Hiii guys!! Okay so… I know I haven't updated in a long time. But I thought… maximum a month BUT I looked on the last update and it was 4 MONTHS ago!!! soo sooo sorry! I was shocked! Lol! Thanks for all the amazing the reviews!! Keep it up! Well, here's the new chapter FINALLY and it's a BPOV! Enjoy!

"Who are you?" I spat at the women standing right in front of me. She had straight jaw-lengthen hair that lay like curtains on each side of her face. She had the vampire features I had grown accustomed to recognize.

I was surprised by the acid and hard edge that my voice took on this stranger. The only company I'd had since my attack had been Riley and Victoria. I hadn't been around people much and I realized now that I distrusted everyone, especially other vampires. Even though I was a vampire and the only two people who knew I was alive and cared for me were vampires, I still hated them. I had become angered with any kind of civilization.

"Oh my G—" she stopped and took a step towards me. Her eyes were wide in surprise and…golden! She ate animals as well. There was recognition in her eyes but, how could she know me? She shook her head and pretended bewilderment. "Who are you?" she asked with an edge I couldn't quite figure out.

"I believe I asked you first." I answered harshly. Even if she was a vegetarian why should I trust her? Yes, I'd become completely distrustful.

"I'm Irina and you are?" she asked urgently and offered her hand. I looked at it warily. Who was she? Whoever she is, she doesn't seem dangerous. She could help us in the fight. After all, they were seven and we were only three.

I became distracted by that fact. I hadn't actually realized the difference in numbers there was. Now that I thought about it, even four to seven is a more than uneven match. Could we even stand a chance?

I forced myself back to the women, named Irina, in front of me. Victoria and Riley were right, vampires got distracted easily. Now I understood what they meant. When they told me, I'd pictured myself focusing on a fight and me forgetting about the opponent in front to me when a squirrel passed by. I'd thought they were joking. Now I got what they meant.

I realized I'd become distracted again. It was weird, I hadn't actually forgotten about the women there but I could think about so many other things in a second that it was hard to concentrate on just one thing.

Focus Bella!

"I'm Bella." I greeted and shook her hand. She isn't trying to hurt me or anything. She smiled greatly.

"Are you alone? Are you lost?" Irina asked.

"No, I just went for a run." I said, answering only her second question.

"Do you have a coven?" Irina asked unsure. Why was she acting so weirdly?

"Yeah, I… guess you could call it that." I hadn't really thought of us as a coven, more as group of friends –I hadn't become accustomed to the vampire vocabulary--, but I guess we were. "Riley and Victoria are back at the house."

She looked startled by that information. She took a step back and looked at me as if I was crazy. Her eyes were wide again. She recovered herself.

"Could I get to know them?" she asked, approaching me and was knocked off her feet and into the ground.

"Sorry!" I told her, sincerely. I hadn't realized my shield was still up. Usually it took so much concentration that I couldn't keep it up that long and obviously not without effort. I was surprised and proud of myself. Guess it was the feeling of danger that made me keep it. A grin stretched on my face before I could help myself.

"What was that?" she asked bewildered, getting to her feet, already ready to attack, and looking for danger with narrowed, sharp eyes.

"I—I have a shield. I forgot to tell you not to approach it."

"But, I'm close to you now."

"Yeah, but I already took it off." I explained, unsure of how she would take this information.

"Amazing." She praised. I smiled back and started leading the way. She followed noiselessly.

I wonder what Riley will say when he sees her. Will Victoria already be back? Would I get time to explain or would they attack? Would she betray me on the way? If she did, I was more than ready to fight back and if she waited, we were three against one. Nothing could go wrong. The worst that could happen is if she refuses to help us.

"Could I…stay with you guys for a while?" she asked indifferent but, it was clear she wanted it bad. Why was she asking that? Weren't vampires usually very lonely? That's what Riley and Victoria had told me when they were explaining about our opponents. That they were rare because they were so many of them, one goal kept them together; becoming the most powerful and fearsome coven. They said being three was already too much, why would she want to join us if we were already an excess? Then again, why was I worrying about this? I couldn't decide it. I wasn't the leader of this coven. She didn't look like a nomad; maybe she was part of another coven and for some reason had to leave it. She was probably just lonely and longing for company.

"That's not in my power." I answered and she nodded.

My knees wobbled, and I fell to the ground while the air rushed out of me —force of habit, I didn't really need air anymore, which I hadn't become accustomed to either but, I remembered the feeling. I held my head between my hands and closed my eyes tight as another image struck me.

Edward, I mean, the repugnant vampire was there, I was at his side and in front of us was the same boy with the beautiful skin I'd seen earlier today. The vampire was calm but the boy was angry and with raised eyebrows. They were discussing.

"That's not in my power." Edward answered shaking his head, though I didn't know what the question had been.

"Whose, then?" the boy growled.

Edward looked down at me. "Hers. I'm a quick learner, Jacob Black, and I don't make the same mistake twice. I'm here until she orders me away."

We were looking into each others eyes. His golden eyes locked in mine. It felt nice. I couldn't break the gaze. "Never." I whispered. I would never want him to leave.

The boy, Jacob, made a gagging sound.

I came to my senses again.

"Are you okay?" Irina asked worried.

"I'm fine." I lied, not very convincingly, my voice shaking. I got to my feet with difficulty and ran faster, leaving Irina behind.

I was holding sobs back. I'd just told myself that he didn't want me. That he hadn't wanted me and didn't love me! That he had tried to kill me because of it! Why now, that I had determined myself to fight him, did this flashback come to me?! Why now when I had ended my doubts? Why? Now my love towards him tore its way into the surface once again, making my no longer beating heart tremble and shatter. I loved him so much and what I had said then was still so true now. If I had him, I would never want him to leave. I had been kidding myself, trying to tell myself that I was too angered at him to love him, but I did and it would never change.

I took a deep breath and, as I did every time I needed reminding, went back to that night. I flinched at it but got my mind back, without the love and without the anger. Just neutral.

Then, something hit me. The memory… the flashbacks… something was off about both of them. I'd already known that the flashbacks were flashbacks. That they had happened and he just… tried to kill me because he was mad or something. But, as I recalled that night one more time, I noticed that in the memory, he acted as if he didn't know me and in it, I had no memory of ever knowing him. So, if I had known him before, why didn't I remember him that night? I wouldn't have forgotten him. I loved him to much.

That night… I had just gotten to Forks and received my truck then, taking it for a ride and running into my supposed death but, the flashbacks said otherwise. The flashbacks told me that I'd been in Forks and with Edward for a long time, at least a year. Which to believe?

I had proof of the first one but, the flashbacks were so vivid! I hadn't been so certain of something in my entire life. Should I ask Riley about it? No. Something told me that if my flashbacks were true, then Riley and Victoria had never really saved me. They couldn't be trusted.

What is wrong with me!? The only two people that care about me and I'm actually questioning their loyalty?! I shook my head, trying to clear it from a moment and end all the confusion going on in it but, that didn't happen. Was I just becoming paranoid? Were the flashbacks just images I wanted to believe were true? So much I wanted them to be true, that I made one up for every single sentence I mustered? No. I didn't believe that either. I wanted them to be true but I wanted them to end. I couldn't be the one making them. Besides, I couldn't make something like that up.

My train of thought had to be stopped when we reached the clearing. Victoria and Riley were in the clearing pacing, waiting for me. Riley looked relieved but Victoria looked distrustful. She watched us approach and snarled at Irina.

"No, it's okay." I explained. Victoria stopped snarling but stayed in her crouch with curled lips. I could never stop myself from comparing her with a cat. "I thought maybe she could…help us."

"Oh." Riley said, understanding.

"Why would you think that?" Victoria asked still eying Irina.

"Whatever it is, I'm in." Irina kept her stance and looked straight into Victoria's eyes, defying. Victoria's face said that she recognized Irina but she hid it well. What was that about?

"We're fighting a coven?" I said, my sentence ending as if it was a question. I still had doubts and now, even more with the new realization.

Irina's face became fearful and startled. "You aren't up for it?" Victoria asked with a smile.

"No, I said I'm in." Irina replied. "Who's coven?"

"I'm sure you know them." Victoria said slowly, smiling like she was enjoying something. "I have to talk to you alone though. I don't just accept anybody into the coven."

I looked at Victoria with disbelief. I had sort of expected it but it still came like a shock. Why did she want to talk to her alone?

"Fine." Irina said with a strained voice through her teeth. Victoria smiled sweetly and ran towards the end of the clearing where we could barely see her, even with our strong eyes. We couldn't hear them either. Irina took a deep breath and ran towards Victoria. I could've sworn I saw a hint of pain in her face before the determination. Why would she be troubled?

Okay so there it was! Yay! Just want to say that Irina is obviously not heartless so she does feel pain for having to hurt the Cullens. Oh and Victoria does know that Irina was Laurent's mate obviously. Yay! Bella is getting doubts about Victoria but still I mean, someone "saved" your life, you can't doubt them that easily. Please please please review review review review review!!!! It makes me sooo happy to see that I got reviews, alerts and favorites!! And I really appreciate it! Thanks for reading!!