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Edward POV

I was ashamed.

I had been a vampire for about one hundred years of my life and apart from a rebellious stage when I was a newborn, I had always stuck to Carlisle's way of life as a "vegetarian" vampire. I feasted on the blood of animals rather than humans, just to try and keep some normality within this life as a monster so I could still unite around humans and their ways of life. When a vampire hunts thought, even vegetarian vampires, we give ourselves over to our senses. We let the monster out from within ourselves. The monster I had unveiled to my beautiful Bella today.

I had been drinking from an elk I had killed only a minute before when I smelt it. The most delicious smell in the world. I knew it so well now after living with it for the last few weeks. The smell that burned my throat everyday and caused me to taste my venom on my tongue as my mouth watered. It was the scent of Bella. My hunter instincts had taken over from any human, which remained inside me as I heard her scream in fear. I turned to face her abandoning my previous kill and I found myself wanting to kill this beauty who stood before me.

Her face had been full of fear as she had taken in my appearance. I heard her heart rate increase, her warm delicious blood flowing faster around her body. All I had wanted to do was pierce my teeth into that pale warm neck of hers and drink. Her body was rigid as I had taken a step closer. Her breathing increased as I planned in my mind how to make the kill. Do I break her neck first and then drink her dry or do I listen to the scream and fight with the struggles and make it all a bit more exciting.

Then moment had come where I was so close I could feel her breath against my skin, her body trembling slightly. The moment when I would finally get to taste this delicious flavour. Bella had closed her eyes, maybe she didn't want to see me as I drank her dry, but whatever the reason I believed I would never find out. Bella was going to be all mine now and I was going to remember the moment forever.

A tear had begun to fall down Bella's cheek. This tear would be the saviour of Bella's life. Hadn't Bella been through enough, her Mother had died in a car crash and she had had to run away from an abusive Father and then here was me, a friend who wanted to kill her! This sweet innocent girl did not deserve any of this. The girl I had fallen in love with did not deserve me!

I fought with the monster within and made myself run. I pushed my legs silently forward as my mind pushed my body as far away as possible from this beauty as possible. I ran, the trees a blur as the image of Bella's terrified figure scarred my mind. How could I have even thought to ruin everything Carlisle had worked for over his life. What we had all worked for.

I felt ashamed. As a family we had always believed Jasper would be the weak one. The vampire we would have to keep a close eye on around humans, the one only Alice truly trusted. How we had been so wrong though. I should be the one they should no longer trust, the one to be kept away from all human beings. The one the whole family should be afraid of. I could see Carlisle and Esme's faces now. They would be truly ashamed of me. I would have to phone them and tell them what I had done. Where would Bella be now? Would she tell others about what she had seen? I really didn't know what to do now and Carlisle was the only person I knew who would know what to do now.

I slowed my run to a stop and took in my surroundings. I had only been running for a matter of minutes but I had already crossed the Canadian border. The rest of my family had also chosen to hunt this morning but I had been the only one to stay close to home, while everyone else had chosen to tackle a grizzly bear problem up in the mountains. I just hoped Carlisle would answer his phone. I pulled out my cell and dialled his number, Carlisle answered after the first ring.

"Carlisle we have a problem" I said. I continued telling Carlisle everything that had happened. Carlisle stayed silent the whole time while I explained myself. Even then he only spoke a few words before hanging up.

"Get back to the house now, I'll meet you there."

I didn't hesitate and began running as fast as I could. I didn't know how long it would take for the rest of my family to get home, but we had to act fast. This was my own stupid mistake and now I had dragged my whole family into it with me and god only knows what was going to happen now.

By the time I arrived back at home the rest of my family were already back. They all sat around the kitchen as I arrived. I paced back and forth in front of the windows as I retold what had happened to my whole family.

"She should never have been allowed to come here, I have said that all along!" Rosalie shouted as I came to the end of my tale. "Now we are all going to be exposed and just think of what trouble that could cause."

We all knew what she meant from that. If people began to find out about our world, the Volturi would be sure to act and that would only spell trouble.

"Rosalie, now is not the time for your comments, we have got to come up with a plan here." Carlisle spoke. His voice sounded official and we all knew we should do as he instructed. He was going to be the only man capable of getting us out of this mess I had got my family into.

"We need to find Bella as soon as possible. We need to try and explain to her how we are different. Make her understand, but she won't want to live with us anymore, but if we could ask her to keep the secret." Carlisle continued. "Edward take me to where you were hunting, lets see if we can track her."

We didn't hesitate at all, with Carlisle, Emmett and I leaving the house immediately. When we arrived at the scene the Elk lay there dead where I had abandoned it. Bella's scent was slowly fading, but it was still traceable, but we soon discovered that it only lead back to the house.

"We are going to have to take to the roads, see if we can find her that way. Jasper and Emmett you take the Jeep and drive through the forest, see if you can find any trails to follow. Esme and Rosalie, you go into Forks and search all the roads and then head out to the La Push boundary. Edward and Alice, your with me."

We all set to action following Carlisle's commands and heading out into the garage.

"Where's my car?" Alice screamed as we entered. We all stood and stared at the empty space in between my Volvo and Emmett's Jeep stood, where the bright yellow Porsche usually was.

"Bella must have taken it." I whispered in despair, but I knew all my family would have heard me. "That had just made the search ten times harder."

xxx

We had been out searching for what must have been hours. It had felt like days, but when your only thought is find Bella, time seems to pass so much slower. The tick of a second hand on a clock a torment. Each tick was an ache in my heart, for it was an extra second I had been torn away from Bella for because of the monster I was.

I heard a gasp from behind me, causing Carlisle to slam on the brakes of the Mercedes. Alice was having a vision. I listened into her thoughts, seeing the same picture she would be seeing now. Bella all alone in the middle of nowhere, lying on the ground. The sun above was baking down from above onto Bella's skin burning her skin while Bella just continued to lie there. Why wasn't she moving? Was she already dead and when we eventually found here we would be too late?

Carlisle who had been sat watching Alice and I's reactions broke my thoughts.

"What is it? What have you seen Alice? Is it Bella? Is she alright?"

All these questions overwhelmed my mind as I just continued to stare at Alice in shock after what I had just seen, the despair eating away at my insides.

"It's Bella, she is just lying there in the sun, she looks… dead." Alice said, he voice breaking with emotion.

I heard myself moan at Alice's last word. So I wasn't the only one who thought that Bella looked dead? This couldn't be happening!

Carlisle didn't wait to hear anymore of Alice's vision before starting the car again. He drove with more determination now that I had ever seen him with before. His foot never once hesitating from the gas pedal, the speedometer never dropping below one hundred and fifty miles an hour. The passing scenery a blur, even for my vampire eyes. Alice and I didn't dare ask Carlisle where he was going, but as we passed from state to state, we noticed the sun getting considerably brighter. Before we knew it the greenery had changed into browns as we headed into the desert states.

It was then when we saw it. It was like an oasis within this dessert. The pool of water you would travel miles two when you were dieing of thirst. It was Alice's yellow Porsche.

It wasn't Bella, but it was hope. This yellow car was a sign that we were finally getting closer to my Bella. Carlisle parked the Mercedes besides the Porsche and the three of us were quickly out of the car, our vampire senses on full alert. The sun hit my skin, creating diamonds, one of the many signs of being a vampire.

Bella's scent had always been so prominent to me, so identifiable against everything else. Even though it burnt my throat it was like the finest brandy to an alcoholic. It was as though Bella was my brand of heroin. We started on foot, keeping pace with each other as we set off at a run leaving the cars behind. As we ran Carlisle and Alice's thoughts were full of the what ifs. The main question being what if we don't get to Bella in time. I tried to force their thoughts from my head, wishing for once my mind could just be silent. That was when I smelt it.

I came to a sudden halt. Carlisle and Alice must have run another hundred meters before they realised I had stopped and were soon both back at my side.

"Can you smell that?" I asked.

I watched as Carlisle and Alice concentrated before they both turned to look at me. The shock prominent in their expressions, the thoughts of hope running through their minds.

"It's very faint but that is definitely Bella." I continued. "We must be getting closer."

We all stood concentrating on the scent. Trying to trace the direction before the three of us concluded on a direction setting off at speed again. This new lead seemed to have given me a new sense of life, excuse the pun. My body pushed me faster forward and I had soon created quite a lead between myself and my sister and father.

That was when I saw her. She was just lying there not moving on the burning ground, the sun baking down upon her. I had soon made it to her side and dropped to my knees beside her. I grabbed her wrist checking for a pulse straight away. By now Carlisle and Alice had reached us and also dropped down beside us.

"She's alive" I said with rejoice full in my voice. "Her pulse is very weak though, we need to act fast."

Carlisle set to work instantly checking Bella over.

"We need to get her out of this heat now, or we will lose her."

I didn't need telling twice. I scooped Bella up into my arms and starting running. We needed to get back to the cars now.