Chapter 44 - Relief

Bella's POV

I had enjoyed hunting down the girls, I was instantly jealous of anyone who was James's victim because that was how we met. The hard part however had been finding Alice. She was his favourite game for a long time, he said that he was no longer interested in her after I came along but she needed to go.

The problem was, now that I had finally found her, she was constantly being watched and I could not get her alone. I was pacing in the empty house, three blocks from where they were staying and I kicked the body of the man who owned this house in frustration.

It was then that Alice walked into the room.

I stared at her in shock as she looked up to meet my eyes. Her expression was one I had never seen before. She looked at me as though her eyes would not focus enough for her to see me clearly, as though her mind where elsewhere. There was a long moment of silence before she spoke.

"I love him." Alice informed me with her distant voice, it was as though she were speaking from a thousand miles away.

My anger boiled at her words and I prepared to launch forward and rip her throat out. "He's mine." I growled, crouching into position.

"Not James." Alice's words caused me to hesitate. "Jasper, I love Jasper." Her eyes grew even more distant and unfocused as though she were no longer looking at me but instead at something that was not there. "I love him so much I would die for him." Alice told me. "I remember but I don't feel. I remember feeling love, but I do not feel it now. I know that I love my family, but I do not care, I cannot care." She went on as though she did not care if I was listening or not. "I cannot feel anything, I am not anything, I am just empty. I know that I love him, and I remember feeling love for him, but I cannot feel it now." Her eyes focused and she looked to me again.

"I know what you are going to do with me Bella." Alice stated simply, not caring she was about to die. "And I know that Jasper will try to stop you, and I know he will end up dead, either by your hand, or by James's. A man died for me once before, his name was Peter and I think he was a father to me, I do not want for Jasper to share his fate. My life means nothing and I know that Jasper deserves to live, if I could still feel I would let my emotions choose to sacrifice myself to save him. I do not feel anything though, however, I do know, I know that I would die so that Jasper will live. You will kill me now, and you will leave before he can track you. You will go somewhere Jasper cannot find you and you can be with James and Harmony forever. Just do not let Jasper find you and I will not even try to fight you." Alice stopped speaking immediately and I realised she would not start again.

Everything about her was strange but I knew it would only be a matter of time before they would notice her missing so I launched at the tiny vampire and true to her word she did not fight me, she did not even scream.

I took no pleasure in setting her alight but I did find relief. Alice was gone, I had no competition left for James now. I left the house as it burnt.


Authors Note: With the Cullen's dropping like flies, who will be next? And who, if anyone, will survive. And I would like to dedicate this chapter to Story Obsessed, thank you for all your reviews.

Story Obsessed - I'm glad you enjoyed it. I also tend to prefer cannon couples but this one was just too much fun not to write.

~SophieAngel69