Sam was outside Jacob's house when he got there. The leader had phased back before racing to the town, and he waited by the door with pity in his eyes. He phased back to human again, and followed Jacob and the dying girl into the house, where Billy was watching with frightened eyes. He wheeled himself into the kitchen while the boys took Bella to the living room.
Suddenly she broke loose, kicking her legs and clutching at Jacob, shrieking in a hoarse, ragged voice. He lowered her carefully to the couch, kneeling beside it to keep her there. He held her hand tightly.
"She's lost so much blood…" Sam said, leaning over the back of the couch. "It's amazing she's even still conscious…"
"Amazing?" Billy echoed, his face bloodless. He had retrieved the first-aid kit, but he set it on the table by the couch. It was useless. "Sounds to me like death would be a relief."
Jacob crushed Bella's hand in his own, but she was too far gone to notice another pain. He knew his father was right, but he really, really wished he wasn't.
"…What happened?" Billy asked.
"Some bloodsucker was hunting in the woods to the north, and he came across Miss Swan… We got him… but she got torn up in the fight… I don't think she's gonna make it…"
Bella's screaming had quieted to breathless sobs, and her struggling had stopped completely, leaving her limp and weak. Jacob, almost defiantly, snatched the first-aid kit off the table, and began wrapping gauze around her neck. He had to let go of her hand to do it, but he couldn't just… Sam and Billy were giving up, but Jacob would do everything in his power to keep her from dying.
He used half of the gauze in the kit before tying it off and taking her hand again. Knowing it was almost over despite his ministrations, he buried his face against her shoulder. Even though the wound was hidden, everything was covered in blood, even the gauze. He shuddered, but buried his nose against her breathed her in.
The scent broke him; it was death. It was all Bella, and pain, and blood, and the sickening sweet smell of the vampire in the clearing… but Jake kept breathing deeply. He would witness her death. He would give her that.