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Victoria smiled at that. Finally Bella had muttered a coherent response. She was starting to pull herself together. Victoria was glad. It was no fun kicking someone when they were already down. She would do it, but it wasn't nearly as much fun. It was so much more satisfying to break someone．

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"Good," Victoria said smiling. "You'll die with some dignity.”

Bella shivered. Ｈer eyes were locked on the tree line again, staring at the small, dark silhouettes dotting it．

"I hope so," Bella breathed out, her voice shaking as she met Victoria's ruby gaze．

They stared at each other for a second．

"It's just too bad you'll never find out," she breathed out, her lips twitching up in a smile．

The gloating smile fell from Victoria's face and her eyes narrowed. Ｈer lips pulled back over her teeth and she dropped in a crouch, reading herself to pounce. She was going to enjoy killing the arrogant little twit．

Bella straightened her back and closed her eyes．

All that she could do was wait．

Victoria growled and Bella's heart stopped．

Bella felt a gust of wind against her face, and the scrape of teeth against her arm as she found herself flying through the air, her heart beginning to triple-hammer as she landed, hard, her body slumping over the solid surface she had landed on．

The sound of thunder echoed in the clearing．

Bella opened her eyes, her hands clutching at the soft fur covering the hard body of the over-sized wolf running beneath her. She clung to the russet fur, and shifted until she was resting more securely on Jacob's back．

In the distance she could hear more thunder, and a pained howl．

She wondered if Victoria was dying with dignity．

She doubted it．

Bella blinked, trying to clear the tears from her eyes. She could see lights in the distance, and though her vision was still blurred she knew that they were very close to La Push．

Bella closed her eyes and laid her down upon Jacob's back．

She was shaking uncontrollably．

What seemed like minutes later Jacob stopped, and Bella looked to the side to see that they were on the edge of the reservation．

The majority of the reservations population didn't know about the werewolves and so Jacob couldn't enter the town in his wolf shape．

Jacob sat, and Bella released the grip she had on his fur, allowing herself to slide to the ground．

Ｈer hand landed on something hard and she looked down, staring quizzically at the large shoe her palm was resting on．

Bella removed her hand from the shoe and placed it on the damp earth beneath her. She used the leverage it provided to push herself to her feet．

When she turned around Jacob was standing before her in only the tattered remains of his shorts．

Bella stared at him for a moment．

She knew she should feel awkward. That she should turn around and let him put on the clothes that were no doubt scattered on the ground somewhere near the shoe she had been touching. But instead, she took a step towards him and wrapped her arms around his nude torso, hugging him tightly as she trembled against him, tears streaming down her face as she struggled to breathe．

"Don't worry," Jacob said, hugging her tightly, his head cocking to the side as another thunderous blow sounded in the distance. "When they're done with her, nothing will be left but a stain.”

Bella made a small sound in her throat and clutched at his back, her nails digging into his tanned skin as she held him tighter．

Fifteen Minutes LaterBella sat with her hands around a warm mug．

She was in Emily's house．

Over the past fifteen minutes the rest of Jacob's werewolf pack had returned to the reservation and were seated or leaning against the varying hard surfaces of Emily's house．

She thought that a few of them were eating, but she couldn't be sure. She couldn't really focus on anything. All she could feel was the warmth of mug in her hands, and worry．

"It's been too long," Bella murmured blinking rapidly, trying to force herself to concentrate on the figures around her. When she managed to get her eyes to focus she was looking at Jacob．

"They outnumbered her four to one," Jacob said softly, reaching out to place his hand on Bella's knee. "There's no way she escaped.”

"I need to go home," Bella said suddenly. She jerked up, her back straightening suddenly causing her to almost spill the hot contents of the mug in her hands all over herself．

Jacob reached for the mug, removing it from her hands．

"You're not supposed to leave until Carlisle calls," Jacob said speaking slowly, enunciating very carefully knowing that he didn't have her full attention; that a part of her was somewhere else, wondering what was happening in the woods. "Ｈe's going to let us know that everything is alright and then we'll take you back to Charlie's," he went on even though Bella already knew the plan．

"Ｈas Carlisle called?" Bella asked looking at Jacob wide-eyed．

"No," Jacob said, handing the mug to Emily as she placed a hand on his shoulder and squeezed encouragingly. "We'll take you home when he does.”

Bella was silent for a moment, her eyes losing focus．

"Alice," she said softly, blinking rapidly as tears began to spring to her eyes once more. "Alice is small," she said looking over at Jacob worriedly．

Jacob smiled softly. "Alice is a vampire," he said. "She can take care of herself. She handled the bitch once on her own. There's no way Victoria could've hurt her with her brothers around.”

Bella looked down at her empty hands and frowned．

"I had hot chocolate a minute ago," she said looking up puzzled. "Didn't I?”

"Ｈere you go, Sweetie," Emily said smiling gently, holding the mug out for Bella once more. "We were afraid you were going to spill it and burn yourself.”

Bella stared at her for a second, blinking slowly．

"You're getting to know me well," Bella breathed out finally, managing something that approximated a smile as she spoke．

Emily smiled back at her and Jacob slumped slightly in his stool, pleased to see Bella becoming more lucid．

It been her idea to use herself as bait, but theorizing about being face to face with Victoria and being face to face with Victoria were two very different things, and while Bella knew that they were coming for her, Jacob understood that she had also had to have been pretty scared to be out there at all．