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Just write a list, Alice says, to know what to look for in your ideal man. But I have two lists...

Edward, Bella and Alice are drawn into a no-win scenario in Volterra after Edward's attempted suicide-by-Volturi in the Palazzo dei Priori .  Aro confronts Edward to make an impossible choice, with Alice as Aro's unwitting accomplice.  How will Edward's choice affect his reunion with Bella, and what future can they hope to salvage in the aftermath?

Story begins in New Moon, during Chapter 21, "The Verdict," but enters the AU when Aro reads Alice's mind...

AU, but canon through New Moon, with canon pairings.

~*~ warning ~*~  story contains very dark themes, including a sexual assault in the first chapter.  if this subject is a trigger for you, please do not continue. 

If you are a survivor of sexual abuse and need assistance, please contact RAINN http://apps.rainn.org/ohl-bridge/

Disclaimer:  I do not own the Twilight series, nor any of the characters created by Stephenie Meyer. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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She happens to be stuck on the side of the road, car engine smoking.  He happens to be driving back from a conference.  Can an accidental meeting really mean a second chance at happiness?  Or . . . not?

 "I . . . I'm waiting for someone.  He should be here shortly."  Dammit Catherine, you have to do better than that.

 "He went to, uh, go to the bathroom." Stupid.  I tried to figure out if I could make it past him.  I wondered how long it would be before I would see anyone else on the trail.  He didn't look very big, maybe my height.  I think I could get around him if I faked him to the right and then went left . . .

"No.  I don't believe he did."

"Yes, he's just over . . ."

He was a mere step in front of me before I finished my blink.  "No, you're traveling alone.  Not very prudent.  You never know who you might meet . . . in a place like this."

His hand reached out to caress my face.  I couldn't move.  I should've jumped his hand was so cold, but I didn't, as he brought it across my cheek, down across my jawbone, stopping on my neck.  I could feel his breath as he leaned in and whispered,

 "I'll be waiting for you."

Note:  While this is first and foremost a love story, it contains dark themes, language, and some lemons.  If you are sensitive to rape or sexual assault, I suggest you do not not read.

Thanks to Alexis Danaan for her rib-cracking wit, superhuman writing skills, general greatness, and for keeping an old, I mean more mature, chick writing.

Thanks to my pal Megan, the rabid Twins fan, for her editing prowess, secret workplace meetings to discuss, um, work, and for not blushing when talking about . . . well, you'll see.

And to my Bossman, who as a male familiar with Twilight, lied and said he wanted to read this, and for enduring all of the lovey-dovey shit.

A thousand thank yous to all who voted for this little fic, and to the judges for a fantabulous contest.

Angela Weber held a secret that she couldn't share with anyone. What happens when that secret lands her in the middle of the forest with the truth about the Cullens' real identities fresh on her mind?

Three years later, Angela has moved away from Forks and barely thinks about the Cullens. That is until a familiar face appears back in her life, turning it upside down once again.

What would you do to escape the horror of memory? Funny thing, isn't it? Memory, that is. You can run from murderers and fires or small towns. But how can you run when the worst thing you can imagine is stuck to the inside of your eyelids?

Bella's life was irrevocably changed by the vampires who left her behind. Alone in the world now, she finds herself drawn to another. Fighting for her life has changed her and now, the new family she has found will change her as well...

Geeky Bella has a theory. She suspects that popular Edward Cullen is not who he claims to be. Being one not to let things go, she decides to investigate. Are her crazy speculations true or will she be left feeling foolish? Most importantly, how far is she willing to go to prove herself accurate? OOC

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Edward never came back. But that's okay, because Bella Swan is doing fine. Her life has been vampire free for four years and, while it was rough at first, she's content with her new life. That is, until a certain vampire casually walks back into her life. Can Bella accept the lessons that life is trying to teach her? Or is her future doomed to be dictated by her past?

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- Companion to Fallen Princess -

After losing the first woman he ever loved, Felix needs to stay strong in order to face what is coming his way. Amidst the chaos, he finds an unlikely companion. Will he be able to see what's in front of him in, before it's taken away again?

- A story of love lost, second chances and absolution -

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* Part of the Volturi Series *

This is a three part short story that is Jasper's point of view of Bella's 18th Birthday party.  Read what the evening was like through Jasper's thirsty eyes.

We learn about his past as he struggles to forget the horrors that shaped him into the only Cullen who still struggles significantly with a day to day life of abstaining from human blood.  Alice has tried for decades to help her husband abstain, but we all know that he eventually slips. 

What caused him to finally break? 

Jasper certainly never thought a paper cut would change his life or the lives of those around him so significantly.  Set during New Moon. 

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