BEL: In Which There is Much Double-Crossing

What would a good mystery story be without the old double-double-cross? There are so many people playing for different sides here, but there are two looking out specifically for themselves. One, with the deluded intent of keeping the girl he believes he loves safe; the other, taking advantage of any and all situations, with purely selfish reasons.

The two combined could be deadly.

However, regardless of their faith in their own abilities, the other team has a few tricks up their sleeves, including a so far unmentioned covert branch. That's right folks, another player is being brought in.

Can you guess who it is yet? ;)


Ch26 Spoiler:


Peter's been instrumental in all this so far. But what's his end game? What is he really up to? Let's catch up with Peter, Charlie and Carlisle as they arrive in the new Whitlock-Cullen residence at Red Feather Lake, Colorado.

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BEL: The Chapter About Goldilocks and the Bear

We already know that Emmett is some kind of vampire-ninja-uber spy, but we haven't really seen him in action yet, other than trying to help Jasper. As for Rose, all we really know about her is what we've learned from Emmett and that she too considered planting the razorblade.

I thought it was time to get her perspective on a few things, see what she thinks of what's going on around her and try to figure out where she fits in. Also, who doesn't love Emmy bear?

This chapter is pivotal because these two have almost as far to go as Bella and Jasper, but for a very different reason. If you've been following closely, this chapter will tell you who they're both working for and where they're headed next. If not, you're going to have to wait a bit longer to find out what they're really up to. Though we'll be hearing from Rose again next chapter.

The key point at the moment is the phonecalls. Bella received one and made one to Peter; Edward made one; Rose received one; but it's all confused by the time overlap... who's calling whom? And more importantly, why?

SPOILER - Ch25

What is Rose really up to? Why is she heading back to Forks? Is she the reinforcements sent in by Peter? Or does she have a darker plan in mind? It all hinges on that phonecall...

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BEL: The Chapter in Which The Villain Returns

Yup, Eddie's back and he's as deluded as ever, with a side of barking mad. *snickers*

The chapter is a little jumbled, just like his head and he's starting to unravel just a tad. Deluded, dangerous and in denial is a bad combo. Now he's adding an unhealthy dose of rage to the mix. Where will it take him?

I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions.

In other news, I've decided to move to a fortnightly posting schedule. Next posting will be 19th April and every other Tuesday after that. I know there are a lot of you who love the weekly updates and during the winter it was fine to do them, but now it's spring, my day job needs more of my time, and my beta & pre-reader need a bit more breathing space while the nice weather is about so the kids can get outside and do stuff.

See you in two weeks ;)

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BEL: The Chapter in Which A Skeleton is Unearthed

Last week we found out what the big deal was about the collar. This week we're going to see Bella's side of the equation and Jasper will be revealing his final skeleton.

I've received a few comments along the lines of 'it's nice to see Maria isn't portrayed as the bad guy.' Don't confuse her (at least former) love for Jasper with her role in the story. If simply loving Jasper meant she was a 'good guy', then Edward would be a 'good guy' too because he loves Bella. Or at least thinks he does. And we all know Team Edward is not whiter than white here.

It's important to note that, at this point we have no idea where Maria's loyalties lie. Jasper says they loved each other very much and their relationship, however warped and twisted it was, proves that there was at one time a massive amount of trust there. He has also said that she would be too damned scared to do anything but be loyal to him, in case he came after her. But then, he said Alice was loyal and none of you believed that, did you?

That said, it's important that you don't automatically paste Maria as 'team evil' just because she hurt Jasper, as some of you - you know who you are - did with Alice.

I've said it before and I say it again. 'Good' and 'Evil' are too finite for this story. There is no black and white only a scale of grey that each and every one of the characters is constantly moving up and down; even Bella and Jasper.

Where does that leave Maria? Form your own opinions, decide where you think she would be now based on her former relationship with Jasper. And if any of you figure out where she's at right now, I'll be impressed.

Also, a few people queried the tethered mates thing in ch20 and this is part of the explanation. Bella is his missing piece and as such will always do what is right for him and vice versus. Maria was just another lost half missing her tether, and they helped each other out. We'll find out more about Maria later.

I'll leave you with this thought; if their relationship damaged Jasper, what kind of effect has it had on her?

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BEL: The Chapter in Which The Volturi Finally Make an Appearance

I know, I know, it's been a long time coming hasn't it? But with all the double crossing and hoo-hahing about, we needed to at least have a vague idea of who's doing what with whom, right?

Now that we know that a) Alice is #TeamJasper-Bella and that b) she is working for Stefan, one of the Romanian coven,  it's best to clear up where the Volturi stand right now in all this.

Will we discover new allies? New deceptions? Big honking clues as to WTF is really going on and how it ties Jasper and Bella together in a legend that, as yet, makes no sense?

Absolutely.

Will you leave with more questions that you arrived with?

Of course you will ;)

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Breathe is complete!

Ok, I have finally gotten my sick ass out of bed and posted the last chapter of Breathe. You can find it on TwiWrite right now; I'll get it posted to FF.net in the next day or two. In the meantime, please let me know what you think. I have a sequel planned at some point in the future, so no hollering at me for the way it ended!

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I finally got SOMEthing finished...even if it is a oneshot. Domward can be found here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6709982/1/Domward. Too much time spent reading RTD tweets has resulted in this nonsense. Please forgive me my foolishness....