Bella Point of View:

I really didn't know how long I had been running for, I could have been running for hours, I honestly did not know at all. Maybe I had been running for days, that was how I felt. At the end of the day I really didn't care anyway. What a silly saying for me to come up with "at the end of the day!" As though I, a wolf would even care, much less appreciate when the end of any day would arrive! As I said I did not know how long I had been running for, it must have been a while anyway.

The only think I could think of was I had imprinted. I could not believe that I had finally imprinted and to my horror, dismay and total confusion, it was a vampire that I had imprinted on! How in heavens name could that happen? How do you cope with that? How do I explain it to the pack, hell how do I explain it to myself? I got to thinking for a moment, maybe I hadn't imprinted after all, maybe it would be okay. But deep down in my heart I knew, I was all but doomed. What do I do now? how does this work? I mean I know how things go when it`s a wolf and wolf but this is a strange one, wolf and a vampire, dog and a bloodsucker!

Not only do I have the problem of understanding and dealing with the issue of imprinting with one of "them" but now I need to work out what happens next. There is the smell, no the stench if I am truthful. How do I cope with that? I shake my head in exasperation and think to myself "well it could only happen to me couldn't it, oh no I couldn't imprint on a mere mortal but I have to go and break with tradition and do things differently, I have to go and do the unthinkable, urgh!"

To add insult to injury, the vampire that I imprinted on had to be the bronze headed one. Just my luck! I could not get him out of my mind, he was crawling around in my head and I could not for the life of me get rid of him. He just kept standing there staring at me as though I was something extra special, I just wish he would look elsewhere! He kept looking at me with those golden eyes of his, his wide sensuous lips which curled into the most dazzling smile. The emotions flitting over his face were astounding, strange emotions which I felt were reflected in my own eyes. I didn't like it, not one little bit!

What did it all mean? I was wary but for some reason I could not drag my eyes from his, he looked at me with so much….oh, I don't know, I needed to get away. so I obviously decided to run, maybe if I run away fast I would find out later that it didn't happen at all.

For a moment I could have sworn that I had seen the expression of hurt in those golden eyes, wait a minute, hurt in a vampires eyes! Surely not! I laughed bitterly at that thought, imagine a vampire being hurt, even if it were possible! Well not physically anyway.

For a moment, I could have sworn that there was hurt in those eyes. But a vampire, hurt? Surely not! I laughed bitterly at the ridiculous thought. A vampire being hurt? There was no possible way.

My mind wandered back to the imprinting problem, maybe I did imprint but I couldn't help thinking that this was not in the "rules". But, as far as I knew, there were no rules. Whatever happens, happens, I guess. Again I thought "a vampire and a wolf" what a combination, the stink of wet dog combined with the rusty smell of blood in the air - marvellous!

What a ridiculous idea this was! But no, it wasn`t just an idea now, it had become a reality. Suddenly something stirred inside me, something really odd but good, I knew the feeling was real and true, it was right, yes I had imprinted on a vampire and that was my destiny and I had to accept it and deal with it. As best as I could.

Edward's point of view:

What on earth happened? One second I was alone, the next there was an angel standing nearby, a very beautiful angel, almost ethereal, absolutely stunning.

Then, nothing. She wasn`t there anymore. Where did she go? I had to find her. I needed her, I felt lost without her and so alone.

She had been standing right there in front of me, her glorious hair shining in the dim light, her beautiful eyes, her glowing skin, her perfume. She was a wolf so how does she have a scent of perfume? Almost lavender. Am I imagining things? I must be; for one second she was there and the next she had gone, as though she was a puff of smoke!

The feelings I had in the pit of my stomach, fear, terror, excitement, adoration, lust! I could go on for hours and I was never run out of adjectives to describe her, what a creature she was, utterly amazing.

I felt lost and alone, almost as though she had taken a part of me with her, the most vital part that I needed to keep me sane if not alive. I needed to see her, be with her. But I did not know where she went and I do not know who she is or where she lives. In fact, I don't know anything at all about her other than the fact that she was a wolf and I had fallen hopelessly, irrecoverably in love with her.

I needed to find my other half, my heart, my soul, my reason for being. I know now where my destiny lay and I was going to make sure that she stayed with me now and forever.

One thing that did strike me as strange. Odd, even, was the fact that I could not read her mind. What made her more special than anyone else? I know it wasn't because she was a wolf or anything to do with her heritage. I could always read the minds of a wolf so what made her so different, what made her so special, apart from her beauty?

I could not figure out why I was unable to see into her mind, to see what she too was thinking, to find out if she felt the same as I. Maybe I was only being selfish wanting to know everything, maybe she simply did not want me to be able to read her mind and was blocking me without realising what she was doing. But, she wasn`t a vampire, with the power of blocking her mind..If it wasn't that then I dreaded to think of what else it could be. I had never met anyone ever in my long existence that could block their mind from me, and I was not sure I liked it. This was strange indeed, a first for me. Well, there was a first for everything, I suppose.

Enough of this procrastinating, I needed to find her, talk to her and find out as much as I could about her.