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The laughter that had briefly lightened the mood slowly faded.
Charlie still held Renesmee in his arms, but now his attention had returned entirely to one person.
Bella.
His daughter.
The reason he had come here in the first place.
The sheriff looked around the room.
Then at Edward.
Then at Jojo.
Finally he asked the question that had been bothering him ever since he entered the mansion.
"If Bella's alive..."
His voice was quieter now.
"...then why can't I see her?"
The room became silent again.
Not awkward this time.
Heavy.
Charlie immediately noticed.
His instincts screamed that whatever came next wasn't going to be simple.
Jojo leaned back slightly on the couch.
For a few moments he considered how best to explain it.
Then he decided there was no point dancing around the truth anymore.
"Because Bella is changing."
Charlie frowned hearing the words.
-Frown!
"Changing?"
Carlisle stepped forward.
His expression serious.
"When Bella was pregnant, the child grew much faster than expected."
Charlie instinctively looked down at Renesmee.
The baby looked back innocently.
That somehow didn't make him feel any better.
Carlisle continued.
"The pregnancy placed tremendous strain on Bella's body."
The doctor's voice remained calm, but Charlie could hear the concern beneath it.
"Her condition deteriorated rapidly."
Edward's jaw tightened.
The memories clearly weren't pleasant.
Carlisle looked directly at Charlie.
"When Renesmee was born..."
He paused briefly.
"...Bella was dying."
The room grew even quieter.
Charlie felt his stomach drop.
"Dying?"
Edward nodded once.
-Nod
The single motion carried more emotion than an entire speech.
"There wasn't enough time."
Charlie's grip tightened around Renesmee slightly.
"Then how is she alive?"
Jojo answered this time.
"Because they turned her."
Charlie stared.
Nobody spoke.
The sheriff slowly looked around the room.
Then back at Jojo.
"Turned her into what?"
Silence.
Then realization.
Charlie closed his eyes.
"...Right."
He rubbed his forehead.
"Of course."
A tired sigh escaped him.
"Of course that's where this conversation was going."
Alice couldn't help smiling.
Even Rosalie looked amused.
Charlie pointed at the entire room.
"I swear every answer creates five new questions."
Emmett nodded seriously.
"That's usually how it goes."
Rosalie elbowed him immediately.
Ignoring them, Charlie looked back toward Carlisle.
"So Bella..."
Carlisle nodded.
"She's undergoing the transformation."
The doctor sat down nearby before continuing.
"When a human is turned into a Cold One, the venom spreads through the body."
Charlie listened carefully.
"The process rewrites every cell."
"It hurts?"
The question came immediately.
Edward looked away.
That alone was answer enough.
Carlisle sighed.
"Yes."
Charlie lowered his gaze.
For a moment the room became quiet.
A father imagining his daughter suffering.
No parent wanted that image.
After several seconds he finally asked:
"How long?"
"Usually around few days or any moment she can wake up."
Charlie blinked hearing the time.
"Few days?"
Carlisle nodded.
"She's near the end now."
That got Charlie's attention immediately.
"Near the end?"
"Yes."
Hope entered Carlisle's voice.
"We expect her to wake soon."
The sheriff slowly absorbed everything.
Bella had been dying.
Edward had saved her the only way available.
She was becoming one of them.
And somewhere upstairs—
His daughter was currently sleeping through a transformation that would change her forever.
Charlie stared at the staircase for a long moment.
Then at Renesmee.
Then at Edward.
Finally he sighed.
A long exhausted sigh.
"You know..."
Everyone looked at him.
"I came here expecting maybe a difficult conversation."
Charlie shook his head.
"Maybe a family argument."
Another shake.
"Maybe even a shotgun speech."
Edward visibly tensed.
The room laughed.
Even Charlie smirked briefly.
Then he looked toward the upper floor again.
His smile faded.
"I didn't expect any of this."
Nobody had a response to that.
Because neither had Bella.
The room fell silent once more.
"...."
"...."
"...."
Above them—Bella continued sleeping.
While deep within her body, the final stages of her transformation slowly approached completion.
The room had fallen into a thoughtful silence after Carlisle's explanation.
Charlie sat on the couch holding Renesmee while trying to process everything he had learned within the last hour.
Vampires.
Mate bonds.
Bella's transformation.
The fact that he was somehow a grandfather.
His brain was already operating well beyond its recommended capacity.
Then—
CRASH!
The sound of shattering glass exploded from the upper floor.
Everyone froze.
For exactly half a second.
Then the vampires moved.
Edward vanished first.
Jasper.
Jess.
Edythe.
Rosalie.
Emmett.
Alice.
Even Carlisle.
To Charlie's eyes it looked less like running and more like teleportation.
One moment they were in the room.
The next—Gone.
A gust of wind was all that remained.
Charlie nearly jumped from the couch.
"What the hell was that?!"
Jojo was already standing.
"Probably Bella."
The words had barely left his mouth when Charlie was on his feet.
"What do you mean probably Bella?!"
Upstairs.
The Cullen family gathered inside Bella's room.
The answer became obvious immediately.
The bed was empty.
The blankets had been thrown aside.
And where a large glass window had once stood—Only shattered fragments remained.
Rain blew into the room through the opening while curtains fluttered wildly in the night wind.
Edward stood near the broken frame.
His golden eyes scanned the forest beyond.
Listening. Searching.
Then he relaxed slightly.
Not much. Just enough.
"She's awake."
A mixture of relief and concern crossed Carlisle's face.
Esme smiled softly.
Alice's eyes unfocused briefly before returning.
"She's moving east."
Rosalie folded her arms.
"First instinct."
Jasper nodded his head.
"She's hunting."
That immediately wiped away any relief.
Because a newborn Cold One was dangerous.
Very dangerous.
Especially during the first days.
Their thirst was overwhelming.
Powerful enough to override reason.
Charlie finally reached the room with Jojo several seconds later.
The sheriff looked around the destroyed bedroom.
The shattered window.
The empty bed.
Then back toward everyone else.
"Okay."
He pointed toward the broken wall.
"Why is nobody reacting to the giant hole in the house?"
Emmett shrugged.
"Honestly? That's pretty normal for newborns."
Charlie stared at him.
Then slowly lowered his hand.
"...I hate that sentence."
Edward wasn't listening anymore.
His focus remained fixed on the forest.
He could hear Bella.
Hear her movements.
Hear her heartbeat no longer beating.
Hear the sounds of her new existence.
Then he moved.
Fast.
Heading toward the broken window.
Charlie immediately noticed.
"Where are you going?"
Edward paused.
Then turned back.
For the first time since Bella's transformation began, a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Bella's thirsty."
The sheriff blinked caught off guard.
"Thirsty?"
Carlisle immediately understood.
"She'll need to feed."
Charlie looked around.
Nobody else appeared surprised.
That somehow made things worse.
Edward stepped onto the broken window frame.
"The first hunt is important."
His expression became serious again.
"If she encounters humans before feeding..."
He didn't finish the sentence.
He didn't need to.
Charlie understood enough.
Edward nodded toward Carlisle.
Then toward Renesmee.
Then finally toward Charlie himself.
Before leaping.
The vampire disappeared into the darkness beyond the mansion.
Charlie rushed toward the broken window and looked outside.
Nothing.
No movement.
No sound.
Edward was simply gone.
The sheriff slowly turned back toward the room.
"...Did he just jump out a second-story window?"
Emmett nodded.
"Actually he cleared the tree line too."
Charlie closed his eyes.
Took a deep breath.
Opened them again.
Then looked at Jojo.
"At this point, if someone tells me Bella can fly, I'm not even going to question it."
Alice immediately grinned.
"Give her a few decades."
Charlie pointed at her.
"See? That's exactly the kind of answer I didn't want."
The room erupted into laughter again.
But beneath the humor—
Everyone knew the truth.
Somewhere in the rain-soaked forests surrounding Forks...
Bella Swan had awakened.
And tonight—
She would experience the world for the very first time as a Cold One.
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