A/N: She owns it, not me.

I want to send out a special thanks to Billie, Nan, and my husband, because without them I would have no inspiration. As some of you might know I'm pregnant, actually surrogating for my best friend. Recently there have been some complications and I'm stuck in bed till further notice. I'm not sure how often I will be able to update but your prayers are always welcome.

Chapter Three: Steele Fate

Over the next three days I did little. I walk around the apartment in a daze struggling to come up with the best way to find out what the hell was going on. How was I suppose to go about uncovering the answers that had plagued my dreams every night, until I decided that sleep was a crutch and coffee was a gift from heaven.

I had not seen anyone in that time frame. Edward and the rest were gone as I had requested, but I could feel them close by. They were watching me, and if I was being totally honest with myself, I was sure it was more him than them.

Over and over in my mind, I replayed what he had said. He was there to protect me. The first question that had entered my mind was why? All those years ago he left without even a forwarding address. He said that he didn't love me anymore and that I didn't belong in his world.

That statement in itself sent me into a three hour rant. If I wasn't to be part of his world then why did his world keep finding me and the people that I cared for? Obviously, I was part of his world and had been for a long while. First him and his family, then James, and then Jake - What the hell was there no getting away from it?

Now somebody was dead. Two somebody's to be exact, David and Stan. This was more real then I cared to think about. The only thing that I could come up with was that Edward had been wrong. Somehow I was part of his world. I had always been and there was no stopping it. What was worst was that he left me to live with it by myself, to figure it out.

That lead me to my next question, why come to save me in the first place and from what? David had been killed at the dig sight. I was here in Cairo about a good four hour drive. How was I in danger? There was no link. David was very reluctant to tell me about the things that he had found, and I didn't push. What was my part in all this?

Whatever it was, it was enough to bring Edward and the family out into one of the sunniest places in the world to stop it from happening. Not to mention they were still here. What was coming? Was it here already? What could I do to protect myself? I was human and weak. James had told me that. There was no one to change that and in my anguish I wasn't sure if I wanted it to change.

Wasn't it Edward that said that an emotion for a vampire is strong and unchanging? I would hate to be stuck in mourning for all of eternity. That thought brought me to think about Esme. She had lost so much but had found happiness with Carlisle. She was warm and inviting, yet strong and determined. Her grief didn't follow her, I mean she still felt loss but it wasn't crippling.

By the end of that three day period I was ready to talk. I was ready to put everything out on the table and I was ready to get the answers that I needed to process what the hell was going on.

More than that, I needed to do something that was eating at me. "Edward… I'm so sorry for calling you a monster." I whispered.

I waited for what seemed like an eternity. The whole apartment was quiet and if he was there I wasn't sure if I would hear him approach anyway. "Edward…?" I called, but a sob threatened to leave me at the need in my voice. There it was the truth that I had been running from for six years. I needed him. No matter how much I tried to change and how many people I forced myself to love, Edward was it for me. The only being in the whole world that could make me feel okay.

"Edward I need you to tell me what is going on. I need to know why you came. I just…" Was I ready to say the words? Was I ready to give the power of me back over to him? "I just need you to hold me." With that last sentence I gave him me. With that declaration, his decision could make or break me. The ball was in his court. What ever he was going to do determined my life from this moment on.

I lowered my head into my hands and began to cry. I cried for David. So many years he had wasted on me and I was broken. He had no way of putting my back together, but I let him try. I cried for my current predicament. I cried for me. Bella Swan, not Isa Daily, because she was not me, I was still that scared seventeen year old girl in Forks.

I cried for Edward, because without him I was no one and he should not have to bare that cross. He shouldn't felt the need to carry my shit for all these years. I cried because at a point he did try to get away and still could not. "I'm so sorry for being so much trouble." I wrenched.

I smelled him before his arms were around me, lifting me off the couch and placing me in his lap. He cradled me against his chest and tucked my head under his chin, stoking my hair as I fought for the control that I needed to be able to stop my hysterics. He did what I asked he held me.

I wasn't sure how long we sat there, me in his embrace, but I finally calmed down enough to breathe deeply and have this conversation. "Edward… why did you leave me?" I wasn't sure why but at this point it was the one question that I needed to know the answer to. I needed to start at the beginning.

Edward never faltered in stroking my hair, and his arms never loosened. He took a deep breath and blew down his nose. "I wanted to protect you. What happened with Jasper was just one of a number of things that could have happened to endanger you, and I…" He stopped speaking and his head was shaking back and fourth, like the image in his head was too much to even visualize. "I couldn't live in a world without you in it. I thought by leaving you I could make sure that you were safe and still know that you were in this world somewhere, my one and only love." His words shocked me.

I sat up and looked into his face. What looked back at me was nothing but sincerity in cremate. He was telling me the truth. He was finally coming clean, but this lead to another question. "Edward do you still… are you still?" I blushed at the question that I was trying to ask.

But he knew already. "Yes my Bella I do and have always loved you. I told you the worst lie and for that I'm truly sorry."

He looked up and that's when it happened. I kissed him. I kissed him with all the loss and anger and relief and happiness that I had ever known in his presence. But what surprised me was that he kissed me back but it was more. His hands shot up into my hair and for the first time in our history he was holding me to him.

I felt his muscles under his shirt move fluidly under his granite skin and my core instantly begged for more. My mind screamed for more. Any other questions that I had were lost as my mind shorted out from the intensity of this kiss.

I was suddenly feeling something so familiar and natural, the humming electricity that seemed to be filling the room and drawing our bodies together. Our bodies seemed to be like magnets attached to each other. I couldn't get over how well my body molded to his hard granite one, it felt so natural, it felt like I was finally home.

I moaned in Edward's mouth with the intensity of our kiss which just seemed to ignite the flame between us more. He was gently but urgently ran is hands all over my body. He was remembering every one of my cures, and being older I had filled them out even better then in my gangly teenage years.

Edward seemed to enjoy my new changes especially when he ran his cool fingers over my supple breasts causing my nipples to become painfully taut under my lacy white bra.

I heard a soft growl while I was enjoying his god like body with my hands. I couldn't get enough of him my hands got tired of feeling his muscles under his t-shirt and without thinking I slid my hands under the hem of his shirt and moved them as quickly as I could to his chest, teasing his nipples. My body growing hotter with need and desire and feeling his cold body melt under my heated touch.

His growl became louder and he moved from my lips allowing me air to breath, moving to the small sweet spot under my ear. I was gasping. My body hummed and sang to the heavens. I was whole, my lost half was found.

I wanted more, I needed more, I wanted him so bad I could feel the heat in my core burning with such intensity it was almost unbearable. All I could think was he was going to stop soon. He had never been this uninhibited with me before and damn I was going to see how far I could get.

I need to feel him inside of me and I knew he could smell my desire, but I didn't care. I wanted to see his body, I missed it so much. I lifted his shirt over his head and just stared at him. Edward took his hands and placed them on both sides of my cheeks, god I was finally where I belonged.

He never broke his gaze, his eyes had turned darker almost onyx with need. "Bella I love you so much and have missed you more than you could imagine. I'm so sorry for hurting you," Then he smashed his lips to mine with all the passion in him.

My hands were all over his firm body, his muscles twitching with each caress. I parted my lips and was pleasantly surprised when my hot tongue met his cold one, it was nothing more than utterly erotic. I was in bliss, and then he broke away from me.

I whimpered with need and in the next instant he had my top and bra off. "Exquisite…" He murmured along my neck as he suddenly swept down to my perky pink nipple and flicked his tongue across it.

I nearly came undone, I arched my head back and moaned his name while he devoured my nipple and sucked on my breast. He paid just as much attention to the other one as I boldly moved my hand down to his thigh and worked my way up to the very hard firm bulge in his jeans.

Not wanting to give him any chance to stop me as we were both panting I began unzipping his jeans to free what I wanted to badly. I hardly had time to react when Edward picked me up and carried me to the bed without a second thought. At first when he moved I thought that he was stopping me. My mind told me that that was it. He knew what he was doing and he needed to stop. I almost cried with joy when I realized what was happening.

The electricity in the air and between us was unbearable as Edward looked at me with such desire. "Bella you are so beautiful, I want you more than anything."

"I need you", was my reply and with out hesitation his body was on top of mine. Oh, I couldn't seem to get enough of him. I was pushing his jeans and boxers down, I wanted to see him and he did not disappoint. He was next to me naked and fully erect and before long so was I.

The look in his eyes was one of carnal need. I had such a burning ache between my legs that I had to move them together to get some relief. I moved my hand to his erection and wrapped my fingers firmly around him and gently began stroking him.

Edwards head lolled back and his growl sounded almost like a moan. As I was busy with my ministrations of his body he had moved his hand to my thigh and was working his way to my heated core. He slid one finger inside of me and I came unglued.

It was like nothing I had felt before I moaned and spread my legs wider not wanting him to stop until he quenched the burn building as he slid another finger in side of me, a hiss of passion escaping my lips. He pumped me and stoked me and the electricity grew through out my body. I was smoldering and sparks felt like they shot through me fingers and toes.

He more he worked me, the faster I worked him. His erection grew harder if that was possible. The vein under his swollen cock was growing bigger and bigger. I knew he was close and I was teetering on the edge myself.

I couldn't pull in enough air. My breath was shallow with the pants and meows that came out of my chest. "Edward?"

"I know my Bella." He breathed. "Come with me" His teeth were clenched, and the muscles in his jaw jerked. His words pushed me over the edge and everything around my felt like it was on fire as the heat no longer pulsed through me body but ignited my soul. A sound came out of me that I had no idea that I owned. I had never felt this way and as I watched my ghost's eyes as he watched mine, I saw him come undone. He gave over to his orgasm and it was glorious. The control he still had but Edward had given the power to what ever force that was driving him.

"Please Edward I need to feel you inside of me."

"There is no place I would rather be right now Bella", he began kissing me again and moving his body so it was hovering just above me. His firm erection was near my entrance, teasing me. Within seconds his erection was firm and he was ready. I briefly thought that this could have possibilities, but I remembered that I soon would tire and the possibilities became bleak.

His lips left flames in their wake, as he showered my face and neck with his tongue and lips. Every cell in my body called to him. My soul cried out for redemption and answers. Where had this missing piece been?

Edward stopped and gazed down at me. His eyes were a molten onyx, but love shined through. "this is it, my Bella. This is the moment that we have been waiting years for." He lowered his hips and…

A loud and insistent banging resounded through my apartment. "Police open the door."

Edward jerked me to his chest, and the fear in his eyes was enough to send me into a panic. "What is it Edward?" I whispered.

"There here to arrest you." He growled out. "They think you had something to do with David's death."

"What?" I squeaked.

David. I hadn't even thought about him, and he just died a week ago. I was below scum. And now the Egyptian Police were here, and there was no stopping them.

"Get dressed Bella. I can't get you out of this right now. But…" He grabbed my chin and looked into my terrified eyes. "We will find out what's going on and solve this problem. Vampire community be damn."

I stood up and prepared myself for what was to come. Somehow I couldn't be afraid. I had the Cullens on my side, nothing could stop us.

A/N: I put this story down for a very long time. I was disheartened by all a lot of your reviews concerning the reaction of Bella towards Edward. I do understand that there are a lot of die hard Edward lovers in the Twilight world (me being one of them), but lets be realistic. Edward left Bella for years, and then her husband is killed by vampires. Her life has revolved, and if your husband or boyfriend was killed you all can not tell me that you would not want revenge.

For Bella the only person that could help her wont. The fact the Edward choose Vampires over her small grasp on something normal, has hurt her. She is entitled to be angry and to lash out at the one person that told her no. And lets be honest, the one person that we lash out at is the person that we love the most.

All I'm asking is that if you want to leave a review and your angry at her please think about what your saying and why you feel that way. Is it because of your love for Edward and your need to protect him, or is it because you are the most sensible human being in the world and would never react that way? And if you still feel angry please do your blood pressure and me a favor and stop reading.

I love all my readers but I would hate to have you all feeling uncomfortable at anytime.