Chapter 37

Chapter 37

EPOV

"Damn it.!" I growled, as my car sputtered to a stop. Of all the opportune moments for my precious Volvo to die, it chooses now as the perfect opportunity. I was just having the best of luck. Slamming my head down on the steering wheel, I looked up only to glance over and see my oil light blinking happily at me. It had actually been blinking for a while now, but with recent events lately, I guess I had forgotten. Well that was just perfect. I was about six blocks away from campus, when my car decided to stop near a no parking zone and to top it off it was nearly pitch black outside, the only light coming from a few stray light poles. No one was on the streets. Any pedestrians were probably all warm in their bed where Bella and I should have been. I tried countless times calling Bella's phone, but all I kept getting was her voicemail. I also kept thinking off all the possibilities that something horrible happened to Bella, which did nothing to ease my panic-stricken state.

On the ride over, I somewhat came to a realization that everything that has occurred between Bella and I may somewhat be related to Tanya. I did not have sufficient evidence to really clarify anything, but since my phone call with Renee, I came up with some good rational explanations.

Wasn't it slightly odd that since Bella and I first began hanging out with each other, that Tanya suddenly became overly jealous? I mean, I flirted with countless girls, but it never seemed to faze her too much. She seemed to dislike Bella, with an extreme passion ever since she appeared. That should have been the first red flag. In addition, considering that she always coincidently popped up everywhere we went, without any prior knowledge. It could have happened to anyone, but what are the odds of it happening more than once, in one day? Another thing I considered was that when Tanya and I first began talking again, from a distance I would notice that she would always be on her cell phone talking or texting someone. When I would approach her, she would hurriedly put it away. Who was she always texting or talking to? No one is on their phone that much and if they are they must have a serious problem.

Maybe she was just overly friendly? No that couldn't be it. When Tanya was a bitch, no one wanted to be around her less her friend, which brought about another thought. Could she have been the one sending me those texts? I mean I really hadn't gotten that many, but every time their seemed to be a confrontation of sorts I managed to get one and she was somewhat involved.

Wait. When Bella broke up with me when we were in the city, she had her cell phone tightly in her clutches holding on for dear life. I didn't know what happened but it didn't escape my notice that she would still glances at it, like she was expecting someone to come say 7days on the other end.

Could she possibly be in the same hole as me, but it wouldn't make sense. Tanya didn't have her number, did she? She had never asked me, and I sure as hell know she wouldn't ask Bella for her number. If she did, she would have had to get the number from my phone, or my family. The real question was, when and where did she have the chance to retrieve it? She could have gotten at any given point of time, but I wouldn't have willingly left it alone with her.

Unless, damn it. I did on one occasion, when I had to use the bathroom; I left my phone with her. It was the perfect opportunity.

Jesus, why was I realizing all of this now. I had been warned and I foolishly ignored it all, because I couldn't get the stick out of my ass. I could have possibly prevented all of this.

Did Tanya have it in her to ever take it to the point, that she wanted me so badly that, she would do anything to get me, even including hurting my family and Bella?

There was still so much to consider. Tanya's wasn't that smart to follow through on anything especially to this extremity. Could she possibly have had an accomplice? Renee? I mean she practically ratted Tanya out. Was it to cover her own tracks? Was her story just a ploy, or was she being serious? Nope. Renee cared too much about herself to even go through the trouble of bothering Bella or me. Then again, where did she get my number?

I was giving myself a headache. There seemed to be too many loopholes to figure out. I didn't know what to believe anymore. All I knew was that Tanya was involved and Bella was M.I.A.

Taking a few deep breaths, I had calmed myself down slightly before stepping out of the car. I had a few decisions to make. If I ran, it would take me ten-fifteen minutes tops, if I ran fast enough. I hated leaving my car abandoned. Especially only to return and find a ticket or even worst towed, but Bella came first, and I could always retrieve my car later. Locking my car behind me, I grabbed my keys and cell and settled them into my back pocket. Tying my trainers tightly onto my feet, I prayed that my five years of track did me justice and that I didn't trip. Taking one final deep breath, I ran into the night hoping I didn't nearly kill myself in the process and that Bella was safe.

BPOV

My head hurts. Even blinking hurts, as I try to open my eyes. I feel like I have the hangover from hell. I tried moving, but found an odd restraint against my body. I finally was able to fully open my eyes. I looked around over everything feeling disoriented, the images a little blurry and dark. As my eyes began focusing, I looked down at my body to see it tied by multiple ropes. Panicking, I began struggling to release myself from the confines of the ropes, but was failing miserably. All I was accomplishing was making my headache even worst and possibly giving myself rope burn. I suddenly heard snickering, as I gazed up into a pair of amused blue and brown eyes.

"Well I see our little sleeping beauty has finally awoken." Tanya smiled.

"I see. Now I believe our plan may actually work." Leah grinned, pressing one of her fingers down my cheek, as I flinched away from her.

"Don't you fucking touch me." I grimaced, wishing I had disinfectant to clean my face, from her infested hands. God knows where they been.

"I do whatever I want, love." she grinned kissing my cheek, as she strutted back over to Tanya pressing a kiss against her lips. I felt my stomach quiver with nausea.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked, wincing. Even speaking seemed to hurt.

"Whatever do you mean my sweet?" Leah grinned.

"I mean this. All of this. I never did anything to you, why me?" I breathed.

"Oh you did. You interfered with our plans. Not only that, but you tried to steal our man away from us." she pouted.

"What in hell do you mean, "Stole your man"?" I asked.

"Oh you know damn well, you little bitch! Edward." Tanya glared at me."Edward?" I said confusedly.

"Yeah. Ever since you popped into the picture, you've been nothing but a distraction. He was ours until you decided to take him away from us." she hollered, slapping me across the face hard. I could taste the rust salt taste of blood against my lips, as I tried not to gag.

"He was never yours to begin with. You were the distraction. He would left eventually even with me in the way." I gasped, spitting the blood from my mouth. Leah just rolled her eyes, as Tanya got in my face.

"Feisty, I see. Jacob will just love her." Leah laughed.

"Jacob. What does he have to do with me?" I asked, panicking.

"Nothing really, or he will, once he gets his hands on you. He's always loved brunettes." she giggled.

"What is wrong with you people? You are sick!" I hollered, nearly propelling myself forward out of my seat.

"Nothing's wrong with us." Tanya smiled, grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"Why Edward?" I asked.

"Edward, well what can I say? He's gorgeous. A Greek god. His messy coppery hair and those piercing green eyes, not to mention how well he is in the sack. He's all we ever wanted. You would be stupid not to acknowledge it." Tanya smiled.

"No not that, why would you try and capture him? Why go through the trouble?" I breathed. The blood was beginning to dry against my lips, almost gluing my lips together as the cut on my lips tried to clot.

"When we first laid our eyes upon him, I knew that we would both just love him. I mean we already had Jacob, but what's wrong with adding one more to the bunch. It was all going to plan until your ass interfered." Leah said.

"What do you mean you already had Jacob? Wait, what did I have to do with your change of plans?" I gasped."Jesus, you ask too many questions." she rolled her eyes, as she sat across from me. Tanya perched on her lap.

"Jacob's ours. He's married to the both of us." she grinned, the two of them flashing their wedding bands on their left hands. How I hadn't noticed was beyond me.

"Wait, you're both married to him? Isn't that against the law, or some form of polygamy?" I asked.

"Will you stop asking questions? God ,you ask too many. Oh, what the hell, probably once Jacob's finished with you, he'll dispose of you. "She glared, but continued. "I guess you can call it polygamy. However, when I say he's ours, I meant it. We're the dominant ones in the relationship. We asked him to marry us. We already had three husbands once before including Jake. Edward is going to make a nice husband." she smiled.

"Wait, wait!" I gasped ,as I tried to follow what she had just told me. I mean I had heard of polygamy once before with male dominated roles, but females? The only recollection I had ever heard of it, was when I was reading National Geographic and there was a brief article of woman-dominated origins known as polyandry, but that was in foreign countries. I had never heard of it in the states.

"You're telling me, that you both have multiple husbands, and you want Edward to become your next one? God you two are seriously fucked up." I said, shaking my head.

"Shut the hell up. Men would love to be in his shoes." Tanya huffed.

"Yeah if they are seriously stupid." I said, instantly regretting it as Tanya's high-heeled foot came crashing down onto mine. I even heard a sickening snap, as I screamed out in pain.

"You better watch your mouth. Just because you think you know it all, does not give you the right to act like a smart ass. Do you understand? I seriously wouldn't open that trap of yours. Just because Leah doesn't have that big of a problem with you and probably won't hurt you, doesn't mean I won't . On the other hand, even worst, I'll tell Jacob. He just hate's it when people makes his wives angry." she smiled, before perching herself back onto Leah's lap.

"You ruined everything. We had to change our plans too many times to count. We even went to the extreme of trying to get Jacob to date you, but his foolishness of setting up our dates at the same time earned him quite the punishment instead." Leah glared at me.

"We tried everything to get rid of you even ,sending you those stupid texts." Tanya said.

"That…that was you?" I gasped.

"No, it was Santa Claus, of course it was. All I had to do was wait until Edward left to retrieve your number." Tanya giggled.

"So you were the reason we broke up." I said quietly.

"Nope that was all you. But I think when Leah kissed him, that was just the icing on the cake." she smiled.

"That was you. I should have figured when Jacob cornered me in the café. All the random pop ups, everywhere we went." I said."Such a clever girl, yet so foolish." Leah purred, twirling a strand of Tanya's blonde hair around her fingers.

"Wait, what about Renee?" I asked curiously. Was she seriously plotting against me as well? Did she hate me that much?

"Oh that was just pure coincidence. This of course worked in our favor. To say that woman doesn't like would be an understatement. She's such a plastic flake." Tanya said rolling her eyes. I looked down at my feet. I just couldn't believe it. The two of them were the ones who were ruining my life. They were conspiring against Edward and I all this time. First to get rid of me, and then to make Edward their sick pet of their own torture.

I only had one question to figure, out. What were they going to do with me?

I must have spoken aloud, because it was Leah, who answered.

"That we do not know yet. Maybe you could be Jacob's little pet. He does get bored sometimes. We had to change our plans last minute, and with you just eavesdropping, the rest just fell into place." she smiled.

"You know this is never going to work. Edward is too smart to fall for your shit. He'll know something's up." I huffed.

'And how do you know, that's not what we wanted, aye love? We've been watching carefully, and I know like the sick puppy he is, he'll come." she said.

"You know you'll never get away with this." I glared.

"Oh but we will. You actually think this is the first we've done this? We get what we want when we want it, and when we get bored, we move on." she said.

"But you look so young." I said. The two of them didn't look a day over 21.

"Amazing what you can do with plastic surgery and a good botox needle." she laughed.

"Besides, no one will ever know."

"The librarian will. Just wait till she sees the commotion left in the library." I said in fact.

"Please, the old bat is blind as a bat. No to mention my own mother. All I had to do was make sure she took her pills and steal the keys. Piece of cake. I hope she croaks." She laughed, as I spat in her face. Aiming directly at her face. That woman was too sweet to deserve any backlash..

"You stupid bitch." She screamed, punching me in the stomach repeatedly, until everything fell to black once more.

EPOV

"Almost…there." I panted, as I approached the campus building. I was exhausted. My hair and body was drenched with sweat despite the cool mist of moisture in the air. I had a cramp in my left calf, my back was killing me and I just felt like dropping at any given moment. The first place, I headed for was to see if Bella's car was parked here. Just like I figured, there her Ashton was parked. I walked over, well staggered to her car, and was met with the flashing light of her cell phone, signaling that not only she had 10 missed calls from me, but 5 more as well from Rose and Alice. That was definitely unlike her. Something was wrong. That meant she was either still on campus or she had left with someone.

I started looking around, and headed towards the main building. Everything appeared to be locked. I kept wandering around until I heard a gruff voice call out.

"Hey! What do you think you doing?" he said. I turned around to see a man dressed in blue security uniform flashing a light in my face. He was really short and looked like he was in his mid 60's. He had a big bushy gray colored mustache, with his hat perched on top of what looked like wispy strands of hair. He held the flashlight in one hand and what appeared to be a sandwich in the other. Typical.

"Hey I said what are you doing? If you're trying to steal something, you won't do it on my watch." he grumbled, taking a bite out of his sandwich.

"I'm not trying to steal anything. I'm looking for my friend." I answered.

"Are you kidding me? What kind of person wanders out this late at night, unless it's someone who wants to vandalize." he grumbling.

"Seriously. My friend's car is in the parking lot, and she left her cell phone. I'm just looking for her. You can even check me. I had nothing to hide. I'm just looking for her." I said, as he cautiously approached me.

"Seriously. I'm not going to do anything." I sighed, as he slowly patted me down. He must have taken my cooperation as a sign that I was telling the truth.

"How can you be so sure? Maybe she left with someone and left her car. I've seen numerous students do it." he said.

"It's unlike her. She would have told me something." I said.

"Well she's not in the main building, or the lab. I just did my rounds. No one was there, but a few janitors, and I already saw them off." he answered.

"What about the library?" I asked, remembering that Renee had mentioned it.

"I don't know. I bet it's closed though. Not too many people are fond of the library. The only places I haven't sought out yet are the library. I need to hit the art building first. Aye boy what's your name?" he asked.

"Edward. Edward Cullen. You?" I asked.

"James. James Bond." he grumbled, and I burst out laughing.

"Seriously?" I asked.

"Yeah well, everyone just calls me Jim. Now what's your friend's name?" He asked me, clearly trying to get me to change the subject.

"Isabella Swan. Well Bella. We all call her Bella." I said shuffling my feet.

"Well my buddy supposed to be guarding back there, but how about you accompany me first to the art building, and then will make our way over to the library. Just because you know my name doesn't mean I completely trust you yet." he grumbled.

"Be my guest." I said rolling my eyes, as I followed him off.

"See I told you. No one's here." Jim said, as I tried to look though the darkened windows. As he said the front doors of the library were locked, and no one was inside.

"She has to be here. I just know it." I responded.

"Are you sure she didn't leave with anyone?" he asked me.

"Yes I'm positive. Hey, where's that deputy that suppose to be patrolling back here anyway?" I asked him.

"You know, that's a good question. We should have run into him by now." he grumbled as we continued around the building.

"Deputy T. Mark, 2-1 to J. Bond, 2-1 to J. Bond. "he said into his walkie talkie. He waited for a response, and when no one responded he repeated himself once more. Deputy Mark as he told me patrolled the back buildings and the library. He continued trying to get a response as we continued walking, when we heard the distinctive sound of static and a muffled groan. Trying to figure out where the sound was coming from, we continued to move closer and closer until we realized it was coming from one of the nearby bushes.

Cautiously approaching the bushes step by step, we came upon what I hoped was Deputy Mark tied and gagged. Luckily he was alert, but had a nasty gash across his forehead.

His blue eyes were frightened and frantic when he saw me, but calmed when he saw that I was with Deputy Bond.

"Oh god Tad, what happened?" He breathed removing the gag from his mouth.

"I…I don't know. One moment I was patrolling, and then a sharp pain in the back of my head. It was all so blurry." He gasped, as Jim pulled a pocket knife from his sock. I looked at him curiously.

"Hey you never know." He simply said.

"Do you know who did this to you?" he asked.

"I don't know. I couldn't really see their faces. All I know was that it was two females and a male. I think…I think one of them was even a blonde." He said, and I immediately thought Tanya.

"Did you hear any names? Anything to help figured out who did this?" he asked, as he pulled out his cell phone.

"Nope. I did hear someone mention a basement and Bella. But I have no clue what that means." he gasped.

"Bella, Bella that her. That's my friend. She's down there." I breathed, staggering to my feet.

"The police are on their way." Jim said as I began looking for any opening they could help me get inside.

"Aye Edward, where are you going?" Jim asked.

"I'm going to go find her." I said.

"Hey, I can't let you do that. What if they're dangerous." he said, still consoling a frantic Mark.

"The girl I love is down there. I have to go. I would never forgive myself if something happened to her." I said, looking at him. He studied me for a couple more seconds before taking a deep breath.

"Fine, but take this." he said throwing his knife at me. I looked at it and back to him curiously.

"What do I need this for?" I asked.

"Like I said, you never know." He shrugged.

"Is there any way I could possibly get in?" I asked.

"I don't know. Any doors are probably locked." he responded. Well damn. I guess I was going to find a window. I gave the two of them one final parting glance before running to go find a window, hoping that I was one step closer to getting to my angel.

BPOV

"Ugh." I moaned. If I thought my face and head ached, it was nothing compared to how the rest of my body felt. My ribs were killing me and even breathing seemed to hurt. I opened my eyes once more to see the three of them huddled in the corner, speaking in hushed tones.

"We have to leave soon, someone will come looking for her eventually." Jacob said.

"No we have to wait for Him." Tanya gasped.

"You can get him some other time." he said. "We're already in deep shit for the guard. We have to go." The three of them looked at each other momentarily , each looking like they were contemplating their next move. The silence was suddenly broken by the distinct sound of shattering glass.

"Jacob go up and check." Leah pushed as he ran up the stairs. I tried moving once more, and couldn't help the gasp of pain that escaped me alerting the two of them that I was again awake.

"About time you woke up. And my you do have a nice pretty shiner coming. I guess I don't know my own strength sometimes. The two of them giggled. Tanya pressing her fingers down my face. I tried cringing away, but the pain was unbearable and a few stray tears fell from my eyes.

"Aww, don't cry my sweet." she giggled, rubbing her fingers under my eyes.

"Jacob's still not back. I'm going to go check up on him. I'll be right back. If I don't you know what to do. leah said, heading towards the stairs.

"Well, I see it's just you and me now." she laughed as I glared at her.

" I hope you rot in hell." I gasped.

"Well if I do, at least I can say that I enjoyed the ride." She laughed, but was soon interrupted by a loud commotion upstairs.

"Shit." Tanya gasped, as she ran away from me, searching frantically through her bag and pulled out what looked like a pistol. I felt my heart drop into the pit of my stomach. She easily kill me at any given moment if she wanted to. More tears fell my eyes, as I heard footsteps bound down this way. Fearing that it was either Jacob or Leah, I closed my eyes and prayed that this was just all a dream. A horrible, horrible dream.

"Bella?" a husky voice called out, as I released a breath I didn't even know I was holding. I must have been dreaming. He couldn't be here. It wasn't real.

"Bella?" he called out again."Oh Edward!" I breathed, finally believing that this would all soon be over.

EPOV

"Oh, what the hell." I grumbled as I grabbed a rock and threw it at the window. The only open window I had even managed to find, was too high up for me to climb, as I tired looking for anymore openings, but couldn't find any. So here I am resorting, to doing what I told Jim I wouldn't: vandalizing.

The glass shattered instantly. Luckily the window was low enough, for me to jump through. Safely making it through, without cutting myself, I began looking down the hallway when I heard footsteps running this way. Perching myself against the wall, I glanced over my shoulder to see a tall male figure approaching my direction holding what looked like a blunt stick. He must have heard my steady breathing, because he sped up his pace towards my direction. I had to think quick. Sticking out my foot before me I waited until he was about to cross my path when I tripped him. He staggered forward but didn't lose momentum. He finally saw me as he charged towards me sending the two of us crashing to the floor; the glass from the ground embedding in our skin. I recognized him as that Jacob fellow, Bella once had a date with. I felt my head slam against the ground, as we wrestled. He threw a few punches and vice versa when I kneed him in the stomach. He fell forward, as he coughed out a few breaths. I wasn't any better. My left arm was killing me and I tasted blood against my lips. He tried grabbing the pole he once held, but I kicked it out the way. We wrestled again once more, our bodies slamming against the walls with a sickening thud. The fight seemed like it was never going to stop. Trying to think of the move Emmett taught me, I raised my arm back and slammed into his face, effectively knocking him unconscious.

I let out a relieved breath; well an aching breath. The son of a bitch got a few good hits in.

I looked over to his body, to see him snoring his ass off. I did pretty good considering he appeared to have at least twenty pounds on me and was maybe taller than me by 3 inches.

Fearing that he might awake and be ready for round two, I achingly dragged his body to a janitor closet and laid him on the floor. I was about to close the door, on him when I heard more footsteps approaching. Geese, were there more of them?

I hid behind the open doors, waiting for whoever it was to pass, but heard the frantic scream of a female. At first I thought it was Bella, but when I heard the woman's voice I instantly knew it wasn't her.

"Jacob, Jacob. Where are you?" she said, as she headed towards my direction. She probably saw the scattered glass, along with the splatters of blood from the both of us. She was nearing closer and closer when I heard her scream again. She was right on the other side of the door.

"Oh Jacob baby, what happened?" she cried, cradling his head as he groaned in protest.

I took this as my chance, as I slammed the door on the two of them. Her face peering at me hatefully as she slammed her fist against the door. I instantly recognized her . She was the face that ruined everything. The reason Bella broke up with me in the first place.

"Open this door, you motherfucker." she screamed, bashing against the door. For a small thing she was pretty strong, nearly knocking me off my feet. Grabbing, the pole that Jacob once held, I slid it through the handle of the door and siding, effectively jamming the door in place.

I gave the two of them one finally glance, before deciding to head the direction the two of them came from. I didn't hear any more footsteps approaching, as I carefully took each step. My body was aching with each step, but I pushed my body further and further. I just hoped the police were on their way.

At the end of the hallway there, was a door. The only door that was open. I carefully creaked it open seeing that it dark inside, but a faint glow was coming from it I carefully crept down the stairs, but when I saw a flash of mahogany locks, I all but ran down the stairs, ignoring the protests my body was giving me.

I called out her name, but didn't receive an answer. When I called the second time she open those beautiful brown eyes as my green ones locked with hers.

"Oh Edward." she gasped, tears falling from her face. She looked heart-wrenching. He face was matted with sweat and tears, dried blood against her lips. I could even see a black eye beginning to form.

"Oh my sweet angel, what did they do to you?" I breathed, a few tears welling in my eyes at the sight of her. I grabbed the pocket knife from my pant leg and began cutting the ropes off her arms. I could even see the bruises beginning to swell upon her arms. I was just about to cut the ones against her legs, when I heard Bella scream.

"Edward, watch out!" she said as I felt a blunt object slam against the back of my head as I fell forward, crashing hard against the ground. I could feel the blood trickling down my face as I rolled onto my back, looking up into the eyes of Tanya as she held a pistol towards me.

"Tanya…why…why are you doing this?" I gasped, my vision beginning to haze.

"You were supposed to be mine." she said, tears falling from her eyes.

"I was never yours, not even when we were together." I responded.

"We could have had it all. Till she came into the picture." she screamed.

"Bella has nothing to do with this, just let her go. You can have me, just let her go." I answered. She stared at me uneven breaths, between the three of us, as we heard sirens approaching.

"It's over Tanya, just give up." He said, as I shot rang out the air. I screamed out in agony as I felt pain moving across my right leg.

"Agh!" I screamed, as I heard Bella's sobbing become even louder.

"Stop, stop. Kill me, not him." Bella screamed, as I tried to protest. The pain was becoming unbearable.

"If I can't have you, no one will." She said sobbing as she pointed the gun towards me once more. The last thing I remember was hearing a shot, and feeling an odd sense of peace, and the distinct scent of strawberries. Everything was becoming darker and darker. I wonder if dying felt like this. Well if this was heaven or hell I was willing to take it.

BPOV

I looked on startled, as Tanya shot Edward in the leg. The blood was pouring from his womb as I feared it had hit an artery. I begged him, not to torture him any further. I couldn't bear it. I would rather suffer then see him in pain. I could hear him groaning against the floor. Tanya was staring at him with an unreadable expression. Looking on while she was momentarily distracted, I quickly cut through the remaining ropes against my legs. As she held the gun once more towards Edward, I couldn't take it anymore. Ignoring the horrible pain that shot through my feet and body, I lunged towards her, as she pulled the trigger. The shot ringing through the air, as we both tumbled to the ground.

We rolled over each other, each fighting for dominance as we fought for the gun. There was no way, I was going to let her get another shot at Edward. I shoved her forward, as she kicked me into the stomach causing me to roll over to an unconscious Edward. Tanya staggered forward and grabbed the gun. She jumped to her feet as she spat out blood, obviously trying not to limp.

"For a moment. I didn't fear for my life. If I were meant to die, at least it was with someone I loved. Edward moaned beside me, as she pointed the gun at the two of us. I closed my eyes, as I heard a shot ring out through the air. I didn't feel anything. I looked down to my body to check for any new injuries, but found none. I looked over at Edward, but didn't find any new injuries. I looked up into the startled eyes of Tanya, as she staggered forward. An angry red blot forming on the front of her shirt. She let out an ear piercing scream as she fell forward, the gun sliding from her hand. I looked up to see who had shot her, as a portly man dressed in a security uniform came down the stairs gun in hand.

"Are you Bella?" he asked.

"Yes…Yes.. Help me. He's been shot." I gasped looking down at his pale form. Blood was still pouring from his wound. I hadn't realized that I was covered in his blood until, I felt the bile rising in my stomach as I vomited beside him. The last thought I has as the sirens got closer and closer, as I felt myself being lifted, was that the nightmare was over, or was it just beginning?




*More on Female Polyandry:

"Polyandry in human relationships occurs or has occurred in Tibet, the Canadian Arctic, Zanskar, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, the Nymba, and Sri Lanka[citation needed], and is known to have been present in some pre-contact Polynesian societies [2], though probably only among higher caste women [3]. It is also encountered in some regions of Mongolia, among the Mosuo people in China, and in some Sub-Saharan African such as the Maasai people in Kenya and northern Tanzania [4] and American indigenous communities. Polyandry has been practiced in several cultures in India — in the Jaunsar region in Uttarakhand, among the, Nairs, Theeyas and Toda of South India, and the Nishi of Arunachal Pradesh[citation needed]. The Guanches, the first known inhabitants of the Canary Islands, practiced polyandry until their disappearance.[citation needed] In other societies, there are people who live in de facto polyandrous arrangements that are not recognized by the law. There are no known indigenous communities that currently practice polyandry involving unrelated males."