BELLA POV

I was in a blur the next day, wedding plans, telling my friends. Mike, Jessica, Eric, and all of those peoples were well… themselves. Angela and Ben were a little different. They were happy, but surprised.

Now I had to tell Edward. I couldn't hurt him like that. Even after that, I wasn't that mean! That's how I found myself in Edward's driveway. Truck off, key in the engine. I sighed, and climbed out of my car. All of a sudden, cold arms had picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. "Emmett!" I cried, pounding my fists on his back. "Put me down!" I laughed, and he carried me into the house.

Edward was on the couch reading. "Bella," he said plainly. Emmett put me down. I smacked his arm playfully. "Edward," I said, he glanced up. "Can I speak to you?" my voice was detached like, well, like I didn't care. He put his book down, and I noticed what he was reading. It was "Shattered Diamonds". My guilt burned. It was about a man whose wife left him and he killed himself. His wife wound up with his worst enemy.

I led the way out of the house, and started to walk, I just kept walking until he called to me, "They can't hear us." He walked to me. "Am I forgiven?" he asked, attempting to dazzle me. It surprisingly didn't work. I snorted. "Noooo waaaay." His face fell; he wasn't wearing a "mask". "Weeeeellll…. You deserve to know. I am going to get married to Jacob." A thousand emotions swept across his face. If I blinked, I would have missed it. He said this new fact slide out matter-of-factly. "Well, that's great. I met a girl. A human. I'm going to change her. Tomorrow. I met her when you left me." I rolled my eyes. I used to think he was good liar. He was trying to make me jealous. "Fabulous, don't let me ruin your fun. The weddings in two weeks. Don't expect an invite." I walked away. Boy, had I stunned him.

Bella POV:

I was getting married in less then 48 hours. I was so nervous. I needed to take a walk. A long, relaxing walk in the woods, alone. I told Emily (I was at her house while the wolves patrolled). I grabbed my shoes and jogged to the woods. I had a bad feeling in my stomach, but the wolves could save me. From anything.

I walked deeper into the woods, and the occasional car sounds disappeared. It was cold, and it was July. I stepped into a clearing. Aro was there. For some reason, unease settled in my body. I trembled but spoke. "Aro. Hello." He didn't look convinced, and spoke softly, entirely different from the voice I heard in Italy. " Why aren't you…" we both knew what he meant. I smiled. " I am no longer with Edward. I am marrying a werewolf, though. So… maybe I would already know about you vampires." His brows lifted. "I highly doubt that."

In a flash two things happened. We were face to face, and Jacob tore into the clearing, wolf form. Growls ripped from his chest. And I was stunned, as Aro leaned his lips to my neck. Jacob roared, an earsplitting sound. He whispered something just before his lips met my neck, "Better to do it the way the stories say we do." I screamed as I felt pain. A burn. The last thing I saw was a wolf Jacob leaning over me.

JACOB POV

I was patrolling when I heard her scream. I was at her in a minute.

I couldn't take it. After all I had been through, I just wanted her gone. It was cruel, it was wrong, and it was twisted, but the pack was screaming in my ear all that she had done to me. I was staying firm. But then, I got a command from Sam.

LEAVE HER! A whimper escaped my throat. I was forced to turn and run.