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A/N: Dalloway5906, you rock my socks with your lightning-fast beta skills! More at the bottom!

Chapter 16

BPOV

I was having a very hard time dealing with Alice's vision of my death. Obviously. I had just found Edward, and now I was going to lose him. What kind of cruel joke was that? I know I have not always respected karma, but come on.

Alice was still sobbing tearlessly into her hands. I could not imagine how hard it must be to witness her entire family being incapacitated and then being forced to watch as they killed me. I still did not understand why they were going to kill me. The contract said that I had a month with the Cullens before I would be forcibly returned. Why would they not respect their own contract? What had changed?

Everyone was still standing frozen around the room. I could feel the tension radiating off of Edward. I was worried what he was going to do. He had also been forced to watch my death through Alice's thoughts. I know seeing Edward being killed would fuck me up something awful. I stepped forward, trying to think of something to say to diffuse the situation.

"Well….." was as far as I got before Edward lunged towards me and threw me over his shoulder. I barely noticed that we had gone out the front door and were speeding through the woods. Where did he think he was taking me? The Volturi obviously had many powerful vampires in their midst, I am sure they had one that could find us. And if I was going to be sentenced to my own death, there was no way I was letting them get Edward too.

"Stop Edward, put me down." I yelled as I gently pounded on his back. This position was very reminiscent of how Blondie kidnapped me just the day before. Except this time I trusted my abductor to keep me safe. I knew he was just reacting to the threat against me, and running was the only thing he thought he could do.

I started to struggle in his grip, and he stopped immediately and lowered me to the ground. His eyes were wild and black with bruise like smudges under them. I wondered if a vampire could have a breakdown, because that is what it looked like was happening to him. He was staring down at me, his hands gripping my upper arms tightly.

"I won't let them have you. You are mine. I just found you. I have waited nearly a century for you. Please…. you can't take her." He breathed, his chin dropping to his chest. I wish I had some vampire Valium or something, he was really losing it.

"Edward, we will figure something out. But running is not the option. If they found out that we tried to run, they will come for your family and then us. I would never forgive myself if something happened to any of them." I said calmly, as if speaking to a child.

He was nearly catatonic, his head down still griping my arms. "Edward, snap out of it!" I yelled, wishing I had a hand free so I could smack him in the face like Cher did to Nic Cage in 'Moonstruck.' Great now I am referencing a movie that was made four years before I was even born!

My words must have done the trick, because his head whipped up at the same time his hands released me. "I'm so sorry Bella. I did not hurt you did I?" He whispered.

"No Edward, I'm fine. We need to go back and see if we can get any more info out of Alice." I said as I turned back in the direction we came. "Where are we?" I asked as I finally noticed the snow that was covering the ground.

"Um, Canada." He admitted sheepishly.

"Canada?! You ran us all the way to Canada?" I exclaimed. Well at least now I could say I had been out of the country before I died.

"Yes, I'm so sorry. I was upset." He said, coming over to wrap his arms around my waist. "Forgive me?"

How could I not when he looked at me like a lost puppy dog? "Of course Edward, you are forgiven. But let's head back so we can figure some things out." I suggested.

He ducked his head, searching for a kiss. I went along willingly, meeting his lips with my own. My breath caught as he parted my lips with his tongue and attacked my mouth. I could almost taste his desperation as he relived Alice's vision again. His grip on my waist was almost painful, but I ignored it as I pushed up onto my toes, trying to get closer to him.

His hands left my waist to move to the hem of my shirt, sliding his hands up underneath to reach my bare skin. I shivered violently as the cold air hit my skin, and his cool hands covered my breasts.

"I love knowing what is underneath your clothes. I think I should pick out your underwear from now on." He sighed into my ear as his hand reached around to the closure of my bra. He struggled with the clasp for a minute, before he got impatient and tore it apart. His hands moved forward again to cup my breasts, pushing my shirt and the ruined bra up around my neck. It was very uncomfortable, being choked by my own clothes. I pulled away for a second to yank them over my head. His eyes were glued to my chest while I attacked the buttons of his shirt one handed. I was sporting some super hard nips, what with the cold and the intensity of his gaze. He brushed his thumb over one pink tip before leaning down and clamping his mouth over it. My flesh was so cold that his tongue was actually warm against my freezing skin.

I moaned embarrassingly loud as I gave up fighting with his buttons and just wrapped my hands around his neck. His tongue moved from one side to the other, driving me crazy as his warm mouth left one nipple wet and chilled in the open air. I was writhing against him, trying to climb onto him. I had succeeded in getting one thigh over his hip when he suddenly stopped.

"No, no, no. Go away." He growled from his spot between my breasts.

He hesitated for a second before continuing. "I swear to God Emmett, if you don't turn around right now I will kill you myself. I am talking limb ripping, headless body stomping death."

I shrieked as I realized that Edward was hearing Emmett's thoughts, which meant he was pretty close to us. And I was pretty topless. Ugh, Emmett is so at the top of my shit list.

"Don't you mean 'swear to monkeys' Edward?" Emmett yelled as he approached through the trees.

Edward quickly took off his shirt and wrapped it around me, hiding my nudity. I crossed my arms over my chest, trying to hide the twin points poking through the shirt.

"Ali sent me to make sure you were ok. She said her visions were going haywire cause you could not make up your mind. Although I don't think this was one of the possible outcomes she saw." He said with a grin as he finally emerged from the trees.

"Shut it Emmett. How about next time you and Rosalie are going at it, I cockblock you and see how you like it." I said with a foot stomp.

"Hey kid, you do whatever you need to. Just a warning though, Rosie would probably like the attention." He smirked, as I tried to swallow back vomit.

"Emmett, was that all you needed? " Edward asked as he stooped to pick up my clothes from the ground.

"Uh, no E. Alice's vision has changed. Something freaky. She wanted you to see it."

Edward huffed as he turned to me and slung me onto him like a backpack. "Hold on precious girl."

I closed my eyes as he took off running. He was faster and more graceful than Emmett, who just ran over trees instead of going around them. I could barely see the trees as he ran, but was able to feel the change in temperatures as we got closer to Forks. Edward turned his head to me so I could hear him.

"I am going to run you straight up to my room so you can get changed."

"Thanks. No point in anyone else getting a peek at the goods." I laughed in his ear as I tightened my hold on his neck.

We did not pass anyone as he ran me up the stairs, finally putting me down as we got to his room.

"Esme was going to bring all of your things in here so it would be easier for us. She also brought the bed in from the spare room for us…er, you to use." He said, nervously running his hand through his hair.

"Does everyone know that we are… you know, doing it?" I asked, flushing bright red.

"Ugh, yeah I think so." He admitted, just as embarrassed as I was.

"Hey kids, if you can't talk about it, you shouldn't be doing it." Rosalie yelled from the floor above.

"Shut it Rose, before I toss your favorite part of Emmett into the Pacific." Edward said with a smirk.

I started to unbutton his shirt, but soon realized that it was not an easy task to do one handed.

"Could you please help me?" I asked shyly.

"Edward, just unbutton the damn shirt and get down here. Don't do anything else or we won't see you till this evening!" Alice chimed from the lower floor.

We both growled as he swiftly unbuttoned the shirt and leaned down to kiss me.

"I really like the way you look in my shirts." He said, rubbing his hands over my bare waist.

"And I like the way you look shirtless." I smirked.

"Edward, now!" Alice yelled.

"I hate that stupid pixie. I really think I could take her down." I whispered.

"I heard that Bella. You would just end up with another broken bone and then Edward would be pissed at me." Alice said.

"Sounds about right." I said as I dropped the shirt off my shoulders and headed into the bathroom.

"Go down Edward, but make sure to come back really soon." I moaned as I slid out of my pants, leaving me only in the cheeky boy shorts Edward had picked out for me that morning.

"Edward, now!"

Edward growled as he turned and left the room, leaving a handprint in the molding around the door. Remind me never to get him angry.

I washed up in the sink and returned to the room to find something else to wear. My clothes still had not arrived, so I grabbed a soft blue t-shirt from Edward's drawer and slipped on a pair of jeans that were too long. I rolled up the hem and slipped my feet into a pair of warm socks. I was just getting ready to head down and find Edward when I was hit with an intense wave of fatigue. I made it to the bed just in time to collapse.

A/N: Please, please, please... before I get tons of questions. No there will be no half-vamp baby in this story. Thank you to those of you who reviewed the last chapter, even though I did not promise an EPOV. But if you did review you got one anyway. I have a little one planned if you review this chapter, but a change is coming in the next chapter. Better hold onto your boots!