"I killed you! I watched you die! You can't be here!" Rosalie gasped, staring at the figure on the other side of the clearing.

"No, you only that you had. I was lying there dying when you and that Cullen left me to rot. The servants found me and rushed me to the hospital. I'm only grateful that our that our new visitor was a bit on the off side. She came into my room and bit me. I had to suffer through days of agony thanks to you almost killing me. Yet, when I woke I found that I could bend a car in half with just a flick of my wrist, that I could outrun a train without even breaking a sweat, and I found that I was immortal and invincible. So, you know the first thing I did was round up some of my boys and turn them. Then, I decided to come after you…" He flitted impossibly fast, even for a vampire, across the field. He stood right in front of Rosalie, his hand softly stroking her cheek. "The one who got away."

Rosalie flinched away from him and started to scoot away from him but his other hand slammed to the other side of her, blocking her path and denting her car. "Aw, we can't have you running away like that. Not after I've just found you." The vampire said his face moving closer and closer to hers. "Your just as beautiful as I remember you, Rosalie. It'll be fun, to be able to use you before your beaten down like you were last time. Yet, who could blame me for going last? The boys needed their fun." The vampire whispered, a evil smile on his face and a lustful look in his eyes.

"My family will come after you if you do anything to me, Royce. Get away from me!" Rosalie growled, her voice cracking from terror. She put her hands on his chest and pushed him as hard as he could. Royce hardly moved an inch. Rosalie looked up at him in disbelief. She was one of the strongest vampires around. How could he just stand there without feeling anything.

Royce merely laughed, grabbed her shoulders and slammed her into the car, causing the sides to cave in. "I told you!" He snarled, lifting her up again and throwing her to the ground. "Your fear makes me stronger. I certain gift I acquired when I was turned. You'll never be stronger than me. I can do anything I want to you." He leaned down, wrapped his fingers around Rosalie's neck, lifted her to her feet and slammed her against a tree.

"My husband will kill you if you touch me." Rosalie snarled struggling against his hold. She screamed in her head for help, praying to god that Edward could hear her, but she herself had made sure that she was far enough away that he couldn't hear her thoughts.

The calm look that had remained on Royce's face through their whole encounter so far disappeared into a mask of rage. "I…" He snarled, lifting his fist and smashing it across her face, "am…" another punch, "your…" another punch, "husband…" another punch. "And you will always be mine!"

In all the years Rosalie had been a vampire she had not felt any real physical pain. She wasn't even sure if she could. The mind numbing pain her jaw proved that she could. "Please, let me go." She said with a tearless sob, her jaw throbbing.

"Not until I get a taste of what I'm going to spend the rest of my life with. You are mine Rosalie and you will warm my bed for the rest of eternity." He snarled his hands moving to the top button of her shirt. "Now, let's see the improvements your immortality has given to the rest of your features."

"I'm glad to see there's a little more fire in you this time, you were all extinguished last time." Royce said, a little smirk on his face.

Rosalie struggled harder as he started to unbuttoned the top buttons of her shirt.

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"You know you have to go. Charlie will be worried." Edward said, looking down at Bella. She nodded but didn't take her arms from around his neck. He put his hands on her arms and gently removed them from his neck. "You know Charlie will kill me if I bring you home even a few seconds late."

Bella pouted slightly and replied, "He'd understand. I know he would."

"We'll only be separated for a few minutes. I'll be up in your room before even you can get there." Edward said with a smile, kissing her lightly on the forehead. He grabbed her hand and moved towards the door.

"Fine." Bella said with a defeated sigh.

Bella smiled and said hi to Esme, Carlisle and Jasper as they reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Hello, Bella." Esme said rising from the coach and walking over to give her a hug. "We were going to come up and say hi when we got home but Emmett said you guys needed your alone time."

Emmett burst out laughing as Edward sent him a glare. "You could have come up. It would have been fine." Edward said turning away from his family to give Bella an apologetic smile before turning his attention back to Emmett. "Is Rose back yet?"

Emmett shook his head, 'no' and turned his attention back to the television.

Edward nodded and continued towards the door. "Bye, everyone." Bella called as they walked out of the house and to his car.

Bella laid her head on Edward's shoulder as he drove and they drove to her house in companionable silence. He pulled the car to a stop in front of her house, she jumped out, and ran to the door.

"Almost didn't make it." Charlie called from the living room. "Did you have fun?" He asked.

"Yeah, sorry about that, I didn't realize how much time had gone by at Jessica's until she said something." Bella said grabbing a bottle of water before running upstairs and calling. "Night! Love You!"

She ran into her room and sure enough, sitting on the foot of her bed was her Romeo.