Breaking Dawn: How It Should Have Ended..
" "Peace, brother," Aro cautioned soothingly.
This should have been good news- these were the words we'd been hoping for, the reprieve we'd never really thought possible. Aro had listened to the truth. Aro had admitted that the law had not been broken.
But my eyes were riveted on Edward, and I saw the muscles in his back tighten. I replayed in my head Aro's instruction for Caius to ponder, and heard a double meaning.
"Will you introduce me to your daughter?" Aro asked Edward again.
Caius was not the only one who hissed at this new revelation. "
-Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer, Chapter 36 pg. 694.
"No." Edward hissed through clenched teeth. I had a feeling he wasn't responding to Aro's request. With his eyes fixed on Caius, Edward leaned forward anticipating what was to happen next. Jane's lips spread into a devilish grin. I could feel the venom pooling in my mouth while every muscle in my body was frozen in place.
"Now Edward, we wouldn't want to do anything rash would we?" Caius cooed. His words were far from soothing, I could hear the threat behind them. At that moment my world froze. Caius flicked his eyes toward Jane, It was so quick I barely caught it. Jane turned her eyes towards me, and took one step. Before her foot reached the earth, Edward shot his body towards her.
"Edward, no!" But I was to late. One moment his long pale fingers were stretched around Jane's neck, and the next he was crumpled at her feet. I focused my mind, and in a panic threw my shield further. No matter how hard I pushed, it would not surround Edwards quivering form. My breathing quickened as time after time my attempts to save him failed. Jane's eyes once more met mine, the pleased look in her eyes only confirmed my fears.
My gaze flew to Edward and found that he was no longer writing in pain. In a matter of seconds, three members of the guard lifted his body. I watched with horror as one of the guards raised a strange metal object, beautifully carved. Edward's unmoving body was covered by their gray cloaks, and in the same moment a horrible screeching tore through the air.
With a pleased smile on his lips, Caius sauntered into the center of the circle of grey. Before our eyes, a shower of sparks and flame exploded in the air around them. With everything seeming to move in slow motion, the three guards stepped away from the circle back into their original line, leaving only Caius. I searched frantically for Edward, it was when my eyes snaked downwards that my breath caught. The blazing remains of my husband, the only man I could ever love, the father of my child, were piled at Caius's feet.
I heard Esme's cry behind me, a sharp growling, all in an echo. I could feel my vision start to blur, my ears felt heavy, as if they were filled with sand. My hand reached meekly to the shape that was once my Edward, the quiet sob I heard next to my ear alerted me of Renesmee. I pulled her into my arms which by now felt like jell-o. I could feel my grip on her loosening, the ground beneath me swirling and melting away. As my vision went fuzzy, I heard his voice.
"Let go." He breathed, and my world went black.
