Chapter 29 - A final goodbye

BPOV

Snow covered the ground and I shivered, but not from the cold.

For two weeks we'd trained our asses off. We spent day and night in that clearing going over drills. Jasper was especially hard on Esme and I, anything to get our chances up.

Alice was still blind. She saw nothing past tomorrow. We simply didn't know what was going to happen. I shivered again.

Edward's arms wrapped around me. We'd all been tense these past weeks. The wolves were picking up on it, but did not share it. They were carefree and actually looking forward to the fight. I couldn't help but envy them a little. They weren't afraid for their loved ones. They weren't afraid of being killed, of getting their mates killed… we all were.

Carlisle and Edward were especially anxious. It drove Jasper insane, so he focussed completely on training all of us. Tomorrow it would happen. The fight.

We'd set up camp here in the woods to make sure we would intercept the newborns. The wolves would be coming up in the morning, coming in from the east to be downwind and not scare off the newborns or Victoria.

Edward had insisted we spent our last night together, just the two of us. Carlisle and Esme had had the same idea. We all agreed to meet back at the campsite at 4 in the morning. That way we would be on time to intercept them.

Edward placed a soft kiss at the base of my neck.

'Can we go see my dad?' I whispered.

Edward pulled back and turned me to face him. 'Of course.' He whispered back. He took my hand and together we ran through the woods until we reached Charlie's house. The lights were already off and I caught the scent of wolf nearby.

'Who will be watching over Charlie?' I asked.

'Billy's taking him to the Rez for some fishing.' Edward said. 'They're making the youngest wolves stay behind to protect the tribe.'

'how many will fight with us?'

'ten.'

'Will it be enough?' I whispered.

Edward let out a harsh breath, before his arms snaked around me again and he crushed me against him. 'I hope so.' He whispered softly.

we held each other tightly for a moment as we watched the sleeping form of Charlie in the darkened bedroom. He was sleeping peacefully, unaware of the dangers that were around him. My heart hurt. I hated this. I hated the fact that even though I was immortal now, I was still in danger and putting geveryone else around me in danger as well.

'I'm sorry.'

Edward pulled back from me and turned to look at me. 'none of this is your fault.'

'I know, but I can't help but feel responsible.'

'you're not.'

I bit my lip and l settled back into his embrace again. He held me tightly and kissed my neck again.

'We're going to survive this. All of us.' He said fiercely.

I couldn't agree with him. I just wasn't sure. I hoped we would. But I couldn't believe it would work out fine in the end. I had this nagging feeling in the back of my head that something was going to happen. Something bad.

'Let's go to the cottage.' Edward suggested.

I agreed readily. 'I love you, dad.' I whispered softly, before letting Edward tow me through the woods and into our cabin. Once the door was closed his lips were on mine before I could breathe.

His lips were frantic in their urgency and mine responded in kind. I pulled at his clothes, suddenly desperate to be joined together and feel as close to him as possible.

'I love you.' he muttered.

'I love you too.' I responded.

Shredding his clothes easily from his body as he did with mine. We tumbled to the ground frantically groping and kissing each other. Hands met bare flesh eagerly, lips met lips with passion and force. We rolled around the floor each of us trying ot get the upper hand, but neither succeeding. I rolled on top of Edward, curling my body down and swirling my tongue over his nipples and tracing his abs down to the V at his hips. He moaned and his hands fisted in my hair as my mouth moved lower to take him in. I trailed my tongue up the length of him, teasing the tip with a little nip. He hissed and growled beneath me.

'Bella.' He growled.

'Shh.' I shushed him, taking him fully into my mouth and feeling him hit the back of my throat. I moaned and Edward groaned at the feeling. I worked him with my mouth, stroking him at the same time with my hand. His hands tightened on my scalp and I groaned at the feel of him losing his control like that. It turned me on. It wasn't like he could hurt me anyway.

His hips started trusting upwards and I encouraged him, by placing my hand on the side of his tigh.

'Fuck Bella… God… yes!' he grunted as he writhed beneath me. I took him deeper into my mouth, letting my tongue tease the hard ridge of his head. He growled and started pumping his hips faster.

'fuck!' he growled out before releasing my head and pulling me up his body. His release shot across his stomach and I grinned as I kissed him hard on the mouth. He was panting heavily and his body was still convulsing slightly underneath me.

'God, Bella. That was amazing.' He mumbled against my lips.

I smiled and kissed him again. Edward flipped us over and grinned down at me.

'Thank god for vampire stamina.' He growled into my ear as I giggled. He flipped me over, covering my back with his stomach, pressing every inch of his hard body tightly against me as his lips found the sentive spot beneath my ear.

'What you do to me, Bella.' He muttered. 'you drive me insane with want… with need.'

I moaned as his hands snaked around me and started squeezing my breasts, tweaking my nipples roughly.

'I've imagined you like this so often, and yet the fantasy cannot compare to reality.' He growled as he illiciited another moan from me. His hard body lifted from mine and I whimpered at the loss of contact, before his hands roughly grabbed hold of my hips and he pulled me up on my knees.

'I want you to feel every inch of me. I want to take you. I want to drive you to ecstasy, so you'll never forget that I'm the one that you belong to, just like I belong to you.'

His words were getting to me and I moaned loadly as his hand circled around my front and found my sensitive folds. His fingers teased and circled, yet didn't give me what I so desperately needed. I pushed my hips back against him, hoping to relieve some of the pressure, but he held me tighter.

'No my love, it's my turn now. I'll make you see god.' He vowed. I groaned and panted as his fingers started working me.

'Please! Please Edward.' I begged as his fingers massaged me relentlessly. The sensations rocking through me were intense and I could feel myself teetering on the edge.

'I know what you need, love. And I'll give it to you.' he pulled his hands away and I whimpered again at the loss of the heavenly sensations.

but I didn't need to wait long, Edward curled himself around me, pressing tightly against me, before pulling his hips back and entering me in one hard thrust. I moaned loudly as he drove home. His mouth locked on the skin of my neck as his hips slammed into me again and again. He growled and moaned and I responded in kind, thrusting my hips back against him in tandem with his trusts.

'Fuck!' he yelled as he straightened up and grabbed hold of my hips tightly, before starting pounding into me harder and faster. It was all I could do to keep up. My moans were bordering on obscene as he filled me over and over and over. His hand went around again and with just one touch to my sensitive nub, I flew off the edge, my muscles contracted and white light burst in front of my eyelids as I shuddered around him. He pounded into me once, twice more before growling and snarling and pumping his release into me.

we slumped to the floor completely spent. Edward rolled over and pulled me onto his chest.

'I love you.' he muttered as he held me tightly to his chest, pressing a kiss to my hair.

'I love you too.'

'Please, for my sanity, give it everything you have today.' He muttered.

I nodded. 'And you promise me that you won't do anything stupid, like make yourself vulnerable to try protect me.' I replied sternly.

He stilled for a moment, then crushed me closer to his chest. 'I'll try.'

'try your best.' I muttered. then I sat up and otok his face in my hands. 'I can't lose you, edwrad. You need to be careful out there too.'

he nodded once. 'I will come back to you.' he vowed, tracing the apple of my check with his fingertips.

We stared at each other, telling we loved each other and kissing each other softly, reverently, passionately until it was time to get dressed.

we showered quickly before slipping on snug clothes that allowed us maximum movement. I tied my shoes tightly and pushed the laces back into the shoes so I wouldn't inadvertently trip on them. Edward did the same. We looked at each other for another moment, then fell into each other's arms.

'We'll be fine. We'll all be fine.' Edward muttered, and I wasn't sure if he was reassuring me, or himself.