I have no doubt that this triangle has been done before, and I know that my other story is sorta/kinda unfinished with my undecided epilogue yet. Unfortunately I am still starting this story. Obviously I suck at starting and not finishing things, but I have this one all mapped out except for the end so we shall see.

Thank you for reading, and if anyone is in the market to beta…I would love one!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight Universe or the characters.

Prologue

His face was the picture of desire, smooth, granite, bone-white, and his eyes screamed an intensity that has never been felt between us. I found myself unconsciously stepping towards him, my body wailed for him, a cacophony started in my brain while my muscles contracted and urged me forward.

"Stop!" I gasped, the pain of my words tore at my insides. My body tried to ignore my pleas. I couldn't go near him again. I couldn't stand the pain the he constantly gifted me.

"Bella, love, we belong together. I know that you understand that. The night we spent together was nothing I have ever felt before," his voice slicked over me like molten honey, sticking to me and making me immobile.

That night meant something different to me.

I fell to my knees, my jeans landing on the soggy greenspace that surrounded us.

"Please, please! I can't! We can't do this," I was barely able to get the words out around my rasping for breath. I felt like I was ripping my own heart out, carving it out of my chest with a rusty spoon.

Although his face did not change expressions, his eyes turned molten. If I had any doubt before of how painful this was for him it was gone now. He looked like he was a living stone engulfed in flames.

"It pains me to see you like this. I know that you feel something," he cringed, "for him, and that you did untoward things with one another, but we can get past that. It means nothing to me as long as I have you."

The tears that had been dry for the past few minutes welled up again and sped down my cheeks. Jesus. Could I have been any more of a monster? The worst part was that I believed him. Although it hurt him, I knew that he would be able to stay mated to me knowing what I did, knowing that I was intimate with him.

How was it possible to belong to two immortals?

I thought of the other piece of my heart, my strength, my fierce predator. Why was I doing this to both of them.

"I can't…" the tears would not stop, the pain tearing at me for loving two enemies at once.

"Edward, I can't stop loving him too." Saying it made me feel worse and somehow better.

"I know, and I know that I am the worst kind of monster for leaving you after making love to you," he gripped a hand in his hair, "but I love you. Nothing could ever change that. You loving him could never change that."

I felt the sincerity in his voice and saw it in the depth of his topaz eyes. How would this ever get resolved? Was it possible to be with one of them and simply forget the other? My heart clenched at the thought. No.

I sniffed and swiped at my eyes. Edward still appeared in pain as he took a step forward to reach me.

What a mess I had made. I knew I could not have eternity with Edward and a life with him.

"Bella," the longing in his voice was tangible. I could feel the tension in our connection, eluding to how hard this was for him.

"The only way for this to be resolved, for you to be able to move on, is the death of one of us."

I gasped in shock. How could I ever contemplate one of them dying?

"That! That is the only way for this to be able to work? How could I ever live knowing that part of my heart was dead?"

"Bella, I have heard of this happening very rarely in just vampires. If they have two mates and one of them dies, the heart fills with what is left. The connection is complete with the other then instead of half and half. It is rule. A fight must be had if the mating is in question."

I felt numb, like a zombie.

Ok, that settles it then. I thought manically. They will fight to the death over something as insignificant as me and I will be with the winner of this insane fight.

I wished that I could turn back time, but if I could what would I choose?

Would I choose to have never met Edward and my vampire family?

Or would I have chosen to have never been imprinted upon by someone with such a dark past but so much passion?

The facts were that I could not turn back time and choose either one anymore. I was stuck between them now. They would chose for me, by destroying part of my heart.