“No one broke the treaty,” Edward assured me. His voice was harsh and sure, but this didn’t cause me to give up. Something had to be going on with the pack. It was the only answer.

“You don’t have to protect me from them. Jake would never hurt me…” I spat back.

“Don’t assume, Bella.” Edward’s eyes narrowed. His lips were pressed into a thin, white line. I looked at him for a moment and then promptly laughed in his face.

“This does have to do with Jake! You’re running from the wolves!” I continued to giggle until we suddenly came to a stop. I was so startled, that in a split second, all of the color had drained from my face. My eyes were wide with shock.

“They left. The night of our wedding they left- without a warning of the danger, without anything, the bastards- and they’re not coming back.” Edward’s voice was cold and filled with unforgiving anger and disgust. He mockingly added, “I suspect they went they went somewhere far from civilization. Sam wouldn’t let them take any risks.” He said the pack leader’s name as if it were something foul smelling.

“Why?” I almost screamed and Edward glanced around to make sure nobody was around to hear me. But, we were deep in the forest and there wasn’t a chance of anyone- or anything- lurking around out here.

“I don’t know. We thought that Jacob would have at least warned you. He knew us ‘bloodsuckers’ weren’t in any danger.”

“Danger of what?” I asked. He ignored my question and continued.

“If Alice hadn’t seen it coming last night, we would have been found. You could have been-“ he stopped in mid sentence, as if the idea repulsed him so much that he couldn’t speak it aloud.

“ Danger of what?” I repeated, angry that he wouldn’t tell me exactly what was going on. Again, Edward ignored me and went suddenly back into his full speed run. “Edward, you’re so frustrating sometimes. I’m not a baby. You don’t have to hide things from me,” I snapped. Edward frowned, but continued to ignore my request for more information. I exhaled sharply, rolling me eyes in frustration. I could think of no way to win this argument. I knew Edward’s mind was made up. It made me more annoyed to look at him, and because it made me dizzy to look anywhere else, I closed my eyes.