Edward walked out the door with me behind him.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"I'm going to find that no good dog and drag him back here by his tail."
"But, Edward, you can't do that. It would crush Renesmee."
Alice glided beside me. "She's right and if you do find them, what would you do? You can't lock her away in her room like Rapunzel."
"I can do what I want, Alice," Edward said but seemed unsure of his words.
He took a few more steps and then sunk to the soft grass. His head fell to his knees and he lay curled in a ball. I approached him slowly and sat beside him, resting a hand on his stone-still shoulder. He was a statue again.
"She's never coming back, Bella. She hates me," he murmured under his breath.
"No she doesn't-."
"I yelled at her fiancé, for the love of all that's holy. I would hate me if I was her."
I could hear the burning in his voice, so familiar. I had heard it often when I was pregnant with Nessie. Now it was happening again. I couldn't stand to hear it in his voice. I stroked his pale skin and soft hair, trying to soothe him although I knew it wouldn't work. The only way was to make sure Renesmee didn't hate him, which I doubted she would.
"I'll find her," I told him. "I'll find them both."
"Not without me, you won't."
I stood up and ran to the forest. I could hear Edward, Alice, and Jasper behind me. I sniffed at the air, searching for Renesmee's warm scent and Jacob's wet dog smell. There was a little trace but it was faint. I followed it anyway.
I sprinted to a small stream that cut through the tall pines. I could smell them. But I couldn't go forward; they were on werewolf territory now.
I saw through the braches a brown spot, and I smelled it too. There were other colors too. Two shaggy werewolves stalked to the place opposite us across the stream.
"Where is she?" I asked.
The wolf looked at Edward, snorted, and then whimpered.
"What did Seth say?" I whispered.
"He said they are here and that Jacob doesn't want to talk to us and asked them to stand guard here. He also says he's sorry."
So Jacob wouldn't let us see her? Well, that made things different.