Bella, Emmett and Jasper are siblings. Bella has just returned home to Seattle after being abroad for over a year. Bella is a profiler for the FBI and has been pursuing a serial killer that turns out to be someone that no one would suspect. ExB, EmxR (eventually), JxA. Rated NC-17 for later chapters.

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(Prologue)

RPOV:

The day hadn't started off well at all. Emmett had arrived at the office an hour earlier looking as if someone had killed his puppy. He'd barely spoken a word to any of them when he'd come in and she'd noticed there were dark red rings around his eyes when he did make eye contact with any of them.

She wasn't sitting in on the meeting with the ad agency today, this was Emmett's baby and he'd wanted to fly solo on this one. It seemed to be going well; at least no one had left the board room in an uproar. She knew that Emmett was extremely particular with any company that wanted to handle their PR. Alice had left her several voice mails but she hadn't had time to check any of them. Tanya, Emmett's secretary and current love interest, was supposed to be screening the calls today but she was no where to be found.

She had just sat down at her desk when her phone rang. "Rosalie Hale", she answered almost breathless into the phone and her eyes shot up into her hairline at the male voice on the other end. Jasper and Emmett were brother's and shared a penthouse with their youngest sister Bella. Bella had only recently returned home, both brothers' were fiercely protective of their younger sibling and her homecoming had brightened their spirits immensely.

"Jasper, calm down. I can't understand you. What is going on?" She calmly replied back into the phone. He'd been practically screaming into the phone when she'd answered it and she hadn't been able to understand a word he was saying. It was completely out of character for him to behave this way. Jasper, out of them all, was the calmest and even tempered of the Swan clan and to hear him almost hysterical was worrying to say the least.

"I can't get past Emmett's bulldog on the phone. Tanya keeps hanging up on me. I need Emmett downstairs NOW! Bella's been shot. I don't know what her condition is, if they've stabilized her. I can't…" His voice broke and I could tell he was crying.

"Jasper, calm down….pull up in front of the building and I'll have Emmett down in 5 minutes."

I hung up the phone and dashed from my office, going into Emmett's on the way to the board room to pick up his jacket, keys and cell phone before sprinting down the hallway. I didn't even knock on the door before pushing it open to the surprise of the gathered. Emmett stopped mid-stride and looked at me curiously. He knew I wouldn't interrupt his meeting with something trivial. I bent down and whispered into his ear the news that Jasper had given me and he was on his feet and out of the door with no explanations given.

I knew the best thing to do was finish this meeting for him and then I would join him at the hospital.

I took a deep breath and…"Gentleman, please forgive the interruption. Emmett had a family emergency that he had to attend to. Now..Where were we?"