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Chapter 9

How can you die when you're already dead? It had been almost two and a half day since Edward last saw or heard something of Jacob. He couldn't pretend that he was ok any longer. Yesterday he faked it through the day somehow. Today was hell. His ability to read minds had faded a little and so had his hunger. What would happen if he stopped eating?

He stood on the second floor balcony just looking out over the forest, not really seeing it. He let out a high cry of pain and fell to his knees. His family rushed to him at once.

"Edward, what's wrong?" Emmett asked him.

"I can't... I can feel...my bond with Jacob…it's breaking." Edward gasped.

"How do you know?" Jasper asked next. He could sense the fear and pain emanating from Edward.

"Because I'm ceasing to exist." Edward whispered as he pulled down his V-necked jumper. There over his heart cracks had begun to form. His skin looked like cracked glass stretching upward.

"No Edward." Esme cried out horrified.

"How can this be Carlisle? How is it possible?" Emmett asked Carlisle who always had a wise answer.

"I don't know Emmett. I've never seen or heard of this before. Help him to his room." Carlisle was deeply troubled and worried. He knew how to treat a sick human but how did you treat a sick vampire? Vampires weren't even supposed to get sick.

They laid him down on the bed in his room. Shortly after Alice had told him about her vision and he had accepted the imprinting he bought a bed. A king sized bed for Jacob to sleep in if and when he would want to. He wanted him to feel welcomed and comfortable.

"Lie down and rest Edward. I will stay here while the others find out what's happening." Esme sat down beside him on the bed. For that he was grateful.

The others stood in the living room not knowing what to do.

"Rosalie. No!" Alice called out.

"Enough!" She said and was already out the door.

"I'll bring her back." Alice said to the three confused males and ran after Rosalie. In her vision she had seen Rosalie break the treaty. She caught up with her.

"Don't try to stop me Alice."

"I won't. I'm here to help. Before I agreed with Carlisle but now it has gone too far. We need to do all we can to help Edward."

Rosalie smiled at Alice glad that she was there wanting to help. Together they broke the treaty.

Red Star had become insane at the loss of his imprint. Could it be that even a vampire could be affected in the same way? Edward knew he couldn't die or get sick but he could stop existing. Imslie had stopped and it was then after her lover had suffered from his insanity. So why was he affected now? Jacob wasn't dead was he? Pain and dread filled Edward he couldn't just lie here he needed to find Jacob. He tried to sit up but fell backwards screaming. It hurt like nothing he ever felt before. Not even his transformation from human to vampire had caused him so much pain. The cracks spread upwards up over his collarbone they now looked like long burn marks. "Jacob's dead, he is dead." That thought, emptiness and pain were the only things left inside of Edward. The cracks continued to spread slowly up his throat and neck.

"Jasper come quick." Esme called out. He was there in half a second followed by Emmett and Carlisle.

"What is it? What is happening?" Jasper felt like he could touch the pain he sensed in the room coming from Edwad and Esme's worry emanating from her making the air thick with feelings.

"Please help him calm down. I think his panic makes the cracks worse." She got up from the bed and let Jasper sit down. He channeled all his emotions of calm to Edward and it slowly worked, in a way.

Edward closed his eyes, stopped his breathing and laid still. Then there was nothing. Jasper couldn't get a single emotion from Edward. It was just empty. The cracks that now reached all the way up to the middle of his throat and neck stopped spreading as well. They looked like third degree burn marks.

"EDWARD! EDWARD CAN YOU HEAR ME?" Jasper shock and shouted at his brother. There was no answer, no response. Jasper was terrified.

The elders and the pack had come back from their meeting. The new treaty had been decided and if the Cullens didn't agree on the terms the old one was to take effect immediately again.

The new treaty was as follows:

*No members of the Cullens were to be harmed.

*If any members of the Cullens bit or turned a human the treaty was broken immediately.

*The Cullens were now if needed allowed to be on Quileute land.

Jacob had more or less, about 99 percent decided that he would speak with Edward again.

Rosalie and Alice came across a very surprised Seth as they ran towards Jacob Black's house. They all froze where they stood. This was a very delicate situation. Seth was weary and his body started to shake.

"Don't be afraid. It's Seth right?" Alice said and smiled friendly at him. "You remember me? I'm Alice and this is Rosalie." She nodded at her sister.

"I remember. What are you doing here?" Seth asked them. He knew Alice from school and even if she was a vampire he thought that she seemed pretty cool and the nicest of them all.

"It's Edward, something is very wrong with him. We need to find Jacob, we know about the imprint thing." Alice said and took a small step forward. "Will you help us?"
"Follow me." Seth said and started to run toward Jacob's house.

Jacob had seen them coming from the window and went out to meet them. He stood on his porch looking first at the vampires and then at Seth. He looked terrible. He was very pale with dark circles under his eyes. It looked like he would collapse at any moment.

"They say it's something wrong with Edward and wanted to talk with you." Seth explained.

A chill ran through Jacob.

"What's wrong with him?"

"We don't know. He.. he has started to come apart." Rosalie said.

"Come apart? What does that mean?" Jacob was confused.

"It means he is ceasing to exist." Rosalie hissed her voice filled with anger and worry.

"Not existing? Not existing? Oh God NO!" It kept repeating like a mantra in Jacob's head and he started to hyperventilate. Then it all turned black.

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