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"Wait until they're totally distracted, then run with her. Get as far from this place as you possibly can. When you've gone as far as you can on foot, she has what you need to get you in the air."
"You're the only one we could ever trust her with."
"If you didn't love her so much, I could never bear this. I know you can protect her."
Over and over I replayed the last words that I ever heard Bella say as I continued to run, still paying attention to the little hands gripping my fur harder then she had to. I wish I could look back and see her face, to comfort her; I could only imagine what she was thinking about…the same people I was thinking about.
I had to keep running. The Volturi had decided to attack. I had to save her. Not only was she my imprint but now she was the only piece of my former life that I had left.
It took me a few minutes to realize that it was starting to get lighter, dawn was almost here, and hopefully that meant that the vampires wouldn't be out looking for us. But it also meant that I had to be careful since a child riding on a wolf would look a bit suspicious. I decided that slipping into Canada would be the best bet, lots of forest to hide us.
I finally slowed down and had Nessie slip off of me so that I could change back. When I saw her face I instantly wish I hadn't. Tear stains were plainly visible running all the way down her chin, she hadn't even thought about wiping them away. Her eyes were red and swollen from the tears, yet in her face was a quite determination, although I wasn't sure what that meant.
She gave me a sad little smile and then turned around so that she wouldn't have to see me change back. As I became my human self I realized that I was completely naked. "Nessie don't turn around just yet," I told her as I unzipped the backpack. Luckily Bella had thrown in a pair of track pants for me. There were also two passports. I flipped the first one open and read the name. I snorted; of course Bella would think it was funny to give me the last name Wolfe. I took the other one and gave it a quick look, Vanessa Wolfe. I chocked up a little at that one. She was mine now.
I quickly turned her around and gave her the biggest hug I could without squishing her but even that was hard not to do. She gave me her sad little smile again and put her hand to my cheek. Images of her parents, her family, and the wolves all flashed so quickly that it was hard to see them clearly but how she was feeling definitely showed. "I don't know what happened to them Nessie, but we can't go back, it's too risky. I'm so sorry baby." I felt the tears well up but I refused to cry them, I would wait for when Nessie was asleep.
She looked down at her locket and sighed. "I miss them too" I whispered to her, "But we're together and I know that's not much kid but it's all I can give you." She smiled that sad smile again and asked "Where are we going to go?" I looked at her for a moment, realizing that she had grown up a little more in the past couple days and that I still had information to get. "Rio de Janeiro" I told her as we started walking to the main road. I needed answers. I wasn't going to lose her. Not after this.