Carlisle's Point of View

It was nearing 3am before Elijah arrived at the house, only him. The rest of the Moore's didn't come with him. He had called not long ago, letting us know that Isabella's father; Charlie was found at his precinct, dead. And by the sounds of it, it was a vampire that was the cause of it. We've been tracking the movements of this threat for weeks now, but it appears this particular vampire is very elusive.

"Why are you even here?" Rose was the first to speak up, a dark look on her face. She kept her arms tightly wrapped around her chest.

Elijah barely glanced towards her. "I'm here to talk about what happened tonight," His eyes scanned the room.

"Is Bella alright?" Edward spoke up, his eyes seemed clouded in concern.

"No, she isn't," Elijah muttered looking just as worried. "She is… suffering, that's why I'm here."

"Well, please tell us what we can do for her." I said, feeling a frown come to my face.

"I believe this string of vampire attacks have something to do with William." Elijah said, his tense stance was now shifting into a more relaxed position; although he appeared to be getting angry.

"What makes you think that?" Emmett said moving more to Rosalie's side, sensing Elijah's growing hostility.

"You don't think William is responsible do you?"

Elijah turned his sights on me, a rough snarl fall from his lips. "William isn't a killer, I thought you of anyone here understood that." He was quickly losing control over his temper. I was beginning to feel the effects of his powers, my head began to send painful pulses down through my body.

I couldn't help but wince at the increasing pain, my hands going up to hold onto my head. The pain was overwhelming me, to the point that I couldn't speak.

Luckily Esme was quick to jump to my defense. "Elijah, if innocent people are dying we have to look at all our options here, of course Carlisle doesn't believe William is to blame."

At her words, Elijah's powers slowly receded from me, offering me freedom from his torturous powers. He appeared to look guilty as he turned away from us.

"I'm sorry, I've been struggling to contain my emotions lately." He grumbled, letting out a long breath. "Something like this happened before, William had vanished one night, the following months there was a string of killings, all vampire attacks."

"Did you ever find out what happened?" I asked cautiously.

"Yes, William returned home with a newborn; a young woman. He had taken her away to learn control over herself before introducing her to the family and letting her stay with us. He didn't want her lack of control to put the rest of us in danger. So he stayed away until she learned control." He explained with a brooding look.

"So, does that mean that you think William is out trying to teach a newborn our ways?" I concluded.

"If that's the case, he isn't doing a good job of it." Rose snorted. "The body count is reaching into the double digits."

Elijah snapped his eyes on her with an icy look. "No, this woman he brought back home with him, she never fully adopted our lifestyle. And when she began to get obsessed with William things went sour."

Rose gave him a skeptical look. "What do you mean…. Obsessed?"

"She was in love with him and when he didn't return those feelings she went out and began a murderous hunting spree." Elijah rolled his eyes, leaning back against the wall behind him. "But that was years ago and apparently the Volturi found her and ended her life."

"So what does any of this have to do with the killing of innocent people now?"

"William had a feeling that the Volturi didn't actually kill the woman. He believed that the woman's powers were too powerful for Aro to destroy." Elijah explained, eyeing each of us with a serious look.

"What kind of gift did she have?" I wondered.

"Well, at the time William was helping her develop her powers, but she could influence the human body, cause hair to grow, skin to heal. Things in that nature."

"Aro would likely refuse to pass up on a gift like that." Rose said shaking her head.

"So that means that it's possible that this woman is alive and is out there killing innocent humans again?" Emmet asked with a puzzled look.

"That's what I want to find out." Elijah muttered. "If this woman is still alive and out there, there is no doubt in my mind that William will be with her."

"Does this woman have a name?"

"Catarina," Elijah sneered, a look of distaste on his face. "She is vile."

"Well, give us a description of her so we can begin hunting for her." I said, looking to each of the others. "We can start tonight. Before anyone else gets hurt."

"Abnormally tall and curly black hair, most likely sporting blood red eyes." Elijah said with a shrug. "Just do me a favor and don't mention any of this to Abraham and the others."

"Hiding things from your family, doesn't sound like you." Rose pointed a smirk in his direction.

Elijah gave her a scowl in response. "If Catarina sees any of them she will run and we will never find her. But she has never seen any of you. You will be able to get close to her. If you find her, you will find William."

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Edward spoke up, taking an aggressive step forward. "What about Bella? Now that Charlie is gone…?"

Elijah glared at him. "I don't believe that concerns you."

"While Catarina is in the area, Bella should be as far away from here as possible." He continued.

"She is returning to Arizona, to her mother." Elijah snapped at him, his eyes where so dark. "She will be far away from here…"