Run. The faster you run, the longer you live. Thinking is no longer an option. Use your body to run. Faster, faster, faster! This isn't fast enough. He's going to get you. He's going to catch you and kill you. No! No more thinking, Bella. If you think, you die. If you die, you can't think.

Thoughts ran through Bella's head at the speed of light. Something was following her and hunting her. It wanted her dead, and it is going to win.

Bella's feet barely sank into the cold desert sand. Her legs were moving inhumanly fast. The reflection of the crescent moon was shining brighter than normal in the Nile River. She turned around and saw he was following her. He was closer than she thought. She picked up the speed until her muscles were crying for her to stop. But stopping meant death, and death meant no Edward.

Oh, why didn't I listen to him? Bella yelled at herself in her head. He was right! And now I must die for my mistake?

Bella heard his footsteps getting closer and closer. Being a newborn vampire, Bella should be able to outrun him. Why is he gaining on her? He can't be human!

Frantic thoughts ran in and out of her head. She can't fight him off. She can't outrun him. She can't hide from him. This was her death, only moments away from pain. His fingertips reached out for her tunic gown. She could feel his hot fingers brush against her skin. Why doesn't she just give up?

No! She must live for Edward. She cannot bear to be anywhere without him! But as she silently pleaded for Edward to come and save her, the man leaped on top of her and she went crashing to the ground on the banks of the Nile. This abnormally warm body held her down to the ground. His husky, warm breath whispered in her ear, "You are mine now, Isabella. If I can't have you, no one can."

Bella turned her head and stared into his hard eyes. She spit spitefully, "Nobody, not even you, Black, will or can ever have me. I belong to Edward, and always will." She elbowed Black in his gut and he howled in pain. She took this to her advantage and tried to wriggle out from underneath him.

Black saw that she was trying to escape and held her arms back. He flipped her around so that her back was on the sand. His teeth gleamed in the night as he smiled triumphantly. He put his lips to her ear again and he whispered sweetly, "Now, Isabella, do you truly want to die for Edward? Would you rather be a rotting corpse than be with me? I can make you happy in many ways, my dear goddess."

As he said this, he tied her hands behind her back uncomfortably. He used his body to push her and keep her to the ground. He repeated, "I can make you very happy in many ways, my goddess." He then roughly grabbed at her chest and squeezed hard.

Bella cried out and tried to kick and hit him in any way possible. But nothing could stop Black. He raped Bella until she was unable to fight back. She kept mumbling, "Edward, help me, Edward. Edward, I am so sorry. Edward, Edward…"

Black then ripped Bella to shreds and set her on fire. The night was filled with the smoke of a vampire. The last thing Bella screamed was, "I WILL BE BACK, EDWARD! I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, EDWARD! I SHALL LOVE YOU FOR ALL ETER-!" Her last word was cut off as her throat was.

Smoke covered the moon as Black left her body burning. His footsteps were covered by the sand blowing silently in the wind. Minutes after Black left, Edward found his beloved's body in shreds. All of Egypt heard his tearless cries that night. He fell to his knees as he tried to piece her body back together.

Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, Emmet, Carlisle, and Esme all watched Edward as he mindlessly tried to save her. Jasper placed his hand on Edward as Carlisle helped him get up. Alice, Rosalie, and Esme sobbed as Edward wordlessly started running. He run and ran and ran for his beloved who couldn't run fast enough to save herself from her murderer. Images of Bella flashed through his mind.

Bella when she was a human and how her blood smelled so good. But he couldn't drink her blood because of all he learned from Carlisle. He did not want to be a monster. So he spared Bella, and she turned out to be his soul mate.

Bella when he told her that he was a vampire and how she was not afraid of him. She accepted him and wanted to learn more. She was always so enthusiastic about learning about vampires. He should have realized that she would eventually ask to be one. But that caught Edward off guard.

Bella when she was lying in pain and agony as she was turning into a vampire. She cried many times, but never asked to be spared or for her to die. Even when she was in blinding pain, she knew that she wanted to be a vampire if it meant being with him forever.

Bella's face when he asked her to marry him. She was shocked, yet unbelievably happy. She had answered him, "Edward, you have been alive for hundreds of years. It is about time you settled down." Edward had been so happy that she loved him, despite he was a monster.

But now, he will never see his Isabella Marie's beautiful, flawless face again. She was gone, and he was left only with the memories that will haunt him for the rest of his existence.

And Edward kept running into the night as the smoky clouds covered the moon that witnesses everything that no one sees.