Edward PoV
What had I been thinking?
Stupid.
So stupid.
Why had I come here? Why didn't I stay away from her? Why couldn't I stay away?
The look in her eyes. This horror. This constant looking towards that... wolf...as if he were the only one who could protect her from the monster that had suddenly appeared in her room.
And that was me.
A monster.
A killer.
I was so bad for her and yet I wanted her so much.
I ran through the night and still couldn't escape the images in my head.
Bella, my Bella, looking terrified of me.
That's what I had done to her.
Once she'd loved me but now, she was terrified of me.
Of what I truly was.
I should be relieved that she finally saw what I had wanted to show her all along.
The beast behind this mask of beauty.
I ran and I ran, and it was never enough.
There was no escaping it.
I knew he would smell my presence as soon as he woke up.
He would be furious and rightly so.
He would look for me and not stop until he found me.
Maybe even kill me.
Because I knew, had the roles been reversed, I would do the exact same thing.
I would kill the person that threatened and hurt Bella. My Bella. My beautiful, stubborn, and brave Bella. The Bella who had always refused to see the bad side of things, who had always seen in me a man and not a monster.
I turned around. I knew I had to face him sometimes. I couldn't run away forever. My running days were over. I came here to fix the past.
And waiting for him to tear my head off seemed like a good start.