Heavy In Your Arms

by loopylou992

Edward leaves Bella in the woods after breaking her heart. But what happens to him, does he really leave her alone? Unexpected visitors change things for him drastically. Set after the birthday party events in New Moon, but not sticking to the canon story. Heavy on the angst & OOC behaviour for many characters. HEA NOT guaranteed. February 2013 Drabble War Entry.

18. Chapter 18

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. No copyright infringement is intended.

Of course she was my Achilles heel, the one that I wanted to protect and keep safe more than anything in the world. Alice of course knew this, but it wasn't her mind that thought of her. It was all of theirs. The thought came in unison and it brought me to a halt. I thought that ending things with her would keep her safe, protect her. I couldn't have been more wrong. If these monsters knew her name, that meant that they knew what she meant to me. Bella had been everything to me, and yet I broke her heart not long ago in this forest.

She brought a light into my existence that had been missing. Carlisle mused internally that she was my mate, the one that I was meant to be with. Yet only a matter of an hour ago, if that I had broken her heart. How could I do that to my mate?