Chapter 24

Bella's POV:

My daughter was more like a wolf then I'd ever seen before as she tore at the colorless skin of the vampire I had almost loved. Even as that copper wolf, I'd never really seen the violent side, the wolf side.

When I was going through that tough time all those years ago, I had heard countless times how dangerous it could be to be near a werewolf when they attacked. Now I understood why they said to me as a puny human. She was almost terrifying as she finally lost her cool, and even though I was a vampire, and she was my daughter, I had to convince myself to not be scared of her. Edward was taking care of the other assistant doctor in the room.

Jacob was there then, pulling her off quietly but firmly, and when she shifted to her human form, she was sobbing,

"That's for Landon," she choked out, and I heard the pain, "And I swear to god if you did anything to Blaed, if you even touch anyone in my family I'll-" She stopped, her mouth popped into an O of surprise, as Blaed started to shift. She turned back to Casey, and her eyes were angry again, the relief gone, "I'm not going to give you the chance," she turned to Edward, and he slipped something silver out of his pocket. I covered my mouth as I realized that they planned to burn him. Dylan went over to Blaed, and started to help him up until he shifted into his human form, and she kissed him passionately. He wrapped his arms around her back, and laughed into her neck, inhaling deeply, absorbed in her scent. It made my heart break to see such love in that one gesture, and I was happy for them.

"Let's go," Jacob said, interrupting their moment. Blaed looked around, surprised, and observed the contents of the room, and the creature inside it. He nodded, and walked with some help from his father and Dylan into the hall.

"Goodbye Casey," Edward said sadly, and threw the lighter on him, closing the door while pushing me out of the room.

Two Weeks Later

Dylan's POV:

I took a deep breath, and prepared myself to go back to New Hope. I crouched to the ground and hugged Tally's huge form to my chest, smelling her soft fur. I felt a warm hand on my shoulder and turned to see Blead's loving face.

"Ready?" he asked, and I nodded. I stood as my parents came out of Jacob's house, and smiled,

"Baby," My mom said, and hurried to hug me, kissing my hair.

"You can come visit me whenever Mom," I said, kissing her cheek. My dad came over and hugged me too.

"Be safe. Be happy," he whispered in my ear, and gripped me tightly before releasing me. I let Tally into the Jeep, and got in next to Blaed.

"Dad?" I asked,

"Hmmm?"

"You're super old, right?"

"Yes,"

"What other mythical creatures also aren't mystical?" He grinned,

"You'd be surprised," he laughed, and he was so young again, no longer the middle-ages gentleman, but a happy seventeen-year old, like my mother. My heart ached. It was hard to know that I was physically older than my own parents.

When I was younger, I'd wanted nothing more than to be a vampire, but now I had Blaed, and I wanted to grow old with him, and have children, and just… live.

"Just one, daddy?" I begged.

"Fine," he said, thinking, "I swear on my word as a gentleman that I have seen mermaids in the ocean." I gasped, awed, "They are amazing hiders, and very shy. Don't get your hopes up about ever seeing one, but at sunset you can see them hopping out of the water in celebration of the end of the day. There are others," he smiled mischievously, "but you have to find them yourself."

"Bye daddy. See you soon?" I asked,

"Count on it."

So Blaed and I drove off in our car, leaving behind the place where we'd met, fallen in love, lost a friend, and gained a new alliance between werewolves and vampires to protect the people of the Olympic peninsula. Just for a while, though. We headed to New Hope to start our lives together, and I laid a hand on my stomach, the new ring on my left hand glinting in the sun. I had some news for Blaed.

This is the last chapter. You should be able to figure that one out all on your own, and I want to thank all you great reviewers for sticking with the story till' the end. Tell me if you think I should make a sequel…