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Chapter 27- Stalkers and Secrets

BPOV

My heart genuinely stopped beating. Edward was going to chain me up? I was petrified. But worse, I was hurt. This had to be a sick joke.

"Edward," I whispered, "please don't do this. Please. Don't do this to me," I begged looking up at him.

He looked down at me, his face emotionless.

"I can't lose you."

"NO!" I began to struggle in his grip, thrashing against his arms and chest. Why did I even bother? It was no use.

He sat us both down on the chair and with one arm holding me to him, the other brought the chain around and opened it against my wrist.

"Edward, please. Edward, stop. I love you! You prick, I love you so much. Don't ruin this. Let me go."

Edward hesitated for a moment and something flashed across his eyes and I thought I had him then.

But then I heard the metallic clunk as he closed one of the chains around my wrist.

How the fuck could this have happened? What was wrong with him?

All because I was seeing Jake? The same Jake that let me go and see and save Edward in the first place. That same Jake I've known since I was a baby.

"Please, Edward, I have to go, Charlie will come looking for me, I can't put him through that again, he'll think I'm gone, please Edward," I said, clinging onto his shirt, my voice shaking.

Edward looked tortured.

"Don't leave me Bella. I can't live without you."

I was angry at Edward. And scared. Not of him. Just for him. He had come so far and now he was just going straight back into being a demon. However, as angry as I was, I couldn't shout at him now, I had to try and use tact to get away from this.

"Edward, listen. I want you. I love you and I'm yours. How many times do I need to say it? You don't need to tie me up. Our hearts are tied, and that bond is stronger than any chain," I whispered, holding up my arm that was bound in the heavy metal.

Our gazes were locked, I could see the possession dissolving and his eyes becoming softer and softer.

"You're going to go to Jacob?"

"Yes! I'm not going to lie to you, I am. Because he's basically my brother and I love him as such. He's the one that told me that you still loved me, he gave me hope, he let me go to you. Do you think if he was going to steal me away, he would do that?"

Edward let out a slow breath.

"Bella, I still want you here with me."

"You want to tie me up? You want to keep me here against my will? You want to hurt me? You want to hurt my dad? Okay. Keep me chained. Fine." I said, letting go of his shirts and turning my head away from him sharply.

"Bella…"

"No. Don't Bella me. We're supposed to have equal levels of respect in this relationship Edward. You think I would ever tie you up and make you do something you didn't want to? Do you think I would keep you away from your family?"

"It hurts so bad without you," he whispered. I gulped and closed my eyes. I know it did, I felt it too. But this wasn't the way.

"It'll hurt more if you hold me here and I start to resent you for what you're doing. It's selfish Edward."

There was a moment of silence. Edward took my hand gently and pulled the chains off. My head snapped round to look at him. His eyes were cast downwards, not looking at me.

He then, picked me up and placed me on the floor, but still holding my hand. I prised my hand away from his grasp. He inhaled sharply but didn't say a thing. He pulled open the door for me, and motioned for me to go through. We walked silently up the stairs and back to his room.

As soon as I got there I started packing away my stuff, not even paying attention to Edward.

"Isabella, I-"

"WE'RE COMING BELLA," a voice boomed. Emmett?

A second later I fucking jumped as the massive glass window in Edward's room was smashed down and Alice Jasper Emmett and Rosalie were standing there, ready to pounce.

In an instant, Edward had grabbed me and pulled me into his arms.

"Let her go Bro, and we will let you go." Emmett said gravely, holding his arms up as if to say "we come in peace." I internally snorted.

Edward snarled and held me tighter. The next thing I knew Rosalie had me at the other side of the room and Jasper and Emmett were holding Edward back. Jasper, by his arms, Emmett by the scruff of his neck.

Alice was pacing in front of him, her tiny figure striding around the room as if she owned the place.

"Edward you stupid ass, I told you not to tie her up!"

Edward hissed and struggled against his brothers. He elbowed Emmett and I saw the pain in Emmett's eyes as Edward winded him.

"Edward, don't you dare hurt him." I warned. Edward stood still immediately, but his eyes fuming at Alice. Rosalie whispered a quick thank you in my ear.

"As you can see, annoying sister of mine, Bella is not tied up."

"But she was. I saw you didn't change your decision, don't even try it." Alice squeaked angrily. I had never seen this tiny pixie like this. God she was feisty.

"So? She's mine. I will do what I want. It's not your fucking concern," Edwards eyes were practically sparkling with malice. I knew he had let me go and was just trying to defend himself against his siblings but enough is enough.

"Rose, let me go." She released me.

I walked over to my bag, swung it round my shoulder and turned to Alice.

"Alice I need to go home."

Alice's eyes softened at me.

"Of course, we'll take you."

I nodded gratefully at all of them.

Then I looked at Edward. He looked hurt. Betrayed.

It killed me to do this, but Renee always taught me that sometimes you had to be cruel just to be kind. I had done that when I was telling her I wanted to live with Charlie instead of her, just so she could be with Phil. I had done that when I didn't talk to Jess for two weeks when she was hooking up with another girl's boyfriend. Edward had done it to me to save me from the Volturi. Now I was going to do it to him.

"You're gonna let me leave. Then you're going to stay away from me for a while until you sort yourself out. I can't be with you when you're like this."

Edward looked at me devastated and my chest began hurt as he let out a dry sob. I wanted to take him into my arms and kiss him and massage his scalp and love him. No Bella, be strong.

"Bella, it wasn't me, it was my monster. Bella please-"

I cut him off.

"Edward I know the difference between you and the out of control side of you. You could control this, I knew you could. You still did this in your right mind."

Edwards eyes turned black again with fury and he tried to push Jasper and Emmett away again.

"NO!" I ordered.

"Edward Cullen, when I leave, you will not hurt your siblings. You love them. You will not follow me. You will not find me. Until you know you can handle me being away from you."

Edward didn't know what to say, he shook his head, agonized.

I softened and took a step towards him and put my hands around his neck. He shuddered.

"Please, do this for us. I love you. Do it for us."

"I can't live-" he choked.

"You can," I whispered, "Be my man. Learn to control for us. Otherwise, what chance do we have?" The pain still didn't leave his eyes.

I picked up the discarded keys.

"I'll take this. To prove I'm not leaving you. I have to go Edward." I said. I wanted to kiss him but it'd be too hard to leave if I did. I needed to do this for Edward, to make him strong.

I looked down at my red wrist and added.

"Tell me that room, that chair wasn't made for me. Tell me that was made for your work, anything. Please," I was the one begging now. I didn't want to believe he had deliberately made that room in order to keep me hostage there. I didn't want to believe he had premeditated this.

His beautiful eyes didn't even look at me. He had planned on keeping me there.

I turned numb.

"Come on Alice."

And without another word, Rosalie had grabbed me again and jumped out of the shattered window. Alice, Jasper and Emmett followed. They led to, what I assumed Alice's yellow Ferrari. Guess lavish cars ran in the family. I could feel Edward's piercing gaze up at me from his window but I refused to look back up at him. I sat in the back wedged inbetween Emmett and Alice. Rose was up front with our designated driver, Jasper. We sped along in the darkness. My curfew was up in 45 minutes. I prayed we'd make it.

"You okay Bella?" Alice said, squeezing my hand. I nodded a lump in my throat.

"I just don't get… I don't know," I whispered.

Emmett put his arm around my shoulder and grinned.

"Edward's just a dickhead sometimes. Gotta learn to handle him. He's a wild stallion. Stallions need to be broken. Look at me. My woman properly turned me around. Used to be such player-" Emmett cut himself off as Rosalie shot him a beautifully terrifying look.

"I've never felt so much anger coming from him," Jasper muttered.

Rosalie caught my distressed look in the wing mirror.

"Jasper! Shut up!"

She then looked at me.

"Bella, I think you did the right thing. I honestly do. He needs to learn. Edward was always babied. Everyone treated him like a precious invalid. To him, behaving is just a game. He likes to see how long he can do it for, because he knows if and when he snaps, he will be forgiven." I detected a bit of bitterness in Rosalie's tone.

"Rose…" Alice warned. No I was intrigued now.

"What do you mean?"

I felt the atmosphere in the car change. Even Emmett's arm around me tensed slightly. Jasper sent out a wave of calm and I exhaled slowly, smiling at him gratefully.

"Rose, she doesn't need to know-" Jasper said, shooting her a look that clearly said shut up.

Rosalie frowned her perfect eyebrows.

"Alice?"

Alice hesitated and exchanged a glance with her sister.

"I think she does need to know."

"Tell me!"

My heart was thumping now. What was this little secret about Edward? What was he hiding from me?

No one said anything, they all stared ahead.

All except Emmett.

"Oh just tell her before I do! It's not as worse as what Edward does now anyway…"

I panicked.

"What? What does he do now?"

Everyone froze, Alice looked at me, a look of absolute incredulity on her perfect porcelain face.

"He hasn't told you what he does for the Volturi?"

I shook my head.

I'm pretty sure everyone here was uncomfortable now. No one was meeting my gaze.

"I think he should tell her," Rosalie said finally, biting on her lip.

I shook my head adamantly. But this time even Emmett looked serious.

"Bella, it's something you're going to want to hear from him."

"Have you never asked Edward what he does?" Jasper cut in, clearly agitated.

"No. I know he works for the Volturi but I thought it was just a regular office job. I didn't think that… I didn't ask… I meant to…But I never…"

I felt like an idiot. What vampire had a normal office job? I was so stupid and naïve. I always thought about what I was doing, rather than what Edward was doing.

"I'll ask him," I gulped.

"Keep in mind Bella, you won't like it." Alice said, biting her lip. I was scared now. I wanted to turn back and ask him right now. But I knew that was a bad idea.

"What-What about what you were talking about Rose? Before Edward's job? Please, at least tell me that."

Jasper caught eyes with Emmett in the mirror and nodded.

"Basically Bella, your boyfriends a whore," Emmett snorted chuckling with glee. I thought I was going to be sick. Surely…

"FUCK YOU EMMETT YOU'RE SCARING HER! That's not it. Emmett's just being a-"

"Rose, excuse me, but it was just my opinion. Edward was being a bit of a whore."

"Em, shut the fuck up!"

That was Jasper now, I had never seen his eyes this fierce before. He sounded furious.

"I'll tell her."

I nodded gratefully at Jasper.

"Basically Bella, our closest friends are our friends in Denali. They've been friends with Carlisle for almost a century. They live the same lifestyle as us, thanks to Carlisle. They admire his resistance to human blood so much. There's Irina, Kate and Tanya. Three sisters."

Uh-oh. I could already see where this was going.

"About thirty years ago we all went to stay with the Denali clan. And Edward…he got a bit bored. He was the weakest link of the family, always tired of us looking at him in pity for his lack of control for human blood. He decided to...he made Tanya fall in love with him. She always found him indescribably attractive" (Emmett scowled at that while Alice shushed him), "and it was only too easy. Within months he had proposed to her and both our families were elated with their union. Carlisle was so proud and Kate and Irina were both so happy Tanya had finally found love."

My mind went dead, the blood rushed to my face in anger. I couldn't even think straight. Edward had never told me he had been engaged?

All of the Cullens were watching my expression.

"Go on," I croaked to Jasper.

"Well, on the day of the wedding. Tanya walked down the aisle and Edward played his part, up until the I do's. When he was asked whether he took this woman to have and to hold in sickness and in health and all that he took one look at her and went "as if"."

I gasped, my mouth dropped open. This couldn't be my Edward. My Edward was a good man. He was a vampire, but he couldn't be so cruel. Could he?

I looked at Alice and she nodded, with a pained look in her eyes. I let the information sink in. I couldn't believe Edward had played this sick game.

"Then what Jasper?" I said. I didn't want to know anymore. But I had to.

"That was it. Everyone was shocked. Carlisle was more hurt than anyone. His own son deceived him. His own son had dishonoured his friends. His own son had fucked up." Jasper's voice was hollow now, staring at the dark road he drove.

"That wasn't even the worst past though," Rosalie interjected with disgust.

"What?"

"Tanya tried to kill herself after," she hissed, "Irina found her, covered in gasoline, trying to cut her own body up before she burnt herself."

I felt as if my heart stopped. I didn't want to love him. I wanted to hate him. Then my biggest fear came out of my mouth.

"What if he's doing that to me," I said in a small voice. Emmett pulled me against his shoulder while Alice held my hand tighter.

"Bella," Alice said softly, "He is your soul mate. The Volturi have said so themselves. He has found the person he's supposed to be with. He's not playing here. You see the way he went to kill himself as soon as you told him to. You see the way you calm him down. He gave you the promise ring me and Jazz gave him. He never gave it to Tanya because he obviously was fucking around with her."

It didn't reassure me at all. I had to take deep slow breaths. I think if Jasper wasn't trying to control my emotions I would have had a panic attack right there and then.

"Then what," I asked through clenched teeth.

"Well Izzi, things were tense for a while after that. For a year Carlisle and Edward barely spoke. Edward realised he fucked up, but was too proud to admit it to any of us. Later we found that Edward went back to Denali. He apologised to Irina, Kate and most of all, Tanya. She didn't forgive him, but he had at least done that much," Emmett said, shrugging.

"Okay." That was all I said. I wasn't upset about what Edward had done. Well I was. I was beyond upset. But the fact that he hadn't even told me had fucking hurt more than anything.

I bit my lip as we pulled up on the road next to mine. Couldn't have Charlie seeing me.

"You'll be okay Bella," Alice said, hugging me for a second. Emmett opened the door and pulled me over him and out of the door, ruffling my hair as he did it.

"Call us if you need us, Izzi," he said. I smiled at them gratefully. I think they understood my silence. I couldn't say anything right now. I walked home slowly. Barely even paying attention to what I was doing I walked through the door, said a flat hi to Charlie and walked straight into my room. I wanted to cry, needed to cry. But I wasn't going to. I couldn't keep crying every time something went wrong. No one said loving a vampire was going to be easy.

I went into the bathroom, took a shower and put on some boyshorts and an oversized jumper. I finished my math and wrote out the draft to my essay, not even allowing my mind to linger on him. Then I felt my phone vibrate from my bag.

Love you Bells. From Alice Emmett Rose and Jasper. I smiled. They were practically my siblings now too.

I didn't get much sleep that night. I felt hollow. I was also scared. I didn't want him to become so enraged that he came over here to find me. I wouldn't be able to handle that. And neither could he.

The next day I was an even bigger wreck. I walked all the way too school, wanting to be alone rather than even sit on a bus full of strangers.

I barely paid any attention in class, just staring at the window and doodling in my notepad. Angela noticed something was wrong and asked me, concerned, I just shook my head.

At lunch I barely touched my food, I just sat there stabbing my fork into my burger. I tried to involve myself in the conversation to avoid them asking me what was wrong. Jess was talking about some club.

"It's going to be amazing! It was so worth getting our ID's for this. We all in right?"

Everyone else cheered. I didn't say a thing. I couldn't care less.

"Bella?" Jess asked carefully.

"This club is one hundred percent classy. I promise. It's not like that skank we went to for my birthday."

I immediately felt bad. Jess was still blaming herself for my kidnap. I thought about it. Maybe going out with my friends will get my mind off him. I nodded.

"I might have to get around Charlie, but I'm in."

Jess' face lit up and Ben slapped my back enthusiastically.

After school I walked out the back to see Charlie waiting for me in his cruiser. I sighed and walked towards it. I totally forgot that today I was seeing Jacob. That actually cheered me up so much. He was my sunshine.

I got into the car.

"How was your day Bells?"

I shrugged.

"Average. Yours?"

"Same old same old," he said gruffly, pulling out of the parking lot and hitting the road. I didn't feel like making pointless conversation so I just cut straight to it.

"Hey dad, this Friday Jess and Angela asked me to sleep over in their dorm. They're gonna go to the movies and then pig out at their place. They wanted me to come. Is that okay?"

I wasn't going to tell my Dad that I was going to another club. He'd flip out and lock me in my room. Even now Charlie was hesitant.

"If you call me when you're back in their room safe and sound," he said.

I nodded.

"Sure thing, Charlie."

My phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled it out and flipped it open. My heart practically stopped.

Bella.

It was Edward. I didn't know if he knew that I was aware of his previous…engagement. Ugh just thinking the word made me feel sick.

I stared at that one word for a second. Then slammed my phone shut, taking a deep breath.

"You okay Bella?" Charlie said, noticing agitation.

"Yeah. Just tired Dad."

He knew I was lying but being the terrified of tears dad he was, he didn't press me.

One second later my phone vibrated again.

I need you. Please come to me.

If I hadn't heard that story last night, I probably would have faked being sick right there, so Charlie would leave me home where I could then go to him. But no. I needed to get over this first.

Another text.

Please sweetheart. My beautiful girl. Don't see him.

I was shaking with anger now. He was still fixated on me seeing Jacob? Was he joking? What a fucking insensitive prick.

My phone started ringing…incoming call, Edward Cullen.

I pressed the red button. Furious now.

Please angel. Pick up. Bella please.

Fuck you Edward.

I pressed the send button with satisfaction and put my phone on silent and chucked it into my bag. Charlie's eyes demanded an explanation now.

"Got into a fight with a friend. Need to cool off before I talk to her."

Charlie grunted. That seemed to satisfy him. Since when did lying come so easily to me?

Oh yeah, since I fell in love with a vampire.

When we got to Jake's I practically flew out the car, into his house. I said a quick hi to Billy and ran up the stairs.

"JACOB!" I called. I needed my best friend. Just as I was about to bang on the door when he opened it and all six foot something of Jake was towering over me. He stepped aside and pointed to his bed.

"Sit."

I gulped feeling like a child as I obeyed him.

I watched him pace around the room, biting my lip. He had recut its hair so it was shorter still and a tattoo peaked out of the top of his arm, standing out against his rustic skin. Woah I wasn't gone for that long was I?

"Jake-"

"Bella-"

We had both said each others name at the same time.

I motioned for him to go first.

"How are you back with him? I thought you were going back to help Alice help him. I don't get it Bella."

He didn't sound angry, just confused.

"Jake I love him."

Jacob pulled at his dark brown hair and groaned.

"Let me explain…"

And with that I told him everything. Every detail. Meeting him again. The fights we had. The way we tried to deny each other. The way he gave in but I still rejected him. The Volturi, (I left out the part of the deal I had made with Aro about me being changed.) My birthday. The day after that. And about yesterday…

The whole time Jacob's face was unchanging, as hard as rock and looking pointedly out the window.

He slowly turned around.

"He wanted to tie you up because you were seeing me?"

I nodded. Jacob let out a laugh that sounded more like a bark.

"Can't say I'm surprised Bella, once a dickhead always a dickhead."

I shot Jacob a look that clearly said shut up. I still felt protective over Edward. I couldn't help it.

"There's more…"

"Yeah?"

I took a deep breath and the words got stuck in my throat.

I couldn't even say it. For the first time since I heard the news, I felt tears prick in my eyes. No. Don't cry Bella.

Jake sat on the bed and took my hands in his.

"Tell me Bella?"

"I can't-"

"Yes you can."

"It's too horrible. I can't even think it without…"

"Did he hurt you Bella?" Jacob asked. I shrugged. Not physically.

"Edward…he was engaged."

Jacob looked at me curiously for a moment.

"I know."

I freaked out then.

"YOU KNOW! HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW. HOW DOES EVERYONE BUT ME KNOW?"

Jake wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me into his lap where I cried into his chest. This just made me cry harder, because this is what he'd used to do for me when we were best friends and I was upset.

"It was my job to know Bella, I worked for him and the Volturi," Jacob soothed, rubbing my back gently.

"He didn't tell me…"

"I thought he would have. I didn't know you didn't know. It's something you share with your partner. If I knew you didn't know…I would have told you…"

"And his fucking job," I said, pulling back and slamming my hands in Jacobs chest, "He's never told me what he does. But I can tell from the way Alice and the rest of them were talking about it as if…"

Jacob looked away almost ashamed. He knew the answer to this one too.

"Tell me?"

"No Bella. Hear it from him, please. I know you have a right to know, but I don't have a right to tell you."

I glared at him. Why was everyone saying that?

"Jacob, you told me that he did nothing bad for the Volturi, just headed up some offices."

Jacob looked down.

"He told me that he hadn't told you what he did. So I assumed, after you'd gone back…he would have…it's not my place to say…"

More tears leaked from my eyes.

"Bella. Listen to me, here's what you're going to do. You're gonna calm down take a break from him. Then when you're ready you're going to find him and talk to him. Then work it out. What's done is done now. I know you can never leave him, if he truly is your soul mate, I understand. So just make sure it never happens again. Make sure he never hurts you again."

I looked at him in amazement.

"Wow, someone's got well clever?" I teased.

"Hey! Lay off!"

"Love you Jacob," I told him sincerely, "Thank you."

He smiled that smile I loved so much and said, "Any time Bells."

I sighed contentedly against him, calming down. Without doing much, Jacob always did a lot.

"Bella I have to tell you something."

Jake's voice was suddenly serious. He was smiling though. I nodded for him to continue.

"You know I've been away doing work for Sam? Well…while I was out of town…I met this girl…and I imprinted."

He imprinted. My mind flashed back to Sam and Emily totally absorbed and in love with one another. That's what imprinting was.

Wow.

I looked at Jake and smiled then threw my arms around him.

"Who's the lucky lady?"

Jacob Black almost fucking blushed?

"She's called Serena. She lives about a half hour from me. She's fifteen. And she's beautiful…"

I've never heard Jake like this. Even when he liked me. I suspected that was more hormones than anything. The way he made her sound…was so pure.

I thought this imprinting this was ridiculous. But it wasn't as different as me and Edward. And I was going to support Jacob like he'd always protected me.

"That's amazing Jake! I'm so happy for you. You're going to have to meet her…I need to make sure she's good enough for my best friend."

"Oh she's better than good enough Bells. She's kind and funny and has so much attitude. I love her."

I remembered one day at the beach a few weeks ago when Jake had explained to me what imprinting was. Apparently it was so rare and a special beautiful thing. It was the equivalent of finding your soul mate. It means Jake would do anything for her. He would never leave her and always be around to be what she wanted him to be.

Jacob told me everything about her. I sat there listening intently in his arms, watching as his eyes crinkled as he smiled. He was totally on her!

Then Charlie and Billy sent us up some pizza and we then went for a walk, still talking and joking and mucking about like old times.

At some point I started crying again about Edward. But Jacob just held me close to him, stroking my hair and telling me everything was going to be fine, or he'd kill the "wanker" as he so eloquently put it.

At around nine thirty we left, me and Charlie saying our goodbyes to Billy and Jacob.

"Nice kid," Charlie said, as he pulled out of their drive way.

"Agreed," I said, staring out of the window, absent mindedly.

I grabbed my bag and checked my phone. I sighed in relief when I only had three missed calls from Angela and one text from Mike. Jacob was right. I just needed time. Why mope around mean while?

Then something caught my eye in the wing mirror. A Volvo. A silver one. Following us. I started to panic. I knew the roads were deserted and no one was around now, but how could Edward be so stupid as to come out here. Was that even Edward? I couldn't see. I could make out one male driver in the car. That's it.

I texted Jasper.

What's Edward's registration plate?

He replied instantly.

AG59ERT. Why Bella?

I craned my neck slightly to get a look and sure enough, it was Edward's car. Charlie wasn't paying any attention, bopping along to the radio.

I watched it carefully the whole way home. I didn't want to text him to make him angry. I just wanted to see what he did. He turned off a road before mine and I breathed a sigh of relief.

He's in Forks. I replied to Jasper.

Edward was stalking me.

So Darkward can't stay away from his Bella? And he was engaged! Bet you didn't see that one coming. Let me know what you thought!