This chapter was re-posted with Beta corrections March 24, 2011

Nata POV

The same day Nata gave Jacob Renee's letter

I knew it would just be a matter of time before Bella would make her way over to my home. I'd expected her to burst through my front door and demand to know why I'd kept such important knowledge about her mother a secret.

I wasn't prepared for the Bella I witnessed when I opened the front door. This young girl was emotionally broken, and it sent chills down my spine. I had to wonder if the bloodsuckers had won and pushed Bella over the edge.

Her eyes weren't yellow anymore but they were almost closed shut due to the intense crying she was doing. She looked so fragile and lost. Bella stumbled over the threshold and flung herself into my arms and continued to cry. She attempted to speak, but she couldn't catch her breath long enough to push the words out of her mouth. I held her as tightly as I could and whispered assurances into her ear.

My son and Angela came into the room and demanded to know what was going on. Angela rushed over to where we were. I gently pried Bella's hands from around my body, and Angela gently took Bella into her arms. They slowly slid to the floor and Bella continued to cry as Angela rocked her back and forth.

Embry looked at me and then at Angela and Bella.

"Does Jacob know that Bella is here crying on our floor?"

"I don't know, Embry. Why don't you go over there and see what's going on."

Embry quickly left the house and I called Leah, Rachel, and Kim and asked them to come over.

Bella cried for over three hours before she composed herself enough to talk. There weren't words to describe how any of us felt when Bella told us what the letter Renee wrote to her said. Renee was now Bella's enemy, and eventually she would have to face Renee and kill her.

After a while, Leah asked Bella what Jacob thought about the letter and that was when the fireworks began. Bella stood up and almost immediately her eyes turned yellow again. She gritted her teeth and said, "Jacob knew something was going to happen to my mother, and he choose not to tell me. He let me wander around for days blaming myself when he knew that this was going to happen."

Rachel shook her head and frowned. "That doesn't sound like my brother. There's no way he would keep something like this from you. You're his wife and he loves you more than anything else. He would have sacrificed himself to keep your mother safe."

Bella leaned against the wall by the window facing our front yard and said, "Well, I guess you don't know your brother as well as you thought you did, because he's still alive and my mother is a blood thirsty leech."

Rachel sucked in a breath. She'd never witnessed Bella be so cruel and to hear her say something like that about Jacob was very unsettling. Angela walked over to Bella and lightly touched her on the shoulder and said, "You don't mean that. If Jacob knew something was going to happen to your mother and he didn't tell you he had to have had a good reason not to."

Bella moved away from Angela and said, "Yeah, he had a reason for not telling me. Apparently it was my mother's fate to die. It wasn't his place to tell me."

There was silence for several minutes before I said, "Bella, do you remember the last time you and Jacob came over to have your dream interpreted and Jacob stayed behind?"

She slowly nodded.

"Well, Jacob suspected that I had only interpreted a portion of your dream and he was correct. There was a part that I couldn't tell you that involved your mother. Jacob wanted to tell you, but I told him that he could not.

"Your husband is the Alpha. Yes, you are his main priority, but you are not his only priority. When he makes decisions, he has to take into account how it will affect everyone as a whole. Telling you would not have changed anything. Renee still would be gone no matter what. If he had interfered by telling you then more than just your mother would have suffered the same fate."

Bella slid against the wall until her bottom hit the floor. She asked in a weak voice, "How long had my mother known that she was going to be a vampire?"

"Since the day your mother found you in the woods during the storm."

Once again Bella began to cry. We continued to comfort Bella through the night. She talked and we listened. We talked to her and she listened. By morning she was ready to go back home. Once Bella left I turned to Leah and said, "Call Jacob and let him know that Bella is on her way home. Make sure that he knows that nothing has changed. Bella is still angry with him. The only reason she is coming back is for Charlie and Billy."

As Leah picked up the phone she sighed and shook her head in disgust.

Edward POV

Five days after Renee's transformation is complete

Mia picked up a chair and threw it across the room where it crashed into the wall and shattered to pieces.

"She's a newborn! They don't have control. If we were to let her loose in Seattle, she should want to kill every human in sight!"

"Mia, has it occurred to you that maybe Renee's gift is that she can control her bloodlust?"

My question did not please Mia, so she continued to destroy more furniture and yelled, "Jane, do it again! This time don't hold back!"

Almost immediately, I heard tortured screams coming from the other room.

I sighed and said, "Mia, you're wasting your time. Your torture is not working on her. If gutting a human in front of Renee doesn't cause her to loose control I doubt setting her mind on fire will change anything either. Give me a chance to talk to her. I think I know what she needs to hear to get her to do what you want."

Mia stared at me for a while. I could tell that she had already made up her mind to let me talk to Renee. She just wanted Renee to suffer a little bit longer.

"Fine, you have an hour to change her mind. I don't see how much good you can do, considering she tried to rip your head off the moment she finished her transformation."

I walked into the room and found Jane, Alec, and Chase standing in the corner staring at Renee with enjoyment in their eyes. I expected as much from Jane and Alec but it bothered me that Chase was also getting off at watching another vampire in so much pain.

From the next room Mia said, "That's enough. She's Edward's problem now. They can be alone while we go hunt."

Once Renee and I were completely alone, she sprang up from the ground and landed in a crouched position. I could hear a low growl rumbling from her chest. I hated to admit it but she was incredibly beautiful as a vampire.

The paleness of her skin brought out the auburn highlights in her slightly wavy, shoulder length hair. I found myself wanting to run my fingers through it, but it was her eyes that had me hooked and wanting her. Everything anyone needed to know about her was expressed through her eyes. It was why Mia was so upset. Renee hadn't said a word since she finished the transformation, but her eyes were an open window to her soul and they plainly told Mia to F*** off. She would not be a part of any plan we had to bring Chase and Bella together.

Renee's behavior was unusual. She hadn't shown any indication that she suffered from bloodlust. We had several humans on stand-by for when she joined us in this world. The first human was placed in the room with her, and she never once acknowledged their presence.

She stood in the corner with her back to the young frightened girl that pleaded for her life. Even when Mia came into the room and slit the young girl's wrists Renee didn't move an inch. She stayed as still as a statue. Mia forced Renee to turn around to see the blood as it dripped from her victim's wrists but Renee stared blankly at the blood and didn't move.

What puzzled us all was that Renee wasn't holding her breath. She was taking in the scent of the blood but she had no reaction to it. Mia got very creative with various ways to slice humans open in front of Renee but none of it affected her. She continued to stand and stare with emotionless crimson eyes.

The only time she came to life was when she saw me for the first time after the change. Without warning, she sprang and attacked me. She had my arm halfway ripped off before Jane intervened.

"You could kill me now, but that won't keep your daughter from being slaughtered with the rest of La Push and Forks. Come take a walk with me. I have a couple of things to discuss with you. Mia has given me an hour to get you to see things her way. If you decide you don't like what you've heard then you are more than welcome to finish what you started a few days ago."

Renee stood and walked past me out the door. I caught up with her and we went into the woods that were behind the abandoned cabin that we'd been staying in.

"I won't be the cause of my daughter loosing her mind."

"So you think if you anger Mia and don't feed off of any humans that will make a difference? As much as your daughter may have loved you she won't be able to love the creature you have become. It won't make a difference to her that you've abstained from human blood. You are dead to Isabella Swan now."

"Black."

"Excuse me?"

Renee huffed and gritted through her teeth, "She is married now. Her last name is no longer Swan it is Black."

"So she married the mutt. Chase won't like that information too much."

Renee turned and grabbed me by my throat and flung me through the air. I crashed into a nearby tree and fell to the ground.

"Don't talk to me about that spawn of the devil you created!"

I quickly got up, brushed off my clothes and said, "If I were Mia, I would have you on the first plane back to Volterra because you are highly gifted. Once we are turned our human memories become fuzzy and after a while we mostly forget but with you it's like nothing has changed. Aro would love to have a vampire with your talents as part of the Volturi Guard. There is so much you don't know about yourself and this world…"

"I don't want to know about the monster I've become."

"If you want this war to end in Isabella's favor then you'd better be willing to hear what I have to say. I'm your last hope."

Renee stalked toward me. When we were barely an inch apart she yelled, "I can't wait to see the wolves tear you apart piece by piece!"

I chuckled slightly. "Sorry, if that were to happen you would have already been killed by your daughter."

The fire that had burned through Renee's eyes extinguished and clouded over with grief.

"Look, Renee, I'm going to say this and be done. The only reason why Mia wanted you to feed off human blood was so that you'd have an uncontrollable desire for it. Therefore, once you were in Isabella's presence your bloodlust would take over and your daughter would have no option but to kill you.

"You were taught as a human that vampires were monsters that had no real emotions. Now that you are one yourself, you can see that wasn't true. You love Isabella more now than you did as a human. If you were to go to her right now, she would see it and feel it. That would make what she is supposed to do even more painful than it already has be.

"If you love your daughter more than anything else in this world, then prove it. Give her the reason she needs to kill you."

This time when Mia came back with a human for Renee there was no fight or hesitation, she was humane about it though. She knocked her victim out first before she drained them of their blood.

Charlie POV

Seven days after the letters were read

My wife was a vampire, my daughter was a vampire killer, and my son-in-law was a werewolf that killed vampires. Sometimes I wondered if I'd been shot in the line of duty and was in a coma, and this life I was currently living wasn't my real one but a dream induced one instead.

My life was in shambles and it nearly killed me to see the hurt that I watched my only daughter go through day after day. She was like a walking zombie. She made sure that Billy and I had food and anything else we needed, but Bella did only enough to keep herself alive. She wouldn't go any further than that.

She still refused to speak to Jacob, and if either Billy or I tried to bring his name up, she would fly into a rage that had already caused the demise of the living room TV.

Jacob was just as stubborn. He's been staying with Paul and Rachel. It was an Alpha command that unless Bella's life was in danger her name was not to be brought up in his presence. If they were on patrol, none of the wolves were allowed to even think about her. Each day that went by that Bella did not go to Jacob and end this mess between them caused the anger in him to increase a hundred fold.

For the normal werewolf this would be dangerous, but for the Alpha, it was perfect for war. Right now, the wolf part of Jacob was in full control which meant he was guided by pure instinct, so emotions couldn't cause him to make wrong choices. His command about Bella was actually for the good of the pack. It helped them to stay focused on what was really important at the moment. Sometimes I wondered if Bella was doing this on purpose but quickly rejected that idea. The amount of pain that Bella went through would have killed her if it wasn't for her slayer powers.

She hid it pretty well during the day when people were around to watch her. The only indication that you could see of her imprint withdrawals was the shaking and twitching, but in the middle of the night when she thought Billy and I were sleeping we could hear her in the woods as she screamed out in pain.

Things couldn't continue to go on like this.

Billy had just left with Harry to go and spend some time with Jacob. It was his day off from parole and Billy wanted to go and try and talk some sense into him to get him to come home.

Sam and Quil were outside paroling around Billy's house. They weren't allowed to come inside because Jacob gave orders that until Bella came to her senses none of the werewolves were allowed to spend time with her. No one argued with him about that, because they knew it was the wolf part of him being territorial about his imprint.

Bella hit the roof when she found out that none of the pack was allowed to socialize with her. It was the one and only time that she broke down and called Jacob. He didn't answer his cell phone, so she left a not so nice message for him and waited for him to call her back. He never did. Instead, he added to the command. Not only were the werewolves not allowed to visit Bella, but also their imprints were not allowed to visit her either. He claimed that her behavior was irrational and she was unstable and could be a danger to humans.

He tried to include Billy and myself but we put our foot down. There was no way Jacob could make me leave my daughter here alone, and he knew that we knew his last command was a way to punish Bella for hurting and disrespecting him as the Alpha. The wolf part of him was attempting to make her submit and give control back to him. Billy lit into him real good and reminded him that Bella was just as stubborn as he was, so until she was ready to forgive him there was nothing he could do to force her.

I was currently sitting on the couch watching my big screen TV that a couple of the pack members brought over from my house to replace the one Bella broke. Bella was in the kitchen sitting at the dining room table shaking and staring at the wall. Suddenly, I heard her quickly stand up. The chair she had been sitting on crashed to the floor.

I turned in her direction and stood.

"What is it, Bells?"

She didn't answer me right away. She looked from left to right as she began to walk toward me. Her eyes were the brightest yellow I'd ever seen them. She didn't look haggard and tired like she'd just looked a moment ago and she wasn't shaking or twitching. Instead, she looked calm and rested.

I knew without her telling me that the time had finally come. Renee was back.

Edward POV

"This is the perfect time. Jacob Black is in his human form and distracted with his father at the moment. Isabella is alone in the house with Charlie Swan. Edward, you will bring Renee into the house along with your shield. Chase, we will be in the forest and you will also have your shield up to insure that we are not detected before someone or something in that house dies."

Chase frowned. "If Edward has his shield up then we won't be able to see what's going on." Chase looked at Renee and sneered, "I want to see Isabella kill you."

Mia impatiently said, "There are werewolves guarding the property. If Edward opens the shield up past the house then they will know that we are there."

Chase shrugged his shoulders. "So kill them."

Mia turned toward me and yelled, "Would you please explain to your idiot son why we can't kill the werewolves!"

"If we approach with the intent to kill the werewolves Isabella will know and her slayer instincts will take over. We'll all be dead within the hour. Please do as Mia says and don't ask anymore questions."

Renee went back to not talking after our conversation in the forest. She knew what was expected of her and gave no indication that she wouldn't follow the plan.

We entered the house and saw Isabella sitting at the dining room table staring at nothing. She looked horrible. She'd lost weight, there were dark purplish bags under her dull yellow eyes and her hair was a greasy mess pulled back into a sloppy ponytail.

Charlie Swan didn't look much better. He was paler then the last time I saw him. He'd also lost some weight and even though he was looking at the TV screen he wasn't watching it.

Renee whispered, "Please, Edward, I can't do this. Their last memory of me can't be of me as this monster."

I understood the pain that Renee was feeling but if she didn't follow through with this, Mia would go on a war path, and Isabella would see a lot more than just her mother's new true nature.

"If I let my shield down the wolves will know I'm here and they will attack. Have you noticed that Bella hasn't realized that we are here? She will be taken off guard. Before she can do anything, I will have snapped Charlie's neck in front of her. What do you think would happen to her if she lost both her parents because she was unable to protect them? Do what you were instructed to do and do it now!"

Renee left my side and stood next to Charlie. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes, they were no longer crimson but instead were the color of charcoal. I smiled at her and said, "Good girl."

At the same moment, Isabella quickly jumped out of her chair and began to look around the room. I was amazed at the sudden transformation that she went through. She no longer looked tired but instead she looked alert and ready to fight.

She calmly walked toward Charlie but before she could reach him, I opened up the shield to allow Renee to be seen.

Isabella sucked in a breath and came to a halt. Renee was standing directly behind Charlie. One swift movement and he was dead and Isabella knew it. She locked eyes with Renee for a moment before she finally said, "You're wrong. If you were to bite him, I wouldn't hesitate to finish the job. You and I both know Charlie would rather die than be a blood sucking leech."

Isabella looked toward Charlie and she calmly reached her hand toward him and said, "Dad, don't turn around. Slowly walk toward me and don't stop until you are behind me. Once you are behind me close your eyes and keep your back to me. Don't open them until I tell you to."

Charlie slowly walked toward his daughter. Isabella never took her eyes off of Renee. I could feel myself weakening slightly, so I knew that this would end very quickly if just standing in her presence was enough to weaken our powers.

I wondered how far Renee was going to let Charlie walk before she made her move. There was no way she would let him get past Bella. He was the only thing stopping Isabella from attacking.

Just before Charlie was close enough to touch Bella's hand Renee rushed Charlie from behind, wrapped her arms around his waist and yanked him toward her chest.

"Just where do you think your going? I've missed you sweet heart. I've come back so that we could be one big happy family again."

There's nothing that a human can do that could exceed our speed but Isabella Swan was no ordinary human. Faster than I could blink, Isabella ran toward Renee and Charlie. She grabbed Renee's arms, yanked, and without any resistance Renee's arms detached from her body.

Just as quickly, Isabella snatched her father by his shirt and pulled him away from Renee. She then focused her full attention on the vampire that was once her loving and caring mother.

She pushed Renee to the ground and quickly straddled her waist and as she placed her hands around her mother's neck she began to cry as she said, "Thank you for making this easier for me." Isabella ripped Renee's head from her body and flung it across the room.

This was my cue to leave. I could feel myself losing my strength, but I also realized this could be my opportunity to end the mess that was my life. I couldn't get past the thought that I was the cause of another child losing their parent because of the bad choices that I'd made. I quickly thought about my son and realized that it was a mistake to bring him back. He was a monster and had deserved to die at the hands of Jacob Black.

I didn't want to be around to watch him continue to walk down the dark path he'd chosen and I didn't want to witness Isabella Swan be forced to follow him down that same path. A sudden peace fell over me once I made my final decision.

I dropped my shield and quickly said, "Take my son and get out of here. This ends for me today."

I wondered if they moved my son away quickly enough before Isabella realized they were there and killed them. The Slayer Isabella Swan-Black locked eyes with me and smiled as I exploded into a million pieces.

Slayers are not vampire mind-readers but their instincts allow them to know what vampires' intentions are. That is how Isabella is able to know when a vampire is dangerous or not. The more focused she is the stronger the instinct becomes.

This chapter was difficult to write. I just couldn't make Renee a horrible blood thirsty monster. We will find out soon if sacrificing her life will help Bella become a stronger slayer or if it will push her into Chase's arms.

I have a question…Something has been going on the past couple of chapters. Does anyone know that that is?

Thanks for the reviews and story alerts. Most of you understand Bella's anger toward Jacob and believe you would have reacted the same way. That was interesting to know.