at Bella with disbelief.

He is about to say something, but Carlisle interrupts, ignoring her rude remark, "That could work, son."

Edward debates with himself but eventually agrees to his blood singer's idea of the shape-shifters helping to keep an eye on Bella while the Cullens hunt for Victoria and the Intruder.

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to talk to some people," Genevieve tells them. She reluctantly removes Jasper's hold on her, and she thinks people are more of shadows. She went to the corner of the wall.

"Talk to me," She demanded then she was greeted by a group of shadows. "Do you guys have any information?" She asks them.

"He's a local."

"Victoria"

"Be prepared"

"Riley"

"We can't tell you anymore. You have to figure it out."

She nodded and thanked them. She let them leave. She went back to the living room. All eyes are on her, she sighs.

"They said that he's a local, and name his name is Riley. They also told me to be prepared," She tells her family.

"Riley?" Bella asks. "I think I heard that name before."

"He's a missing person, but we can't be sure," Edward says to her.

"I know, they don't want to tell me, said we should figure it out ourselves," She says.

"What do you mean to be prepared?" Emmett asks her.

"I don't know, that's what they told me. They only tell me bits. They don't exactly tell me all of the information. It's always a balance," Genevieve frowns. Jasper walks towards her and hugs her tightly.

"So, how about our guarding schedule?" Alice chirps in, trying to defuse the tension in the house.

THE COUPLE WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE THE SHIFT IN GUARDING BELLA'S HOUSE. They were perched in a tree that surrounded the Swan house.

Jasper's back was in the tree branch while she was laid on his chest, his arms wrapped protectively around her while she held his hands. They enjoyed the comfortable silence.

"After this is all over, can we go somewhere, just you and me?" She asks him while closing her eyes and leaning in more to his chest, loving the feeling of their bodies pressed together.

"That's a good idea, and we deserve a vacation after all the stress we've been having," Jasper tells her as he buries his face in the crook of her neck. He trails kisses on her neck to her shoulder, where his mark will soon reside.

"I can't wait to mark you as mine," he mutters to her huskily. She hums in response. She let her head fall to his shoulder as he proceeds to nip her shoulder.

Until their peaceful moment together was disrupted by a wet-dog scent and a low growl of a wolf, they scrunch up their nose in disgust.

They untangle themselves from each other hold and hop down the tree.

They saw a black wolf that radiated power. He's the alpha with him was a grey wolf. A growl escapes the grey wolf.

"Oh, suck it up. You don't want the human to change, so deal with the danger that she attracts. If she's a vampire, she can deal with it herself, and it'll save my family and your pack time," she tells them while rolling her eyes. Jasper smirks at this and holds her protectively.

The grey wolf steps forward and growls loudly. Jasper instinctively pushes her at his back.

She scoffs.

The shadows appear at her side. They were angry.

He wants to kill you

What a mutt. Kill him.

He's a weak lil' pup.

"Even if you kill me, the shadows that bonded with me will make your life a living hell because you killed the vampire that they can openly talk to, so good luck with that," She winks at them and holds Jasper's hand. They ran back to the house and saw Rosalie and Emmet in the living room.

"Your turn?" She asks them.

"Unfortunately," Rosalie mutters while rolling her eyes. She was clearly pissed.

"It's not that bad except for their scent," she tells them with a soft laugh.

"Darlin', let's go hunt, so we can continue reading," Jasper tells her. She nodded in response and sped through the forest.