"Can you answer me one question?" he asks desperately, his fingers running through his hair again. "Did you ever love me?" The air that leaves my lungs surprises even me, and I almost want to laugh. "Of course I did," I answer. "That was the problem. I loved you too much to realize what you were doing to me." How many times can one disappoint before it's too many? *Controlling r/s.

Due to a threat on his family of vampires, Edward has joined Aro's Guard and is given a mission to recruit newborn vampire, Isabella Swan, for membership. With her shield in tact, she will not go down without a fight. What happens when he finds her and she is not all he thought she was? Will he risk his own life, and the life of his family, to save hers? Rated M for a reason.

Edward and Bella meet (as vampires) during a late-night stroll to the hot springs near Denali, Alaska. Just a quick, M rated, one-shot.

A not-so-quick, drabble-like look into what the future would be like if Edward refused to change Bella despite the events in Italy. Carries from college on, with Bella wholly, and forlornly, human.