Julius stood in the middle of the road with Mickey tight in his grip. Now the only sound was Willa's failed attempts to muffle her screams, and the quiet hum of the cars engine. Riley looked at Willa and said "Stay put." It was an order, unlike anything he'd ever said to her before, he was afraid. Riley swiftly got out of the car. His movements were like honey, unbelievably slow to watch him move away from you, but the sweetest once he was coming back to you.

"I told you I would get her back, Riley," Julius spat through gritted teeth.

"Julius, you are killing her! YOU ARE KILLING WILLA!" Riley bellowed.

"No, I am giving her a new life," he paused, malice shining through his eyes, "She will be reborn in the light. Then, she will be my queen forever," he whispered, "my beautiful queen."

"Julius! Don't do this!" Riley threatened, preparing himself to sacrifice what was necessary to save Willa. Even if that meant losing Willa's best friend, who lay terrified and whimpering in Julius' arms.

"Julius!" Willa bellowed from twenty feet behind Riley.

"Willa, GET BACK IN THE CAR!" Riley begged.

"Julius, Give me two things and I will put my life in your complete control."

"WILLA! GET BACK IN THE CAR, NOW!" Riley screamed again. Willa began to sob as she yelled over Riley's deafening rage.

"All I want is for you to give Mickey over to Riley, unharmed, and for you to leave Riley and his loved ones alone, forever." Riley was staring at her, tears of disbelief forming in his eyes. Everything he'd done, all that he had worked for, gone. He was going to lose her. She was giving herself up after everything they'd been through. Didn't she understand "I love her".

Julius looked from Riley to Willa for a moment. He was enjoying the thought, Riley had worked so hard to protect her, and here she was, handing herself over to the enemy. Then, he looked as if he were exhausting all plans they could've come up with. After a few moments, he finally looked content.

"Oh, that sounds like a fair trade," came Julius' malicious voice, and he flung Mickey to Riley and ran to Willa, wrapping his arms around her middle.
"Riley, I love you," she thought, staring into his deep emerald eyes.

Then, Willa began to scream in pain again, Julius dropped her in surprise, Riley ran quickly to catch her, before she hit the ground.

"See Julius, you can't even take care of her when she's like this," Riley said quietly, tears stinging his eyes as he spoke.

"Riley?" Willa clung to him, taking in all of him.

"Riley it burns, it hurts, fire is in my veins Riley, Riley!" she cried quietly. Riley kissed her forehead.

"You're going to be okay Will, I promise," Riley whispered, Julius the scene.

Then, before he could be stopped Julius' face twisted in anger. He ran at full speed back over to Mickey, gripping her head on either side.

"Witness now the price you pay," he said as he twisted her head in the full one-hundred and eighty degrees.
"I will have her back," as he said this he turned and ran.

"Nooo!" Willa screamed, she ran to her friend's lifeless body and began sobbing.

"This is all my fault, what do I do?" came Riley's voice.

Willa held Mickey's hand for a moment before she turned and walked to Riley. She wrapped her arms around him and whispered, "No, it isn't."

"What isn't?" Riley looked down into her purple eyes, puzzled.

"It's not your fault," she said hiding her face in his chest.

"But I thought-"

"WELL IT'S NOT!" she snapped, tears flowing from her eyes again. Riley breathed in deeply, and pulled away an arms width from her, he looked into her eyes.

"Willa, I just thought that. I never said it." Willa looked up at Riley, realizing what he meant. She hadn't heard him speak. She'd just read his mind, she quickly looked away. After a few moments of searching the horizon for the answer, Willa looked up at Riley.

"What do we do with the body?" she whispered.

"Wh-What? Willa, she is your friend, it's okay to cry, to grieve," Riley stammered astonished at her stony expression.

"I'll do that later," she said walking towards the dark figure laying in the road. She paused as she looked down on what was once her best friend. Riley quickly ran over and scooped up the lifeless form, in his arms. He quickly walked over to his car and put the body in his trunk. He closed the trunk door and was surprised to see Willa standing next to the car, staring at him.

"We should get a room," she said walking over to him, and running her hands over his chest, and resting them on the base of his neck. Riley hesitated for a moment, he knew what was happening and he needed to stop it, whether or not he wanted to.

"No Willa, You are changing too quickly. We have to get you to Carlisle," he said, using her transformation as an excuse. Willa pinned Riley to the car and kissed him passionately, running her hands up his chest and down his back.

"We need a room," she begged, kissing his neck.

"Willa. This is the effect of your changing hormones. It's not really you," he said as she continued to kiss his neck. "Willa, I have to get you to Carlisle or you will die," he said with more fear in his voice, finding her hands with his own, and pulling them down in front of her.

"Fine," she gave in, "but, as soon as I'm better," she warned.

Riley smiled at this, "as soon as you're better," he agreed as he walked her to her side of the car and closed the door behind her.