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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE | NEW MOON ?

"I survived, Stefan saw to it" Bella pointed out. Alice was thinking of something else. "So, if the currents were too much for you, how did this Jacob manage?" The Cullen managed to ask the question which seemed to be lurking the back of Alice Cullen's head.

"Jacob is strong." Bella stated in which Stefan crossed his arms in contempt watching the scene unfold before Alice heard the reluctance in Bella's voice, and her eyebrows rose. Bella gnawed on her lip for a second.

The older brother interlocked his fingers with his girlfriend as he kept his eyes on Bella. Don't tell her Bella. The thought circled his mind as he stared at the chocolate brown eyes of his sister. Alice might be like family but Stefan promised to keep the shape-shifters a secret as long as he can away from humans and vampires alike except Rose.

"See, well, he's sort of a werewolf," Bella admitted in a rush. "The Quileutes turn into wolves when there are vampires around. They have known Carlisle for a long time. Were you with Carlisle back then?"

"Bella" Stefan breathed out.

Alice gawked at the siblings for a moment, and then recovered herself, blinking rapidly. "Well, I guess that explains the smell," she muttered. "But does it explain what I didn't see?" She frowned, her porcelain forehead creasing.

"The smell?" Bella repeated. "Wet dog" Stefan countered softly, his nose twitching a second.
"You smell awful," she said absently, still frowning. "A werewolf? Are you sure about that?"

"Very sure," Bella promised glaring slightly at Stefan as she winced as she remembered Paul and Jacob fighting in the road. "I guess you weren't with Carlisle the last time there were werewolves here in Forks?"

"No. I haven't found him yet." Alice was still lost in thought. Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she turned
to stare at siblings with a shocked expression. "Your best friend is a werewolf?" Alice stared between the Bella and Stefan with a dubious expression as Stefan mumbled under his breath "Shape-shifters."

Bella nodded sheepishly. "How long has this been going on?" Alice demanded. "Not long," Bella said, her voice sounding defensive. "He's only been a werewolf for just a few weeks." Bella Swan was met with the glowering expressions of the Cullens. "You allowed them near Bella?" Alice glowered at Stefan as Bella tensed "Stefan knew of them before me" Bella said as Stefan held a smile to his girlfriend's adoptive sister "What? They protect Bella as much as I do."

Alice glowered at Bella. "A young werewolf? Even worse! Edward was right-you're a magnet for danger.
Weren't you supposed to be staying out of trouble?"

"There's nothing wrong with werewolves," Bella grumbled, stung by her critical tone. Stefan officially lost the patience to always correct the two girls as he glanced at Rosalie who stared with those golden eyes of hers. The vampire herself was ready for an explanation.

"Until they lose their tempers." She shook her head sharply from side to side. "Leave it to you, Bella.
Anyone else would be better off when the vampires left town. But you have to start hanging out with the first monsters you can find." Stefan placed his hands against his girlfriend's thighs in thoughts.

Neither Bella nor Stefan didn't want to argue with Alice. Bells was still trembling with joy that she was really, truly here, that she could touch her marble skin and hear her wind-chime voice but she had it all wrong.