Okay, sorry first of all. I do not mean to make y'all wait, I really don't but life has most definitely been getting in the way as of late. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter, it's a bit shorter than normal but I just want y'all to have something. R&R please!
Why, after everything that I-that we, have been through would she remember Embry and not me?
Was this fate? Though one would think that an imprint would be considered fate.
Then was this some twisted way of correcting a mistake? Did I imprint on her by mistake? Was she supposed to be Embry's?
My mind was so full of questions if felt as if it would explode, not that I really cared. If I didn't have Bella, what did I have? She was my world, my sun and moon; she was my very reason for existence. How could I go on if she didn't know me? I had barely made it through her disappearance in one piece. I was so overjoyed when I found her, less so when I realized she didn't recognize me, and absolutely destroyed when she acknowledged Embry.
But I could have managed if she didn't remember Embry. I could have made her fall in love with me over again. Did I even hold a chance? How much of her time with Embry did her mind hold on to?
The memory of her telling me about Embry and their shared time floated to the forefront of my mind, only serving to further anger me.
With a growl, I headed towards the police station where Charlie had been non-stop searching for his daughter. At least something decent would come from this day.
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I couldn't blame Paul for taking off, yet at the same time I felt a glimmer of hope that he had. I could have another chance with Bella. She didn't remember Paul or the imprint, just us. All the time we spent together at school, the summers we were inseparable, our first time sleeping together. She remembered it all.
But a part of me couldn't shake the guilt weighing heavily in my chest for feeling happy at those thoughts. Maybe it was because I knew how much Paul cared for her or maybe it was the last talk I had with Bella. Either way I knew without a doubt that we had to get her memories back, even if it did cost me a second chance with her.
"Embry? Who was that guy? He was so intense it was almost scary." She asked weakly. It seemed her captor wasn't all that good in taking care of her.
"No need to worry about it this second Bells, we need to get you over to the hospital to get checked out before anything else."
She nodded wincing a bit as she did.
I bit back my anger in favor of getting her checked out. Once I knew she was better, then we could work on getting her memories back.
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Not far from Forks the amputated vampire sat sulking in a cave. His eyes had gone black, signaling to the world that he was no longer the human he often times pretended to be. The corners of his mouth were upturned, creating a frightening look. A small, dark, chuckle escaped from his crooked mouth.
"I will have you Bella, even if it destroys you."
With that statement his cackling echoed in the small cave, frightening off the surrounding wildlife because they knew something wicked was on the loose.
