Chapter 5: Rescued

Bella's POV

A bright red rose sparkled on a table in front of me. It was covered by a glass case. This was what they were hiding from me? It didn't seem that bad.

I wanted to touch the rose, so I slid the glass cover off of it carefully. Just as I was about to touch one of the petals, I heard a loud growl and snapped my head up.

Edward appeared in front of me and grabbed the glass cover, slamming it back over top of the rose.

"What are you doing here?" he growled. I opened my mouth to reply, but he didn't let me.

"Never mind, just get out! Get out!" he yelled. I turned and ran. If he wanted me out, then I would get out. All the way out, right out of the castle.

"Where are you going?" Emmett yelled after me as I flew towards the front door.

"Away from here. If he says get out, then promise or no promise, I'm out of here," I yelled back over my shoulder.

Thankfully, Charlie's horse was still on the grounds, so I swung myself up onto it and kicked it into a gallop. I headed in the general direction of the village, praying that I wouldn't meet any wolves.

My prayers weren't answered. Out of the darkness crept a pack of wolves. The horse reared and I slid from its back into the snow.

I closed my eyes and waited, helpless.

Edward's POV

How could they have been so stupid? They let her come up into the west wing even though I expressly asked them not to. They were going to get a piece of my mind when I decided to go downstairs. For now, I was staying here; to make sure she didn't come back and possibly destroy the rose.

"Edward!" I heard Alice yell from the bottom of the steps, but I ignored her. "You better get your butt out that door and save Bella before one of us is forced to do it for you!"

I had been so lost in my thoughts that I hadn't seen Alice's vision. But now that I was paying attention, it came to me easily. I roared in anger and flew down the stairs.

"That's what I thought," Alice said smugly as I ran past her and out the door.

I ran faster than I ever had through the woods in the direction I thought Bella had gone. When I had said 'Get out' I hadn't meant leave the castle, especially by herself. It was way too dangerous, and this proved it.

I came within sight of Bella in about a minute. She was lying in the snow, surrounded by wolves. They were snarling viciously at her. I let out a loud snarl right back at them and positioned myself defensively between Bella and the wolves. They smelled terrible and their thoughts were actually quite... human. No, not human. Humans didn't prey upon other humans.

I launched myself at the big black one in front of me. I tore into him while the other wolves started to gang up on me. I felt pieces of my skin being ripped out, but I paid it no mind. I needed to protect Bella.

Soon the black wolf was dead, and seeing that, the other wolves gave up and slunk away.

I turned towards Bella, who was now sitting up and staring at me.

"H-how did you...how did you do that?" she stammered. I shrugged, rubbing my forearm where a wolf had taken a sizeable chunk out.

Bella got up from the ground and walked over to her horse, which had come back from where ever it had run off to when I had shown up to distract the wolves. She looked like she was going to get on and leave me behind, but then she turned back towards me.

"Do you want to come with me?" she asked hesitantly. I considered it. On one hand, it would be rude to say no. On the other, it would be hard to resist temptation when I was so close to her.

Like the selfish person I was, I nodded and swung myself up onto the horse behind Bella, holding my breath.

We rode back to the castle in silence. I thought of everything but her blood the entire way there, resisting the urge to breathe in the scent, knowing that if I did she wouldn't stand a chance.

Bella's POV

I could tell he wasn't breathing, but I didn't mention it. These people I was now living with weren't normal, I knew that. The red eyes proved it. It was almost as if they were vampires or something like that. But if they were, wouldn't I be dead? It didn't make sense.

Alice and Rosalie were stationed at the door when we arrived back at the castle. Edward quickly got off the horse and I was right behind him.

"Bella! Are you okay?" Alice called out. I nodded then gestured to Edward.

"I think Edward got hurt though," I said. Rosalie scoffed.

"He'll be fine," Alice assured me. I frowned. Those wolves had gotten in a few really good bites, I had seen it.

"But shouldn't he be treated or something?" I asked, giving Edward an once-over. He stood stock still, his hand still covering his right forearm.

Alice didn't answer for a moment and I turned to see her eyes glazed over. She blinked and then nodded.

"Maybe some warm water or something will help," she acquiesced. I smiled triumphantly as Alice led me and Edward to a small living room. Edward sat down in a large chair and stared blankly at a wall.

Rosalie came into the room after a moment and handed me a bowl of water and a rag. I walked hesitantly over to Edward and kneeled down beside him.

"Can I see your arm?" I asked him quietly.

"No."

"Why not?" I asked, confused.

"I don't need to be taken care of," he growled, still glaring at the wall. I shook my head.

"I think you do. Those wolves chewed you up badly," I argued.

"If you hadn't run away, this wouldn't have happened."

"If you hadn't told me to get out, I wouldn't have run away!"

"Well, you shouldn't have been in the west wing!"

"Well you should learn to control your temper!" I snapped at him. "Now give me your arm." He held it out to me grudgingly. It was surprisingly not bad, almost healed. I put the water on it anyways.

"By the way... thank you for saving my life," I told Edward.

"You're welcome," he said quietly. I smiled.

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YAY! Edward saved her from those evil wolf-things. (I'm pretty sure we all know by now that they are NOT normal. And that Edward killed Sam. Haha, Sam. Haha.)
I'll tell you a secret about Edward's arm injury... if you review. :D
Also, there was no Mike POV. Which is good, as we don't like Mike, because he is mean. The next chapter begins with his POV though, and he brings in another villain. Who is it? GUESS in your REVIEW! Because you were planning to leave one the whole time, correct?
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