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Blood.

I could smell it surrounding me, the unmistakable rust and copper scent permeating the thick air.

I could hear the noises of a nearby scuffle, but couldn't really find the focus to care. I was too busy trying figure out why my eyes weren't opening, or why the world felt so fuzzy and distant to me.

And then I felt it.

Fire.

My hand was on fire.

Faster than I thought possible , it began to creep up my palm and blaze into my wrist.

It felt just like it had a few months ago in the ballet studio, but it was different this time.

Edward didn't want me.

Edward didn't love me.

Edward didn't care if I lived or if I died.

No one would save me this time, and now I would be doomed to live an eternity alone. So I began to do the only thing I could.

I cried. And screamed. And sobbed.

And no one came.

A wolf howled nearby, and I hoped that he would finish me off before the venom did. But then the fire moved to my elbow and I couldn't focus on anything but my charring skin and the blistering heat.

***

"…and then I walk in the room to find him sucking on some slut's neck!" She said as she re-applied her lipstick.

"I really have to go find my husband." I told her shortly before leaving the restroom. Stupid humans. Our flight attendant couldn't keep her eyes off Emmett the entire flight and then ushered me to the bathroom afterwards to have a heart to heart because she wants to warn me about cheating men. God, I despise humans.

"Just don't forget what I said!" She called after me as I let the door slam shut.

"So are we waiting for Edward or not?" I asked Emmett when I had reached hearing distance.

"Still not sure. Alice is watching, though." He said as he rose to his feet and gave me a quick kiss.

"What about everyone else?" I asked as we settled into the plastic airport seats. Bella Swan may not be my top priority, but I wasn't just a heartless bitch. She hadn't thrown her humanity away-it was taken. And if we didn't save her, our family would fall apart. I would be damned if I let that happen to us.

"Carlisle is gathering supplies for faking her death. Esme is packing and preparing so that we're ready to leave if we find her. Jasper's trying to sniff out any anguish, but the closest thing he's found so far is some girl PMS-ing." He rattled off. My Emmett would have at least smiled at the end, but this Emmett was so overwhelmed that he just buried his head in his hands.

"We will find her, Em." I promised him gently as I rubbed his back.

"I know. But can you imagine what Edward's going through?" He mumbled. "If he loves Bella half as much as I love you, then his entire life is lying somewhere in Forks all alone and going through hell. He has to sit on a plane and know that the thing he loves most in this world is suffering and he can't do a damn thing to stop it."

"We're just going to have to look harder, then." I said stubbornly.

Emmett's phone buzzed, interrupting our moment, and he flipped it open to check the message.

"Alice says not to wait. They need us at home." He said as he unfolded his large frame from the cheap seat.

"Let's go."