"Bella," he pleaded, his deep emerald eyes begging me to run with him, far away, to anywhere but here. The streets of London were misty with a heavy fog that hung over the city like a blanket, making the streetlights unable to illuminate more than a couple feet around them.

I feverishly snapped my head around to face a horde of vampires. Hundreds of them. All storming around on the cobblestone streets of London. My stomach lurched wildly at the sight of a young newborn in a fighting stance, hungrily eyeing a tall English women with blood-red eyes. In less than a second she was lying spread-eagle on the ground, dead. I whipped around to see Edward, his normally patient face etched with fear.

"Edward, we can't leave...not with all these people here who could die!" I shrieked, the panic evident in my voice.

"Bella, we could die!" Edward exclaimed, holding out his hand for me to take. "You have to understand, love. We've got to get out of here. Now." The hairs on the back of my neck prickled upward and I felt another foreign hand yank my upper arm, pulling me away from Edward. In half a millisecond, he was on one side of my captor, fighting him with every ounce of strength he had. The vampire who was holding me captive lashed out viciously, sending Edward flying nearly twenty feet. He landed in a crumpled heap on the cold stone. I cried out in horror, but the sound never reached my lips. I was vaguely aware that the entire of my body was shaking violently. A second later (although it felt like much longer), another wicked creature had hold on Edward, while he was still on the ground. I felt angry by this act of unfairness. This was wrong. All of it was. A low snarl rippled through my vampire's clenched teeth: a warning. My eyes darted all around, not quite comprehending what was going on. Edward was captured. I was captured. They wanted us for the war, the vampire war. Oh, god. They wanted to turn us into vampires. My breath came out in short gasps as I witnessed the pandemonium raging around us. I glanced down to see blood trickling down the sidewalk and I flinched away from it. Everything around me seemed to be spinning and my hands were all clammy from all the adrenaline rushing through my body. Our captors were just holding us there like they wanted us to suffer being away from each other. As much as I struggled, I couldn't shake the iron grip that held me.

Edward was so close to me, I could almost touch him. I desperately reached my fingers towards Edward's outstretched palm and tried to cling to it. The distance was too far. He had his hand held out still, in all the chaos and I reached farther. Our fingertips brushed and I felt that immediate spark that always appeared when we touched. The creature that had hold of me jerked me away so I couldn't feel Edward anymore. They slowly backed away, so we were getting farther apart.

The vampires were still scampering around us, sinking their sharp teeth into the necks of their next victims. I could barely make out Edward with all the people fleeing for their lives while they could. My eyes quickly filled with warm tears, blurring my vision.

"Bella!" Edward's strangled call woke my senses and I strained my neck to see him struggling against the vampire's hard grasp. "I love you!" He shouted it like it was the last time I was going to see him. My breath caught in my throat and I sobbed, denying any reality at that point.

"No!" I managed to gasp out. "Edward, no!" I distinctly noticed a tear slide down his face. My tears were flowing freely now, I didn't care. Not only was I an emotional mess, my legs felt like noodles beneath me.

"I-I love you!" I steadied my voice, wanting to make sure he heard it. Whether he did or not, I did not know. My evil captor was dragging me away from everything. I fought again against the strong hold, but it was useless. I was at my breaking point. My cries were heard throughout the street as I collapsed into the gruff arms of the vampire that had hold of me. I only had one thought before I fell into unconsciousness:

The took me. They took me away from London, away from the chaos, away from my Edward.