Preface
Bella POV
Let me explain – 150 years ago I was left alone in the forest by the most important person in my life. I had wanted to tell him something, but he didn't give me chance. I needed to tell him that he was going to be a father. I thought if I told him he would stay, but before I knew it he had gone. Not knowing what situation he had left me in. My pregnancy hadn't gone as human pregnancies should...the development of the baby was a much quicker rate than it should've been. I only knew of one place I could go for help. So I faked my own death and ran away to Italy. They had once mentioned these people who are the royal family in their world. The Volturi did help me; they kept me comfortable and safe whilst I was enduring the pains of being pregnant. My baby was born on the due date, she was perfect and I named her Renesmme. The birth however was not perfect-at all. I ended up dying, but Alec changed me before my soul had fully left my body. I was then a vampire. I kept asking myself the question – would he want me now?
Introduction
Esme POV
We had just finished unpacking our belongings into our new surroundings, or should I say old surroundings. Our family had come back to Forks and luckily been able to get the same house that we had owned 150 years ago.
"Edward!" I yelled up the stairs "Come down now, we are going to visit our neighbours".
He walked down without meeting anyone's eyes. Edward had been like this since he left Bella, and coming back to the place where it all happened would not help him.
I had baked some cookies for the neighbours. Well I wouldn't call them neighbours but they were the closest people around. When we had moved a new house had been built down the road. I had been told that it was a little cottage that looked like it had come straight out of a fairytale. Everyone walked towards the garage, and got into their cars. We set of and in a matter or seconds we were jumping out of the car. I was holding the plate that held the cookies very gently, as I didn't want to crush the plate. Carlisle knocked on the door twice and we waited for what seemed like hours. Finally someone opened the door, and that face we all knew too well. Emmet burst into peals of laughter.
"Well it doesn't look like you'll be wanting our cookies" he laughed.
"No, I am sure you can find someone in this house to eat those" said Alec whilst smiling and taking the cookies. "Please come in" he said and made way for us to enter his home. The interior was simple, but he had made most of the space. We all sat on the big sofa and waited for Alec to join us. When he sat he started explaining about what had happened.
"I left the Volturi, because someone came into my life and that was the sacrifice I had to make. I wasn't going to lose her, no matter what I had to do. I helped her look after her child when she needed me and we soon became a couple. Three years ago we got married and we moved to Forks four weeks ago. My wife will be here soon, she is picking up our daughter from nursery" he explained. No-one had any more questions to ask him. Instead we sat in awkward silence waiting to meet his wife. I stole a glance at Edward. He was sitting with his eyes to the floor not moving a muscle. I needed to help my son desperately. Then there was a sudden noise and a voice shouted "Honey, I'm home!"