Hello again! Well...if you've all read the last chapter, (and this one hopes that you did...) alec was acting verrryyy cranky...this chapter explains why.

this one is warning you now: if you hate cliffhangers, and can't stand a long wait...yeah you might want not want to read this chapter, due to the fact that this one expects that the earliset time to update this story would be either a week from now or on the last week of march...

any ways: DISCLAIMER: still don't own it...

Renny:-begins to read chapter-

Moony: ! -covers Renny's eyes- um..you're not exactly supposed to read that...

renny: why?

moony: erm...no reason...

renny:?

CHAPTER 8- Alec

Numb. The only emotion that I can feel as I watch from the shadows of the trees, not daring to breath for fear of losing my fragile control.

"When I hear him talking to her about the Volturi, first I'm confused. She doesn't flinch, but terror fills Renny's eyes when she realizes her friends are in danger. And when he kisses her, I realize two things: the werewolf kissing her is Jacob Black, the Alpha of the second wolf pack and secondly, I cannot bear to watch Renny kiss him. I want…I want it to be my lips, and my lips alone to kiss her. And no one else.

Abruptly, Renny pulls away, leaving Jacob and pushes him towards the woods opposite to where I'm standing. When he comes back, they walk into the school arm in arm.

"Renny." I choke out, and almost like she could hear me, she turns around, but I disappear before I can find out whether or not she turns around to look for me.

I'm back in the clearing where I first met Renny. Hoping in vain that her scent has lingered. I'm deep in thought when I catch the sounds and scents of three very familiar people, and in a heart beat-no pun intended- they are here with me in the clearing.

Demitri, Felix... Sister." I say acting bored, attempting to sound like my old emotionless self.

"Hello brother." Jane says staring at me with a strange look of pride on her face, then turns to Demitri. "I told you that he'd find her. You shouldn't doubt my brother."

Demitri growls and is about to say something to my sister when I interject.

"What are you talking about?" My sister gives me a look of indignation.

"The half breed. Renesme."." she purrs happily. "Aro will be pleased. We'll be monitoring them until the get back to Forks. That's when we'll be calling the rest of the guard. It's time for our world to be rid of the Cullens and their spawn.

At first glance, I may look like I am a cold and icy shell, but inside, it's like my whole life has been turned upside-down. I was safe before. Unchangeable. When I met Renny, no Renesme my life almost seemed to hang off the edge of a knife. With this news, the little thread that is my life has been severed. Possibly irreparably.

"I have to admit Alec, I can't believe that you found her so quickly. "Demetri says, apparently impressed.

I nod icily, and for the sake of my sanity I ask, "Who wants to hunt?"

"Now you're talking." Felix grins, "There's a high school nearby. Perfect hunting spot."

Once again, dread fills my body. There are hundreds of students in any nearby school, but there's a chance. There's still a chance that they may be at that school. The friends that Renny –I am unable to think of her as Renesme- were concerned about, was worried about their safety.

Because of the Volturi…

Because of me…

"Bad idea." I hear the words coming out of my mouth. Sister arches her eyebrow at my comment, "These humans,"

"Blood baggies really." Demetri interrupts, earning an icy glare from me and a short stab of pain from my sister.

"They would be missed. We shouldn't reveal our presence."

Sister nods. "On the way here I way a lower class community. Tall buildings, dark alleyways. A perfect place for hunting." She bares her fangs in a sick parody of a smile.

It seems harmless enough so I reluctantly agree.

I haven't hunted for a while, and it's heaven-still no pun intended-. I'm just finishing off my first kill when I hear someone saying the last name I want to hear right now. "Renny."

Almost on its own accord, the mist that is the only sign of my gift expands around me, and I rush towards the sound of those voices.

Fear knots in my gut, fear that they'll blunder in on one of the others, especially my sister. Fear that I will not get there in time. Fear that someone will find them before I do.

Fear that I will become my old self and hunt them down.

Suddenly, I hear a piercing scream. I'm too late.

Yes this one knows...cliffhanger much...
if you are absolutely furious at this ending, don't worry, someone's gonna chew me out for it...

but anyways, Please R&R

-moony