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~EMPOV~

I could barely remember the quick lick pain at my neck, but it was nothing compared to this intense, burning, all consuming agony searing the inside of my veins.

GOOD CHRIST!!!

I tried my best to think back on what had happened before this God forsaken torment started. Anything to try to keep my mind off of the fire that raged through my body right now.

I opened my mouth to try to say something, but all I could do was scream.

~RPOV~

I ran as fast as I could through the woods, dodging trees, ducking under branches and leaping over bushes. The last thing I needed to do was to blaze right through and leave a clear cut trail of broken forest from our house to the cottage.

His heart raced in his chest and his body began to squirm in my arms as the venom started moving through his system. Short, broken cries started to bubble out of him as I entered the dusty, rundown little house.

I looked around for someplace to lay him and all I could see was a rickety old table that could barely withstand the weight of the vegetation that spread across it. There was no way it would hold his weight.

I cleared off a place on the floor with my foot and gently laid him down.

His body seized and he gasped for breath as the first scream broke the night.

I could hear his mind, racing inside his head, trying to grasp what was happening to his body, but coming up empty.

So he screamed, body and mind.

I shrank back against the wall squeezing my eyes shut and pressing my hands over my ears, humming to myself, trying to drown out the sound.

Then I remembered my change. Carlisle and Esme never left my side throughout the entire transformation. They talked to me, tried to soothe me the best they could. It didn't help, but looking back I can appreciate the fact that they had done it, how much they cared.

I opened my eyes and saw his body contorting on the floor, straining against the fire that burned inside him.

It was killing me to see him like this, knowing that it was my own selfish cravings and lack of discipline had caused it.

My face twisted with his pain as I lowered my hands and listened to his cries. They ripped at the fresh soul he'd breathed into me.

His torture was mine.

My punishment to myself was to sit by and watch as he screamed out the rest of his human life.

I crawled across the floor to him and stretched out beside him. I gently wrapped my arms around his big body and tried to calm him or at least hold him still so he wouldn't hurt himself by flailing around.

"Shhhhh…." I cooed into his ear and started to hum to him, instead of over him.

His blood curdling screams pierced the night and I knew I had to try to keep him quiet. I didn't need some nosey hiker coming to investigate.

"I'm sorry," I whispered before I stretched my hand over his mouth.

He shook his head franticly, struggling to be free from my grip, but I held tight.

"I'm sorry." My voice broke as I choked back tearless sobs.

I didn't know how many hours I lay with him, holding him and trying in vain to soothe him, but light had begun to pour in through the dirt caked windows.

Alice's thoughts reached me before she got halfway the cottage. Her thoughts were mostly Alice type thoughts, but I started to see something behind her thoughts.

Behind the normal, nonsensical drivel that usually poured out of her head, she was reciting the works of Edgar Allen Poe, in Russian. No wait, German. Wait…French? Korean? Swahili? Every line was in a different language.

Oh, that rotten little pixie was definitely hiding something from me, and she had been for some time considering that the 'background noise' in her head was almost effortless.

"Rose?" she said quietly from the doorway.

I'd heard what she wanted; she needed me to write out my note for her to show Edward and Jasper.

"Bring me the pen Alice," I said quickly.

I uncurled my right arm from around his torso, to reach for the pen, and his body flopped around wildly. The venom was starting to make him slightly stronger.

"Alice…please?" I motioned to Emmett with my head and she knelt on the other side of him and held him still while I scrawled out the note.

"I brought a blanket to lie down so you don't have to lie on the ground anymore," she said quietly as she moved to spread it out onto the floor.

"Thank you Alice."

I tried to move him myself and if he was still it would have been effortless. But he was squirming far too much. Alice didn't even have to be asked, she took his lower half and we shifted his body to the blanket.

My hand slipped from over his mouth and a scream ripped through the air.

Alice cringed back at the sound and I heard her thinking about how much she was going to hate seeing Jasper like this.

"Maybe it won't be so bad for Jasper," I said, trying to bring some peace to her mind. "At least he will know what is happening to him and can be prepared for it, some what. Emmett is just so confused right now and I think it's making things worse."

I hoped she believed me. Hell, I hoped I was right and that my sisters didn't have to endure this torture.

She promised to send Bella out to check on me later this afternoon before she headed back to the house.

I held Emmett tighter as his strength picked up half a notch.

This was going to be a long two days.

~EPOV~

Oh God, my head.

I couldn't remember the last time I'd been that drunk. That was one hell of a dream I'd had last night though.

I smiled to myself as I opened my eyes.

Wait a second, this isn't my room.

Cool arms wrapped around me from behind, making my body jump.

"I'm sorry, I thought you were awake," she said quietly into my ear and I felt her naked flesh pressing against my back.

Holy shit, it really happened!

"I think I'm awake," I said, trying to convince myself of that fact.

I looked at the floor beside the bed and saw half of a dress and, I assumed, pieces of what used to be my underwear.

Bella giggled and ran her cold fingers over my bare chest as she nuzzled against the back of my neck.

I closed my hand over hers and brought it to my lips, dropping a quick kiss on the little crescent shaped mark at her wrist. Suddenly her body pressed closer to mine, her breath hissed out from between her teeth and I could feel some sort of rumbling in her chest.

"I'm sorry," I said, turning to face her and wrapped my arms around her. "I didn't think that that spot might be painful."

She shook her head. "Not painful," she said, taking an unsteady breath, "far from it."

"Really?" I couldn't stop the smirk from twisting up one side of my face.

"Yes," she panted.

I pulled her wrist to my mouth again and pressed a slow, open mouthed kiss to the silver scar, tracing it with my tongue and slightly sucking.

Her entire body shuddered as she whipped her leg around me, dragging me closer.

Jeeze, she is strong.

My morning erection slid between her thighs, rubbing against her cool wet center and she made that rumbling sound deep in her chest again.

I didn't know what it was because I had never heard a person make a sound like that before.

Something instinctual, in the back of my mind, told me I should be terrified by that sound. But I'll be damned if I wasn't turned the hell on by it more than I was afraid of it.

Her fingers curled into my hair as I sucked harder, raking my teeth lightly against her skin. She gasped and pressed her body tighter against mine.

"Harder," she panted and I could feel her toes start to curl against my backside.

I wasn't sure if she meant biting or sucking, so I did both.

Her back arched against me, pushing her hard little nipples against my chest.

"Harder," she begged, a little louder and slightly more forceful.

I complied apprehensively; I didn't want to hurt her for God sake. I could feel her muscles jerk and tighten when I exerted more suction. Surely she would have one hell of a mark by the time I was done.

"Harder Edward," she growled at me. "Harder."

I bit into her as hard as I could, without breaking the skin of course.

She cried out, her entire body nearly convulsed and I could feel more of her cool liquid coat my entire length that was still rubbing furiously between her legs.

The friction, coupled with her moaning my name and bathing me with her sweet nectar, I couldn't take anymore. I shot off.

Whoa.

That had never happened before, any part of it.

First of all, I'd never made a girl come just by sucking on her wrist, of all things. Secondly, I didn't think that I was the type of guy that would enjoy biting the hell out of someone to get them off.

I pulled her wrist back to evaluate any damage that may have been done. What the—

She quickly jerked her hand back. "I'm fine," she said, tucking her arm behind her and rolling out of bed.

There wasn't a mark on her. No hickey, no teeth marks, nothing.

I watched her walk across the room. Her sweet little naked ass swaying and making me loose my train of thought. She glanced at me over her shoulder and gave me a little wink as she reached for my shirt and slipped it over her head. She pulled out a pair of those little boy short panties that girls wore. Man those things drove me crazy for some reason. Especially on her.

"Come on," she said, tossing my jeans at my head, "let's go get you something to eat."

I slid off the side of the bed and stepped into my pants. She watched every move I made, with the sweetest smile on her face. I blushed a bit, making her giggle, which only made my blush deepen.

"You're so stinking cute," she laughed. She stood in the doorway with her left arm, the one I'd been munching on, extended across the width and resting on the door jam.

Not a single mark on her perfectly white flesh. I thought back to a few moments ago when I'd had that tiny wrist in my mouth, feeling her pulse pound against my lips. Wait, I honestly don't remember feeling a pulse. Having my mouth up against one of the major arteries in the human body I should have felt something.

But then again my blood was actually flowing to my brain at the time. Hell, a freight train could have rolled right through the room and I never would have known it.

I was so deep in thought that I didn't realize that Bella was standing in front of me until she tugged me out of the room by the waistband of my pants.

~BPOV~

The way he sucked on my bite mark and the stimulation of his incredibly hot organ rubbing against my cold little nub, oh God, it was almost too much to bear. I had to maintain enough awareness of his fragile body so I wouldn't accidentally crush him.

That was the most intense orgasm I'd ever had in, well, ever. It was all I could do to keep myself from ripping out his perfect throat and drink him dry right then and there.

I jerked my hand back quickly when he turned my wrist over, to check for any physical damage I assumed.

"I'm fine," I muttered quickly. I had to try and distract him, dazzle him, muddle his human brain so he would lose his train of thought and I had to move fast.

I rolled out of the bed and sauntered across the room, naked, moving slowly as I swayed my hips from side to side.

I heard his heart rate sputter and I knew it was working. Just one more little touch. I glanced over my shoulder at him, giving him a little smile and a wink. I could almost hear his brain turn to mush. I will admit, I liked having that effect on men and I loved having that effect on Edward.

Slipping on his shirt and a pair of panties that I knew he would like because he dreamed of me in this style often.

I watched him step into his pants, with no underwear of course because they were in about nine pieces scattered around the bed.

He blushed the most magnificent color of red. I wanted nothing more than to stay in this room and find out all the different ways to turn his skin crimson. But I heard his stomach rumble, not to mention he was staring off into the distance, concentrating on something.

I crossed the room and gripped his first two belt loops. He looked so damned sexy standing there in the middle of my bedroom, wearing only a pair of faded out jeans and his hair going every which way. I struggled with the desire to just give him a little push back onto the bed and have my way with him again.

But humans were delicate creatures and this one needed to be fed.

"Hey, let's get some food in you," I said, tugging him out of the room.

I pushed him around in front of me, giving him and a swat on his backside.

"Argh," he groaned when we came around the corner into the bright hallway, squinting his eyes against the daylight.

I didn't think it was all that bright, the sun was hidden beneath a thick layer of clouds as usual, but to his hung-over eyeballs it was blinding.

"Are you okay?" I laughed.

"Bright," he mumbled, shaking his head. "I swear I don't get how you managed to drink so much and not be the least bit affected."

"I guess I'm just lucky that way," I said quickly, trying to skirt the issue.

I could see him getting ready to speak. "Do you like eggs?" I blurted before he could say anything else. "I make a mean omelet."

"I love eggs," he said smiling at me.

I love you, I thought.

~JPOV~

I still couldn't believe it even though I read Emmett's note about ten times now. It was so not like him at all, to just up and leave in the middle of the night and to Vegas no less.

I shook my head at the letter and Alice's movements, as she danced across the kitchen, caught my attention and I gazed at her. Okay, so I guess I could understand how my brother could leave everything behind for Rose, because I was willing to do the same for Alice. More than willing.

Hell, I was half contemplating that very idea when Edward rounded the corner with Bella in tow.

"Hey Jazz," he said, grinning as he stretched in the doorway. I watched Bella sneak by him, making sure to rub her body against his as much as she could.

"Sleep well did ya?" I asked as soon as Bella was over at the stove with Alice, well out of earshot.

"Like a baby," he said with a smirk as he looked over at Bella who had just given him a wink.

I tossed the note from Emmett on the counter in front of me. "You have to read that," I said, nodding to the piece of paper.

Edward picked up the note, his eyes bugging out more and more with every line he read.

"No way," he said, shaking his head. "This has to be some sort of joke or something."

"No man, it's no joke. Rosalie left a note for Alice and Bella too."

Edward ran a hand through his hair, like he always did when he was nervous and trying to think.

"Okay, what are we going to do?" he asked.

"There's nothing we can do. It's not like he's holed up in some old abandoned shack out in the middle of the woods dieing or anything like that…"

"Eggs?" Alice said, suddenly appearing out of no where with a plate full of eggs and bacon, scaring the crap out of me and Edward.

"Thanks," I said, trying to swallow back my heart that had completely leapt into my throat.

"You're welcome," she smiled, giving me a quick peck on the cheek.

"What the hell was that?" Edward whispered when Alice was halfway across the kitchen. "She was over at the stove two seconds ago; there was no way she could have gotten over here that fast."

"I know," I said quietly, taking a bite of my eggs. "There has been some weird shit going on."

"Tell me about it," Edward said, looking over his shoulder to make sure Alice and Bella were still occupied at the stove, "last night, Bella ripped her dress off. I mean, like, in half and then she literally shredded my underwear. Seriously, they are in about twelve pieces all over the floor of her room."

"Dude, I'm not even going to pretend that I don't believe you, because Alice left finger marks on the wood of her headboard like it was play dough." I looked over Edward's shoulder. The girls were still across the kitchen, giggling about something. "I whacked my head on that sucker and it almost busted my head open."

Edward shook his head and exhaled a long breath and a saw a smirk emerge on his face. "But the sex was phenomenal wasn't it?"

"Oh, by far, the best in my life!" I said, a little too loudly.

"What is the best sweetie?" Alice asked.

"Eggs, these eggs are the best eggs I've ever had in my life," I answered, shoving in a mouthful.

She grinned at me and gave me a wink.

There is no way that she could have heard what we were talking about. No way possible.

But then again, there seemed to be a lot of things in this house that were impossible.

~BPOV~

Alice and I heard the boys talking about us. Edward told Jasper that I had ripped my dress in half and then shredded his boxers.

"Nice!" Alice said, nodding her head in approval.

Then we heard Jasper talking about the head board and I almost laughed out loud.

But when they started talking about the sex we both listened carefully. I couldn't help but bite my lip and smile when Edward said that it was phenomenal. God I love him!

Alice couldn't help herself when Jasper said it was the best in his life. She had such wicked streak. She left the poor man muddled and shoving eggs in his face as fast as he could.

They tried talking us into relocating into town because it was too 'dangerous' out here in the middle of no where, or something ridiculous like that.

If they only knew they were talking to the most dangerous creatures in the entire state of Washington right now, they'd probably shit down their legs.

But they wouldn't let the subject go so we did the only thing we could do, we offered to let them stay here with us. Naturally they agreed.

"This is going to sound completely crazy, but I don't want to leave you," Edward said as he held me out by the Jeep.

"You're coming right back silly," I laughed, looking up into his beautiful green eyes. "But I know what you mean."

He softly brushed some stray hairs off of my face before he pressed his lips to mine before he got into the passenger side of the car.

I stood back from the Jeep and mouthed 'I love you' before I could catch myself. I clamped my hand over my mouth as a feeling of sheer panic flooded my system.

Way to go dumb ass, freak him right out.

I was more than shocked when that crooked smile appeared on his gorgeous lips.

"I love you too," he mouthed back to me as they were backing out of the driveway.

I couldn't stop myself. I grabbed Alice around the neck and squeezed the hell out of her. "He loves me!" I squealed.

"Bella, calm down, you are going to take my head off soon and that would just really suck."

I laughed and loosened my grip.

"Listen, I know you are all sunshine and rainbows right now, but you need to dial it back and go check on Rose."

Talk about a buzz kill.

I nodded and ran upstairs to put on some clothes before I sailed through the forest to Rosalie.

The sight I saw when I entered sobered me instantly. Emmett's eyes were bugged out wide with fear and confusion.

Rose was on the floor next to him, her arms and legs wrapped around his body trying to keep him still and her hand firmly fastened over his mouth, holding in his screams. She had leaves tangled in her hair, her face was covered in dirt and she looked nearly defeated.

I quietly walked over behind her, lay down and wrapped my arms around her. I didn't need to speak, because she knew the thoughts of support and love for her that poured from my mind.

~RPOV~

I curled my body tighter against Emmett's as I heard Bella's euphoric thoughts of love coming at me.

I didn't need to hear how happy she was and how much Edward loved her.

Not right now.

Her happy thoughts came to a screeching halt when she opened the door and saw me on the floor with Emmett.

When she laid down and wrapped her arms protectively around me, telling me with her thoughts that she was here to do anything she could to try to help this transition, even if it meant staying here with me and Emmett instead of spending time with Edward.

"Thank you," I whispered.

She tried projecting into his mind and tried to soothe him that way, but it didn't help, his head was too much of a confused mess.

"I'm sorry, I'll try again," she said, putting more concentration behind it.

It still didn't work.

I'm going to keep trying until we get through, she thought.

I loved my sister, but I wasn't going to do that to her.

"No, you should get back."

"At least let me take over for you so you can go feed," she said.

"I'll be fine until this is over," I assured her.

There was something in the back of her mind, something about Alice that was bothering her, but she didn't want to bother me by bringing it up.

"Something is definitely up with Alice," I said to her. "She's hiding something from us, and she's been concealing it for a while because it takes almost no effort to mask her thoughts about it around me."

"What do you think it is?" Bella asked.

"I don't know, I only saw a flash, a face but it was gone so quick that I couldn't tell whose face it was or if it was male of female but there was something familiar about it. She tried to tell me it was some old vision, but she was lying. And now that I think about it, I'd never seen anything like this in her mind until this whole mess with Emmett happened. She was thrown off of her game and she let something slip that she wasn't supposed to."

I can't believe that Alice would lie to us, Bella's thoughts rang out.

"I know," I said quietly.

"I should get back, I'm going to try to talk to Alice before the guys get back," she said, giving me one more supportive squeeze before standing up.

"Bella," I said as she reached the door, "I don't know what she's hiding, so just be careful."

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