A/N: Guys, I know it's been far too long since I've updated this story! Life's gotten a little busy for me, and I haven't had as much time to write. I love this story so much, so I promise not to abandon it!

On a random note, if you're looking for a holiday Bella/Edward one shot, check out my story called "Ivy"! I wrote it last December and love it so much.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and I hope you had a good Thanksgiving! :)

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"Holy Ground (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift
Tonight, I'm gonna dance
For all that we've been through
But I don't wanna dance
If I'm not dancing with you
Tonight, I'm gonna dance
Like you were in this room
But I don't wanna dance
If I'm not dancing with you

RPOV

Three Days Later

"Ness," Jacob whispers as he runs his hand soothingly up and down my bare back. I sleepily burrow back into him with a grunt of protest.

"Wake up," he says softly before raking his fingers through my hair. "Are you hungry?"

As a matter of fact, I am.

I wrap an arm around Jake and pull him closer to me. I tilt my head up for him to kiss me and silently show him that I definitely want him for breakfast.

"Not that kind of hungry," he chuckles. "C'mon, let's get up and go to the diner for some pancakes."

I blink my eyes open and look up at him. He smiles and kisses my forehead. "I'll only get up on one condition."

"What's that?"

I smirk before pinning him down on the bed and quickly crawling on top of him. I kiss him, and he groans into my mouth. I feel him grow hard beneath me, his erection pressing against my thigh. I break away from the kiss and scoot forward, hoovering my breasts over his mouth.

"So, you'll only get out of bed after I thoroughly fuck you, huh?" He says in that husky voice that drives me crazy before teasing my nipple with his tongue. I'm only able to answer with a moan as I arch my chest closer to his mouth.

He chuckles against my breast, giving me goosebumps. "God, your laugh does things to me, too."

"Oh yeah?" He grazes his teeth over my other nipple, causing me to yelp with pleasure.

"Yes," I breath. I kiss him again then reach down between us to stroke him. A low groan escapes from the back of his throat, causing more heat to rush to my core. I line him up at my opening and rock my hips back. We both let out a moan at the connection.

"Ride me, baby." Jacob growls. I sit up, grip his hard, perfect biceps and begin moving my hips.

"This is my favorite sight in the world," Jacob pants. "You riding my cock. Your tits bouncing up and down. You tilting your head back and sighing… God, you're the sexiest creature alive, Ness." His eyes are raking up and down my body, and I manage to give him a lazy smile before increasing my movements.

Jacob's always so good at talking during sex, but it's like my mind turns to complete mush. Because words have completely evaded me, I silently show him what he's doing to my body and how he's making me feel. Jake takes in a sharp breath before gripping my hips and guiding me into an even quicker pace.

"Fuuuuck," I say, feeling every muscle begin to tighten in my body.

"That's it, baby," Jacob encourages. He keeps one hand on my hip while his other hand travels down, one of his fingers circles around my clit, and I lose it. I come apart fast and quick, chanting Jacob's name.

Once I've ridden out my orgasm, Jacob flips us over so he's on top. He thrusts into me roughly, making me shriek. He cups the side of my face. "You're gonna come again, Nessie."

I slowly blink my eyes open to look up at him, and just that sight alone is almost enough for me to climax again. His breathing is ragged, his hair is pulled back in one of those loose messy bun things at the nape his neck with a few strands framing his face. All his muscles are straining, making them more defined, and he's glistening with sweat.

"Do you have any idea how fucking sexy you are?" I ask him.

He answers with a huge smile that takes over his entire face before he leans down to kiss me. He rests his forehead against my own, continuing his expert thrusts.

It doesn't take long for me to find my second release. Jacob pulls out of me and continues to stroke himself a couple more times before he comes all over my breasts. We're both panting for several seconds before finally opening our eyes and smiling softly at each other.

Jacob looks down at my chest and smirks. "Seeing my come all over your tits is hot as hell."

I smirk. "Next time, you should pull out and come in my mouth."

Jacob groans and closes his eyes for a second. "Fuck. Don't say things like to me when we have to be productive today."

Jacob gets up from the bed quickly then scoops me into his arms before walking toward the bathroom. He kisses my hair. "Let's shower and get some breakfast. We have a busy day ahead of us."

I show him my disappointment. I show him how I planned for us to stay in bed together again today. I show him images of the things that I know he can't resist – me moaning, my breasts jiggling, him fucking me from behind…

He chuckles before setting me down on the bathroom counter. He grabs a washcloth and cleans off my chest before reaching into the shower and turning on the water. I smirk when I see that he's hard again. "Get in before I change my mind," he nods his head toward the shower.

I wiggle my eyebrows while looking down at his erection and back up at him. He laughs again. "Okay, one more quickie in the shower then we have to be civilized for a while."

"Does 'civilized' mean we have to wear clothes all day?" I ask, swinging my legs back and forth.

"Yes." He says while pulling the hair tie out of his hair. He opens the shower door and steps into the water. I hop off the counter and follow behind him. Like everything else in our house, my Grandma Esme made sure our shower was huge to accommodate Jacob's massive size.

Jacob leans his head back, running the water through his hair. "Why are you doing this to meeee?" I whine playfully, referring to how incredibly salacious he is while running the water through his hair. How am I expected to behave normally in public when he looks like that!?

He lifts his head then lunges at me quickly, pinning me against the shower wall. His erection pushes against my stomach. He starts nibbling my ear lobe.

"Doing what?" He whispers as the tip of his tongue runs along the ridges of my ear. My legs begin to feel like Jell-O and goosebumps pepper my skin. "You want me to stop?"

I suck in a shaky breath. "No," I say meekly. His teeth scrape along my neck. "Do whatever you want with me."

"Well, in that case…" He says before wrapping one of his arms around my back and turning me around quickly. My hands smack against the shower wall as he grips my hip with one hand and positions himself at my opening with the other. He pumps into me roughly. I bite my lip and rest my cheek on the shower wall.

"Don't fucking bite your lip. I want to hear what I do to you." Jacob says huskily.

I sigh before a loud moan of pleasure escapes from deep in my throat. "That's it, Ness. I love those sexy little sounds you make."

Jacob grips my hip tighter. I reach down and start rubbing my clit. Jacob reaches around me, grabs my wrist, and pushes my hand away.

"Let me take care of you, baby." Jacob continues thrusting into me while expertly rubbing my clit. How he's able to do all of that so expertly, I have no idea, but I am definitely not complaining.

The sounds of wet skin-on-skin and our moans of pleasure reverberate off the bathroom walls until we both find our releases.

. . . . . . . .

After our steamy shower, we both quickly get dressed and head to the the diner in Port Angeles. We play music and goofily sing along to the songs together while I drive. Even with my vampire reflexes, I almost run a red light because I'm laughing while looking over at Jake.

We get to the diner, sit on the same side of the booth, and order two huge stacks of pancakes. Jacob doesn't let's go of my hand as we eat, his thumb occasionally grazing over the engagement ring that hasn't left my finger since he put it on three days prior.

After breakfast, Jacob and I decide that we need to interact with the real world again. We decide that we want to tell our families about our engagement and that Jacob needs to check-in with the pack since he's been completely MIA for the last few days.

We decide to drive to Jacob's dad's house first. We'll go to my family's house next. From there, we'll likely split up – Jacob will check-in with the pack, and I'll check-in with Nahuel, especially since we still don't officially know if Leah imprinted on him.

Once I park my car outside of Billy's house, I lean over and peck Jacob's lips. "I don't know if I'll survive being away from you this afternoon."

He laughs and kisses me. "What if I promise that we'll have a phenomenal reunion at home later?"

"Oh?" I say and playfully bat my eyelashes. "What will this 'reunion' entail?"

"Why don't you connect to my mind and see for yourself?"

"You want me to?" I ask, surprised.

"You know all of me, Ness. I'm used to people knowing my thoughts. You can connect to my mind whenever you want."

I shake my head. "It's such an invasion of privacy, Jake. I'll only do it when I have your permission."

He shrugs. "Suit yourself, but…"

"But?"

Jacob shifts a little in his seat before reaching up to run a hand through his hair. And… did his cheeks just turn a little pink? Is Jacob Black uncomfortable or nervous about something!? I rarely see Jacob squirm like this, so I am truly intrigued.

I smirk and reach to squeeze his hand. "Are you embarrassed about something?"

He lets out the cutest nervous laugh I've ever heard in my life before saying, "Maybe a little."

Now I have to know what he's thinking. "Are you doing this to torture me because I said I wouldn't connect to your mind? What are you embarrassed about!?"

He laughs again. "I was just thinking about something I want to try with you."

I shift in my seat and lean closer to him. "What do you want to try!? Tell me!"

He runs his hand through his hair again. "One day when we have sex, I want you to connect to my mind, and maybe you can let your thoughts just flow to me the entire time, too…"

I feel myself blush a little at the idea – connecting with him physically and emotionally/mentally at the same time like that? It's the most vulnerable, raw thing I can imagine. But, of course, I really want to do this with Jake now that he's suggested the idea.

I reach for him, cupping his face with my hands and kiss him. "I want to do that with you, too. Let's go home and do it now! We'll tell everyone we're engaged tomorrow."

He chuckles then nuzzles his face into my neck and plants a few kisses there. "Tonight, baby… We'll try it tonight."

"Ughhhhh," I exaggerate a playful groan. "Fine." I peck his lips one more time then pull away from him, open my car door, and get out. I watch as Jacob readjusts himself in his pants before getting out of the car behind me.

I glance down at the zipper on his jeans then wink at him. He laughs before lunging at me and pulling me into his chest. "You drive me crazy, you know that?" He says before quickly planting kisses all over my face.

"Judging by the massive hard-on I can still see in your jeans, I'm very inclined to believe you."

He laughs loudly before continuing to pepper my head, face, and neck with wet kisses. I squirm in his arms, giggling. "Jake! Stop!" My protests only make him tighten his arms and continue even more frantically.

We're both laughing hysterically when we hear Billy's somewhat skeptical voice, "Jacob? Renesmee?"

Jacob plants a final kiss on my lips before releasing me. He holds my hand as we walk the short distance to the front door of Jacob's childhood home. Billy's in the doorway, a small smile creeping up on his face as we happily approach.

"Hey, dad," Jacob says, reaching down to pat Billy's shoulder.

"Hi, Billy." I say with a smile.

Billy greets us, eyes us warily, then wheels himself backward and to the side for us to come in. Jake and I walk into the living room and plop down on the couch.

"What's going on?" Billy asks somewhat hesitantly.

Jacob and I glance at each other and grin. Jacob reaches for my left hand, giving it a squeeze before holding it out in front of us. My new ring glitters in the light from a nearby lamp.

Billy's hand comes up to his mouth for a second. "Is that…"

"Yes… It's Sarah's ring," I say softly. Billy's eyes connect with mine, and I can see moisture lightly clouding his vision. "Jacob said she wanted him to have it. I hope it's okay that I'm wearing it?"

Billy reaches up and wipes away a tear that escaped down his cheek. He clears his throat then wheels forward to Jacob and me. He reaches for my hand. "It is more than okay that you are wearing that ring. Sarah would have absolutely loved you."

I feel tears cloud my own vision. Jacob wraps his arm around me and kisses my head. "I guess it doesn't need to be explicitly said now, but Ness asked me to marry her, and I said yes."

Billy laughs. "She asked you, huh?"

"Of course, she did," Jacob says proudly. I turn and beam at him. He kisses me quickly.

Billy asks when the big day will be. I tell him that we're not sure because we haven't told my family yet, and I am assuming my Aunt Alice will help us plan everything. We finish chatting with Billy for a little while, and Jacob helps Billy with a few things around the house before we leave. I texted my mom and dad and asked them to go over to my family's main house for Jacob and me to come over and talk to them.

I feel giddy when I finally park outside my family's house. Jacob and I jump out of the car, but Jacob's momentarily distracted as he looks over to the forest. When I follow his gaze, I see Leah in her wolf form sitting in a small break in the trees.

Jacob nods at her, and I wave before grabbing his hand and excitedly darting toward the front door. Jacob laughs as I shove the door open and quickly walk into the living room where all my family is already sitting and standing, waiting for us. Nahuel and Hulien are there, too, which is perfect because I already consider them part of my family.

I find my dad's gaze, and a huge grin takes over my face because I know he's already read my thoughts and knows what's going on. He crookedly smiles back at me. My mom looks wary until she glances at my dad and notices his expression. She visibly relaxes. I glance around at everyone else, and they all have a somewhat suspicious expression, too.

I look up at Jacob for a moment before turning back to my family and loudly blurting out, "Jacob and I are getting married!"

"What!" My Aunt Alice wails.

"Oh! This is wonderful!" My Grandma Esme exclaims.

My mom jumps up from the couch and bolts toward Jacob and me. She wraps us both in a bone-crushing hug where Jacob has to playfully remind her that we are partly human and, therefore, breakable.

She laughs as she releases us and reaches for my hand to examine my ring. I cup her cheek and show her how I asked Jacob to marry me and how he gave me his mother's ring. She kisses my cheek and congratulates us both excitedly.

My Grandma Esme pulls Jacob into a hug before reaching for me and kissing my head. "My heart is so full right now. I am so happy for you both."

My dad places a hand on Jacob's shoulder and nods, some kind of silent conversation occurring between the two of them. Then my dad turns and hugs me. I am so happy, daddy, I silently tell him.

"I know, love. I am elated that everything is finally falling into place."

My Uncle Jasper, Uncle Emmett, and Grandpa Carlisle all shake Jacob's hand and talk to him while my Aunt Alice dances over and pulls me into an embrace before kissing my cheek. "Are you going to be as stubborn as you mother was about me planning your wedding?"

I laugh. "I want you to plan it, Aunt Alice. My only demand is that it's on the beach in La Push."

She grins and claps her hands together excitedly. "Oh, I am so excited, Nessie! Thank you!"

My uncles and grandpa congratulate me next, followed by my Aunt Rosalie. She pulls me into an embrace then scowls at Jacob when she pulls away. "I am so happy for you, Renesmee… but are you sure about your groom choice?"

Jacob snorts beside me. "Still not part of your family, huh, Blondie?"

She flips her perfect hair behind her shoulder and looks down her nose at Jacob even though he towers over her. "What pet is Dracula's favorite?"

Jacob shrugs. "You've stumped me, bloodsucker. What is it?" I elbow Jacob for the bloodsucker comment.

"Bloodhounds. Maybe we can train you to be a good, obedient pet."

Jacob's head falls back as he laughs. "How long have you been waiting to crack that joke?"

My aunt's eyes narrow. Jacob looks over to my dad in question. My dad shakes his head. "I'm not getting in the middle of this again."

Jacob glances at me questioningly instead. I roll my eyes at him. "I'm with my dad on this one. I'm not getting in the middle of your little rivalry."

Jacob laughs again before turning back to my aunt. "Well, I'm looking forward to a lifetime of jokes with you, Rosalie."

I squeeze Jacob's hand and silently show him how that's the first time I can remember him actually saying my aunt's name instead of calling her "Blondie" or some derogatory vampire name. Aunt Rosalie doesn't say anything to him as she turns on her heel and walks back over to the couch where my Uncle Emmett is.

My gaze lands on Nahuel. I grin at him, and he smiles warmly back. I want to talk to him without my family around because I want to know what's happened with Leah and how he's doing with everything.

Jacob must notice my thoughts because he kisses my head then whispers, "I really need to go check-in with Leah… Meet you at home in a couple hours?"

I nod, even though I feel sad to think about being apart from Jacob for a while. I tilt my head up, and he kisses me. He says bye to everyone then leaves. I watch out the window as he takes his shirt off while jogging toward the trees.

I walk over and grab Nahuel's hand and start hauling him toward the door. I tell my family I'll be back in a little bit. Once we are outside, and far enough away from the house, I say, "Okay, fill me in."

He laughs. "I should say the same to you."

I laugh back. "Jacob and I talked about everything. Things aren't perfect, but they are a thousand times better."

"I'm so glad, Nessie. Seriously. I can tell things have totally shifted."

I smile briefly. "Thanks… Now it's your turn. Spill."

He sighs and rubs his forehead in frustration. "There's not much to tell. I don't really know what's going on. The last time I saw you was also the last time I saw Leah. Seth is the one that told me Leah imprinted on me. He told me Leah's freaked out and to give her some time to process things, but he asked me to stick around so we can talk once she's ready."

Nahuel steps in front of me and lifts a tree branch higher for me to step through. "Did Seth tell you why Leah's freaking out?"

"No," Nahuel responds. "But I get it, I guess. She wasn't expecting to imprint on someone like me."

I reach for his hand, pulling him to a stop. I stare at him incredulously. "What's that supposed to mean?"

He sighs. "Just that I'm half-vampire, Nessie. I'm sure it's weird."

"Don't doubt yourself. Is it weird to you that she's half-werewolf?"

He shrugs. "Yes. The entire thing is weird as fuck! When you first told me about imprinting, I thought it was incredibly strange because it's like you don't have a choice in who you love. I don't believe in love at first sight, Nessie, but when I saw Leah the other day…" He shakes his head. "I've never seen anyone or anything more beautiful in my life. The feeling freaked me out. I haven't even seen her human for fuck's sake."

I nod on understanding. "I know. I get it. It's completely strange."

He sighs. "So, I'm just sitting here waiting for her to come talk to me because I don't know how to find her or how to even talk to her about what's going on."

"Jake's talking to her right now. I'm sure she'll come around soon."

"I hope so." He sighs defeatedly.

I squeeze his hand. "What do you need right now? Tell me, and we'll do it."

He thinks for a second. "Run. I just want to run. Maybe find a tree to climb? Just hang out for a while?"

I smile. "I know just the place. C'mon!"

I drag him beside me as I take off into the trees. He keeps pace beside me. As always, Nahuel and I are comfortable just being in silence. There's a place I'm thinking of that's perfect, but it's about a thirty-minute run. There's a huge tree my dad used to take me to. We used to climb it together when I was little. Once you get high enough, you can see the tops of all the other trees, the mountains off in the distance, and, when it's nighttime, the stars are beautiful.

I round a corner before hopping over the river.

"Slow poke!" I yell to Nahuel before he jumps over the water behind me. "I'll race you toward that mountain over there!" I say before sprinting into the distance.

Nahuel laughs his agreement to my little game. I'm faster than him, so after several minutes, I look over my shoulder. He's still following, but he's pretty far behind. When I turn back around, I instantly stop running and freeze in my tracks.

A woman is standing several yards in front of me, her stance rigid, her expression menacing. I can tell she's a hybrid from her scent. She has straight brown hair and piercing green eyes. I suck in a deep breath when I recognize those eyes; they're the same as Nahuel's.

She glances over her shoulder and waves her hand, beckoning someone else to come forward that I must not be able to see or sense yet. My nervous system kicks into high gear as two vampires drop down from the trees. They're both wearing black and red cloaks. I've never seen them before, but I'm instantly certain they must be part of the Volturi's guard. They both appear to be men.

Serena's working with the Volturi? If a hybrid has been making decisions for, or with, the Volturi… That means my Aunt Alice hasn't been able to see anything.

My gift is thrumming away in my chest, begging for me to connect with their minds to ensure my safety. I focus on the vibration and push it out of my mind toward the hybrid. As soon as it's about to connect, it's like it hits a wall. I try again and again, but I still can't find a way to penetrate her mind. I try on the other two vampires, but the same thing happens with both of them. This makes no sense; my gift even worked on my mom!

"We can make this simple or difficult, Renesmee. It's really up to you." The hybrid purrs.

"We can make what easy or difficult?" I spit just as I hear Nahuel behind me. He's at my side in an instant and angles himself so he's in front of me.

"What is this, Serena?" He questions menacingly.

I stretch my gift toward Nahuel just to ensure it's working. I'm able to connect with him immediately and hear his overwhelming anger toward his half-sister. I disconnect from him and try with the others again, but it still doesn't work.

"What are you doing here, little brother?" Serena asks.

"You answer my question, and I'll answer yours." Nahuel responds.

Serena laughs. "I'm here for her," she says with a nod of her head in my direction. "You see, there's a disruptive pack of mutts nearby that keeps getting in my way, and they aren't abiding by my requests."

"You're not taking her anywhere." Nahuel growls.

Serena laughs again then gives some type of motion to the two vampires. It all happens really quickly after that. One of the vampires lunges at Nahuel, immediately trapping him with his hands behind his back, making him kneel down on the forest floor.

In the same moment, Serena disappears then lands on her feet behind me. As soon as I whirl around, the other vampire wraps his arms around me from behind, locking my arms at my sides. I hunch forward and kick the vampire away from me. I whirl around to face him again. He stalks back toward me and attempts to restrain me again, but I elbow him in the nose, duck to the side, and shift so I am behind him. I kick his shins, knocking him forward, then restrain his arms behind his back.

Serena is clapping mockingly in front of me. "You are good, Renesmee."

"Fuck you." I say back at her.

She frowns then disappears. Keeping my tight grip on the Volturi guard member kneeling in front of me, I glance around, trying to locate where she went.

I connect with Nahuel's mind, Nahuel, it's Nessie talking to you. I'm going to push this asshole away from me in a second then help you get free. Go run and get my family.

Can you manipulate them into letting us go?

No, my gift isn't penetrating their minds. I don't know why. Get ready.

I'm not leaving you here alone with them.

We don't have time to argue about this. Once you're free, run!

I disconnect from his mind. I use my foot to kick the vampire in front of me as far away from us as I can. His body flies toward the trees, and I immediately lunge for the other Volturi member that's grasping Nahuel. As soon as I'm about to collide with his side, hoping that will get him to release his grip on Nahuel, Serena lands on top of me.

One of her arms wraps around my torso, pinning my arms. Her other arm wraps around my neck, cutting off my oxygen. I fall backward onto the ground, hoping that will knock her off me. She disappears before landing on her back, but she reappears immediately and is on top of me. Her knees pin down my arms, and she digs her elbow into my neck again, choking me.

I use all the tricks I know to break out his hold, but nothing works. I'm trapped.

"Get the fuck off her, Serena! What are you doing!?" I hear Nahuel yell.

My vision starts to get blurry, and I see black spots around me. "I told you this could be easy, or it could be difficult." Serena purrs.

Serena finally releases me a few seconds later, and I gulp down glorious mouthfuls of oxygen. I'm hauled up into a kneeling position by the vampire I had pinned earlier. I thrash against him, but his grip is tighter this time. Both of his arms pin mine against my body, and his legs are pressing my own legs against the forest floor.

When I'm able to refocus my gaze, I see that Nahuel is still in the same place a couple feet away from me, the other Volturi member continuing to trap him in place. When I look forward, my breath catches, and I'm even more panicked.

Jacob and Leah rush through the trees and stop as soon as they are a few years away from Nahuel and me.

I throw my gift forward, instantly connecting to Jacob's mind. He's completely frantic and incoherent.

Jacob, it's me talking to you. I'm okay, Jake. I'm okay, I tell him. I think the Volturi have been working with Serena all along.

I'm going to kill the fucker that's trapping you.

Yes, please.

Can you make them stop with your power? Jacob asks me.

No. I can't penetrate their minds for some reason. Serena's here somewhere, Jake. I don't know where, but she's probably about to pop up.

He growls and lunges forward. Serena materializes right in front of him, blocking him from getting to me.

"You again," she says in a menacing tone. "You need to learn a lesson or two about following instructions. That's why I have your precious little girlfriend here." She nods toward me, causing Jacob to growl again. "Shall I demonstrate, yet again, who has the upper hand here?"

She disappears, and I'm momentarily relieved until she lands on Leah's back a second later. I thrash against the arms that are still holding me too tightly in place.

"If you hurt her, I will fucking kill you, Serena." Nahuel says through clenched teeth.

Serena laughs. "You're siding with shapeshifters? What's wrong with you, little brother?"

Jacob's instantly at Leah's side, leaping toward Serena to knock her off Leah's back, but Serena's gone. She reappears on Jacob's back this time. She leans forward and wraps one arm around his neck and the other around his torso.

I've never felt more panicked and frantic in my life. "No! No! Stop! Please, please stop! Please!" I thrash and thrash against this fucker's grip, but I can't get away.

I'm okay, Ness. She's not hurting me, Jacob tells me. I can twist around. I'm just waiting for the perfect opportunity, Jacob says through the connection I still have with his mind.

"You're both going to leave with me, and I won't harm your precious shapeshifters." Serena says, nodding toward Nahuel and me.

You're not going anywhere! Jacob growls in my head.

I ignore Jacob. "Okay! I'll do whatever you want! Just leave Jacob and Leah alone. Please!"

No! You're not going anywhere, Nessie! Jacob yells.

"Good girl. We wouldn't want this Mighty Alpha harmed now, would we?" Serena says before tightening her grip around Jacob's neck. She condescendingly pats the top of his head.

I scream again just as Leah leaps toward Serena. "Just leave him alone! I'll go wherever you want!"

Serena disappears and lands on Leah with a mocking laugh. Nahuel yells and manages to get one arm free from the vampire restraining him. He's not quick enough though, and the vampire grips his arm once more. Serena disappears once again, and Nahuel let's out a loud exhale in relief.

I don't know where Serena wants to take Nahuel and me, but I have to get Jacob and Leah out of here safely. I know Jacob won't let me leave without a fight, and it's obvious Serena has the upper hand with her teleporting ability. I know she will injure or kill Jacob and Leah to manipulate Nahual and me. She already killed Brady. I can't let anymore harm come to the pack. I have to protect them.

Still being connected to Jacob's mind, I can see that the rest of the wolf pack is still far back. Jacob and Leah were already close to Nahuel and me earlier; that's how they got here so quickly.

I take a deep breath and do the only thing I can think of to ensure Jacob and Leah's safety…

I have to let Nessie and Nahuel go. If I don't, one of my pack members will get hurt again. I have to keep them safe. I can't lose anyone else, I plant the thought into Jacob's mind without identifying that I'm the one doing so.

Leah whines, and I can hear the other pack members protest through the connection. Averting my gaze from Jacob, I continue with tears rolling down my cheeks. We will let them go. We can't let anyone else get hurt, I say, using Jacob's Alpha inflection.

What am I thinking? I can't let her go. They'll hurt her. I can't lose her again. I just got her back. And what will it do to Leah to lose Nahuel? This can't happen. I… Jacob thinks.

I close my eyes and send pictures of Brady into his mind which makes the entire pack whine and howl. We can't lose anyone else. We will let them go for now, I say with Jacob's echoing Alpha voice again.

Serena appears between Nahuel and me. She reaches out and touches the shoulders of each vampire.

"You need to deliver a message to your masters, dog," Serena says to Jacob. Jacob snarls at her. "Tell the Cullens I will release Renesmee and Nahuel once the dagger is brought to me in Volterra."

"They don't know where it is, Serena! Fuck, you're kidnapping your own brother to get a stupid dagger? What's fucking wrong with you?" Nahuel yells. Serena rolls her eyes at him.

"That's not all, though," the Volturi guard member restraining Nahuel says. "Aro will only release them if Alice and Bella agree to serve on the guard in their place."

I start panicking even more.

No… How can I keep my mom and aunt safe too? What can I do? They can't come anywhere near Volterra.

Wait… Can Serena teleport people with her? Is that why she's touching the vampires that are pinning Nahuel and me?

Shit, shit, shit.

I disconnect from Jacob and try to penetrate into the minds of Serena or one of the Volturi members again. I hit wall after wall. Fuck!

I give up and connect with Jacob again. I speak into mind, this time letting him know it's me. Jake, I love you. I'm sorry. I had to keep you safe. Don't let my mom and aunt anywhere near Volterra. I –

A moment later, all I see is flickers of trees, the sky, and the forest floor as a swishing feeling zooms through my entire body, making me nauseous. Soon, only darkness surrounds me.