Chapter 2

We ran as fast as we possibly could, never stopping. My angels hand was limp in mine, her beautiful face terrifying in it's anguish. We headed in the direction of the airport without discussing it. The only thing we cared about now was getting ti Italy, the sooner the better. We had just reached the edge of the city when I sensed a presence nearby, and I caught the familiar scents of Jasper and Carlisle. We slowed, anxious for any news they had to offer. A few seconds later they appeared through the fog, two silent spectres gliding eeriy towards us.

"Emmett, Rosalie, you need to come back with us" my father said, his eyes the only sign of the pain coursing through his motionless body.
"Go back? But we have to get to Edward before he-"
Carlisle cut Rose off.
"If we go to Volterra now, Edward will hear our thoughts and take action immediatley"
"So we just sit around and wait for him to die?" I roared angrily.
"Alice called, Emmett. She's on a plane to Italy with Bella as we speak" Jasper replied, wincing at my fury.
"Edward can't hear her so she may be able to stop him before it's too late. Bella is our only hope now" Carlisle said, his voice catching as he too imagined fragile, human Bella tripping her way through a city of bloodthirsty vampires to save a man that she believed didn't want her.

If by some miracle my favourite human survived this, we were gonna have to buy her a house or something. As I followed my dejected family back through the snow, I focused my thoughts on the girl that my wife despised so much. Abandoned and alone and still chasing after vampires. Edward desreved a punch in the face for that. If the little punk ever came home.