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Chapter 2

My body shivers, trying to hold back the sobs. Not in front of Edward. He's seen me cry before, but this just wouldn't be fair to him. My brain feels hard, like it's cemented in my skull. I manage to turn my neck towards him, trying to mask over my face into something hopeful.

For a split second he's still staring at the floor, and I can't read his expression, but he's slumped over, all defenses gone. As I try to get a look at his face, his body stiffens, his head shooting up towards the woods, towards the fight. His nostrils flare. The fight has begun.

My mind wipes clean, and fear takes hold of every cell in my body. Alice, Jasper, Carlisle, Esmé, Emmett. Rosalie too. And Jacob. I gulp.Jacob and the pack. They're only looking for fun, every one of them. To protect me. I grip Edward's shoulder, not even noticing how cold my body gets. He doesn't look at me.

"What's happening?" my voice comes out a squeak.

He's staring at something, something I can't see.

"I need to go," he says calmly.

"But you promised!" I manage.

"Bella, it is…imperative that I do down there," his voice is strained.

"Why? What's happening?" I'm trying to breathe right.

"Nothing that I can't handle. I'll be right back," he says, strain gone.

He gets up, smooth, taking my hand off his shoulder, and moves towards the tent flap.

"Edward! Don't leave me!...Again….," my eyes drift over to the floor, but I'm looking at him under my eyelashes.

His face contorts in pain. I'm not playing fair. But I need him here.

He takes a step forward, and his face clears. Quick as a panther, he turns around and leaves.

My insides clutch to my sides, dropping fast. My body gives, landing face-first on the floor. No. Rivers splash down my cheeks. Everybody's gone. Faintly I hear a yelping sound. Seth! I scramble up, running, tripping outside. Here sits my link to the fight.

"Seth! What's going on!?" my eyes must look frantic.

He stares at me, not yielding anything.

"Seth!"

His eyes droop, and he runs into the woods.

I plop myself down on the floor. He could have left me, or he could be changing…I hope he's changing. I feel heat towards my back, and I stand up, my eyes dry.

"Seth, what's going on?"

He just shakes his head.

"What good was changing if your aren't going to talk to me?"

"It's…" his eyes won't meet mine.
"What…happened…?" I'm starting to hyperventilate.

Who was it?

"It's Sam, one of the bloodsuckers got him," he says slowly.

"Who got Sam?"Oh no.

But who did it? Was it one of the Cullens? Or the newborns?

"He isn't dead. He's just really hurt. One of the newborns got him from behind," he seems more confident now, realizing that Sam could have died.

Thank God.

"We're going there. Now," I put one foot in front of the other, my head high, leading the way.

What are we going to find there?