Okay, it's taken forever to write this, so I really hope you love it.
As I stared up in horror at the massive creature in front of me, everything snapped in to focus.
Edward. I sprung limberly backwards and turned my torso slightly towards him, my eyes never leaving the russet wolf. To my surprise, Edward had already managed to right himself after the fall. I stood defensively in front of him, and lifted my gaze.
Jacob Black stared back at me.
But it wasn't my Jacob.
This Jacob's eyes were angry and flashing. His russet fur was matted with dirt and rain. Cocking my head, I looked closer. No, it wasn't anger in his eyes. His eyes were pained, horrified, and so ridiculously beautiful. I moved forward and smiled.
Edward gasped and grabbed my hand, yanking me backwards. My mouth popped open and my eyes narrowed. I turned to him and snatched my hand out of his, rolling my eyes.
"Edward, relax. It's just Jacob."
He looked at me as if I were insane.
"I know who it is." He hissed, "Bella, I need you to run."
It was my turn for the insane-looking.
"I'm not leaving you. I don't understand what your problem is, it's just Jacob."
"It's not just him." His calm façade wavered as he glanced warily at the trees behind him. Not just Jacob? Who else would…
"No!"
The trees shivered as my wild scream ricocheted off of their leaves. Jacob wouldn't… They wouldn't dare.
Gasping, I wheeled to Jacob, whose head was bowed in shame. Tears stung behind my eyes as I stalked towards him.
"You didn't. You didn't bring the pack here."
"Alice! Esme! Carlisle! Jasper! Rosalie! Emmett!" I shouted every name, my nose almost brushing his. "Damn it, Jake!"
"My family!" I wailed. Unexpectedly, my hand swung up to strike him. Jacob yelped in disbelief. Edward cried out.
"Bella!"
The forest tilted at the oddest angle. Air whistled past me as I flew through the air. Water splashed against my cheeks as it fell from the tree I was now pinned up against. I blinked. Jacob was howling and Edward was snarling very close to my ear. A sharp scream pierced the air.
My scream.
It was then I realized my arm hurt. The pain intensified. My eyes darted for the source, finding nothing. My thoughts were jumbled. What was happening? Why couldn't I see? All I saw was silver. It clouded my eyes and filled my mouth. I gagged and spat. I thrashed against it, shrieking. The wall of blindness lifted for a moment. The silver was shoved far enough away for me to see that it was fur.
A lightbulb flickered.
Paul. Paul was trying to rip me apart.
My instinct to survive overwhelmed me.
Wrenching my right hand free, I grabbed a handful of his coarse coat and pulled.
A elastic ripping filled my ears.
He yowled, springing away from me. I thumped to the ground and stood, petrified, as Edward aimed a kick at Paul's stomach. Something broke. A gurgling yelp escaped his mouth as he fell to the ground. I turned my eyes away, but I couldn't turn off my ears. I could hear him writhing as he healed. My stomach flipped dryly.
Trying to distract myself, I cradled my injured forearm. I traced my finger around the large puncture marks that were slowly shrinking, leaving red rings around the black holes. Red marks? I pulled my hand up to my face and gasped. Blood coated my hand. I looked up to find that it also poured from a flap of dangling skin hanging off of Paul's back. I wrinkled my nose in disgust.
It smelled horrible.
Edward was crouched in front of me. Leaning over, I wiped the blood on to the springy moss. Edward snarled as the two huge wolves bounded away, one whimpering noisily. Sighing, he turned and crushed me against his chest, planting kisses all over my head. I kissed his chest and winced at the stinging in my arm.
About five seconds later, Jacob, complete with sweatpants and bare chest, lept through the ferns. I glowered. He took one look at my arm and blubbered.
"Oh, Bells, your arm. She'll be alright, won't she?" Edward nodded once, glaring at Jake's forlorn face.
"You're lucky my family got away, or you'd be dead now, dog."
"I couldn't hide my thoughts."
I was incredibly slow today. Of course the pack would hear about our conversation. I grimaced.
"What?"
"Well, me and Bella's phone call."
Edward gazed at me for an unfathomable moment. I looked down sheepishly. He sighed and tilted my chin up, forcing me to look at him.
"Bella, did you honestly tell Jacob?"
I bit my lip.
"Um, well… he kinda figured it out."
A confused look crossed his face.
"How on earth would he do that?"
"Oh, Edward, please. Just listen to my voice."
Pinching the bridge of his nose, he turned to Jacob.
"Is this true, dog?"
Jacob nodded fervently, his eyes never leaving my face. Hot tears streamed down his cheeks and splattered in the dirt. Edward turned back to me and stroked my cheek.
"You don't have any common sense, do you?"
I recoiled from his comment until his mouth was on mine. Melting into him, I kissed him breathlessly, twining my fingers in his hair and running my tongue along his lips.
I could have kissed him forever, but his head snapped up and he growled.
None of us had even seen the midnight-black wolf slinking into the small clearing.
Edward shoved me to the floor as it sprung at him. I hit the ground with a huff before rolling on to my feet. Vampire and Werewolf crashed against a boulder and the wolf snarled, incisors glittering. I heard a muffled hiss as his teeth went for Edward's throat.
Not thinking, I lept on to the wolf's back and wrapped my arms around his chest.
Not thinking, I squeezed.
Bones cracked and organs crushed. The great wolf slid to the ground. I stepped back and looked down at the mangled, bloody body before I screamed.
Sam Uley's unseeing eyes stared back at me.
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