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 Villa 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 Villa 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 Villa 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."

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Trust?

After breaking into my house, attacking me, and instilling a fear inside of me like never before, Ever sat across from me asking me to trust her. How could I? or better yet why should I? I did not know her or what she was capable of. For all I knew she could have been planning my death. As I gazed at her jealousy fled through me.

The thought of someone so beautiful and superior close to Jeremy made me angry. Never once did he tell me that she was present at his home. How long had she been there? How much had she meant to him? So many questions circulated inside of my head.

"Bella," Ever started. "I did not come here to kill you. I did not come here to confuse you anymore than you already are. I'm here to enlighten you."

I raised an eyebrow, "Enlighten me?"

"Yes," she said as she crossed her long leg over the other. "You left before Jeremy could explain to you what all of this mean or even who he is. Honestly, I don't trust Jeremy to tell you the complete truth."

"And why is that?"

"Because he loves you. He's a lot like me, we would never hurt the ones that we love."

"But you would hurt strangers?"

She nodded, "There is a big scary world out there Bella. Jeremy lied to protect you."

"I'm not protected if I am ignorant," I stated. "And it's not his job to protect me. My life has not been all rainbows and butterflies. I've been through a lot but here I am."

"That's where you are wrong. Ignorant is the best way to be."

"Yeah well if you came to speak Jeremy's peace feel free to leave. I'm not really interested in why he lied to me. The only thing that matters is that he did. We are over."

Ever stood to her feet and stared me straight into my eyes, "That's good news to me. You should be over. Jeremy can do so much better than you. I'm not saying that because I love him, I'm saying that because it's the truth. His life is full of magic and pain. Happiness will never survive in his world. You don't belong in it. I hate the fact that he is so attached to you. Your weak and pathetic. He was there for you and all you can do is stand here and say that you are over. I realize that you are afraid. This life terrifies you. But here is a news flash you can't escape it. You never will. You should have thought of that before you fucked a werewolf and had his kid."

Anger fled through me quickly. How dare she stand in my home and say that to me. I took a step closer to her, "I'm two seconds away from giving you a reason to kill me."

"Really?" she smirked. "As much as I would love to take you up on that offer I can't. I need something from you. Bella you and I are alike. We would do anything to get our happy endings. So I want to make you an offer that you would never refuse."

I folded my arms across my chest, "An offer? Why would I make an offer with you?"
"Because I can help you bring your husband back."

"How do you know so much about me? What do you know about my husband? What do you mean you can bring him back? Back from where?" I shouted angrily.

"None of that matters. What does matter is that if you hold your end of the bargain I will hold mine."

"What exactly is my end of the bargain?"

"Blood," she stated simply. "And lots of it. I want you to meet me in Seattle two days from now, alone. You and I are going to take a little trip."

Ever headed for the door. I gripped her arm tightly, stopping her from proceeding forward. She gazed at me coldly and snatched from my grip.

"I'm not giving you my blood," I said through clenched teeth.

"It's not your blood that I want and if you as so much breath our little conversation with anyone the offer is void. I'll see you in two days."

I watched in disbelief as she walked out of the door.

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Keeping what Ever and I had discussed, a secret was eatting a way at me. Being in the same room as anyone was torture. I barely uttered a word because I was afraid that I would share this new information with someone. My thoughts of Jacob was at an all time high. I was an nervous wreck. As I watched Jade coloring in her her coloring book in the living room floor, I sighed. She still seemed very depressed. Being home had not changed her mood at all.

As the days passed since we came back, she spoke less and less. It was not normal and bothered me terribly. My princess had never been quiet and her silence was a hard thing to deal with.

Making my way over to her, I sat down in the floor beside her. Jade attention shifted from her book to me. I smiled at her, "Can I color with you?"

Jade nodded yes and slid her coloring book over.

"How are you feeling today?" I asked.

"Lonely," she stated. "Are Jeremy and Alba coming over today?"

"Can we take a minute from coloring to talk, princess?" I asked sadly.

Jade placed the crayon in her hand and sat up to face me. I took her hands into mine, " Jeremy and I are not together anymore."

"Why?" she asked. "We were all happy. We were a family. I had a sister. I felt like I had a daddy."

Tears formed in my eyes as her words sank in. Jade had never had a family the way all of the other kids in La push had. It had begun to feel like a family to me too.

"I know this is hard for you."

"No," she said. "Mom, you don't."

"Yes I do," I told her. "Jade I know exactly how hard this all is for you and that hurt me more than anything. I want to make this right but I don't know how. I want to be with Jeremy and I want us to be a family but-"

"Why can't we? if that's what we both want," she asked.

"Because we both want something else more. We want your daddy," I told her.

"But we can't have him," she replied. "We can never have him. So we should move on. We should be happy. That's what daddy want."

"Is that what he really want?" I asked. "Does he want me to let go of him?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "I could ask him, if that's what he want."

"Would you do that for mommy?" I asked her.

I watched as Jade stood to her feet. Curiosity took a hold of me as she gazed down at me.

"How does this work?"

She smiled, " Like this," she murmed closing her eyes. " Jacob"

I waited for a few moments. Jade opened her eyes. Her attention shifted over my shoulder, behind me. I turned my head slightly but saw nothing but the wall. She beamed that bright smile of hers and waved, "Hi, daddy."

Silence.

"Do you want to color with mommy and I?" she asked.

Jade nodded quickly and sat back down. She patted the floor beside her for a second. As I watched, I had to admit this felt silly. I was about to attempt to have a conversation to someone I could not see. My gaze left jade and stared at the empty space beside her. She smirked and got on her knees. Jade placed her tiny hands on each side of my face and adjusted my head, "There," she beamed. "Perfect."

"Am I looking at him?" I asked.

She nodded, "Right in the eyes."

I couldn't feel anything. I felt empty and awkward.

Relax Bella.

"Relax, Bells," Jade said.

Here goes.

"I want to help you, Jacob. I can't believe that I want to after all you have put me through but I owe it to Jade. She's going to need you soon. You an I both know that. I have to put my feelings aside right now and be a parent. So do you. Let's start with telling me where you go when you leave Jade?"

"I can't say," Jade said.

"Yes you can. We don't keep secrets, Jake. We never have and Jade can handle this. She's proven that. You can't hurt us anymore than you have."

"It's not that simple," she said, her attention was on the him as well.

"It is," I said calmly. "You've tried this method already, Jacob, shutting everyone out and handling your problems on your own. Don't you think it's time to try a new one. Let me help you."

Silence.

I bit my lip in anticipation as I waited. I was unsure of what sort of response I would get. Jacob was still the same, always trying to be hid own man. The only problem with that was he couldn't fix this.

"Jacob, I'll sit here all night. I'm not here trying to help you for your benefit. It's for Jade so quit being a stubborn ass."

"Mom," Jade said, turning her attention to me. "You said a bad word."

"I'm sorry, princess," I said sincerely. " Your father...well he's being an idiot."

She chuckled, "Dad says you make the cutest face when you angry."

"Jacob," I snapped. "Listen to me, you have to tell me something."

"This is my life," Jade said. "Stop trying to save me. I can't be saved. I don't want you to waste any more of your life on me."

"Your impossible," I hissed. "Do you really want me to let go of you, Jacob? Is that what you want?"

"I want you to be happy," Jade said, repeating after him. "That's all I ever wanted, even if that mean that you have to be happy with someone else."

I sighed and stood to my feet. It had been only a few minutes but I was already done with having that conversation. Jacob was still Jacob, impossible. He accepted the fate that was given to him. He was shutting me out again. That had always been our problem. He never learned that his problems were mine as well. He was my better half. He had the ability to build me up, making me whole, and the ability to tare me down, making me feel like nothing at all.

Jade reached out to me, "Where are you going mommy?"

"Nowhere," I said to her. "Enjoy your time with your daddy. I'm going to lye down
for a few alright sweetie. Goodbye, Jacob."

"Okay mommy."

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Later that night, as I sat on the edge of my bed, Rebecca knocked at the door. I did not have the heart to tell her to leave me alone, although I wanted to be alone. My brain was on overload. Jacob wanted me to move on, believe me I wanted to, but I could not stop thinking of how happy Jade was when he appeared earlier.

She needed him and as he mother it was my duty to give her what she need. I was restless, emotionally exhausted, and sexually frustrated. I could not stop thinking of those steamy dreams I had of Jeremy back in Arizona. He barely uttered a word in them, but physically he said a lot. I missed him, I could admit that to myself. What I could not do was give him what he wanted.

I could not be with him the way we both wanted. However, I did need to talk to him.
I needed more awnsers. My anger had been replaced with curiosity. I was curious to know where this all began or better, where this all would end.

"Come in."

Rebecca opened the door, came in, and closed it. She stood with her back firmly pressed to my bedroom door. She was wearing her pajamas and her hair pushed back away from her face. Her features were hard, like she had not slept in days.

"Hey," I greeted her. "Where have you been?"

"I needed to clear my head. I spoke with dad the other day and this is still hard for me to take in. I'm not sure whether I should feel sorry for him or be pissed at him."

"I know what you mean," I admitted.

"This entire time he knew all of this and never shared any of it with me. I don't know how to handle it. There has to be some way to fix this, Bella," she sobbed.
"Poor, Jacob. My brother is...he's de-"

"Don't say that," I snapped. "He is not dead."

"Then what is he?" she asked. "I've never heard of an in-between. It's bullshit. Is he dead or alive? I've been asking myself that question for the past few days. Why was my brother's life taken from him? It just does not make any since to me at all."

I sighed," I don't know what you want me to say, Rebecca."

"Say that you plan to talk to Jeremy. Sam went to dad about what Jeremy is. There has to be a way to undo this."

"Even if there were, why would Jeremy want to help bring him back? Jeremy is in love with me."

Rebecca took a step closer to me, tears lingering in her eyes as she spoke, "You have to try, Bella. You have to make him see just how cruel this curse is. My family did nothing to deserve this. Have you not thought of what this will mean for
Jade?" she asked. "She's one of us, Bella. I can't believe you have not thought of what sort of cruel punishment she's going to face."

Shit, I can't believe that slipped my mind.

I stood to my feet, "But she's fine."

"For now, " Rebecca stated coldly. "But if you don't do something. I will. This has to end before anyone else get hurt. I'm not going to stand by and watch something awful happen to my innocent niece."

"I'll talk to him. I promise. You don't mind watching Jade tomorrow while I do so?"

"Not at all."

Rebecca left me alone with my thoughts. I planned to talk to Jeremy. But I was more interested in Ever's offer. That was what I planned to deal with first.

J.P.O.V (Jeremy)

I began to practice magic again.

Wrong move. It seemed as if my body craved it. I'd find myself with my head in a spell book, trying to occupy my time. This was not getting any easier for me. I was miserable and weak. Being close to Ever again made me insecure. I wish it was that easy, to wake up in the morning and not care about the world around me. But I was nothing like her. My feelings existed and I felt pain everyday. It was pain for the things that I lost and the life that I would never have. My life was a world wind of what was right and what was wrong. Not using magic had helped me separate the two of them. The problem was that magic fought back. It ate away at you conscious.

Once you had a taste of it, it was hard to resist.

I paced the length of my living room, running my fingers frantically through my hair, and mumbling to myself. It had been a week, a whole fucking week. It's not like I expected Bella to show up at my door willing to reconcile. But my heart could not help but hope for that. Love makes you do crazy things. That was why I had been invading her dreams to get my Bella fix. I could not help it. My body wanted to be close to her, to feel loved by her. I wanted to be consumed by her.

I froze.

Someone was coming.

I could feel it in bones. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door that startled me. I turned to it and focused on the door hard. It flew open and a familiar person stood there, alone, with a cold expression of their face.

"We need to talk," he said.

"So talk," I hissed. "If you came here looking for a fight, I refuse to give you one."

Sam smirked, "I would not have shown up in this form if that was what I wanted.
What I want is some answers. I want to know why you are here, where the fuck you came from, and what can be done about this curse placed upon, Jacob."

"I'm not intimidated by you," I laughed. "You expect me to awnser all of your questions, why? You never really liked me anyway."

"Now I have a reason why," Sam stated. "I want to talk. We need to other wise things could get really ugly. I'm here to figure this out because I know you mean something to Bella."

"Yeah well I screwed that up," I said meekly.

"I know. Here is you chance to really help her. This is how you can make this right. You can answer my questions."

Sam meant nothing to me. But he meant a lot to Bella and Bella meant something to me. The last thing that I wanted was for this too get out of hand. I blew out an angry breath, "Come in."

I had to admit, sitting across from Sam was a little scarey. He had an edge to him. I could tell he wanted a fight. But I knew better than that. A fight was the last thing that I wanted.

"So, your a witch."

"Half of me," I stated. "The other half is just like you."

Sam's eyes grew wide, "As in-"

"As in a hybrid and I prefer the term warlock, not witch."

"How is that possible?" he asked confused.

"You really want to ask stupid questions, or do you want to get straight to the point?" I asked annoyed. "You don't give a damn about me or my story."

"Your right," Sam admitted. "I don't give a fuck about who you are, where you came from, or where you plan to go next. All that I know is a very long time ago a witch placed a curse on Jacob's family and that curse has been haunting them from generation to generation. I don't care what hocus pocus bullshit you have to come up with, but you and your little cult had better lift the curse of else."

Sam humored me. He was really being naive. The fact that he was demanding
impossible things of me was nearly insane. I'd expect someone of his stature to be a bit more alert and mature. But here he was, using his tone of authority, that meant nothing to me, speaking as if I owed him a favor. As I said, humorous.

I folded my arms, "Insulting me won't get you any awnsers. Your wasting your time asking me to undo a spell. Why would I want to help, Jacob? I don't owe him anything."

"No you don't owe him anything. I but I figured that you'd have a heart. Jacob is my best friend. I'm trying to help him and his family," Sam sincerely stated.

He was right, I did have a heart. I wanted to be cold hearted and ruthless but I could not. I did not have it in me.

"Dark magic is what is used to perform curses," I stated. "I don't practice dark magic. There are rules, Sam. It's not as simple as you think. Magic is like a person. If you abuse a person there is always a possibility that a person will fight back. It works that way with magic. Those of us who practice dark magic can't undo the side effects of it. So I don't practice it. Besides a curse is not easy to undo and it would take a great amount of magic and energy to do so."

"But you can undo a curse right?" he asked.

I nodded, "I would need the original spell in order to do so. There would also have to be a sacrifice."

"Sacrifice?"

"Yeah. The energy has to be placed somewhere. Without a sacrifice, the witch would suck the darkness inside of them and die. The rebirth of someone mean the end of the road for another."

Sam remained deep in thought. By the expression on his face, he seemed to be having an inner struggle with himself. After a few moments of silence, he spoke again.

"Someone has to die in order to bring Jacob back?"

"Yes, but even with a sacrifice you will still need the original spell from the witch who cast it."

"Can't you just write a new one?" he asked.

" No, I can't," I said coldly. "Even if I could, again why would I want to. You have not given me one good reason why I should."

"Because you love Bella. You would do anything for her to be happy again."

"I'd do anything but that. Bella and I will be happy again and I can promise you that Jacob will not be present to destroy that."

As I suspected, good guy Sam was gone. Sam demeanor changed, his fists clenched in fury as he glared at me.

"Don't do anything crazy, like phasing in my living room."

"Your tempting me."

"Really?" I said snarly. "Jacob will not be a problem of mine. So if you would excuse me, I have matters to attend to."

Sam chuckled harshly, "This is not over. You do understand what this mean, you've pushed all of the wrong buttons. You don't have to worry about Jacob keeping you and Bella apart, because I will."

"Goodnight Sam."

"Go to hell," he hissed before storming out of the door. I waved a finger and the door shut behind him.

"Fuck."

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Alba sat at the kitchen table eating eggs that I prepared her. I leaned against the counter and watched her closely. She gazed up from her plate and smiled before taking another bite. I winked at her took another sip of my coffee. Ever walked into the kitchen, fully dressed, with her car keys and sunglasses in hand. I raised an eyebrow as she walked past me, toward the refrigerator, and opened it. She took out a banana and peeled it. She placed the tip to her lips and gazed at me, "Eye problem?"

I shook my head no, "Where are you headed today?" I asked.

"I have a hot lunch date," she smiled before taking a bite of her banana.

"You don't waste any time do you?" I asked. "So where did you meet this guy?"

"It's a woman," she smiled seductively.

"Didn't know you switched teams," I called over my shoulder as I walked and joined Alba at the table.

"I'm team Switzerland," she said humorously. "And no you can't watch."

"Watch what?" Alba asked curiously.

I turned to her, "Cartoons, honey."

"Oh," she said before sipping her orange juice.

Ever chuckled, "Don't wait up."

Ever exited the kitchen.

"Wasn't planning on it," I whispered.

"Heard that," she yelled from the other room.

"Bionic hearing?" Alba asked.

"you got it kid," I laughed.

"So, what are we doing today?" she asked.

"You get to use your magic today."

Alba looked at me with a puzzled expression on her face, "But I thought you said I shouldn't use it."

"Daddy is curious about how much power you are packing kid. You finally get to rest it out."

"Really?"

I nodded. I'd been against Alba using her magic. She had generations of power inside of her. It would be over whelming for her. But in case I decided to give Bella up and do a good deed it would take more power than I possed and a miracle. But, as I said, I'd have to grow a heart bigger than I had in order to give up the best thing that had happened to me. She'd come around soon because she love me.

B.P.O.V

After dropping Jade off to Charlie, I headed to Seattle. My mind was in a frenzy. It was possible that again, I was walking into a trap. It would not be the first and probably not the last. But it registered to me that Ever needed something from me. I was safe with her, for now. She had a way to get Jacob back so it made complete sense to hear her out and not go to the pack with this.

Jade was my number one priority. Bringing back Jacob would be what is best for her.

Although I love him, my heart still can not get over what he did to me. The curse was not his fault. Leaving was not his fault but my suffering was. If he had told me things would have been different. I would not have spent seven years of my life torturing myself.

Ever asked me to meet her at a local coffee shop. That seemed weird. I was sure that she would ask me to meet in the back of the an alley, out of sight. She just seemed like that short of chick. I waited nerviously at a table at the back of the cafe. About ten minutes later Ever came walking through the door. Her gaze held mine as she walked over to the table quickly.

"Your late," I rolled my eyes.

"I arrived here over an hour ago," she said, before taking a seat. "I had to be sure you were not being followed."

"So you can ask me to trust you, but you did not think that I would keep my word?" I asked her.

"Precisely. Do you want any coffee?" she asked.

"Is that your big idea?" I snapped. "To bring me here and torment me further?"

"No," Ever stated. "You and I are going to go on a little road trip."

"Where? I'm not going anywhere with you alone?"

Ever rolled her eyes, "If I wanted to harm you, I would have done that two days ago."

"Well, where are you taking me? and how do you plan to get Jacob back?"

"I'm taking to Oak Harbor, Washington. It's where I grew up. It's also where a very special person to me died. Have you ever talked to the dead, Bella?"

I shook my head no.

"Well there is a first time for everything. Let's go."

(Jacob's point of view)

Bella was up to something.

I did not know what, but she had been so fidgety and anxious when she dropped Jade off to Charlie. I watched Jade play with her barbies on the floor as I laid on the bed in her playroom, which was Bella's old room.

Why did she insist on trying to help me? I was beyond help and I'd learned to be alright with that. She needed to let go of me. I knew that she wanted to do what was best for Jade but this was not it. Leaving Jade with Charlie to something that may or may not benefit herself was not what she should have been doing. She deserved to enjoy her life, to smile, and walk up not feeling obligated to things for other people, me being other people.

"Daddy?" Jade chimed. "Do you really think you can never be visible?"

"Yes."

"Why?" she asked sweetly.

"It's complicated."

"Would you be alright if Jeremy came back?"

"If it made you both happy," I admitted. "Yes I would."

"Good," she smiled. "Because I like Jeremy. He should be a part of our family. You would like him too, daddy."

"I'm sure I'd be a fan of anyone who can make you smile like that," I said. "But, what about Alba? I thought she was your friend?"

"She is," Jade stated. "They both are. I want them to be a part of our lives forever."

"You do?" I asked curiously.

"Yes. I did not want to say anything, but in Arizona I was really sad because Jeremy and Alba were not there. Being there did not feel right and it made me sad."

"Why do you think it made you so sad to be away from them, princess?" I asked moving to the edge of the bed.

"I don't know," she said sadly. "It feels good to be with them, it's like we were a family."

Tears formed in my eyes as I gazed down at her, "I really wish life was not this way. You want someone to take my place, to be the father I'll never be."

"No one can ever take your place, Jacob. You know that. Your important to me."

"I can't help but feel this way sometimes, kid. Jeremy seems to be what you need him to be, a father to you."

"Mommy says they are not together anymore. Maybe theyll be friends again soon. I miss them," Jade said as she went back to play with her barbies.

I sat at the edge of the bed, wrapped up in my thoughts. Bella and Jeremy had broken up, why? and just what the hell had she been so nervous about today?

What kind of trouble are you getting yourself into now, Bella?

A/N:So what did you guys think? I know you have tons of questions headed my way.