"Edward! Edward! Come back please!"

Bella quickly sat up dripping with sweat. This isn't the first time she had that particular dream, nor would it be her last. As she looked around, she noticed James wasn't in the room as usual. She wondered why that was and as she moved to get up, she realized she was once again shackled to the bedpost. Knowing that only meant one thing; Bella laid back down, cleared her mind, and resigned to her fate.

Four cars approached a house deep within the woods. It was clear to the seven individual in the cars, the house hadn't been inhabited or maintained in years. Fifteen years to be exact.

Aro looked to Caius and asked, "How are Rose and Hope?"

Caius lifted a brow towards him and questioned, "Didn't you just see them yesterday?"

Marcus smirked. "You know time has no meaning to Aro. He could sit on his throne for three weeks and not notice."

"That's only because he refuses to let any lighting in here!" Sulpicia remarked disgustedly as she walked into the room along with Athenadora, and Didyme.

"Anyway, to answer your question," Athenadora started, "Rose and Hope are doing well. If they weren't, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now." as she raised a brow towards him.

Aro was about to reply when Demetri, Felix, and Jane marched into the room. The three kings sat up straighter and the wives resumed stoic stances and expressions to the right of their husband's chairs.

"Well?" Aro asked expectantly.

Demetri responded, "No sign of her master. She was created to hide, so it has been difficult to tracking her. Her scent appeared in Moscow, Cairo, Sydney and Dublin. I lost her once again when she circled back to Berlin."

Marcus and Didyme frowned at this. Caius then looked towards Jane questioningly. Jane saw this and stepped forward.

"I have heard news."

"Well, what is this news?"

"The Cullens are back."

Athenadora raised a brow. "Are they now? Well, that certainly changes things!"

"Perhaps they could be of service to us?" Sulpicia asked.

"Not as of now. We don't want them to know anything just yet." Aro had a look of deep concentration.

"Demetri! Continue searching for her. Felix you go along with him. Jane you know of your assignment." All three bowed and replied yes master before returning from whence they came.

Didyme looked towards Aro, "Do you believe Demetri and Felix will be able to find her?"

"Certainly not!" Caius exclaimed, "It's been fifteen years, she will stop eventually."

"It doesn't exactly work like that" Marcus interceded.

"No?"

"No. The pull of the mate is strong. But the pull of a Soul mate is unbreakable. Unlike a mate, Soul mates don't have to have physical contact. Once a vampire sees and makes eye contact with their Soul mate, nothing will stop them from claiming their mate as their own."

"And if their Soul mate is dead?" Athenadora quietly asked.

Didyme solemnly replied, "Then they die as well."

The dirt and dust flew up as if a tornado had just passed through. Branches fell off trees and bushes were overturned. Animals just felt a huge breeze pass through. Any humans that were in the area felt a huge whirlwind. But it was gone just as soon as they felt it. The creature creating this windstorm was on a one track mind. Had it stopped and been spotted, one would say it was a fierce warrior goddess, with beauty that matched no one on the earth. But she didn't stop. She kept going; one thing on her mind. "mate, mate, Mate!"