Here is another chapter and I know a few people might be mad at me for this chapter, but trust me it had to happen. Its the vision I had for this story from the start. Please do enjoy the chapter and the next chapter will be up Sunday sometime. Also the character do not belong to me, they belong to the author. The only thing that belongs to me is the characters I made up and the storyline. Please enjoy and I hope nothing confuses anyone.

June 24th

The sun was beginning to come and it was shinning through Bella's bedroom window. Bella was sleeping soundly, until she heard her mother flinging her door that led into her sitting area and calling out to her.

"Bella." Renée's shrill voice could be heard in Bella's sitting here. Bella slowly opened her eyes and looked over to where Edward would have slept, to see him gone. The spot beside her was cold, so he had been gone for a while. Slowly sitting up, she rubbed her eyes and looked at her door that led into her sitting area, to see her mother coming through it.

"What time is it?" Bella asked while yawning.

"Around seven." Renée smiled.

"What?" Bella wanted to yell. "The only thing going on tonight is the bonfire and that's not until six mother." Bella said while flopping back on her bed.

"Well I would have let you sleep…but it would see James is waiting in our foyer for you." Renée said with a questioning look on her face.

"What?" Bella yelled this time. "What the hell is he doing here?" Bella asked while jumping out of her bed and rushing for her door. She could not believe that he had not listened to her and actually showed up here.

"He said you talked to him a few nights ago…about bringing your Porsche." The look Renée was giving her, made Bella wonder if she knew anything. She was hoping that her mother knew nothing.

"Yes…but I told him just to have it shipped…so I am a little surprised." Bella said while looking at her mother, hoping she would believe her. "Just show him to the library and I will be down shortly."

"Okay." Renée said before leaving the room. She knew her daughter was lying to her. Bella rushed around her room, changing into a pair of shorts and a gray tank top. She put some make-up on the mark on her neck, before she rushed downstairs while tying her hair up in a high ponytail. She quickly made her way into library and stopped in midstride at the sight of her ex fiancé standing by the huge windows in the library. The sight of him made her heart jump, but another part of her wanted to smack him silly. He was dressed in a nice dark green polo shirt, with a pair of khaki shorts. He had his hair down and it was a little longer than she remembered, even had so stubble on his face. He looked tried and she hated to admit it, but he looked sad. She moved swiftly over to him and smacked him right across the back of his head, before he noticed she was in the room with him. "Damn did that feel good," Bella thought while smirking at him.

"Ow…damn it." James said while rubbing the back of his head and staring at Bella. He missed her so much that he actually ended the photo shoot earlier and raced back to her, only to find she had actually left. "What was that for?"

"You damn well know what it was for…what are you doing here?" Bella asked while criss crossing her arms across her chest and glaring at him. She was not in the mood for talking to him; she did not want to hear him begging her to forgive him. He was good at getting her to forgive him, but this time she was not planning on forgiving him.

"You sounded worried on the phone and I figured something had happened…so I wanted to come and see if you were okay." James said while looking at her. She was still has beautiful has he remembered and he had missed her. He wished that she would forgive him for his mistake. He would do anything for her.

"Yeah…something happened…you cheated." Bella said through clenched teeth. She was beyond pissed at him.

"I am not talking about that…the way you sounded on the phone worried me."

"It's not your problem and nothing is going on." Bella huffed, she really just wanted him to leave.

"Then why are you back home?" James asked her. He knew how much she hated her hometown.

"Family problems…again not your problem." Bella said while glaring at him. She wanted him to disappear and was hoping he would.

"Bella…please." James said while moving closer to her, but she stepped back. "I know your lying…your talking to me sweetie…I know you better than you know yourself and you probably know me better than I know myself."

"I want you to leave." Bella said while pointing the door. She did not want to deal with him.

"I am not leaving until you tell me what is going on." James knew something was bothering.

"Then you will be waiting for along time…because it's none of your damn business." Bella said while moving towards the library door and opening it. "Please leave." She begged.

"Where's a hotel at?" James grinned at her. He was not planning on leaving until she told him what was wrong.

"There's not one in this town." Bella said while hoping he would just leave. He was hurting her so much, by just standing in front of her. She could tell that he was not going to take that for answer. "Fine…there's a couple in Greenville." She sighed.

"See was that so hard." James said while moving passed her and out into the hallway that led into the foyer.

"Shut up…I wish you would have just had the car delivered to me." Bella said while showing him back to the foyer. "I really did not want to see you."

"You made me worried." He said while leaning down to her. She moved back, but froze when she heard someone calling her name.

"Princess." Edward said while coming into the foyer, only dressed in a pair of sweat pants and a white t-shirt. He had went to wake her, but found her bed empty, making him worry. He froze in his tracks when he saw who was standing so close to her. "Mackenzie." He said while baring his teeth at the younger man. James looked to who had said his last name and glared back, while reaching for his small handheld Crossbow that rested in his messenger bag that he was carrying. The crossbow was tiny compared to other crossbows, with it only weighing 50lb. He pointed it towards Edward's chest. He knew what Edward was; he knew everything about Bella. She had been some of the cause for him not talking to his family.

"Malkin." James hissed. At seeing the crossbow, Edward pushed Bella behind him. He could hear Bella gasp. Edward growled at James, but James was not backing down. He did not like seeing the creature trying to protect his Bella.

"James." Bella gasped. She placed her small hands on Edward's back and peeked around him. James looked like a cold-blooded killer, not the sweet young man she had become friends with and then learned to love. "What…what's going on?" Bella cried while looking at James pointing the crossbow towards Edward's heart. She could feel her heart thudding against her rip cage hard. She could not breathe; she was beginning to hyperventilate at the sight before her. She was worried for James and Edward, because she could not understand why they were acting the way they were. No one said anything, the two guys just stared each other down. The only voice that rang out was Bella's mom's voice.

"Bella dear…what is going on…there is people still asleep." Renée said while coming into the foyer. The sight before her stopped her in her tracks. "What is going on here?" She asked. The sight before her, made her heart stop. She watched has her daughter looked at her once and then moved to stand between James and Edward. Bella placed both of her hands up, like she was going to block.

"Stop." Bella said loudly. "Put the crossbow down…now." Bella said to James. She was hoping he would put the crossbow up, because the crossbow was now facing her. She placed her hand on top of the crossbow and looked up at James. She could hear Edward growling behind her, she also felt him wrap his hand around her arm. She looked back at him and could see that he meant to kill James. "Edward…please." Bella said while placing her hand on Edward's cheek and staring at him. Edward sighed and pressed his face into her hand while closing his eyes before stepping back. He would do anything for her, but if the vampire hunter stepped out of line, he was tearing him to pieces. Bella turned back to James and he lowered the crossbow while staring at her. "I want to know what the hell is going on?" Bella asked while looking back and forth at them. James glared at Edward, which made Edward bare his fangs at him. "Enough the both of you…I want to know what is going on…so we are going to go down to the garden so no one will see us and we are going to talk…okay." Bella's voice was raised at the end. She wanted to know what the hell was going on. She could tell that they knew each other, but she wanted to know why they hated each other and what James was hiding. She motioned for them to follow her out to the gardens, she tried to keep them apart, afraid that they would start a fight and this time actually do damage.

"Bella…I will get Charlie and will be down there soon." Renée said before racing up the steps. She feared that something bad would happen. Bella turned towards them has they made it to the gardens.

"Who wants to go first?" Bella said while putting her hands on her hips and glaring at them.

"Why don't you go first Mackenzie?" Edward hissed at James. Bella could tell that James did not want to go first, that he did not want talk.

"James…please…you owe me this." Bella begged him.

"I am what you would call a vampire hunter." James quickly said, Bella could barely understand what he was saying. She caught that he was a vampire hunter.

"You're a what?" Bella demanded.

"Vampire hunter." James repeated again. "I am guessing you know what he is?" James said while glaring at Edward.

"I am still not understanding…you're a vampire hunter." Bella said while shaking her head, she could not believe what she was hearing.

"Yes…he's a vampire hunter." She heard someone say. Looking up, she could see her mother and Charlie coming towards them.

"I should feel special…I have both the High Prince and The King of The American Coven in my presence." James said while clapping his hands. Anyone could tell that he was being sarcastic.

"Hunter…your snide commits are not needed." Charlie seethed. "Bella he is a vampire hunter…why don't you tell her what vampires hunters are." Charlie ordered James, who just glared at him. "Fine…I will do it...vampire hunters have been around since about the 1500's…when God figured out that the vampires had been created." Charlie paused. "Vampire hunters think they are so special because they hunt us down…but they are no more special than we are…they are just the followers of Lucifer…they are the fallen angels." Charlie explained.

"Fallen angels?" Bella asked while looking at Charlie and James.

"Yes…they fell from grace and then when God found out about the vampires…he told certain fallen angels…that if they would like to get back in his good graces…that they would need hunt down all vampires and destroy them and God would repay them by making them rich and powerful in the human world…so they could kill the vampires without a problem…vampire hunters come from many different blue blood families all around the world and they all stay in contact with each other…like a big brotherhood."

"I am confused…fallen angels…none of it makes sense." Bella said while letting the tears that had formed, to run down her face. "James…is what he says true?" Bella asked James while turning to face him.

"Yes…the Mackenize's, Astor's, Force's, Vanderbilt's, any blood family you can think of…they are vampire hunters…its said that God made them a deal…'I will give you riches beyond your wilds dreams…you just have to kill the vampires and with your riches…you should not have a problem.' James repeated what had been told to him and had been passed down through his family.

"Yes…and that's why most blood families…marry into other blood families." Charlie said while laughing. "Because they are the fallen angels…there's a rule about the angels…even the fallen…are not allowed to mingle with the humans…mostly just a rule for the fallen…because God wanted to keep the vampires a hidden secret because we are considered a plague." Charlie hissed at the end.

"What?" Bella wanted to cry. She wondered if James had loved or if it had all been a lie. "Did he know about me and was he using me?" Bella wondered.

"Tell her Mackenzie…I know you know what she really is?" Charlie yelled. James actually looked scared and Bella couldn't figure out if it was because of Charlie or if it was because of what he was going to have to tell her.

"Of course I do…I would be stupid if I didn't." James hissed. "The first time I saw her birthmark…I knew she was a member of the royal family."

"My birthmark…what are you talking about?" Bella asked. Her lips were trembling.

"You haven't told her?" James tsk at the vampires that were standing closely to Bella. He wanted to take her way from them. He hated everything to do with vampires; Bella was only the exception.

"What is he talking about?" Bella screamed, looking over to Edward.

"You have a mark on your shoulder…its your birthmark that signals you to be a member of the royal family." James explained. "I saw it after we became friends…but so did my sister, who told our parents and they told me that I had to kill you…I couldn't and so I made a deal with my parents to protect you…telling them that we couldn't kill you…because you were still human and that went against everything we represented…so I told them…that you would lead us to the royal family…more than likely and thats why we should keep you alive." James explained.

"So I was going to help you kill people." Bella cried. She could not believe what she was hearing.

"No…you would have never found out." James said while coming towards Bella.

"Don't even come closer." Edward growled while stepping closer to Bella.

"I figured it out now…we always wondered why the youngest Mackenzie wasn't in close with his family and it's because you were protecting my daughter…I don't know if I should thank you or kill you." Charlie hissed. It sounded more like an animal than human and made Bella jump a bit.

"Is that why your mother always hated me?" Bella asked. She was wondering if James mother had hated her because of that or if she just hated her for no reason.

"Yeah…my whole family thought I should have just killed you…but I couldn't." James wanted her to believe him. He could have never killed her. Bella wanted to cry; everything was too much to take in.

"Can I talk to you in private?" She asked James. She had to ask him something, but she could ask him in front of her family. Her mother did not even know about the subject matter that she wanted to talk about.

"Sure." James said. He knew what she wanted to talk about.

"Okay." Bella said while motioning for him to follow her.

"Wait a minute." Charlie hollered. "Edward's going with you…he is your new bodyguard." Bella looked over to Edward to see that he looked ready to tear James to pieces.

"But this is private…between friends." Bella wanted to yell. She did not want anyone to hear about what she was going to ask James.

"He can sit off…but not out of eye sight…I don't trust him." Charlie said while motioning for Edward to follow them. They were out of eyesight when Bella turned around to face Edward.

"Stay here…we will just be over there." Bella pointed to the tree that stood in the middle of the garden. Bella motioned for James to follow her. "So." Bella tried to say.

"You know the answer Bella…you know what I am going to say." James said while coming closer to her, making her back up. Part of her feared him, another part saw her old friend.

"I have to ask…okay." Bella said while biting her lip. She really didn't want to ask, because it was too painful. She needed to know about their baby. "Our baby…if it had survived…what would have happened…if your family didn't want us to be together?" Bella.

"Don't make me say it Bella." James begged. He did not want to tell her that his mom had planned on giving Bella something to abort the baby. He begged his mother not to do it. He had yelled at his mom and told her that if she did that, he would kill her with his bare hands. He remembered his mom laughing at him, telling him that this is what he got for falling in love with a halfing.

"I want to know." Bella demanded. She had to hear, she kind of already knew what the answer was going to be when she heard that vampire hunters married vampire hunters. She watched has James swallowed and then breathed out.

"My mother was planning on giving you something to abort the baby…I begged her not to…I even threatened her." James said while closing his eyes and trying to regain is composure.

"Oh my God." Bella cried. "They hated me for something I didn't even know about." She could not understand they could hate her, when she had no idea what she really was.

"Yes…they feared the mingling of the blood lines." James said while pulling Bella into him, has she cried. "Bella I am sorry."

"You knew…and you didn't tell me." Bella pushed away from. "I can't believe you didn't tell me…is that why you cheated on me because you are actually with Victoria…isn't her family in the vampire hunter business?"

"No…it has nothing to do with that…I promise Bella…it doesn't…I just did something stupid." James wanted to scream. He hated seeing Bella cry. He could see Edward out of the corner of his eye and the vampire was glaring at him and baring his teeth at him. "Why are you here for real…I am guessing your mom didn't know about you being pregnant…since you wanted to speak in private?"

"No…she doesn't." Bella said while looking off into the distance. "I didn't tell her."

"Why not…you didn't tell her we were engaged…you weren't even planning inviting your parents to our wedding…were you shamed of us?" James asked. He had always wondered about that.

"Because…why are you making me into the bad guy…when you cheated and kept something from me?" Bella yelled. The look on James's face made Bella stop, he looked so sad and she hated herself for feeling bad for him. "Okay…yes I didn't tell my parents…it was so stupid and I was embarrassed to tell them I followed in their footsteps and I to a point I didn't want to be pregnant…Okay." Bella cried while throwing her hands up in the air. She did not want what rehash things but it would seem it was finally time to tell everything. "I had plans…plans that didn't involve me getting pregnant until I was married for a few years…I had this stupid plan." Bella sniffled. She rubbed her nose. The pain of losing her baby made her heart ache. "The plan was to be married after I was twenty-five and before I turned twenty-nine and I was mad at myself for getting pregnant…I didn't want kids until after I was twenty-five and when I ended up pregnant…I was scared." Bella said while whipping away the tears. "When I woke up after the accident…and they told me I lost the baby…I felt stupid for worrying about all that shit." Bella paused. "Because none of it mattered and now I live with that everyday…don't make me out has the bad guy…please." Bella begged. James pulled her into and wrapped his arms tightly around her. He could her cries and he wanted to do everything in his power to make her feel better. "Why couldn't you have told me…you were my best friend…well second to Alice and Rosalie?" Bella tried to laugh, but instead hiccupped.

"Because I was protecting you…I couldn't tell you without my parents thinking that it was okay to kill you." James said while kissing the top of her. "I am sorry I ruined us…I never meant to hurt you." Bella pushed him and glared at him.

"Then you wouldn't have done it." Bella said while turning to leave him. Being close to him again was breaking her heart. She began to walk towards Edward. Who when she got close enough to him, wrapped his arms around her and bared his fangs at James. He had heard everything that they had talked about. Part of him wanted to kill the vampire hunter for impregnating his mate and another part of him wanted to just comfort her. He was mad to a point that she had been pregnant before and wondered if the accident they talked about would hinder her from having his kids. He knew of cases of woman who had been told in their human life that they couldn't have kids and when they became a vampire, it did not change anything. He wanted a family with her and worried that might not happened, but he wouldn't love her less if did happen. He gently picked Bella up, bridal style and carried her towards the house, passing her mother and Charlie, who gave him a weird look.

"Get the hunter to leave…he has done a enough." Edward growled. "I don't care if you have to kill him." Edward ordered.

"Don't…he still means something to me...he was my friend." Bella whispered. She knew Edward would be able to hear her. "He won't hurt you guys…not if he thinks it will hurt me…I know that much." Bella said while burying her head into Edward's chest.

"You heard her Charlie…make him leave." Edward growled. He wanted to kill the vampire hunter. The monster in him was yelling at him to turn around and sink his fangs into the vampire hunters neck, draining him of life.

"Don't order me Edward…but I will make him leave." Charlie hissed. He hated being told what to, mostly because he knew he was of the royal family and had been raised to give orders, not to take them. He could hear Edward hiss back at him has he walked away. He knew why Edward was acting the way he was. He was trying to protect his mate and found the vampire hunter to be a threat.