I sat up on the rock suddenly, with a horrible thought running through my mind. If... we found everyone, that would mean Demetri will find us together...We will have to face the Volturi! Well, we have to, I need to rescue Alice... Would Denali help us?

I felt the phone in my pocket with my hand, thinking about what the chances were of getting help from other people.

Didn't Eleazar mention that I would have to go through other people to find Edward and the others like a scavenger hunt? I wondered, biting my bottom lip in thought. If so, then... just how many are willing to help us get Alice out if they are helping the rest of the family?

Shifting to my side, resting on my arm, then I watched the tide roll in, listening to the sounds of nature so vastly different than the ones I heard in my forty-year exile.

I spent the next three days this way, swimming in the ocean at night to see sunken treasures and reefs and exploring the island by day and even hiked the mountains. I was truly enjoying all the sights here that only a few people had seen, and even fewer by my mode of travelling—my feet. I wished I had spent the forty years on this island, then maybe I woudn't have suffered so much in my loneliness. A waft of human scent drifted in by a burst of wind from the north reminded me that I wouldn't have lasted on this island anyway. Humans were everywhere, even in the most secluded spots.

I sat on the rock again, holding the phone in my hand. I wondered just how long the battery lasted since I did not see any battery signal when it told someone that it was getting low. Wishing I had the manual, I hoped that the battery wouldn't die just when Eleazar called.

I looked out to the ocean and decided that I would hunt a shark, it's been a few days now since the first shark I had here and I was not sure when the coven would be coming. Shedding the clothes off, I dove into the ocean. It was about three hours later that I finally spotted one and killed it by crushing the gills. Dragging the carcass back to the surface as I swam back to the beach. My head hitting the surface, I heard laughter.

I froze, the laughter was far too close for my comfort. Tugging the shark close to myself, I studied the beach and found a group of human boys surrounded a rock—playing with my clothes.

"Wonder where the chick went? She's probably enjoying herself," one said and they burst out laughing again. I scowled.

"Think we should stay here until she shows up for the party?" another asked and the rest of the boys guffawed.

The smell the boys emitted fanned the flames in my throat, and my anger only fueled the thirst even more. My control threatening to fail me, I growled at the group, still in the water with a shark close to my body. My growl alerted the group and they stared at me for a moment and one of the boys let out a wolf whistle.

"Damn, she's hot," one whispered, not low enough for my heightened senses.

"You're telling me," another said, still whispering.

"Hey, uh, you need the clothes?" a guy with bleached blond hair asked. I glared then stood up, using the shark to cover myself.

"Whoa, badass!" one exclaimed, "did you kill that shark?"

"With my bare hands," I snarled, leering at the boys, "I suggest you to put my clothes back on the rock."

"She's a crazy chick!" the blond hair boy said to the other boys and they laughed again.

I closed my eyes, willing myself with every being in me not to attack these hapless humans. The urge to kill was rising. I snapped my eyes open, and dropped the shark into the water then started walking towards them. Please, let this scare them away... please, please...

"I said to put my clothes back on the rock," I whispered, loud enough for them to hear. My fingers cracked as I moved it in a certain direction, making it sound more threatening. I tried not to think about the current state of my body and focused only on these humans.

"Dude, maybe she wants to get it on!" a boy with brown hair laughed, watching me with extreme lust in his eyes, filled with excitement. He was, unfortunately, also the closest to me. I came within inches of his face and bared my teeth.

"Don't test me, kid," I said, raising my hand to his throat and gripped it around his throat and lifted him off the ground easily. Choking him, I looked at the others calmly, but the fire was raging inside of me, wanting to free the demon that thirsted for this boy in my hand. "Put my clothes back on the rock now, or he will end up as a real meal, instead of my shark."

They didn't look excited now, and looked rather creeped out by my display. Good, it was what I was going for. They immediately put the clothes back on the rock then ran away, leaving their friend behind.

Cowards.

I dropped the human boy on the sand, looking away. "Leave, if you know what's good for you."

The kid scrambled to his feet then ran after his so called friends. I sighed in relief after five minutes in the dark, not moving as I calmed the monster down in me. I turned back and went to get my shark. While it had been dead not fifteen minutes ago, I was pleased to find out that the taste had not changed at all. Burying the shark on the beach, I went back into the woods to the spring to take a relaxing bath.

After some time, I got out and back to the beach. I let the land breeze dry me as I watched the skies. Tonight was particularly spectacular, I could see the Milky Way vividly on this moonless night. Once completely dried, I got dressed again and relaxed on the rock.

My mind went back to the boys tonight and felt a tinge of anger for what they had done, and at myself for being so incredibly exposed and careless. I knew if I decided to wait them out, they could probably have gotten worried and called the authorities about a missing girl. That was human nature—for the most part anyway.

I watched the sunrise arrive above the trees from where I sat then got to my feet, knowing that people would be walking the beach and boater would spot me here if I stayed. I checked my pockets to make sure the phone was still on me. Empty.

I looked on the rock and the beach. Also empty.

Shit, they didn't...! I thought as horror rose in me, scanning the area quickly.

Yes, they did... they really took my cheap phone! I thought and snarled, jumping onto the sand and disappeared into the forests to hide out of the burdensome sun. Damnit!