"Hey beautiful" I heard Edward call from behind me. I smile whenever I hear his voice and as I turned around he returned my smile. I kissed him on the cheek wondering where he'd been.

"I hope you haven't got plans for tonight because I'm stealing you for the weekend"

"I just might be free... if you're lucky"

Butterflies raced around inside of me, it was one of those feelings only he made me experience and it set me on fire.

"Where are we going?" I asked, not really caring, as long as he was with me it was perfect.

"You'll see" he said with a smirk on his face and a teasing edge to his tone. He knew I hated surprises.

I raced Edward to the hotel, I won, he always lets me win and denies it.

I trudged through the snow up to gorgeous cottage. When I was human I hated the cold and anything to do with it and now when I look at snow I only see it for what it truly is a stunning white blanket. When we got inside I found a small bunch of flowers in the middle of the very big and spacious room. I loved it, Canada was beautiful! I kissed Edward and as my lips came in contact with his, I burned and it was as easy as that to make time stop and your head rush and spin. He pulled back and I tried to stop him but he shook his head.

"I'll race you on the slopes" he said a competitive sting to his voice and it made me excited. "As soon as the sun goes down" he wisped in my ear. I forgot how to breathe, but that only made me feel uncomfortable, I didn't need it. I smiled and remembered just how much I loved moments like these. Moments were absolutely nothing in the world maters. He put his hand on my heart, I sighed.

"Don't worry, in my eyes it never stopped"

"I don't regret a thing, as long as it means I'm with you forever"

His eyes golden, turned warm and I collapsed onto the sofa. He sat next to me, holding me tight. We didn't move it was like some kind of trance. Then the sun went down.

Edward immediately jumped up. It frightened me when he acted like this. I was about to ask what was wrong but he bet me to it. He inhaled deeply before he spoke, I copied confused.

"There's something there, it's too weak to get a grip on, but too strong to not notice. I can hear their thoughts too, but it doesn't make any sense."

I picked up on it too. The scent of a stranger but it wasn't right not how it should have smelt. I wanted to know what it was, I wanted to know what was out there and curiosity burned within me and as I looked in Edwards I eyes I could tell he felt the same way. There were many question that remained unanswered but the one that bugged me most was, is it a threat? I looked at Edward and he looked at me as if what I had just thought I had said aloud. We headed out side to investigate. What I saw amazed me. We were in the middle of nowhere yet there were thousands of lights in the distance and that was where they were (whatever they are). I looked at Edward and smiled cheekily and said in a childish voice "I'll race you"

We came to an abrupt stop at... nothing. At least what seemed to be nothing. There was most definitely something there. The scent was stronger it almost smelt strong enough to touch it, but it didn't make any sense it still kind of smelt weak, like it was only half of it, vampire but not, human but not. It confused both me and Edward but it confused the man standing in front of us even more.

"Strigoi cannot pass through magical wards and if you did you would not survive for much longer"

Once again I looked at Edward and he looked at me with an even more puzzled expression.

"I do not understand what you mean when you say strigoi, I have never heard of such a creature. We mean you no harm, merely just curious. I do not understand what you are." Edward replied

The man who stood opposite us mirrored our expression.

"I am guardian Belikov and I protect the Mori and by the look on your faces you have no idea what that is, do you?"

What did he mean by guardian and Mori? Did he protect them from the strigoi?

"Do you think we could kill a strigoi Guardian Belikov?" I asked as curiosity flowed within me

"I am not sure; I do not even know what you are"

"We're vampires... but not in the blood sucking kind of way, we'll kind of, but we're vegetarians we only drink the blood of animals." I told him reassuringly

He looked even more confused than before but he made a hand gesture for us to come closer. I recalled something he had said early 'strigoi cannot pass through magical wards' and then I remembered the nothing that was definitely something. I quickly informed Edward of what I had realized and he told me that it would be ok, we're not strigoi.

"Don't shield me Bella; I'll be fine I have to do this"

I began to protest but held back my urge. He took the first step toward the ward. I gasped I can't stand the thought of being able to shield him but being told not to and obeying. As he put a foot through the barrier a surge built up and sent a shock all the way around it. Guardian Belikov starred dumbfound I starred hoping it didn't hurt him. I ran to his side and the same surge happened again.

Though Belikov didn't see it both me and Edward both saw it coming, a girl running a lot faster than humans can run but no were near as fast as us. She ran to Belikovs side.

"Dimitri" she yelped

"Stay back Rose" he instructed. She immediately obeyed. He wisped in her ear but we could still hear everything they were saying. He replayed or conversation, at least the bits she needed to know. She glanced at us with a curious expression, the same one we'd all previously worn.

"How do we know we can trust you?" Rose asked

"You tell us what you want us to do that will help you gain our trust and well do it" Edward replied

"Kill a strigoi" she said aiming it at us but speaking it toward Belikov as if to ask him if she was correct. He replied with a maybe. He wisped to Rose and asked her to gather the other guardians and Lissa but don't say why just say meet me at the west gate on the outskirts of the wards. I wondered who Lissa was, maybe she's some kind leader.