Chapter 12

Jacob's POV:

I had given up. I didn't want to go on in rescuing the bloodsucker's coven. I no longer felt I had to. The only reason I agreed to this was because I would get to see Bella again. But now, I didn't care if I never saw her again. Leah and Seth both agreed to continue with the rescue and pushed me to it, so here we are… following the blonde-haired freak down the tunnel.

We arrived to some sort of chamber with cells on either side of the narrow path. They were all empty except for the last to the left. Their faces seemed to glow against the darkness of the cell that held them.

"Jacob!" cried Carlisle. "How did you know we were here?" I didn't answer him. I simply stared numbly at them, hoping to get this over with. He frowned at me curiously.

"Jacob?"

"Alice told us" Leah cut in. "And when we got here, Alec led us to you."

"Is she ok?" asked Jasper.

"Yes" said Leah.

"Well then, you are free to go, but you must be cautious" said Alec. "The wolves have already infiltrated the dungeons. You must go back the way you came from and you must leave fast. I will not be able to protect any of you if you are caught."

"Thank you, Alec. I know you have risked your life to help us and I am eternally in your debt" said Carlisle.

Seth, Leah and I all morphed back to our wolf forms and the bloodsuckers made quick to climb on our backs. "Rosalie and Emmet hopped on Seth's back, Carlisle and Esme on mine and Jasper on Leah. Blondie was the first to complain, her face twisted in disgust as she climbed on Seth's back.

"Why do we have to ride on them when we can run?"

"Because if we do come across one of their kind, chances are they won't kill us" said Carlisle.

We took off, hurtling down the path and up the stairs again. The wolves hadn't come around the south end, yet, making it easy to escape into the woods. I didn't like the idea that part of the Volturi had left before the battle begun. There's no telling where they may have gone, unless they knew where to find her. Though I didn't want to see her again, I didn't want her dead either. I quickened my pace and sped through the woods.

We ran for about ten minutes before arriving back to the clearing where Alice and Edward waited. Alice ran in a blur towards us, knocking Jasper off of Leah's back. Carlisle and Esme got off of mine and so did Rosalie and Emmet. Seth disappeared in the trees, to change back in to his human form and throw on some shorts but I wasn't ready to shift back yet.

I turned to stare at Edward who was walking towards the group. In a quick second, I sprung into action, throwing myself at him knocking him down to the floor. He hissed, baring his fangs and kicked me in the stomach so powerfully, that I flew back almost a hundred yards. I landed on my feet and immediately charged towards him again. This time the big burly bloodsucking brother of his, intercepted, knocking me to the side with his shoulder. That was gonna leave a mark.

I got back on my legs and turned to look at Edward. Leah was pacing left to right in front of him, guarding him and snarling at me. Emmet and Rosalie were crouched low ready to attack if I got any closer. Jasper stood very still, gazing at me intensely. I walked forward, morphing back to my human form, never minding the fact that I was naked. I marched towards Edward, seething.

"Because of you, you son of bitch… Bella's a fucking vampire!" I yelled. "Because of you she's taken off with none other than the kingpin of the Volturi! Emmet wrapped me in a bear hug as soon as I closed in on him, holding me back. "Because of you, she's gone!"

He glared at me, not saying anything because he knew it was true. If he would've stayed the fuck away from Forks, then none of this would've happen. I began to feel the rage in me subside thought I still wanted to kill him. I remembered, then, that Jasper had some stabilizing ability and I knew he was using it on me now.

"Fuck off" I yelled at him and turned to grill Edward again.

"Jacob" intruded Carlisle. "It is not Edward's fault. There is much about this that you don't know. This was Bella's decision, solely."

"Bella wouldn't want to just up and leave with some fucking psychopath that she doesn't know!" I shouted back.

"Jacob, you don't understand" said Carlisle.

"The fuck I do! This is his entire fault!" I said pointing at Edward.

"He would've found her even if I had left" said Edward bleakly. "Even if I had never met her. Bella was his wife, many years ago. She reincarnated and he found her."

"What? What the fuck kind of bullshit is that?"

"It's not bullshit, Jacob. It's the truth."

The look on his face told me he wasn't fucking around. Although, I've read a bunch of stuff about reincarnation, I never really believed it to be possible. Bella … a reincarnate? It seemed that the more I looked for answers, the more twisted shit got.

I backed away, giving up trying to make sense of anything. None of it mattered anymore. Bella was dead and gone. Even though she became a vampire like the rest of them, she was dead to me.

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Edward's POV:

I watched Jacob shift back to his wolf form and bolt away, disappearing into the woods. As much as I may have wanted to kill him in the past, I couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

"I better go after him" said Seth and he took off after him.

"Edward" said Carlisle as he approached me with a solemn look on his face. I heard about Bella and I'm very sorry."

They way in which he expressed his sympathy was like giving a condolence to a person who just lost a loved one and I suppose it wasn't any different. I did lose her and though vampires often crossed paths with the world being so small and having to live eternity in it, I knew Gabriel would keep her well hidden. I knew I would never see her again.

"Edward, there is something I need to talk to you about Bella…"

"There is nothing for us to talk about regarding her" I said bitterly as I turned and walked away. He didn't follow me but I could I sense their eyes on me, their thoughts blank. It wasn't that I was mad at Bella and that I didn't want to talk about her. I was mad at fate. I walked into the woods, seeking some quiet space but not far from the clearing so that they would be able to find me easily when they were ready to leave.

As I slowed my steps I could hear footsteps approaching me, stepping lightly as if to creep up on me. I didn't hear any thoughts and knew it had to be Alice. Didn't she get it? I waited until she moved closer and then I spun around rushing her against the tree, ready to curse her, but it wasn't her whose back was pressed against the tree's bark. It was Leah, staring at me wide eyed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." she said.

"What are you doing here?"

"Just wanted to check up on you" she said.

"Well, I'm well. Now leave" I glared back at her.

"No you're not."

I ignored her and walked away, but after a few yards away, I realized she was still following me. What is it with her? I turned around and looked at her.

"Leah, what do you want?" I asked.

"Well, for one, a little more respect when talking to me. You're tone is really pissing me off."

I sighed. "I'm sorry" I said and I meant it. After all, she was the one to jump in for me when Jacob first had me in his paws.

She stared back at me and I couldn't help but pick up on her thoughts.

I knew they were beautiful creatures even though they were vampires but I didn't expect him to be soooo good looking.

Great, I thought to myself.

"Leah, you should go."

She walked up to me, stopping a few inches too close to me.

"I don't want to" she said like a child.

I couldn't deny that she was beautiful but she was wolf, and apparently, one in heat. She leaned into me and kissed me shamelessly. My lips did not respond to hers. She pulled back a little, her hands on my shoulders.

"You're a free agent" she smiled flirtatiously.

I pushed her away gently.

"Leah, you don't know what you're doing. You're only attracted to me because I'm a vampire and you have very strong human traits, but you don't want this."

"Like hell I do" she smiled and leaned once again to me. I pulled back, eyeing her disapprovingly.

"Please, Leah. Go."

She backed a few steps and stared at me. Then she pulled off her wrap, revealing her body to me. It did nothing to tempt me. Even her blood held no appeal to me. She began to walk back to me and I stopped her by her shoulders.

"No" I said hard.

She ignored me and pushed herself to me, falling as I moved back too quickly. I bent down to help to pick her up when I noticed a small cut on the knee she had fallen on. It had been weeks since I've fed and that tiny little cut did something to me. I eyed it, trying to control myself and she caught my stare. Her heart rate sped up but she didn't move and I hated that she didn't.

"Leah" I said behind clenched teeth. "You really shouldn't be her. You're bleeding."

"I'm not leaving" she said flatly.

"Leah, please. I can kill you."

"No you won't" she said as she moved closer to me. My eyes were still fixed on the cut on her knee.

She wrapped an arm around me and pulled me onto her as she lay back on the ground. She kissed me so perversely, so erotically that I could begin to feel myself getting aroused but at the same time, my craving kept building momentum. I could smell her blood and though it was nothing extraordinary, it was still enough for me to want to drink her whole.

I wanted to stop but found it harder and harder to. I kissed her back hard as I squeezed her small breasts. She moaned beneath my lips as I fondled them. I couldn't believe this was happening and I couldn't stop either. I then pulled her by the legs roughly, so that she was directly beneath me and spread them open, allowing me to work my belt buckle when my sanity clicked back on. I flew off her at once, breathing heavily. She sat up frowning.

"Why'd you stop?"

"Leah, get the hell out of here" I glared and sprinted through the woods until I knew I had set a considerable distance between us. I decided to hunt while I was out here, to quench my thirst, and try to get Bella off my mind.

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