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The only aspect of the room I focused on was a modest return of Bella's scent. Her body was beginning to reincorporate its own blood back into her veins. I inhaled deeply and shifted my eyes towards her peaceful expression.

"We have to get Bella out of here." My voice was steady but there was an undertow of dread that spiraled through my torso. The escape plan was a welcomed diversion from the newly found hurtle I was going to be forced to cross or rather…crush.

With yet another worry plaguing my mind, my eyes wandered towards Emmett's face, his thoughts escaped to Rosalie.

God I miss her.

I didn't even want to imagine how Emmett would react once we told him…

"Tonight, we'll be able to take her away from here. I think the most inconspicuous way may be to sneak her out by the window. I have enough medical supplies to keep her stable and ensure that her body continues to heal." Carlisle's clear voice clashed rudely with the mechanical beeping of the monitors. I didn't enjoy the persistent beeps of those machines…it was as if they were counting down her departure.

Departure. I shuddered at the thought of my life without Bella. Or rather my lack of life…there would be no reason for me to exist if Bella ever died. I refused to wander blindly through a dim world of ice without the warmth and light that radiated from my angel.

I felt my mouth drop open in disbelief as I refocused my attention to the conversation in front of me. Was Carlisle being serious? Just kidnap her from the ER?

"So we are simply going to steal away with her into the night? Leave no trail and pray that they don't contact authorities? Or her parents?!" I declared. The utter illogicality of the idea hung thickly in my words.

"Edward, we aren't senseless, honestly give us some credit." Alice went to stand on the opposite side of Bella. She began to straighten the sheets at the head of the hospital bed and arranged a few stray hairs that had floated onto Bella's face behind her ears. "The two nurses that have been tending to her are at the end of four days of 19 hour shifts. They will be let off at 11:45 tonight and not expected to return for four full days. When they come back they will expect her to have been checked out already, so they won't notice. All the information that you left on the documentation the first night gets fed into a computer and then the papers are disposed of. Jasper can hack the system and delete all of her information. If a new nurse comes to check this room they will simply assume that she was checked out."

I pushed myself out of the chair and walked towards the window. No screens, the entire emergency wing was on the first floor so there was no need to worry about heights …it may work out after all. The most important thing was Bella's safety. "Well that's fine then. Let's just get away from here as soon as possible. I don't enjoy waiting for lethal predators to come crashing down upon us."

"11:45 it is then." With that they silently slipped from the room to prepare. I was left with Bella to myself, just the way I liked it.

I raised the blinds seeing as the sunset was about over. My arms folded across the windowsill. Clouded with worry, my head slumped forward and rested on the glass.

I stared into the recent twilight, the heat from the day clung desperately to the ground as its creator retreated beyond the horizon. The moon hung from the rack of stars and admired the shadowed world beneath it.

I stayed at Bella's side for the three hours between the plan's beginning, and its execution. My head throbbed ceaselessly; my six senses had been on constant alert for a painful amount of time. I strained to hear every sound, to identify every scent, and focus on every thought that proliferated mine.

My eyes however, gazed solely at the ambrosial figure in front of me. I placed her hand tenderly to my face, the flushed skin of hers against the chilly surface of mine. I wondered what it would feel like if the delicate hand beneath mine were as cold and impenetrable as my own. I allowed the thought of Bella as a vampire seep through my consciousness…what would it be like to be with her forever? To be with her in ways that we couldn't be while she was human? To spend an eternity reveling in the brilliant hold Bella had over my soul.

After all, life is just a chance to grow a soul. I had no life without Bella, only darkness.

But was I willing to deny her of the life she was meant to live? Was I meant to be with her at all? Was that why I couldn't hear her thoughts? Was she the one being the God never intended me to interfere with?

But it's what she wants. It's what she dreams of…becoming the things of nightmares.

I was too attached. I was too deep in love. I could never survive knowing that Bella did not exist; I could not sustain knowing that she would not be by my side. I was a prisoner to the one person I would surrender my soul to.

A raging battle gushed through me, a war of head versus heart.

"I love you Bella." My heart lifted as the words trickled out past my tongue. "I will do anything and everything to keep you safe, to keep you well, to keep you happy." Although the long days within the hospital walls could have affected my eyesight it looked as though the edges of her lips lifted into a slight smile.

I leaned close to her captivating face as she expelled a sultry breath; the exquisite scent furnished my mind. My thoughts disappeared as the sweet air spread across my face. I gently laid my ear to the left side of her chest. The subdued beats of her heart hummed a rhythm that mine sang to.

The heat began to rise from her skin into mine and I couldn't help but push my lips into full contact with her flesh, the perfume of which sunk into my lungs and consumed the entirety of my chest. My lips briefly touched the base of her throat before I was called back to reality.

Edward, it's time.

Carlisle's black car blended nicely into the crepuscular atmosphere of the night. After Carlisle fluidly detached Bella from her needles and plastic veins, he rearranged the machines so that the room appeared vacant. Emmett stood unobserved outside of the window. Alice resided behind the wheel of the vehicle, tapping her fingers impatiently on the vinyl. Jasper had rented a car and was going to meet us at one of the exits on the interstate.

The operation was committed seamlessly and Bella didn't seem to wake or stir in the least.

"Where to?" My voice was softer than a whisper. I didn't want to disturb her. The vehicle flew through the silent night.

"We travel as fast as possible towards Washington. If we have to confront Victoria, I want to do it with the strength of our entire family." Carlisle spoke softly as well.

Alice's thoughts, filled with panic and apprehension, swarmed my head; flashes of Rosalie skittered within hers. Her small hands began to tremble against the steering wheel.

She shifted the car onto the interstate and after a few minutes we pulled off into a poorly lit parking lot. A Porsche 911 Carrera sat alone, waiting. Jasper opened the driver's door and stepped onto the asphalt.

I slid Bella into my arms and cradled her against my body. Her hair dangled over the skin of my arm and swayed lightly as I adjusted out of the car. Emmett, Carlisle, and I exited the purring Mercedes and hurried to the Porsche. Jasper ambled into the passenger seat next to Alice and they sped away.

If Victoria did spot Carlisle's vehicle she would immediately recognize it, it was safer for Bella to travel in the rental. Carlisle accompanied us to supply medical attention, and Emmett was dubbed chauffeur.

The freeway was desolate and murky, the procession traveled without the interruption of other vehicles. Their swift engines propelled them through the syrupy Arizona air.

My finger outlined the apparent veins along the supple skin of Bella's wrist. I peered at the underbelly of my forearm, and searched for the vein lines that had once been there. To my complete astonishment I could see them, faintly but they were there. They weren't the rich color that Bella's were; they were a murky ghostly gray.

Bella, Isabella, Isabella Marie Swan, Ms. Swan, Mrs. Cullen, my lungs buckled and my heart rippled at the thought. Mrs. Isabella Marie Cullen, a smile dawned my expression…a collection of butterflies began to flutter around in my stomach. Mrs. Edward Cullen. My eyes fell to Bella's ivory skin that was tainted only by the heat that stained her cheeks, and my lips fell to hers.

Abruptly the world around me seemed to reveal a secret that had been quivering beneath its secular skin…

A detestable voice rustled beneath the silky thoughts of the angel in my lap.

Filthy bastards. I'm gonna make them wish…

My lips curled above my teeth instantaneously as an alarmingly scarlet flame darted in front of the Mercedes' Bumper. Alice didn't even have time to swerve before Victoria had realized that Bella and I were not in the Mercedes. She leapt over the car and landed, crouching, in front of the Porsche.

"Holy shit!" Emmett blared; he yanked the steering wheel to the left. A savage growl tumbled from my mouth as the devilish figure catapulted herself towards the windshield.

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