A/N: I finally got this chapter written and now there is only one more to go. Please review and tell me what you think.

Their Making and Downfall-

Motherhood is the beginning and the end of love.

Esme Cullen knew love.

What had once been her greatest gift,

Was now her heavy burden.

It was hard to love someone who was no longer there.

Esme Cullen stood at the edge of the earth, her once warm presence abandoned for a newer, colder demeanor.

The cliffs had always been haunting for her.

It had been where she had decided to end her life.

It had been where her life had begun.

Ironically enough it was where her daughter had ended her life

And now as she stood at her beginning with her end so near

All Esme wanted to do was cry.

The last time she had been at the cliffs she mourned for the loss of one.

Now she mourned for the loss of seven.

Her baby, her sons, and her daughters.

She scowled at the dark waters below, hating at how the waves mocked her pain. How easily they crashed against the rocks with reckless abandon. How easily they had taken away her daughter.

But no matter their strength, she was stronger.

And it killed her.

For the first time since she had met her husband, Esme wished for the freedom that came with humanity. She had not been chained to this earth then. She had always had the choice of leaving.

Death was no longer at her disposal.

She was not capable of the acts her children had committed in their depression. She wouldn't be able to leave Carlisle alone, no matter how much her heart ached at the thought of another moment.

She had to be strong.

She turned away from the edge, turning her back on the murky depths. It does no good to dream of death.

But she was no longer alone.

Esme Cullen's eyes widened as she took in the snarling wolf before her, his teeth bared and body crouched. She knew that this would be her end, but even as her husband's face came to mind, she could not make herself regret this.

She had long ago lost her will to live. She would be lying if she said she hadn't. There was no longer joyful laughter emanating from the house that she used to call home.

Home no longer because all that had made her life worth living were gone and now she had her own chance for her bittersweet ending.

And as the beast leapt towards her, she smiled.

Esme Cullen knew love.

What had once been her greatest gift,

Was now her heavy burden.

It was hard to love someone who was no longer there.