EPOV

Before the phone rings

It was been over a year. It still feels like yesterday. Will the pain ever go away? It was my idea to leave. I was the one who put a stop to a future that could never be. Alice saw it, Bella in the clearing, with blood red eyes. I would not damn her to the same life. I would not allow her to become a monster. She would have moved on by now. Maybe with Mike. GRRRR, he alway thought about her too much. (Sigh) Who am I to say who she moved on too? I was just a small portion of her past, but she became my whole world the moment I saw her. I will love her for my existence, which will be about as long as she walks this earth. If my heart could beat, it would beat for her. Leaving her was the hardest thing I have ever done, and that includes not biting her. When I told her I didn't love her, she just stood there and accepted it. When I left, I left a piece of me with her. I ache for her.

Phone Rings

It's Alice. Why can't they just leave me alone? "Hello Alice."

"Edward, we need you to head to Alaska."

"Is anyone hurt? Are you all okay? Are the Denalis okay?"

"No, we are all alright; the Denalis are fine as well."

"Then what is going on? Why do I need to go to Alaska?"

"Its Bella."

"I'll be there tomorrow morning."

Click.

How could she be in trouble? We left, we took trouble with us. She seems to have received a death sentence the day she walked into my life. Bella was in trouble, my Bella. My love.

I took off running to the airport. I will get on the first plane that headed to Alaska. If there is none I will swim and run there as fast as I can. The thing that has put Bella in harm does not know what is coming for them. Why is Bella in Alaska? She hates the cold, I guess that is neither here nor there at the moment. She is in trouble.

TPOV

"And that is all she said." I had filled in Carmen and Elizar a couple of hours ago, but we were all trying to put the pieces together. Which is extremely hard when you're missing most of the pieces.

"They are coming." Carmen said.

I also heard the tires pulling into our drive way. My insides fluttered. I would see Edward and get to the bottom of this story about his silly human girl.

"Hello Alice and Jasper." I heard Elizar greet them at the door. "Where is the rest of your family?"

"Hello Elizar, they are on their way. Some were out hunting, but I wanted to get here as soon as could. There is much to tell you. Can you call your family here?" Alice said. Something was very wrong.

"Yes Alice, why don't we go into the living room. Carmen, Irina please join us." Elizar said. Although it was only above a whisper, they all came running. "Okay Alice we are all here. We will call Kate when you are finished updating us. She is, as you instructed, watching Bella."

"Thank you Elizar. I know that it frustrating not knowing the whole story. Remember when Laurent first came to you per our instructions. He left his coven which consisted of the tracker James and his mate Victoria. James met his fate when he tried to kill Bella. This was a couple of years ago. We, at the time, didn't realize the connection that was between James and his mate. We didn't know she was a threat to us or to Bella. This next part is going to be hard to believe, but please trust me and my visions. I do not say this to hurt you. Laurent is still in contact with Victoria. He was to keep an ear out for any information that he might get from any communications that went on between our two families. Victoria did not know that Edward left Bella last year. Running into Bella at the university was not part of the plan, but he went running to her as soon as he confirmed her location."

"No! He wouldn't do that to this family. He loves me and this coven. He is my, my lover." Irina screamed out. She was ready to rip Alice into pieces, Elizar saw the signs and held her back.

"Please Irina, dear, listen to Alice. I know it is hard to listen to, but she wouldn't come all this way to make up a lie. The Cullens are our family." Carmen tried to soothe her.

"Irina, I know that this is hard to hear. I am very sorry that he has deceived you and your family. It is not fair to any of you. He doesn't care about humans and doesn't see the importance of keeping them alive. No matter what he has told you, humans are just food. He feels that James died because he was playing with his food. Bella is part of our family and we need to protect her. I have seen what Victoria has planned for her, it is not pretty." Alice shivered with dread.

"Bella is not our family. What is the importance of her, Edward didn't even turn her." Irina said. She was in control now, but looked like a five year old who wasn't getting her way. She had her arms crossed over her chest.

"Edward left Bella because I almost bit her. I attacked her causing her to crash into a glass table and injuring herself. I am not as in control of my instinct as the others. Edward won't point the finger at me, but I can sense that he was scared for her life because of me. He loves her more than his existence. She made him come to life in a sense. Our family hasn't seen him as happy as he was when he was with her. Now he will not even stay with us, because he is sulking." Jasper said.

I don't think I have heard him speak quite so much in one sentence before. His words were true, at least he believed in what he was saying. This hurt me, Edward loved someone else, a human. In Edward's mind he protecting her. He loved her so much he left her to protect her. As much as it hurt to lose to a human, we would have to protect him.

"Alice, are sure about Laurent?" I asked. I couldn't look at Irina, I couldn't imagine the emotions that she was facing right now.

"Yes, unfortunately he has already spoken with Victoria. She hasn't made a decision yet on what to do. I am sure however that she will be coming after Bella."

"Then we will join you in the protecting of this girl. It is now our responsiblity to see justice be brought over the traditor that came into our home and hurt my sister" I said. No one was going to use my family for that.

"What do we do then?" Carmen asked.

"We continue to watch over Bella, but from a far. We shouldn't tell her were here yet. We need to deal with Victoria first. The others will be arriving in 30 minutes and Edward will be here tomorrow morning. All we can do is wait for Victoria to come to a decision." Alice said.

"I need to go get air, I will go find Kate and fill her in. I am sorry for Laurent." And with that Irina was out the door. She really loved Laurent. She was so excited to share her life with someone. We all had a crush on a human from time to time, but they weren't real. I am sure she needed time to process all this information. Her love or her family.

"I am going to go with her. I don't think she should be alone right now. Please let your family know we send our greetings. I will call you with our location for the next shift." I gave Carmen and Elizar a reassuring look. I was going to go comfort Irina. She needed her sisters right now.

BPOV

I stood in the center of my dorm room thinking about my big plan. I couldn't come up with anything. So I did the next best thing. I started backing a bag. First in the morning I was going to drive back to Forks. I needed to see Charlie. I needed to clear my head or this place. Suddenly Alaska seemed smaller than Forks.