We sit for a while outside by the river that divides our land from theirs, just staring over to our home and I never would've thought I'd feel tension like this. The land should be unified and yet we sit here and wait for our brothers to come and potentially bring us harm... I can only imagine how Jake and Seth must feel. As I look out over the water I feel a heated presence come up behind me, wrapping a comforting arm around my waist making me feel a little better.

"What's on your mind Love?" Jake asks quietly as to not disturb the figurative peace we are standing in.

"What are you, Seth and Leah going to do when you have to fight our families?" I ask, turning to look at him and I can see the hesitation on his face.

"I don't know, Addy. I'm hoping it won't come to that. I'm hoping we can talk about all of this. We'll just have to see." He just shrugs and that doesn't help my worry..knowing my fiancé and uncle could be at each other's throats, literally.

"Hey Jake, the Cullen's are offering us a place in their home if we want it." Seth comes up behind us and we break apart slightly and I see Jake slip into Alpha mode.

"I don't know if Leah will go for that, and I don't feel comfortable leaving your sister out here by herself. But you're more than welcome to head inside Seth, you too Addy." He finishes looking down at me, and I shake my head, not very comfortable with the idea of being around an unknown hybrid creature, but Seth nods and heads inside.

"I'll let them know, and I'll call you if anything changes." Jake just nods and I sit on a log suddenly feeling the fatigue from the day.

"I'd really rather you be in there and be safe in case the guys try anything."

"I'm literally one of the safest people here, Jake. My uncle wouldn't hurt me or let the others hurt me, and I'm protected by being an imprint." I see the worry in his eyes and wish he wouldn't worry about me when there's so much stuff going on around us.

"But I don't know if that's being honored or not anymore Ads..."

"Sam wouldn't hurt me. He's my only family. And not to mention Emily would kill him." He sighs heavily and looks at me, searching my face before giving up and nodding.

"Alright. I don't like it, but I trust you." I kiss him lightly before his phone buzzes and he breaks the kiss. "Looks like they're in need of our help. Let's go see what changed." He says and we make our way from the peaceful riverside to the glooming house.

We walk in to what could be a horrifying scene for someone who wasn't used to the whole vampire and wolves thing...  The stench of blood is heavy in the room, and we see Bella finish whatever was in the styrofoam cup making me gag slightly putting the pieces together.

"So that's the last of it?" Jake just casual talks about it and I wonder just how long Bella had to do that, but quickly move my mind from it before I gag again.

"Bella could deliver as early as tomorrow. If she's going to have any chance at all she'll need more blood." Carlisle states and the tension is thick in the room, full of no doubt hungry vampires. I feel a little sorry for the state Bella is currently in, scared, hurting, and bluntly dying.

"And you need to feed. You have to be at your strongest for her. We need to go tonight." Tonight?! The wolves are no doubt on their way here tonight to take care of the unknown child, they won't be safe.

"Carlisle, you're the enemy now. Sam won't hesitate, you will be slaughtered." Jake seems to read my mind and I nod my agreement, and they pause to think just slightly once hearing the truth of Jake's words.

"Emmett will come with us."

"That won't be enough." I decide to chime in, knowing that all of the guy's focus will be centered on this family in front of us, and I begin to worry for them. 

"We have no choice, you two. If there's anything we can do to save her, we have to try."

"You'd risk your lives for her?" Jake states in realization, and I feel his stance begin to change.

"Of course we would! Bella's a part of our family now."

"Yeah, I can see that. This really is a family. As strong as the one I was born into. I know what I have to do." He says leaving the house and Seth and I quickly follow wondering what it is he's about to do. He walks toward the line where we knew the boys to be heading, and I see Leah join us out of the trees.

"This isn't your territory anymore. How's your new family working out?" Paul is the first to chime in and I'm hurt a little that the boys have become enemies in such a short time. A couple of the other boys are themselves to be a part of the conversation, but I see the other wolves in the tree line.

"You done?" Jake simple raises a brow, and I wonder what he has up his sleeve.

"You coming home, Jake?"

"Not until I finish this." He states standing straighter, and I can't help but feel the pit beginning to form in my stomach, knowing I won't like what he's about to say.

"What do you mean?"

"I want Sam to take back Leah and Seth. And for him to agree to Adelaide's safety and bring her back to the Rez." 

"What?"

"No way!" 

Seth and Leah exclaim outraged not knowing they were going to be pawns in Jake's plan and be offered back to a pack neither of them agree with. I just look to Jake with hurt evident on my face, unable to form words at the slight betrayal I'm feeling in this moment, and Jake's snaps at the other two. 

"Be quiet!"

"I want them safe and I want this over. I need Sam to wait until Bella's been separated from the problem." He continues to the pack, and I'm not following his sudden change in demeanor unless...he's acting as a distraction. That's when it all finally clicks, he's acting as a distraction so that the Cullen's might be able to get far enough and hunt and be back in time, so they won't have to worry about the pack. At this revelation, I'm less hurt and slightly applaud his quick thinking.

"You mean until she's dead."

"Ease up Paul." Embry attempts to talk sense into the hothead, but we all know it isn't going anywhere. 

"Then what?"

"Tell Sam that when the moment comes, I'll be the one to destroy it." 

"Jake!" Seth exclaims, shocked that his friend would even say something like this, and if I'm honest it even shocked me a little, real or not. 

"I'm the only one who can. They trust me."

~Jake's POV~

After they realized I was stalling, they weren't very happy and went back into the forest to be prepared for any more surprises, Seth and I decide to head into the Cullen house while Leah and Addy stay close outside, not wanting to be in the house-which I understood. We make it upstairs to see a sickly Bella with Blondie and Edward, looking like a happy family.

"Hey, are you okay?" Bella's weak voice asks as she sees Seth and I enter the room.

"Yeah, it's not like I'm the one carrying a demon." I say, before my brain catches up with my mouth and I feel a little bad.

"This is pretty important, Bella. Why don't you tell Jacob what you've decided?" Blondie coos kind of creepily, I just don't feel comfortable with their friendship when I can't help but feel Blondie is just after the baby...

"What...what now?"

"Rose is trying to talk Bella out of her baby names." Edward chimes in, and his demeanor is completely different from the last time we spoke and I wonder what changed that he suddenly is  a fan of all this.

"She hates them." Bella manages a weak chuckle, making Blondie lightly roll her eyes.

"Well then I'm on your side no matter what you pick." I snigger and Seth agrees to hear them.

"They're not that bad. If it's a boy, E.J. Edward Jacob." There's a slight shock in my system when she says the name, not ever expecting her to use my name or even Edward to be okay with his child's name being half of me...

"Okay, fine. That one's not awful. Why don't you tell them the girl's name?"

"I was playing around with our mom's names, Renee and Esme. And I was thinking, Renesmee."

"Renesmee." I try it out, and it isn't too bad, just different.

"I like it." Seth says lightly with a smile making Bella grin thankful that someone likes her idea.

"Too weird?" She now looks to Edward since he's been silent too.

"No, that's not too weird. It's beautiful and it's unique. It certainly fits the situation. I like Renesmee." He says with a smile and Bella looks victorious, looking back to Blondie to prove her point, and for once since all this happened, the air in the room feels almost normal.

"See he likes it, and so does Seth." 

She reaches for her cup of blood after making her point, but as she grabs the cup, her back contorts in an unnatural shape and we can all hear the vertebrae cracking and she falls to the floor, her body not being able to handle the sudden pain of her back breaking. This sets off a sudden cascade of events, and Edward is rushing her upstairs to the makeshift hospital and we all follow suit to hopefully save Bella.

"Rosalie, pass the morphine." Edward says as he gets the utensils together, including a vial of silver liquid. Once he has the morphine, he injects it into Bella's system and he backs up to let it spread, before anything else happens.

"Carlisle said the placenta must have detached!" I hear come from the door and didn't even realize that Alice had made her way back, letting everyone in the room know that Carlisle is on his way back to help. If there's time.

"We'll have to do it." Rosalie comments grabbing a scalpel off the tray and hurries towards Bella, but Edward quickly stops her.

"No! Let the morphine spread." They argue until Bella grits out through clenched teeth to get it out of her, and that's when my shock wears off and I hurry to her side.

"Look at me, Bella." She lets out a bloodcurdling scream in pain as Blondie slices into her swollen belly, and I try to keep her distracted as well as I can, but her eyes can't seem to focus on anything.

"Rosalie, don't!" He quickly pushes her out of the way, apparently the blood was too much for her, and he shouts for Alice to take her out of the room and Seth is able to step up and help the two of us.

"Save her! You gotta change her!" I shout, watching as the color and life seems to actively drain from her face as she screams in pain. I focus on talking to Bella, to keep her focused on keeping her heart beating while Edward deals with getting the child out of Bella, and I send Seth to the other side of the room to help Edward if he needs it. 

"I can't! Not while he's still in there. I gotta get him out first." I suddenly hear what sounds like metal ripping and I look briefly to see Edward using his teeth to tear through Bella's skin and in disgust I turn back to Bella seeing her eyes flutter open and I feel a little relieved that she's survived so far.

"It's Renesmee."

"Beautiful." 

She gasps and I back up as Edward comes to her side, placing the blood covered baby on her thin chest, and she bites her causing Edward to take the child back and that's when I notice Bella's eyes begin to fog over. I begin CPR hoping to get her heart started again, mad at myself for thinking my friend was going to survive this whole ordeal.

"Seth, take the baby." Edward hands the child off, and Seth heads out of the room and Edward grabs the vial of silver liquid injecting Bella with it directly into her chest.

"What is that?" 

"It's my venom." When it doesn't work after a few seconds, Edward scrambles and begins CPR saying again and again that it should be working, but I've lost the hope that she would survive especially as she lays there lifeless.

"I won't kill you. That would be too easy. You deserve to live with this." I say before leaving him up in the room alone, heading downstairs to find Seth and get the hell out of here before the pack descends.

"Seth, let's go. She didn't make it." I grunt as I see him sitting by Blondie who is now holding the child, and he looks at me sadly, but doesn't quite get up yet.

"I'm sorry Jake--" 

"She made her choice Seth, we need to go."

"Jake," He talks lowly as he stops me in the living room, his hand on my arm. "We can't let the pack get to them. She's just a child, I mean c'mon man, just look at her. We can't justify this." As we both turn to look at the child in the arms of a vampire, her eyes open almost as if the universe was proving to us that the incoming plan was wrong, and I suddenly feel Seth's arm tense on mine and I know that only means one thing....