I knew that they wouldn't be able to keep the pack away for long. Eventually they would get hurt, they would die. I couldn't let that happen.
"I want to go and see Jacob. I have to say sorry" Edward bolted up right.
"and what exactly are you saying sorry for Isabella" He said through gritted teeth. I knew he was trying to stay calm and not frighten me
"For being bad. For needing punishment. For running away" I said, a single tear trickling down my cheek
"Bella you did nothing wrong. He hurt you so bad that we had to put you in a medically induced coma so you wouldn't suffer. You. Are. Not. Apologizing. If anything is to be said to that mutt it will be to ask him what his final words are going to be." His gaze was intensifying. I knew everything he was saying was the truth, that if Edward got the chance, he would kill Jacob for doing this to me. I tried to sit up but winced at the pain
"Bella, my love, where does it hurt" Edward said sweetly, quickly becoming the gentlemen I fell in love with. I pointed to my ribs and he gently placed his hand on them, his cold hands numbing the pain.
"Edward. There is just so many of them and the pack they consider themselves brothers on a level I can't even explain. If one of them is attacked, it means that they all are being attacked I can't let your family risk that for me. I can't risk any of you dying. It isn't fair"
"What's not fair Bella is you being beaten by someone twice your size and with strength no human could save you from. What's not fair is making you lie to your father about how you are and what you are doing. It's not fair to be raped repeatedly because fighting back isn't worth the beating after. It's not fair to live in fear every day and have no one to go to. It's not fair to be beaten. This is what I told Sam. He gave Jacob a choice, stay away from my family, and that includes you my Bella, or break away from the pack and fight alone. Listen Bella, there is only one set of paws out there, one howl. Its Jacob verses my entire family 7 to 1. You and everyone else are safe. I promise"
I was free. I really was. I started to cry
"I'm free!" I wailed which caused the ache in my head and ribs to multiply.
"shh Bella go back to sleep I will stay here for you. I love you"
"I love you Edward."
And that's when I heard an angry wolf charging towards the house.
Then everything became a blurr
Emmet opened the door and called in saying its time, the rest of the Cullens came from whatever rooms they were in and went to the front door.
"why did he decide to charge" Carlisle asked
"He heard Bella say she loves me" Edward replied with which I thought I caught a hint of a smile. Alice and Esme added something to the conversation which was too fast for me to catch, their lips vibrating with so much speed. Then Emmet was gone from the tiny circle, I hard hardly noticed he left when a deafening crash echoed through the forest. And before I could bed Edward to stay by my side, all of the Cullen had left to the front porch.
I couldn't just sit here on the couch while the people I love fought for their lives. Even though Edward said It would be easy I was still worried. Jake was known for fighting dirty he would do anything to win. So ignoring the pain as much as I could I sat up and put my feet on the ground. My head spun from the concussion I suffered and my ribs hurt too much to support my weight. I went to my hands and knees and crawled to the door. It felt like an eternity before I reached the door. Every muscle in my body was screaming at me to stop but I pushed forward. When I did reach the door my horrors were confirmed.
I guess because Jake made his own pack, the wolves were allowed to choose which pack they wanted to belong too. I quickly reconignized Quil and Embry's fur, they would never leave Jake behind. Cradle to grave is what they always said.
"STOP" I screamed using some of my pain to amplify my voice. Instantly the fight stopped
"Bella. Come home with me right now. And I will forgive you for doing this. For putting me through this." Jake said after he had morphed back to his human form.
"Bella. Don't listen please" Edward begged. " I can hear his thoughts he plans to hurt you worse than he did at his house." Edward looked like he was either about to cry (if he could) or kill with rage. "please go inside and once we take care of this we will live happily ever after. Please go back inside I don't want you seeing this"
Jake laughed sarcastically "happily ever after? You believe that Bells? He left you. Thats when you found me. when he and his family left you behind in the middle of the forest. Oh he will do it again Bella I know he will."
It was then when I saw Edward become the angriest I have ever seen him. more animal then human. More monster than animal
"I will never hurt her again. and we. Are not. The same." And Edward lunged and the fight broke out again. I didn't know what to do. I needed to help but I wasn't sure how. My eyes were searching around for something I could use, maybe a weapon?, to help them, Emmet was thrown and smashed through a tree and as he was getting up I noticed it. a broken tree branch so sharp it could pass as a native arrow. As Alice Jasper and Esme took on Quill, more so distracting him, none of them felt that he deserved to die by the looks of it. Emmet Carlisle and Rosealie did the same to Embry. It was just Edward and Jake and that is when I took my chance.
Ignoring everything my instincts told me to do I picked up the incredibly sharp stick and ran towards Jake who was too distracted my Edward to notice a frail injured human coming at him. it was then when I rammed the stick in between his rips.
The other fights stopped and looked at what I had done. In his pain Jake morphed back into his human form. The sharp stick almost going through the other side now. He fell to the ground coughed up some blood and then stopped breathing. The fight was over. I turned and spoke directly to Quil and Embry
"He is not the friend you once had. He beat, tortured and raped me whenever he got the chance. You know this. The packs minds are all connected. So try and picture my life. What I have had to go through. Take his body have a funeral. Walk away from the fight. Mourn over the person he use to be. But don't try to fight back. You both know in your hearts that he was in the wrong"
Neither one bothered to morph into their human form to reply. They simply picked up his body and left.
Edwards cold arms felt nice on my agonizing body as he carried me back
"That was very brave my Bella, foolish because you risked your life and could of left me, but brave" he said as he kissed my forehead
Carlisle injected me with some sort of pain killer that made me grogy I was fighting to keep my eyes open
"did you mean it? happily ever after?"
"Yes I do"
"Can ever after mean forever, I want eternity with you Edward" he looked pained for a second like he was making a very difficult choice
" I will turn you, If you marry me" now it was my turn to look pained making a difficult decision
"looks like you have got yourself a deal" and with that I fell asleep