Bella's POV *A Few Days Later*

Things have been, quiet around here. In a strange sort of way. At every meal we say grace and that's all that's spoken at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I know that father is pushing me to marry Mike, his father has come over many times. They usually crowd into the sitting room and they'll talk for hours over brandy. About what I can only take a wild guess.

Mother has been teaching me to sew, the lessons have been faster and more challenging. Slowly I'm moving my way up to my difficult sewing tasks. Maryanne has grown quiet also, I ask her constantly what is the matter but she says nothing. I suspect it has something to do with me leaving soon.

"Maryanne will you start pealing the potatoes? I'm going to pluck the chicken." She nodded and sat in the chair pealing the potatoes. I sighed and began to pluck the feathers off the bird. Mother walked in the kitchen wearing her best gown, her hair pulled back in a hat with a lot of crazy colored feathers.

"Bella I'll do that, Maryanne hurry up with that," She grabbed my arm pulling me away from the sink, "Go upstairs, get dressed in your best wear, do your hair. Barrow one of my hats and pin it up. Go go go!" My mother shoved me to the door and to the stairs. I gawked for a moment then did what she asked.

I dressed in my long layered dressed, it was blue with white lace trimming the inside peaks of the hems. It was truly beautiful, my father bought the best fabrics and my mother spent weeks sewing it.

I then went to my mother and fathers room and picked a small hat. It was white, lacey, and had babies breath mixed with yellow honey suckles around the cap. I didn't know what was so special about tonight. All I knew was that it is important.

As I was walking down the stairs Maryanne was going up them. Her eyes cast down at the wood, glowing. I grabbed her hand, she jerked away and resumed up the steps. I gazed up after her, desperately wanting to march up there and demand she tells me what is the matter.

I sighed and just descended back down the stairs. I was looking down at my feet, just making sure I didn't trip. I'm terribly clumsy.

"Ah there's my beautiful daughter, the woman of the hour." I looked up in my father's direction. Mike's father and mother and him were all standing in my sitting room with expected smiles on their faces.

"Isabella, meet Mr. and Mrs. Newton and their son Michael." I was dumbstruck by the sudden shock of the situation I didn't even think to do the ladylike thing, well actually I didn't do any of the ladylike manner I was taught.

I coughed to cover my awkwardness, "Um hello Mr. and Mrs. Newton. Good day Michael." Mike stepped forward, I presented my hand and he kissed it. Almost lingering to long with his lips. I chuckled nervously when he looked up into my eyes.

"Good day to you Miss Isabella. I prefer Mike over Michael though. My closest friends and family only call me that."

"It's nice to meet you Michael. I prefer Bella, but please feel free to call me Isabella." I said coldly. He averted his gaze for a minute or two before his eyes returned to mine and his smile.

"Ah I get it, your sense of humor. Very funny, Bella."

My father chuckled nervously, "Yeah that's our Bella always making silly comments."

Mother walked into the room, brushing her hands off in her apron.

"Dinner is ready if everyone would like to eat. Mrs. Newton let me pour you a glass of our very fine wine."

"Yes I would like that, while everyone gets settled we can talk about marriage plans." Mother and Mrs. Newton went into the sewing room to fetch the wine.

"Bella why don't you show Mike around the house a little? Show him the garden and what not. Go spend time together just be back in ten minutes for dinner." My father told me, Mike looped his arm around mine and led me out the door and to the garden.

Edward's POV

Son of a bitch! That little prick is getting married to my mate! I need to rescue her now. Before he gets to comfortable around her. I slammed my fists down on the desk that held the 'Time Monitor'. Daily I watch her from morning till night I watch her. Keeping an eye on her and making sure she's safe. But now I find out that she's promised to this, this little prick!

"Edward? What's the matter?" My father stepped into the room, with a curious look on his face.

"She's been promised to someone else! I knew it I knew we should of pushed for her to come to our time sooner! Dad we have to go get her! Now!"

"Edward calm down, there's no possible way she'll be married within the two weeks. You only have a few more days to go then you can swoop in and save your mate. But Edward if you aren't feeling, right you need to tell me now. I wont bring this young girl into our house if your throwing tantrums and breaking various household items."

"Dad I feel fine. I'm taking the new medicine they gave me and I feel fine. But dad in her time their famous for quick weddings. Her mother is already planning it with the other mother. Dad is there anyway we could push the date up for tomorrow?"

"Edward you know that's an impossible task. The time snatchers have to prepare themselves for her arrival. And the time benders are preparing the machine now. Even if you somehow managed to push the date up her molecules wont fuller combine in the Geneticore for at least 24 hours. And after that you have to wait for her to recover, the trip from her time to ours will be so long she'll be delirious for hours. So it doesn't matter if you push the date up, its going to take a few days to prepare her."

I sighed but I had to agree with him. It does take a lot of time to pull someone through time. And then more time after that to adjust them to the new time period.

The worst thing about the time period she's in now is that I don't even know her favorite color. Or what books she likes. Well scratch the book thing the only book she's 'read' is the bible. But technically she mimicked it, she doesn't really know how to read. I'd have to wait until she was here to design the room she would want.

Dad put a hand on my shoulder, "Why don't you go upstairs? Try to relax, read a book or watch TV. Try to take your mind off of everything." I sighed but went up to my room to watch some TV.

I couldn't get my mind off Bella, she was driving me crazy and she didn't even know I existed.

Bella's POV

Michael walked me around the gardens a few times. But each time he would veer closer and closer to the forest. He made me nervous. His hand would linger a little to close to my waist or his fingers would snatch pieces of hair and tuck it behind my ear.

We were talking calmly or I thought it was calmly then suddenly he spun me around and pressed his lips hard against mine. I gasped, caught off guard and he stuck his tongue into my mouth. I slapped my hands against his shoulders.

He pulled away, "Bella I need you now. Please let me take you!" He said huskily and gasped and pushed him away.

"NO! You disgusting pig! Get away from me now! I will never marry you!" I turned away from him towards the house. He gripped my arm and jerked me into the woods.

I fell on top of him. He rolled us over him on top, he kissed my neck. My hands were pinned up above my head and my shirtfront was ripped open. I gasped and thrashed and kicked and fought against him.

He tore the rest of my dress down, I cried and screamed but no one could hear me. We were deep enough into the woods where no on could hear my pathetic cries for help. All I could do was lay here and let him do whatever he pleased to do.

…Hours Later…

I still laid here in the forest, never bothered to get up. I laid here in my ripped bloodied dress, with bruised lips and a sore body. Mike had left hours ago, though his touch lingered on my skin. I was disgusting. An undesirable wanton diseased-ridden whore. The gates of heaven would never open to me. I would be doomed to burn in hell as a filthy whore for all eternity.

My muscles screamed for me to move, but I never did. The tears had long dried up from crying. But did he care? No. He took what he wanted from me and left. He didn't go back to my house he ran away like a coward. Ran somewhere into the forest, probably never to be seen again.

After some more hours I got up and tied some of the pieces of my dress together and slowly limped off into the woods away from my house.

I looked up to see the sun setting, the moon and blackness started to take over the bright day. That's how I felt, like a dark shadow had cast over my innocence and completely taken over. Only the brightness in my world would never rise again…

Author's Notes!

Okay some might be confused, I understand. Edward lives in the "Genetic Age" which means there are a lot of experiments, science, and more advance technology. Their world is mostly engulfed in machinery, metal, and shiny chrome. In his time they can recreate DNA from the past as far back as 1583. When they do this they compare DNA to those who are still alive and they can find their mates. Technically Bella is dead but the "Time Benders" can keep time going for as long as the want. Which means as long as they bend time Bella is alive. As we get more into the story I'll explain more and more about it.

Bella is from the past which is probably pretty obvious. Next chapter I promise Edward will save his lovely mate Bella! Come to the rescue and save you Wifey Edward!