**DOUBLE POSTING, CHAPTER 22 AND 23. **
Emmett’s POV:
I was unusually quiet today, because my family’s safety was in jeopardy. I got excited when we got to see our new home. That was easy to do when Liam and Jule were so happy about it. I was looking forward to this day being over so I could tuck my son into bed and hold my mate in my arms. I knew my family would do everything in its power to keep everyone safe, but I felt uneasy knowing Liam was so far from us, and Jule had to see her mother who did not want her to be a vampire. It just felt like I was letting her walk into a snake pit. I wasn’t use to her being immortal yet, and I hated the idea of putting her in any danger.
When Edward finally told us it was time to go I gripped Jule’s hand tightly and walked slightly faster so that I was ahead of her. I could tell she was nervous, she was all smiles, but it didn’t reach her eyes like they usually did. There is just too many bad possible outcomes for today. I have no idea how Jule will react if her mother doesn’t come with us. I don’t want Jule to feel any pain, or any regrets. I don’t want her to feel the same way Rosalie did for so long. Jule deserves the world, and I am determined to make sure she and our son are the two happiest people on earth. Today is going to truly start our new lives together, and I am just hoping it turns out well.Jule’s POV:
I was holding Emmett’s hand, walking towards the woman I haven’t seen in years. I was finally a vampire, so she would have no reason to stay away from me. I have always wanted to be changed just so I could have her back in my life. Even though I am officially a vampire, and I would love to have my mother in my life, the most important people in my world are Liam and Emmett. I love my family, new and old, but they are my number one priority. As long as they are in my life, it will be perfect. I was getting more nervous by the minute. Edward told us what my mothers mate was thinking, what if my mother believes him over us. I didn’t know if I could watch anyone fight, I didn’t want anyone to be hurt because of me. We were walking just slightly faster than human speed, we wanted to get there early so we would have a bit of an advantage if my mother, or especially her mate tried anything.
When we got to the place we were all going to wait for my mother, Emmett kissed the top of my head, “I love you Jule, we will make this work.” I smiled, “I love you too.” Although, I felt like I wasn’t whole, Liam was too far away, it was a very unpleasant feeling. I needed to calm my nerves down, so I started thinking about him, my little miracle. His crystal blue eyes, his smile that was so like his daddy. His obvious love for all of us, he made it clear when he was away from someone long enough. I must have gotten deep into my thoughts because before I knew it, I heard the very obvious sound of my mother and her mate approaching.Edward’s POV:
We all stood waiting for the arrival of Jule’s mother. It wasn’t long after we arrived that we heard their fast approach. Carlisle stood in front with Jasper close by his side. I was a little behind them with Bella next to me. Emmett was the furthest back for now, he was as close to Jule as possible, and she was as far back as we could have her while keeping her in plain sight. His thoughts were filled with worry for his mate and determination to make this work out. Alice who was standing next to him placed a reassuring hand on his arm. He smiled, but never took his eyes off the spot we knew they would make their appearance. They came through the clearing and stopped quite a bit away from us, I listened to the thoughts of Elizabeth first, and she was only staying so far away because her mate had instructed her to do so. The moment she set eyes on Jule her thoughts were all over the place, happiness, anger, confusion and sadness. Alexander was thinking how much he did not trust us, and how badly he wished he had back up. Not once did he think about Jule, he could not have cared less about her.
After a short moment Carlisle started talking, “Hello again, it’s a pleasure to see you both.” Alexander snarled, “She‘s a vampire! You lied to us.” Carlisle looked back at me and I nodded for him to go on, “No we have never lied to you.” I looked back at Jule but she seemed to be frozen in shock. Emmett turned around and that brought her out of her trance, “Mom? Is that really you?” Elizabeth stepped forward, but Alexander grabbed her wrist and locked her into place, “You stay next to me at all times. We do not know what they are capable of.” Elizabeth was obviously having a hard time following her mates rules, but she stayed silent and only nodded her head. Her thoughts were completely consumed with Jule, she was having a very hard time with all of this. She was struggling with the anger of seeing her daughter as a vampire and seeing her at all. She was very visibly shaking.
Alexander was trying to make it clear that he felt he was running the shots. “I will keep with our bargain, Jule can speak with her mother.” Carlisle smiled, “That’s wonderful.” He looked at me and I nodded but I made it clear to him that there was more to the story. Alexander sneered at all of us, “If I feel for even one moment that we are being lied to, I won’t hesitate to take Elizabeth and leave, and trust me when I say this, You will never be able to find us again.” Elizabeth flinched at the thought, but stayed silent. Emmett came forward a few steps, “We are not here to lie to you. Our hope is to reconcile my mate, with yours. That’s it.” Alex growled low in his chest, in his mind he was ripping Emmett limb from limb. I felt at this point it might be beneficial if Jule came closer to speak. Alexander was not happy in the least, but he nodded his head. He was curious how this would all play out. I looked back at Emmett and he walked forward with Jule close at his side. She didn’t speak at first and I started to wonder why so I looked at Emmett, he put one finger up to tell me to wait. Then I heard his mind ‘Give her a minute Edward, this is hard for her.’ I nodded so he would know I heard him and was in agreement.Jule’s POV:
I was stunned in silence. My mother was really here, and all I wanted to do was run into her arms. She looked so different, before she left she had eyes similar to mine, maybe a few shades darker. Her skin was naturally tanned and her cheeks seemed to have a blush permanently etched into them. The woman standing before me was obviously my mother, but there were so many differences, I was having a hard time dealing with it all. Her skin was pale like mine, and the blush in her cheeks was gone, but the worst part was her once beautiful eyes were crimson red. It took away from her beauty and I wondered briefly how many people she had killed.
Before I even had a chance to open my mouth, My mother started to growl. She started speaking through clenched teeth, “You’re a vampire! How could you let this happen? I told you what you would leave behind.” She was staring daggers at me. Her mate was obviously pleased with the anger my mother was showing towards me.. “I told you this would happen Elizabeth. They brainwashed her and now she is a vampire.” I looked at my mother’s mate, and before I knew it was on top of him. I was seeing red, this man was making me angry to the point where I was literally seeing red. One moment I was listening to him and the next all I could see was a red light around him and I just snapped. I was clawing at him and I bit his arm. I was trying to rip his arm off. Then I felt the pain, He bit me back, and got his arms around my neck. I felt a horrible pain and heard a cracking when everything went black.Elizabeth’s POV:
My daughter was on top of Alex and it was obvious she was going to rip him apart. She is obviously a new born and much stronger than him at this point. I had to admit I was almost glad she was hurting him but I don’t know. As fast as she had gotten on top of him, he got the upper hand. He wrapped his arms around her neck and started to pull. We all heard the awful sound that came with Alex attempting to rip off my daughters head. I couldn’t move, I was frozen in shock. Everything happened within less than 2 seconds. As Jule seemed to almost black out, her mate growled and jumped at Alex.
Alex dropped Jule to the ground and started to run. Jule’s mate, the man with messy bronze hair and the tall blond were after him. The problem was, Alex is fast. The man who seemed to be the leader of the coven, that has said he was a doctor was over to Jule in a flash. I still couldn’t move, I came here to find out information about my daughter’s mate and to talk her out of being with him, and now my mate is gone and my daughter who is a vampire, is laying on the ground unmoving.
Emmett’s POV:
I was determined to catch up to the man who had hurt my mate. I was dying inside because I had no idea if she was even alive after something like that. I will never understand what possessed her to charge at him the way she did. I could tell I was being followed, and at the speed I figured at least one was Edward, and I was right. He had caught up to me in no time. I looked over at him, “How far behind are we?” He growled, “He is fast, I can barely hear his mind anymore I don’t know if we’ll catch him.” I kept running but used all my strength, I couldn’t let him get away! I heard my brother’s calling for me but I couldn’t stop. Then I felt two hands on my arms and I was brought to a screeching halt. It happened so fast that I ended up in the air before landing hard on my back.
I was up in a flash and growling, I turned around to see that it was Edward and Jasper who had stopped me. I got ready to run again when they both stopped me. Jasper had his arms locked around my waist and Edward had his palms on my chest. I was struggling as hard as I could, “Why are you doing this? He hurt my mate, I have to kill him. Think about what you felt towards James Edward, let me go.” Edward waited for me to stop before he started to talk, “Emmett he is to far gone to follow right now. We need to think this through clearly. Besides that I can hear our family’s minds.” I stopped struggling when I saw the look on his face. I couldn’t speak so I thought my question as loud as possible ‘what, what’s wrong?’ Edward shook his head, “She’s hurt Emmett, she’s still unconscious.” I felt my knees give out and knew the only reason I was still standing was because my brothers were holding on to me. When I finally had the ability to start running, I nodded my head and they let me go. We ran as fast as we could back to where our family was.
When I got to the clearing I stopped dead in my tracks. Jule was lying on the ground with Carlisle checking her over. Her mother was off to the side with a look of pure terror on her face. Bella looked worried, and Alice was obviously trying to get a vision. I walked over to my mate and leaned down over her, stroked her face and looked at Carlisle. Begging him for an answer without so much as a word. He put his hand on my shoulder “She lost consciousness because he got to close to killing her. Her body is trying to mend itself. I’m sure she will be fine, but that was far to close for my liking. We need to get her home.” I nodded my head and as gently as I could picked her up. I started to walk but then stopped and turned to her mother, “She needs you, but it’s your choice who you follow.” With that I turned and started to run home, holding my mate, being sure not to jostle her body. I heard all of my family behind me, and then I heard what was obviously Jule’s mother, slowly turn towards the direction her mate went. I heard a low growl, and then the sound of her turning and following my family. I was glad I wouldn’t have to tell Jule her mom had left her again. A/N: This is my rewrite for the "meeting" I feel much better about the chapter now. I truly hope you enjoy, please review.