Here is what everyone has been waiting for, the return of Edward. I am going to warn you now that while I love Edward as I have said many time he is not going to be protrayed in the very best light for a few chapters in this story, in fact he is going to do some down right nasty things to Bella, but don't worry your little heads it will all work out in the end as long as you trust me.
I want to thank you for the response I got from the last chapter I had so much fun writting it, even though I was not feeling the best at the time. Now I am starting to feel back to normal so I will be trying to get the next chapter out as fast as possible becuase I know that you will all be dying to know what is going to happen next. Just to let you know I do not really like writing from Edward's percpective, because he is so emotional so I will probably not do very many from her view in the future.
As always I do not own anything except the plot.
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Song recommendation for this chapter is Carrie Underwood's: I Told You So
Chapter 29: Mine
Edward POV
Bella, Bella, Bella, Isabella, Isabella, Bella Swan, Bella Swan, Isabella Marie Swan, Isabella Marie Swan, my Bella, my Bella; that was all my mind could think of over and over. It has be over a year since I have left my love standing heartbroken in the forest and all I can do is sit on the beach on my father's island and stare at the waves thinking of her deep brown eyes staring at me like I was the cruelest monster on the planet. I am, there is no denying it now.
I know why I left her and why I could not return is because she was meant to live in a human world, safe from all the mythical creatures that she seemed to be so inclined in finding. I know it was heartless of me to take away my family and her best friend along with me, but a clean break was for the best and no matter what we all had to stay away for her own good. My existence can be lonely for the rest of all time as long as Bella, my love, is safe and no longer in danger of having one of us attacking her for a simple paper cut.
Jasper, my supposed brother, how could he have been so reckless in not hunting that day knowing Bella was coming over. He never was able to control his thirst and is always going to be the weak link in the family. It took almost all of my control after taking Bella home that night not to come and rip him to pieces and dance around his pyre for even thinking about hurting her. I knew that I would never win in a fight against him because of his past; and the entire family would have come to his defense knowing that it was because he felt all of our thirst that made it so difficult for him.
I know that because she was my singer the smell of her blood that night filled my senses with the most delicious moist scent I have ever been privileged to be near. When she was dying on the ballet studio that night she foolishly went to meet James I was concerned about stopping the venom already coursing threw her veins and not the smell of her blood, but that night I was taken off guard and if Jasper had not tried to attack because of our combined blood lust I would have had a hard time restraining myself.
That is why I knew that I could no longer be in Bella's life and that is what led me to wandering around the world for the last year until I finally settled myself on Isle Esme. No one comes to the island so I can be left to my thoughts. I have not spoken with my family since I ordered them to leave Forks. I am sure they were worried about me, but I had no desire to be around three perfectly matched couples pushing their love in my face when mine is denied to me forever.
Everyday, no strike that, every hour, minuet, second I wondered what Bella was doing. Was she still broken from me calling her a distraction? Did she miss me? Did she think about me? Does she still love me? If I ran back this second and begged for forgiveness would she take me back? All of these questions were flowing through my head like they were stuck on the repeat button. Unfortunately I did not have one single answer to comfort me as the days and nights dragged on into oblivion.
I had thoughts of running off to the Volturi and ending my sorry existence, but I could not make myself actually go through with it. I am a coward and that is why I left the only one I could ever love with my entire soul, not that I believe we have them.
Eventually I made my way back into the dark house hidden in the jungle. I really didn't need the shelter, but it felt better for me to be inside rather than in the sun all day for some reason, fit my mood better I guess. I checked my cell phone for the first time in over two months and I noticed that there were five missed calls, all from different family members. I didn't want to talk to them, but they had left voicemails; so it couldn't hurt to listen to see if there was anything important. Though they were all from approximately six weeks ago I still wanted to hear the voices of my family.
The first message was from Alice, her high pitched voice came screaming through the phones so loud I had to pull it away from my face.
"Edward, its Bella. Victoria is after her and she is going to build a newborn army with Maria to attack her and the pack. She phased into one of them; and is danger. You need to get you butt in gear and come home to help us. We're headed back to Forks." She screeched and I could not move because all that was going through my head was that MY BELLA was in danger, again because of me.
All of the messages were about the same, except Rosalie telling me to pull the stick from my ass and stop moping like a little boy and come face his responsibilities like a man. She was always very crude when she was angry, which was most of the time when it came to our relationship.
After all of my messages were done playing and I had gained control of my limbs again I was racing out the door and into the boat that I had chartered from Rio. I was calling the airlines and had a private plane readied for my arrival. One good thing about living forever and having a sister that could see the outcomes of the stock markets was that we all had large cash piles all over the world with different names on them. I didn't care how much money it cost me because I was doing something that I had been thinking about doing for the last year going home to the only home I care about, Forks.
I kept thinking that I will be seeing my love in a few short hours and if I had a heartbeat it would have been beating out of my chest at how my emotions kept cycling through nervous, anxious, pissed off, regretful, and most of all I was filled with hope and love. I was going to be like the knight riding up on his white horse at sunset to rescue the princess. I would be rewarded in the end by my love forgiving me for lying and hurting her and we would go back to how things should have been.
I knew that leaving Victoria alive would come back to haunt me, but I never suspected she would go to such great lengths to get revenge. Though I could see her point if someone had taken my mate away from me forever I would have gone crazy and done anything to get back what was taken from me, by any measure possible.
I boarded the plane and once we were in the air was able to relax a little knowing that I was on my way to help save my love, again. There had been no more messages from my family after a couple of days following the first one; so I took that as no news is good news. If anything more had developed further my family would have tried to contact me again, wouldn't they?
It was a tortuous flight, but finally after what seemed like days we landed in Seattle and I was off the running in the woods. At my fastest I knew that it would only take me an hour to reach Forks, but as soon as I was free of the airport my phone buzzed in my pocket and I looked down at the number. Alice, she must have seen my decision to come help. I answered, but before I could even get a word out Alice was already yelling at full blast through the speaker.
"Edward, you cannot come here. Not today, not now. Bella she's getting married tomorrow and she's happy again. I will not let you ruin this for her. She phased and is a wolf now, part of the pack down in La Push. She imprinted on her fiancé Paul and they are so perfect for each other. Also she is pregnant and there is so much I need to tell you about that, but if you come and ruin this for her I will never forgive you. She is safe for now and if you wait until they are on their honeymoon to make your presence known I will let you know all the details. If you love Bella, truly love her you will leave her alone to live her life with the love of her life." Alice said everything without breathing and I was shocked for the second time in twenty-four hours into complete stillness.
"Edward? Edward did you hear me?" Alice was shouting through the phone that I had dropped on the ground near my feet.
"Yeah," I was able to whisper out before I shut the phone off and sat on the wet soaked ground in compete shock.
My Bella was getting married to another man, her imprint. She was a filthy wolf now and pregnant. I had way too much information flowing through my head. This was worse than anything that I had created in my mind over the past thirteen months because she was lost to me forever. I truly was keeping hope that she was pining away in her room night after night waiting for me to climb through her window and profess my undying love for her and we would run off together into the sunset. How foolish was I?
How could she betray my love for her with another man? How could she give up her innocence to him and allow him to impregnate her with his devil spawn? She was pure and she was mine; and I was going to get her back at all cost. I would not allow Bella to leave me, she was MY MATE, and I would have her in my arms at no cost.
I was lost in my thoughts for hours until I noticed that it was approaching sunset and I made sure to keep my mind free of making any form of decision, to keep Alice blind to my actions. I did not know where the wedding was taking place, but when I reached the house I saw my parent's Mercedes driving down the long winding forest road that hide our house from the highway. I followed at a safe distance still splitting my mind of several actions, going back to Isle Esme, staying in the forest, going to see Tanya in Alaska, and of course my present fate of following them.
When they reached the border of La Push I for sure thought that they were crazy because the treaty prohibited any Cullen on the reservation. However, I guess if Bella is one of the wolves now and she is still talking to my family than the treaty is no longer in affect.
I tried to stay hidden as I saw my love exit one of the cars looking like the most gorgeous creature that I had ever seen. She was all in white, just like I had pictured her looking like over and over on our wedding day. She was facing away from me at first and I could not see her beautiful face, but after hugging her father and two other boys she turned to look directly to where I was standing hidden behind two large trees. The smile that lit up her face was one that I had never seen on her face before. She looked so peaceful and happy that I was blinded by the force of my love I had for her.
I could see a little bump beneath her dress and she was absolutely glowing with her pending motherhood. I couldn't move because what was I doing? Was I really going to take this all away from her when I was the one that left her in the first place? I told her to move on with her life and now she is, was I really that callous to ruin her wedding day?
I was so lost in my thoughts of whether or not I was going to show myself or run as far as way as possible that I missed the whole ceremony. From the thoughts that I could hear from everyone in attendance they made a perfect couple and that the love coming from them was the real thing that would last forever. The thoughts of my family were the worst because they kept thinking that they had never seen Bella this happy and in love with me.
I wanted to breakdown in sobs and end this miserable existence that just seems to be out to make me suffer over and over. I had never wanted to die more than I had in that one moment of the preacher announcing my Bella was now the wife to another man.
I tried to keep myself down wind so that no one would no that I was secretly watching every speech and dance at the reception. I saw her throw the bouquet straight into the arms of Angela Weber and then I had to contain my growl when her husband went up her skirt to get her garter. It was everything that should have been doing at our wedding, but instead it would now never happen. Or could it, maybe if I showed myself and she saw me again she would come back to me and leave that other guy in the dust. She would be mine again, I would see to it.
As the night wore on and all of the human guests had left except for her father and a couple of the people from the reservation I took my opportunity to claim what was rightfully mine. With a spur of the moment of the decision I strolled out of the forest and straight into the tent where there were gasps and growls from all sides. Even some of my own family growled at me and took defensive stands as I approached Bella who was frozen in shock with her mouth open wide and tears falling down cheeks.
"Edward" She whispered.
"Hello love."
****So what did you all think of emotionally withdrawn Edward? What do you think he is up too? I would love to hear what you all are thinking about how this story is progressing.
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