Who Killed Bella Swan?

Chapter 3

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And so, our story comes to an end.

Now, you're probably wondering; well what about Edward and Jacob? Well, they don't matter because they didn't do it. Or at least not directly. Although they did have a hand in her murder, they weren't the ones that actually killed her.

To explain Edward and Jacob, we'd need to examine Bella's death as they did in fact influence Bella's death... Sort of, but not directly.

The party was taking place downstairs, in the back yard where Alice had fairy lights strung up all around the space. There were shapeshifters, humans and vampires, laughing, talking and eating. Though the shifters and vampires seemed to only be talking and laughing to keep the humans oblivious to the underlying tension. Bella kept trying to get Edward's attention. She'd been trying to get his attention since they arrived at the house for the party that night.

Honestly Bella had been behaving oddly ever since that afternoon when she suddenly came storming out of the house and asked Edward to take her home.

He asked her what was wrong but she was hesitant in saying anything before just telling him that she was fine. Edward took her home feeling just the slightest bit annoyed that his time with Jacob was being cut short.

When they arrived at the house, the party had already started and Edward's attention immediately zeroed in on Jacob and he went out to find him. Bella kept trying to get his attention and Edward tried to focus on her, but he found it difficult to focus on anything other than the shifter when he was near.

Its been this way for some time.

Jacob went back into the house, up the stairs into Edward's room. Edward followed, excusing himself from Bella's presence making up something about Esme needing him or Carlisle calling him. Honestly, he can't remember much about anything after Jacob suddenly left his sight.

He went up the stairs tracked the shifter's scent up to his room and opened the door. The telepath couldn't help but smile when he found the shifter on the bed, lying back with his shirt off and his eyes shut.

"I could get used to this." Edward said and Jacob cracked one eye open to look at the vampire.

"Get used to what?"

"Walking in to this every time I walked into my room." Edward walked in and stopped to sit down on the bed to lean in and press a kiss on the shifter's lips, "Coming home to you everyday."

Jacob gave a snort as the vampire looked him over and his lips quirked up into a smirk, "Not that I'm complaining; but why aren't you wearing a shirt."

"It's really hot."

'I just wanted to cool off a bit'

"Too hot." Edward said thoughtfully as he lay down beside the shifter and Jacob instinctively moved over to lay his head on the vampire's chest, letting out a deep sigh as the telepath's ice-cold skin sank into his own. Edward sighed himself as the shifters searing heat sank down into his own skin and he wrapped his arm around Jacob's waist.

"We shouldn't be up here." Jacob mumbled out as he shut his eyes and Edward shut his own eyes.

"Why not?"