Chapter 131
The meeting area was at the border between the Quileute and the Cullen territories.
The area was in the middle of the forest, there was a small creek that ran in between the two territories that had been used as the border between the two of them. Rocks covered most of the area around it and then the treeline started before quickly turning into a dense forest.
And there… in front of Alan Walker, on the other side of the creek, barely a dozen meters away stood the Quileutes. There were a dozen of them, more than the Cullens, around ten.
Part of the group were Billy Black who had come as the lead of the tribe as well as Sam and the rest of his pack.
Meanwhile on this side were the Cullens and Alan, the only one missing was Esme Cullen who had stayed back at the mansion whilst the rest had gone on to the meeting.
Alan took a slow gulp that seemed to almost echo in the complete silence of the area, the only thing that was heard besides the sound of the water rushing down the creek.
Slowly and carefully, Alice lowered Alan to the ground whilst her eyes stayed glued onto the wolves, they weren't in their wolf transformations yet, however all the vampires could tell just based on how tense the quileute side were that at the slightest sign or alarm they would most definitely instantly transform and get onto the attack, especially the younger members of the tribe who seemed to almost be shaking slightly, be it from nerves or from some kind of anger that was directed towards them.
"Carlisle, you called." Billy spoke first as he walked closer to the Creek whilst he raised a hand towards the rest of his tribe, calming them down slightly as he walked closer and then stopped right at the edge of the Quileute territory, merely a few meters away from the Cullens.
Carlisle himself gave a nod of his own as he started walking and stopped at the edge of the creek on his own side as well.
"That's right. There has been a misunderstanding and Alan Walker, the boy over there has suffered because of it. We were hoping to clear this up." Carlisle spoke as his gaze moved slightly behind him to where Alan was stiffly standing, his breathing as controlled as it could be whilst standing in the middle of a gathering of beings that were most definitely much stronger than he was, knowing full well that his life was not in his own hands at all.
'Observe' Alan thought to himself as he stared at the quileute… and the observation skill took effect instantly however just as he had expected, the results that it gave were not in his favour in the slightest.
[ Observation Skill has been activated. ]
[ Analysing Target. ]
[ Analysis Complete. ]
[ The difference in the level is too high, giving partial results. ]
[ Name: Billy Black. ]
[ Level: ??? ]
[ Age: ??? ]
[ Race: ??? ]
[ Name: Sam Uley ]
[ Level: ??? ]
[ Age: ??? ]
[ Race: ??? ]
…
He used the observation skill on each and every single one of the people from the Quileuete however the results were the exact same, they were at the same level as the Cullens or maybe they were weaker or stronger, Alan didn't know that, he couldn't accurately tell the level that the Cullens were at, however there was one thing he knew for sure after the observation, they were too strong for the difference to even matter in the first place and the second piece of information that he had was the fact that they held a similar territory in forks to the Cullens, something that obviously made him think that they were quite equal in strength if not in singular strength, at least when you compared it numbers wise.
'Damn it, damn it all. I had a slight hope, however small that they wouldn't be and that they only held the territory because the Cullens are nice and that hope just got fucking crushed to the ground.' Alan thought to himself as he released a soft slow inward sigh as he once more focused onto the conversation that was taking place before him.
"A misunderstanding? One of our own was investigating the murder of three teenagers Carlisle. The boy that you are protecting was the last person that was seen with them, that however didn't make us judge him as guilty instantly, however when we sent someone to his home… there was the smell of blood, the children's blood all over the entire apartment. How does one explain that?" Billy Black asked as he lifted an eyebrow, his voice was slightly gravelly however it was completely controlled, not a slight bit of increase on his tone as he gazed at Carlisle, the man was simply stating the facts as he knew them, without trying to accuse instantly or get emotional about anything at all, a complete difference to how Sam Uley who was right behind him was reacting as soon as he heard Carlisle accuse them of misunderstanding the situation.
"It was already clear what happened as soon as I stepped into that apartment, Cold One. You are simply trying to protect one of your own." Sam Uley finally spoke, his voice almost trembling with rage as he gazed at Carlisle's amber eyes.
"I know that it is hard to believe however it is the truth. We have not caused any problems in centuries and have had no need to do so. Alan is not one of us, he is not a Cold One as you call it. And as you can see from us, none of us have had any human blood, it would show in our eyes if we had, you know of this Billy Black." Carlisle spoke once more, ignoring the young fellow who had interrupted the conversation.
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