Chapter 27! The fight. It may be short, but it packs a punch. Or I thought so. Anyways! I agree with you guys. Ness was a badass last chapter. So awesome. I really hope you guys enjoy this one. I did. Even a short action is better than ten pages of nothing but talking.

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JPOV

She'd done it! Nessie had gone and pulled it off! I could not have been more proud of her if I'd tried. Somehow, she'd reached in to find whatever was left of Aro's humanity.

Now, all the fighters on our side were lined up. Aro had put some guards on Jane and Caius. Marcus really didn't have anything to say. He just agreed with Aro. Speaking of, Aro had determined a boundary line for the fights. He wanted it interesting, so we were allowed part of the woods. Great. Now it would be near impossible to keep an eye on Ness and Shelby.

Aro stepped forward. "Each of you call out your opponent. I want proof of the deaths."

"Proof?" Nessie asked.

Aro gave her a very direct look. "Head, heart, body. Whatever you feel the need to bring back to me. Now, which is your opponent, Renesmee?"

He already knew because he'd read her thoughts, but he wanted everyone to know.

"Jane," Nessie called out.

Jane's eyes narrowed, but she didn't look scared. She should have.

"Mr. Black?"

I'd phased back, naked in the snow, which scandalized all the royalty. I'd tried not to laugh. Clearing my throat, I said, "Tristan."

He growled and snarled.

Shelby stepped up beside me. "Nyla."

"Bitch," the she-wolf replied as she moved forward to face Shelby.

Walker was next with, "Malik."

Eric. "Gavin."

Finally, Caden. His grin was all hungry wolf when he called, "Caius."

Caius's eyes went wide and he turned to Aro. "You can't do this. You can't just sentence me to death." When he received an icy response from Aro, he turned to Marcus. "Brother, please talk some sense."

Marcus just looked at him for a moment. "That you think this is a sentence proves that you know you are guilty of the crime. I side with Aro," he said so slowly it was almost painful.

Aro moved back, blocking Alec from his sister. Both sides had moved to create a barrier. Others were strewn throughout the woods to remind us where the boundary was.

We faced off with the people we'd called out.

"Ready to die?" Tristan asked me.

I snorted. "Please. Your ass is grass."

"We'll see."

"You may commence." Aro called.

Immediately, Jane took off, running. Everyone scattered.

"Oh, no you don't," I heard Ness say before taking off after her.

Tristan and I both went into a crouch, fists up. Jasper and Edward had taught me how to anticipate his movements. I watched as he positioned himself to throw a right hook. When he threw it, I snapped out, pushing his fist away, turned my body into his and popped my elbow into his nose.

Quickly scrambling away from him, his head snapped back, blood gushing. So I threw a gut shot. He doubled over in reaction, and I threw my knee into his already broken nose, grinding that cartilage further into his face.

He roared and barrelled after me, wrapping his arms around my waist and taking me down to the ground. As I landed hard on my back, the air left my lungs. Trying to breathe gave him time to sit on my stomach and throw his fists into my face. I huddled down so he couldn't get to my neck.

And then he surprised me. Getting off me in a flash, he kicked me hard in the ribs and then ran for the woods.

"I'm gonna kill your bitch," he spat over his shoulder.

And then he disappeared into the woods.

ShelbyPOV

I'd taken off for the woods as soon as Aro called out. I'd have more leverage in the trees. Nyla was fast, but I tapped into my wolf speed before she got over her shock.

I'd found a rather large tree to hide behind as she entered the woods. She was wary, knowing that I was close. A rustle of leaves from somewhere else caught her attention, but she was going to pass right next to the tree. Running, she approached my hiding spot.

At just the right moment, I swung an arm straight out. Her throat caught it hard, strangling her for a moment, and down she went. She lay gasping in the leaves, choking on the air stuck in her lungs.

Walking around her, I gripped her hair and dragged her up. "I'm going to rip you apart. You killed Jordan and were there when my mate died. Did you really think you could get away with it?"

Those amber eyes glared at me as she healed, managing to push air in and out of her lungs.

"He's alive," she managed to spit out. "I saw him in the clearing, watching you. How'd you do it?"

I punched her in the face, feeling the satisfying crunch of her cheekbone under my fist. Flying to the ground on all fours, she breathed loudly, still trying to breathe around her injured throat.

"Doesn't matter. He's alive. My son has a father. You lost."

I kept pace with her as she tried to crawl away. And then kicked her in the stomach.

She rolled onto her back, mouth working soundlessly to get air.

Reaching down, I broke a finger.

She found enough air to scream. So I broke another. She screamed again.

A crashing sound behind me grabbed my attention. But I didn't turn in time. Big, masculine hands grabbed me and flung me against a tree. My turn to relearn how to breathe. My head smacked a second after my back, causing stars to cover my vision.

Whoever it was took off, followed by a dark blur.

Jacob.

Tristan had thrown me.

He was after Nessie.

RPOV

It had kind of surprised me when Jane had taken off. But really. If it wasn't me to take her out, it would be Aro. Surely she'd think I was doing her a kindness. I'd make it quick.

Following her scent, I knew I should be right on top of her, so I slowed down, scanning the trees. Unfortunately, she came from above and behind. Hitting me from behind, I flew forward and rolled. She'd punched my back.

"You little bitch! You signed my death warrant!"

"That was the point," I said breathing through the pain getting up on my hands and knees. "You've hurt too many people. It's over."

Growling, she stared at me. In my head, I felt her power try to get through my mental wall. I'd flung it back into place the moment Aro had let me go.

I laughed. "Good luck with that, Jane." I got to my feet.

Suddenly, she smiled maniacally. "No, good luck to you."

I frowned, but before I could say anything, a hand gripped my arm and whipped me around. Tristan snarled down at me, blood covering his bruising face. Jacob had already done a number on him. Jane took off into the trees.

Dammit.

Tristan grinned. "I promised I'd get a piece of you before this was over. Dishonorable of me not to keep that promise."

Trying to tug away from him, he slapped me hard with his free hand and then managed to get both arms around me. Once he pulled me into his body, he used one hand to rip at my clothes, at my pants.

The cold air seeped past all the shredded material. I was too close to his body to be able to move. He was able to get his jeans undone and was just fishing his fingers between my thighs to get to my panties when a dark, muscled arm came between us to wrap the inside of the elbow around Tristan's throat. And squeezed.

With lack of air, Tristan panicked and pushed me away from his body to claw at the forearm strangling him.

"Get. Off. My. Wife," Jacob growled, pulling Tristan away from me.

Tristan managed to reach around to get some claws into Jacob, forcing Jacob to throw the other man away from him, but not before Jacob put his own claws into that thick neck. Tristan hit the ground, hand going to his neck. Blood was steady through his fingers. Jacob must have nicked the jugular. Tristan would bleed out if he didn't get medical attention. Jacob would kill him first.

I was more than ok with that.

Jacob turned to me, eyes nearly black. "You okay?" Those eyes saw my ripped up pants and he growled. His face was cut and bloody, but at least he looked better than Tristan.

"Yeah, I'm good," I said breathlessly. Racing up to him, I kissed him. "Love you. Let's finish this."

"Love you, too. Go get her. I'll deal with this."

Wanting to stay with him, but not knowing what Jane was up to, I followed her scent. Eventually, it merged with others. I thought one of them was Walker's. I didn't recognize the others.

This was an area of the woods that I'd studied so I knew where all the big roots and boulders were, easily avoiding them as I ran. The mountains surrounded us so there were rocks and slopes everywhere. Some snow had managed to freeze on the rocks, making them slick. Luckily, I'd worn my newest pair of sneakers just in case. What worried me was the cold seeping through my ripped pants. My skin was cooling down, losing its heat. I could freeze out here if I didn't get more pants, closer to a wolf, or back home.

There was a clearing up ahead, and it sounded like there was heavy fighting happening there. Growls and snarls echoed through the trees. I skidded into the clearing in the slippery dirt. The first thing I saw? A body at the base of a large tree. The tree blocked me from the clearing. I couldn't see what was going on.

Kneeling down, I recognized him as Walker's wolf, Eric. His throat had been ripped out. His blue eyes were blank and glassy, staring at nothing. Anger and sadness brought tears to my eyes as I gently closed his.

The crack of a stick behind me to my right caught my attention. Slowly turning my head, a massive wolf was standing there, watching me with amber, hungry eyes.

We just stared at each other...until there was a pain-filled scream. It got both of our attention. Glancing around the tree, I saw Walker doubled over, but the man standing in front of him hadn't seemed to touch him. In fact, he looked confused.

I realized what it was.

Jane.

Frantically looking around, I finally looked up.

Bingo.

Just as the wolf growled and snapped at me, I jumped up onto the lowest limb. But I wasn't fast enough. His claws sank into my leg, all the way to the bone. I felt those claws scrape my bone, shredding muscle. Screaming, I ripped myself from that grip-no doubt causing more damage- and continued to climb through the pain. My vampire side was still at the surface. I used that energy and hopped the limbs until I reached her. If I didn't, Walker was going to die. Malik would kill him.

I was already almost too late. Malik was landing blow after blow at Walker's paralyzed body. Blood flowed under those sharp claws.

Climbing up onto the branch, I managed to get my leg under me and ran for her on the wide surface, and, wrapping my arms around her, tackled her off the tree. We both fought in the air for the top position. She wanted to crush me so evading the ground wasn't something she wanted to do. Wrapping my leg around hers in midair, I managed to get the top spot just before we landed. The impact made an earth-shattering rumble through the mountains. A high, shattering sound like glass came up from Jane's body.

While she was momentarily stunned into immobility, I tried to find something to detach her head, but I'd forgotten about the wolf. From out of nowhere, he tackled me, rolling us on the cold ground. Yelling out, I did my best to keep those snapping jaws away from my throat and face. It was kind of hard since he was so big. One of those sharp teeth scraped my throat. We stopped rolling with him on top of me. My leg screamed as dirt got into the wound. It was slowly going numb.

A figure loomed over the wolf. Walker. He lifted up a clawed hand and shoved it into the wolf's back. The wolf bucked and howled on top of me. Walker managed to pull it back, wrapped his arms around it, and snapped its neck.

It dropped like a stone.

A figure came up behind Walker as he helped me up.

"Walker!"

Spinning into him, using his hand as leverage, I pivoted around him and punched out with my left fist. I'd been practicing. Jane got the full force of the hit in her shoulder and flew back until she hit a tree so hard that it shook, collapsing at the foot of it.

"Thanks," Walker said.

He looked terrible. Cuts and scratches and bruises covered him from head to toe. His shirt was gone, jeans barely staying on from how heavy they were with blood. His auburn hair was matted with dirt, blood, and sweat.

I smiled. "You're welcome."

Suddenly, he froze with shock. We both looked down as blood seeped from between his lips. A clawed hand was shoved up under his ribs.

"No!" I screamed.

Even though he was choking on his own blood, Walker managed to reach down and break that wrist. Malik screamed, trying to yank his hand out of Walker's body. Walker used my move and turned into Malik, using the trapped hand as leverage to keep the other man where he wanted him as Walker gripped his throat and squeezed, bones breaking, flesh collapsing. Malik's eyes went wide as he tried to breathe through a crushed windpipe. Still choking, Walker ripped the hand out of his side, went around and put a choke hold on Malik and finished the job. After a couple minutes, Malik dropped, dead, eyes blank.

Walker collapsed back against a tree, landing on his ass.

"No! Stay with me," I said going down with him, hands on his face, keeping his head up to look at me.

He spit up trying to breathe through the liquid in his chest. Malik had punctured a lung. Walker didn't have much time before he drowned in his own blood.

"Jane," he choked out, more blood spilling down his chin. "Kill. Her."

He was slipping away and only one thing kept me from getting him help. Snarling, I turned to her. She was still at the tree, eyes maliciously on him. She was about to cause him pain, about to finish him off. He wouldn't survive a hit of her power with his injuries. His body would go into shock and he'd die. All her attention was on him, as if she didn't think me a threat.

"Jane, you can't go after him until you deal with me. You kill me, I won't be able to stop you."

Her attention was still on him so I rushed for her. She snapped out her arm and caught me in the chest, punching me back the way I'd done her. But she followed me, straight-arming me to the ground. I couldn't breathe under that kind of pressure. It was like one of the boulders had been set on top of me. Her other hand clawed at me, trying to shred my skin.

"I hate you!" she screamed at me, her eyes crazed. "You ruined me! I was on top, the favorite. You ruined me!" Shooting down, her mouth clamped around my throat and she bit down.

The venom stung like a bitch and I screamed. If I didn't get rid of her, Walker was going to die. I just had to keep repeating that to get myself to move. My leg was numb, blood loss was making me dizzy, and the venom screamed through my veins.

But the thought of Haleigh without her daddy pissed me off. Moving around under her, I gripped her arm with one hand and used my other arm to smash down, breaking the arm off above her elbow. She reared back, screaming. Air rushed down my lungs, burning all the way down. Instead of letting that stop me, I jumped to my feet. Jane was still on her knees, holding her arm, or what was left of it.

Gaining balance on my bad leg, I grinned.

"Tough luck. I win."

Spinning around, I performed the worst-looking roundhouse kick of my life, but it worked. My foot connected with her head so hard that it splintered from her neck, but didn't come completely off. She fell to her back, eyes wide, trying to heal the damage, but I wasn't going to give her the time. Instead, I lifted my foot over her neck.

"Goodbye, Jane."

Her eyes widened.

And I stomped down.

CadenPOV

As fights went, this was the easiest of my life. The bloodsucker had no idea how to fight. At first, he just stood there, staring at me. When I started for him, he moved through the still crowd of his own vampires. I just followed at a leisurely pace, knowing I'd get him eventually. He kept grabbing bodies to throw in front of me, but they moved out of my way once they got their balance. None of them helped him.

Once he had nowhere else to go, he moved out into the open, begging me, wondering what he had done to me.

"You recognize me, but you don't remember from where?" I demanded angrily. "You killed my family. My human mate. My son. And my unborn child. I've had it out for you for two years."

We hadn't moved into the woods, but stayed out in the open.

"Those children were abominations. The boy tasted terrible," he hissed.

Roaring, I went after him in a flurry of hits and kicks. He managed to deflect them which meant that I was pulling everything and not concentrating. I didn't even have my claws out.

Grinning, I pushed them out of my fingertips, my beast stretching inside me. He was ready to shred this bastard.

"You stupid animal. I'm too fast for you."

When he turned to run, I ran after him, jumped and ran over his back. Wrapping my ankles around his neck, I turned in midair, landed on my back, and face planted him into the snow. Getting to my feet, I gripped him around the throat, picked him up, and slammed him down onto his back.

Keeping him down with one hand, I studied the claws on the other. "I'm really going to enjoy ripping you apart."

"No! Aro, please! Don't let this happen!"

Aro came to stand over us. "You tarnished my word. I had no choice."

His eyes met mine, and he nodded.

Grinning, I smashed his shoulder. He screamed. Using both hands, I stabbed him over and over, slashing, breaking away pieces of that strange glass-like body.

Eventually, he stopped struggling, and I stopped grinning.

All he did was scream. No doubt the way my son had as he'd died slowly.

Thinking of my dead family, all I wanted was for the screaming to stop.

Leaning over him, I just stared at him for a moment, taking my claws out of his body. There really wasn't enough left so I wasn't worried about him running.

"Does it hurt?" I asked. "Of course it does. My son suffered at your hands. My wife suffered. And my unborn child never got to see the light of day. And now, you will never see it again."

Lifting my hands up, I positioned my claws over his face. Hands back to back, I set my claws vertically over his face, forehead to chin.

Those red eyes widened, understanding that what was about to happen to him would make what I'd just done seem like child's play. "N-no! No!"

Shoving both sets of claws into his face wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I struggled to get my fingers through all the bone and cartilage, but once I did, my fingers slipped through into his brain, feeling every squish of the organ. Amazingly, he continued to scream.

Until I pulled his face apart.

The crowd behind me cheered as I moved off the finally still body of the former member of the Volturi. His death still didn't fill that hole. Nothing would. But at least the bastard was dead. One of the bigger vampires handed me a lit torch.

I put it to the body, and watched it burn.

ShelbyPOV

After we'd both gotten our breath back, Nyla and I had gone at it, clawing and scratching. We were both barely wearing our clothes. Blood poured down our skin. My lip was busted open, flooding my mouth with blood.

Spitting it out, I moved when she did, circling each other.

"We gotta move sometime, sweetness," she sneered through busted lips and blood dripping from them.

"I'm just debating on the best way to kill you." I spit a mouthful of blood on the dirt.

"Oh, I know the answer to that," she said, raising her hand like we were in school. "The answer is, you can't. Because you'll be dead."

And then she came at me, slashing for my face. I ducked, shoved my shoulder into her stomach and pushed her back, slamming her into the tree behind her. She huffed but didn't go down. Instead, she brought her knee up into my stomach. Gasping, I moved back out of her range, but I wasn't quick enough. Her fist came out of nowhere and smashed me in the temple. Stars exploded behind my eyes, and I was pretty sure I had a concussion. Her booted foot came up again and smashed me in the chest, throwing me back. Stumbling back, I tried to breathe, but she was on me, shoving me back into a tree, her hand at my throat.

Shoving a hand in her face, I tried to push her back away from me. She couldn't get a good grip on my throat this way, but I was still struggling to breathe.

With my other hand, I dug my claws into her stomach, ripping through the flesh. Screaming, she gripped my wrist at her face and flung me around. Feeling her move with me, I went down on my knees and spun around. On my way down, I'd gripped her shirt, so I knew where she was.

As she came for me, I spun and shoved my clawed hand into her stomach with as much force as I could. She stopped on a dime and just blinked. Digging through her body, I went for her heart, the way that wolf had done to Jacob. Blood poured out of her mouth as I kept digging. I was inside her body to my elbow when I finally grabbed her heart. Blood coated my arm, dripping from my elbow.

"This is for Jordan," I growled, and ripped the organ out.

When her limp body fell to the ground, I sank back on my heels, still holding her heart in my hands.

No time to rest or think about what I had just done though. Grabbing her wrist, I dragged her through the woods. We hadn't made it very far in before we'd started fighting. In a matter of steps, I was out into the clearing. My side of the crowd cheered when they saw me. Seth was standing with Leah and Edward. Relief flooded his expression as did worry when his eyes scanned my body. I gave him a small smile as I started walking for Caden and the leader of the Volturi. Something was burning at their feet. Caius.

I dragged Nyla's cooling body over to them and threw her on the ashes of the vampire, her heart landing with a thud on top of her body. Caden had some shallow cuts here and there as if glass had shattered near him. Looking at the ashes, I wasn't so sure that that analogy wasn't right. I hugged him, still breathing hard.

"Ness and Jake? Walker? Eric?"

He shook his head. "Not yet."

We both turned back to the woods.

"Come on, Nessie," I breathed.

We waited for what seemed like forever before there was movement at the treeline. I held my breath just as Nessie came through. She was supporting Walker, who was bleeding profusely from his side and mouth. Jane's head was in her hand. The crowd cheered again.

Except for Christa. "Walker!" It was a scream of agony because she realized he was badly injured.

As Ness made her way to us, a scuffle started behind us in the Volturi's group. Alec was kicking up a fuss. He managed to break free of his guards and went for Aro, a mist snaking out from his hands.

"You bastard! You ordered her death!"

Before I knew what was happening, Edward was there. In one smooth move, he took Alec's head in his hands, twisted so they were back to back, pulled Alec's head over his shoulder and tugged, popping his head away from his body.

Aro looked at Edward. And nodded.

Edward nodded back.

Nessie finally made it to us. Her pants were shredded, exposed skin starting to turn blue. Her leg was torn apart, blood soaking the snow she was standing in. There was a large gash in her throat over the bite marks Jacob had left behind, and on the other side of her neck were fresh bite wounds.

But out of the two of them, Walker was worse off. His head lolled to the side, blood dripping from his lips.

Carlisle was there a moment later with his doctor kit. Nessie urged him to look at Walker instead of her. He frowned with the stethoscope to Walker's chest as Nessie dropped Jane's head with her brother's.

"Aro, he needs surgery immediately. His lung is punctured. He'll drown if I don't get to him."

Aro looked to Nessie. "What of his opponent?"

"Dead," she huffed out. "And Walker did the killing. Walker's wolf, Eric, is dead. And Gavin is dead as well."

Aro looked to Carlisle. "He is free to go."

Immediately, Carlisle took Walker from Nessie only to turn to a huge wolf hunkered down in the snow. Christa. Walker was placed on her back and off they went.

I really hoped he would make it. He just got his family. And they needed him.

A hand gripped my shoulder.

I turned to see Nessie gripping my arm hard, her eyes frantic.

"Where's Jacob?" Nessie asked.

I swallowed hard and took her hand. "Not yet."

JPOV

I'd nicked the jugular, dammit. He shouldn't still be fighting. But he was. He must have somehow healed it. Dominants of their kind must be able to do shit like that.

We threw punches and kicks, never able to actually get a grasp on the other. I kept managing to evade his hands.

"You know you won't win against me. You couldn't twice before."

"I was injured those two times. That second one, I would have had you. This time, I will kill you."

He grinned and licked his lips. "I still need a taste of that wife of yours."

I launched myself at him. When he went to punch out, I hit the ground and swiped out my leg. His feet swept out from under him and I climbed on top of him. Holding his neck to the ground with one hand, I used the other fist as a hammer, pounding his face in. He reached around my arms, dragging his claws down my chest. When he got to my stomach, the claws sank deep and I was forced off of him. Blood flowed over my fingers where they pressed into my stomach as I stumbled back.

Getting to his knees, he got his bearings faster than I did, and flew at me. Pinning me to the tree, the bastard used me as a punching bag. His knee caught my groin and the air flew out of my lungs.

Fucking hell, that hurt. I'd never had that happen to me. It was my new life goal to make sure it didn't again.

But his fists and feet were in a flurry. The only way I could see getting around him was phasing. So I did. All the anger I was feeling burst out of me in fur and fangs, pushing him back.

He sank into a crouch, surprise clear on his face. "Alright, puppy. Let's dance."

Though he was still in human form, he hit me like a cement wall, throwing punches everywhere he could reach. One fist caught my ear, making it ring. I was now deaf, hopefully temporarily. I swiped at him, forcing him back against another tree. He threw punches into my neck. Holding him there with my shoulder, I looked around. There was a large branch that had fallen off a tree. Letting him go, I ran for it.

"Aww, did the puppy find a stick?" he jeered as he followed me.

Good.

In one swift move, I phased back, scooped up the branch, pivoted and slammed the side of his face with it. He still didn't go down, but he did stumble back. There was a sharp point to a broken off branch on another tree behind him. I got an idea. So I rushed forward and hit him again and again. He kept fumbling backward, trying to hold back the blow. Pretty sure I broke his hands. His face, arms, and chest were all one raw wound.

One more hard hit, and he'd land on that sharp edge.

Gripping the branch in my hand like a baseball bat, I took my batting stance, gritted my teeth, and swung as hard as I could. A loud crack echoed in the woods as his breastbone shattered. He flew back into the tree and his eyes opened wide in shock while his body was impaled on that sharp branch. It protruded from his chest, right where his heart was. It was no doubt shredded to pieces now.

Breathing hard, I threw the wood in my hand to the ground.

"I win, asshole. I told you not to fucking touch my wife."

One of my heartbeats later, his eyes fluttered shut and his body sagged against the tree.

RPOV

I watched the trees anxiously. Tristan could not walk out of those woods. If he did, Jacob was dead. And Jacob couldn't be dead. He promised to fight.

Dad was too busy worrying over me to be listening for Jacob. He was bandaging up my leg the best he could with what he had, and had Shelby hugging me, trying to keep my body heat up.

I was just worried about my husband. I'd made sure that is ring was okay on my finger, because it was damn sure going back on his finger the moment he got back to me.

"Dad," I demanded, snapping my fingers. When he looked up, I said, "Pay attention. Is Jacob-"

Movement at the trees stopped me. I gripped Shelby's arms, which were wrapped around me.

A massive russet wolf shoved through the shrubs in the next instant and Shelby had to catch me when my knees gave out. Jacob was dragging Tristan's body by the nape of the neck. Finding my footing, I released my best friend and ran for Jacob, forgetting about my leg. When he saw me, he dropped Tristan's body and ran for me. Just before he reached me, he phased and scooped me up into his arms just holding me to him, his face buried in my neck.

Our people cheered loudly and ran for us. Mom got there first, hugging us both. Seth practically tackled Shelby. And Leah plastered herself to Caden.

Jacob looked over to Aro. "I think we're done here. Can I take my mate home to heal now?"

Aro's red eyes studied all of us, and then the bodies on the ground. He nodded. "You have done well, young Renesmee. You are now free of us until a law is broken."

"Which won't ever happen," Jacob said, a warning in his tone.

Aro nodded, turned, and motioned for his people to leave. And then he followed.

Relief flooded me. The cheers got louder.

Jacob turned my face to his so he could claim my lips. Around his neck, I played with the chain on my wrist until it came off. Then I broke the kiss, shimmied down his blood-slicked body, and slipped his wedding band back on his finger.

We did it. We actually did it!

And now we could go home in safety.

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