Disclaimer: There's really no funny, clever way to say this…I just don't own Twilight.

A/N: Sorry for the long delay. Like I said, this weekend's been a busy one, plus I'm still sort of suffering from writer's block. I was concentrating on not making this chapter seem stiff…and then it just started to come. Yay! So review, let me know what you thought!

EPOV

"Hello, Edward." The smooth voice didn't sound right coming from such a filthy, vile creature.

"Victoria," I snarled, "what are you doing here?"

I'd come to a halt in the woods upon seeing a blur of flaming red hair pass me. It may have been awhile since I'd seen that hair, but I'd recognize it anywhere. I wasn't too surprised that she was here, though. Alice had seen her in visions a few times, searching, but it was unclear for what, or whom. I'd always assumed it was for me. She wanted to kill me for killing James, her mate. And it made perfect sense that she thought I was still here.

She tossed her head back and laughed. The laugh was full of disgust that she didn't even attempt to hide.

"You know perfectly well why I'm here. Don't you have the psychic sister?"

"What does Alice have to do with…?" I trailed off, deciding I would just look into Victoria's mind for the answers. There was no point in going through all this.

As if he doesn't know that I'm here for that human of his. An eye for an eye, that's my philosophy. She smells so good; she must be close to here. Nobody kills my mate and gets away with it clean. I could just kill him now, though, if I wanted to. No…that wouldn't be much fun, would it? I'd much rather get the human girl. Although I could take him with me and make him watch as I destroy her…now that could be fun…

I stepped back a few steps, appalled by what I'd heard in there. She wanted Bella? I was angry. I was furious. Bella hadn't done anything wrong. Victoria would never get near her. Not if I could help it.

"Victoria, you can have me, but you can't have Bella! Besides, she's not with me anymore. She's married now. She's living a regular human life!" I tried to get her to understand.

She just laughed some more. "Heard my thoughts, did you? Well, I should have known you'd peak in there. Oh, how naïve you are, to think I'd settle for you. That would ruin the point, now, wouldn't it?" Her red eyes bore into mine. "Now's as good a time as any to get her. I mean, I'm fed just well enough to resist her blood long enough to get some…pain in before she dies."

I crouched down, ready to pounce on Victoria. Before I could, though, her eyes grew wide and she took off running.

"What the…" I muttered to myself, standing up and looking around.

At that very moment, I smelled them. Werewolves. And they were close. I was trying to decide if I should run or not when, suddenly, six of them appeared before me. They looked ready to tear me to shreds. I, stupidly, stayed put and tried to plead with them.

"Please. Wait. Don't! I…"

Before I could say anything more, one of the biggest wolves phased back into his human form and walked forward to face me.

"Edward Cullen," he spat out, as if my name made him sick. Well, I'm sure it did, because I was a vampire, and he was a werewolf. But…how did he know my name? His thoughts were loud and clear, and very angry.

I can't believe he has the nerve to show up here, on our land, after what he did to my Bella! I thought maybe we'd run into that bloodthirsty redhead, but Edward Cullen? I should kill him now…okay, sorry guys, I won't.

I was confused by that last thought.

"You can read each others' minds?" I guessed, looking at the wolves.

The wolf who was now human glared at me. "Bella told me you could read minds."

"You didn't answer my question," I pointed out.

"Yes."

It hit me then. The wolf's had thoughts included the phrase "My Bella." And now he said that Bella had told him something. How else would he know about me, unless…unless…

"Bella married a dog?" I shouted, my voice seeping with all the repulsion I was feeling.

He glared again. I noticed that none of the other wolves phased back. This one must either be awfully brave, or awfully stupid. How could Bella settle for that?

"Better than bloodsucking leech." He spat out the words, just as he'd done with my name.

I couldn't comprehend this. I couldn't understand. Didn't Bella realize how dangerous it was to be with a werewolf? Almost as dangerous as it was for her to be with me!

"I don't understand," I grumbled, glaring back at the wolf.

"I saw what you did to Bella. You killed her inside when you left her. And it turns out she doesn't care that I'm a werewolf." He said the word with repulsion as well, as if it truly sickened him. "She loves me. She doesn't love you. Why she ever did is beyond me. So why don't you just get out of here?"

I tried to stay calm and not beat the crap out of this egotistical werewolf. But I didn't think that would be very wise, considering the fact that there were five other werewolves there, and all of them were thinking how much they'd love to tear me apart.

Suddenly, I remembered Victoria, and how she'd run off.

"Victoria," I growled.

At the sound of her name, the wolf's head snapped to attention, his glare gone.

"Victoria? The redheaded vampire?"

I nodded. "She was just here. She's looking for Bella. She wants to torture her! She wants to kill her! If it hadn't been for you showing up, I could have taken care of her…"

"Shut up, Cullen," the wolf demanded. He was trembling now, and I knew he was going to morph at any second. I also knew that if I didn't get out his way, I was risking being destroyed. So I ran.

I ran until I reached a part of the forest that I knew was in Forks territory. I hadn't even realized I was on the La Push land. I realized then that Bella probably lived on that land. I'd been so close to her…Victoria had been so close to her!

I was now filled with nothing but rage. If those dogs couldn't do the job, I'd see to it that I personally destroyed that filthy creature. And then, I promised myself, I'd find a way to get to Bella.

I had to see my Bella.