CH-8

At a beautiful house deep in the woods, Edythe sat in front of a piano, she was absentmindedly playing a slow and simple tune, but every so often she made a mistake, yet she was so lost in thought, she didn't realize.

The rest of the inhabitants of said house, however, did.

"Edward what happened, Edy seems a little weird," whispered a woman, who could have been the embodiment of kindness, with concern, she was Esme.

"We came across someone today, he was odd, to say the least, we couldn't hear his thoughts at all, he seemed to be in pain, he staggered when he saw us like he knew us and when he walked by Edy nearly lost control," Edward explained as sighed but it made sense Edythe was the one with most self-control in the family other than Carlisle of course.

"And she's been like that since?" Esme asked but all she got in return was a nod.

"While it is weird both of you couldn't read his mind it wouldn't be weird for exceptions to exist, I mean when I was still human, I would've never guessed vampires existed, yet here we are."

"And maybe he was sick hence the painful expression and he could have been shocked by her beauty we are supposed to attract prey remember." (Esme)

"Maybe but it wouldn't explain why she's acting like this." (Edward)

"Why don't you just talk to her like a concerned sibling would?" (Esme)

"I can't" Esme looked at Edward with a questioning gaze, "I joked about him being her singer, she denied it and stopped talking to me," Edward explained as he avoided Esme's gaze.

"I hope he is at least one of you will find someone to be with, an eternity is a long time to be alone Edward."

"Also don't try to push her into anything, just let her be, I know how stubborn both of you can be," added Esme making Edward frown.

As Esme left Edward went to look for one of his other sisters, Alice.

"Hi, Edward," Alice had her signature smile on her face as she played cards with Jasper.

"Hello Alice, Jasper." (Edward)

Jasper looked at his brother and nodded at him to return the greeting and looked back at the table he was busy losing the card game against Alice but he didn't seem to mind he even looked like he was having fun.

"Alice I wanted to ask if you've 'seen' anything dangerous recently," (Edward)

"No what's wrong?" Alice and Jasper looked at Edward no longer interested in the game they were playing it was unusual for him to ask if there was a threat.

Edward once again explained what happened at Paul's music store.

"I didn't mention this before since Esme would just worry was that when he noticed us, for a split-second I felt like I was about to die without being able to retaliate at all, it was gone so quickly I thought I imagined it but I'm not sure Edythe didn't feel it she was busy trying to keep control." (Edward)

"I haven't seen anything but can you describe him that way if I see anything related to him I'll know who he is." (Alice)

Jasper just kept silent.

In the end, Edward decided it was his imagination what he did not realize was that he was right when Jax saw him together with a woman that wasn't Bella he got pissed and subconsciously released his killing intent, in his past life he had trained to the point he could use it to paralyze an opponent with fear.

The reason for his anger lays with who Bella is to him, she isn't only his biological sister but also a reminder of his failure yet at the same time he felt it was a second chance.

When Jax told Gwyn where he wanted to reincarnated he choose to be Bella's brother because he couldn't see her as anything else even before having met Gwyn because she was just like the little mute girl Jax failed to protect.

But Jax realized his mistake and decided it was more important to go home and figure out what was happening to him.

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The sunlight flowed through the gap in the window's blinds, it fell on the edge of the bed and the man who lay next to it on the ground.

He groaned unwilling to wake up, but in the end, he turned on his back and stared at the ceiling for a while, as he did he started to think about the previous night trying to figure out what was going on.

'It started once I saw Edward and that woman, who was she anyway did me existing cause them to get together if so what will happen when he meets Bella?'

Of course, this man was Jax, he decided to think about the incident and the mystery woman later as he sat up and looked around his room he found the shirt he was wearing last night torn to shreds and a small puddle of blood.

Seeing the blood he hurriedly checked his arm, all he found was some dried blood but no sign of the injury or even a scar. Jax got up he cleaned the puddle of blood with the torn fabric, lucky for him the blood on the ground hadn't dried yet, and threw the rags into the trash can and zipped up the bag.

Jax decided to get a shower first as he was covered in sweat and to get rid of the blood on his arm, but as he got to his door he realized that something was off he could hear his father downstairs, talking on the phone and eating breakfast, yet he heard him like he was standing right next to him he could also smell what the breakfast was, eggs and bacon.

Jax just opened the door and went to the bathroom as he started undressing he noticed his pants were tighter so he looked into the mirror.

What he saw shocked him he had gotten taller nearly reaching the two-meter mark, his shoulders got broader and his body went to slightly toned muscle to a ripped body type striking a perfect balance between speed, power, flexibility and honestly, aesthetics.

As he got in the shower he decided to test his new body once he was finished. He had decided to play it safe and did everything slowly, careful not to break anything.

Afterward, he got dressed he opted for somewhat baggier clothing so his father wouldn't notice how much he changed but then he thought it didn't really matter his father had barely seen him in these last two years and Jax spend the last week at Jacob's so he could work on Bella's truck, so it would be easy to gloss over it.

Still, he felt too lazy to change again so he just went downstairs.

"Morning Jax," said Charlie as he was finishing his cup of coffee.

"Hey, pops I'm going out to train," Jax greeted as he grabbed an apple from the bowl.

"Isn't it still early for that?" (Charlie)

"Not really I usually work out before and after school so it's basically routine," said Jax as he waved at his father and went out of the door.

He walked towards the woods while he ate.

'Considering it started after meeting Edward it really could only be one thing, I'm phasing so I already was a werewolf but I don't feel any signs that I'm a vampire just yet, well, let's figure it out one thing at a time.'