I sat up in Jake's arms, ignoring the pain radiating throughout my stomach.

"Ness, honey, just lay down," he urged. "Sitting up will make the bleeding worse."

I grimaced and ignored the tears already flowing down my face. "Why can't I carry our baby, Jake?" I asked with a weak voice. "This is the fourth miscarriage. I should be able to give you a baby!"

He kissed the top of my head. "We will have a baby, Nessie. I promise you. Maybe we should take a break after this. We're due for a move soon, babe."

Glaring at the ground, I found my way closer to him. "Do you ever feel like they're all still alive, Jake?" I whispered a moment later.

He rubbed my back. "Sometimes…. Then I remind myself that if one of them is they're doing every single thing they can to find you."

"I miss my mama."

Jake wiped at my tears and hugged me tight, murmuring sweet nothings into my ear. "Are you hungry?" he asked when my stomach growled.

"A little, but I don't think I can keep anything down right now," I said honestly.

A knock on the front door interrupted whatever he was about to say. "Ignore it. It's probably just a salesman. Now do you want to try some soup?"

I shook my head and snuggled into his warm chest. "Just hold me."

"Of course, honey."

When I woke next Jake was rushing around our tiny home in the middle of the woods, shoving our belongings into bags. "Ness, can you call the airport, please?"

"First flight out?" I asked. I had become so accustomed to this that I didn't bother questioning what he was doing. I knew he had seen or heard something that typed him off to us being followed.

I went through all of the motions that we had repeated dozens upon dozens of times. The tickets were booked and the cab was called. I shut off the bathroom light and saw him standing in the living room.

"I stopped bleeding," I said quietly.

It took him two strides to get to me, and there he scooped me up into his muscular arms. "I'm so sorry we have to pick up and go when we're going through this, Ness. I promise we'll find a hotel as soon as we touch down."

Nodding my head, I leaned forward and kissed his lips. "I know." I looked at the bags that were backed and then back to him. "Did you pack the aleve?"

"I'll get it for you."

"Thank you," I murmured as he set me back on my feet.

**WITH THE CULLENS**

"Alice!" Edward growled. "Where. Are. They?"

"I don't know!" she exclaimed. "I swear I saw them here! Well…..this is where the blind spots were."

Bella placed a hand on Edward's shoulder. "I can smell them," she told him quietly. "They're still alive."

"Carlisle!" Emmett and Rose called at the same time.

Suddenly everyone was in the small bedroom. In the corner was cream colored sheets, blood smeared on one side.

"It's Nessie's blood," Edward whispered as he fell to his knees.

"The blood is older than their scent by the front door," Jasper reminded him.

"That doesn't matter!" he yelled. "My daughter could be dying right now!"

Bella wrapped her arms around him, kissing his forehead. "We're not going to stop until we find them, Edward."

Esme placed a hand on his shoulder. "We need to see if we can find anything here. They left in a rush. Something has to tip us off as to where they went."

"I'll go check the bathroom," Alice said, and Jasper went along with her.

"We'll check the kitchen," Emmett announced quietly.

Esme followed Carlisle into the living room, and Bella searched around the abandoned bedroom with Edward.

"Guys?" Alice called hesitantly.

"What is it, dear?" Esme asked as they crowded around the entrance to the bathroom.

Alice held out the trashcan in her hands. In it they could see the boxes of pregnancy tests and used sticks.

Edward's fists clenched and unclenched repeatedly. "If I ever get my hands near that dog—."

"You will owe him your life for saving your only daughter!" Bella finished quickly. A moment later a broken sob left her chest. "My baby's pregnant," she whispered.

"I—."

All eyes shifted to Carlisle.

He sighed after a moment and looked around at his family. "Those sheets looked as though if they were on the bed they'd be in the exact position to collect the blood from a miscarriage." Seeing the suddenly devastated looks his family now shared he backtracked. "I could be severely mistaken though."

"Maybe Ness just got her period when she was sleeping and they didn't have time to clean the sheets," Rose suggested weakly.

Esme squeezed her hand in sympathy. "It's very possible."

Meanwhile Edward had gone back to looking around the house with Bella. A step upon a creaky floorboard from Edward in the bedroom had Bella suddenly ripping it up.

"Bella, sweetheart, what are you—." He froze.

"She always found it amazing that when you left me you hid the gifts under the floorboards of my bedroom." Bella held up a sparkling purple journal and a bunch of letters tied together by a shoelace. She looked at the writing on the top one and her knees gave out from under her.

Edward caught her instantly and carefully sat with her on the floor. He took the letters from her shaking hands and untied the lace.

Mom

Dad

Grandpa

Grandma

Aunt Rose

Uncle Emmett

Aunt Alice

Uncle Jasper

The Denalis