Ugh...words cannot express how deeply sorry i am to everyone for this delay in my story. Im sure somewhere along the line i loss many fans and it does sadden me quite abit however i cant really blame them. Im not going to try and come up with a million excuses about why this wasnt updated sooner i will however be honest. Once i graduated high i started to get alot more hours at my work and was almost never home and once i had managed to finally sit down and write this chapter i had repeatedly lost the file. I had to re-write this chapter about 2 or 3 times because not only did i lose it several times bt after i had written something new i managed to recover the file so i had to read them over and combine them. On tope of all these technical issues i was trying to get ready for college which i have only just started. Again i am not using this as an excuse im just letting everyone know what happened and why it took so long. Again i truly sorry the long delay i will try to update sooner but i do no want to make any empty promises to my remaining readers. For those of you who are still following my story i would like to thank you very as i have done in each previous chapter, if not fo ryou i would have given up on this story long ago. Now that i feel ive gotten the apology note out of the way please review and enjoy!

While I was running I was able to come up with a few theories on my species as well the human species. If you were to take a human and turn them into a vampire all of their physical abilities would increase ten-fold. Now, If you were to take said vampire and have them find their mate then put said mate in a life-threatening situation that vampire's abilities would then increase to a point where they could transcend time and space.

My proof? The fact that I was able to make to Paris from Transylvania in less than three hours. Who needs planes when you have love pumping through your veins?

Paris always was one of my favorite places to come visit and I had plans to bring Bella here after she was changed, as well as many other places. In order to make sure my plans of these trips, as well as my existence, still happen, I needed to track down this woman Elaina. And since Paris was one of my favorite places, I knew exactly where it was Alice was talking about when she said the address, another plus of being a vampire. Photographic memory of every moment in my existence.

The one thing that struck me as odd was I remembered that area of Paris to not as nice as others. And if I was thinking of the right apartment building, which I was 100 percent sure I was unless they had changed it. It had always been a popular building for drug users as well as dealers. What this Elaina woman could be doing in this building was beyond me.

Nevertheless, I quickly made my way to the building and was of course, not surprised to find it in worse condition than I remember it from years before. Not to mention the closer I got, the worse the place smelled, it reeked of almost every drug imaginable.

I made my way to the front entrance and was stopped by a very shady looking man in an oversized leather jacket. He was hiding his face in the collar of the jacket, as if he didn't look shady enough.

Weird to see kid like this in these parts.

He must be referring to the way I was dressed. It was obvious I was of a much higher class than him just by looking at us standing next to each other. Despite the torture I had put my clothes through during my run. I guess I owe Alice a thanks.

He must be loaded I can definitely sell something to him.

Then again maybe it would have been better for me to come in drags.

"Hey kid." He sneered.

That one really never gets old.

"What?" I snapped, I had little time for this imbecile and his ridiculous sales.

"Wanna buy some reefer?"

Reefer? Is that what they are calling it these days?

"No thank you I have other business to attend here." I said as I tried to make my way past him but instead the idiot decided to block the doorway. It took all of my willpower to not just knock this idiot over and trample over him. I had to remember though there was a vampire here and I don't know how thirsty she was and if she even still stuck to her vegetarian diet, it would not be wise to draw blood.

"You're not going to find any other type of business here."

Dam it, if I can just get him to say yes I can sell him the laced shit and rob the little punk.

Ah, so that was what he was getting at.

"I have a friend here that I need to speak with."

"Yeah? What's his name?" Lying punk.

I can handle being called a kid; I've dealt with it for about a century. I can even handle being called a punk, but it rarely ever came up, that was the name people usually gave Emmett. But if someone stands in the way of my Bella and insults me then they are crossing the line.

I grabbed the fool by his collar and slammed him against the side wall, being careful not to draw blood yet still cause him a descent amount of pain.

"Listen." I began as I glared directly in to idiot's eyes. "I have business to attend here, business that does not include you or any of your ridiculous plants now if you don't get out of my way I will see to it that you are thrown in jail and locked away forever am I making myself clear?" I said as I pushed him into the wall.

"Y-you don't scare me kid they won't listen to you."

"Really? Who do you think they are going to believe? A wealthy, upper-class young boy with a family to back him or lone drug-dealer who lives in the pits of Paris?"

He didn't say anything after that nor did he think anything.

"That's what I thought." I said as I dropped him and finally made my way inside the building.

I wanted to vomit as soon as I entered; the place reeked of all kinds of drugs, some that were being made even now. There were holes on the wall and stains on the carpet consisting of god know what. People were sitting outside some of the doors completely passed out or watching the rats and cockroaches run around during their high.

I made my way as quickly as I could to do the door number and gave it a knock.

"Hello?" I said.

No response.

She knew I was here though, she knew that I was outside the building talking to that fool of a dealer, but she hasn't made a move yet.

He's here she thought Oh god what does he want from me? This must be it.

As much as I didn't want to, I was pressured for time and she wasn't giving me too much of a choice, so I ripped the handle off and made my way inside. Any human in the hallway was too delirious to notice what I had done.

The suite was completely barren and only consisted of one room; there was not even a bathroom anywhere. The walls were completely white washed with numerous cracks in them. There was only one window in the room that overlooked the area from which I had come in.

But she was there, in the middle of the room with her back to me, sitting on top of an old box. The long blond hair that I had seen in the photo had lost its sheen and now seemed dead and dirty. She had on a sundress that seemed so old it looked as though it may turn too dust any second.

"…Are you Elaina?" I asked quietly.

All at once her body tensed and snapped back to look at me, it looked as though she hadn't moved in years.

"Who are you? How do you know my name? Did James send you? Oh god he did didn't-"

"Did you say James?" I snapped, cutting her off.

"...Yes" She mumbled.

"How do you know him?"

"He is my ex and my reason for be in this horrible place did he not send you?"

"No...He did not, he's dead I killed him." Part of me could not believe they had once dated, but I caught a few snippets of their relationship as they quickly played through her head, confirming her statement. Still it struck me as odd though, that someone like Elaina would ever be with James. From the few photos I had seen of her and memories from Aldric, Elaina appeared to be a very kind-hearted, unlike most of kind. Plus, Aldric and her followed our lifestyle, but perhaps James and Elaina had dated before she met Aldric and James had met Victoria?

No, it still didn't make any sense. From the few photos I had seen of her and memories from Aldric, Elaina appeared to be a very kind-hearted, unlike most of our kind. Despite what had occurred between them, Aldric still spoke highly of her and mentioned how gentle and kind she was, how once she discovered our method never once even thought of having human blood again. She always did what she could to help people.

James on the other hand, was about as sick as our kind came. A ruthless tracker, hunting down and toying with his prey until he could practically taste the fear within them once he finally sank his disgusting teeth in their necks. Victoria was no better either, an evil witch that liked to watch her meal squirm.

So what could James have possibly seen in Elaina?

"De...de...dead?" She stuttered suddenly, interrupting my thoughts

"Yes." I told her.

As the word left my mouth a vast amount of emotions suddenly came across her face shock, pain, sadness, despair, relief, happiness, and a few others that came and went so fast I couldn't even figure them out. I'm sure that if Jasper were anywhere near her he would have collapsed form the weight of it all, much like she suddenly did.

She fell first onto her knees and then her hands as she began dry heaving as heavily as our kind possibly could.

He's dead, he's dead, he's dead she chanted in her head.

I was unsure what to do at this point, I had no idea why she reacted this way upon hearing news of his death, I wanted to offer her some type of comfort but she barely knew me. I had a feeling that James was the cause of this sudden outburst, she did, after all say that he was the reason she was here. I gently made my way over to her and knelt in front of her, she must have heard me because she looked up at me, her eyes heavy with tears that would never fall.

"I-I suppose you've come to kill me too…" She said.

"No of course not, in fact I've to rescue you…sort of." I suppose you could call this a rescue mission right?
"Rescue me? But you don't even know me, why would you rescue me?"

"I was sent by Aldric."

"A-Aldric sent you?"
I nodded.
Part of me regretted informing her on that part of the information because she broke into another wave of hysterics.

"W-Why would he send you to rescue m-me? I-I'm sure he told you what I did,

h-he must hate me for it."
"Yes he did inform me on what happened, but I can assure you he does not hate you, in fact, believe or not he is still very much in love with you." Despite his outburst I could see in his eyes how very much in love with her he still was and how would give anything to have her back. I knew he only stopped searching for her because he thought she didn't want him, but, clearly she did.

"How can he still love me after what I did to him?"

"Because…sometimes when you love a person so much your willing to forgive any harm they may do to you as long as you still will want them and they can have you in the end." I told her as I remembered how easily my Bella had forgiven me and taken me back after I committed the horrible sin of leaving her. None of it really seem to matter to her that much afterwards, she had me and I had her, that's what mattered, and neither of us were going anywhere away from each other anytime soon, which was my exact reason for being here.
"But how? How could he?"

"The only answer I can really give you is that he loves you and mean that much to him but honestly…it's probably something you won't ever understand until you are the one who has to forgive him." Even I still have hard time understanding how she took me back so easily. But then I just think about how if she were the one to leave me and then come back I would not just welcome her with open arms, I would grabbed hold of her and never release her from my arms so neither of us would ever have to go through it again.
She did not say anything at first, she just looked at me with a blank expression as she thought over what I said, but I could tell from the look in her eyes she knew I was right.

"Besides…I'm sure there's more to this story, I'm sure you have a reason for what you did to him." I said breaking the silence.

"Perhaps." She said standing up as she pulled herself together "But honestly, how can you expect me to believe you? I don't even know who you are."

"My name is Edward, Edward Cullen."

"…Did you say Cullen?" She seemed a bit taken aback by name, but then again most of our kind was, Carlisle is famous in our world after all.

"Yes, and to answer your next question yes I do know Carlisle, I am his adoptive son and he is also the one who changed me." I told her.

"How did you-"

"Know what you were going to ask? It's my special talent." I said, tapping my temple "Mind reader."

"Ah…I see I'll have to remember that."

"Well…seeing as how you know Carlisle, and are his son nonetheless, I suppose I could trust you. Although I never got the chance to meet him, Carlisle was never one to lie from what I heard."

"And what you heard is correct."

"Still, I don't understand why you were sent for me, Carlisle and Aldric have not spoken in years and it's not like him to just up and ask him for a favor like this out of the blue."

"It's not a favor, we have a deal."

"A deal? What kind of deal?"

"I find out if you are happy or not…and he cures my sick fiancé." I felt a sharp pang go through my heart as images of my sick Bella ran through my mind, I just hoped that she was asleep right now, at least then she wouldn't be suffering as much.

"…If I am happy?" She said confused.
"After first reading your note, Aldric didn't believe that it was real and set out to find you, however, as time went on he never found you he began to think that perhaps you did not want him anymore and were going so far as to hide from him."

I watched her already sad face fall further hearing the news.

"Well Edward I can tell you that you were right, there are other reasons surrounding my departure."

"I'm not surprised."

"Leaving him like that had and always will be the hardest, most cruel, horrible thing I ever did; I love him so much and always will."

"As he does you."

"Will you please take me to him Edward? I don't know if what you say is true about him still loving me, but I know I love him with all of my dead heart and he at least deserves to know the truth, even if he doesn't want me anymore."

I all but jumped at the chance, quite literally actually as I threw her onto my back, jumped out the window facing the side alley and once again began a manic dash o his house.

"My goodness!" she said surprised.

"Sorry I am in a bit of a hurry, like I said my fiancé is very sick."

"Wait if she's sick does that mean she's…"

"Yes, my Bella is still human."

"If she is so sick that you would go to Aldric for help why not just change her? You will be marrying her soon anyway."

"Because…I promised her a human wedding, she'll have plenty of time to have as many as she wants after she's changed, but she only has one chance at a human wedding." It was entirely a lie; I did want her to have a human wedding. It was, however, a very large lie of omission, but I did not wish to share the many reasons with her I was doing this. After all, some were just too…personal.

It seemed to be good enough for her because she no longer asked any questions on the subject, perhaps she had seen the agony written on my face though during the conversation.

"Elaina, might I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead."

"What exactly occurred between you and James?" I couldn't help but ask, it had been bothering me since she told me he was her ex.

Unfortunately for me though, she fell extremely silent and I'm sure if I looked back her face would mirror mine from before.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked." I told her, feeling bad.

"No its okay, I'll explain when we get to Aldric's, it's not really something I want to tell twice."

I nodded in understanding.

"Might I ask you though why you killed him?"

"…He was tracking my Bella." I told her, feeling the anger pulse through me as I thought how he almost took my Bella away from me, I used my anger as fuel to make myself run even faster.

"Why?"

"Bella's blood is very potent and smells much more appetizing than your average human, if you ever have the chance to meet her you'll understand." I explained.

"Then how can you be with her?"

"Because, even though it may be difficult at times I know it would be a much greater pain, both physically and mentally, to live in a world without her."

"You must really love her."

"With everything I am and have."

She didn't say anything afterwards but the subject of blood did bring one question to my mind.

"Elaina, do you still follow my families way of life?"

"You mean surviving off animals?"

I nodded.

"Yes of course I do, I could never go back to the old way."

"Then…how did you survive in that room for so long?"

"…Rats." She said, sighing heavily.

"Wow…that really amazing." I said shocked at the depth of her commitment.

"Even if I wanted a dealer or a user, I doubt they would have tasted that good and it would have been too difficult.

"I suppose."

The rest of the venture remained silent, and before I knew it we were back in the woods, heading towards the cottage.

"I can't believe how fast you are."

"I told you I'm pressed for time."

I began to slow down a little as the cottage came into view and felt Elaina tense around me.

"Relax…it'll be okay I promise." I said gently letting her down.

She slowly made her way towards the cottage, twitting her thumbs and staring at the ground as she walked. I heard her mumble a low "Aldric" when suddenly the door, new door might I add, swung wide open.

"Elaina…?" A shocked Aldric said from the doorway.

Thank you to all who are still following this story. I know i say this alot but i can see why some ppl might be worried about me not finishing the story do to the delays, however i promise you that i will finish this story, ive actually gotten the rest pretty much planned out. I would also like to thank my awesome beta and friend Loulabelle, she helps make this thing make sense and easier to read. I also reccommend you check out her story Freedom and Fun Its a favorite of mine. Again i apologize for the delay and thank the ppl who still take the time out to read this and review.