Jacob's POV

Jacob, honey wake up. It is not your time yet. You need to go back sweetheart.

Mom, is that you?

"Wake up Jacob." Her voice faded out into a distant echo. I was alone and strangely uncomfortable.

Mom! Come back! I called out to her. I formed the words but no sound came out of my mouth.

It took less than a second for me to realize that I was either dead or dying and that I had left Bella behind and in trouble. It's kind of strange that I would hear my mother's voice in the midst of a catastrophe. But it sparked something within me. She was right. I had someone I loved who was in danger and I was not about to succumb to the darkness and let death sweep over me.

I fought through a thick haze trying to bring myself back to consciousness. I stumbled over and over again. It was like being in one of those dreams where you're running but you're not moving and you realize that you are still in the same spot no matter how much faster you try to run.

"Edward, stop it please. I'll do whatever you want I promise. I'll turn into a vampire. I'll be with you forever. Just leave them alone. Leave Jake alone. Please Edward I beg you. I beg you please!?"

Bella? Was I hearing Bella? Edward had her? What was she saying? That made no sense.

I pushed harder and fought against what felt like a brick wall. I had to get back to her. She needed me.

"I'll do whatever you want. Kill me if you want. Just…just please let them all go."

No! Bella! I tried to yell but I still couldn't make a sound. Bella don't!

Several things happened just then. I was able to open my eyes and see Edward biting Bella. The wolves shot over my head and straight onto Edward. Paul was alive and jumped at him as well. I was paralyzed. I was stuck in my own body unable move a single inch no matter how much effort I put into it. I willed myself to get up. She needs you Jake. Get up Jake. I repeated to myself.

A fierce burning sensation made its way from my head down to my shoulders and down my back. It was enough pain to cause me to be able to move again. The pain left as quickly as it came. What I saw shocked me. Black markings ran from the back of my fingertips all the way up my shoulder. I'm sure if I had a mirror in front of me I'd see the same styled tattoo's on my forehead as well.

I also had a strange sense of power and I didn't hesitate to get up and fight. I looked up and Edward had jumped on top of a pile of boxes. Oh hell no, we need to finish this now. I ran behind the stack of boxes – no one saw me. I jumped up all the way to the highest box where Edward stood. How I got up a good thirty feet high in a single leap I couldn't tell you. He was growling and mocking my brothers below. I heard a scream tear out of Bella's chest and I looked down to see her lifeless on the ground, Paul's head on her chest, still as a board.

If I thought I was angry before – that was nothing! He killed them. He killed the love of my life and my best friend. I tapped him on his shoulders and he turned around. To say that he was startled to see me would be an understatement.

No more games. This ended here and now. I grabbed his head with both of my hands and twisted it tearing it straight off of his body. I pulled his arms out of his sockets and ripped his torso into unrecognizable pieces of marble flesh.

"Make a fire NOW." I yelled down below as I continued to tear this ass hole apart. With each tear of his body and bones I cried out. I was in anguish. This monster killed my Bella. This monster killed Paul. I felt the tears rush down my face but I couldn't stop shredding and shredding him apart.

I felt a hand rest gently on my shoulder and looked up to see Seth with tears in his eyes as well. I looked down at the mess in front of me and let out a sob of bitter anguish. He pulled me in his arms and held me like that for a while letting me know he was my brother and it was ok to cry. I heard the rest of the pack still in wolf form come and go and I imagined that they were carrying the numerous pieces of Edward to the fire.

I broke the embrace with Seth and jumped off of the boxes and slowly made my way over to Bella. I couldn't make me feet go any faster. It's like I was torturing myself with the view of Bella and Paul there on the ground…dead.

When I finally made it to them I knelt down taking Paul in my arms first. I cried and I cried lamenting his death. I held him closer to me and apologized to him for not being the friend I could have been. I promised him I would look after his family. I promised a lifetime debt to keep them safe.

Reluctantly I laid him back down on the ground. I reached over to Bella and my heart stuttered as I touched her. I picked her up and cradled her in my arms. I leaned up against a box and sat there crying into her hair.

"I'm so sorry Bella. I wasn't there for you. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry." I repeated the same thing over and over again as I rocked back and forth holding her as close to me as I could.

"I was a terrible friend. I'm sorry."

She coughed.

Was I imagining things? – I pulled her away enough for me to look down and her and she coughed again and then sat straight up. She turned to look as me.

"Jake?" she said, her voice a little raspy. I couldn't explain to you the emotions that ran through me. I can't even begin to form the words because there are no words that would correctly describe the feeling of finding out that the one person you know you were born to live for that you thought was dead was now alive.

"Yes, baby." I whispered through tears. I was afraid if I spoke too loudly it would break the spell and I would find out that I had lost my mind and that this was all some sick trick of my imagination.

She placed her hands on my face and tears cascaded down her cheek.

"You…you were…dead."

I chuckled. I was so relived that she was ok my happiness just took on a mind of its own. I starred into her big brown eyes and I knew that I would love this girl for the rest of my life. I knew that I could be everything she needed. I wasn't going to let my stupidity get in the way of me giving her all of me and I was not going to let another precious moment go by and not kiss her. I crushed my lips to hers unable to control myself. She pulled my face closer and wrapped her arms around my neck. I felt a pull in the pit of my stomach and every single inch of my new tattoos burned red hot. I deepened the kiss unwilling to let her go, unwilling to be separated from her. There was a pulse in my heart that made me catch my breath and I pulled back. Bella's eyes were staring back at me wide in surprise. I was in a trance and couldn't move.

The surprised look on her face slowly turned into a wide smile and she flung her arms around me.

"You've imprinted on me Jacob." She whispered in my ear. Was that what that was? I felt my heart beat faster and faster as I held her close and that pulse was sent through my veins again. I didn't feel any different. I already loved her with every cell in my body. Before I could say anything, however, there was an agonizing scream of pain coming from somewhere close by. Instinctively I shot straight up to my feet blocking any harm from coming at Bella. I looked around and didn't see anyone.

The scream came again and it came from just a couple feet away. It was coming from Paul.