I stood frozen as I saw the joy flicker into those dark crimson eyes and then I felt the fire burning through my veins. But even as I screamed in agony all I could think of was him and how glad I was it was me suffering the agonising pain and not him. Even when I could see death all I could think of was him I would take the pain a thousand times to save him and as death approached all my memorys came flooding back in the first time I saw him, when I woke up as a vampire, our first kiss, the first time he said 'I love you', the night he proposed, the way I felt seeing him standing at the altar, isle Esme he was the man of my dreams and always had been and while I had been stuck with Charles. Carlisle had kept me safe in my mind he was the only thing there that made me realise that not all men were useless. He gave me hope. He was my soul mate. My other half. My mate. My one true love. My Carlisle and he'd loved me all along from the first day we met. I felt Felix's steel grip around my waist as Aro approached all I could hope was that my angel was safe. Aro raised his arms to grab my head and...