Esme Pov

I was picking up toys in Nessie's room when I heard something downstairs. I wondered who it was. I slowly walked down the stairs and looked around. I knew it wasn't the family because the Rosalie and Alice are out shopping, Carlisle's at work, Bella is out with the boys and Nessie was staying on the reservation with Jacob

As I walk down the stairs I smell an odd yet alluring scent in the kitchen. As I get closer to it I see it is one of the herbs in my garden giving off a strange smell. I walk outside through the kitchen door to my garden and smell it. As I crouch down to smell the herb I feel a little nauseous.

I back up from the herbs. When Carlisle gets home I'll talk to him about it. Something is not right about the plant.

I walk upstairs to my room wanting to lay down. I feel the nausea hit me hard this time. I grip the glass table in the hall for support but it falls and me with it. I hear the glass smashing.

I rise onto my knees to clean up the glass. I debate on whether to call Carlisle but decide against it. He might be doing something important and the kids would be home in a few hours. But will I last that long. I try not to worry but I haven't felt sick since my human days and I don't remember those well.

As I go to the closet for the broom and dustpan the nausea passing I hear someone at the door. I look down to see to red eyes glowing up at me form the front door.

My mind finally catches up and I run to me and Carlisle's room. I reach the door handle just as and arm rips me from it taking the door handle with it. I am pulled into a hard chest. I look up slowly into the eyes of Charles Evenson. He smirks at me and begins to laugh at me.

"Oh, my dear wife! I've been looking all over for you. Imagine my surprise when I am walking down an abandoned alley to be attacked by a beast that I later find out is you son. He leaves me there dead. Ii remember it being so fast and quick. As quick as a bone break it was, like yours would so often when we were together. I feel death upon until the burning begins of my transformation into this new life. You see my love I was saved. Not by you, but another woman who recruited me into her ranks. I was with her until she made me her lover and sought to control me and this ability given to me. But don't worry my love I left her behind because I love you and would never go to another for affection."

I found my fear subsiding and turning to anger. "Why are you here? I don't want you here you weren't invited so why are you here?" I growl out pushing myself from his arms. I see his face change into one of anger that I could never forget s as he reaches for me again but I run and jump over the rail onto the floor below and run. I try to get away but he is faster and grabs med throwing me to the ground. Yet this time I fight him. I kick him into the wall with all my strength. I run before he can get out of the wall into the kitchen. I am thrown into the granite counter shattering it into many pieces. I try to get up quickly but am grabbed by my foot through the house. I try to kick and scream but I am rewarded with a kick to the stomach before. I grab my stomach in pain and when I'm strong enough try to kick again.

I feel myself being jerked up the stairs suddenly. I still try to fight flailing and kicking the whole way until I am dragged into me and my husband's room.]

I am thrown onto the bed. Fear of what he wants to do to me makes me to kick his groin hard and run but not before I and slammed into the mirror. It shatters as I fall to the floor . Before I can get up I feel a fist connect with my jaw. Then another in my stomach then my cheek and I can't tell anymore because all I can hear is my skin cracking with each new blow.

Suddenly it all stops and he is pulled off me. I hear someone in my ear trying to talk to me. I open my eyes to see my oldest daughter pulling me up and my smallest watching me. I look to them slightly confused and scared.

Rosalie starts dragging me out the house gently Alice in tow. I try to move my feet and help but it hurts so bad that I let her practically carry me to the black SUV our family car. Alice gets into the front while Rosalie pulls me as quick and gently into the middle row of seats.

I feel pain surrounding me and close my eyes in an attempt to make it go away but instead I feel myself being pulled into the darkness. I can hear a voice calling out to me and being moved but at this point I am of no help.

I feel myself being pulled into the darkness and don't resist.