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Jacob doesn't call. Every chance Bella and I get one of us is calling to check on him. The first time I call, Billy answers and tells me that Jake is in bed, sleeping. I get a little nosy, not really being able to help myself. I ask, if Billy has taken Jake to the doctors, Billy claims he has, but for some reason, I don't believe him.
I call over and over again over the space of two days, but I get no answer.
I do visit him, like I had planned to, taking some soup with me, I know that when I am ill, it helps. I walk up to the door of his small house in La Push, it's the first time I have ever been here alone, other than when I gave Jake a lift home a while ago.
There is a light drizzle, being blown around in the air, by the breeze that never seems to leave Forks. I walk, slowly to his front door, being careful not to slip in the damp mud.
I reach my arm out and knock lightly on the door. I wait, for a few minutes, and then I see Billy approaching the door, he gives me a weak smile, that doesn't reach his eyes. I smile back brightly, and wave at him.
He opens the door slowly, "Hello, Grace," he says in a gruff voice.
"Hey." I reply, trying to sound cheery. "I was just wondering if, Jake was any better?" I ask.
Billy sighs and says, "Jakes doing fine." I can't help but smile at his words.
"Great," I say. "Is it okay, if I see him?" I ask.
Billy shakes his head slowly, "I'm sorry, he's still not up for having visitors." He says, though something about his tone, and the look in his eyes tells me he is lying.
I nod my head slowly, not knowing what else to do. "Oh. Okay then." I say. "Well, I made him some soup, I thought he might like it." I say, feeling a little stupid about my gesture now that I say it.
"Thanks, I'll make sure he gets it." Billy says, he stretches his arm out, waiting for me to hand him, to container full of soup.
I hand it over slowly. "Well, it was nice seeing you Billy." I say.
He nods his head once, "You too, Grace. Say 'hi' to your mother for me," he says.
"Yeah. I will." I reply, I start to walks away from him, I turn on my heel, happy to see that he is still in the door way, watching me. "Do you think I could stop by tomorrow?" I ask, arching my eyebrows.
"Yeah. Maybe." Billy says. But again, there is something in his tone, that makes me think, I am not going to be able to see Jacob, tomorrow either. "Bye, Grace." He says.
I wave once at him, and walk away to my car.
More days, pass, and still I hear nothing from Jacob, or Billy. So, Bella and I decide to go visit him, invitation or not.
But when we get there, the little red house is empty, this scares us. Is Jacob so sick he has to go to the hospital? I had been here a few days ago, and Billy had said that Jake was doing fine. Had he changed that drastically over the space of a few days?
As soon as I get home, I ask my mum is Jake had been hospitalised, but she assures me he hasn't and that if he had been she would have told me straight away. Bella and I become impatient, and soon we get to Uncle Charlie, we have been going on and on about it none stop. In the end, he gets annoyed, and calls Harry Clear water, just to keep us quiet.
I wait for Bella to get back in touch with me. I feel this time, we might actually get some answers, or at least, that's what I am hoping for. I am waiting what feels like a lifetime, when I finally get a phone call, to my cell phone.
"Hello," I answer.
"Hey," Bella replies sounding a little breathless. "What do you know about mono?" She asks.
"Quite a bit, actually." I say. "Why?"
"Because apparently, that's what Jake has." Bella says, "You said he had a fever, right?"
I remember telling Bella earlier in the week how hot Jakes skin had felt against mine. "Yeah." I say.
"And that's the only symptom he had on Friday night?" She asks.
"As far as I know, yeah." I say.
"Well, apparently, with mono, you get sore throats and exhaustion as well," she says.
"Yeah, I can confirm that." I say, turning my mouth down.
"And by that, I am guessing you have had, mono?" She says.
"Yes, but I don't see how this is important." I say.
"You're right it's not." Bella says. "But, the article I am reading makes it sound like the soreness is the first thing you get. Can mono really come on that fast?" She asks.
"It did with me," I admit.
"All I know is it's passed on by kissing. You wouldn't know if Jacob had kissed anyone, would you?" She asks.
I sigh, "If by that you mean, have Jake and I kissed, the answer is no. You should know that, you are pretty much always there when Jake and I are together." I say. Feeling more than annoyed that this is the case, and that Jake and I have never had the chance to kiss, let alone actually kissed.
"There have been a couple of times that you have been alone. Like Friday when I was outside with Mike."
"Look, Jake and I haven't kissed each other. If we had, we would both have mono." I say. "So maybe he has kissed someone else."
The thought of Jake kissing other people makes me feel jealous, I don't know why. It's not like we're together, we're only friends, if he wants to kiss other people he should be able to, I guess I just don't like the thought of it.
Bella is quiet for a little while, but I can still hear the rattle of breathing down the line. "Bells?" I say, I wait a for a moment and all I get is silence. "Bella!" I say, a little more forceful this time.
"Whoa!" She says sounding thoroughly shocked.
"What is it?" I ask.
"It says here that mono can last for up to a month," she says. "A month."
"Yeah, it can. Doesn't mean it will, though." I say trying to calm her down.
"How long did you have it for when you had it?" She says.
"Which time?" I ask, at the risk of making myself sound bad, well in Bella's eyes anyway.
"You had it more than once?" She says. "I… Never mind." She says. "All the times," she says.
"The first time I had it, I was only out for a couple of week. The second time, the same again, but the third time, was the worst, I was out for the full month." I admit.
"We can't see him for a month," Bella says. "Billy said no visitors." Of course, I know this from trying to visit him early in the week. But, Bella doesn't know about that little escapade.
"That's crazy, we should be able to visit him and be fine. Mono is spread from physical activity," I say. "Or at least that's how I got it." I divulge.
"I am going to pretend I didn't hear that." Bella says down the line, I smile slightly at Bella's words.
"Billy can't stop us seeing him for a month. No way. I had visitors when I had mono, and they were all fine." I say.
"I say we leave it a week," Bella says. "A week, and then we go see him."
"I say deal."
With that we hang up and leave the conversation there. To be honest, I think we are being generous, giving Billy a week.
There is something about the story that doesn't add up to me, and obviously Bella feels the same.
A week has never seemed longer, by the time it gets to Wednesday, I am sure I am going insane not seeing Jacob is horrible. It's strange to think, that a couple of months ago, I could barely even remember Jacob Black, and now, he plays a huge part in my life. How can things change that quickly in such a short amount of time?
I don't know how I will make it to Saturday.
Bella gets worse again, she starts to have her nightmares again, waking me up at all hours of the night. Without Jacob, she has no way of being dangerous, and with no way of being dangerous, she has no way to hear him.
Which, can't be a bad thing, she was going to have to move on from him one day, maybe she could start to do that now. If she couldn't feed her Edward addiction, she would have to get over it, right?
Every night after school, I check the messages, to make sure Jake didn't ring while I was out. I then call Bella or Bella calls me, just to check that the other didn't get a call from him.
I have to admit, when we both made the deal to leave it a week. I had never thought Jake would last this long without talking to one of us, weather it was me or Bella first. I thought he would crack.
On Saturday morning, at around ten, I rush around to Bella's house. Today is the day we can call him.
I walk into their house to find Bella on the phone.
My heart leaps into my mouth when I hear her say "Oh, hey, the phones working again," this confuses me, had the phone lines ever been down? No one told me about this."It's Bella, Grace and I were just wondering, if Jake wanted any visitors yet?" She says.
"So, he's feeling better then?" She asks, her voice drops and a sad expression spreads across her face.
I hate only being able to hear half of the conversation, I feel so lost, why is Bella say down about Jake being better, I thought that's what we wanted.
"Oh so… Where is he?" She asks.
There is a beat of silence at this end of the line, while Bella waits for whoever it is she is talking to to finish what they are saying.
"Well, I'm glad he is feeling better." She says. "I was so worried about him, so was Grace. But it's good that he's better."
I can't help but notice the phoniness to her voice.
"No, not really," she says. I want more than anything to be able to hear what is going on. "Bye." She says, and then she puts the phone down.
"Well?" I ask, staring at her expectantly.
"Well, he's better." She says. "He didn't have mono, some other virus. Apparently he is out, in Port Angeles with some friends." Bella says.
Just as I feared, Jacob must have changed his mind. So much for him not letting me down. It may be something small, but I feel like he broke his promise. And that hurts. This has happened to me before. If I was going to say, I had never been let down, or hurt by someone in the past, that would be a huge lie. But, it hurts more knowing Jacob has done it.
Knowing that he promised not to hurt me, and that no matter what, he'd be there for me. I guess, you never really can trust anyone. I can feel my face reddening and I can see the visible change in Bella's.
"Hey girls," Uncle Charlie says as he walks down the stairs. "You okay?"
"Yeah," Bella says, "I'm fine."
I nod in agreement. "Bella just spoke to, Billy." I say. "Jake's feeling better. They thought he had mono, but nope. Just another virus." I say. "So, that's good."
"So, I am guessing you're going to see him then?" Uncle Charlie asks. "He coming here, or what?"
"Neither," I say bluntly "He's out with some other friends." My tone of voice seems to catch him off guard, he stares at me, he has his hands clamped around a packet of cheese slices.
"Isn't it a little early for lunch?" Bella says lightly, nodding to the food in Uncle Charlie's hand.
"I'm just packing some stuff to take to the river," he says.
"Oh fishing?" Bella asks.
Uncle Charlie nods. "Yeah, Harry called… And it's not raining." He was creating a pile of food on the counter when he looks at us and says. "Do you want me to stay here, since Jake's out."
"No," Bella says quickly. "Grace and I will probably go out ourselves." She says.
Uncle Charlie stares at Bella, it's obvious he is worried that she will go 'mopey' again. But, I wouldn't let that happen. No way, I would do whatever I had to to make sure she didn't turn into a zombie again.
Even if it meant, doing ridiculously stupid stuff.
"Seriously," Bella says. "We might even call, Jessica," Bella lies, she knows Jess and I only converse when we have to.
"Yeah." I say playing along, "That'd be nice."
"That's a great idea." Uncle Charlie says. "You spend all your time with Jacob. Your old friends probably think you've forgotten them."
I smile and nod, like I give a shit what they think. I don't even know if most of them can be counted as friends anymore. I feel like the only friends, I have are, Bella, Mike, Angela and Jacob.
And even then, I only tolerate, Mike.
"You won't be going far will you, girls?" Uncle Charlie asks.
Bella shakes her head. "No, why?"
"Well, there is more trouble in the woods." He says.
"The bear again?" I ask. He nods slowly.
"Yes, we've got a missing hiker, the rangers found his camp, and food, but not him earlier this week. They did find some pretty big tracks though. But they could have come after, looking for the food." He says. "But, they are setting traps for now."
"So, do you think they'll catch something?" I ask.
"We can hope." Uncle Charlie shrugs.
To be honest, I don't really care about the bears, but then again, I never have. But right now, my thoughts are consumed with Jake, and how he screwed Bella and me over. He had said he would call when he was home Friday night, the call never came. He had told Bella he would call when he was better, he didn't. Instead he has gone out with his La Push friends, putting me and Bella on the back burner, and pushing us from his mind.
It's good to see that Uncle Charlie is in a hurry, he doesn't stick around long, meaning, Bella and I don't actually have to call Jessica Stanley, I don't think I could cope with her on a day like today. Not with the mood I am in.
"So, what are we doing today?" I ask, watching Uncle Charlie drive out of sight.
"We could actually call, Jess." Bella suggests, "But I'd rather not have to break up any fight that may be started by the fact that you hate each other."
"I don't, hate her." I say. Bella gives me a knowing look. "Fine," I sigh, "I hate her." Bella smiles slightly at this.
"Well, we could head down to La Push, get our bikes. But, If I have to go to the emergency room, I'll only have you as a source of comfort and support." Bella says.
"I think I could cope." I say.
"Or…" She says. "I still have my compass and my map in the back of my truck. We could hike." She suggests.
I contemplate the options, hiking does sound like the safer bet, in spite of the bear attacks, this would be our best option. But, the bikes would be the more enjoyable option.
"Let's go hiking." I say with a small shrug.
I had the basic knowledge of how to use the compass and map, Jacob had spent a while teaching me while we were walking ahead of Bella, I am sure that Bella and I would be fine. And, we would probably be able to mark off more lines, for when Jacob next decided he wanted to see us.
A few minutes later, Bella and I are driving down the now all too familiar dirt road, that leads to nowhere in particular.
Bella and I have the windows wound down, as we drive down the dirt road as fast as her truck will allow us.
The wind blows through the truck windows, keeping the air nice and cool. It may be a dull day outside, but the air is cool and dry, which for Forks, is a good thing.
All in all, it's not a bad day, weather wise.
Getting started takes longer than it would if we were with Jacob, we park in the usual space, and unpack our hiking supplies.
I try to angle the compass the way, Jake did, making sure that the tiny needle if facing the right way before Bella and I set off into the woods.
The forest is full of life, it's the best I have ever seen it. All the animals are making themselves known today. Despite all of this, the forest doesn't have it's usual atmosphere, I can tell that the only reason I feel this way is because Jake is missing.
There is no one whistling as we walk, and I can hear no heavy footsteps, Bella and I are very light on our feet compared to, Jake.
I can hear Bella's shallow breathing at the side of me. I'd like to think it was just exhaustion, but I don't think we have been walking long enough for that. She wraps her arms tightly around her chest.
I see the panic set in on her face.
"Bells, you okay?" I ask, worry filling my tone. Her face is paler than usual, and she keeps looking down at the floor, and taking in heavy breaths.
She nods quickly. "Yeah, I'm fine." She says.
"You don't look fine." I say, pointing out the obvious. "Look, we can go back and do this another day."
I can see why Bella would freak out, without Jacob, I don't feel as safe as I usually would walking through the forest.
Bella wouldn't be a great help if anything happened, but then again, I wouldn't be much help to her if we were in nay real danger.
"No, it's fine." She says. "We'll keep going."
Without me even realising it, we step through a low arch made by two vines, they pass through each other, and take us out into a meadow.
I glance at Bella, and the look on her face tells me, that this is the place we had been looking for. We, without the help of Jacob, had found it.
I have never seen a clearing so perfect in symmetry. The meadow is perfectly round, it looks more man made than natural. Like someone came here, and uprooted all of the trees, to make such a special place.
To the right of me, I can hear the small sound, of a river, babbling quietly.
The place isn't nearly as stunning as I had pictured it though, the way Bella had spoke about it, gave it a more cosy feel, I hadn't painted this picture in my mind. As nice as the meadow is, it doesn't live up to my expectations.
Bella slowly, drops to her knees at the edge of the clearing. She begins to gasp, and then I know for sure. He had brought her here once. And she, like I was, had been expecting to find something else when we got here.
"I… Want… to leave." She says through her gasps. I stand watching her, curling into a ball, doubled over, like she is experiencing bad pain.
"Okay." I whisper, I kneel down next to her, and lay a sympathetic hand on her shoulder. I had seen her like this before. When the Cullens had first left.
I hate, that he cand still hold this much power over her, and still make her feel this way even when he is no longer here. How could he delve so deep into her mind, to have her acting like this when ever he isn't around.
I knew her dangerous actions, were helping her, while ever she could hear his voice, she seemed to be coping better, and Jake and I had been able to help with that.
But, now, when there is only us, and she hasn't found what she had hoped for. I can see her breaking again, slowly slipping back into the abyss that Jake and I had pulled her from.
I sit for a while, and I can see Bella's struggle to get to her feet. I am willing to crawl on the floor with her if that's what it takes. Just to show her there is someone here, willing to help her in her darkest times. She doesn't need anything else, she doesn't need Edward.
And, if I have to help her alone so be it.
I help Bella to her feet, steadily. It is at this moment, that a figure steps out of the foliage, roughly thirty paces away from where Bella and I stand. I keep a tight hold on Bella, fearing that if I let go she will crumble again.
I hadn't been expecting to see anyone else here. Bella and I are too far away from the trailhead for this to be a stray hiker.
I have never seen anyone so striking in looks, well, apart from the Cullens. This man, has jet black hair, and pallid skin.
He strikes something in me, a small amount of fear resides in the pit of my stomach as I look at the man.
"Laurent!" Bella cries, her surprised voice breaks the haunting silence that hung in the air. I look between her, and the mystery man who walks towards us. Feeling a sense of panic wash over me.
"Bella," he says, in a soft, melodic voice.
"You remember?" She asks, sounding a little pleased that this man knows her name.
He nods slowly, he turns his head to face me, I can feel his eyes boring into me. "Who's this?" He asks.
"Grace, my cousin," Bella replies in a small voice, that is barely a whisper.
A bemused smile spreads across his face, "Does she know?" He asks. Bella shakes her head slowly, "Ahh, so there are still some secrets of our world." He says.
"Bella, what's he talking about?" I ask.
"I thought you were in Alaska," Bella says ignoring my question. "What are you doing here?" She asks.
He steps towards us, and says "I was in Alaska, but, I came back. And I have to say, I am surprised to see you here."
"Why, I live here." Bella says, nerves start to creep into her voice as the man gets closer to us.
"True," he agrees. "But, when I came back, and found the Cullen's house empty, I have to say, I thought they had moved on." He says.
Bella nods "They did… Move on."
"Hmm," he says. "Then, why are you still here. I thought you were, a… Pet of there's." He says.
"I guess you could say that." Bella replies dryly.
"Bella, what's he mean 'pet'?" I ask, I put air quotations around the word pet.
"It doesn't matter, Grace." She replies.
"Hmm," he says thoughtfully, his eyes lock on mine, I have never seen eyes like them.
His eyes are so dark, they give the twilit sky a run for it's money, however, entwined with the black of his iris' is scarlet, little flecks of a deep red that add colour to his eyes, and make him that much more frightening.
I take an involuntary step back, as does Bella, his dark eyes follow our movements.
"Do the Cullens, visit often?" He asks.
"Now and again," Bella lies. The Cullens hadn't been around for months, or if they had, Bella had kept it quiet. "The time seems longer to me, I imagine. You know how they get distracted…" Bella says babbling. I had never realised how bad she was at lying, I guess the previous times we have lied I have been able to help her. But now, I have no idea what is happening, and if I spoke it would only hinder her.
"Hmm," he says again. "When I went to visit them, the house smelt like it had been empty a while."
Smelt? Did this guy go around smelling peoples property, if I wasn't creeped out before I am now. This just gets weirder.
"I'll have to mention to Carlisle, that you stopped by." Bella says, continuing the lie that she still frequently sees the Cullens. "He'll be sorry he missed your visit." She says.
"I should imagine he will." The man says. "But, they aren't the reason I came back. You see, I am here on a favour." He says.
"A favour?" Bella asks. The man nods slowly, "For who?"
"Do you remember Victoria?" Laurent asks.
Bella nods her head mechanically, "Yes. I think. I think I'll leave her out of the story when I tell Edward," she says. "He's still a little caught up about, what happened with James, and he has a bad temper." She says.
"That's the reason I am here, the James thing." He says.
"What, James thing?" I ask. "Bella, please tell me what's happening." I beg.
Bella ignores me and looks back at Laurent and says. "You should probably go, Edward won't be happy." She says, trying to scare the man.
The man smiles and simply says "Well, neither will Victoria."
"Why?" Bella asks in a shaky voice.
"Because she wanted the job of disposing you." He says in a matter of a fact tone. 'Disposing'. The word stands out in my head above everything, you dispose of garbage, you don't dispose a person. "You see, she is a little put out with you." He shrugs.
"Me?" Bella squeaks.
The man nods "Yes, it makes no sense to me either," he admits. "But, she thinks that this way it is fair. Her mate James, was killed by your Edward."
"Edward killed someone?" I ask out loud, how could Bella stay with someone who had done something like that?
The black haired man smiles slightly at my response. "Yes, dear." He says "And because of that, Victoria finds it fairer, to kill Bella here. You know, a mate for a mate?"
"What's happening?!" I demand, my voice shaking as tears start to fill my eyes. Bella ignores me once again.
"But, I don't see that it matters who she kills. You can't truly mean anything to Edward, he left you here, with no protection at all." He says. I can tell that his words hurt Bella and cut deep into her. "But, I suppose she will still be angry all the same," He says.
"Edward will know it was you." Bella says using Edward as a threat once more. "You won't get away with this." She says.
"And why not?" He asks, "I will dispose of you both, there will be no one to tell him what happened, and the scent will wash away in the rain." He says calmly. My heart jumps into my mouth, death is close upon me, all I want to do is run, that's what my basic instinct is telling me. To run in the opposite direction and to not stop. But, I find myself frozen to the spot with fear. "I assure you now, Bella." He says calmly. "This is nothing personal, just thirst, you and your friend, have caught me at a bad time, you see."
"Please," I say, begging the man who stands in front of us.
"The way I see it, you are lucky." He speaks to Bella now, ignoring my plea. "If Victoria had found you, she would surely torture you, kill you slowly, I plan to do it quick, almost painless."
I stare at him in horror, the way he speaks is soothing, but I know what is to come, and the sheer thought of what this man will do to us is terrifying, let alone his slow, melodic voice that cuts through the serene air.
He breathes in deep, and looks at us. "You both smell mouthwatering." He says.
I feel sick, I still stare at him, not being able to take my eyes off of the man.
I close my eyes to what is happening, I can't look at the man anymore, I don't want to. I know what is coming, and I would rather his face not be the last thing I see. If I close my eyes against the horror I can put any image I want into my head. I think about better things. Past memories with, Faith, my mum. Memories from when Bella and I were younger, and we played on the beach at La Push.
Death, is looming on me, I take a deep breath, and wait for what is to come. Hoping the last thought in my mind, is a happy one.
That's when I hear his voice say "I don't believe it." His voice is barely a whisper, but it is enough for me to open my eyes, and look at him as he slowly backs away from Bella and I.
I look for the thing that has shaken him, making him move away from us. I see nothing, I allow my eyes to fall back onto the man who retreats away from Bella and I at a much quicker pace.
I scan the meadow, hoping to find something, anything. And then I do. My eyes fall onto a large black shape that is coming out of the foliage.
It is as quiet as a shadow, and it stalks deliberately towards the man, it's huge. As tall as a horse, but much thicker and muscular in build.
The animal, grumbles, sending a low growl echoing through the meadow like a crack of thunder, it snarls at the man revealing a set of dagger like incisors.
It's the bear, only this animal, this thing is no bear. But still, I know this gigantic black monster is what people have been talking about. From a distance, I can see why people would assume it was a bear, what else could be built like this?
I wish I had been one of the lucky few to see it from a distance, it's strange to think, that Jake and I had joked about being lucky enough to see it. But, now that I am face to face with this creature, I don't count myself as lucky.
If the man with the dreadlocks doesn't kill me, this thing surely will.
I try to put a name to what animal might be stood in front of me. There is a distinctly, canine like shape to it, there is only one thing this can be, a wolf. But, I have never seen anything so big, can wolves even grow this big?
Another grumble sounds through the meadow, making me shudder with fear.
The man starts to back away faster, trying to edge away from the meadow and into the trees. This man has every right to be scared of this… Wolf. It's huge, any sane person would be terrified, and I can see that he is.
The three of us; Bella, Laurent and I, all stand wide eyed watching. It comes to my attention, that this wolf, is not a lone. There is a pack.
The black wolf is joined by two more, a grey one and a brown one. Though neither are as big as the black one. They stand on either side of it, flanking it. Then, two more wolves make themselves known, and stand in a V like format, looking like geese flying south for the winter.
The last wolf to join the formation is a russet wolf, and it stands so close to me, that, if I really wanted to, I could touch it.
I give an involuntary gasp and jump backwards, I feel stupid for doing this, I notice that Bella stares at me wide eyed, both of us wait for the wolves to turn on me.
I must be the weaker of the prey, I wish, this man had had his way, and had killed Bella and I when he had the chance.
If I am going to die, right here right now, I'd rather not be attacked by a pack of wolves.
The wolf closest to me, the reddish brown one, turns it's head to face me, at the sound of my gasp.
The wolfs eye's are dark, almost black. It gazes at me for a while, and all I can think is who the eyes are deep, and for some reason, they seem far too intelligent to belong to an animal.
As it stares at me, I suddenly think of Jacob. I think of him with a strange sense of gratitude. At least he isn't with us, and he doesn't have to witness this, and feel the fear that is lodged so deep within me. At least Jacob, isn't going to die too. He isn't stood in the meadow filled with monsters, and a murderous man. His death won't be on mine and Bella's hands.
The russet wolf only looks back at the man when another low growl from the alpha erupts through the meadow. Laurent is staring at the monsters with a look of utmost fear, and shock on his face. I can understand why, the beasts that stand before us are enough to petrify even the bravest person.
But what I can't understand is when he turns on his heel and runs away into the trees. The wolves are chasing him in a second flat.
The wolves sprint after him cutting across the meadow in a few powerful bounds, snapping and growling loudly as they do. Bella's hands fly up to cover her ears. I stand, stationary, to scared to move. The sounds fade away swiftly, as they disappear into the woods.
And then, Bella and I are alone again. My knees give way from under me, and I drop to the floor on my hands and knees, and sobs begin to build uncontrollably in my throat.
I know Bella and I need to leave, and I know we need to leave now, before the wolves come back. After all, it wouldn't take long for the pack to take down one man.
Sorry, that this is such a late update, I have just had a lot of work to do, but, the next update should be very soon, as i am getting a couple of week off from college for Christmas. So I will update more regularly at that point. Sorry once again.
Long chapter this time, I had to shorten it down before it got it too long. Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed, as well as everyone who has favourited and followed this story. It means a lot to me, and gives me the motivation to keep going with this. A big thanks once again. The next chapter will be up soon. Hopefully.
P.S: I don't really know how I feel about this chapter. I kind of like it, but at the same time I don't.