Sorry that it took soooo long to update, but I've been pretty darn busy. But the next chapter is the last one, sorry to say. I'm glad that nobody has killed me for bringing James into the story...yet. Enjoy!

CHAPTER ELEVEN

BPOV

When I got home I started to prepare dinner. Charlie came in after I was done. When we finished dinner he said, "There have been a few murders going on."

"What kind of murders?"

"Well, a lot of our kind, have gone missing. Some say shark attacks. But I'm not really so sure. I want you stay away from shark areas. Don't go that far away from town okay?"

I nodded my head, "Okay."

Then we finished dinner and we both went to sleep.

The next morning I woke up and Charlie was already gone. Quickly I made myself something to eat and then I headed towards my waterfall area. The path I took wasn't a dangerous one, there were no sharks.

When I got to my cove Edward was already in the water waiting for me. As soon as I got to him he wrapped his arms around me. "Are you alright?"

Then I said, "I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"

"There's a new vampire in town and he feeds on mermaids."

My eye widened, so it wasn't a shark, it was a vampire. "Oh."

"Bella, I don't want you to go near the surface anymore okay? I also don't think it would be a good idea for you to come here anymore. He would probably hunt in the woods, I don't want you to get hurt."

"But when would I see you again?"

He looked at me and then said, "They should be gone soon. They're nomad vampires so they don't stay in one place for a long time."

I looked down, "What am I supposed to do?"

"Just stay around others. Try not to be alone." I felt a tear fall from my face. Edward slowly wiped it away, "Bella, I'm sorry for this. I truly am. It's all my fault that he smelled you on me. I should have been more careful, but I promise you that we won't be separated for too long."

"What if they stay longer?"

Edward froze, "Then we will wait."

"I can't wait forever. I don't live for eternity like you."

"I know love, but my priority is making sure that you are okay. Once they leave I promise that I will find you again, I promise."

"Please don't leave Edward."

"I'm not leaving love. I'm going to be protecting this waterfall area okay? I'm going to make sure that he doesn't go anywhere near the ocean. We won't be that far from each other, I promise." He took a pause, "Please, please be safe."

I nodded my head. Then Edward leaned down and kissed me on the lips. Then I swam back to my town.

EPOV

It killed me to ask her not to see me again for a while. But I knew that I had to protect her. I knew that I couldn't be selfish anymore. I needed to protect her, and if that meant not seeing her for a while…so be it.

I ran back to my house to find that James, Victoria and Laurent were still there.

James immediately turned to me. He started smelling the air, "You met with the mermaid again."

I didn't say anything I just glared at him. He just laughed, "That's what I thought."

The rest of my family was still there. Alice had a worried expression on her face and Jasper was trying to comfort her. James continued, "I'm curious as to why you haven't killed her yet."

"I'm not a killer, unlike you,"

He ignored me and continued, "She must smell so sweet. I would kill her in a heartbeat." Then he started laughing again, "You've developed feelings for this mermaid haven't you?"

I still didn't say anything, he came closer and smelled me again, "She smells lovely. You wouldn't mind if I just tasted her now would you?"

"Don't you dare go anywhere near her."

"Possessive aren't we?"

"I swear if you touch her…"

He started laughing again. Then he turned to Victoria and Laurent, "I think that it's time for us to go."

Laurent then said, "I think that I'm going to stay here for a while."

James frowned and then him and Victoria ran off.

I turned to Carlisle, "We can't just let then go. They're going to kill Bella."

Then Carlisle said, "I'm guessing that Bella is this mermaid that we've been talking about."

I nodded my head. Then Carlisle turned to Laurent, "How strong is James?"

"He's a tracker. If he wants something, he doesn't mind fighting to get it. He likes a challenge, and that's exactly what you've presented to him."

Then Alice said, "He's going to go after Bella."

Laurent said, "Victoria and James are going to split up to find her. After one of them finds her, James will attack. I'm sorry but I can't help you anymore then this."

Laurent stood up and then said, "Thank you for your hospitability, and thank you. Good luck with saving your mermaid friend."

Then Laurent ran away.

I looked at Alice, "What's going to happen?"

"We have to split up. Emmett, Jasper, me, and you will go after James. Carlisle, Esme, and Rosalie are going to follow Victoria. It's faster if we run and don't take the cars."

We nodded our heads and then ran off. Alice and I were the last ones to go. I turned to her and said, "Let me know if anything changes."

Alice nodded her head and then ran off. I did the same but went the other direction, quickly I was able to pick up on James' smell.

BPOV

I was sitting in my room just watching water particles pass my way. I decided that I needed to do something. I would swim around town, I wouldn't be alone, surely other people would be around.

I started to swim around. I saw Marilyn with her friends. When she saw me immediately she glared at me. I decided to not go that way. I swam further away from her. I didn't want to deal with her, ever. After a few minutes of swimming I found that there wasn't anyone else around. I was about to turn around, but then I heard a scream. Someone was hurt, I needed to help them.

The scream became more noticeable, it was coming from the surface, it was my mother's scream. Quickly I swam to the surface. I looked around. I didn't see my mother anywhere. I was pretty close to a beach. There was nobody on the beach luckily. But the screaming got louder, it was coming from the shore. I swam towards it.

I got close enough to shore to make out figures. I still didn't see my mother, but as I swam closer to the shore the screaming got louder. Then I got to the shore. There was a tape recorder their with my mother's voice on it. I pressed the stop button and then threw the tape recorder into the ocean. Then I heard a voice.

Well, I hope that you enjoyed reading that. The next chapter will be the last one, I will try to update asap! Please review! They will remind me to update it, i tend to be a little forgetful, sorry.