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It's been forever and im sooo sorry! Uni has been hell! And it's my mum and dad's 25th wedding anniversary this year and me and my Nan threw them a surprise party so I've been rushed off my feet for the last month or so but that's no excuse.
Anyway here it is chapter 10. I had a major case of writers block on this one, plus it's EPOV which I was reluctant to do coz i don't think I can do the god that is Edward justice but hey ho here's my attempt. I hope you like it and please review, to let me know what you think!
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EPOV
I was speeding through the forests surrounding Forks. In 2.4minutes I would be at the mutt's treaty line, but that meant nothing to me today. The reason for my existence was behind that line and I didn't know what was happening to her. She took my heart with her wherever she went and to know that someone had forced her to leave her home, to more than likely hurt her in some way, made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Just thinking about it made a red haze fill my vision and my vampire instincts take over.
The horrifying smell of wet dog hit me before I reached the line but today I didn't stop, I crashed through trees ripping and tearing not caring what kind of destruction I left behind. Not 30 feet into the reservation I felt two sets of arms wrap around me and drag me backwards. Snapping at whoever it was I struggled to break free.
"Edward, chill it's just us" I heard Emmett's voice but it didn't stop me, what the hell where they doing!
"Emmett. Let. Me. Go. Before I do something I'll regret later" I growled through my clenched teeth
"Jasper can you not do anything?" Emmett asked and I realised who's the other set of arms were.
"I'm trying, Edward calm down, Carlisle wants to see everyone first"
"What! He has Bella, and we're just going to leave her there while we have a family meeting!" I was shouting but I didn't care who heard all I wanted was Bella back.
"We don't know that Edward, not for sure" Emmett tried to tell me, I was still struggling though "Carlisle doesn't want anyone getting into a fight for nothing, if he hasn't got Bella we can't afford to fight with them. Edward I'm all for a fight but I'd rather make sure were on the right track to finding my little sister." That stopped me
"Your little sister?" I asked him
"Of course dude, it might not be official yet but hell will freeze over before I let anyone hurt her" Emmett grinned at me and I felt a small smile pull my lips up before I remembered the situation we were in.
"Guy's you can let me go now I won't run, I swear. We just better make this quick." They both dropped their arms and together we began to run back to the house.
Barely 5 minutes later I ran into the house ahead of them.
"Dining room Edward" I heard Carlisle think. Thank god they were ready, I wasn't waiting longer than necessary. Emmett and Jasper followed me through and sat with Rose and Alice.
"Sit down Edward" Esmé asked me
"Mum if you want to keep your table, that's not a good idea" She nodded sadly. That was the atmosphere in the room, but underlying it was also anger and impatience.
"Ok so we need to think about this properly, what are the facts? Can we be sure Jacob has Bella?" Carlisle asked the room. A snarl broke free of me,
"Chill Edward, soon bro, soon" Emmett tried to calm me with his thoughts.
Alice spoke first,
"Well her future went black but it's familiar, not permanent I can't explain it but I can only tell you that if feels like the wolves. Also the smell, there's no mistaking that he was there at some point tonight"
"Don't forget that he hates us. Me especially. He would do anything to get Bella away from us I defiantly wouldn't put this past him, he hates the fact that she loves me and me her. He's also deluded himself into thinking he loves Bella. But there's no way he would do this to her if he did" I spoke calmly though I was seething inside.
Carlisle looked at me sympathetically
"OK then, we need to get onto la push and have a look around, I don't like that we have to break the treaty but we will, for Bella." He stood up then
"Edward, Charlie called a little while ago, to inform us that Bella was missing I've told him that we will join the search and my guess is that the wolves will be as well. I know this is the last thing you want to do but we really do need to keep up appearances for Bella's sake as well as our own. I nodded to show I understood. "Esmé and I will join the search party, the rest of you should assess the situation, spread out along the treaty line, we'll tell Charlie your doing a sweep of the forest around the houe. Alice make sure you don't lose sight of Bella, I know you can't see anything now but keep trying to find her all we need is for Jacob – if it is him- to leave her for a second and then you can catch a glimpse of her. Good luck kids phone us immediately if you find her there, we'll come and help"
We all stood simultaneously and headed for the door. Jasper was sticking close to Alice who was looking for Bella.
"Jasper, it might be better for you to run with Alice, she can concentrate better then" I suggested Jasper nodded and pulled Alice onto his back. The 4 of us set off running towards to treaty line while Carlisle and Esmé got into their car and set off towards Charlie's house.
I ran ahead of my siblings my mind set on one thing and one thing only. Bella. Once again she was in danger and I found myself making contingency plans, I would not live long if my Bella died. Only this time I would be 200% certain that she had left this world. I continued running towards the wolves, towards my love, towards the battle that would decide my fate.
I arrived at the boundary line a few minutes before Alice, Jasper, Emmet and Rose, stopping dead where the smell was over powering.
Instantly I started pacing, my mind racing, knowing it would only take one step to be across the line again and on my way to save her. Emmett's voice interrupted my thoughts and I stopped pacing,
"Ok so lets spread out, Alice have you seen anything, anything at all?"
"Not yet just a whole load of blackness" she said grudgingly, I gritted my teeth together and resumed my pacing.
"Right, then all we can really do is wait" he admitted. A growl slipped through my teeth, there were plenty of other things that I wanted to do right now and waiting wasn't one of them.
Alice folded her self up onto the floor some way away from us closed her eyes and looked ahead. It seemed she would be there for a while and so Emmett took charge again,
"Ok so while Alice is doing her thing, we should spread out"
"I don't think that's such a good idea, Em" Rose said "What if the wolves come and ask what were doing, it would be better to be together if that happened, I doubt they know what Jacob's done they wont be expecting us to be here. It could turn nasty if they think we're accusing him." She had a point
"Ok then we stick together" Emmett pulled Rosalie to him and kissed her fully, I turned my head and blocked their thoughts.
And so we waited, I couldn't stand still like the rest of them.
I was still pacing and wearing the ground down in a small line in-front of the boundary line 2 hours later when Alice gasped and stood up abruptly. I was in front of her in a fraction of a second, gripping her shoulders lightly and begging her with my eyes to tell me what she had seen.
"I saw her, I know where she is! It is Jacob, he must have left her for a few minutes but it was enough. She's at a garage, well it's more like a shed, but it's full of tools and car parts"
I was gone before my brothers could stop me, crashing through the forest leaving destruction in my wake. I could hear my siblings following me and tuned into their thoughts,
"Were coming Edward just lead the way, I've rang Carlisle, he and Esme are with Charlie" That was Alice, my darling little sister, who I was more grateful for today than I ever had been before.
"Oooo the dog's gonna get it today" Emmett who else but I had to smile, nothing excited Emmett more that a fight.
La Push was in sight now, and so I worked my muscles harder and sped through the forest towards the garage that Jacob loved to work in, where he and my Bella had spent the majority of their time when she visited and where he now had her captive.
Before we could reach the first few houses in the reservation a huge black wolf stepped into our path, two other wolves flanking him. I ground to a halt, as Emmett and Jasper came to flank me keeping the girls behind them.
"Sam please let us through, it's Jacob he has my Bella, she's in his garage and I don't know what he's doing to her, he took her from Charlie's house yesterday night, Sam please!" I was begging to him but I couldn't care about my pride now, not when my love was in danger.
Shock was in every pair of the wolves eyes,
"Your sure about this?" Sam thought to me
"Positive, Alice caught a glimpse of her seconds ago"
"Jacob hasn't been on patrol for the past couple of nights, I thought it was because he had exhausted himself." Sam's thoughts were a mess for a few seconds as he thought about Jacob's actions. He knew what this meant. Bella was part of our family and so the treaty was broken, we were free to punish Jacob and they could not deny us the right.
"Go Edward go to her, we cannot follow you, I know this will turn into a fight and we would not be able to stop ourselves defending Jacob. He needs to understand what his actions have done, peace be with him and you. Just please Edward if it has to come to a fight till the death, leave him in a state where Billy can see him one last time."
I didn't answer I just nodded solemnly once, this would hurt so many people including Bella, but I knew there was absolutely no possibility of controlling myself once I caught a glimpse of the dog.
Sam nodded his huge head and led the other two wolves past us and into the forest.
We were off again before a second had past, racing through La Push now and closing in on Jacob's house. The smell of dog was strong here, almost overpowering as we stopped, rounding around the back of his house. The old, rusting garage stood a few feet down the garden in a spot that Billy, in his wheelchair, had no hope of reaching. I turned to my brothers and sisters and spoke quickly and quietly,
"Alice, Rose, please listen to me, Bella is going to need you straight away I know it's going to be the hardest thing in the world but please, just get her out of there. Don't concentrate on us, we'll be fine it's three against 1, just get Bella and run."
Alice nodded and Rose smiled sadly
"We promise Edward, just please be careful. We'll meet you at the house, I'll ring Carlisle and Esmé when we have her, Carlisle can check her over at the house" Alice answered me before hugging Jasper tightly and pecking him on the lips. Rosalie and Emmett were locked in an embrace as well and I waited allowing them this moment and listening for any sign's of the dog.
I didn't have to wait long. Loud, ripping snarls sounded from the garage and I heard a crash. Sprinting into action we headed towards the sound, but before we could reach the garage I heard my angel's voice strong and proud, screaming to the world,
"I LOVE YOU EDWARD CULLEN"
My heart screamed to reply and I burst through the doors tearing them out of my way to see the huge russet wolf pinning my love to the floor, his full weight resting on her shoulders.
A fierce growl, ripped through my chest, my primal vampire instincts ready and willing to do the one and only thing they wanted in this one moment, to protect. To protect my Bella by ridding the world of the piece of shit that was Jacob Black.
I saw my Bella's small smile grace her lips before I pounced and knocked the dog off her.
I was aware of Alice and Rosalie scooping an unconscious Bella off the floor and hurrying out of the garage with her and then my full focus was on the snarling wolf stood, hair raised in front of me. His thoughts were loud, loud and angry and they only fuelled my rage.
"Cullen! NO! She's mine. She'll never love you like she could love me, you've deluded her and I will make her see that! You are nothing Cullen, a filthy, no good monster and you won't touch her!" His words roared in my head and I laughed, a cold, sarcastic laugh.
"Are you really that stupid Black? You think Bella loves you?" Emmett and Jasper laughed coldly along with me as they stood on either side of me, crouched and ready to attack. "Were her word's not enough to convince you otherwise? If I remember correctly, and seeing as I have a –what was it?- Filthy no good monster's mind I suppose I can…" Emmett and Jasper snarled; all humour -sarcastic or not- gone now. "She screamed, 'I love you Edward Cullen' just before you were going to rip her throat out. You know I could have sworn that's my name. You Jacob Black are the monster here and tonight you will pay."
With Emmett and Jasper still flanking me I began to stalk toward Jacob. He continued to snarl, his thoughts shouting at me trying in vain to hurt me with words as I had done to him. My muscles bunched and I coiled into my crouch then sprang straight towards the dog, he had no chance. His huge paw swung upwards attempting to hit me into the wall of the garage, but I dodged and landed on his other side, distracted by his miss he failed to notice Emmett barrelling towards him. Emmett tackled Jacob and wrapped his arms around the wolf's torso. He lifted him easily and threw him straight into the side of Jacob's beloved VW Rabbit. The side of the car caved in from the impact but Jacob was straight back up and sprinting towards Emmett this time. Jasper pounced out of the darkness and grabbed one of Jacob's back leg's he swung him again and threw him, this time into the wall of the garage. The impact was too much for the poorly constructed garage and the wall collapsed.
My sibling's and I were outside before Jacob could recover from the latest blow and I pounced this time, landing on Jacob's right side. I swung my left leg around and aimed a swift kick into his side breaking a least 3 ribs on impact. He flew across the yard off the impact of the kick and Jasper and Emmett were waiting. Emmett sunk his teeth into one of his back legs while Jasper did the same with one of his front ones.
Jacob collapsed from the venom coursing through his veins. I walked over to him slowly and knelt down near his face. He growled weakly and tried to snap at my ankle. I brought my hand down, crushing his jaw before he could reach it and he whimpered loudly.
"You won't last much longer Jacob Black. You know what vampire venom does to dog's like yourself but before I finish you myself I want to say a few more things. First, Bella never has and never would have loved you. Maybe in a parallel universe where Bella has no self respect she would have, but even then you would have to be one lucky son of a bitch. You never had a chance with the beautiful, loving and incredible woman I know. Second, you have hurt everyone you have ever known, you have hurt your pack, your family and most importantly my Bella, but I will make sure today that you don't have the chance to hurt anyone else ever again. Especially not Bella. And third? This is entirely your fault. Bella was willing to be your friend, against my better judgement yes but she was willing. You could have been a part of her life now and after her change, because yes Jacob Black she will become one of us. I'm sick and tired of denying my family, myself and Bella of something we all want. She would have tried, tried her damndest to be your friend but you wouldn't have it would you? No, and now you pay the price. I sincerely hope there is a God Jacob because he will have pity on you where I couldn't. I don't do this without feeling Jacob, I will feel the remorse for this act until I no longer walk this earth but you have hurt me and my family too much to just let it go. God have mercy on you Jacob Black"
And I sank my teeth into his neck. I stood with my brothers and watched as slowly the fur sank back into the russet skin of the Quileute boy. And Jacob Black took his last rasping breath on the grass behind his house.
My brothers grasped my shoulders, a sign of support and slowly and silently we carried Jacob into his house. We wrapped him in a blanket and lay him on his couch. Leaving the house I pulled out my cell phone. Glad that I had read the number from his thought's before the fight I dialled Sam's cell phone. He answered on the second ring
"Sam Uley" his rough voice said
"It's over, we left him in his house, it may be better for yourself or one of the pack to dress him before Billy see's him" I answered, my voice was flat, emotionless.
"I understand, thank you Edward, it goes against my nature to say this, but I know that it would have been hard for you, not to prolong it and to show him any remorse at all. But I know you did, I don't know how I do but I do."
"Don't thank me Sam. I did what I had to do, Bella is to me what Emily is to you, more actually though I know you'll find that hard to believe"
"Actually Edward I don't find it that hard to believe, not after seeing you, you were…, well you weren't good, so go to Bella. I will organise thing's here. Would we be able to meet with your family in the next few weeks? We would like to re-establish the treaty"
"I'm sure that will be ok, I'll be in touch, goodbye Sam"
"Goodbye Edward" he said softly before hanging up.
Then without a word my brothers and I set off home. I approached the house at a full sprint ahead of my brothers, Carlisle's thoughts hit me first.
"She's awake Edward, and she's ok. She has cut's across the top of her left thigh, he scratched her, a couple of broken rib's, a bust lip and bruises as well as a mild concussion. I've given her painkillers and strapped her ribs up. As long as she doesn't develop any infection's she'll be fine in a couple of weeks" I burst through the door just as his thought finished, I didn't spare my family a glance, only throwing out a heart felt thank you before sprinting up the stairs and through the door to my bedroom. My love, lay in my bed propped up into a sitting position on thick pillows with the covers pulled over her lap. I didn't pause until I reached the end of the bed. And then it was only to stare avidly at her features. She had a small cut on her lip, which wasn't too serious but her beautiful face was covered on most of the left side by an angry looking, purple and black bruise. Her eye was swollen and the lids were puffy and almost closed. The dog had punched her. I suddenly found myself wishing I could bring him back from the dead to kill him all over again.
Bella stared back at me, tears slowly filling up her beautiful chocolate brown eyes. Her next move almost broke my still heart. She held her arms open and silently begged me to hold her. I crawled slowly onto the bed. Making sure not to jostle her ribs I knelt next to her. Gently, so that I was barely touching her, I took her face and held it between my hands. I stroked the right side of her face softly with my thumb and then proceeded to place extremely soft and gentle kisses over the entire surface of her face. She sighed softly and closed her eyes.
"Edward, w-w-where's J-J-J…" I looked into her eyes and saw the fear there, my love was scared to death of the mutt hurting her again. I stopped her before she had to force his name out.
"Baby, he won't ever hurt you again, it's over, it's over" I whispered.
A loud sob broke out from her chest and she gasped in pain as it aggravated her ribs.
"Oh, thank god" she whispered. I kissed her swollen lips softly once. And slipped into the covers next to her,
"Sleep angel, sleep. I promise he isn't coming back. Rest easy love" she sighed softly and then as slowly and as carefully as she could she turned onto her side and pulled herself closer to me. I wrapped my arms around her and gently began to hum her lullaby.
She wasn't out of the woods yet but she was safe now and forever in my arms.
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