What felt like hours were the most excruciating moments of Bella's life. Never had she felt so much pain before, and she began to think it would never stop.
"Logan, I can't!" She cried out loud in his arms while he shushed and whispered encouraging words in her ear.
"Yes, you can, my Belle. You're too strong to give up on me." He placed a kiss on her hair.
Another crack of her hipbone jerked her up and elicited another howl from her into the night. She was left gasping for breath, wondering how she was still alive from this torture and the agony the poison was still causing in her. Though now, the poison effect had subsided, or maybe it was just the racking pain of the shifting that overshadowed it. Little color returned to her skin, and the dark veins, although already reached her chee
