A/N:Hey guys:) So I did it. This teaser is only eight pages. Just a heads up this chapter starts with Bella's return to La push exactly one month since she left. Enjoy:)

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Chapter eight
The witchy world we live in

B.P.O.V

An hour after our return to the reservation, Jade was bathed and ready for bed. Rebecca had done her best to keep her composure while Jade was still awake but I could not escape her evil glares.

I tucked Jade into bed. Her eyes were heavy from her lack of sleep. Before I could turn the light out her hand reached out for mine.

"Momma," she said as she yawned.

"Yes, princess?"

"Can Alba come over to play with me tomorrow?"

I sighed. Even though I had been contemplating my break up with Jeremy and whether I made the right decision, I still had every intention of staying away from him right now. There was still so much I had to deal with. I had to face the pack, explain everything to them which I had yet to do. No one knew what Jeremy was or even why I had disappeared for a month. Then, there was the harsh reality of what happened to Jacob and what all of this meant.

"We will see," I said. "Goodnight sweetheart."

I kissed her on the cheek, turned out the light, and exited quietly.

My heartbeat was in my ears as I neared the steps. Rebbecca was waiting impatiently in the living room. I smiled lightly as I stood in the archway, hoping to ease some of the tension, but that was not helping. Her brown eyes stared at me coldly as she folded her arms over her chest.

"Do you have any idea how worried we all were?" she whispered harshly. "Where the hell were you, Bella?"

"I needed a break from all of this," I admitted.

"From all of what?" Rebecca stated angrily.

"Believe it or not Rebecca life on the reservation has been hell. Isn't that why you stayed away all of these years?"

Rebecca stood to her feet. I could see the anger flaring in her eyes as she took a few steps closer to me, "I stayed away because it helped me cope with my brother's disappearing act but even then, I never hid where I was from any of you. Bella, I've never taken off and left that a mystery to anyone. Do you have any idea what that did to me? Jade is the only thing that I have to remember Jacob by and after a month without so much as a phone call I was afraid that I'd never see her again too."

As I watched the tears form in Rebecca's eyes I felt extremely horrible for not telling her that I was going to leave la push for a while. My intentions were not to hurt anyone, but I needed a break from my reality without any interruptions.

"I'm sorry," I said. "I couldn't tell you where I was headed. I did not want Sam, Leah, or anyone else to know where I was. It was for the best. There is so much that has happened, so much that you know nothing about and I just wanted to get away from it all."

"Bella-"

"Let me finish," I said. "I've been through a lot. Do you know that I went to therapy this year? Mostly because I needed to learn to let go of Jacob but more so because I had been cutting myself. The cutting started about a month after I had Jade and continued up until I met Jeremy. Sometimes it was a little prick and then there were days when I thought I'd die if I did not find the will to stop. My life has been hell. I used to listen to the legends about imprinting and think how amazing it was to have a bond with someone that I loved deeply, to have a connection so strong for the rest of my life with the man that I planned to spend my life with. But it's not amazing. It's torture because no one ever said a damn thing about how it would feel to be without him. Sometimes I felt as if I were dying and it did not matter how many times I reminded myself that I had so much to life for. I can't see anyone but him and there isn't anything I can do about that. I've realized that running off to heal did not do me any good. Nothing has changed. I love Jeremy and it's not because he reminded me of Jake so much but because there is so much good in him. But we will always be this, nothing more. He's always going to waiting for the day when I'm all his and I'm afraid that day will never come."

Rebecca wiped a few stray tears from her face as she spoke, "Bella I had no idea. I'm so sorry for all the pain that you are going through. I wish there was a way for me to help you."

"Rebecca I have something to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Jacob...well your family is cursed."

Rebecca looked at me as if I grown an extra head. She gave me an uneasy smile, "Bella, what are you talking about?"

"Your father gave me a journal that belonged to Ephraim Black. Inside of the journal he wrote about a witch name Vera whom he imprinted on. He had to keep the imprint a secret because the tribe thought he had imprinted on his wife, when he had not. His pack found out that he had been intimate with Vera and they ordered that she and her sister leave and never come back. Ephraim refused to leave with her and she cursed him and your family. I know it's a lot to take in and you probably think that I am insane but it's the truth. You can have the journal and read it for yourself."

Rebecca chuckled and sat back down on the couch, "Bella, I'm not cursed. My life has been great. I have everything I want so far except-"

There was a long pause as Rebecca remained in thought. She met my gaze again. Tears formed in her eyes, " Bella where is the journal? I need to read it."

"Sure."

I went to get the journal from my room and returned to living room. Rebecca wanted to be alone. I did not blame her. I had faced enough tragedies in one day. Sleep was the only thing on my mind as I left her alone with the journal.

#

The next day Rebecca had agreed to take Jade to see Billy. It was in my best interest not to do so. Billy and I were not seeing eye to eye before I left and he was pretty pissed that I had run off with Jade as well. The only thing left to do was the right thing. I made my way to to Leah's house. She was not exactly enthusiastic to see me, not that I expected her to be. Sam and Paul were there as well.

Closing the door behind me, I turned back to Leah who was lounging on the couch. She gazed at me coldly, "You have some nerve just walking in here, Isabella Swan. Where the hell have you been? I thought something awful happened to you. How could you leave me so worried Bella? I'm pregnant for Christ sake."

Sam walked out of the kitchen and grabbed my arm, "Leah, you'll get you chance with her but right now Bella and I are going to have a chat outside."

I snatched my arm from his grip, "Hands off, Sam."

"Outside, now," he stated coldly.

"Don't you use that alpha tone with me," I scolded him.

Paul interjected, "Bella, listen to Sam otherwise I'll toss you over my shoulder and carry you out."

"You wouldn't," I said meeting his gaze.

Paul smirked, "Want to try me?"

There was no doubt in my mind that he would not do so. That is why I gave in to Sam's order and went outside with them. Once we were outside with the door shut, Sam, being Sam flew off the handle.

"Are you insane?" he cried. "Out of everything that you have ever done, and you've done some pretty stupid shit, this has to be the most reckless thing that you have done so far."

"Excuse me?" I asked disbelieving.

"How the hell am I supposed to protect you when you run off."

I pointed my index finger at him and took a step closer, "First, I don't need you to protect me all the time. I am a adult so stop treating me like your kid sister. I'm free to come and go as I please."

"You are," Sam shouted. " Jade is not. You can't just run off with her. What if something would have happened to her? She's important."

"Sam, you're not her father. It's not your call where I take my daughter."

Sam looked at me as if I had just slapped him in the face, "I don't think that you understand."

"Oh I do," I stated harshly. "I'm not allowed to leave La push, to love anyone else but Jacob, or talk to anyone outside of the reservation because you are afraid that I will share your secrets with the world. I'm not allowed to live. I did not run off to piss you off. I did what was best for Jade and I."

Sam inhaled deeply, "Your not a prisoner here, Bella. I'm not responsible for the fact that you and Jacob ended up together . I just want to know one thing, would have hurt for you to pick up the phone. You could have called and let us know that you were fine. If you needed a break it would have been alright with us because we love you. I know better than anyone what you've gone through. I've always been there for you and Jade. I always will be but I can't do that if you run off."

Sam had a point. No matter how upset I was or what I was going through, what I did was wrong. I'd done the same thing Jacob had done to them. Only what I had did was worse. I'd taken Jade from them.

"Sam, I'm sorry."

"I know," he said as he pulled me in for a hug. "Just never do that to me again Bella. I'd never forgive myself if anything ever happened to you or Jade."

"Oh come on," Paul laughed. "You two are acting like a bunch of pansies."

I pulled away from Sam and glared at him, "Your such a pest."

"Bella, where is Jade?" Paul asked curiously. "I want to tickle her senseless right about now.

I smiled,"Rebecca took her to see Billy. I had to come over here alone because I need to tell you guys something important."

"What is it?" Paul asked.

Reluctantly I part my lips as I blurted out the words, "Jeremy is a witch,"

Sam scratched his head in confusion and gazed over at Paul and then back to me, "A witch?"

"A witch," I shouted. "With magic and everything."

Paul laughed hysterically before asking, "Well how do you know? Did he show you his broom?"

"That's not funny," I rolled my eyes. "He told me. There were vampires at his house before I left. He's really a witch."

"Wait," Sam said. "You skipped town knowing this?"

I nodded meekly, "Yeah. Sorry."

"We will deal with this. Don't you dare utter a thing of this to Leah. She's been under a lot of pressure lately and stress is never a good thing in her case."

I agreed, "But what do you mean deal with this? Sam your not going to do anything stupid are you? You don't know what your dealing with."

"I read the rest of the journal while you were gone. I know far more than you do at this moment. After Vera left the reservation Ephraim went after her."

"After everything?"

"Yes. Your never going to believe this."

#

Rebecca called an hour ago to tell me that they would be longer than she anticipated. After taking a shower, I decided to just relax in bed until they arrived. Closing my eyes I began to drift to sleep until a loud noise startled me.

There was movement coming from downstairs. My heart sank to the pit of my stomach as I grabbed my bath robe and walked slowly out into the hallway. It was dark and I cursed the fact that the light switch was at the bottom of the staircase. Slowly, I proceeded down the stairs.

"Rebecca," I called. "Jade."

The silence began to eat away at me once I reached the bottom step. Reaching for the light switch, I held my stance as I turned it on.

Nothing.

The house was completely empty. Fear had a way of taking a hold of me. Normally when I was home alone I was relaxed or asleep but for some reason I was on edge. I walked into the kitchen to fix a glass of water. After a minute of finishing off the water and washing out the cup, I made my way back into the dinning room.

A voice startled me. "I told you that I would see you soon."

My heart sank to my feet as I took a step back hoping I was close enough to reach a knife in the dish rack on the kitchen counter.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. You don't want to make me angry," she warned.

I reached for the knife anyway only to have it slapped from my grip in an instant. Ever shoved me against the counter, scattering the contents on it to the floor. Her hands were at my throat as I tried desperately to fight back.

"I came here to talk to you," she said through clenched teeth. "Don't make me kill you. That would not sit very well with Jeremy. I'm going to release you but only if you behave yourself."

I nodded in agreement and she removed her hands from my throat. Air finally filled my lungs as I collapsed to the floor coughing.

"Get up," she stated coldly. "Now."

"What do you want?" I coughed up.

" I want you on your feet now!"

I stumbled to my feet. Gazing into her eyes were like looking at something forbidden. Just the sight scared me. She smiled wickedly,

"This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

A/N: So what did you guys think? How do you feel about Ever? What do you think she want to discuss with Bella? What do think the pack will do about Jeremy? What else did Sam find out about in the journal? Do you think Rebecca went to speak with Billy about the curse? Ugh so many questions...I hope you enjoyed the preview.