A/N: Thanks Sherry xx
Chapter 49
"Bella, wait!" I could hear Edward calling after me as I ran after Patrick. I was torn between stopping and continuing on after the pup. I didn't want anything to happen to him because I had upset him. What if whoever was responsible decided to come after him because he had spoken to me?
Edward caught up to me in the forest before I had the chance to find the pup. He grabbed my arm and spun me around. He looked furious as he stared down at me. I would have been intimidated if I wasn't so worried about the pup. "What the hell were you thinking?" he growled. Peter, Jasper and Emmett were standing behind him. They were all silently asking me the same question; at least it looked that way, if the expressions on their faces were anything to go by.
"I…I," I said, looking up at him. "I don't want anything to happen to Patrick."
"And what if something were to happen to you?"
"I'm sorry," I said, glancing between him and where I had last seen the pup. "Please, Edward," I begged. The longer we stood here the further Patrick was getting away. Anything could happen to him.
Edward sighed before nodding his head to the others, a silent command for them to follow after the kid. I thought we were all going, but the moment I went to move he tightened his grip on my arm. I looked up at him confused as the others took off into the woods. "We are going back to the pack's cave. We will wait there with the others until the kid is found."
"But Edward-"
"No buts, Bella. You mean the world to me and I'm not prepared to lose you." He pulled on my arm, turning back toward the direction we had come, but the second we turned around we were faced with three large men in ski masks. I called them men because there was no scent of a wolf surrounding them. In fact, there was no scent surrounding them at all, which was strange. It was almost as if they weren't there, but I knew my eyes weren't deceiving me. They were there and they certainly were large enough to be wolves. I had no idea what was going on.
Edward quickly pushed me behind him, letting out a growl as his claws elongated from his fingers. "Back off," he warned. "You do not want to come between me and my mate." The men didn't heed his warning.
Everything moved fast after that, even for my wolf eyes. The three men descended upon us and while Edward quickly, slashing everything within reach. His fight was in vain, because it wasn't a fight the others had been looking for. No, they were here for me. They stuck a needle into Edward's neck at the first opportunity; it didn't take long for him to drop to the forest floor. Whatever they were using was powerful stuff. They moved to me next and while I did my best to put up a fight, they over-powered me with their strength. They injected me too, and within seconds everything went black. I fell unconscious knowing I had now been taken too. My only comfort was I would now be able to find the others and possibly help them escape wherever they were.
