Disclaimer: I hold no claim on any of the characters of Twilight that right goes to Stephenie Meyer.

Claimer: Emmaline Swan Turner, Adam Caleb Larkin and Quinn Michael

A/N: I want to thank CherryWolf713 for all her help with this story and this chapter; without her I wouldn't have finished this chapter yet.

AU possibility

Rated M (for later chapters)

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Carlisle seemed to think on this for a moment before his ocher eyes glanced over me once more and then looked at Edward.

"Yes, well I will have to send, my apologizes to her as well, as will someone else. I'll see you at home in a bit Edward."

Carlisle's eyes never left Edward's and I assumed that the someone, he was referring to was Edward; because Edward strangely answered him with a; "Yes, Sir."

I had never seen Edward like this before, he looked so disappointed of himself and yet there were still traces of a smirk on his face. Just when I think I have him nailed down he does something to throw me off balance.

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Chapter 3: Ties That Bind

Bella's POV

I felt myself shiver as the wind picked up and a cold rain started to fall. You wouldn't think someone with skin of stone would notice, but they all did even Adam. Edward's eyes were now the same ocher as Carlisle's as he looked down at me.

"We should go inside before you catch your death out here."

Edward looked like he was in pain once he realized what he had said. He then gave me one of his lop-sided grins, but his eyes said something different. It still hurt to think of my death even if he wasn't the one doing the killing. The rain in his hair glittered in the lamp light, just like his skin did in the sun.

As I turned toward the house I wrapped my arms around myself trying to stay warm. Edward noticed this and took two steps away from me. I knew he was only trying to keep me warm by stepping away from me, but to my silly heart it still felt like he was rejecting me still.

Glancing behind me I saw that Adam and the Cullen's were gone now. Edward and I were the only one's left outside. My eyes then turned to look in the direction that Emmaline's car had taken. The cold rain stung my face as it started to pick up more force. I sighed as I felt Edward pull gently on my elbow; I then let him lead me into the house. My mind must have drifted off because I didn't even realize that Edward was speaking to me.

"Bella, did you hear me? You should change out of those wet clothes and take a warm shower."

I numbly nodded my head "yes" as I noticed the red blinking light on our answering machine.

"Hey Bells its dad, this storm is getting pretty intense so it looks like I'm going to be stuck here with Billy and Jacob tonight. Emmaline called me earlier to let me know that she was there so that makes me feel better about not being home tonight. Take care Bella and I'll see you tomorrow."

As I started my way toward the stairs I stopped to look behind me at Edward. He grinned at me as he spoke.

"Go get warm Bella; I'll be here when you're finished. I promise."

There was a part of me that wanted to believe that and the other part wasn't to sure if he was being honest with me. So I just smiled and made my way up the stairs. I was so looking forward to the warm water washing over my freezing skin.

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Edward's POV

There were many things running through my mind at this point. The knowing of yet another vampire practicing the same hunting style as my family is not what was bothering me. It was how insanely drawn he was to Emmaline that left me speechless, for his emotions almost mirrored my own. Yet hadn't Carlisle been dawn to Esme's dying form; just as Rosalie had with Emmett as well?

The desperation in his thoughts to not be seen as a monster hit home as well. I truly felt like he was a brother to me in more ways then one, yet there was that part of me that still did not trust him. The more I thought on things, the more I paced. It was on my second passing of the stairs that I caught the scent of an unfamiliar vampire.

I pulled air into my lungs though they did nothing, once more to take in the scent. It wasn't as unfamiliar as I had thought the scent was Quinn's. As I glided up the stairs in an inhuman speed I realized that Bella was in the shower. That knowledge alone calmed my un-beating heart. If she was still in the shower then she wasn't in any danger, Quinn's scent wasn't coming from there. My eyes darkened and narrowed as I turned my head too swift for it to be humanly possible; toward Bella's bedroom door.

Throwing the door open; a low feral growl escaped my throat when I realized that his scent was indeed in Bella's room. It tainted the scents of Bella and Emmaline and it did its best to mute mine and Alice's scents. Using quick stride, I went to the window and threw it open. Hoping to air the room of his stench, a million things ran rapid in my head now.

Why had he been in Bella's room, had he been lying when he said he was going to lead the vampire Marquel away from us, had he planted something in the room, was he a tracker and kept that thought from me? Did he know a tracker and he only pretended to be Adam's friend, oh my god had he taken a piece of clothing so he could track Bella to settle something with Jasper?

Whirling around I started to scan the room with my eyes. Nothing looked out of place or like it was missing. Then I noticed the grey suitcase in the corner, I knew right way that it hadn't been there this morning. Upon reaching the case, I grabbed the handle as gently as I could in my now maddened state. Dropping it on Bella's bed I flipped open its old snaps and pulled the lid open.

The honeysuckle, freesia and rose scent of Emmaline assaulted me first; it was then followed by the strong smell of nutmeg, ash and dragon's blood, Adam's scent. The suitcase belong to Emmaline, I then remembered the message from Charlie down stairs. She was supposed to be staying here tonight. However she wasn't here right now and I couldn't help but feel responsible for that; even though I had not acted alone. Carlisle was right I was going to have to apologize to Emmaline.

As the storm raged on outside, I caught the sound of something fluttering to the floor. I was couched on the other side of Bella's bed in less then a second. Snatching the paper object out of the air, my gazed then moved down to see what I now had in my hand. It was a photograph that had blown lose, it was of two small girls of seven and eight. One of the girl's was my Bella her brown eyes sparkling as she laughed. The other girl was Emmaline, she was giggling just as hard as Bella.

I was so focused on the photo in my hand I paid little heed to the sound of the door opening, because I felt no threat. However, it was the sound of Bella's gasp that forced my eyes to look away from the photograph.

My golden eyes widened as they gazed upon the beauty before them. There Bella stood in the door way of her room, a pale green towel wrapped tightly around her slim form. I couldn't get my eyes under control as they roamed over her body. The scent of strawberries came off of her in waves, I tried to look away but my body wouldn't respond to me. I watched as a drop of water fell down from her hair and slid down into the valley where her breast lay hidden by the towel.

"Edward, what's wrong, did something happened?"

Oh god, did I want to answer her, but I couldn't get my mouth to form words. My mind kept roaming to how wonderful those small mounds of flesh would feel under my cold skin? I wanted to tease the taut nipples I saw rubbing against the fabric of the towel. My presence here had not scared her just surprised her and her body was responding in kind to my own.

Not knowing what she was thinking and unsure of how long I could control myself. I reacted quickly.

"I have to go for a minute Bella, but I will come back shortly. Quinn was here in your room, I am going to go and make sure he is of no threat. Then we shall go and see to Emmaline."

Then without another thought I disappeared out of her window. I could still smell her scent even as I ran from the house which just meant that she had ran to the window after me.

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Bella's POV

I would have been lying if I said I hadn't been surprised to see Edward in my room. He had told me that he was going to wait down stairs so when I opened the door and saw him standing by the window. It had startled me I had no idea that it was going to do that to me or even to him.

I saw more then surprise in his eyes as he gazed at me; there was desire there and a wanting that I had never seen in Edward before. The want in his eyes scared me more then the first day I had met him. Yet I did nothing but stare right back at him feeding that desire as I did so.

"I have to go for a minute Bella, but I will come back shortly. Quinn was here in your room, I am going to go and make sure he is of no threat. Then we shall go and see to Emmaline."

The words he had just said echo inside my head as I stared out into the ebony night. As the earth continued to be attacked from above, I turned away from the window and got ready to dress in some dry clothes. That's when I noticed the photo laying on my bed, I had saw Edward lay something down but I wasn't sure what it was.

I reached over to hold it in my hands and saw that it was an old picture of me and Emmaline. In a time when we were young and had no idea that vampires existed; it was a time that I treasured and yet I know, I would trade that moment in a heart beat if it meant I could be with Edward forever. I knew Emmaline would have said the same thing about Adam.

My thoughts soon drifted to Edward, I hoped that he was ok. My heart pounded in my chest at the thought of him encountering Quinn by himself. I hoped that he was all right and that I wasn't the real reason he left so quickly.

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Edward's POV

The blood lust was building and becoming greater and stronger I wasn't sure at first if I could hold off. I knew that I had to get away from Bella, before I did something I would regret. There were no traces of Quinn in the woods, so there was a good chance that he had come in a car. I went only as far out as the mountains' bottom; it was land that belonged to my family. I didn't have to look long before I ran across a young and eager mountain lion that wanted to pick a fight with me. He however let off a scream first and I followed with a low growl and hiss.

My mind however, was still on Bella and a host of other things, so I hadn't fully let the blood lust and instinct take over. So the young male managed to catch the sleeve of my shirt tearing it. I felt not real pain as his claws came in contact with my stone skin. It did however anger me about the shirt I was wearing. I had shared some happiness with Bella tonight in it and now it was ruined.

So I allowed the anger and lust fill me until my eyes where as dark as the midnight sky on the night of the new moon. A fierce growl escaped me as I lunged forward, it was all over before the large cat had any hope of doing anything more to me. With the lion drained of all its blood I felt a little better, I felt better enough to be able to see Bella again.

There was no stopping the curse that escaped my lips as I looked down at the tattered sleeve of my shirt. My eyes gazed down at the white strain that was on the front of it. Tonight with Bella and Emmaline's help I had experienced something human I had never had before. The hardest thing for me in that small moment was to let go and allow myself to fall just as a human would have; just so I could gauge Emmaline reaction to me.

Turning in the direction of my home, I caught sight of small cotton balls of snow mixed in with the cold rain. Water was flowing down my face from the rain that just now starting to turn into snow. I glanced once more at the still body of the lion as I laid him to rest in a hole in a rock embankment; if he only knew how his life had just help save some one from becoming a monster maybe he would have been more willing.

Once I returned home I scaled up the tree closest to my room and jumped I then turned the knob and walked inside. Though it was dark inside my room, I could see just fine. I already knew that my family was aware I was here. However I had no plans of going down stairs, I may understand Adam a little, but I wasn't ready to face him. Undoing the buttons on my ruined shirt with smooth quick fingers; I then tossed it across the small chair in my room. I shook my wild hair out and then reached in my closet and pulled out a slivery grey knitted sweater. I couldn't help but wonder if Bella was also wearing grey so then we matched; like we had on that day that seemed so long ago.

I then walked back to the two open glass french doors, I turned and closed them gently and then I jumped straight down, my feet where barely on the ground before I had my keys out of my pocket and was sliding into my car. I ignored all of the worried thoughts of my family as I drove down our driveway. I would tell them about Quinn being in Bella's room later.

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Emmaline's POV

If there was one thing that I had from my mother was the Swan temper. What does that mean you ask, it means that when ever I'm mad and upset I cry and when I cry it's hard? Not that I've ever seen Uncle Charlie cry when he was mad. To be truthful I shouldn't be driving this fast or driving at all right now. Why was it that men are so pig headed at times, especially ones who have seen a couple of centuries? I was almost to my childhood home, which was now mine. No matter how much my Aunt had tried to get the deed to it so she could sell it.

My father made sure that there was no loophole for my Aunt Lucia to find. I couldn't wait to be home, it was so nice to be able to say it. I hadn't realized how much I missed my real home, with my budding rise in frame. I have a feeling it was just what Lucia wanted. Desire flooded through me as my fingers ached to touch the keys of the baby grand piano that my parents had saved and scarped to get me for my tenth birthday. I also remembered the acoustic guitar that my father had brought home to me when I was eight. My mother's love of music was what had first lit the flame within me for music. The guitar and my father were second together.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding as I took in the four bedroom cottage. It wasn't really that big on the outside. However it had four bedrooms, one was my parents, one was my dad's office, the third was mine and the last was supposed to be my sisters. However she died the same day we were born. I felt like there was an emptiness inside of me because of it. Then I meet Adam and that emptiness became full.

There was no stopping the smile that lit up my face as I saw Galeno, step out onto the small porch.

"Aloha, Ms. Turner it is good to have you home. I've been keeping the house up just like you wanted. I have only cleaned, so everything is just how it was when you went away four and a half years ago."

Galeno then frowned at me.

"It is raining buckets and you have no coat on, or even an umbrella."

I laughed lightly at his concern for me.

"I'll be fine, Galeno I've missed the rain and snow. Don't get me wrong I like the sun, but I was missing my white Christmases."

The house was warm, and inviting he had taken great care to make sure that it was always warm. I was about to walk to the closest but I stopped myself. Galeno seemed to notice my hesitation.

"My lady do you remember how I told you that I touched nothing? It's not completely true, your parent coats where moved from the closet to their room. My wife and I thought it would be best."

I wanted to be mad, but I couldn't be they were just trying to save me some hurt, until I was ready for it all.

"It's okay Galeno, it was very sweet of you."

I moved toward the closet and hung my coat up inside. I then turned to look at Galeno.

"Galeno, you have a long drive ahead of you and I'm here now. So why don't you go ahead and go home to Felisa I'm sure she'll be happy to see you home early."

He didn't question me, Galeno just smiled back and me and bowed as he went to gather his things to leave. Four minutes later, I heard the door close and I was alone in the house of what seemed to be a very brief childhood. I didn't remember fun, love or laughter after my Aunt Lucia gained custody of me.

Uncle Charlie tried but he was divorced and in the eyes of the lawyer and the judge that my Aunt had managed to play, it didn't look good. Tears welled in my eyes the day I was told I was going to Los Angeles California to live with Lucia. I was thirteen and I should have had a choice, but Aunt Lucia always found ways around to get what she wanted.

"Please Uncle Charlie don't let her take me. I don't want to leave Forks I want to say here with you. Please, Uncle Charlie, do something none of this feels right I know you know it too."

"You're right kido, nothing about this is right, but right now my hands are tied. I promise I'll find a way we'll be a family just like your mom and dad wanted."

As my Aunt and her thug of a lawyer tried to pull me away from Charlie; I got free and broke into a run toward Charlie until I was in his arms again.

"I love you Uncle Charlie."

"I love you too, Em."

Feeling tears break free and cascading down my face broke me out of my painful memory. My dad and Uncle Charlie were the only two, people to call me Em. Though that was the first time Uncle Charlie had called me that since the death of my parents two months before. He would always mumble something about not being right with out my father being here. He wouldn't call me Emma either because that was what my mother had always called me. So I threw out nicknames and stuck with Emmaline.

Bringing my fingers up to my face I brushed away the unwanted tears and with them one of the many memories I wanted to forget. I made my way into the house living room and there in all its shiny black glory was my baby grand piano. Walking over to it I lifted the cover up off of the keys, I then sat down on the bench and gently tested the keys. The notes I struck where in tune just like the very first day I had gotten it.

As my fingers started to gently glide across the keys, the melody of Fur Elise jumped out at me yet I had no music with me. Just the memory of my mother playing it for me and teaching me the notes, it was a song that I would refuse play anywhere else because it was a song that belong to my mother and I.

The rain outside was starting to turn into ice and snow, and I was now in my own world. There was pain there, because it was just a memory, but it was one of the happy ones I had of my parents. My fingers poured out Debussy's Valse romantique next it was one of my father's favorites. I was unaware of the time, but after that I began playing Clair de lune. I had found the music in the piano bench. I had played Clair de lune at the last music recital I had gone to perform in with my parents watching proudly in the audience.

The second time I had played it, had been at one of my Aunt's party. It was the same night that I had met Adam Larkin, he was the one person who saw my true loneliness; as I played the melody about the moonlight. When I first looked into his strange topaz eyes, I saw a haunting sadness, uncertainty and pain as he gazed at me. After that first beautiful moonlit night, I started to pick up on things that no human had ever noticed about him.

I continued to put more passion into the keys as I played; tears of sadness and happiness were now mixed together and stung the corners of my eyes as I continued to play. I played for the happiness of my past and for the happiness of my future.

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Edward's POV

I hoped that Bella had not worried too much about while I was away. She had a talent of worrying about everyone else, instead of herself. Bella would think that my leaving had something to do with something that she had done. It wasn't Bella that I was mad at it was at myself, for having such a vulgar thought toward Bella. One slip in my control and our night of passion would be a night of death. I could end up biting her and not be able to stop. Or I could be running a hand down her neck and snap it like a twig.

The rain was gone now and huge white flakes lay in their wake, in the cool air the wet ground was already starting to freeze. Being man made the roads were the first to start to freeze and the snow was more then happy to stick to it. It was during my drive towards Bella's and what I had wanted to do to her. I caught a flash of a memory that I had pulled from Adam.

The sheets of the bed were twisted around his pale body and her flushed one. I couldn't keep myself from wondering how, how was he able to resist Emmaline's scent to be able to share such an intimate moment with her with out the blood lust being too much causing him to lose it, and causing her death? It was something that made me want to learn to trust Adam so then I could ask him about the absolute control he had over myself and the monster within.

Seeing Bella's house through the now heavy snow fall made me smile. In a few seconds I would be with Bella again, it was so wrong and yet I truly couldn't keep myself away. Bella was set in her ways with no fear that our relationship would end badly. I however, had nothing but fear, that I would get caught up in the moment for just a second and that was all I needed to end her fragile life.

It was then that my phone started to buzz in my pocket. I smiled as I saw who it was.

"Edward, are you all right? Where are you?"

I chuckled lightly into the phone.

"I'm fine love, really. As for where I am I'm just outside your front door; can I come in the front or should I continue to sneak in through your window as always."

I laughed to myself as I heard Bella's feet hurriedly rush down the stairs. The door quickly flew open and I chuckled more as I flipped my phone closed and reached out to steady Bella as she lost her balance slightly.

"Easy Bella, is there a fire somewhere I missed?"

"Edward, I'm so sorry, if I did something to upset yo…"

I gently laid two fingers against her lips to quiet her.

"I told you once before, it was nothing you did, it was me and only me."

I pulled farther away from her not wanting Bella to be intoxicated with my presence before going to check on Emmaline. I was sure that right now that she had forgotten all about her cousin.

"Bella, do you still want to check on Emmaline?"

"What, oh yeah right yes we do. I mean I do."

Her stammer of words made me smile. We didn't completely match in our choice of clothes but they weren't far apart. I wore a silvery grey sweater, while Bella had a silvery blue. Bella always looked stunning in blue no matter the color. We both had on light blue fade jeans on. I held the crook of my arm out toward Bella as I spoke.

"Shall, we be going then love?"

Bella gave me one of her small smiles as she looped her arm through my own. I took in her small gasp at the now heavy snow fall. My guess was that she had been unaware that the rain had become snow.

"Don't worry Bella, snow or not I can still drive."

After helping Bella into my car, I shut the door and walked to my side; breathing in the cold air quickly as I tried to find Emmaline's scent. It was rather difficult with Bella being so close and with their scents being so similar; but then I picked up the scent of honeysuckle and I knew the direction she had taken.

Emmaline's scent wasn't heading toward Port Angeles or even Seattle like I thought it would be. It was still in Forks, but just where was she going to in Forks besides the Swan home?

My only guess was that I would find my questions once we got there. I glanced over at Bella as I climbed into the car she gave me one of her small smiles and I felt as if my un-beating heart had melted. It then came to me that maybe Bella would know where Emmaline had gone once we were moving in the same direction. I revved the gas with my foot and took off. By tomorrow morning I was hoping to have a better understanding of Emmaline, with that I was hoping I could go home, and understand Adam more as well.

I truly am a selfish creature, for my understanding of Emmaline had two meanings. I was hoping that by understanding her more and getting to know her I could rid myself of the jealously I felt toward her when she was with Bella. Jasper, had actually laughed at me for being jealous of a human female; which only fueled the self-loathing I had for myself right now.

Tonight I was going to get the answers I wanted, so I could put some of this behind me so I could move forward with Bella.

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(A/N: I know I don't have that many readers, but Happy Holidays to the ones I have. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and get to know Emmaline a little better. The next chapter will not just be from Edward's & Carlisle's as well. Let me know if you would like to here from some else like Adam, Alice, or Jasper. I will have three different POV in the chapter.

Secondly, I have a new story I hope to have posted the 23rd if not the 24th. It's called My Goddess, My Heart, its Edward/Bella other pairs are the same J/A, R/Emm, Carlisle/Esme though the story is mostly about Edward and Bella. It's an AU story here is the summary.

Summary: When I first caught her scent, I turned my wanting into hate. Later as my cold yet sparkling hand touch her warm skin, sunlight steamed through the trees making her skin glow as golden as the sun. It was the day that secrets where spilled and lives changed forever. I had at last found a reason for my eternal life, someone who understood my pain.

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