Edward's POV.
When I am miles away
Will you still check on me?
Tell me things will be alright.
Just tell me we will be
Together someday.
I'll Be Your Sunset – A Rocket To The Moon.
Chapter Ten.
You never really know what you have until it's gone. That's about as much as I can say. I had something good, something great. Possibly the best thing that could have ever happened to me in these many years. And yet, she's gone.
I don't believe she left because she didn't want to be here anymore. I believe, no, I know she was forced to leave. I know my best friend well enough to know that she wouldn't do this to me.
"Darn it, Alice!" I sighed in frustration, hitting the wooden table hard with my hand. It groaned under the force, but it didn't crumple to the ground.
"Edward, I'm trying." She said, equally frustrated with me that I was at her. "And besides, that wolf is missing as well, Bella's friend? How am I supposed to see past him if they are together?" She sighed, rubbing her temples.
She had a point, and she knew it. She explained it to me at least twice a day, but it has never been easier to register. Bella wouldn't just run off with the wolf, would she? I shook that thought out of my mind. I couldn't think of that right now.
"It's been three months, Alice." I said, running my hand through my hand in exhaustion, though i wasn't that tired. I couldn't get tired, I guess. I hadn't eaten in days, though, and it was taking a toll on me.
"I know. But we will find her, Edward. I know we will." She said, patting me on the shoulder before leaving the room. This was the usual time that i just sat and stared into space, hoping Bella would appear and not be lost.
Today I thought different. I was incredibly hungry, and I could think clearer when I could concentrate without my throat burning.
So I set off to hunt, barely glimpsing at my family, who were sitting in the living room watching bad television shows. Ever since Bella had left, no one was really the same. It was so quiet, all the time. No one ever laughed. It was depressing even just to think about it.
I took a different trail to my usual hunting route. While I ran, the smell of different animals filled my nostrils, and I let my hunger overtake me.
I attacked a large deer first, and killed it so it wouldn't be in pain while I ate. Once I had finished, my thirst satisfied – but never fully satisfied – I buried the animal.
I would've gone home if a disgusting smell didn't fill the air near me. I knew that smell, unfortunately well enough to recognise that the wolves were close by. Or a wolf. Either way, I could maybe get some answers. Answers that i had been waiting months to get.
After the day we found out Bella was missing, the wolves hadn't come anywhere near us at all. It made me suspicious, but that was like old times. It was when I was putting gas in my car at the gas station that I saw a poster that was asking if anyone has seen a boy named Jacob, from the reservation.
I knew him and Bella we're great friends, so I knew something bigger was going on than a trip to Paris to get away, like Rosalie had suggested Bella had done.
The smell was stronger now, and I held my breath so I didn't have to smell it as bad. But I knew it was there. I ran deeper and deeper into the woods, until I realised I was close to La Push Reservation. The treaty line, in other words. I hadn't realised had gone this far into the forests.
I stopped in my tracks, and debated with myself weather to turn back. The voice inside my head told me to turn around. Would I be turning on possible answers to my biggest problem if i left now?
Before i could make up my mind a split second later, a wolf was pouncing at me. If i hadn't have jumped out of the way, the wolf would have had me in half by now.
"Woah, what the? I'm not doing anything wrong here!" I shouted at it. It looked at me in disgust. It was a young wolf, I could tell by his eyes. He growled at me in distaste, and crouched to the ground, as if to pounce again.
"Hey, calm down, i wasn't going on your land. I just need to ask something. Is... is Jacob back yet?" I asked like it didn't matter, but I could tell the wolf noticed it did by the way his eyes widen at me.
His eyes then narrowed angrily, growling at me even more.
I sighed in frustration.
"Please, i just need to know. Has he returned? Because one of ours is missing as well." I said, and I nearly broke down into a tear-less sob.
Once again, the wolf's eyes widened. But this time, they stayed wide. He never took his eyes off of me as he sniffed around him, before he was suddenly changed into a human.
We stared at each other in silence. I recognised him, he used to hang around the Jacob wolf a lot. They must have been good friends. I took a deep breath, and he folded his arms across his bare chest.
"I saw a poster saying he was missing. Is that true?" I asked. The boy's face didn't change, but I saw him swallow.
"That's none of your business." He said finally, his voice firm.
"It is when one of ours is missing as well." I growled back, angry now. I read ahead of his mind, and I knew what he was going to say next.
The boy stood tall as he said, "Look, it's not our problem if one of your kinds goes missing. Actually, we're glad if it happens. It means less to deal with. So if you think we're going to hel-"
"It's Bella. I don't know if you know her, but she and Jacob used to be really good friends. She's missing as well." I said. If this guy was friends with Jacob, then maybe he knew Bella. His mind told me I was correct.
He stared at me then, completely shocked.
"Bella? She's missing, to?" He asked, looking at me seriously. I nodded. From his thoughts he played the times he knew Bella. I was surprised how well he knew her. Bella, Jacob, this boy and another used to hang out a lot. In his mind were many memories and some very uncreative nicknames for her.
"I don't know where she is. I thought you might know where Jacob was, maybe that could lead us somewhere." I explained. I didn't need to read his thoughts to know his next answer.
"We haven't heard from Jacob except from the night that he disappeared." He said finally. He didn't appear to have any anger left on his face. He missed his friend, like I missed mine.
Something in his words rang a bell to me.
"The 'night' he disappeared?" I asked, repeating him. His name was Embry from his thoughts. He looked at me suspiciously.
"Yes, we don't sparkle in the sun like some unhuman." He replied. This was the wrong time to be sarcastic, and he realised this from my glare.
"Bella disappeared at night as well. We also can't see her future, which is a good sign she's with your kind. Did Jacob say he was going anywhere that night?" I asked, trying to think back. I didn't need to, I remembered perfectly. Bella had said she needed to hunt and to get her school bag. But that was it. After hours upon hours of waiting for her, I went looking for her. Unfortunately, here I was now.
For some reason, it was at that moment that Embry became very cautious. His thoughts disappeared, and he was repeating the alphabet in his head over and over.
I looked at him.
"You know something." I said, taking a step forward.
He, to, took a step.
"So what if i do?" He said. He was testing me. This angered me even more, but it wouldn't help anything if I lost control now.
"Because I can help you find Jacob." I said. To my surprise, he considered this. It seemed like forever before he turned back to me, grimacing as he nodded.
"I'll see what i can do." He said.
That wasn't enough.
"Hate to say this, kid, and believe me, I do. But it seems we may have to work together if we want to find our friends." I said, keeping the surprise of his acceptance out of my tone.
A look of disgust came across his face as he agreed.
Ugh, that means i have to call off Sam's order to attack the leeches if they come near us. His thoughts were still carefully guarded, but he let one thought slip.
"Why are you trying to attack us? We haven't killed anyone." I said, more confused then angry. Embry looked at me then, like something had clicked in his mind.
"Because the treaty is broken. One of your family members walked over the line." He said, and it clicked in my brain to.
Bella was on werewolf territory.