This place was freezing

This place was freezing. There was no other way to describe it. And deserted. The wind whipped my hair around, and for once I hoped that my scent would stir the air. He deserved to suffer a little.

"I'm still mad at you."

"Bella, love, you are safe, and that's all that matters."

Bouvet Island is literally in the middle of nowhere. Literally. Covered entirely in glaciers, very few people venture here. Edward chose it for obvious reasons of security, as well as for the hunting. Seals, elk, and wolves live here in dominance, with no humans to repress them. Those populations, at least, would take a hit from our stay.

And trust me, I was not here under my own free will. Oh, no. My escape from the airport hadn't gone that well. Alice must have told him the second that he stepped off the plane, because they met me at the Hyatt. The ride back to the airport was in a disgruntled silence. Edward was more furious than I'd ever seen him- his nostrils flared furiously, and he glared, wild-eyed, at everyone. He refused to listen to my explanations about how James had my mother, and dragged me onto the next plane bound for Antarctica. Literally, Antarctica. And we had flown from there in a tiny plane to this island where there were no other people.

My mother was apparently the Cullen's number one priority, but if that was true, then why were we here? All around me, happy little animals practically skipped across the glaciers. Edward was off, building some sort of shelter. I still wasn't especially speaking to him, except when he kissed me. That usually thawed out my demeanor for awhile. But the biggest problem- James has my mother, and I'm out in the middle of East Chuck, with my vampire boyfriend, freezing to death. I wonder if Edward brought human food, because I'm starting to starve. Let's see him work this out. Oh, he is so, so dead.

We're living in an igloo. Really, an igloo. One would think that this is a joke, but oh no. Legit. An igloo. Edward found a way to break the ice and catch fish for me to eat, but I've refused to speak to him.

"Bella?"
"Nope."

"Isabella!"

"Just stop trying!"

"Bella, I'll do anything!"

"Take me home?"

"Anything but that. Bella…" His eyes did the unfair smoldering thing, but I looked away resolutely.

"Nope."

"How about…something else?"

"Like what, Edward?"

"Well…how about questions?"

And now it was my turn to be disparaging. "I'm sorry, we're sitting in the middle of nowhere, in an igloo, and you think that answering my questions will appease me?"

"Is it worth a shot?"
Well, he did have some interesting secrets. "For tonight, it is."
He looked relieved. "Okay. Ask me anything."

First things first. "What are they doing to find my mother?"

"Well, Carlisle isn't convinced that James is willing to hurt her, and since they know where he is, they're going to go look for her."
"But James said that he could tell if I brought you!"

"He's not that good, Bella."

" Whatever. What are my mom's chances with him, if he's thirsty?"

He hesitated, and then told me the truth. "Not good."

I gulped. "And, even if they find her, how do they expect to explain everything to her?"

"They'll figure it out, I guess."

"And how long will this all take?"

" Well, we can't be sure how well he's protecting her, but probably no more than a few days."
"So then…why are we here?"

" Well, I wasn't taking any chances."

"Were you this prone to over-reaction in your other life, or is it a vampire thing?"

He chose to ignore that question.

"Bella, go to sleep."
" I'm still in charge here, buddy."

"Please, Bella?" Smolder, smolder.

"Fine. And why's it so warm in here?"

"Well, I bought a heater in Antarctica. They're oddly plentiful there." Always sarcastic.

"Then why isn't the ice melting?"
"Well, Bella, it's kind of cold outside, isn't it? The temperature outside the igloo's way too cold for the heat in here to melt it."

"Oh."

His logic and honesty were fighting my anger, and winning, so I rolled over and slept. Tomorrow was another day, and God knows that there's nobody else here to talk to.