Jacob's POV
As I threw myself at Edward, I saw the match fall. Even as I ran, I could tell that I wasn't going to make it. She was going to die, and it would be all my fault. I slammed Edward to the ground, my fury and grief giving me the strength to kill him. I felt Quil and Embry standing beside me, ready to help, but this was something that I was determined to do myself. For Bella.
Once the fight was won and the anger had passed, I felt the grief slam into me, winding me. I looked down at what used to be the girl I loved, but which was now nothing but a pile of ashes. The other members of the pack were standing around me, trying to think consolatory thoughts. I stood up abruptly, trying to smother the urge to cry. She wouldn't have wanted that, anyway. Before anyone had time to wonder what I was doing, I slipped into the house and walked shakily over to the sofa, where my beautiful son was lying.
I picked him up and held him close; my only remaining link to Bella. I felt an overwhelming sense of guilt. I had taken this little baby's mother away. Never again would he see her smile, or hear her laugh, or feel her touch. I was all he had. And what good was I? I couldn't even save her. I should have realised earlier. I should have fought harder for her.
EPILOGUE
"Can I play in the garden, Uncle Charlie?" asked Nayden, smiling the smile that Charlie couldn't say no to. Her smile.
"Ok, but don't go near the road. And stay well away from the woods."
As he grabbed his coat from the hook, he glanced up at the photo on the wall, as he did every day. Charlie had told him many times about the beautiful woman in the picture. About his mother. Every day he felt a little twitch in his chest as he wished more than anything he could have met her. Turning away from the picture, he ran into the garden, enjoying the wind rushing past his face. He'd always been a very fast runner, just like his father, Charlie said. He paused for a moment, staring at the woods. He was there again, the wolf. Watching him. But he wasn't scared, if anything the wolf made him feel safe. Like he was watching over him, protecting him.
Satisfied that his son was safe, Jacob stood up and disappeared back into the woods.
THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL TO THIS FOLLOWING NAYDEN AND JACOB'S LIVES IF ENOUGH PEOPLE REVIEW POSITIVELY. HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT .