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I smashed him into a nearby rock breaking several of his bones. I walked toward the other wolves determined to show them what it means to play with vampires.
That is when I heard it. My Bella's thoughts.
"Edward! I need you. Come back to me. They are not worth it."
Nothing else mattered to me other than her. My reason for existence. My Bella needed me. No matter how badly I wanted to destroy the entire tribe I had to get back to her.
I turned to the wolves who were on the forest ground in a pile.
"I will come back for you. I will make you regret the day you were born."
My anger was evident in my each and every word. Their thoughts showed fear and desperation but I did not care.
"Edward…" I heard my love's thoughts.
Within seconds I reached the hospital, thanks to my enhanced speed. Her thoughts were like invisible cords pulling me towards her. The relief I felt hearing her was beyond anything that I could explain with words. It was like air to a drowning man.
Entering the room I saw her lying peacefully connected with machines. She looked so fragile that I feared that I would break her if I took a hard breath. But most of all she was beautiful even lying in the hospital bed, even after the brush with death.
Her thoughts whispered only one thing – my name. It was like breeze caressing my soul. I walked to her bed and took her hands in mine. I felt energy passing from me to her. I felt bubble thickening just like when I was angry but this time with another emotion- love.
I leaned forward and kissed her forehead pouring all the love and warmth. I felt her eyelids fluttering. I pulled back and saw the two melted pools of chocolate looking at me with the same love and devotion that was in mine.
"I missed you love." I said taking her face in my hands.
"I love you" she told me through her thoughts. Her thoughts showed her desire to be in my arms.
Without another word I carefully lay on the bed beside her and pulled her into my chest. She happily snuggled into my chest falling asleep.
I closed my eyes and concentrated on her thoughts which were still open to me because the bubble was still around us.
I found myself in her dreams. We were happy lying in our meadow. My skin was sparkling like millions of diamonds were embedded in my skin. I felt the love between us surrounding and providing a warm blanket around us.
I was so engrossed in her dream that I didn't release the presence of my family in the room until Carlisle touched my arm.
I realized they were all talking to me through their thoughts since I returned. I was so busy with Bella's thoughts that I automatically tuned them out.
"Son, she is fine." Carlisle said to reassure me.
"I know. I can hear her thoughts."
"You can hear her? Wow that's great. I was concerned when she didn't wake up"
"She woke up earlier but was awake for only for a minute. She is exhausted."
"You should have called me Edward. "
"She is fine Carlisle. Her pulse is normal and I did not find any distress in her thoughts."
My other family members were silent throughout our exchange. My mind refused to listen to anyone else's thoughts other than Bella.
Jasper cleared his throat to get my attention realizing that I was not listening to their thoughts.
"Edward, where did you go earlier? We all looked for you everywhere but could not even find your scent. I guess your bubble is blocking your scent as well."
"I crossed the treaty line Jasper." I heard gasps from all my family members including Carlisle.
"Edward, what happened? How can you go there all alone? You could have been hurt." Esme said. Her faced showed her concern for me.
"Edward you should have told us. Esme is right. What if they attacked? You could have at least taken Jasper or Emmett." Carlisle's words were filled with worry.
"They did"
What?"
"They did attack but I assure you they won't be able to attack any one anytime in near future."
"Edward what happened? Did you do something?" Emmett asked.
"They all deserve to die. They tried to attack my sister and now they poisoned my mate. What do you think I did? I was so close to killing them but Bella needed me so I returned but like I said they won't be able to attack anyone in near future."
"What do mean Edward?" Rosalie asked joining the conversation.
"Let's just say that the number of the bones in their bodies doubled."
"Go Edward!" Emmett shouted earning glare from everyone around. I felt Bella stir but did not wake up. I pressed a small kiss on her forehead.
She was still dreaming and I wanted more than anything to close my eyes and share her dreams but my family had other intentions.
"Edward this is a serious matter. We have to talk about it in detail but not here." Carlisle's words brought me back to reality.
"I am not leaving Bella."
"We know that son. I just wanted to say that maybe you should have found out what exactly happened before crossing the treaty line."
"What do you mean? They poisoned her. I had a vision of them talking. They thought that my powers were from Bella and thought that by removing her they could take away my powers."
"Carlisle we had enough from them. We respected the treaty and consulted them for discussing the matter of Bella's change and look what they did. They tried to kill my wife and now Bella. They deserve all that is coming." Jasper said.
"Jasper is right Carlisle. The treaty no longer stands. They were supposed to protect humans now look what they did. They are so blinded by their hatred towards us that they don't care about the innocent." Emmett added.
I had never seen Emmett like this before. He was mostly playful happy guy but today I saw a much serious side of him.
"Do you think Harry and Sue knew about the poison?" Esme asked.
"I don't know." I said truthfully remembering my vision about the two wolves talking. They talked about not informing the tribe about their intentions.
May be harry and sue were ignorant but no matter what the circumstances I could not control the anger towards them.
It did not matter whether they knew or not but they were the ones who actually responsible for making her eat the cupcake.
I realized that Alice was quit throughout the whole exchange and gave her a questioning look.
"I hate this Edward. I feel so helpless. I can't see the wolves or you guys when you are in the bubble. The irony of the whole thing is that my visions are most useful in matter of danger and the bubble chooses the exact time to make a presence."
"It's ok Alice. You did your best with what you had. You were the one who called Carlisle and told him to wait outside the hospital when I went to get Bella."
"It was a guess Edward. I didn't actually know what exactly happened. You ran fast chanting Bella's name and kept on saying no that I understood that Bella was in trouble. I called Carlisle to tell him to be prepared just in case."
"Thanks Alice for everything."
"Edward I consider her my best friend and sister. There is nothing that wouldn't do for her."
I heard sincerity in her words. I was grateful for the support that I was getting from my family. Suddenly I remembered about Charlie.
"Carlisle how is Charlie?" I remembered shouting at him and threatening Harry and his wife in front of him. I had no idea what was going through his mind as I was focused on Bella.
"Shocked and confused other than that he is fine and don't worry about the door he was so concerned about his daughter that he didn't even notice that his front door was missing." This time it was Rosalie who answered.
"Tell me what happened after I left?"
"We followed after you took off to Bella's house. As we neared we heard the commotion in the house. We saw you running out of the house with Bella in your arms and a confused Charlie sitting on the floor. Harry and Sue were in the corner shaking.
As I was approaching Charlie, I had a vision of us discussing about the incident and understood what had really happened. I told Charlie that Bella was poisoned. I told him that you had heard the two boys talking about it and was rushing towards the house to save Bella.
He was furious but calmed when we said that Bella needed him. He was too occupied with his thoughts that he missed the fact that his front door was missing or how you were able to get to hospital so fast." Alice said.
"He isn't suspicious, is he?"
"No Edward. He believes us but is really furious. He cannot believe that his friends could do such a thing to him." She assured me.
"We don't actually know whether harry and sue knew about the poison. Shouldn't we find that out before doing anything?" Esme asked.
"Esme is right. Right now we should give them benefit of doubt. Let's find out who was behind this before the sentencing. Now I think we should leave Edward and Bella to get some rest.
Jasper, Emmett, why don't you go and talk to Harry or Sue and see whether they are innocent or not. With Jasper's power you can know if they are lying." Carlisle gave instructions.
He then turned to Esme and Alice.
"I think you should be with Charlie. He is in the waiting room." He told them.
"I will monitor if any wolves are in the area." Rosalie volunteered.
They all said goodbye and left. I once again closed my eyes and concentrated on Bella's dreams.
Her dreams mostly included us but at times it was just random. I was so lost in her dreams that I didn't realize for first few seconds that Charlie had entered the room.
I was scared that he would be angry at me for lying in the bed with Bella. To make matters worse Bella was resting her head on my chest just above my dead heart.
I pretended to be asleep so that I didn't have to move from my current position. I needed to read his thoughts to know what was in his mind.
To my surprise I saw no sign of anger. He was initially surprised to see me lying in the hospital bed along with his daughter but later it changed into something else.
I saw gratitude in his thoughts.
To him I was now the man who saved his daughter's life and not some teenage boy trying to steal his baby girl's innocence. He had seen the love and concern that I had for his daughter and for that he respected me.
He did not wake me or call the nurse to complain instead he walked to the other side of the bed and took Bella's hand in his. He sat in the nearby chair holding her hand.
"I am sorry bells. I had no idea that the cupcake had poison. It was me who insisted that you eat the cake. I am sorry that I could not protect you." His voice cracked with emotion.
"I promise you bells I will make sure that the people responsible for harming you will be punished."
He was silent for few minutes. He sat there just looking at Bella.
"I love you bells." he said after what felt like forever.
He rose from the chair and kissed my love's forehead.
His thoughts showed determination as he walked away from us. He stopped by the door and turned back to look at us once again before he left.
A/N: thanks for all your reviews. I tried to answer all the reviews if I left anyone I am sorry. pls consider this as a thank you note.
Some of you asked me whether the story will be HEA or not. I assure you that all my stories will be HEA.
Another question most of you asked was about Jacob and his relationship with Bella. Let me tell you one thing I hated Jacob in the twilight books. I wanted to kill him at times. For me Jacob is better as a friend. So please don't expect Bella to have any romantic feelings for Jacob not even a bit.
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